title: Stephen Leacock

paragraphs: Stephen Leacock was a Canadian humourist who was born in England in 1869. Leacock moved to Canada when he was six years old and went to Upper Canada College in Toronto.

paragraphs: Leacock completed his doctoral studies at the University of Chicago and started to teach at Upper Canada College before becoming Dean of political science and economics at Mcgill University in Montreal. Leacock eventually became principal of McGill.

paragraphs: Leacock became a well-known writer and humourist and for a time was the world's most famous comedian. Leacock was an influence on Groucho Marx. Leacock was a social conservative. Leacock died in 1944. An Award for Canadian humour was named after him.


title: Zhangxun Restoration

paragraphs: The Zhangxun Restoration was an attempt to restore the Qing dynasty in July 1917.

paragraphs: In 1911 after the Xinhai Revolution, the Qing dynasty died. It was the last monarchy of China after thousands of years. The last emperor of the Qing was Puyi. General Zhang Xun tried to put Puyi back on the throne in 1917. Zhang got an army and entered Beijing.

paragraphs: But it lasted only a few days, from July 1 to July 12. Troops from the Republic of China (1912–1949) quickly ended it.


title: Honing oil

paragraphs: Honing oil is a liquid solution that aids in sharpening different machinery. One of the most common type of honing oil is the one used with sharpening stones. Not only they protect the sharpening stone but they also keep the stone pores from clogging.

paragraphs: There are different types of honing oil and substitutes. It has been noticed that some people use water instead of honing oil to make the sharpening process smooth. Although, water is no substitute of honing oil according to many chefs and experts.

paragraphs: The thickness of honing oil matters a lot. For example, motor oil, which is another type of honing oil, cannot be used with sharpening stones since it is too thick and instead of protecting the sharpening stone pores, it will clog them.

paragraphs: The composition of honing oil is simple. There are two types of honing oil. One is the water based honing oil and the other is petroleum based. Chlorine and sulfur are the most common chemicals that are found in petroleum and mineral based honing oil.

paragraphs: Some honing oil could be toxic for specific materials such as petroleum based honing oil for sharpening stones. Windex, Simple Green and Lansky are some of the most common honing oil manufacturers.


title: Robert Plutchik

paragraphs: Robert Plutchik (21 October 1927 – 29 April 2006) was an emeritus professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was also a professor at the University of South Florida.

paragraphs: Plutchik received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was a psychologist. He authored or coauthored more than 260 articles, 45 chapters and eight books and edited seven books. His research interests included the study of emotions, the study of suicide and violence, and the study of the psychotherapy process.


title: Liane Russell

paragraphs: Liane Brauch "Lee" Russell (August 27, 1923 – July 20, 2019) was an Austrian-born American geneticist and conservationist. She was known for her works on mammalian genetics. Her works helped create an understanding of the chromosomic basis for sex determination in mammals. She was also known for raising awareness for the harmful affects of radiation, drugs, fuels and waste on mice and pregnant women.

paragraphs: Russell was born in Vienna, Austria. She studied at the University of Chicago. Russell died at her home in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on July 20, 2019 at the age of 95.


title: Ruth Gotlieb

paragraphs: Ruth Gotlieb (née Wolman, – 23 July 2019) was a British-New Zealand politician. She was born in England, but was raised in Cork, Ireland. Her career was based in Wellington, New Zealand. Gotlieb was a member of the Wellington City Council from 1983 to 2001.

paragraphs: Gotlieb died on 23 July 2019 in Wellington at the age of 96.


title: Barney Smith (museum curator)

paragraphs: Barney Smith (May 25, 1921 – July 23, 2019) was an American plumber, artist and museum curator. He was best known for his Toilet Seat Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, which he operated out of his garage. It had 1,000 pieces of art and drew visitors from around the globe.

paragraphs: Smith died on July 23, 2019 in San Antonio at the age of 98.


title: Ferdinand von Bismarck

paragraphs: Ferdinand Herbord Ivar, Prince of Bismarck (German: "Ferdinand Herbord Ivar Fürst von Bismarck"; November 22, 1930 – July 23, 2019) was a German businessman and lawyer. He was the Prince of Bismarck from 1975 to 2019. He was replaced by his eldest son Carl-Eduard von Bismarck. He was born in London. He worked as an attorney in Hamburg.

paragraphs: Bismarck died on 23 July 2019 in Reinbek, Germany at the age of 88.


title: Cathy Inglese

paragraphs: Catherine Mary Inglese (December 16, 1958 – July 24, 2019) was an American college basketball coach. She was the head coach for women's basketball programs for a total of 27 years, at the University of Vermont, Boston College, and the University of Rhode Island from 1980 to 2007. Inglese was born in Wallingford, Connecticut.

paragraphs: Inglese had a traumatic brain injury after falling in a stairwell on July 17, 2019. She had surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Inglese died from her injuries on July 24, 2019, aged 60.


title: Wallingford, Connecticut

paragraphs: Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,135 at the 2010 census. The community was named after Wallingford, in England.


title: Yankee Candle

paragraphs: The Yankee Candle Company (referred to simply as Yankee Candle) is an American manufacturer and retailer of scented candles, candleholders, accessories, and dinnerware. It is the largest candle manufacturer in the United States. The company is headquartered in South Deerfield, Massachusetts.

paragraphs: The Jarden Corporation agreed to buy candle maker Yankee Candle for $1.75 billion in the fall of 2013. In 2015, Newell Rubbermaid announced that it would acquire Jarden for over $15 billion of cash and stock.


title: South Deerfield, Massachusetts

paragraphs: South Deerfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. It is home to the well-known Yankee Candle Company. At the 2010 census, the population of South Deerfield was 1,880.


title: Jesper Juul

paragraphs: Jesper Juul (18 April 1948 – 25 July 2019) was a Danish family therapist and author. He wrote many books on parenting to a general audience. In his book "Your Competent Child" (1995, in English 2001) he argues that families today have destructive values. The book "Has so far" (2007) been translated into 13 languages. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark.

paragraphs: Juul died of pneumonia in Copenhagen on 25 July 2019 at the age of 71.


title: Pierre Péan

paragraphs: Pierre Péan (5 March 1938 – 25 July 2019) was a French investigative journalist and author. He wrote many books about political scandals in France. He was born in Maine-et-Loire, France. In 1994, he published "Une jeunesse française: François Mitterrand" ("A French Youth: François Mitterrand"). The book is a biography covering the life of François Mitterrand from 1934 to 1947. He also wrote books on Charles de Gaulle.

paragraphs: Péan died on 25 July 2019 at the age of 81.


title: Rose Franco

paragraphs: Rose Franco (born January 22, 1934) is a retired United States Marine Corps Warrant Officer. She was born in Guánica, Puerto Rico. She is the first Hispanic woman to become a chief warrant officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

paragraphs: In 1965, Franco was named Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, Paul Nitze by the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. She was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer by the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy.


title: Gary Ray Bowles

paragraphs: Gary Ray Bowles (January 25, 1962 – August 22, 2019) was an American serial killer. He was sentenced to death for the murder of six men in 1994. He was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia. He was convicted of sexual assault, armed robbery and murder.

paragraphs: Bowles was executed by lethal injection on August 22, 2019 at Florida State Prison in Bradford County, aged 57.


title: Graham Freudenberg

paragraphs: Norman Graham Freudenberg AM ( 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian author and political speechwriter. He worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland.

paragraphs: Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. Senior Labor Party leaders for whom he prepared speeches included Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Hawke, Barrie Unsworth, Bob Carr and Simon Crean.

paragraphs: On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Freudenberg had died after a long-illness, aged 85.


title: 725 West Randolph

paragraphs: 725 W. Randolph Street is proposed skyscraper in Chicago. It is designed by architectural firm Roger Ferris + Partners with architect of record Perkins Eastman .

paragraphs: As proposed, the building will have residences and an Equinox-brand hotel. It is one of two buildings under development in the West Loop. The Chicago Plan Commission approved the building in 2018, and related plans to break ground in 2019.


title: One Chicago Square

paragraphs: One Chicago (formerly One Chicago Square) is a skyscraper in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. The building would have two towers connected by a central podium. When completed, the taller of the two towers would be the sixth-tallest structure in Chicago.

paragraphs: The development has been approved by the Chicago Plan Commission for its zoning change and will have up to 869 residential units, both apartments and condominiums.


title: 400 Lake Shore Drive

paragraphs: 400 Lake Shore Drive is a proposed set of connected towers to be built in Chicago, Illinois. Related Midwest is developing the project, and the firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the buildings. It is scheduled to be completed by 2023.


title: Tribune East Tower

paragraphs: Tribune East Tower is a proposed mixed use tower on the eastern edge of the Tribune Tower property in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side community areas of Chicago. If completed, the skyscraper would become the second-tallest in Chicago.

paragraphs: Plans were officially announced for a tall 200-unit hotel, 439-apartment and 125-condominium building on April 16, 2018. These plans make the building shorter than the Willis Tower, the city's tallest.

paragraphs: On mid-October 2018, the Chicago Plan Commission approved the plans for the city's second tallest building. Chicago City Council approved the plans in an October 31 meeting.


title: Conchata Ferrell

paragraphs: Conchata Galen Ferrell (March 28, 1943 – October 12, 2020) was an American actress. She was best known for playing Berta the housekeeper for all twelve seasons of the sitcom "Two and a Half Men". For her role, she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations (in 2005 and 2007).

paragraphs: Ferrell was born in Loudendale, West Virginia. She died on October 12, 2020 after a cardiac arrest at her home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles at the age of 77.


title: Loudendale, West Virginia

paragraphs: Loudendale is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.


title: Kanawha County, West Virginia

paragraphs: Kanawha County ( or ) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 193,063. It is West Virginia's most populous county. Its county seat is Charleston, the state capital.


title: Óscar Enrique Sánchez

paragraphs: Oscar Enrique Sánchez Rivas (15 July 1955 – 25 July 2019) popularly known as "El Conejo" (the rabbit) was a Guatemalan football coach and inside forward. He played the for the club CSD Comunicaciones, and represented the Guatemala national football team at the Olympic Games and in three FIFA World Cup qualification processes.


title: Kyoto Animation arson attack

paragraphs: The happened at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building for anime in the Fushimi-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019.

paragraphs: The arson killed at least 36 people, injured 34, and destroyed all materials and computers in Studio 1. It is one of the deadliest killings in Japanese history since the end of World War II and the deadliest building fire in Japan since the Myojo 56 building fire in 2001.

paragraphs: Many hated of states have expressed condolences including António Guterres, Genenal Secretary of United Nations. And many donations and massages have send to victims of the arson attack.


title: John Nott

paragraphs: Sir John William Frederic Nott (born 1 February 1932) is a former British Conservative Party politician. He was well known in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was Secretary of State for Defence during the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and the Falklands War in the Margaret Thatcher cabinet.


title: Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater

paragraphs: Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, (born 13 June 1933) is a British politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party.

paragraphs: King was in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970–2001. He was made a life peer in 2001.

paragraphs: In October 1988, there was a plot to murder King at his home in Winchester during the growing intensity of The Troubles.


title: Punggol

paragraphs: Punggol (in , in ), which can also be spelt as Ponggol, is a planning area and town. It was built on the Tanjong Pungool peninsula in the North-Eastern part of Singapore. It is North of Sengkang and has a riverline border with Seletar and Pasir Ris. The Straits of Johor is North of it. Coney Island is part of Pungool.


title: The Reverend William Thornton (1830-1916)

paragraphs: Became the first vicar of the parish of Exmoor, Somerset, England in 1856. Exmoor was 18,810 acres and had not had a spiritual leader because the population was too small. By 1856, the population had expanded to give the area parish status.

paragraphs: Brought William Burgess to justice for the murder of Anna Burgess, his daughter, in 1858. This followed a chase on horseback from Somerset into Wales.

paragraphs: Moved as rector, to Dunsford, Devon, England in 1860

paragraphs: Became rector of North Bovey in Devon in 1866 and served there for 50 years.

paragraphs: Chased a fraudster to France in 1867, caught him and recovered £40,000 for the church

paragraphs: Died in 1916 and is buried, alongside his wife, in North Bovey churchyard.

paragraphs: William Henry Thornton was born, 9th March 1830. His father was head of the tax department Somerset house and they lived in Clapham Common, London. Educated at Rugby school, where one day, in 1847, following a cross country run to the village of Newbold, the seventeen year old Thornton bought some unripe greengages from a street seller and contracted what is believed to be cholera. He was seriously ill for a time, and, upon recovery was found to be “rather delicate”. He went to a friend in Allerford village in the Selworthy district of the Porlock valley, Somersetshire, to convalesce. and build up his strength. His life would have included hunting, fishing, shooting and riding (at which he would cover prodigious distances for the rest of his life). He developed a lifelong love for the Porlock Valley, which he called “The happy valley and the fairest and choicest little district which exists on the face of the earth”. It was here that he first met Sir Thomas Acland (11th Baronet), from the Holnicote Estate (now owned by the National Trust). He had access to the extensive lands and guns on the estate. He also became a frequent visitor to a house known as Glenthorn, 10 miles away in Countisbury, where he made the acquaintance, and later, friendship of the Knight family from Simonsbath, on Exmoor. It was at this time, also, that he made the acquaintance of John “Jack” Russell, the sporting parson, from Swimbridge, Devon, and they remained in touch until Russell’s death in 1883. Thornton left the Porlock Valley in 1849 and matriculated to Trinity College Cambridge on 24th January. He entered as a "pensioner" (that is a student without emolument). This meant that he was only able to take an ordinary degree (BA) which he gained in 1853. He was awarded an MA from the same college in 1859.

paragraphs: He left the college in February 1853 although he remained in lodgings in the city. He studied here, for the voluntary theological examination, which he passed in the October. He was ordained at Exeter cathedral in December 1853. He was offered the curacy of Lynton, Devon. During this time he established an effective school at Countisbury, and taught there himself most mornings. He resigned the curacy after 2 years.

paragraphs: The population of Simonsbath had expanded due to mining in the area to become the parish of Exmoor. His friend Mr. Knight offered him the living at the newly built church and vicarage in the village. So, in 1856, he became the first vicar of Exmoor.

paragraphs: In 1857 he married Grace Anna Furnival (1826 – 1916). They went on to have 8 daughters, although 2 of these died in infancy and the firstborn is buried in the churchyard at Simonsbath.

paragraphs: Two years into his incumbency on Exmoor the murder of Anna Maria Burgess, aged 6, took place. She died at the hand of her father, William Burgess, who gave out the story that Anna had gone to live with her grandmother in Porlock Weir. Thornton checked with the grandmother, who confirmed that she had not seen the child. Without a body Thornton could prove nothing but Burgess fled and Thornton personally rode into Wales, where he had tracked him down. He brought him back, and had him held in Exford whilst he awaited permission from the authorities to drain the flooded, and defunct, Wheal Eliza mine, a mile and a half along the Barle Valley from Simonsbath village. Local rumour had it that lights had been seen over the mineshaft and sheep-stealers had found an empty grave upon the moor. It took until the October for permission to be granted to pump the shaft and, in the November, a local young man volunteered to be lowered down it. 360 feet down he found a bundle and, when it was recovered to the surface, Thornton unwrapped it to discover the remains of the child. Burgess was tried at Taunton Assizes, found guilty of the murder, and sentenced to hang.

paragraphs: Thornton was his parish priest, and was conscious of his responsibility in that regard, so he visited Burgess in prison and heard his confession. Burgess then also confessed to being responsible for an arson attack at a local farm some years previously. This had resulted in three deaths. Thornton visited the other two Burgess children, working in service and told them of their sister’s death at the hands of their father. He tried to persuade them to see Burgess, but they refused. Burgess shook his hand before he died.

paragraphs: The remoteness of Simonsbath in mid-Victorian times proved a worry to Grace Thornton, with young daughters, as the nearest medical man was 11 miles away in South Molton, so, in 1860 the family moved south into Devon to take up the living at Dunsford.

paragraphs: He liked the church there very much but they both missed the moorland people and the bracing moorland air. In 1866, having left a second baby girl buried in Dunsford churchyard, they removed to the parish of North Bovey on Dartmoor, Devon, England.

paragraphs: They remained in North Bovey for 50 years. Thornton went on to become Rural dean in 1870, and also held services in other Dartmoor churches, including an open-air one at Postbridge.

paragraphs: In 1867 he chased a fraudster (a trustee of the church) to Paris, France, leaving North Bovey on the Tuesday morning. He took a night boat to Boulogne from London and arrived back at the London solicitor’s office on the Thursday morning with the recovered £40,000 in his pocket, and made it home to North Bovey in time for dinner the same evening.

paragraphs: Thornton created his memoirs over a number of years and published 2 volumes privately. Reminiscences of an Old West Country Clergyman volumes 1 and 2 were leather bound hardback books. An edited version of the both was published in paperback in 2010.

paragraphs: He predeceased Grace by a few months in 1916; he died on the 31st of March and she in the December. They are both buried in North Bovey churchyard.


title: Yankee

paragraphs: The term "Yankee" (sometimes shortened to "Yank") have many different meanings. All refer to people from the United States. Outside the United States, "Yank" is used to refer to any American, including Southerners. Within the Southern United States, "Yankee" is a name which refers to all Northerners, or specifically to those from the region of New England, often in a mean way. The "Oxford English Dictionary" says that it is "a nickname for a person from New England, or, more widely, of the northern States generally." During the American Civil War, it was "used by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army".

paragraphs: Elsewhere in the United States, it often refers to people from the Northeastern states, but especially those with New England cultural ties. This would include people who have colonial New England settler ancestors, wherever they live.


title: Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kansas)

paragraphs: Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence, Kansas is church that was created in 1854, months after the Territory of Kansas was opened to settlement. The present-day church building was built in 1870, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places.

paragraphs: The architect was John G. Haskell. He designed the Kansas State Capitol.

paragraphs: The Territory of Kansas was opened to settlement by the Kansas–Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854. Reverend Samuel Y. Lum of Middletown, New York was sent by the American Home Missionary Society to create a church in the Kansas Territory. This would become the first church in the entire territory. Before he came, sermons were given by laymen. The first service of Plymouth Congregational Church was held by Lum on October 1, 1854 in a mudbrick boarding house. Settlers who had come from New England came to the service.

paragraphs: Reverend Richard Cordley became a pastor in 1857. This was when the people moved into its first permanent building, called the "Stone Church." Though the building was not completed until 1862. Cordley was an abolitionist and was a free-stater. During the American Civil War, some members were killed by pro-Confederate soldiers in the Lawrence Massacre of 1863. Cordley's home was burned, but the church building was not hurt.

paragraphs: The present-day building, also called "The Brick Church," was designed by architect John G. Haskell. Haskell also worked on other churches, schools, and the Kansas State Courthouse. Construction started in 1868. It was finished in May 1870. it costed $45,000. The windows were made in England. Services have been held regularly in the building since 1870.

paragraphs: The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 2009. The building's architectural style is described as a Victorian-era church building with Gothic and Romanesque Revival characteristics.


title: Achille, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Achille is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 492.


title: Disney, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Disney is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Barber County, Kansas

paragraphs: Barber County (county code BA) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 4,861 people lived there. The county seat is Medicine Lodge. Medicine Lodge is also the biggest city in Barber County. Barber County was named after Thomas W. Barber (born 22 February 1814, ), an abolitionist martyr who was killed in Douglas County 6 December 1855, during the Wakarusa War.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.

paragraphs: Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau

paragraphs: This county has generally voted Republican in recent elections. The last time a democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1964.


title: Adair, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Adair is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Addington, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Addington is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Agra, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Agra is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Albion, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Albion is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Alderson, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Alderson is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Alex, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Alex is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bourbon County, Kansas

paragraphs: Bourbon County (county code BB) is a county in Southeast Kansas. In 2010, 15,173 people lived there. Its county seat is Fort Scott. Fort Scott is also the biggest city in Bourbon County.

paragraphs: Bourbon virus is a new strain of thogotovirus. It was first found in Bourbon County. In spring 2014, an otherwise healthy man was bitten by a tick. The man got the virus. He died 11 days later from organ failure.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.6%) is water.

paragraphs: Bourbon County is a strongly Republican county. Only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present have resulted in Republicans failing to win the county, with the last of these being in 1964.


title: Allen, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Allen is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Amber, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Amber is a town in the state of Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Decatur County, Kansas

paragraphs: Decatur County (county code DC) is a county in Northwest Kansas. In 2010, 2,961 people lived there. Its county seat is Oberlin. Oberlin is also the biggest city in Decatur County. The county is named after Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr.

paragraphs: Decatur County was created on March 20, 1873 and organized on December 15, 1879. It is named after the Navy war hero Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr.. He served during the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812.

paragraphs: Oberlin was where the last Native American (specifically the Northern Cheyenne) Raid in Kansas happened.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.07%) is water.

paragraphs: Decatur county is very Republican. The last time a democratic candidate won the county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.


title: Ames, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Ames is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Cleo Springs, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Cleo Springs is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Chêne-Bourg

paragraphs: Chêne-Bourg is a municipality in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.


title: Jewell County, Kansas

paragraphs: Jewell County (county code JW) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 3,077 people lived there. Its county seat is Mankato. Mankato is also the biggest city in Jewell County.

paragraphs: In 1887, Jewell County was created. It was named after Lieutenant Colonel Lewis R. Jewell of the 6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

paragraphs: In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska. This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.5%) is water.


title: Scott County, Kansas

paragraphs: Scott County (standard abbreviation: SC) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 4,936 people lived there. Its county seat is Scott City. Scott City is the only city in the county.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.02%) is water.

paragraphs: Before 1940, Scott County was a swing county. They voted for the national winner in every presidential election from 1904 to 1936. After 1940, it has become one of the most Republican counties in the entire nation. Each of the last six presidential elections have resulted in the Republican candidate winning over 70 percent of the county's vote.

paragraphs: The Scott County Public Library is at 110 West 8th in Scott City. The Scott County Library was the first free county public library in the state of Kansas. It was created in 1923.


title: Seward County, Kansas

paragraphs: Seward County (standard abbreviation: SW) is a county of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 22,952 people lived there. The county seat is Liberal. Liberal is also the biggest city in Seward County. The county was created on March 20, 1873. It was named after William Henry Seward.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water. It borders Oklahoma to the south.

paragraphs: The Liberal, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Seward County.

paragraphs: Seward County has voted Republican since 1940. The last time Seward County voted for a Democratic candidate for President was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. In the Kansas Senate it is currently represented by Republican Garrett Love. In the Kansas House of Representatives it is represented by Republicans Bill Light and Carl Holmes.


title: Sumner County, Kansas

paragraphs: Sumner County (standard abbreviation: SU) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 24,132 people lived there. Its county seat is Wellington.

paragraphs: On February 26, 1867, Sumner County was created from parts of Marion County and Butler County. It was named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1811–74), who was wanted Kansas to be a free state.

paragraphs: In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a north-south railroad from Herington to Caldwell. This railroad connected Herington, Lost Springs, Lincolnville, Antelope, Marion, Aulne, Peabody, Elbing, Whitewater, Furley, Kechi, Wichita, Peck, Corbin, Wellington, Caldwell. By 1893, this railroad was slowly built to Fort Worth, Texas. This line is called the "OKT".

paragraphs: In December 2011, the Kansas Star Casino opened about west of the center of Mulvane.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.3%) is water.

paragraphs: Sumner County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

paragraphs: Sumner County often votes for the Republican Party in Presidential elections. However, in 1992 George H.W Bush won the county by less than two percent. The last time they have voted for a Democratic candidate was in 1976 for Jimmy Carter.


title: Reno County, Kansas

paragraphs: Reno County (standard abbreviation: RN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 64,511 people lived there. The county seat is Hutchinson. Hutchinson is also the biggest city in Reno County.

paragraphs: In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad from Herington to Pratt. This railroad connected Herington, Ramona, Tampa, Durham, Waldeck, Canton, Galva, McPherson, Groveland, Inman, Medora, Hutchinson, Whiteside, Partridge, Arlington, Langdon, Turon, Preston, Natrona, Pratt. In 1888, this main line was extended to Liberal. Later, this railroad was extended to Tucumcari, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. This railroad is called the "Golden State Limited".

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.3%) is water. It is the third-biggest county by area in Kansas.

paragraphs: The Hutchinson Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Reno County.

paragraphs: Russell county is almost always Republican. The last time a democratic candidate won the county was in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.


title: Miami County, Kansas

paragraphs: Miami County (county code MI) is a county in east-central Kansas. In 2010, 32,787 people lived there. Its county seat is Paola. Paola is also the biggest city in Miami County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (2.5%) is water.

paragraphs: Miami County is included in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.


title: Republic County, Kansas

paragraphs: Republic County (standard abbreviation: RP) is a county in the state of Kansas. It is south from the Nebraska border. In 2010 census, 4,980 people lived there. The county seat is Belleville. Belleville is also the biggest city in Republic County.

paragraphs: Indian tribes lived in the area before white settlers came. The tribes included the Pawnee, Iowa, and Otoe.

paragraphs: In 1860, Republic County was created by the Kansas legislature. The county is named after the Republican River.

paragraphs: Daniel and Conrad Myers were the first white settlers. They arrived in February 1861. By 1868, Republic County was holding elections.

paragraphs: After the Civil War and during the 19th century, a lot of European immigrants (mostly from Sweden and the Czech Republic) came to Belleville and the area around it.

paragraphs: In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska. This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior. This railroad was called "Strong City and Superior line". Later the name was shortened to the "Strong City line".

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, (or 99.45%) is land and (or 0.55%) is water.

paragraphs: Republic County is very Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won the county except for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 1916. Since 1996, the Republican candidate has won seventy percent of the county’s vote.


title: McGurk's Bar bombing

paragraphs: On 4 December 1971, the Ulster Volunteer Force placed a bomb at the entrance to a pub in New Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. It exploded, killing 15 people, injuring 17 others and destroying the building.


title: Fort Rouge (fortification)

paragraphs: Fort Rouge is the former name of the city of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Its exact location is unknown. Its name in English means "red fort".


title: Rice County, Kansas

paragraphs: Rice County (standard abbreviation: RC) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 10,083 people lived there. The county seat is Lyons. Lyons is also the biggest city in Rice County. The county was named after Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.


title: Pratt County, Kansas

paragraphs: Pratt County (standard abbreviation: PR) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 9,656 people lived there. The county seat is Pratt. Pratt is also the biggest city in Pratt County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.09%) is water.


title: Rawlins County, Kansas

paragraphs: Rawlins County (standard abbreviation: RA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,519 people lived there. The county seat is Atwood. Atwood is also the biggest city in Rawlins County. It was named after Union Civil War General John Aaron Rawlins.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.1%) is water.

paragraphs: The county is part of the very Republican Kansas's 1st congressional district. It has voted for the Republican candidate for President in each of the last eighteen elections. The last Democrat to win the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. In the last five Presidential elections the Democratic candidate has never won more than 21% of the county's vote.


title: Meade County, Kansas

paragraphs: Meade County (standard abbreviation: ME) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 4,575 people lived there. The county seat is Meade. Meade is also the biggest city in Meade County. The county was created in 1873. It was named after General George G. Meade.

paragraphs: Meade County is often won by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has won this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.


title: Mitchell County, Kansas

paragraphs: Mitchell County (standard abbreviation: MC) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,373 people lived there. The county seat is Beloit. Beloit is also the biggest city in Mitchell County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (2.4%) is water.

paragraphs: Before 1940, Mitchell County was a swing county. They voted for the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1936. Since 1940, it has become very Republican. Only George H. W. Bush in 1992 failed win a majority in the county due to Ross Perot's strong showing in Kansas.


title: Russell County, Kansas

paragraphs: Russell County (standard abbreviation: RS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,970 people lived there. The county seat is Russell. Russell is also the biggest city in Russell County.

paragraphs: In 1867, Russell County was established.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.5%) is water.


title: Rush County, Kansas

paragraphs: Rush County (standard abbreviation: RH) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 3,307 people lived there. The county seat is La Crosse. La Crosse is also the biggest city in Rush County.

paragraphs: In 1867, Rush County was created. Rush County was organized on December 5, 1874. La Crosse and Rush Center competed to become the county seat. This lasted 10 years until La Crosse finally became the county seat.

paragraphs: The first county fair was held in 1910 south of Rush Center.

paragraphs: In 2015, the "Alexander Wind Farm" was built south of Alexander. It cost about $85 million. It generates 48 megawatts of power.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.03%) is water.

paragraphs: Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River, goes through the county. Other streams help provide it water.


title: Ruanruan

paragraphs: Ruanruan (; also called Rouran) is an extinct language of Mongolia and northern China. It was spoken in the Rouran Khaganate from the 4th to the 6th centuries CE. It is possibly Altaic or Sino–Tibetan.

paragraphs: Some say Ruan-ruan may be a Yeniseian language, a possible Sino-Tibetan language.

paragraphs: In 2018, "Brāhmī Bugut" and "Khüis Tolgoi" inscriptions suggest that the Ruan-ruan language was a Mongolic language, close to Middle Mongolian.


title: Phillips County, Kansas

paragraphs: Phillips County (standard abbreviation: PL) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 5,642 people lived there. The county seat is Phillipsburg. Phillipsburg is also the biggest city in Phillips County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.0%) is water.

paragraphs: Phillips County is very Republican. No Democratic Presidential candidate has won Phillips County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.


title: Pawnee County, Kansas

paragraphs: Pawnee County (standard abbreviation: PN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,973 people lived there. The county seat is Larned. Larned is also the biggest city in Pawnee County.

paragraphs: The county is named after the Pawnee Tribe.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.05%) is water.

paragraphs: Pawnee County has been mostly Republican for its history. However, there have been multiple time where it was considered a swing county. This means backing the national winner in all presidential elections from 1904 to 1936 as well as 1964 to 1988. It has moved away from bellwether status since 1988.


title: Chautauqua County, Kansas

paragraphs: Chautauqua County (county code CQ) is a county in Southeast Kansas. In 2010, 3,669 people lived there. Its county seat is Sedan. Sedan is also the biggest city in Chautauqua County. Chautauqua County is named after Chautauqua County, New York, where Edward Jaquins was born. Jaquins was a Kansas politician who was important in getting the county created.

paragraphs: Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on June 1, 1875. They divided Howard County into Elk County (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). At the time of its creation, about 7,400 people lived there.

paragraphs: The first white settlers in the area that became Chautauqua County came in July 1868.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.9%) is water.

paragraphs: Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau

paragraphs: Chautauqua is a very Republican county. The only Republican to ever lose the county has been Herbert Hoover in 1932. Other than the never-Democratic, historically Yankee Doniphan County, Chautauqua County was the only Kansas county to give incumbent President William Howard Taft a plurality in 1912. The last Democrat to win thirty percent of the county’s vote was Michael Dukakis in 1988. In 2016 Hillary Clinton won only thirteen percent.


title: Chase County, Kansas

paragraphs: Chase County (county code CS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,790 people lived there. Its county seat is Cottonwood Falls. Cottonwood Falls is also the biggest city in Chase County. The center of population of Kansas is in Chase County, about four miles north of Strong City.

paragraphs: In 1859, Chase County was created in the Kansas Territory.

paragraphs: In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Emporia to Newton. In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska. This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.

paragraphs: The south-western border one mile "notch" into Marion County was created under strange circumstances. There was a murder. Marion County didn't want to have the trial, so a section one mile wide and eighteen miles long was given to Chase County. This was to make it so that the murder had happened there. The one mile strip of land is still part of Chase County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.6%) is water.


title: Cheyenne County, Kansas

paragraphs: Cheyenne County (county code CN) is a county in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,726 people lived there. Its county seat is St. Francis. St. Francis is also the biggest city in Cheyenne County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.1%) is water.

paragraphs: The county is in the Central Time zone, but is bordered by the Mountain Time Zone in three directions; it is the only county in the United States to be like this. Dundy County, Nebraska to the north, Yuma County, Colorado and Kit Carson County, Colorado to the west, and Sherman County to the south are all in the Mountain Time Zone. Because of this, Rawlins County is Cheyenne County's only neighbor to also practice Central Time.

paragraphs: Cheyenne County is very Republican. Only four Republican presidential candidates since 1888 have lost the county.


title: Heqin

paragraphs: Heqin means marriage alliance. The term is used in Chinese history. An emperor would marry one of his princesses to his enemy. In return they would have peace with the enemy. It did not always work, and many people hated it.


title: Rouran

paragraphs: The Rouran () ruled northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

paragraphs: They were either proto-Mongols or Turkic. They spoke the Ruanruan language, an Altaic or Sino–Tibetan language.

paragraphs: They descended from the Xianbei. The Rouran are the first to use the words "khan" or "khagan". The Rouran Khaganate existed between the 4-6 centuries. They were then overthrown by the Gokturks. This led to the rise of the Turkic peoples.

paragraphs: The Rouran may have fled west after that and become part of the Pannonian Avars. The Göktürks chased after these "Avars" into the Byzantine Empire.

paragraphs: The Rouran were nomads. They lived in the eastern Eurasian Steppe (Mongolia and northeast China). They overthrew the Xianbei. Most Xianbei moved south and lived in Northern China. Kwok Kin Poon argues the Rouran descended from the Donghu Xianbei.

paragraphs: The founder of the Rouran Khaganate was Yujiulu Shelun. He descended from slaves of the Xianbei. The Xianbei used the word rouran to mean "wriggling worms".

paragraphs: After the Xianbei moved south in the 3rd century, the Rouran took over and conquered a lot of land.

paragraphs: In 402 Shelun unified all of the Rouran. They defeated the neighboring Tiele and expanded to the Silk Roads. They then conquered and vassalized the Hephthalites (of Central Asia) until 5th century.

paragraphs: The Hepthalites then moved towards India and replaced the Yuezhi in Bactria. The Hephtalites borrowed much culture and language from the Rouran: including the word "Khan".

paragraphs: In 429, Northern Wei (where the Xianbei settled) attacked the Rouran and killed many.

paragraphs: In 434, the Rouran made a heqin with Northern Wei.

paragraphs: Between 440-460, the Northern Wei attacked and defeated the Rouran several times.

paragraphs: The Rouran made a heqin with the Han-Chinese ruler Gao Huan of Eastern Wei.

paragraphs: In 551, Bumin of the Ashina Göktürks () defeated the Tiele revolt for the Rouran. In return Bumin asked for a Rouran princess (heqin). Rouran refused, so Bumin declared independence.

paragraphs: Bumin made a heqin with the Western Wei (descend from Northern Wei). Bumin then attacked the Rouran in 552, killing Yujiulü Anagui. Bumin then conquered Otuken.

paragraphs: He declared himself Illig Khagan and started the Turkic Khaganate. He died soon Bumin but his son Issik Qaghan succeeded him. Issik continued attacking the Rouran but died a year later in 553. His brother Muqan Qaghan finished the job and annihilated the Rouran in 555.


title: Eurasian Steppe

paragraphs: The Eurasian Steppe (or Ya'ou Steppe; 亚欧草原) is a steppe ecoregion (a huge stretch of grasslands) in north Eurasia. It stretches from Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, to Mongolia and north China. It is south of Siberia.

paragraphs: For most of history, nomads lived and wandered there on horseback. The horse may have came from the steppe, around Kazakhstan. With the horses the steppe was a highway that moved people from China to Europe. For this reason it became important for the Silk Road.

paragraphs: The steppe has been ruled by many empires. Examples are the Altaic people, Chinese, Slavic people, and Central Asians: including the Xiongnu, Scythians, Han dynasty, Xianbei, Sogdians, Turkic Khaganate, Khazars, Tang Dynasty, Mongol Empire, Russian Empire, and Qing dynasty.


title: Otuken

paragraphs: Ötüken was the capital of the Turkic Khaganate. Otugan was around Mongolia and Central Asia on the Khangan Plateau. Ötüken probably stretched "from the Khangai Range of Central Mongolia to the Sayan Mountains of Tuva [Siberia], at the centre of which is the Orkhon Valley". which for centuries was regarded as the seat of the imperial power of the steppes.

paragraphs: It was also an important place in Turkic mythology and Tengrism. Otukan means Mother Earth.


title: Chu River

paragraphs: The Chu (or Shu, from Chinese: "chǔ") is a river in northern Kyrgyzstan and southern Kazakhstan. It is 1067 km long and is one of the longest rivers in Central Asia, a landlocked region. They are the homeplace of the Dungan people, who moved there during the Qing dynasty.


title: Lake Balqash

paragraphs: Lake Balkhash () is located in Kazakhstan. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia and 15th largest in the world.

paragraphs: It belongs to a Central Asian endorheic basin shared by Kazakhstan, China, and Kyrgyzstan. Water moves from the basin to Balqash via seven rivers. The most important one is the Ili River. Water in the Ili River comes from melted snow from the mountains of China's Xinjiang.


title: North–South Corridor, Singapore

paragraphs: The North–South Corridor (NSC), at first known as the North-South Expressway, will be the 11th expressway of Singapore. It will serve extra traffic along the north-south corridor that is currently being served by the Central Expressway (CTE). It was announced on 30 January 2008. It was announced during a major review of Singapore's transport network by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The expressway would cost about S$7–8 billion when to build. It is planned to be finished being built in 2026. It will connect the East Coast Parkway (ECP) with the northern parts of Singapore.

paragraphs: The NSC will have 16 entrances and 17 exits to connect towns along the north-south corridor. They are Woodlands, Sembawang, Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan and Toa Payoh. It will connect them with the city centre. The NSC will also connect with already-built expressways, like the Seletar Expressway (SLE), Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and East Coast Parkway (ECP).

paragraphs: According to the Land Transport Authority, the bus lanes along the NSC will reduce bus travelling times from Woodlands, Sembawang, Yishun and Ang Mo Kio to the city by up to 30 minutes. It is done through morning and evening peak express bus services. It can speed up bus routes between towns along the NSC faster by allowing buses to use the ramps and bus lanes in it. A cycling path along the entire length of the highway will link up Park Connector Networks and cycling path networks within HDB towns along the entire road to the city centre.

paragraphs: At first, it was supposed to be built by 2023. Because of construction delays, it now can only be built by 2026.

paragraphs: On 19 January 2011, the government allowed the expressway to be built. It was to be built between the roads Admiralty Road West and Toa Payoh Rise. On 15 November 2011, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) revealed the whole route of the North-South Corridor.

paragraphs: It was first planned to be an expressway for vehicles to be built by 2020. However, the corridor will now be built as Singapore's first "integrated transport corridor". It will have bus routes and cycling path along the entire expressway. Its construction was supposed to start in 2017, and it was supposed to be finally built by 2023. However, the first contract was only given in November 2017, with construction work starting in early 2018.

paragraphs: Now, it is planned to be finished by 2026.

paragraphs: The NSC will stat at Admiralty Road West in the North of Singapore. It would go south and pass by Woodlands and Sembawang. It would have a junction with the Seletar Expressway. It would then go through Toa Payoh. It would run parallel with the Central Expressway, and then join the East Coast Parkway in the city.

paragraphs: The LTA tried to use as much state land as possible. This makes sure that as few private properties are take as possible. Even though the expressway is underground in its Southern part, some land had to be taken. This is because there are MRT tunnels blocking its way. The Rochor Centre had to be demolished because of this. Some underpasses at Novena Square had to be demolished. The Ellison Building may also have to be demolished.


Expressways of Singapore


title: Pentium 4

paragraphs: Pentium 4 is a seventh generation single core Microprocessor of x86 architecture (32-bit), manufactured by Intel. Its first complete redesign CPU (called NetBurst) since the processor Pentium Pro, released in 1995. Compared to the Pentium II, Pentium III and Celeron processors, its architecture is little similar to the Pentium Pro/P6 processor design. The NetBurst microarchitecture contains a very deep instruction pipeline to be able to achieve very high frequencies. The Pentium 4 was known for being inefficient and producing a large amount of heat. Because of this, Intel introduced the Core 2 in 2006. Intel stopped making the Pentium 4 in 2008.


title: Lee-Enfield

paragraphs: The Lee-Enfield is a series of bolt-action rifles that was used by the British Armed Forces. It was the main British rifle for the first half of the 20th century, and was used until the end of the century.

paragraphs: While it was not as powerful as rifles used by other countries during both World War I and World War II, it was well-known for holding a lot of bullets and for having a very high rate of fire.

paragraphs: The Lee-Enfield can be loaded with two magazines of five British .303 bullets, allowing for the shooter to have up to ten bullets in the rifle at a time.

paragraphs: Even though bolt-action rifles tend to fire much more slowly than semi-automatic or fully automatic weapons, the Lee-Enfield can fire almost as fast as a semi-automatic rifle if the shooter is well-trained with the weapon. This is because the rifle's bolt needs very little movement to eject and load the rifle.


title: Mosin-Nagant

paragraphs: The Mosin-Nagant is a series of bolt-action rifles used by the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. It was their main rifle throughout the Russo-Japanese War, World War I and World War II. After World War II, it was replaced by the SKS rifle. It was also commonly used by the USSR's allies during the Cold War, and it is still used today by some smaller militaries. It is also popular with civilians due to its cheap price. It is the most produced bolt-action rifle of all-time. More than 37 million Mosin-Nagants were made.

paragraphs: It holds up five 7.62 x 54mmR bullets, which is still used by Russian machine guns and sniper rifles today.

paragraphs: It was the rifle used by Vasily Zaytsev, a Soviet World War II sniper and one of the deadliest snipers of all time.


title: 7.62 x 54mmR

paragraphs: The 7.62 x 54mmR round is a bullet used for Russian guns. It is used for guns like the Mosin–Nagant rifle, the SVD rifle, and the PK machine gun.


title: Bai people

paragraphs: The Baizu (Bai language: 白和; ; literally: white people) are East Asian. They are one of the 56 ethnic groups of China. In 2010 their population was 1,933,510. They live mostly in Yunnan.


title: Tubo

paragraphs: Tubo (, Tibetan: བོད་ཆེན་པོ, bod chen po), also called the Tibetan Empire, existed from the 7th to 9th centuries. Its first king was Songtsen Gampo. Its second king was Mangsong Mangzan. It controlled the Tibetan Plateau as well as parts of Central Asia and South Asia. They came after the Zhangzhung people, who practiced the Bon religion. The Tibet empire imported Buddhism from China and India, combined it with the native Bon religion, and created Tibetan Buddhism. Gampo also helped invent the Tibetan alphabet during this time.


title: Bamar

paragraphs: The Bamar (Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး bama loo-myo), Burmese or Burmans are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar. The Bamar live around the Irrawaddy River. They speak the Burmese language, the official language of Myanmar.

paragraphs: The Burmese-speaking people first migrated from Yunnan, China to the Irrawaddy valley in the 7th century. Over the following centuries, the Burmese absorbed other groups like the Pyu. DNA tests show that the Bamar are East Eurasian, related to Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian people. But they also have "Indian influences".

paragraphs: The Bamar speak Burmese, a Sino-Tibetan language. So basic words are related to Chinese language and Tibetan language. Many words related to Buddhism are borrowed from Pali. The Burmese alphabet itself is based on Indian scripts.


title: Nanzhao

paragraphs: Nanzhao are a Sino-Tibetan kingdom that existed southern China and Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries. It was centered in Yunnan, China.

paragraphs: Most Nanzhao were Bai people. They spoke Nuosu ("Yi"), a Tibeto-Burman language related to Burmese. They descended from the Cuan clan. The Cuan migrated from Taiyuan to Yunnan during Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign in 225. By the fourth century they controlled Yunnan.

paragraphs: In 593, they rebelled against the Sui dynasty. But in 602 the Sui destroyed the rebellion. The Cuan split into two groups: the Black and White Mywa.

paragraphs: The White Mywa tribes lived near lake Erhai. In 704 the Tubo made these kingdoms into vassals or tributaries.

paragraphs: In 737, the Tang dynasty helped unify the tribes and create a new kingdom called the Nanzhao (南诏 "Southern Zhao"). In 738 the capital was established in Taihe (south of Dali). It was in the Erhai valley; the mountains made it easy to defend; and there was a lot of farmland.

paragraphs: In 750 the Nanzhao attacked the Tang. In 751 Tang governor of Sichuan, Xianyu Zhongtong then attacked Nanzhao with an army of 80,000 soldiers. He was defeated by Duan Jianwei (段俭魏).

paragraphs: In 754, the Tang sent another 100,000 soldiers, led by General Li Mi (李宓), but never made it past Mu'ege. The Tubo then became friends with the Tubo. This alliance then ended in 794.

paragraphs: In 801 the Nanzhao and Tang defeated Tibetan and their slave Abbasid soldiers. Nanzhao then expanded into Myanmar and conquered Pyu city-states from 820-832.

paragraphs: In 829, the Nanzhao failed to attack Chengdu (Sichuan). In the 830s, they conquered Kunlun to the east and Nuwang to the south.

paragraphs: In 846, 859, 863, the Nanzhao attacked Annam (Vietnam, then part of the Tang). In 869, the Nanzhao again failed to capture Chengdu.

paragraphs: In 873, the Yang family of Shanxi kicked the Nanzhao were out of Sichuan. In 877 the Yang kicked them out of Guizhou. The Nanzhao retreated to Yunnan, and they slowly died. In 902, their chief minister murdered most of the royal family, including the heir apparent. In 937, Duan Siping seized power and created the Dali Kingdom.

paragraphs: They were Vajrayana Buddhists. Many people living in Yunnan still are.

paragraphs: They called it . Azhali is a bit different from Han Buddhist schools like Zen (Chan Buddhism). But it has Han, Tibetan, and Burmese influences. Nanzhao likely had strong religious connections with the (Myanmar), Tibet, and Bengal ().

paragraphs: It was started around 821-824 by an Indian monk from India called Candragupta (赞陀崛多, Zantuojueduo). More monks from India arrived in 825 and 828 and helped build a temple in .

paragraphs: The last king of Nanzhao made Buddhism the official religion.


title: Rosé (singer)

paragraphs: Roseanne Park is a New Zealand singer. She is based in South Korea and goes by the stage name Rosé. She is known for being a member of Blackpink, which as of 2019 is the highest-charting female K-pop group. She has also performed as a solo artist, with her song making it to number 10 on the Gaon Chart. Rosé is well known on social media in South Korea, with 20 million followers. It is expected that this year (2020) she will have her solo debut, which was announced back in 2018.

paragraphs: Rosé was born in New Zealand on 11 February 1997. At the age of seven, she moved to Australia. In 2012, she had an audition for YG Entertainment at the age of 15. She later signed with YG Entertainment and moved to South Korea. In 2018 it was announced that BLACKPINK has been signed to INTERSCOPE Records.


title: G98 Mauser rifle

paragraphs: The G98 Mauser rifle is a bolt-action rifle used by Germany from 1898 until the end of World War I. It was the German military's main rifle during that time. In 1935, it was replaced by Kar98k, a carbine version of the G98.

paragraphs: It was not the first bolt-action rifle ever made, but its design is so well-liked by militaries worldwide that many bolt-action rifles copied its design. Some rifles based on the G98 that were made in other countries include the American M1903 Springfield rifle and the Japanese Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka rifles. Even today, many bolt-action rifles still follow the G98's basic design.

paragraphs: The rifle held up to five 7.92 x 57mm Mauser rounds. It was also clip-fed, which means that the shooter can load many bullets at one time, rather than just one bullet at a time.


title: M1903 Springfield rifle

paragraphs: The M1903 Springfield rifle was a bolt-action rifle used by the Military of the United States during both World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the early part of the Vietnam War.

paragraphs: The Springfield was based on the German G98 Mauser rifle. It holds up to five .30-06 Springfield bullets.

paragraphs: It was the US's main rifle during World War I. In 1936, it was replaced by the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle. This was because semi-automatic rifles could fire bullets more quickly than bolt-action rifles. This was important because in World War I much of the fighting took place in trenches. In tight spaces like those in trench warfare, it is very important to be able to shoot quickly, and semi-automatic firearms do a better job at that than bolt-action rifles. However, it was still commonly used during World War II, and it became the main sniper rifle for the US. It was the main sniper rifle of the US until the early part of the Vietnam War.


title: .30-06 Springfield

paragraphs: The .30-06 Springfield cartridge, pronounced "thirty-aught-six", is a bullet used for guns made in the United States. It was first used for the M1903 Springfield rifle.

paragraphs: The ".30" means that the bullet is .30 inches (7.62 millimeters) in diameter, and the "06" means it was first used in the US military in the year 1906

paragraphs: The .30-06 is known for having high stopping power (meaning it does a lot of damage to a human or animal body), high penetration power (it can pierce through thick layers), and a long effective range (it is accurate for a long distance).

paragraphs: In the US military, it was the main bullet used for rifles and light machine guns for the first half of the 20th century. Guns that shot the .30-06 include the M1903 Springfield, the M1 Garand, the M1917, the M1919 Browning machine gun, and the BAR.

paragraphs: However, when the US created NATO, it replaced all the .30-06 military weapons with those that used the 7.62 x 51mm NATO bullet. This is because NATO requires the militaries of all its member countries to use the same kinds of ammunition.

paragraphs: However, there are still many American hunting and sporting rifles made today that fire the .30-06 because it is still very popular with hunters and competitive shooters.


title: Effective range

paragraphs: Effective range is the distance a well-aimed bullet can hit a target accurately. A bullet shot can actually travel far past its effective range, but it is not certain if it will hit its target then, even if the shot was well-aimed. Generally, bullets with a higher muzzle velocity will have a longer effective range.


title: Muzzle velocity

paragraphs: Muzzle velocity is the speed that a bullet travels as soon as it is fired. Bullets with higher muzzle velocities tend to have higher effective ranges.


title: Shirley Williams

paragraphs: Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (née Catlin) was born 27 July 1930. She is a retired British politician.

paragraphs: Williams was originally a Labour MP - first elected to the House of Commons in 1964 - but left to found the Social Democratic Party (later the Liberal Democrats) in 1981. She served in government through the 1960s and 70s, but was defeated as an MP in 1983. She was awarded a life peerage in 1993 and retired in 2016. She was made a Companion of Honour in 2017.

paragraphs: She was the daughter of the author Vera Brittain and Sir George Catlin.


title: Antonia Fraser

paragraphs: Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser (née Pakenham; born 27 August 1932) is a British historian and author. She is best known for history books, biographies and detective stories.

paragraphs: Lady Antonia was the daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford. She was married to Hugh Fraser from 1956 until their divorce in 1977. She was then married to the playwright Harold Pinter from 1980 until his death in 2008. She attended the University of Oxford. Her first major book - a biography of Mary, Queen of Scots was published in 1969.

paragraphs: She was awarded a damehood in 2011 and was made a Companion of Honour in 2018.


title: Evelyn Glennie

paragraphs: Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish musician specialising in percussion.

paragraphs: Glennie has been deaf since the age of 12. She uses vibrations of the instruments to play during performances.

paragraphs: She was awarded a damehood in 2007, and was made a Companion of Honour in 2017.


title: Terajoule

paragraphs: The terajoule (TJ) is equal to one trillion (10) joules; or about 0.278 GWh (which is often used in energy tables). About 63 TJ of energy was released by the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima. The International Space Station, with a mass of approximately 450 megagrams and orbital velocity of 7.7 km/s, has a kinetic energy of roughly 13 TJ. In 2017 Hurricane Irma was estimated to have a peak wind energy of 112 TJ.


title: Hipercor bombing

paragraphs: The Hipercor bombing was a car bombing by Basque separatist group ETA. It happened on 19 June 1987 at the Hipercor shopping centre on Avinguda Meridiana, Barcelona, Spain. It killed 21 people and injured another 45.


title: Mary Peters

paragraphs: Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters (born 6 July 1939) is a retired athlete and sportsperson from Northern Ireland. She won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games for pentathlon, as well as three gold medals in the Commonwealth Games in shot put and pentathlon.

paragraphs: She founded the Mary Peters Trust which helps young people in Northern Ireland to take part in sport. She was also Lord Lieutenant of Belfast from 2009-2014.

paragraphs: She was made a dame in 2000, a Companion of Honour in 2015, and a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter in 2019.


title: Kathleen Lonsdale

paragraphs: Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (née Yardley; 28 January 1903 - 1 April 1971) was a British scientist.

paragraphs: She got her degree from University College London in 1924, and was awarded a doctorate in 1934. She used X-ray diffraction to work out the structure of lots of chemicals, and used X-rays to study crystals.

paragraphs: Lonsdale was the first woman to be made a professor at University College London (1949), one of the first women to be made a Fellow of the Royal Society (1945), and was made a dame in 1956.


title: Tropical Storm Nari

paragraphs: Tropical Storm Nari was a Storm that devastated Japan.

paragraphs: On the afternoon of July 23, a tropical disturbance was formed in the southern waters of Japan, and the US Naval Research Laboratory gave a disturbance number of 91W. Soon after, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center rated the system "low" and upgraded to "Medium" at 10 am.

paragraphs: At 5 am on July 24, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded it to a tropical depression. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a gale warning, and the Central Meteorological Bureau of Taiwan upgraded it to a tropical depression, giving the number 11. At 11 am, the Hong Kong Observatory upgraded it to a tropical depression. In the afternoon, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the rating to “High” and issued a tropical cyclone warning.

paragraphs: At 10 am on July 25, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded it to a tropical depression, giving the tropical cyclone number 07W. At 9 pm, the combined typhoon warning center upgraded the system to a tropical storm.

paragraphs: At 8 am on July 26, the Hong Kong Observatory upgraded it to a tropical storm. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded it to a tropical storm, giving the international number 1906 and named it "Nari." The Hong Kong Observatory downgraded Nari to a tropical depression at 2 am on July 27 and downgraded it to a low pressure zone at 2 pm. At 6 o'clock in the morning, Nari landed in the south of Mie Prefecture, Japan. At 3 pm, the Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded to a tropical depression. On the morning of July 28, Nari completely dissipated.

paragraphs: The city of Wakayama recorded rainfall of 47.5 millimeters in an hour through to 9:05 a.m. A maximum instantaneous wind speed of 25 meters per second was registered at the cape of Shionomisaki in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, at around 5:20 a.m.

paragraphs: The storm, which was downgraded to a tropical depression at around 3 p.m., was projected to travel across the Tokai central region before reaching the seas east of the Kanto region by Sunday morning.

paragraphs: The agency warned residents in the Tokai and Kanto-Koshinetsu regions to be on high alert for heavy rain.

paragraphs: Heavy rain and gusty winds spread across central Honshu through Saturday. Localized downpours will also spread over eastern Shikoku.


title: Leake County, Mississippi

paragraphs: Leake County is a county found in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 23,805 people lived there. Its county seat is Carthage.


title: Simpson County, Mississippi

paragraphs: Simpson County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, 27,503 people lived there. Its county seat is Mendenhall.

paragraphs: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water.


title: Amorita, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Amorita is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Apache, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Apache is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,444 at the 2010 census.


title: Arapaho, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Arapaho is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Custer County.


title: Congressional caucus

paragraphs: A congressional caucus is a group of members of the United States Congress that meets to try to get common legislative goals. Officially, caucuses are created as congressional member organizations (CMOs) through the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. They are governed under the rules of these chambers. They are sometimes called conferences (especially Republican ones), coalitions, study groups, task forces, or working groups. Many other countries use the term parliamentary group—for example, the Parliament of the United Kingdom has many all-party parliamentary groups.


title: Nelson Muntz

paragraphs: Nelson Mandela Muntz (born October 30, 1980) is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. Nelson is a school bully. Nelson constantly laughs at other people. He first appeared in the episode, Bart the General, in which Bart Simpson convinces everyone to fight back against Nelson. Nelson repeatedly throws Bart into a trash can. He also is seen pushing people into lockers and torments other characters especially Milhouse Van Houten and more often minor character Martin Prince by giving them wedgies. In the episode Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times Over, in a story called The Revenge of the Geeks, Milhouse gets revenge against all the bullies using a weapon that causes them to experience everything they did to the nerds. Lisa Simpson convinces Milhouse to put down his weapon and Nelson shows up saying "you forgot about me because I had the mumps" and then uses Milhouse's weapon against Milhouse. In the episode Dial N for Nerder, Martin Prince is seemingly killed by Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson who then cover up what happened and Nelson tries to get to the bottom of it. It is revealed in the show that when he was a young child Nelson's father left to get a pack of cigarettes and never came back. Nelson is poor. At one point Nelson dates Lisa Simpson.


title: Hendrix, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Hendrix is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Arkoma, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Arkoma is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Armstrong, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Armstrong is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Avant, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Avant is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is in Osage County.


title: Arnett, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Arnett is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Ellis County.


title: Ashland, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Ashland is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Mannford, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Mannford is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Atwood, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Atwood is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bearden, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bearden is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bennington, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bennington is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bernice, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bernice is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bessie, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bessie is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Bethel Acres, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bethel Acres is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Big Cabin, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Big Cabin is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Billings, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Billings is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Binger, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Binger is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Carmen, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Carmen is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Blackburn, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Blackburn is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Blair, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Blair is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Fallis, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Fallis is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bradley, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bradley is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is in Grady County.


title: Avengers: Infinity War

paragraphs: Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<br>

paragraphs: In it the supervillain Thanos comes from a planet called Titan whose people are all dead because of overpopulation. To prevent the same thing from happening to other worlds, Thanos decides to kill half of all living beings on every planet in the entire Universe. To do that, Thanos tries to find six Infinity Stones and bring them together in a glove called an Infinity Gauntlet so that he can make anything he wants to happen with a snap of his fingers.<br>

paragraphs: Thanos gets an Infinity Stone called the Power Stone by destroying the planet Xandar. He gets an Infinity Stone called the Space Stone by striking a deal with Loki in exchange for not killing Thor. He steals the Reality Stone from a person in space called the Collector, he gets the Soul Stone in exchange for killing his daughter Gamora. He strikes a deal with Dr. Strange to get the Time Stone in exchange for not killing Iron Man. He leads an alien invasion of Earth to get the Mind Stone from the robot superhero Vision by killing him. The Avengers, Spider-Man, Black Panther and the Guardians of the Galaxy all work together to stop Thanos. Thanos then snaps his fingers and causes half of all living beings on every planet in the entire Universe to disappear from existence. There is a scene after the credits where Nick Fury is trying to signal someone who can do something about it. .


title: Hank Stuever

paragraphs: Hank Stuever is an American journalist working for the Washington Post. He writes for its Style section about entertainment.


title: Dublin and Monaghan bombings

paragraphs: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings happened in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland on 17 May 1974. The Ulster Volunteer Force used 3 car bombs in Dublin and another one in Monaghan to kill 33 people and injure nearly 300 others. The bombings were the deadliest attack in the Troubles. It was also the deadliest attack in the Republic of Ireland's history.


title: Jack Ü

paragraphs: Jack Ü is an American DJ duo, consisting of Mad Decent founder Diplo and Grammy award winning producer Skrillex, formed in 2013.


title: Hexadecene

paragraphs: Hexadecene, also known as cetene, is an alkene containing 16 carbon atoms, with a molecular formula of CH. There are many different structural isomers of hexadecene, depending on the location of the double carbon bond.


title: President of Gabon

paragraphs: This is a list of presidents of the African country of Gabon.


title: 301 Deansgate

paragraphs: Beetham Tower (also known as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark 47-storey mixed use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners. The development occupies a sliver of land at the top of Deansgate, hence its elongated plan, and was proposed in July 2003, with construction starting a year later.

paragraphs: At a height of , it is the tallest externally complete building in Manchester and tallest outside London in the United Kingdom. It was described by the "Financial Times" as "the UK's first proper skyscraper outside London". From 2006 to 2018, the skyscraper was the tallest building in Manchester and outside London in the United Kingdom. In November 2018 it was surpassed by the newly topped out South Tower at Deansgate Square; which is tall.

paragraphs: As a result of the elongated floor plan, the structure is one of the thinnest skyscrapers in the world with a height to width ratio of 10:1 on the east west façade, but is noticeably wider on the north south façade. A four-metre cantilever marks the transition between hotel and residential use on the north façade, and a blade structure on the south side of the building acts as a façade overrun accentuating its slim form and doubles as a lightning rod. The skyscraper is visible from ten English counties on a clear day.

paragraphs: Floors 1 to 22 are occupied by the 279-bedroom four-star Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel. The 23rd floor has a four-metre cantilevered overhang with two glass windows in its floor, overlooking the ground from the skybar, Cloud 23, the only such bar in Manchester. The floor has a bar and lounge operated by Hilton. Floors 25 to 47 are occupied by residential apartments.

paragraphs: The top floor penthouse offers views of Greater Manchester, the Cheshire Plain, the Pennines and Snowdonia. The tower is known for emitting a loud unintentional hum or howl in windy weather, believed to emanate from the glass 'blade' atop the building. The hum has been recorded as a B below middle C and can be heard over large parts of the local area.

paragraphs: Architectural response to the skyscraper is polarised and interpretations vary. Some questioned its dominant appearance over the city – particularly over listed buildings with one author going as far to say the skyscraper instantly ""torpedoed"" any possibility of Manchester becoming a UNESCO World Heritage City – a status Manchester was previously on the United Kingdom shortlist for due its industrial past.

paragraphs: Others feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester, and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester's reinvention as a post-industrial city - particularly since the bombing of 1996. Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.


title: Blake Camp

paragraphs: Blake Camp (born October 11, 1983) is an American soccer player.

paragraphs: Camp played some youth soccer in England and has trained with several prestigious professional clubs, including Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers in England, Real Valladolid in Spain, and Palmeiras in Brazil. After starring at Clarke Central High School in Georgia, where he was a four-time all-area performer, he played college soccer at Duke University. He became a regular starter and an all-ACC performer as a sophomore in 2003, then again in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, he was named to the NCAA Final Four All Tournament team. Camp was named to the Herman Trophy watch list in 2004 and 2005 and earned all-America honors as a junior and senior, finishing his collegiate career with 24 goals and the ACC Tournament MVP award as a senior.


title: E-book reader

paragraphs: An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital and .

paragraphs: Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-reader, but specialized e-reader devices may optimize portability, readability (especially in sunlight), and battery life for this purpose. Their main advantages over printed books are portability since an e-reader is capable of holding thousands of books while weighing less than one and the convenience provided due to add-on features in these devices.


title: Zhongli District

paragraphs: Zhongli District () is a in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Zhongli is spelled variously as "Jungli, Jongli, Jhongli" or "Chungli" on railway, bus stop and road signs. Historically, the city is the site of the of 1977, the most significant event of the democratization movement prior to the 1980s. Ethnically, it is considered a kind of capital city for the , who live in great numbers here and nearby; a lot of the elderly could speak in addition to and . Recently many foreign workers (mainly from the and Thailand) have also settled in and around the city because of the heavy industries in the suburbs of the city. It is a center for foreign laborers. The city of Zhongli has 3 large parks and over 70 green reserves in the city for residents of Zhongli to enjoy.


title: Acastus

paragraphs: Acastus (; : Ἄκαστος) is a character in . He sailed with and the , and participated in the hunt for the .

paragraphs: Acastus was the son of , then king of , and (Philomache in some traditions). Acastus with his wife (also called , daughter of ) had two daughters: Sterope (Στερόπη) and , and a number of sons. Another daughter, (Σθενέλη), was given by the "" as the wife of and mother of .

paragraphs: After the return of the Argonauts, Acastus's sisters were manipulated by to cut their father Pelias in pieces and boil them. Acastus, when he heard this, buried his father, and drove Jason and Medea from Iolcus (and, according to , his sisters also), and instituted funeral games in honor of his father. He thereafter became king of Iolcus.

paragraphs: Acastus purified of the murder of of . Acastus's wife (variously named in mythology; often , but sometimes Hippolyte, daughter of ) fell in love with Peleus but he scorned her. Bitter, she sent a messenger to , Peleus's wife and daughter of Eurytion, to tell her that Peleus was to marry Acastus's daughter, .

paragraphs: Astydamia then told Acastus that Peleus had tried to rape her. Acastus took Peleus on a hunting trip and hid his sword while he slept, then abandoned him on to be killed by . The wise centaur (or the god ) returned Peleus' sword and Peleus managed to escape. With and the , Peleus sacked Iolcus, dismembered (and, in some accounts, Acastus himself), and marched his army between the pieces. Their kingdom later fell to Jason's son .


title: Presidential Commission of Uganda

paragraphs: The Presidential Commission of Uganda held the office of President of Uganda between 22 May and 15 December 1980. It was made up of the following:


title: Enniskillen bombing

paragraphs: The Enniskillen bombing took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded near the town's centotaph during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony. The ceremony was commemorating members of the British Armed Forces who had been killed in wars.


title: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

paragraphs: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF) was a large railroad in the United States. Created in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land. Despite the name, its main railroad never served Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was because the terrain was too rough. A branch line from Lamy reached Santa Fe instead.

paragraphs: The railroad officially ended on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.

paragraphs: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) was created on February 11, 1859, to join Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. In its early years, the railroad helped people settle in Kansas. A lot of its revenue came from wheat grown there and from cattle driven north from Texas to Wichita and Dodge City by September 1872.

paragraphs: AT&SF reached Albuquerque in 1880. Santa Fe (the original goal of the railroad) was on a short branch from Lamy, New Mexico.

paragraphs: On September 22, 1995, AT&SF merged with Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). The two lines kept separate operations until December 31, 1996 when it officially became BNSF.


title: CIS Tower

paragraphs: The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height. The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's fifth-tallest building and the tallest office building in the United Kingdom outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels.

paragraphs: The office tower building rises above a five-storey podium block.


title: 1983 Cricket World Cup

paragraphs: The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event.


title: Kyle Korver

paragraphs: Kyle Elliot Korver (born March 17, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Creighton Bluejays and was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets. He was immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. After four and a half seasons in Philadelphia, he was traded to the Utah Jazz. During his first stint with the Jazz, in 2009–10, Korver shot 53.6 percent from three-point range, which set an NBA single-season three-point field goal accuracy record. In 2010, he joined the Chicago Bulls. In 2012, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, where in 2015, he was named NBA All-Star. In 2017, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was a member of back-to-back Finals teams. In 2018, he was traded back to the Jazz.


title: Bluejacket, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bluejacket is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bokchito, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bokchito is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Caddo, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Caddo is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bokoshe, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bokoshe is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Boswell, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Boswell is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Boynton, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Boynton is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Braggs, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Braggs is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Braman, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Braman is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Kildare, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Kildare is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bray, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bray is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Breckenridge, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Breckenridge is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Calera, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Calera is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Colbert, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Colbert is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Kemp, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Kemp is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Kenefic, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Kenefic is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Mead, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Mead is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Silo, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Silo is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Burbank, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Burbank is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Bromide, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Bromide is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Calumet, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Calumet is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Brooksville, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Brooksville is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Byron, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Byron is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Jet, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Jet is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Colony, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Colony is a city in Oklahoma in the United States.


title: Calvin, Oklahoma

paragraphs: Calvin is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.


title: Clark County, Kansas

paragraphs: Clark County (county code CA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,215 people lived there. Its county seat is Ashland. Ashland is also the biggest city in Clark County.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (%) is water.

paragraphs: Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau

paragraphs: Before 1944, Clark County was a swing county. They voted the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1940. From 1944 on, it has become very Republican in presidential elections (except from 1964 when Lyndon B. Johnson won).


title: Marion County, Kansas

paragraphs: Marion County (standard abbreviation: MN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 12,660 people lived there. The county seat is Marion. The county was named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".

paragraphs: In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was built north to south through Marion County. There was a lot of controversy over road damage, tax exemption, and environmental concerns (if a leak ever occurs).

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.0%) is water.

paragraphs: Marion County is in the Great Plains. The eastern part of the county is part of the Flint Hills.


title: Marshall County, Kansas

paragraphs: Marshall County (standard abbreviation: MS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 10,117 people lived there. The county seat is Marysville. Marysville is also the biggest city in Marshall County.

paragraphs: On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" went through Marshall county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale. It had a damage path wide and long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.5%) is water.

paragraphs: Marshall County is very Republican county. The county has not been won by a Democratic candidate in a presidential election since 1932.


title: Hodgeman County, Kansas

paragraphs: Hodgeman County (county code HG) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 1,916 people lived there. Its county seat is Jetmore. Jetmore is also the biggest city in Hodgeman County.

paragraphs: Hodgeman County was created in 1867. It was named after Amos Hodgman, member of the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The letter E was later added to the namesake's name.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.04%) is water.

paragraphs: Hodgeman County is very Republican. Only six Republican presidential candidates have failed to win the county from 1888 to the present, and no Democrat has to win even a quarter of the county's votes since Michael Dukakis in 1988. The last Democrat to win the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.


title: Haskell County, Kansas

paragraphs: Haskell County (county code HS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 4,256 people lived there. Its county seat is Sublette. Sublette is also the biggest city in Haskell County.

paragraphs: Haskell County was created in 1887. It was named for Dudley C. Haskell, a former member of Congress.

paragraphs: John M. Barry concluded that Haskell County was the where the first case of the 1918 flu pandemic (nicknamed "Spanish flu") happened, which killed between 21 and 100 million people.

paragraphs: The railroad and the development of oil and gas fields in the 1930s helped the economy of the area a lot. This helped overcome the "dust bowl" of that period. Haskell County was one of the hardest hit counties in the Midwest during the drought of 1930-1937.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.06%) is water.

paragraphs: Haskell County is the flattest county in Kansas.

paragraphs: Haskell County is very Republican. However, in 2016, the Democratic candidate (Hillary Clinton) got a higher share of the county's vote than Barack Obama did in 2012. The last time Haskell County was won by a democratic candidate was 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson.


title: Harper County, Kansas

paragraphs: Harper County (county code HP) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,034 people lived there. Its county seat is Anthony. Anthony is also the biggest city in Harper County. The county was named after Sergeant Marion Harper of the 2nd Kansas Cavalry. He died of wounds suffered near Waldron, Arkansas, in December 1863.

paragraphs: The original organization of Harper County was one of the biggest frauds in county government. In 1873, a group of three men organized Harper County. They designated the then-fake city of "Bluff City" as the county seat. The petition for organization used many names from a Cincinnati city directory to represent as residents of Harper County. In 1874, the state attorney general investigated. He didn't find any resident of the county. The "creators" of the county had sold $40,000 worth of bonds.

paragraphs: Due to new and high-paying jobs at oil fields and wind farms, Harper County had an economic boom. In 2012, rental housing and office space in towns such as Danville, Harper, and Anthony had become four times more expensive. However, by 2016, the oil fracking boom had ended. The economies of Harper County were hurt.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says taht the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.


title: Hamilton County, Kansas

paragraphs: Hamilton County (county code HM) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,690 people lived there. Its county seat is Syracuse. Syracuse is also the biggest city in Hamilton County. The county was created in 1873. It is named after Alexander Hamilton.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.1%) is water.

paragraphs: Hamilton county is very Republican. The last time a democratic candidate has won Hamilton County was in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.


title: Greenwood County, Kansas

paragraphs: Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,689 people lived there. Its county seat is Eureka. Eureka is also the biggest city in Greenwood County.

paragraphs: In 1855, Greenwood County was created. It was named after Alfred B. Greenwood, a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.

paragraphs: The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.8%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Kansas by area.

paragraphs: Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.


title: Sheridan County, Kansas

paragraphs: Sheridan County (standard abbreviation: SD) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,556 people lived there. Its county seat is Hoxie. The county was named after Phillip H. Sheridan, a general of the American Civil War era.

paragraphs: In 1873, the rest of the unorganized part of the state was divided into 22 new counties. This included Sheridan County. Sheridan County was then organized in 1880. The county seat was in Kenneth.

paragraphs: The railroad was still used in Sheridan County until 1998. After flooding east of Plainville in the 1993 floods damaged the railroad, the railroad decided not to rebuild. The entire railroad from Plainville to Colby was abandoned by 1998.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.03%) is water.


title: Sherman County, Kansas

paragraphs: Sherman County (standard abbreviation: SH) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,010 people lived there. Its county seat is Goodland. Sherman County was created by the Kansas Legislature in 1873. It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman.

paragraphs: The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.02%) is water.

paragraphs: Sherman County is one of only four Kansas counties in Mountain Time. Since Sherman County is part of the Wichita media market, prime-time television in the county is aired from 6 to 9 p.m. local time, rather than 7 to 10 p.m. as is normal in the Central and Mountain time zones. However, cable providers carry the ABC and NBC affiliates from both Wichita and Denver. This allows viewers to view programs on those networks at the normal prime-time hours.

paragraphs: Sherman county is often won by Republican Candidates, like most rural counties. However, Lyndon B. Johnson barely won the county in 1964.