The Seven Deadly Sins revealed. Tegucigalpa. Shymkent. One of the central districts (view from citadel of ancient city) Historical region "Old City"(view from ancient city's citadel) Night Shymkent Shymkent (Kazakh: Шымкент / Şımkent), formerly known as Chimkent (Russian: Чимкент) until 1993, is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 (2011).[1] A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the city is also a notable cultural centre, with an international airport.
Shymkent is situated 690 km west of Almaty and 120 km to the north of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 603,499 (2009 Census results);[2] 423,902 (1999 Census results).[2] History[edit] There was a gulag located near Shymkent, and many Russian-speaking people came to the area via imprisonment.[5] The name Shymkent comes from two words: shym meaning "turf, and kent meaning "city". Geography[edit] Climate[edit] Demographics[edit] Shylock. Shylock is a fictional character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. In the play[edit] Historical background[edit] In Shakespeare's time, no Jews had been legally present in England for several hundred years (since the Edict of Expulsion in 1290). However, stereotypes of Jews as money lenders remained. Portrayal[edit] Shylock on stage[edit] Jacob Adler and others report that the tradition of playing Shylock sympathetically began in the first half of the 19th century with Edmund Kean,[3] and that previously the role had been played "by a comedian as a repulsive clown or, alternatively, as a monster of unrelieved evil.
" Kean and Irving presented a Shylock justified in wanting his revenge; Adler's Shylock evolved over the years he played the role, first as a stock Shakespearean villain, then as a man whose better nature was overcome by a desire for revenge, and finally as a man who operated not from revenge but from pride. Notable portrayals[edit] 1911 Italian-French film. References[edit] Rigaudon. The rigaudon (also spelled rigadon, rigadoon) is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar to that of a bourrée, but the rigaudon is rhythmically simpler with regular phrases (eight measure phrases are most common). Also spelled Rigadoon, it is a sprightly 17th-century French folk dance for couples. Traditionally, the folkdance was associated with the provinces of Vavarais, Languedoc, Dauphiné, and Provence in southern France, and it became popular as a court dance during the reign of Louis XIV (Little 2001).
Its hopping steps were adopted by the skillful dancers of the French and English courts, where it remained fashionable through the 18th century. By the close of the 18th century, however, it had given way in popularity as a ballroom dance (along with the passepied, bourrée, and gigue) to the minuet (Cunningham Woods 1895–96, 93). Sources[edit] Further reading[edit] Anon. 1851. Rideau Canal. The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario.
It is 202 kilometres in length.[1] The name Rideau, French for "curtain," is derived from the curtain-like appearance of the Rideau River's twin waterfalls where they join the Ottawa River.[2] The canal system uses sections of major rivers, including the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as well as some lakes. The Rideau Waterway is governed by Parks Canada under the Canadian Heritage Rivers System. History[edit] An engraving of the Rideau Canal locks at Bytown The initial purpose of the Rideau Canal was military, as it was intended to provide a secure supply and communications route between Montreal and the British naval base in Kingston. Westward from Montreal, travel would proceed along the Ottawa River to Bytown (now Ottawa), then southwest via the canal to Kingston and out into Lake Ontario. Construction deaths[edit] Quincunx. A quincunx of pips on the fifth side of a die Historical origins of the name[edit] Examples[edit] Quincunx patterns occur in many contexts: A quincuncial map Cosmatesque pavements with the quincunx pattern In heraldry, groups of five elements (charges) are often arranged in a quincunx pattern, called in saltire in heraldic terminology.
The flag of the Solomon Islands features this pattern, with its five stars representing the five main island groups in the Solomon Islands. Literary symbolism[edit] Various literary works use or refer to the quincunx pattern for its symbolic value: References[edit] Don Quixote. Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote,[a][b] the full title being The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha,[c] is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel.[2][3] The novel has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best novel of all time"[d] and the "best and most central work in world literature".[4][5] Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world[6] and one of the best-selling novels of all time. For Cervantes and the readers of his day, Don Quixote was a one-volume book published in 1605, divided internally into four parts, not the first part of a two-part set.
The mention in the 1605 book of further adventures yet to be told was totally conventional, did not indicate any authorial plans for a continuation, and was not taken seriously by the book's first readers.[12] [edit] Style and interpretations. Pakalolo. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cannabis has many different names, including more than 1,200 slang terms, and more than 2,300 names for individual strains.[1] Additionally, there are many names to describe the state of being under the influence of the substance.[2] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested names. Strains, cultivation and preparation [edit] Commercial cannabis growers and retailers have given individual strains more than 2,300 names.[59] A 2022 study in PLOS One, drawing data from almost 90,000 samples from six US states, representing the largest quantitative chemical mapping of commercial dispensary-grade cannabis flower samples to date, found that "commercial labels do not consistently align with the observed chemical diversity.
" In other words, many strain names do not necessarily reflect the actual cannabinoid content or its perceived effects.[60] Medical cannabis: chemical compounds and pharmaceutical drugs Formal terms relating to cannabis consumption.