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The Cartoons that Shook the World is a 2009 book by Brandeis University professor Jytte Klausen about the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.Klausen contends that the controversy was deliberately stoked up by people with vested interests on all sides, and argues against the view that it was based on a cultural misunderstanding about the depiction of Muhammad.
List of facial expression databases. A facial expression database is a collection of images or video clips with facial expressions of a range of emotions . Well-annotated ( emotion -tagged) media content of facial behavior is essential for training, testing, and validation of algorithms for the development of expression recognition systems.
Jiminy Cricket. Jiminy Cricket is the Disney version of the "Talking Cricket" ( Italian: Il Grillo Parlante ), a fictional character created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi for his 1883 children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio, which Walt Disney adapted into the animated film Pinocchio in 1940. [ 6] Originally an unnamed, minor character in ...
The Wong–Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale is a pain scale that was developed by Donna Wong and Connie Baker. The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or "no hurt", to a crying face at 10, which represents "hurts like the worst pain imaginable". Based on the faces and written descriptions, the patient chooses the face ...
The youngest son of an aristocratic family in early 20th century France, Claude is a trans man who faces tragedy and hardship in his romantic life. Claudine is notable for being one of the earliest manga to feature a transgender protagonist. [137] Victoria October: Detective Comics: 2017–present Porcelain Secret Six: 2014–present
The term is a shortening of the term "duck's egg", the latter being used long before Test cricket began. When referring to the Prince of Wales' (the future Edward VII) score of nought on 17 July 1866, a contemporary newspaper wrote that the Prince "retired to the royal pavilion on a 'duck's egg' ". [2]
Rhaphidophoridae. The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. [ 1] Common names for these insects include cave crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to " criders " or " sprickets "), [ 2] and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand are typically referred to as ...
Facial expression. A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. These movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information between humans, but they also occur ...