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The Microlino is a four-wheeled, battery electric bubble car manufactured by the company Micro since its introduction in 2022. The microcar is available in two versions as either a light or a heavy quadricycle, with the latter having a top speed of 90 km/h.
Micro Mobility Systems Ltd, known as Micro, is a Swiss company that produces urban vehicles such as kickscooters and the Microlino, a small electric car which was first presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2016. In the United States, Micro's products are sold under the brand "Micro Kickboard" for trademark reasons. The company holds several ...
Initially only available in English, it was expanded to six European languages in late 2012. [85] [86] Entertainment Weekly placed YouTube on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list In December 2009, describing it as: "Providing a safe home for piano-playing cats, celeb goof-ups, and overzealous lip-synchers since 2005." [87]
The meaning and origin of name of Latvian people is unclear, however the root lat-/let- is associated with several Baltic hydronyms and might share common origin with the Liet-part of neighbouring Lithuania (Lietuva, see below) and name of Latgalians – one of the Baltic tribes that are considered ancestors of modern Latvian people.
The ostinato motif of "Shchedryk" Shchedryk ("Bountiful Evening") is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year's song, known in English as "The Little Swallow". It tells the story of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the plentiful and bountiful year that the family will have. [4]
The song, "Tumbalalaika (The Riddle)" by Natalia Zukerman [4] is a poetic adaptation of this to English, with the chorus remaining in Yiddish. The Barry Sisters version of the song appears in episode 5, season 2 (“Midnight At The Concord”) of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
James Crawford, gave a 2002 interview with OffBeat Magazine discussing the song's meaning: [1] Interviewer: How did you construct 'Jock-A-Mo?' Crawford: It came from two Indian chants that I put music to. "Iko Iko" was like a victory chant that the Indians would shout. "Jock-A-Mo" was a chant that was called when the Indians went into battle.
The word fajita is not known to have appeared in print until 1971, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. (The word faja is Spanish for "strip", or "belt", from the Latin fascia , "band".) [ 6 ] Although fajita originally referred to these strips of beef skirt , fajitas now are made with a variety of fillings, including vegetarian options ...