Santee, a major group within the Sioux (q.v.) nation of North American Indians. Santee descendants numbered more than 3,200 individuals in the early 21st

DC-3, transport aircraft, the world’s first successful commercial airliner, readily adapted to military use during World War II. The DC-3, first flown in 1935, was a low-wing twin-engine monoplane that in various conformations could seat 21 or 28 passengers or carry 6,000 pounds (2,725 kg) of

ARCHIVED TOPIC: This topic was archived on Oct. 7, 2020, and will no longer be updated. The Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) is a 1,172-mile-long pipeline to transport shale oil from the North Dakota Bakken oil fields to Patoka, Illinois, to link with other pipelines. Construction was completed in

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Turning point: … against the building of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. According to Ocasio-Cortez, her experience was a personal “tipping point.” She told TIME in 2019 that, after the trip, she became “more galvanized and more open to taking risks.” Meanwhile, her brother submitted her name to Brand New…

North Dakota: Pioneering and statehood: …the period known as the Dakota Boom (from 1878 to 1886), many giant farms stretched across the new state, and North Dakota wheat made Minneapolis, Minn., the milling center of the country in the 1880s. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern railway companies vied with each other to reach the…

The Difference Between a Tribe and a Band: …19th century the speakers of Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota (dialects of a single language within the inappropriately named Siouan language family) were referred to as “bands” because (from the perspective of colonial administrators) they were clearly subdivisions of the larger “Sioux tribe.” From a scholarly perspective, however, Dakota, Lakota, and…

James River, river rising in Wells county, central North Dakota, U.S., and flowing in a generally south-southeasterly direction across South Dakota, to join the Missouri River about 5 miles (8 km) below Yankton after a course of 710 miles (1,140 km). Major cities along the river are Jamestown,

Madison: Dakota State University was founded there in 1881 as the first teacher-training school in the Dakota Territory. The university is a primary factor in the city’s economy. Area agriculture is based on corn (maize), soybeans, and poultry; manufactures include farm implements, road-maintenance equipment, wood cabinets,…

U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, a conflict on the Minnesota frontier that broke out in August 1862. It was a six-week campaign waged by Dakota warriors after the United States government violated multiple treaties and failed to deliver money that Dakota people were depending on to buy food from traders.

South Dakota: Education: …University of Sioux Falls (1883), Dakota Wesleyan University (1885) in Mitchell, Presentation College (1922) in Aberdeen, and Mount Marty College (1936) in Yankton. There are also many religious academies, vocational schools, and community colleges.

the Dakota, historical apartment building located across from Central Park at 1 West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York. The Dakota was one of the first apartment buildings in the sparsely populated area when it was completed in 1884. According to New York lore, the

Stillwater, city, seat (1851) of Washington county, eastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the St. Croix River (bridged to Wisconsin), at the head of Lake St. Croix, about 20 miles (30 km) northeast of St. Paul. Sioux and Ojibwa Indians were early inhabitants of the area, which was originally part of

pīṭhā: …the Goddess Sati, daughter of Daksa and wife of Shiva. When Daksa held a great sacrifice and refused to invite Shiva and Sati, Sati took offence, came to the sacrifice uninvited, and there committed suicide. Shiva thereupon became enraged, killed Daksa, and destroyed the sacrifice. Carrying the body of Sati…

Tenkalai, one of two Hindu subsects of the Shrivaishnava, the other being the Vadakalai. Though the two sects use both Sanskrit and Tamil scriptures and centre their worship on Vishnu, the Tenkalai places greater reliance on the Tamil language and the Nalayira Prabandham, a collection of hymns by

Muthuvel Karunanidhi was an Indian politician and government official who was one of the founding members of the Dravidian Progressive Federation (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam; DMK) political party in 1949 and for decades was the party’s president. He also served several terms as the chief minister

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, majestic 19th-century temple in the village of Dakshineswar, outside Kolkata, India, on the east bank of the Hugli River, an arm of the Ganges. The presiding deity is Bhavatarini, an aspect of the goddess Kali, but it is a pilgrimage site for both Hindus and members of

India: The Guptas: …also conquered the states of Dakshinapatha but reinstated the vanquished rulers.

Coín, city, Málaga provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain. It is situated near the beach resort region of Costa del Sol. The site was first settled by the Turdetanos, an Iberian tribe, and was later occupied by the Romans, who established

Dalmatian, dog breed named after the Adriatic coastal region of Dalmatia, Croatia, its first definite home. The origins of the breed are unknown. The Dalmatian has served as a sentinel, war dog, fire department mascot, hunter, shepherd, and performer. It is best known, however, as a coach or

Dalriada, Gaelic kingdom that, at least from the 5th century ad, extended on both sides of the North Channel and composed the northern part of the present County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and part of the Inner Hebrides and Argyll, in Scotland. In earlier times, Argyll had received extensive

Dalriada, Gaelic kingdom that, at least from the 5th century ad, extended on both sides of the North Channel and composed the northern part of the present County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and part of the Inner Hebrides and Argyll, in Scotland. In earlier times, Argyll had received extensive

Dal River, River, southern central Sweden. Formed by two forks, the Öster Dal and Vässter Dal, it flows southeast for some 325 mi (520 km) from the mountains along the Norwegian border into the Gulf of

Binnya Dala was the last king (reigned 1747–57) of Pegu in southern Myanmar (Burma), whose independence from the northern Burmans was revived briefly between 1740 and 1757. In 1747 Binnya Dala succeeded Smim Htaw Buddhaketi, who had seven years earlier been set up as king of the Mon in the new

Sweden: Code of law: …given to the nobles; in 1388 the Swedish nobles called upon Margaret, now regent of Denmark and Norway, for help. In 1389 her troops defeated and captured Albert, and she was hailed as Sweden’s ruler. Albert’s allies harried the Baltic and continued to hold out in Stockholm, and it was…

relic: …canine tooth, honored at the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy, Sri Lanka. Other shrines reportedly have housed certain personal possessions of the Buddha, such as his staff or alms bowl. The alms bowl (patra), particularly, is associated with a romantic tradition of wanderings and, in different historical periods, has…

Édouard Daladier was a French politician who as premier signed the Munich Pact (Sept. 30, 1938), an agreement that enabled Nazi Germany to take possession of the Sudetenland (a region of Czechoslovakia) without fear of opposition from either Britain or France. Daladier was elected to the Chamber of

Dalai Lama, leader of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Gelukpa, also called Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists and, until 1959, both spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama is the world-renowned 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) who lives in exile in India. The title combines the

14th Dalai Lama is the title of the Tibetan Buddhist monk Tenzin Gyatso, the first Dalai Lama to become a global figure, largely for his advocacy of Buddhism and of the rights of the people of Tibet. Despite his fame, he dispensed with much of the pomp surrounding his office, describing himself as

Lake Hulun, large lake in the Hulun Buir Plain, northern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. The lake is fed by two rivers that rise in Mongolia: the Kerulen (Kelulun), which flows from the west, and the Orxon (Orshun), which flows from the south. The surface area of Lake

Salomon Maimon: …an unorthodox commentary on Maimonides’ Moreh nevukhim (The Guide for the Perplexed) that earned him the hostility of fellow Jews. At 25 he traveled to Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), and wandered over Europe until he settled in Posen, Pol., as a tutor. His material insecurity ended in 1790, when…

Mongolian literature: The 20th century and beyond: …Oidow became best known for Dalan khudalch (“The Trickster of 70 Lies”), a comedy based on a folk tale; it was similar to the play Budamshuu (1954) by Tsyren Galzutovich Shagzhin, Oidow’s Buryat contemporary. Lamjawiin Wangan won his fame with plays dealing with modern life. Namdag and Myagmar also wrote…

Dalandzadgad, town, south-central Mongolia, in the Gobi Desert. It is connected by road to Ulaanbaatar, the national capital, 320 miles (514 km) north-northeast. Local brown and bituminous coal deposits are worked commercially. Industries include cement production. Pop. (2000)

Dalandzadgad, town, south-central Mongolia, in the Gobi Desert. It is connected by road to Ulaanbaatar, the national capital, 320 miles (514 km) north-northeast. Local brown and bituminous coal deposits are worked commercially. Industries include cement production. Pop. (2000)

Dalarna, län (county) and traditional landskap (province), central Sweden. It extends from the Norwegian border in the west nearly to the town of Gävle, on the Gulf of Bothnia in the east. Dalarna county came into being in 1997 when Kopparberg county was renamed; the county capital is Falun.

Arabic literature: Emerging poetics: His Dalāʾil al-Iʿjāz (“Proofs of Iʿjāz”) and Asrār al-balāghah (“Secrets of Eloquence”) are major monuments of classical Arabic critical thought.

Emmerich Joseph von Dalberg, duke de Dalberg , duke de Dalberg, was the nephew and heir of Karl Theodor von Dalberg, and minister and foreign envoy under Napoleon and Louis XVIII of France. As Baden’s envoy in Paris from 1803 he became a close friend of Talleyrand. Entering the French service in

Friedrich Schiller: Early years and plays: …hope of receiving help from Heribert Baron von Dalberg, the director of the theatre that had launched his first play. He brought with him the manuscript of a new work, Die Verschwörung des Fiesko zu Genua (1783; Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy), subtitled “a republican tragedy”: the drama of the…

Karl Theodor von Dalberg archbishop of Mainz and arch-chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, primate of Germany, and president of the Confederation of the Rhine. A member of an important German noble family, he studied canon law at Göttingen and Heidelberg and entered the church, becoming

jacaranda: …rosewood from the tree species Dalbergia nigra, also of the pea family.

Delhi: City site: The sissoo (shisham; Dalbergia sissoo) tree, which yields a dark brown and durable timber, is commonly found in the plains. Riverine vegetation, consisting of weeds and grass, occurs on the banks of the Yamuna. New Delhi is known for its flowering shade trees, such as the neem (Azadirachta…

rosewood: …most important commercially are the Honduras rosewood, Dalbergia stevensoni, and the Brazilian rosewood, principally D. nigra, a leguminous tree up to 125 feet (38 metres) called cabiúna, and jacaranda in Brazil. Jacaranda (q.v.) also refers to several species of Machaerium, also of the Fabaceae (or Leguminosae) family, and a source…

Dalby, town, southeastern Queensland, Australia. It lies along Myall Creek near the Condamine River, about 130 miles (210 km) northwest of Brisbane. Founded as Myall Creek Station in 1841, it was renamed for Dalby, on the Isle of Man, in the British Isles. It became a town in 1854. Dalby is the

eurythmics: …form of artistic expression—specifically, the Dalcroze system of musical education in which bodily movements are used to represent musical rhythms.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss music teacher and composer who originated the eurythmics system of musical instruction. In his youth Jaques-Dalcroze studied composition, and by 1892 he was professor of harmony at the Geneva Conservatory. Convinced that current methods of training professional

Stephen Daldry is an English film and theatre director known for his sensitive and nuanced treatments of stories featuring conflicted characters. Daldry’s father—a bank manager who died when Daldry was 15—discouraged his early interest in theatre. Abetted by his cabaret singer mother, however,

Stephen Daldry is an English film and theatre director known for his sensitive and nuanced treatments of stories featuring conflicted characters. Daldry’s father—a bank manager who died when Daldry was 15—discouraged his early interest in theatre. Abetted by his cabaret singer mother, however,

Obey River: …Dam, finished in 1943, impounds Dale Hollow Lake, which has 620 miles (1,000 km) of shoreline and covers most of the Obey’s length. The lake provides numerous recreation sites along its shores, and Standing Stone State Park is just to the south. The Obey River watershed drains about 780 square…

nervous system: Acetylcholine: The concept is called Dale’s principle after Sir Henry Dale, a British physiologist who, in 1935, stated that a neurotransmitter released at one axon terminal of a neuron can be presumed to be released at other axon terminals of the same neuron. (Dale’s principle refers only to the presynaptic…

Dick Dale was an American rock guitarist and pioneer of the surf music genre known for his percussive playing style and innovative use of the reverb amplifier effect. He is also widely known as the “King of Surf Guitar,” a nickname that fans gave him early in his career. Dale inspired generations

Richard Dale was an American naval officer during the American Revolution. Dale went to sea at age 12 and thereafter had a checkered career as a lieutenant in the Virginia provincial navy, a prisoner of war with the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay, and a mate on a loyalist brigantine. When the

Sir Henry Dale was an English physiologist who in 1936 shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with the German pharmacologist Otto Loewi for their discoveries in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. After receiving his bachelor’s degree (1903) from the University of Cambridge,

Sir Henry Dale was an English physiologist who in 1936 shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with the German pharmacologist Otto Loewi for their discoveries in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. After receiving his bachelor’s degree (1903) from the University of Cambridge,

Pocahontas: …settler; both the Virginia governor, Sir Thomas Dale, and Chief Powhatan agreed to the marriage, which took place in April 1614. Following the marriage, peace prevailed between the English and the Native Americans as long as Chief Powhatan lived. According to Powhatan tradition and the account of one colonist, Pocahontas…

Dalarna, län (county) and traditional landskap (province), central Sweden. It extends from the Norwegian border in the west nearly to the town of Gävle, on the Gulf of Bothnia in the east. Dalarna county came into being in 1997 when Kopparberg county was renamed; the county capital is Falun.

Kjartan Fløgstad: Dalen Portland recounts with lyrical realism the lives of small-town factory workers and sailors, addressing the mental rootlessness that came with the transition from a rural to an industrial community. In this book, political commitment, documentary material, and fantasy are brought together with a humour…

printmaking: The Netherlands: Cornelis van Dalen was a fine engraver who immigrated to England and died there. More gifted than his father, Cornelis van Dalen II was an artist of considerable stature, who engraved some of the most powerful portraits of his time.

Nils Dalén was a Swedish engineer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1912 for his invention of the automatic sun valve, or Solventil, which regulates a gaslight source by the action of sunlight, turning it off at dawn and on at dusk or at other periods of darkness. It rapidly came into

Nils Dalén was a Swedish engineer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1912 for his invention of the automatic sun valve, or Solventil, which regulates a gaslight source by the action of sunlight, turning it off at dawn and on at dusk or at other periods of darkness. It rapidly came into

coin: Scandinavia: The small copper daler was struck, sometimes plated; types included Roman divinities. During the 17th and 18th centuries there was a large issue of enormous plates of copper, stamped with their full value in silver money as a countermark.

environmental economics: Permit markets: …first developed by Canadian economist John Dales and American economist Thomas Crocker in the 1960s. Through this method, pollution permits are issued to firms in an industry where a reduction in emissions is desired. The permits give each firm the right to produce emissions according to the number of permits…

Freaks and Geeks: Cast and characters: John Francis Daley plays Lindsay’s younger brother, Sam, who grapples with a seemingly hopeless crush on a cheerleader and the derision other students seem to have for him and his fellow “geeks.” Sam’s friends include schticky would-be comedian and ventriloquist Neal Schweiber, played by Samm…

Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death in 1976; he was reelected every fourth year through 1975. Daley was called “the last of the big-city bosses” because of his tight control of Chicago politics through widespread job patronage. He attained great power in national

Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago from 1955 until his death in 1976; he was reelected every fourth year through 1975. Daley was called “the last of the big-city bosses” because of his tight control of Chicago politics through widespread job patronage. He attained great power in national

Richard M. Daley is an American lawyer and politician, who became mayor of Chicago in 1989 and who played a major role in transforming it into a dynamic international city. Richard M. Daley is the first son of Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and considered “the last of the big

Dalgaranga Crater, small meteorite crater near Dalgaranga, Western Australia. Known earlier but not attributed to an impact event involving a meteorite until 1938, it is 70 feet (21 m) in diameter and 11 feet deep. Both iron and stony meteorite fragments have been collected at the site. Although

history of logic: Leibniz: …extensively by the English philologist George Dalgarno (c. 1626–87) and, for mathematical language and communication, by the French algebraist François Viète (1540–1603). The search for a universal language to replace Latin was seriously taken up again in the late 19th century, first by Giuseppe Peano—whose work on Interlingua, an uninflected…

Liverpool FC: Kevin Keegan, Ian Rush, Kenny Dalglish (who managed the club from 1985 to 1991), and Michael Owen, as well as attacking midfielder Steven Gerrard.

bilby, (Macrotis lagotis), small, burrowing, nocturnal, long-eared marsupial belonging to the family Thylacomyidae (order Peramelemorphia) and native to Australia. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, bilbies occupied habitats across more than 70 percent of Australia. At present, however, they are

Dalhousie, town in Restigouche county, northern New Brunswick, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Restigouche River on Chaleur Bay, 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Campbellton. Icebreakers keep the harbour open during the winter months and clear a route through the bay. Settled by Scots in the early

Dalhousie, town, northwestern Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. It was named for a British viceroy of colonial India, Lord Dalhousie. Situated in the Himalayan foothills at an elevation of some 7,500 feet (2,300 metres), it is 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Pathankot, with which it is

Oodnadatta: North of Oodnadatta is Dalhousie Springs, which is likely the largest area of artesian springs in Australia. Pop. (2006) 277; (2011) gazetted locality, 166.

Dalhousie University, privately endowed institution of higher learning located in Halifax, Canada. It was founded in 1818 as Dalhousie College by the 9th earl of Dalhousie, then lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, and became a university in 1863. The school developed rapidly after substantial

Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th earl of Dalhousie was a British secretary of state for war (1855–58) who shared the blame for the conduct of the last stage of the Crimean War. Originally named Fox Maule, he became 2nd Baron Panmure in 1852 and the earl of Dalhousie in 1860. In 1861 he assumed the Dalhousie

James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie was a British governor-general of India from 1847 to 1856, who is accounted the creator both of the map of modern India, through his conquests and annexations of independent provinces, and of the centralized Indian state. So radical

James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie was a British governor-general of India from 1847 to 1856, who is accounted the creator both of the map of modern India, through his conquests and annexations of independent provinces, and of the centralized Indian state. So radical

Ramón Gómez de la Serna: His Dalí (1977; Eng. trans., 1979) reflects the surrealism of both the artist and the author.

Dali, city, western Yunnan sheng (province), southwestern China. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Er in a fertile basin about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the historical town of Dali. The city has traditionally been an important centre on the routes westward from Kunming (the provincial

Dali, historical town, west-central Yunnan sheng (province), southwestern China. It is situated in a fertile basin on the west side of Lake Er; since 1983 historical Dali has been administered as a town under the city also called Dali (formerly Xiaguan), which lies 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the

Dali, site of paleoanthropological excavations near Jiefang village in Dali district, Shaanxi (Shensi) province, China, best known for the 1978 discovery of a well-preserved cranium that is about 200,000 years old. It resembles that of Homo erectus in having prominent browridges, a receding

Dali: …1978 discovery of a well-preserved cranium that is about 200,000 years old. It resembles that of Homo erectus in having prominent browridges, a receding forehead, a ridge along the rear of the skull, and thick cranial walls. Its cranial capacity is 1,120 cc (68 cubic inches), which is intermediate between…

St. Petersburg: …the Holocaust, and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí. It is home to a professional baseball team, the Tampa Bay Rays. There are dozens of marinas and other boating facilities, and sport fishing and sailing are popular. The nation’s oldest greyhound-racing track is in the city. The municipal pier features a five-story…

Dali: …1978 discovery of a well-preserved cranium that is about 200,000 years old. It resembles that of Homo erectus in having prominent browridges, a receding forehead, a ridge along the rear of the skull, and thick cranial walls. Its cranial capacity is 1,120 cc (68 cubic inches), which is intermediate between…

Salvador Dalí was a Spanish artist and filmmaker, who was part of the Surrealist group in his early career and continued to build on the movement’s ideas and imagery throughout his life. His eccentric behavior and his eerie paintings made him the best known of the group . Dalí was born in Figueras,

Salvador Dalí was a Spanish artist and filmmaker, who was part of the Surrealist group in his early career and continued to build on the movement’s ideas and imagery throughout his life. His eccentric behavior and his eerie paintings made him the best known of the group . Dalí was born in Figueras,

Dalian, city and port, southern Liaoning sheng (province), northeastern China. It consists of the formerly independent cities of Dalian and Lüshun, which were amalgamated (as Lüda) in 1950; in 1981 the name Dalian was restored, and Lüshun became a district of the city. Situated at the southern tip

Wang Jianlin: …as chairman (1989– ) of Dalian Wanda Group, a conglomerate with major interests in real estate development and entertainment.

Kaifeng, city, northern Henan sheng (province), north-central China. It was the provincial capital until 1954, when the capital was transferred to Zhengzhou, about 45 miles (75 km) to the west. Kaifeng is situated in the southern section of the North China Plain, to the south of the Huang He

Delilah, in the Old Testament, the central figure of Samson’s last love story (Judges 16). She was a Philistine who, bribed to entrap Samson, coaxed him into revealing that the secret of his strength was his long hair, whereupon she took advantage of his confidence to betray him to his enemies. Her

Olof von Dalin was a writer and historian who wrote the first easily readable and popular Swedish works and who helped bring the ideas of the Enlightenment into Swedish culture. Dalin, a poor clergyman’s son, was educated at the University of Lund, and upon arriving in Stockholm he became a

Grand Illusion: …fellow captive Lieutenant Rosenthal (Marcel Dalio), plot to escape from the camp and, later, from the fortress prison to which they are transferred. At the prison, de Boeldieu agrees to distract the German guards so that Maréchal and Rosenthal can flee. After de Boeldieu sets the plan in motion…

Dalip Singh was the Sikh maharaja of Lahore (1843–49) during his childhood. Dalip was the son of Ranjit Singh, the powerful “Lion of Lahore,” who controlled the Punjab for nearly 50 years. After Ranjit’s death (1839), assassinations and struggles for power prevailed, but the boy’s mother, Rani

Bannu, town, central part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, just south of the Kurram River. The nearby Akra mounds have revealed finds dating to about 300 bce. In ancient and medieval times, the Kurram-Bannu route into the Indian subcontinent was used by invaders and colonizers from the

Dalit, term used to refer to any member of a wide range of social groups that were historically marginalized in Hindu caste society. The official designation Scheduled Caste is the most common term now used in India for people in these groups, although members of the Scheduled Castes often prefer

Dalkeith, burgh (town), Midlothian council area and historic county, southeastern Scotland. It is near the capital, Edinburgh, and has an increasing population of workers who commute to that city. Dalkeith is an agricultural and educational centre. The former corn exchange (1854) provides office

James Scott, duke of Monmouth was a claimant to the English throne who led an unsuccessful rebellion against King James II in 1685. Although the strikingly handsome Monmouth had the outward bearing of an ideal monarch, he lacked the intelligence and resolution needed for a determined struggle for

Dalkon Shield, intrauterine birth control device (IUD) sold in the early 1970s that was responsible for a high number of reported incidents of inflammatory pelvic infections, uterine perforations, and spontaneous septic abortions, as well as at least four deaths. It was manufactured by the A.H.

porpoise: The Dall porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is the largest porpoise and the only member of its genus. Active and gregarious, it often rides the bow waves of ships. The Dall porpoise is black with a large white patch on each side of the body. It is usually…

Dall sheep, (Ovis dalli), species of bighorn

OpenAI: OpenAI product lineup: DALL-E is an AI system that can create and manipulate images and visual art from natural language descriptions. The latest versions, DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3, vary in capacity and policy (for example, DALL-E 3 can decline requests to mimic the style of a living…

Kano: Dalla Hill (1,753 feet [534 metres]) and Goron Dutse Hill (1,697 feet [517 metres]) dominate the old city, which has lowland pools and borrow pits, source of the mud for building its square, flat-roofed houses. The population is mostly Hausa, mainly Kano (Kanawa), but also…