Sia

Sia or SIA may refer to:

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Sia (insect)

Sia is a genus of insect in the family Stenopelmatidae, the sole living genus in the subfamily Siinae. It contains the following species:

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Sia Furler

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975), sometimes referred to mononymously as Sia (/ˈsiːə/), is an Australian singer-songwriter. She started her career as a singer in the local Adelaide acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album titled OnlySee on Flavoured Records in Australia. Following the event, she moved to London, England and provided lead vocals for British duo Zero 7.

In 2000, Sia signed to Sony Music's sub-label Dance Pool and released her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult, the following year. Displeased with the promotion of the record, she signed to Go! Beat and released her third studio album, Colour the Small One, in 2004. Dissatisfied with the project's struggling to connect with a mainstream audience, Sia relocated to New York City in 2005 and began touring across the United States. Sia released her fourth and fifth studio releases, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born, in 2008 and 2010, respectively. In 2014, Sia released her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear, which was preceded by the top-ten single "Chandelier". On 29 January 2016, she released her seventh studio album This Is Acting.

Șura Mare

Șura Mare (German: Großscheuern; Hungarian: Nagycsűr) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hamba and Șura Mare. Both of these have fortified churches.

Fortified church of Șura Mare

Fortified church of Șura Mare

Fortified church of Hamba

Fortified church of Hamba

Coordinates: 45°51′N 24°10′E / 45.850°N 24.167°E / 45.850; 24.167

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Alle

Alle (German: all) may refer to:

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Alle, Switzerland

Alle (Franc-Comtois: Alle) is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy of the canton of Jura in Switzerland.

History

Alle is first mentioned in 1136 as Alla. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Hall, however, that name is no longer used.

Geography

Alle has an area of 10.6 km² (4.09 sq mi). Of this area, 6.81 km² (2.63 sq mi) or 64.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2.36 km² (0.91 sq mi) or 22.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.37 km² (0.53 sq mi) or 12.9% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.08 km² (20 acres) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.8% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 21.0% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 50.0% is used for growing crops and 13.6% is pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Little auk

The little auk or dovekie (Alle alle) is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. There are two subspecies: A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitzbergen, and A. a. polaris on Franz Josef Land.

Morphology and behaviour

This is the only Atlantic auk of its size, half the size of the Atlantic puffin at 19–21 cm in length, with a 34–38 cm wingspan. Adult birds are black on the head, neck, back and wings, with white underparts. The bill is very short and stubby. They have a small rounded black tail. The lower face and fore neck become white in winter.

The flight is direct, with fast whirring wing beats due to the short wings. These birds forage for food like other auks by swimming underwater. They mainly eat crustaceans, especially copepods, but also other small invertebrates along with small fish. They collect in large swarms before leaving their breeding rocks to head out to sea for food as well as when they return.