Engineering is the use of science and math to design or make things. People who do engineering are called engineers. They learn engineering at a college or university. Engineers usually design or build things. Some engineers also use their skills to solve technical problems. There are different types of engineers that design everything from computers and buildings to watches and websites. People have been engineering things for thousands of years.

What is it?
Engineering is a big subject. Here are a few of the many types of engineers:

 Aerospace engineers design space vehicles or airplanes.
 Biomedical engineers design and work with medical equipment.
 Chemical engineers use chemicals to make products like drugs and medicines or fertilizers for crops.
 Civil engineers work on roads, bridges, buildings and other public structures.
 Computer engineers design or improve computers (including embedded systems and their parts.
 Electrical engineers work with electricity and design electrical equipment, from small things like radios and computers to large things like electric power transmission systems.
 Electronic engineers work with electronics, which are used to build computer parts and electrical equipment.
 Environmental engineers design and implement ways to remediate and restore the environment.
 Manufacturing engineers design and improve the machines and assembly lines that make things.  They work with robots and automation and ways to help companies work faster and better with fewer mistakes.
 Mechanical engineers design machines or things that move, like cars and trains. A mechanical engineer also might help design electricity generating stations, oil refineries, and factories.
 Mechatronics engineers work in multiple fields of engineering that include mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering, control engineering and computer engineering.
 Marine Engineers design, build, test and repair boats, ships, underwater craft, focusing primarily on their internal systems.
 Nanotechnology engineers study very small things, like strings of atoms and how they are put together.
 Nuclear engineers design and build nuclear plants. They also study the characteristic behaviors of certain radioactive or unstable elements.
 Structural engineers are dealing with design and analysis of buildings and large non-building structures to withstand both the gravity and wind loads as well as natural disasters.
 Software engineers design and write programs for computers.
 Systems engineers look at how complicated things work and try to make them faster and smarter.
Engineers do not only work with machines. They also work a lot with other people. Many engineering projects are large and very complicated. Often different kinds of engineers work together and help each other. As an example, computer engineers need help from electrical engineers to build a computer. The computer needs programs written by software engineers. The computer could be used by aerospace engineers to control an airplane. An airplane is a big mechanical system with many parts, so a mechanical engineer and a systems engineer are also needed.

Study
Most (but not all) engineers have had years of training. Much of their training involves working within a limited budget and materials.

American courses
In the United States, most engineers go to a college or university to get an engineering degree. Most people go to school for four years to get a bachelor's degree in engineering. A Master's Degree is an advanced degree, usually requiring two more years of study after the Bachelors. A person with a master's degree is eligible to enter a Doctoral program in engineering. A graduate of a Doctoral program is awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree, which is commonly called a PhD. A PhD in engineering requires three or four years of study after a master's degree, and includes the completion of a long research report called a dissertation. After having gained enough work experience, one can sit for their Professional Engineer's (PE) License, reinforcing their demonstrated proficiency in their specialty.

British courses
In the United Kingdom, engineering degrees at universities are either three year BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) or four year MEng (Master of Engineering). In many universities it is common to take only one engineering discipline (e.g. aeronautical or civil engineering) although some universities have a general engineering degree. British universities may also offer Doctoral programs as a doctor of philosophy (PhD) or a doctor of engineering (EngD).

Engineers can also get additional recognition in the form of becoming Chartered. A chartered engineer is one who has his degree or doctorate has been recognised by a group of professionals such as the IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology), IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers), IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) or ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers). Experience and responsibility enables a further step of recognition by becoming a Fellow of these institutions.

French courses
The best way to become an engineer in France is to take the CPGE (Classe Préparatoire pour les Grandes Écoles is the French class for engineer's school) for two years and then study for three years in an "École d'Ingénieur" (Engineer's school).
You can also study in an IUT (Institut universitaire technologique) for two years, and then study three years in an "École d'Ingénieur".

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Victor Edward Hadfield (born October 4, 1940 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He is best known for playing with the New York Rangers where he is one of the most popular players in the history of the team. He also played with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last three seasons of his career.

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Antennae (singular antenna) are paired feelers (appendages) connected to the front segments of crustaceans and insects. They are found on the first two segments of the head. The smaller pair is known as antennules.

Antennae are jointed and extend forward from the head. They are sensory organs. The organ may sense touch, air motion, heat, vibration (sound), and especially olfaction (smell) or gustation (taste).

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Hamburg  is a city in the US state of Arkansas.

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Angiography or arteriography is the name for several imaging techniques to show the inside of blood vessels. These techniques include:
X-ray
Magnetic resonance imaging

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A peace treaty is a formal (official) agreement which ends a conflict. The conflict is usually between countries or governments, but may be between any other kind of group. The conflict is usually armed conflict, such as war, or serious disputes which might lead to war.

A peace treaty is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender, in which one side agrees to give up its arms.

Peace treaties are made in stages:
Negotiation (this may take a long time).
Agreeing a form of words.
Signing the document.

Peace treaties may include various items:
Borders between countries.
Processes for solving future disputes.
Sharing resources (such as water).
What to do with refugees.
Settling existing debts.
Scale of armaments each party is allowed to have.

Ancient history

The earliest recorded peace treaty was between the Hittite and Egyptian empires. The Battle of Kadesh (about 1274 BC) took place in what is modern Syria. The entire Levant was at that time contested  between the Egyptian and Hittite empires. After a costly four-day battle, in which neither side gained a clear advantage, both sides claimed victory.

Fear of further conflict between the two states persuaded both rulers, Hattusili III and Ramesses II, to end their dispute and sign a peace treaty. Both sides were threatened by other enemies. Egypt had to defend her western border against Libyan tribesmen, while the Hittites faced the threat of the Assyrian Empire, which had conquered Mesopotamia.p256.

The peace treaty was recorded in two versions. One was in Egyptian hieroglyphics, the other in Akkadian, using cuneiform script. Fortunately, both versions survive. Such dual-language recording is common to many treaties. This treaty differs from others in that the two language versions are differently worded. Most of the text is identical, but the Hittite version claims that the Egyptians came suing for peace, while the Egyptian version claims the reverse.p73–79; 62–64.

The treaty was made in year 21 of Ramesses' reign, probably 1258 BC.p257 It contains a mutual-assistance pact in case one of the empires should be attacked by a third party, or in the event of internal strife. There are articles on the forced repatriation (sending back) of refugees, and provisions that they should not be harmed. So this might be called the first extradition treaty. There are also threats of retribution, should the treaty be broken.

This treaty is so significant that a reproduction hangs in the United Nations headquarters.

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Downtown (called a city centre in British English) is a word used in North America which refers to the main part of a city. It is usually the central business district where most commercial and office areas are; many of them being in skyscrapers. Tourism also concentrates there.

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Enrique Eduardo Lafourcade Valdenegro (14 October 1927 – 29 July 2019) was a Chilean writer, critic and journalist. He was born in Santiago de Chile. Lafourcade published at least 24 novels (over 30 by some accounts) and over a dozen anthologies and collections of short stories and essays. His novel Palomita Blanca (1971) sold over a million copies, making it one of the all-time best sellers in Chile. He worked for the newspaper agency El Mercurio.

Lafourcade died on 29 July 2019 in Santiago at the age of 91.

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Garnat-sur-Engièvre is a French commune. It is in the Allier department in the center of France.

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Events
 The Town on Queen Anne's Creek, North Carolina is renamed Edenton in honor of North Carolina Governor Charles Eden.  It is later incorporated in 1722.
 The Tuscarora fled North Carolina as a result of European colonisation
 Edmond Halley appointed Astronomer Royal
 The Academia Real da Historia is founded in Lisbon, Portugal
 Jonathan Swift begins Gulliver's Travels
 Emperor Kangxi announced that all western businessmen could only trade in Guangzhou.

1720


Dhamtour or Dhamtor(, )  is a small rural suburb of Abbottabad Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is about 6 kilometers from Abbottabad city. It is known as the largest village of Abbottabad area. It is also a Union Council in Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The local language is Hindko, which is the main language of Hazara division. The area are has some rich cultural traditions. Dhamtour village is the gate way to many natural beauty places like Murree, Nathia Gali, Dungagali and Harnoi.

Location
Dhamtour is at 34°7'60N 73°16'0E at a height of 1110 metres (3645 feet). It is to the west of Abbottabad city, and borders Sheikh-ul-Bandi to the north and Nagri Bala to the south.

History
Dhamtour is an old settlement and there used to be regular cattle and vegetable markets here before British rule.

Tribes
Most of the people in this area are from the Jadoon tribe. Other tribes include Mughals, Gujjars ,Kashmiri, Syeds, and Awans.

Subdivisions
The Union Council of Dhamtour is divided into the following areas: Banda Bazdar, Bandi Shoalian, Dhamtour, Guldhok, Jaswal, Nagaki, and Ukhreela.

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"Amor Prohibido"[p]  () is a song by American singer Selena. The song was written by Selena, her brother A.B. Quintanilla III, and Pete Astudillo. It became the lead single from the album of the same name (1994). "Amor Prohibido" is about the relationship between a man and a woman. Their love is put to the test. These include problems over money, and their parents not supporting their relationship because they both come from different places. Some music reviewers believe the song is similar to the Romeo and Juliet story because of its theme of forbidden love.

"Amor Prohibido" became one of the most successful singles, along with "No Me Queda Más", of 1994 and 1995. It later became one of Selena's signature songs. The song won awards at the Tejano Music Awards and at the Premio Lo Nuestros in 1994 and for the next three years. "Amor Prohibido" reached number one on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs and number five on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay charts on Billboard.

The song helped Selena attract larger and younger audiences to her concerts because of its different sounds. Selena chose to explore Latin dance-pop music with the song. She had usually recorded Tejano sounds. Non-Mexicans also started liking Tejano music because of the new sounds in Selena's music. The music video was filmed in Joshua Tree, California. It was released on all the Spanish-language television channels in the United States and Mexico on Valentine's Day. It was later certified gold by AMPROFON, while 500,000 copies were sold in the United States. Several recording artists worldwide, including non-Hispanics, have since made cover versions of "Amor Prohibido".

Background and inspiration
"Amor Prohibido" was written by Selena's brother, A.B. Quintanilla III. A former Selena y Los Dinos backup singer, Pete Astudillo, also helped. It was recorded at Q-Productions, a small studio label founded by Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. It was mixed by Brian "Red" Moore, a family friend. "Amor Prohibido" was produced and engineered by Jorge Alberto Pino and Argentine composer and arranger Bebu Silvetti. "Amor Prohibido" was prepared by Joe Ojeda, and Chris Pérez, Selena's husband.

The song was written during Selena's Live! Tour in 1993. It began when Selena began to hum a melody in the tour bus. Her brother and Astudillo began writing down her melody lines. They wanted to write the entire melody into a song. "Amor Prohibido" was based on Selena's grandparents, Mexican immigrants, who were not allowed to be together. Their parents, Selena's great-grandparents, had forbidden them to love each other. This was because they were different from each other. When interviewed about the song, Selena said "Amor Prohibido" meant a lot to her and her family, and that it is one of her favorite songs. "Amor Prohibido" became the most successful single, along with "No Me Queda Mas", of 1994 and 1995.

The song was officially finished after she had won a Grammy Award for "Best Mexican/American Album" for Selena Live! (1993). "Amor Prohibido" had a lot of airplay after it was released as a promotional single on April 13, 1994. It became one of Selena's signature songs, and a fan favorite.

Selena promoted "Amor Prohibido" during her Amor Prohibido Tour. Fans in Denver, Colorado were the first crowd to watch Selena perform "Amor Prohibido" at the start of the tour on January 28, 1994.

Composition
"Amor Prohibido" is a Spanish-language Tejano pop song mixed with modern Latin pop and South American rhythms. It is set in common time with a moderate beat tempo of 90 beats per minute. The song is performed in E major with the guitar, tambourine and harp as the main instruments.

"Amor Prohibido" describes a relationship between a man and a woman. The song's message tells listeners to stick with their partner, no matter what may happen, even if their parents forbid them to love each other. Music critics have compared it to the story of Romeo and Juliet because it is also about forbidden love.

Critical reception

"Amor Prohibido" helped Selena attract bigger crowds to her concerts. Selena also began to attract younger audiences to her music. Selena explored other Latin genres, such as Latin dance-pop with "Amor Prohibido". This new type of sound was given positive feedback by music critics. This helped other non-Mexicans to enjoy Tejano music. The song had South American rhythms and sounds. With this new type of sound, more Hispanics became fans of Selena. Most of Selena's songs were written by her brother Quintanilla III. Quintanilla III wrote most of her songs that broke free from "Tejano" and "Tex-Mex" (Texas-Mexico) music. This led Selena to be named "The Queen of Tejano music", because she was the first and only Tejano artist to ever achieve fame in different styles of music.

Selena was named the "Top Latin Artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard. This was because she had fourteen top-ten singles in the "Hot Latin Songs" chart, including seven number one hits. Music Choice On Demand selected several Selena music videos, including "Amor Prohibido", as a tribute which was watched in over 42 million homes nationwide in 2010. The Daily Vault called "Amor Prohibido" a "seamless track", which made them wonder about Selena's father, Quintanilla Jr, and called him an "over-influential" on Selena. "Amor Prohibido" became one of the most successful singles, along with "No Me Queda Más", of 1994 and 1995.

Music video
The music video was filmed in Joshua Tree, California by Tango Productions. It was directed by Cecilia Miniucchi, who directed most of Selena's music videos. Philip Holahan filmed the video, and Clayton Halsey edited the video after it was filmed. Filming began on February 6, 1994. The music video was released on all major Spanish-language television channels in America on Valentine's Day.

The music video begins with Selena running towards an open door in the desert. This symbolizes a new relationship. She then walks outwards from a wall, which shows videos of a couple who are in love. Selena begins singing the song while walking in the desert, with the wind blowing her hair around. She sings of how much she really wants to hear her boyfriend speak. The video then changes scenes to Selena at the open door dancing and singing along with the song. After Selena spins around once, she is seen looking out from a window, seeing herself and her boyfriend dancing. She tells him that their love should not be about money and that they should not worry about what their parents had told them. More love scenes are shown with Selena and her boyfriend laughing and enjoying each other's company. After telling him that their love should be based on how much they love each other, Selena looks at her reflection in a small puddle. While looking out from the window, Selena tells her boyfriend that she is poor and that her love is all she can give to him. The video ends with Selena and her boyfriend running away from the world and going into a new one together.

Track listing
U.S. Promo Single
Amor Prohibido - 2:50

Mexico Promo Single
Amor Prohibido - 2:50

Credits and personnel

Selena – vocals, producer
Stephanie Lynn – additional vocals
Rick Alvarez  – additional vocals
Joe Ojeda – keyboards
Ricky Vela – keyboards
Chris Pérez – guitar
Henry Gomez  – guitar
Johnny Saenz – accordion
Suzette Quintanilla – drums
Rene Gasca  – trumpet

Gilbert Garza – trombone
Los Dinos – bajo sexto
A.B. Quintanilla III – writer
Pete Astudillo – writer
Jorge Alberto Pino  – executive producer
Bebu Silvetti  – producer, string arrangements
Brian "Red" Moore  – engineer, liner notes
Lisette Lorenzo  – art direction
Gregg Vickers  – concept

Source:

Charts, Awards and Certifications

Charts

Awards
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|rowspan="2"| 1994 ||Premio Lo Nuestro
|| Pop Balad of the Year ||
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| Tejano Music Awards || Single of the Year||
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|rowspan="2"| 1995 || Tejano Music Awards|| Single of the Year||
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| BMI Music Awards || BMI Pop Music Award ||
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|rowspan="2"| 1996 || Tejano Music Awards|| Single of the Year||
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| Billboard Latin Music Award|| Latin Music Award||
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Certifications and sales

Covers

Related pages
List of Selena songs
Selena singles discography

Notes
 [p] ^ "Amor Prohibito" is pronounced /ah-Moor pro-ee-Bee-Toe/ with a silent "h".
 A  The certification is for digital downloads and not for the number of shipments or copies the single sold in that country.
 B  "Amor Prohibido" sold 200,000 copies in late-1994 and in late-1995 the single had sold 400,000 copies in the United States. As of 2005, "Amor Prohibido" has sold more than 500,000 copies. According to Billboard, singles who have reached 500,000 copies are certified Gold, however, RIAA failed to provide a certification.
 C  Duet version with Selena and Mexican singer Samo.

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Vieux-Pont-en-Auge is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.

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Dehram () is a city and capital of Dehram District, in Farashband County, Fars Province, Iran.

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Didcot Power Station refers to a combined coal and oil power plant (Didcot A Power Station) and a natural-gas power plant (Didcot B Power Station) that supply the National Grid. They are right next to one another in the civil parish of Sutton Courtenay, next to the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), in the UK. The combined power stations feature a chimney which is one of the taller structures in the United Kingdom, and six hyperbolic cooling towers, which can be seen from much of the surrounding area. Didcot A was closed in 2013 and three cooling towers have been demolished.

Didcot 'A'

This was the first power station here. It is the biggest one with the big cooling towers (that make the cooling water cooler and make lots of steam) that are in two groups. One group is northwest, the other group is southeast. The power station can make up to 2000 megawatts (2000 million watts - an 'average' lightbulb uses only 50 or 60 watts) at any one time. Didcot 'A' mainly burns coal, but can also burn oil, or in some cases gas. This power station can use some biomass such as wood. The fuel (coal, oil and so on) is first ground up in big mills if it is solid (similar to old flour windmills, but powered by electric motors) to give it a large surface area, and is then blown into a large boiler with lots of air. Here it is burnt to make very high pressure steam, which is used to turn a large steam turbine. This turbine is connected to a generator, which makes the electricity that is then sent out on the National Grid. Didcot A was closed in 2013 and has been demolished. There are now (2018) only three of the large cooling towers left.

Didcot 'B'

This is the second power station in Didcot and is run only on gas. It can put out almost 1500 megawatts and uses gas turbines (like in an airplane) and steam turbines (like in the old power station) together to be more efficient. This is called combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT). It has smaller cooling towers that can't be seen as easily, but that make a more obvious cloud that appears to come from the ground. Didcot B is still operating in 2018.

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Femininity is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with females. Femininity is made up of both socially defined and biologically created factors. This makes it distinct from the simple definition of the biological female sex, as women, men, and transgender people can all exhibit feminine traits.

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Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (born 2 March 1947) is a Danish movie director, musician, and songwriter. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He was one of the founders and members of the Dogme95 project for creating movies without artificial technology or techniques.

Kragh-Jacobsen was a popular musician in Denmark before going to film school in Prague. After returning to Denmark, he directed and co-wrote television productions.

His first feature movie was Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (1978).  Then he made the successful Rubber Tarzan (1981), Thunderbirds (1983), Emma's Shadow (1988), Shower of Gold (1988), The Boys from St. Petri (1991), The Island on Bird Street (1997), and his international break-through, dogme No. 3 Mifune's Last Song (1999), and Skagerrak (2003). Mifune's Last Song won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Skagerrak was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. He has done some commercials and Danish/Swedish television series.

The Boys from St. Petri was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

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Åseda is an urban area in the county of Kronoberg in Sweden. It is the seat of Uppvidinge Municipality.

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In mathematics, an operation is something such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division that tells you what to do in math problems. There are a few other operations including raising numbers to exponents.

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Central Finland, Keski-Suomi, is a region of Finland with about 270,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring regions are Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia and Päijänne Tavastia.

Municipalities
There are 27 municipalities in Central Finland. Cities and towns are marked in bold.

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William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III of the United Kingdom and younger brother and successor to George IV was the last person to rule both the United Kingdom and Hanover. His niece, Victoria, only ruled the United Kingdom and not Hanover.

He lived for 20 years with Sophia Jordan. They had ten children.

Children

Legitimate
All William IV's legitimate children (children with his wife) died before he became king, so they were therefore styled as Prince/Princess of Clarence with the style of Royal Highness.

Illegitimate children with Sophia Jordan
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
Henry FitzClarence
Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley
Lady Mary Fox
Lord Frederick FitzClarence
Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence
Lady Augusta Kennedy-Erskine
Lord Augustus FitzClarence
Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland

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This table lists the 101 departments of France in descending order of population, area and population density.

Evolution
Between 1999 and 2006 all French departments have grown in population with the exception of the following seven departments: Allier and Cantal in Auvergne, Creuse in Limousin, Ardennes and Haute-Marne in Champagne-Ardenne, Nièvre in Burgundy, and Vosges in Lorraine.

In contrast the seven departments that have gained the most population in absolute value are Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Bouches-du-Rhône, Seine-Saint-Denis, Loire-Atlantique, Hauts-de Seine, and Hérault.

Guadeloupe has seemingly lost population between 1999 and 2008. However, this diminution of the legal population is due to the creation of the overseas communities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.

List of departments by population

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Grosse Pointe is a city near Detroit in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It had a population of 5,421 at the 2010 census.

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Rajapalaiyam taluk is a taluk of Virudhunagar district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Rajapalaiyam.

Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Rajapalaiyam had a population of 347,318 with 173,202  males and 174,116 females. There were 1005 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 74.84. Child population in the age group below 6 was 15,736 Males and 14,890 Females.

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Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: , often called Dr. Goebbels; 29 October 1897 in Mönchengladbach – 1 May 1945 in Berlin) was a German politician and the minister of propaganda during the Nazi regime. He studied literature and philosophy at the Heidelberg university.

He was a close friend of Adolf Hitler. Goebbels stayed with Hitler in the Führerbunker until Hitler's suicide on 30 April 1945. After Hitler's death, Goebbels was chancellor of Germany for one day, before he and his wife Magda Goebbels killed themselves. Just before she died, Magda killed their six children with poison.

Early life
Joseph Goebbels was born as Paul Joseph Goebbels in Mönchengladbach on 29 October 1897. His father, Friedrich Goebbels, was a bookkeeper and his mother was Maria Goebbels (born Oldenhausen). He was the third child of the family and grew up with five siblings. Due to an illness in his childhood in 1901, Goebbels' right foot was malformed and he was . He went to a Roman Catholic school in Rheydt in 1908. In 1914, Goebbels went to high school in Rheydt. When the First World War started in August 1914, he volunteered to be part of the Army. This was refused because of his limp.

Goebbels took his Abitur (school exams) in 1917. He was the best in his class. He gave a speech at the end of the school year. However, his headteacher said, that he would not become a good speaker. Later, in 1917, Goebbels studied ancient philology, history and German philology at the University of Bonn. He received his PhD in Drama from the Heidelberg university in 1921. In 1923, Goebbels worked for the Deutsche Bank.

Involvement in the Nazi Party
Goebbels joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1926. In the same year, Hitler made him a Gauleiter for Berlin and Brandenburg. In 1927, Goebbels published the first Nazi newspaper, Der Angriff (The Attack), in Berlin. The newspaper was printed twice a week. In 1928, he became a member of the German Reichstag. He kept this position until 1945. In 1929, Goebbels saw his first movie with sound,  "The Singing Fool". He said it would be the future of propaganda.

In 1930, he became the Reichspropagandaleiter (Chief of the German Propaganda) and the deputy of Heinrich Himmler. Goebbels married Magda Quand in 1931. Franz Ritter von Epp and Adolf Hitler were the witnesses at the wedding.

When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, Goebbels became the Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.

The Nazi regime

Pre-World War time
In 1934, Goebbels moved to a villa near Berlin. On 30 June 1934, he saw the arrest of Ernst Röhm in Bad Wiessee. Goebbels gave the order to confiscate about 650 art exhibits in 1937. He put them on display in show called Degenerate Art. On 9 November 1938, a German diplomat was killed in France by a Jewish teenager. Because of this murder, Goebbels gave the order to the SS for what is now called Kristallnacht.

Second World War
At the start of the Second World War, Goebbels ordered to broadcast special announcements at the cinema  and on the radio. On 26 May 1940, he published the new weekly newspaper Das Reich (The Imperium) for the first time. In 1942, Goebbels took part in the Wannsee Conference. He was one of the Nazi leaders who planned the Final Solution to kill all the Jewish people. In 1943, he gave a well known speech in the Berlin Sportpalast where he called the Germans to support total war. The coup on 20 July 1944 failed, because of Goebbels' quick thinking. He broadcast on radio that the coup had failed, before the plan of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg could succeed.

On 22 April 1945, two days after Adolf Hitler's birthday, he arrived in the Führerbunker in Berlin. He was one of the witnesses to the marriage of Hitler to Eva Braun. On the same day, he took over the leadership from Hitler. After Hitler's suicide on 30 April, he became the Chancellor of Germany. He only held this job for one day, because on 1 May 1945, his wife poisoned their six children with the help of an SS doctor. Immediately afterward he and his wife went up to the garden of the Chancellery, where they killed themselves. The details of their suicides are uncertain. After the war, Rear-Admiral Michael Musmanno, a U.S. naval officer and judge, published several accounts apparently based on eye-witness testimony: According to one account. "While Schwägermann was preparing the petrol, he heard a shot. Goebbels had shot himself and his wife took poison. Schwägermann ordered one of the soldiers to shoot Goebbels again because he was unable to do it himself." One SS officer said they each took cyanide and ordered an SS trooper to shoot them both. According to another account, Goebbels shot his wife and then himself.

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Morcourt, Aisne is a commune.

Location

It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.

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Morcourt, Aisne


Barbara Bel Geddes (born October 31, 1922 - August 8, 2005) was an American television and movie actress. She was born in New York City. She acted in many television programs and movies. She performed as Ellie Ewing in the television show Dallas. Bel Geddes died of lung cancer in 2005 in Maine.

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Antonín Přidal (13 October 1935 – 7 February 2017) was a Czech translator and writer. He translated works from English, Spanish and French to Czech. He was also a journalist and university lecturer. He was born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia.

He worked at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts since 1991. In 1998, he received the Prize of Ferdinand Peroutka. His most notable works include Všechny moje hlasy (1967) and Sudičky (1968).

Přidal died on 7 February 2017 in Brno, Czech Republic from a stroke, aged 81.

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Lynn is a city in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. It is near the Atlantic Ocean,   north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs.

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Laetitia Casta (born 11 May 1978) is a French actress and model. She is a spokesmodel for L'Oréal since 1998. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1998 to 2000.

Career
In 1999, she had her first role in a movie. It was Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar by Claude Berri.

In 2008, she had a Swann d'Or for her rôle in the movie Born in 68.

In 2011, she was nominated for the César Award for best actress, for her role of Brigitte Bardot in the movie Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life.

In 2012, she was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Frédéric Mitterrand.

Since 2014, she has a wax sculpture at the Musée Grévin, a wax museum in Paris.

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Magnús Örn Eyjólfsson Scheving (born 10 November 1964) is an Icelandic writer, actor, producer, entrepreneur, and athlete. He is the creator, CEO & Co-founder of Lazytown Entertainment, from which he is the creator and co-star of the children's television show LazyTown, in which he starred as Sportacus.

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Subway Surfers is a game where the player makes their character run until they lose. The game theme has been based on a world tour since the year 2013. The game is available on the iOS, Android and Windows phone operating systems. Subway Surfers claims to be the fourth most downloaded game of all time.

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The Members Church of God International is a group of members of a Christian denomination with headquarters in the Philippines. Commonly known by their TV show Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path), they have million members and has thousands of locales worldwide. Currently, their presiding minister is Eliseo Soriano ang their vice presiding Minister is Daniel S. Razón. Eliseo Soriano is currently preaching in other countries. They reject the Roman Catholic belief about Trinity.

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Colombelles is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.

Here is a graph showing how the people there got more:

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This is a list of streams and rivers in Malawi.

D
Dwangwa River

S
Shire River - South Rukuru River

Malawi
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The Singles 1992-2003 is a greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band No Doubt. It was released on November 25, 2003 (the same day as Boom Box, a box set album by No Doubt.) The album contained all of the singles the band had released at the time, except for "Squeal" and "Doghouse" (two singles from their album The Beacon Street Collection that never became popular.) However, it also included two songs that were not singles: "Trapped in a Box" from their first album No Doubt, and a cover version of the song "It's My Life" by Talk Talk.

List of songs
"Just a Girl"
"It's My Life"
"Hey Baby"
"Bathwater"
"Sunday Morning"
"Hella Good"
"New"
"Underneath It All"
"Excuse Me Mr."
"Running"
"Spiderwebs"
"Simple Kind of Life"
"Don't Speak"
"Ex-Girlfriend"
"Trapped in a Box"

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Paradip (also Paradeep) is a major seaport town in India. It is a designated notified area in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha.

Geography
Paradip is located at . It has an average elevation of .

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John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American Movie, Television, Voice actor and Comedian. He is the voice of Bender in Futurama and of Jake the Dog in Adventure Time. He was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey on September 4, 1968.

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Film

Television

Video games

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Brihadratha Maurya was the last ruler of the Maurya Empire. He was the ruler from 187 BC-180 BC. He was killed by his general Pushyamitra Sunga in 180 BC.

During his rule, the Mauryan Empire got smaller. Using this, his general Pushyamitra Sunga defeated Brihadratha with a huge army. Brihadratha Maurya died in the war. After his death, Pushyamitra Sunga founded the Sunga dynasty controlling the Mauryan territories.

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Be Here Now is a 1971 book on spirituality by the spiritual teacher Ram Dass. The title comes from what his guide in India, Bhagavan Das, used to tell him.

Summary of the book
The book has four sections:
"Journey: The Transformation: Dr. Richard Alpert, PhD. into Baba Ram Dass"
"From Bindu to Ojas: The Core Book" (Bindu is a Sanskrit word meaning "small dot". Ojas means "strength", or "life".)
"Cookbook for a Sacred Life: A Manual for Conscious Being"
"Painted Cakes: Books"

The first section is about his life, his work as a psychologist, his research with Timothy Leary into Psychedelics at Harvard, and his anxiety when this research does not help him with his spiritual questions. He then writes about his first journey to India and his meeting with his Guru, or spiritual teacher, Neem Karoli Baba, and spiritual renaming as Baba Ram Dass, or "servant of god".

The second section, the largest, is a collection of metaphysical, spiritual and religious sayings, with pictures.

The third section is a guide for starting on a yogic or spiritual path, and tells how to practice yoga and meditation. It has a lot of quotes from teachers of many different religions.

The last section, also titled "Painted Cakes Do Not Satisfy Hunger" contains a list of books on religion and spirituality. The book lists are divided into "Books to hang out with", "Books to visit with now & then", and "Books it's useful to have met".

Publishing history
The book has been in print since it was first published, and has sold over one million copies. The work was published as a pamphlet by  the Lama Foundation. In 1977, the Lama Foundation decided that the Hanuman Foundation would get half of the money made by the book, so it could do more work to help people.

Cultural influence
Be Here Now is one of the first guides, for those not born as Hindus, to becoming a yogi. For its influence on the Hippie movement and other movements, it has been described as a "countercultural bible". The book was the first place the phrase "be here now" was used. Other people have said they like the book, including Wayne Dyer. Musician George Harrison used the book's title as the title of one of his songs from his 1973 album Living In The Material World. He wrote about this in his book I Me Mine.

Excerpt
Ram Dass wrote this in the book:

Now, though I am a beginner on the path, I have returned to the West for a time to work out karma or unfulfilled commitment. Part of this commitment is to share what I have learned with those of you who are on a similar journey. One can share a message through telling 'our-story' as I have just done, or through the teaching methods of yoga, or singing, or making love. Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom. For me, this story is but a vehicle for sharing with you the true message... the living faith in what is possible. --OM--

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Abkhazia  is a partially recognised independent country on the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

The country fought a war with Georgia for its independence in 1991, the Georgian–Abkhaz conflict. Since its declaration of independence from Georgia in 1991, it has been ruled by the partly-recognized Republic of Abkhazia.

Georgia believes Abkhazia is part of its territory and has listed the province, in its official subdivisions, as an autonomous republic On 28 August 2008, the Parliament of Georgia passed a resolution declaring Abkhazia a "Russian-occupied territory".

The Republic of Abkhazia, with Sukhumi as its capital, is a client state of Russia. It is formally recognised by Russia and by  Nicaragua, and the de facto independent republics of South Ossetia and Transnistria. The European Union, OSCE, and NATO recognise Abkhazia as an integral part of the territory of Georgia.

The secessionist movement of the Abkhaz minority led to the Georgian–Abkhaz conflict. The War in Abkhazia resulted in a Georgian military defeat and the mass exodus and ethnic cleansing of the Georgian population from Abkhazia.

There was a 1994 ceasefire agreement. There is a UN-monitored and Russian-dominated CIS peacekeeping operation. The sovereignty dispute has not been resolved. The dispute is a source of conflict between Georgia and Russia.

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Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil is a church in the Orne department. It was built around 1100. It is noticeable by its very well-kept Romanesque structure and an important carved decoration,which shows the multiple inspiration of the sculptors between Normandy, Ile-de-France and Val-de-Loire.

References
Gérard Bourdin, Jean-Marie Foubert, Jean-Pascal Foucher. (2012). L'Orne, des territoires, une histoire. Alençon: Conseil général de l'Orne.

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Maure is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwest France.

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The Ford Taurus X (previously called Ford Freestyle in 2005) was a six or seven passenger crossover that was produced in the United States by the Ford Motor Company. The Taurus X name was phased out in the 2010 model year, and succeeded by the Ford Flex, which overlapped production in the same platform, until it was discontinued.

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The term Eastern world means very broadly the various cultures or social structures and philosophical systems of Eastern Asia or geographically the Eastern Culture. This includes the Indian subcontinent (which is Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and sometimes Afghanistan), the Far East (which is China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines,
Malaysia, Mongolia, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea), Australasia (Australia, New Zealand). The Middle East/Near East and Central Asia are, as their names imply, often considered 'east' in terms of Europe

Introduction

The division between "East" and "West" is from European cultural history.  There is a difference between European Christendom and the alien cultures beyond it to the East. With the European colonization of the Americas the East/West distinction became global. The idea of an Eastern, "Indian" (Indies) or "Oriental" sphere was made stronger by ideas of racial as well as religious and cultural differences. Such differences were shown by Westerners in the scholarly tradition known as Orientalism and Indology. People from the East are known by certain regions in the West as "Oriental". During the Cold War, the term "Eastern world" was sometimes used to mean the Eastern Bloc, which was the Soviet Union, China and their communist allies.  The term "Western world" often meant the United States and its NATO allies such as the United Kingdom. The idea is often another term for the Far East—a region that bears considerable cultural and religious sameness. Eastern philosophy, art, literature, and other traditions, are often found throughout the region in places of high importance, such as popular culture, architecture and traditional literature. The spread of Buddhism and Hindu Yoga is partly responsible for this.

Eastern culture

Eastern culture has created many themes and traditions. Some important ones are:

Eastern religion, Eastern philosophy
Far Eastern religions
Confucianism — the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and communal endeavour especially including self-cultivation and self-creation.
Eastern Buddhism
Shinto
Daoism
Indian religions
Buddhism — path of liberation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality
Hinduism — an umbrella term for religious sects native to India
Jainism
Sikhism — A religion that developed in the warring plains of Punjab in an atmosphere of ideological clash between Islam and Hinduism. Its followers keep spiritual as well as martial qualities.
The Middle East, today largely the same as the Islamic world
Christianity — like other Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam, originates in the Middle East, where it is now a small minority religion.
Islam — the majority of the world Muslim population have always lived in Asia, due to Islam spreading and becoming the main religion of these areas.
Judaism — although not as much of a presence as it once was, Judaism still exists in Asia (see Mizrahi Jews).
Zoroastrianism, the monotheistic state religion of Sassanid Persia
Oriental medicine
Ayurveda
Chinese medicine
Kampo
Traditional Tibetan medicine
Traditional Korean Medicine

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Archerfish (or archer fish) are small fish. Some live in fresh water. Others live in salt water. They live from India to the Philippines, Australia, and Polynesia.

Archerfish eat insects and other small animals. The archerfish looks for an insect hanging over the water. The archerfish shoots drops of water out of its mouth at the insect. When the drops hit the insect, it falls into the water. Then the archerfish catches (gets) the insect and eats it.

Archerfish can hit insects up to two meters (six feet) away. Adult archerfish almost always hit the insect the first time, but young archerfish must do it many times in order to learn how.

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The Royal Society is a society for science and scientists. It was founded in 1660 by Charles II. It is the oldest  society of its kind still in existence.

History
A Royal Charter, on 15 July 1662, created "The Royal Society of London".

Lord Brouncker was the first President, and Robert Hooke was Curator of Experiments. The reigning monarch has always been the patron of the Royal Society since its foundation.

The motto of the Royal Society is Nullius in Verba (Latin: = Nothing in words). This shows the Society's commitment to establishing scientific truth through experiment rather than by quoting authority.

Although this seems obvious today, the philosophical basis of the Royal Society differed from previous philosophies such as scholasticism, which established scientific truth based on deductive logic, concordance with divine providence and the citation of such ancient authorities as Aristotle.

Fellows
The members of the society are called Fellows of the Royal Society, and put the letters FRS after their names. There are usually about 1600 of them. They are elected by existing Fellows. All other posts, such as the Secretary and President, are also by election.

A selected list of Presidents

 Sir Christopher Wren (1680–1682)
 Samuel Pepys (1684–1686)
 Charles Montagu (1695–1698)
 The Lord Somers (1698–1703)
 Sir Isaac Newton (1703–1727)
 Joseph Banks (1778–1820)
 Sir Humphry Davy (1820–1827)
 Prince Augustus, Duke of Sussex (1830–1838)
 William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1848–1854)
 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1873–1878)
 Thomas Henry Huxley (1883–1885)
 George Gabriel Stokes (1885–1890)
 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1890–1895)
 Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1895–1900)
 Sir William Huggins (1900–1905)
 John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1905–1908)
 Sir Joseph John Thomson (1915–1920)
 Sir Ernest Rutherford (1925–1930)
 Sir William Henry Bragg (1935–1940)
 Sir Henry Hallett Dale (1940–1945)
 Howard Florey, Baron Florey (1960)
 Sir Andrew Huxley (1980–1985)
 Sir Aaron Klug (1995–2000)
 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (2000–2005)
 Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (2005–2010)
 Sir Paul Nurse (2010–2015)

Data from Royal Society website.

Permanent staff
The Society's 15 Sections are administered by the permanent staff, led by the Executive Secretary, Stephen Cox CVO. The Executive Secretary is supported by the Senior Managers of the Society, including:
 Mr Ian Cooper, Director of Finance and Operations
 Dr Peter Collins, Director of Science Policy
 Dr Peter Cotgreave, Director of Communications

Society honours
The Society bestows ten medals, seven awards (prizes) and nine prize lectureships variously annually, biennially or triennially, according to the terms of reference for each award. The Society also runs The Aventis Prizes for Science Books.

Awards
 Armourers & Brasiers’ Prize
 Kohn Award
 Michael Faraday Prize
 Mullard Award
 Royal Society Pfizer Award
 Rosalind Franklin Award
 Microsoft European Science Award (started in 2006)

Medals
 Buchanan Medal (for achievements in medicine)
 Copley Medal (for work in any field of science)
 Darwin Medal (for work in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked)
 Davy Medal (for work in any branch of chemistry)
 Gabor Medal (for work in biology, especially in genetic engineering and molecular biology)
 Hughes Medal (for work in the physical sciences, particularly electricity and magnetism)
 Leverhulme Medal (for work in pure or applied chemistry or engineering)
 Royal Medal (for the two most important contributions to the advancement of Natural Knowledge)
 Rumford Medal (for work in the fields of heat or light)
 Sylvester Medal (for the encouragement of mathematical research)

Prize lectures
 Bakerian lecture
 Francis Crick Lecture
 Croonian Lecture
 Ferrier Lecture
 Leeuwenhoek Lecture
 Clifford Paterson lecture
 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar lecture
 Details of Royal Society prize lectures

Timeline
 1640s — informal meetings
 28 November 1660 — Royal Society founded at Gresham College
 1661 — name first appears in print, and library presented with its first book
 1662 — first Royal Charter gives permission to publish
 1663 — second Royal Charter
 1665 — first issue of Philosophical Transactions
 1666 — Fire of London causes move to Arundel House until 1673, then returns to Gresham College
 1669 — third Royal Charter; original proposal would have made Chelsea College the permanent home of the Society, but the site became Chelsea Hospital instead
 1710 — gets its own home in Crane Court
 1780 — moves to premises at Somerset House provided by the Crown
 1847 — changed election criteria so that Fellows would be elected solely on the merit of their scientific work
 1850 — Parliamentary Grant-in-aid commences, of £1,000, to assist scientists in their research and to buy equipment.
 1857 — moved to Burlington House in Piccadilly
 1967 — moved to present location on Carlton House Terrace

Bibliography

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 List of Royal Societies

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 The Royal Society Publishing website
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 The Royal Society of London (a brief history)
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 Three lectures presented at the Royal Society by Harry Kroto (Faraday Lecture), Paul Hoffman (Paul Erdos), Paul Davies (Blackholes, Worm Holes and Time Travel). Freeview video from the Vega Science Trust
 A visualisation of the Royal Society's publications from 1665 to 2005
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Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest is a French commune. It is in the Allier department in the center of France.

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Imad Mohammad Deeb Khamis (; born 1 August 1961) is a Syrian politician. He has been Prime Minister of Syria since 2016 under President Bashar al-Assad. He was Minister of Electricity from 2011 to 2016.

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Louis-Edmond Hamelin,  (21 March 1923 – 11 February 2020) was a Canadian geographer, professor, and author. Hamelin was born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada. He was best known for his studies of Northern Canada.

Hamelin created the Centre for Northern Studies at the Université Laval in Québec and was rector of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières from 1978 to 1983. He was also a member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Council.

Hamelin specialized in Northern and Aboriginal peoples studies.

Hamelin died on 11 February 2020 at the age of 96.

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In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.

This includes:
electromagnetic radiation such as radio waves, visible light, and x-rays
particle radiation such as α, β, and neutron radiation
acoustic radiation such as ultrasound, sound
seismic waves.

Radiation may also refer to the energy, waves, or particles being radiated.

Electromagnetic radiation
Many people are already familiar with electromagnetic radiation (EMR), including light.  The electromagnetic spectrum shows the types of radiation according to their wavelength and frequency. Some kinds are:
 Ionizing radiation comes from radioactive materials and X-ray machines and non-ionizing radiation comes from other sources. Ionizing radiation carries more than 10 eV (electronvolts), which is enough to ionize atoms and molecules, and break chemical bonds. This is important for its harmfulness to living organisms. Non-ionizing radiation does not cause microscopic damage, but it can make things hotter and some types can cause chemical changes.
 X-rays and gamma rays: These very strong rays are commonly used in medicine to photograph the interior of the body and treat cancer. However, in large amounts, they are dangerous to life.
 Ultraviolet light: This is a type of radiation with more energy than visible light. It gives people a sunburn. Ultraviolet light is used to kill bacteria.
 Visible light: This is the radiation that we see all around us as what most people call ‘light’. It can make chemical changes.
 Infrared waves: Objects at room temperature emit infrared radiation. Although humans cannot see it, special cameras can pick up this kind of radiation.
 Radio waves: This is the kind of electromagnetic radiation with the longest waves.  Radio waves are used to send and receive communications.
 Micro-waves: This kind of radio wave is used by a microwave oven to warm up food. Microwaves are also used for communications, as weapons, and to move electrical power from one place to another.
 Radar waves: This kind of radio wave is used to detect air planes in the sky and ships in the ocean. Radar is also used to see changes in weather.

Danger from radiation
Ionizing radiation is radiation that carries enough energy to free electrons from atoms or molecules.

Only certain types of radiation are harmful to humans. For example, ultraviolet radiation can give people sunburns. X-rays and gamma rays can make a person sick, or even die, depending on the dose they get. Some types of particle radiation can also make people sick and lead to burns. If radiation does not carry high enough levels of energy, though, then these changes will not happen when something is hit by the radiation. This is referred to as non-ionizing radiation, which is not as dangerous.

One can distinguish between various types of radiation by looking at the source of the radiation, its wavelength (if the radiation is electromagnetic), the amount of energy being carried, any particles involved, etc. Radioactive material is a material which emits radiation. Uranium and plutonium are examples of radioactive materials. The atoms they are made of tend to fall apart and give off different kinds of radiation, like gamma rays and lots of particle radiation.

Ionizing radiation by type
Ionizing radiation can kill living things. It can cause genetic mutations, as shown by H.J. Muller. It can destroy cells in the body which divide, and thus indirectly kill a person.
 Alpha radiation, a type of particle radiation made up of the nuclei of helium atoms.
 Beta radiation, another type of particle radiation made up of high energy electrons or positrons.
 Neutron radiation, yet another type of particle radiation made up of high energy neutrons.
 Gamma radiation (Gamma rays), a type of radiation made up of high energy photons.
 X-ray radiation (X-rays), a type of radiation also made up of photons but which typically contain less energy than gamma rays.

Non-ionizing radiation by type
 Ultraviolet radiation, also known as UV.
 Visible light
 Infrared radiation
 Radio waves including
 Microwave radiation
 Gravitational radiation, a predicted consequence of general relativity.
 Sound waves

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 Background radiation
 Cosmic microwave background radiation, 3K blackbody radiation that fills the Universe
 Radiation damage - destructive effects on materials and devices
 Radiation poisoning - destructive effects on life forms
 Radiation hardening - making devices resistant to failure in high radiation environments
 Radioactive contamination
 Radioactive decay
 Radiation accidents

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A beach movie or beach party movie is a movie genre. The genre was popular in the late 1950s. It flourished during the early 1960s. The genre was launched in 1959 with Gidget starring Sandra Dee, and came to an end in 1967 with Catalina Caper featuring Tommy Kirk and Little Richard. This movie is generally thought to be the "last gasp" of the genre, the final beach-themed movie.

Beach movies are about happy-go-lucky teenagers frolicking on the sun-drenched beaches of California and Hawaii. Genre elements include girlfriend/boyfriend relationships, motorcycles, cars, food, muscles, bikinis, rock and roll, surf music and surfing. Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon set the pace for the genre as teen sweethearts in a string of seven beach movies from AIP.

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The Karnak king list, is a list of early Egyptian kings written in stone. It was in the southwest corner of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III. This hall was part of the Karnak Temple Complex, now Luxor, Egypt. It was written during the rule of Thutmose III. It has the names of 61 kings beginning with Sneferu from Egypt's Old Kingdom. Only the names of 39 kings can still be read. One name is not written in a cartouche (a border used around the name of a king).

It is not a complete list of the Egyptian Pharaohs. This list has the names of kings of the First and Second Intermediate periods, which are left out in most other king lists.

It was first described by James Burton in 1825. In 1843, a German group directed by egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius was traveling up the River Nile to Karnak. A French adventurer, Émile Prisse d'Avennes, got there first. he pulled down the wall at night and took away the blocks with the lists. He had these blocks sent to France. Severely damaged, it is now on show at the Louvre in Paris.

Drawing of the list

The list
This list has the name of the Pharaoh followed by the actual one written on the stone. The list is in three sections and is divided at the center. The numbering is from the sides, toward the center.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of pharaohs
 Abydos King List
 Palermo Stone
 Turin King List

Notes

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 Karnak king list with complete hieroglyphics, sources and pictures

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Karnak king list


Lesotho national football team is the national football team of Lesotho.  They are nicknamed the Likuena (Crocodiles).

The country has never qualified for the final stages of the World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations.

Lesotho Football Achievements
COSAFA Cup :
 Runners-up: 2000

World Cup record
 1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
 1974 - Did not qualify
 1978 - Did not enter
 1982 - Did not qualify
 1986 to 1990 - Withdrew
 1994 to 1998 - Did not enter
 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record
 1957 to 1972 - Did not enter
 1974 - Did not qualify
 1976 - Withdrew
 1978 - Did not enter
 1980 to 1982 - Did not qualify
 1984 - Withdrew
 1986 - Did not enter
 1988 - Withdrew
 1990 to 1992 - Did not enter
 1994 - Did not qualify
 1996 - Withdrew during qualifying
 1998 - Banned for withdrawing in 1996
 2000 to 2010 - Did not qualify
 2012 - Did not enter
 2013 - Did not qualify

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Lesotho national football team


The S.A.S. or Special Air Service, is a Special Operations Organisation of the British Army. It was founded in 1941 to attack behind the German line of defence in North Africa, in World War II. They are one of the best schooled units in the world, that makes them very valuable. There are about 500 active SAS soldiers.

The SAS is a secret organisation. Its members often do not tell anyone except close family that they are in it. The British Ministry of Defence (MOD) rarely speaks of the SAS and mission details are never released until much later.

The badge of the organisation is a knife with wings. It shows the motto: Who Dares Wins.

Current SAS roles include:

 Gathering intelligence behind enemy lines.
 Destroying targets far behind enemy lines.
 Protecting The Royal Family, and important government members.
 Training special forces of other nations.
 Performing counter-terrorism operations.

The SAS is thought of all over the world as one of the best, if not the best Special Operations organisations.
This is mainly because of the intense training they are put through. The hardest part of this is intense interrogation (questioning while under torture) which the trainees must go through.

The SAS is respected worldwide and used to train many other Special Forces Units. Several special operations units are modeled after the SAS. For example, the U.S. Army's Delta Force was founded due in large part to Charles Beckwith, a U.S. Army special operations officer, serving as an exchange officer with the SAS. He felt that the U.S. Army was vulnerable in not having a unit comparable to the SAS.

Related pages
 Central Intelligence Agency
 Secret Intelligence Service
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Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (23 June 1940 – 2 March 2017) was a South African professional golfer who won tournaments on three continents.

Personal life
Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He represented the country in the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy. He also lived in Rhodesia.

Career
Hobday turned professional in 1969. He spent his regular career mainly on the Southern Africa Tour, where he won six times and the European Tour, where he won the 1976 German Open and the 1979 Madrid Open. As a senior, he played mainly in the United States on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour), where he claimed five titles between 1993 and 1995 including one senior major, the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.

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Tonkatsu (,  or ) is a Japanese dish of fried pork meat.

Either pork fillet or pork loin, is sliced. It is then coated in flour, dipped into beaten eggs,  and rolled in breadcrumbs. It is then fried in hot oil. People often use a Japanese Worcester sauce, but some use a vinegar-soy-sauce called ponzu when they eat it. Tonkatsu originated as a cutlet, but it is also used as a sandwich filling or in combination with curry.

Tonkatsu originated in Japan in the 19th century. Now it is known as a Japanese food by most of the world. It is usually prepared for special occasions, for example a wedding. It is always served with a type of alcoholic drink.

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Tonkatsu


Rob Hiaasen (c. 1959 – June 28, 2018) was an American journalist and editor. He worked at The Capital. Hiaasen was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He also taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Hiaasen began his career at The Palm Beach Post before joining The Baltimore Sun as a feature writer and later wrote a regular column for the paper. He worked at The Capital as a columnist and assistant editor until his death in the Capital Gazette shooting.

On June 28, 2018, Hiaasen, age 59, was shot and killed during the Capital Gazette shooting in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Tonight We Sing is a 1953 American biographical musical film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on the 1946 novel Impresario. It stars David Wayne, Ezio Pinza, Roberta Peters, Anne Bancroft, Tamara Toumanova and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fifteenth in the Presidential line of succession.  The post was created with the formation of the Department of Energy on October 1, 1977 by President Jimmy Carter's signing of the Department of Energy Organization Act. The position was originally developed to focus on energy production and regulation. During the 1980s, the emphasis shifted to development of technology for better, more efficient energy sources as well as education regarding energy. As the Cold War ended, the department's efforts were more often devoted to nuclear waste disposal and maintenance of environmental quality.

List of Secretaries of Energy

 Parties
 (6)
 (8)

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Trump Tower is a 58-story,  mixed-use skyscraper at 721–725 Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Trump Tower serves as the headquarters for The Trump Organization. It is named after and owned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Brian Cowen (born 10 January 1960) was the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland.  He became the taoiseach on 7 May 2008, after Bertie Ahern, he resigned after losing a general election on 9 March 2011. He was the leader of a political party called Fianna Fáil. They were in a coalition government with the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats. Independent TDs (Irish members of parliament) also support his government.

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Peter James McParland MBE (born 25 April 1934) is a former professional footballer.

McParland was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland.

During his time with Aston Villa, McParland got influenced by Jimmy Hogan, later won the FA Cup in 1957, scoring twice in the final against Manchester United.

McParland also won the Second Division title in 1960 and the League Cup in 1961 while with Aston Villa.

McParland represented Northern Ireland 34 times and scored twice in his debut against Wales in 1953–54 season.

He also starred for Northern Ireland in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in which he scored five goals and helped his team to the quarter-finals.

International goals

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Watigny is a commune. It is in Picardie in the Aisne department in north France.

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Watigny


United Party For National Development (UPND) is a political party in Zambia. It is the country's main opposition party. It is led by businessman Hakainde Hichilema.

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Fahrudin Jusufi (; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslavian footballer. He played for the national team from 1959 to 1967. He played as a full-back. Jusufi also played for Partizan from 1957 to 1970 and for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1970 to 1972. Jusufi was born in Dragaš, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Jusufi died on 9 August 2019 in Hamburg, Germany at the age of 79.

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The University of Rennes 2 - Upper Brittany is a national university in France. It is located in the city of Rennes. It was created in 1969.

Faculties
They are 5 faculties:
Faculty of foreign languages
Faculty of social sciences
Faculty of Human sciences
Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and communication
Faculty of sports.

Websites
official website

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Criciúma is a city of the Santa Catarina state, in Brazil. The biggest city in Santa Catarina is Joinville.

Other websites
City’s official website (in Portuguese)

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Criciúma


Cheyney is an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is nearby.

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Cheyney, Pennsylvania


Yulia (full name Yulia MacLean) is a Russian-born New Zealand crossover singer. Her first Solo Album 'Into The West' went platinum in its first week of sales in New Zealand, achieving four times platinum sales. She won 2 NZ Music Awards; 'Best female solo artist' and '42Below Best selling album in New Zealand'. She has supported Amici and Russell Watson with 2 sold-out tours in Tokyo. Yulia's albums "Into the West" and "Montage" had three top 40 radio hits in New Zealand, "Into the West", "Angel" & "We're All Alone".  Yulia is known for her amazing contralto singing voice.
She was also the lead singer in a pop duo with her husband Glyn MacLean, called the MacLeaNZ.

Life
Yulia moved to New Zealand to live, from Russia in 2002.

Within two years Yulia learned to speak English, passed all of her senior high school exams at Cashmere High School in Christchurch and signed a recording deal with Sony Music New Zealand. She was taught by Cashmere High School's music department head Gary Thin and teacher Noeleen Penter.

Her first ever concert was in Christchurch with Ivan Rebroff where she received a standing ovation for her version of Ave Maria.

She was first discovered on regional television as a last minute subject for a ten minute segment on Good Living With Kerry Pierson on Christchurch's local television station CTV.

Gray Bartlett, co-director and owner of the Auckland-based promotion company Pacific Entertainment Limited, signed her to a 6 year worldwide sole agency deal but was ended early by Yulia and she was managed temporarily by Michael Glading, ex head of Sony NZ.

In 2007 Yulia met Glyn MacLean, 17 years her senior, director and owner of Oikos Music Group and signed to a management and music publishing deal. On Feb 10th 2008, Yulia married Glyn.

Discography

Albums
Into The West Special Christmas Edition (2004)
Into The West (2004) #1 NZ (4x Platinum - 60,000+)
Montage (2006) #1 NZ (2x Platinum - 30,000+)

References

Other websites
Official site
/ MySpace
/ YouTube
/ Facebook

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Yulia MacLean


Deux-Chaises is a French commune. It is in the Allier department in the center of France.

Population

References
INSEE

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Deux-Chaises


The impeachment of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, began on September 24, 2019, after a whistleblower alleged that Trump had pressured foreign leaders. The scandal was about Trump telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate Hunter Biden and his father Joe Biden, a former vice-president and a candidate for the 2020 presidential election. It ended on February 5, 2020.

House trial
The inquiry stage of Trump's impeachment lasted from September to November 2019. In October 2019, three Congressional committees (Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs) deposed witnesses.

In November 2019, the House Intelligence Committee held a number of public hearings in which witnesses testified publicly. On December 3, the House Intelligence Committee voted 13–9 along party lines to adopt a final report.

A set of impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee began on December 4, 2019. On December 13, the House Judiciary Committee voted 23–17 along party lines to recommend two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Judiciary Committee also released a report on the articles of impeachment on December 16.

The first hearing, held on December 4, 2019, was an academic discussion on the definition of an impeachable offense. The witnesses invited by Democrats were law professors Noah Feldman from Harvard, Pamela S. Karlan from Stanford, and Michael Gerhardt from the University of North Carolina. Republicans invited Jonathan Turley, a constitutional scholar at George Washington University.

On December 18, the full House approved the articles of impeachment, making Trump the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.

House Vote

Senate trial

On January 10, 2020, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she had "asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate".

At the end of the January 21 session, the Senate voted along party lines to pass Mitch McConnell's proposed trial rules and reject 11 amendments proposed by Democrats. The prosecution's opening arguments and presentation of evidence took place between January 22–24. Trump's defense presentation began on January 25. The primary arguments were a lack of direct evidence of wrongdoing, and that Democrats were attempting to use the impeachment to steal the 2020 election. Under the U.S. Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the Senate is required to convict the president.

Verdict
On February 5, 2020 the Senate acquitted Trump on both count. The votes were 52-48 to acquit on the first count and 53-47 to acquit on the second count.

Public approval polling

Notes

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Kigali (pronounced either as 'Kigali' or 'Chigali' or 'Cyigali') is the capital city of Rwanda.

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Category:Rwanda

Kigali


Yngve Axel Andreas Larsson (9 January 1917 – 22 March 2014) was a Swedish pediatrician, medicine professor and diabetologist. He was best known for his work at the Ethio–Swedish Pediatric Clinic (ESPC) at Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1965 until 1970. He was born in Stockholm.

Larsson died from natural causes on 22 March 2014 in Lidingö. He was 97 years old.

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Wataru Sumida (born 23 May 1988) is a Japanese football player.

Club career statistics

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James Michael Aloysius Bradford (born 16 March 1954), known as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He is known for his role as Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the hit television show Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, his title role in Spender, and his 1992 number one single, "Ain't No Doubt".

Early life
James Michael Aloysius Bradford was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. His father is called Jimmy and his mother is Laura. His father was a shipyard worker, an amateur boxer, and professional footballer. His sister, Shelagh, died aged 20 when he was 13. He later spent time drinking and fighting. He was involved in a fight after a football match and was sent to prison. After being released he worked in a glass factory. While opening a crate of glass he stood on a six-inch spike that went through his foot. After this he was called "Nail". He later used "Nail' as his professional surname. At that time he played guitar in a rock band called the King Crabs. His sister, Val McLane, was a successful actress and later became Head of Drama at Sunderland University.

Career

Television
Nail's partner, Miriam, encouraged him to audition for a television show even though he had no experience as an actor. He won the role of Leonard Jeffrey "Oz" Osborne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, an ITV comedy drama about construction workers working abroad in Germany. The show made him famous.

After the first two series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Nail created the detective series Spender. He co-wrote it with Ian La Frenais. The show ran for three series from 1990 to 1993.

In 1994, Nail created, wrote and starred as songwriter Jed Shepherd in the TV series Crocodile Shoes.

In 2000 he began work on reviving the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series, this time for the BBC. It was filmed in Middlesbrough and Arizona in 2001. It was shown on TV in 2002 and had 13 million viewers. Another series saw the brickies in Cuba. The final two-hour instalment was set in Laos. It was shown on Christmas 2004 snd had seven million viewers.

In 2008, Nail created and starred as Phil Parker in Parents of the Band. The series was shown on BBC1. It revolves around a group of teenagers who form a band just for their own fun, but their parents expect them to be the next Led Zeppelin. Ratings were disappointing, around three million, and there was no second series.

Music
Nail had pop hits with
"Ain't No Doubt", co-written written by Nail, Danny Schogger, Guy Pratt and Charlie Dore.
"Crocodile Shoes"
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore".

His 1992 album Growing Up in Public featured Gary Moore, David Gilmour, Elliot Randall and George Harrison.

His 1994 album Crocodile Shoes was based on the BBC television series of the same name. The album sold more than one million copies in the UK.

His 2001 album Big River featured guitarist Mark Knopfler. It included cover versions of "Walking on the Moon" by the Police, "Something" by the Beatles, and "Overjoyed" by Stevie Wonder.

Nail sang on the film soundtracks for Evita and Still Crazy.

With Tim Healy, Nail created the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund, in memory of their friend and colleague, established to help young talent in North East England. To aid this, he participated in the Sunday for Sammy benefit concerts, until workload forced him to resign from the board. In 2020 it will be the concerts’ 20th anniversary.

Theatre and film
In 2005, Nail played gamekeeper "Rabbetts" in Danny, the Champion of the World, based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

In 2014, Nail came out of retirement to act and sing in The Last Ship, a musical by Sting about the shipbuilders of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the hometown of both Nail and Sting. Sting grew up in Wallsend, down the street from the shipyards. Nail worked in the shipyards and is the son of a shipyard foreman. The show opened in Chicago. On Broadway, when ticket sales began to drop, Sting replaced Nail to try to save the musical, but it ended after a short run. Nail sang on the Original Broadway Cast Recording and on Sting's album, The Last Ship.

In 2016, Nail played Parson Nathaniel in War of the Worlds alongside David Essex at the Dominion Theatre, London.

In 2018, Nail had been due to reprise his role in The Last Ship in the UK. The show's producer Karl Sydow stated: "After protracted negotiations carried out in good faith, we regret to announce the production's offer of employment to Jimmy Nail has been withdrawn. Joe McGann replaced him. Nail said "I was very much looking forward to appearing in Sting's The Last Ship, particularly here in my home city, Sadly that's not to be."

Lawsuit
In 2004, Nail successfully sued News Group Newspapers and Harper Collins Publishers. The lawsuit concerned false and defamatory allegations made two years before in an article in the News of the World and Nailed, a biography which was the newspaper's source for the claims. He described reading the article as one of the worst experiences of his life. He received damages of £30,000.

Awards and honours
Nail has received five BAFTA nominations. Three for Auf Wiedersehen, Pet', one for Spender, and one for Crocodile Shoes. He has received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song – "Still Crazy". He has had an Ivor Novello nomination for "Ain't No Doubt".

Personal life
Nail married Miriam Jones. They have two boys, Tommy and Freddie, and live in London.

Selected filmography
Television
 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–'84, 1986, 2002, 2004)... as Leonard Jeffrey "Oz" Osborne
 Spyship (1983) ... as Metcalfe
 Minder (1984)... as Nathan Loveridge in the episode "The Car Lot Baggers"
 Blott on the Landscape (1985)... as Edwards
 Master of the Game (1985)... as Schmidt
 Raoul Wallenberg (1986)... as Vilmos Langfelder
 Nicking Kids (1986)...as Criminal 1
 Lenny Henry Tonite (1986) as Guest Star
 Shoot for the Sun (1986)... as Geordie
 Spender (1991–93)... as Freddie Spender
 Crocodile Shoes (1994, 1996)... as Jed Shepperd
 Parents of the Band (2008) ... as Phil Parker

FilmsMorons from Outer Space (1985)... as DesmondHowling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)...as "Punk"Dream Demon (1987)... as PaulJust Ask for Diamond (1988)... as BoyleCrusoe (1989)... as TarikDanny, the Champion of the World (1990)... as RabbetsEvita (1996)... as Agustín MagaldiStill Crazy (1998)... as Les WickesThe 10th Kingdom (2000)... as Clayface the Goblin alongside Al Hunter Ashton

Own projectsSpender (1991–93) – actor, writer, producer, creatorCrocodile Shoes (1994) – actor, writer, executive producer, creatorCrocodile Shoes II (1996) – actor, writer, executive producer, title music composer, creatorParents of the Band (2008–09) – actor, creator, executive producer, title music composer

Discography

References

Sources
 Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', 3rd edition, Macmillan, 1998.

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Bienville is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Arcadia. In the 2010 count, 14,353 people lived in this parish.

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Bienville Parish, Louisiana


The Yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune [majo ʒoːn]) is the jersey worn by the leader of many multi-day (or stage) bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. It allows the rider who was in the overall lead at the end of the previous day to be easily identified.

Because the Tour de France was the first to use a coloured jersey to identify the leader many newer races have chosen the same colour, for example the Tour of Germany. Other tours and races use other colours, sometimes because of the sponsor.

The Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy, have a pink jersey (maglia rosa). The race's original sponsor was the sports newspaper (La Gazzetta dello Sport) which printed on pink paper, like many European sports newspapers.

The leader in the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) wears a red jersey (called "La Roja"). From 1998 to 2010 the Vuelta leader's jersey was gold in color.

Sometimes a rider will get three yellow jerseys.
 In front of the press and spectators They are presented a special one that zips up at the back to make the presentation easier.
 An ordinary jersey to wear during the race the next day.
 An unused jersey to keep as a memento.
They will sometimes also autograph many copies of the jersey that are given out to VIPs with the race and their team.Category:Cycling

Yellow jersey


Dawson County is the name of four counties in the United States:
 Dawson County, Georgia
 Dawson County, Montana
 Dawson County, Nebraska
 Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County


Stephen Manley may refer to:

 Stephen Michael Manley, born February 13, 1965, American movie and television actor
 Stephen V. Manley - California judge

Stephen Manley


Wayne Manor is the home of Gotham City billionaire Bruce Wayne and his butler Alfred Pennyworth. The manor was the childhood home of Bruce when his parents were alive. The Manor was part of the Wayne's family for generations. Under the manor is the Batcave or Batman's lair.

References

Other websites
Wayne Manor

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Wayne Manor


Bratsch is a village and former municipality of the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Bratsch and Gampel merged into the new municipality of Gampel-Bratsch.

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Bratsch


The Harmonia Macrocosmica is a star atlas by Andreas Cellarius. It was published in 1660 by Johannes Janssonius. The first part of the atlas has copper plate prints showing the universe models of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus and Tycho Brahe. In the second part are star maps of the Christian constellations. The atlas also had plates supporting the views of the Catholic Church, so the book was not placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a list of publications the Catholic Church censored.

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Harmonia Macrocosmica


the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society

Sociological imagination


The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry. It was founded by George I, on 18 May 1725. The name comes from an old ceremony, first mentioned in 1128. In the ceremony, men participated in a vigil of fasting, prayer, and taking a bath. They did this on the day before they were made a knight. The ceremony was abolished in 1815.

The Order is made up of the Sovereign (the British Sovereign), the Great Master (Charles, Prince of Wales), and three classes of members: (Highest to lowest)

Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GCB)
Knight or Dame Commander (KCB or DCB)
Companion (CB)

Originally founded as a military order of chivalry, the star (or pip) is worn as army officers' rank insignia. The insignia is that of the Order of the Bath. Members of the order now belong to either the Civil or the Military Division. The Order's motto is Tria juncta in uno (Latin for "Three joined in one"). This is a reference to either the union of England, Scotland and Ireland, or to the Holy Trinity. A symbol of the Order that is seen over and over has three crowns in it. Another motto, Ich dien (German for "I serve") is used occasionally, but only by members of the Order who serve in the military.

The Order is the fourth oldest of the British Orders of Chivalry, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick. The last of those Orders–which relates to Ireland, no longer a part of the United Kingdom–still exists, but is no longer active; no appointments have been made to it since 1934.

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Order of the Bath


Marga Spiegel (21 June 1912 – 11 March 2014) was a German writer. She was Jewish and survived the Holocaust of World War II. Her story was published into a book in 1969 and a movie, Unter Bauern – Retter in der Nacht, released in 2009. She was born in Oberaula, Hesse, German Empire.

Spiegel died from natural causes on 11 March 2014 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was 101 years old.

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Dagmar Havlová (born Dagmar Veškrnová on 22 March 1953 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actress. She married Václav Havel, then Czech President, on 4 January 1997. She has one daughter, Nina Veškrnová (born 1976), from a previous marriage to Radvít Novák (1975–1980). on 22 March 1953 in Brno. She graduated from the Brno Conservatory in 1971. In 1975, she graduated with the title of "Magister artis" (equivalent to Master of Fine Arts) from the Janáček Academy of Musical Arts.

References

Other websites

 Dagmar Havlová Biography on former official website of the Czech President. 1997–2003.
 Biography of Dagmar Veškrnová Havlová, press release, government of Malta, 22 June 2004.
 "Dagmar Havlova Starts Rehearsing at Na Vinohradech Theatre", Official Information Service, City of Prague announcement, 2 Jan. [2006].
 Dagmar Veškrnová at the Internet Movie Database

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Isturits is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in the southwestern part of France.

Isturits

Isturits


Bae Young Joon is an actor from Seoul. He became popular in Japan on the hit Korean drama, "A Winter Tale". He was born on August 29, 1972.
He is known for being handsome. He stars in another Korean history drama, Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi, which is popular in both Korea and Japan.

Films and television appearances

Films
 2005: April Snow
 2003: Untold Scandal
 1995: PpilKu

Drama
 2007: The Story of the First King's Four Gods (MBC)
 2007: Hotelier (TV Asahi) (TV Asahi) - Shin Dong Hyuk, Frank
 2002: Winter Sonata (Winter Love Story, KBS) - Kang Jun-sang/Lee Min-hyung
 2001: Hotelier (MBC) - Shin Dong Hyuk, Frank
 1999: Did We Really Love? (True To Love MBC) - Gang Jae-ho
 1998: The Barefooted Youth (KBS)
 1997: First Love (KBS) - Sung Chan-woo
 1996: Papa (KBS) - Choi Hyun-jun
 1995: A Sunny Place of The Young (KBS)
 1995: Sea Breeze (PSB) Jang Moo-hyung
 1995: Six Steps to Separation (KBS)
 1994: Salut D'Amour (Love Greeting) (KBS) - Kim Yong-min

Other websites
 Bae Yong Jun Official Website

Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:South Korean movie actors
Category:South Korean television actors

Bae Yong Joon


Jordan Staal (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as one of the NHL's premier penalty-killers, both for his strong defensive skills, along with his scoring touch that makes him a threat for shorthanded goals. He has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins for 6 seasons before he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 2012.

Awards
OHL All-Star - 2006
Played in CHL Top Prospects Game - 2006
Shared Pittsburgh Penguins Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award with Evgeni Malkin - 2007
Calder Memorial Trophy nomination - 2007
NHL All-Rookie Team - 2007
Stanley Cup - 2009 (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Frank J. Selke Trophy nomination - 2010

Records
NHL record; youngest player to score two shorthanded goals in one game - October 21, 2006 against the Columbus Blue Jackets (; surpassed Radek Dvořák of the Florida Panthers; 20 years, 278 days on December 12, 1997)
NHL record; youngest player to score on a penalty shot - (; surpassed Nathan Horton of the Florida Panthers; 18 years, 224 days on January 8, 2004)
NHL record; youngest player to score a hat trick - February 10, 2007 against the Toronto Maple Leafs (; surpassed Jack Hamilton of the Toronto Maple Leafs; 18 years, 185 days old on December 4, 1943)
 NHL record; most short-handed goals by a rookie, in 2006–07 (7 shorthanded goals; surpassed Gerry Minor of the Vancouver Canucks in 1980–81 and John Madden in 1999–00; 6 shorthanded goals)

Career statistics

International

References

Other websites

Category:1988 births
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario
Category:Living people
Category:People from Thunder Bay
Category:Carolina Hurricanes players
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Ontario Hockey League players

Jordan Staal


LaGrange is a town in the US state of Arkansas.

Category:Towns in Arkansas

LaGrange, Arkansas