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Guyana has been in 14 Summer Olympic Games. 

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Guyana is GUY.  In 1964, it was GUI for British Guiana.

History
Athletes from this country have never been in the Winter Olympic Games. For the first 5 games the country's name was British Guiana. 

Michael Anthony won a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in boxing.

The Guyana Olympic Association was formed in 1935 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Guyana profile at London2012.com 

Nations at the Olympics
Sport in Guyana
The Aru Valley is in the southern area of Jammu and Kashmir, India. At a distance of 12 km from Pahalgam, the valley is known for its scenic meadows, lakes and mountains. It is also the base camp for trekking to the Kolhoi Glacier and Tarsar Lake. The Overa-Aru Biosphere Reserve of around 511 Km² is also the home for several rare and endangered species.

Aru Valley enriches the glory of Jammu and Kashmir tourism by being the starting point of trekking expeditions to Kolahoi Glacier and Sonmarg. Apart from the trekkers, the village also caters to the skiing desires of tourists who love to visit the place during winters.

The location of the village among the grasslands, make this place a tourist delight. It is reachable by walking along a mountain path. The village also serves as the start point for trekking to Kolahoi glacier. Another long trek for the serious trekker is to Sonmarg, which can be covered in 3 days! Besides, the valley is also known to be a good site for camping.

References
References 

Geography of Kashmir
Valleys
Teenage Dream is the third studio album by American pop singer Katy Perry. The album was released in the United States on August 24, 2010, and went straight to number one on the Billboard 200, selling 192,000 copies in its first week. There have been six singles released from Teenage Dream and two from its re-release, all of which have achieved massive chart success. The album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. "Teenage Dream" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "California Gurls" was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. In 2012 "Firework" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Solo Pop Performance.

Track listing

References

2010 albums
Katy Perry albums
Haiti at the Olympics is a history which began at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. 

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Haiti is HAI.

History
The Haitian shooting team placed third in 1924.  At the 1928 Summer Olympics Silvio Cator won a silver medal in men's long jump. While Haiti has been in several Olympic games since 1928, no other medals have been won. Haiti has been in the Winter Olympics since Beijing 2022.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Haiti profile at London2012.com 

Sport in Haiti
Nations at the Olympics
Honduras at the Olympics is a history which began in 1968.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Honduras is HON.

History
Honduras has been in nine Summer Olympic Games. They were at the Winter Olympic Games in 1992.  They have never won a medal.

The Comité Olímpico Hondureño was formed in 1956 and recognized by the IOC the same year.

Olympic table Summer

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Honduras profile at London2012.com 
 Honduras at SportsReference.com 

Nations at the Olympics
National sports teams of Honduras
The Pocket Cube is a 2x2 version of a Rubik's Cube. It contains just 8 corners.

Records
The record for one Pocket Cube solve is 0.49 seconds by Maciej Czapiewski at the Grudziądz Open 2016 (in Poland). Zayn Khanani holds the record for the average of 5, which is 1.13 seconds, set at Empire State Summer Open B.

Other types 
There is a Pocket Cube with only pink and green, called the Junior cube. On one side there is a monkey face on it.

The Eastsheen company also has Pocket Cube, but it is much larger. Each side is about 5 centimeters big.

A Rubik's Ice Cube has translucent (partly see-through) stickers.  The plastic is light blue.

Verdes Innovations has a Pocket Cube called the V-Cube 2. There is a V-Cube 2b. It has a pillow shape to it.

Dayan has made a Pocket Cube called the Dayan 2x2. People think that this cube is very similar to the Dayan Zhanchi 3x3.

MoYu made the MoYu LingPo which is a very fast Pocket Cube.

Fangshi/Funs and Shengshou have also made Pocket Cubes.
There are many companies that make pocket cubes.

Ways to solve 
There is more than 1 way to solve a Pocket Cube.

Related pages
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Revenge
Professor's Cube

References

Other websites 
How to solve a 2x2 Rubik's Cube

Puzzles
Jamaica at the Olympics is a history which began in 1948.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Jamaica is JAM.

History
Teams from Jamaica have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team.
Jamaica has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988. The Jamaica national bobsled team has achieved some fame.

Jamaica has won 61 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics.  Most of the medals have been for individual and relay sprint events.

The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the Jamaica Olympic Association, and was formed in 1936.

List of medalists

Related pages
 Cool Runnings

References

Other websites 
 Jamaica Olympic Association
 Jamaica profile at London2012.com 

Nations at the Olympics
Sport in Jamaica
Mexico at the Olympics is a history which began in 1900.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Mexico is MEX.

History
A team from Mexico took part in the Olympic Games in 1900.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also been in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928.

Mexico was the host nation of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

The National Olympic Committee for Mexico is the Comité Olímpico Mexicano and was formed in 1923.

Medalists

Summer Olympics

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
1900 establishments
1900s establishments in Mexico
Netherlands Antilles at the Olympics is a history which began in 1931.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the region of the Netherlands Antilles was NAN.  It is now AHO.

History
Athletes from the Netherlands Antilles have been in most Summer Olympic Games since then.  The nation supported the Netherlands' boycott of the 1956 Games and the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.  The Netherlands Antilles has been in the Winter Olympic Games two times.

The National Olympic Committee for the Netherlands Antilles was formed in 1931 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1950.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, three athletes from the region of the Netherlands Antilles competed under the flag of the IOC.

List of medalists

As of 2008, Jan Boersma is the only Netherlands Antillean athlete to win an Olympic medal, a silver medal in sailing.
Churandy Martina finished second, behind Usain Bolt but was disqualified after an American led protest that Martina ran out of his lane during the race.

Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee has continued to exist as the umbrella body for sports on the five islands after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. The five islands will continue to be in the Olympic Games under the  "Netherlands Antilles" name, but as a region in the Caribbean rather than a political entity. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved this in June 2007.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
  Netherlands Antilles at BBC

 

Former nations at the Olympics
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua in the Olympics is a history which includes 11 games in 10 countries and 90+ athletes. Since 1959, Nicaragua has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Nicaragua was NCG. It is now is NCA.

History
The National Olympic Committee for Nicaragua (Comité Olímpico Nicaragüense) was formed in 1959; and it was recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.

Nicaragua was first at the Olympic Games in 1968.  

Teams from Nicaragua have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, except when they boycotted the 1988 Games in support of North Korea.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

As of 2012, Nicaragua has never won an Olympic medal.  

The baseball team finished in fourth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Olympic table Summer

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Nicaragua profile at London2012.com 

Nicaragua
Nations at the Olympics
Panama at the Olympics is a history which includes 16 games in 14 countries and 70+ athletes. Since 1928, Panama has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Panama is PAN.

History
A team from Panama was first at the 1928 Summer Olympics.  They have been in 12 Summer Olympic Games, but none of the Winter Olympic Games.

List of medalists

Olympic Medal Table

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
  Panama profile at London2012.com 

Nations at the Olympics
Sport in Panama
Paraguay at the Olympics is a history which includes 11 games in 10 countries and 90+ athletes.    Since 1970, the Paraguay has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Paraguay is PAR.

History
The Paraguay National Olympic Committee was formed in 1970.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1970.

Paraguay's team first competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Paraguay athletes have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The nation has only ever won one medal, the silver medal in the men's football in Athens.

Medalists

Summer

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 http://cid.csd.gob.es/es/directorio/comites-olimpicos-de-iberoamerica/119-comites-olimpicos-de-iberoamerica/61-comite-olimpico-paraguayo 
  Paraguay profile at London2012.com
Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
Peru at the Olympics is a history which includes 20 games in 15 countries and 300+ athletes.  Since 1900, the Peru has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement".

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Peru is PER.

History
The Peru National Olympic Committee was formed in 1924.  It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

Peru's team first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Since 1936, the nation has been in all but one Summer Olympic Games. Peru was in the Winter Olympic Games in 2010.

Medalists

Summer games

Association Football

Winter games

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 http://www.coperu.org/web/index.php 
  Peru profile at London2012.com 

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
The Afsharid dynasty (Persian: سلسله افشار) was an Iranian dynasty, that originated from the Turkmen Afshar tribe.

Afsharid Shahs of Iran

References

Sources 

 
  

Royal dynasties
1730s establishments in Asia
18th-century disestablishments in Asia
History of Iran
Former countries in the Middle East
This is a list of countries by oil use  mostly based on The World Factbook website .

Oil use
Energy
The Digital Living Network Alliance is a trade-association, which was established by Sony in 2003. As of 2011, over 250 companies are part of this organization. The idea of the association is to develop standards and technologies that make it possible that several devices at home interact, so that the consumer has a better feeling. An example might be a television, that can be used to play a film on a computer, or to show photos stored on a mobile phone.

Technology organizations
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a way to make many copies of a sequence of DNA (this is sometimes called 'amplifying' the DNA). It is done in a lab, using an enzyme called DNA polymerase. It is called chain reaction because the result of one cycle is used immediately for the next cycle. This allows exponential growth to happen. 

PCR has many uses in a biological or biochemical setting. Because DNA is unique for every living thing, experimenters can often extract only small amounts of the DNA they are interested in from a specimen. These amounts are usually too little to be useful, and so a scientist will use PCR to make enough copies to start experimenting with. For this reason, it is one of the most common techniques used in genetics labs around the world, making it useful in experiments on many things, including gene therapy, infectious diseases, and even forensics.
This process was developed in 1983 by Kary Mullis. He was not the first person to develop the PCR process, but he was the first  to make the process usable. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry  for his work in the PCR process. It was a joint award, the other scientist being Michael Smith, who worked on a related project.

PCR procedure 
The method consists of repeated heating and cooling, causing "melting" (separation of the two strands) and replication of the original DNA, also called a template. Short DNA fragments consisting of DNA sequences complementary to the ends of the template, called primers, and a DNA polymerase are key materials for selective and repetitive steps.

The technique proceeds in three steps:
denaturation — The template strands that are bound together cannot be replicated, so the first step of PCR is to separate them by heating up the sample, breaking the hydrogen bonds between them.
 annealing — The sample is cooled just enough to allow the primers to bind to the ends of each of the two template strands
 extension — DNA polymerase attaches to the primers and makes a copy of each template strand. 

After the first cycle, there are 4 DNA strands. The process repeats with the 4 DNA strands, which will go on to make 8 strands, then repeat itself again to make 16 strands. In this way, PCR doubles the amount of DNA in a sample after each cycle, making it possible to obtain millions of copies of a DNA strand overnight.

Molecular biology
Presidio of Ahú was a prison in the city of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

It was the first prison in Curitiba, opened in 1905
. Closed in 2006, now is the site of recordings for film and television, such as:
 Estomago;
 400 contra 1;
 O Astro (2011): soap opera produced by Rede Globo de Televisão.

References

Curitiba
Prisons
1905 establishments in South America
1900s establishments in Brazil
2006 disestablishments
Disestablishments in Brazil
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera, the other being the Symphyta. 

Included in the Apocrita are the ants, bees, wasps, braconids, ichneumons, chalcids, nearly all parasitic hymenopterans, and a few other forms. The suborder includes the most highly evolved members of the order. There are well over a hundred thousand species distributed worldwide.

Hymenoptera
A Jejemon (tl: ) is a type of person in the Philippines who makes the English language hard to read. The Philippine Daily Inquirer call them different but happy because of their language and clothes.

The word Jejemon came from people who like to write "hehehe" as "jejeje"  because "jeje" is Spanish for hehe due to the sound J makes in Spanish. "-Mon" is added at the end. This is from the Japanese anime Pokémon. "-Mon" means "monster." They are "jeje-monsters."

People
Jejemons started to appear because of cellphones. Cellphones can only use 160 characters so people who use them write shorter words to save space. Jejemons don't want this so they made their words longer.

Most Jejemons are poor. 

People who are Jejemons are described based on levels. These are "mild," "moderate", "severe", or "terminal."

Jejenese and Jejebet
Jejemons speak Jejenese based on Taglish and Englog. Jejenese is also referred to as "street language". Their alphabet, Jejebet, is based on Leet. Words are created by mixing letters in a word, mixed large and small letters, using the letters H, X or Z many times, and mixing of numbers in words. The spelling is the same as Leetspeak.

Examples

Reactions
Facebook fan pages were made in support and against the group. Celebrities have condemned some attacks. Jejebusters were created to fight jejetyping and jejemons. The Department of Education of the Philippines (DepEd) discourages students from using Jejemon spelling and grammar.

References

Austronesian languages
Dialects of English
Internet slang
Languages of the Philippines
Swardspeak (or Chuva) is a secret language that came from the mixed language with the names Taglish and Englog. It is used by gay people in the Philippines.

Swardspeak uses word from Tagalog, English, Spanish, Cebuano, Japanese, Sanskrit, and other languages. Names of Celebrities and trademark brands are also used.
 
Gay people use Swardpeak to make themselves feel special. The language changes a lot. People who use the language are called Bekimons. This word is from the words bakla (gay) and Jejemon.

The word "Swardspeak" came from the 1970's book called "Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study". "Sward" is slang for "gay male" in the Philippines.

Rules
Swardspeak is a form of slang. It changes a lot and the meaning of words are hard to know. The rules are explained below.

The first sound changes to the letter "J" or "Sh" or to the sounds "Jo-", "Sho-", "Ju-", "Shu-", "Ky-", or "Ny-".

 The last sound changes to "-ash", "-is", "-iz", "-ish", "-itch", "-ech", "-ush", or "-oosh" as a suffix.
Changing "a", "o", or "u" sounds with "or", "er", or "ur", especially with "l".

 Changing places of letters in a word. Used mostly in Cebuano swardspeak.

 Puns,  code-switching, onomatopoeic  Anglicization of words.

 Words from popular culture, mostly celebrities or TV shows. Based the things they were famous for, because parts of the words rhyme, or both.

From other languages like Japanese.

Examples
Tagalog nursery rhyme "Ako ay may lobo" (I Have a Balloon) into Swardspeak.

Tagalog nursery rhyme "Bahay Kubo" (Nipa Hut) into Swardspeak.

References

Books
Visayan Swardspeak: The language of a gay community in the Philippines" - Crossroads, 1990
“’Performing’ the Filipino Gay Experiences in America: Linguistic Strategies in a Transnational Context.” Beyond the Lavender Lexicon: Authenticity, Imagination and Appropriation in Lesbian and Gay Language. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1997. 249–266
“Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora”, Duke University Press Books, November 19, 2003.
Austronesian languages
Dialects of English
LGBT
Languages of the Philippines
Romance languages
is a prefecture of Japan. It is part of the Tōhoku region of the island of Honshu. The capital city is Sendai.

History 
Miyagi Prefecture used to be part of Mutsu Province. That province was in the northern part of Honshu. It was made from land taken from the indigenous Emishi. The province became the largest as it expanded to the north. The ancient capital was in modern Miyagi Prefecture.
 
During the Sengoku period, various clans ruled different parts of the province. Date Masamune was a close ally of the Tokugawa. He established Sendai, which is now the largest town of the Tōhoku region.

In the Meiji period, four new provinces were created from parts of Mutsu: Rikuchū, Rikuzen, Iwaki, and Iwashiro. In 1871, Sendai Prefecture was formed.  It was renamed Miyagi prefecture the following year.

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and major tsunami hit Miyagi Prefecture. It caused major damage to the area. The tsunami was about 10 meters high in parts of Miyagi Prefecture.

Cities 
There are thirteen cities in Miyagi Prefecture:

Towns and villages

These are the towns and villages in each district:

National parks
National parks cover about 23% of the total land area of the prefecture. They include:
 Rikuchu Kaigan National Park

Economy 
Farming, fishing and sake brewing are all important in Miyagi. As of March 2011, the prefecture made 4.7% of Japan's rice, 23% of its oysters, and 15.9% of its saury fish. Manufacturing around Sendai is a larger part of the economy. The area produces electronics, appliances, and processed food.
Education 
Universities
Miyagi University
Miyagi University of Education
Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
Sendai University
Sendai Shirayuri Women's College
Tohoku University
Tohoku Gakuin University
Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
Tohoku Institute of Technology
Tohoku Fukushi University
Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College
Tohoku Pharmaceutical University
Shokei Gakuin University
Ishinomaki Senshu University

Transportation

Train 
JR East
Tohoku Shinkansen
Tohoku Line
Joban Line
Senseki Line
Senzan Line
Ishinomaki Line
Rikuu East Line
Ofunato Line
 Sendai Municipal Subway Nanboku Line
 Abukuma Express Railway
 Sendai Airport Railway

Airports
Sendai Airport was badly damaged by the 2011 tsunami.

Sight-seeing 
Sendai was the castle town of the daimyo Date Masamune. The remains of Sendai Castle are on a hill above the city.
Miyagi Prefecture has one of Japan's Three Great Views. Matsushima Bay is full of small islands with old pine trees on them. Many visitors come here every year and many artists have painted the islands.

The following are also noted as attractions:

 Aoba Castle
 Ichibanchō
 Akiu Hot Spring
 Iwai Point
 Kinkasan Islet
 Naruko Hot Spring

 Rikuchu Coast
 Okama Crater Lake
 Zao Botanical Garden
 Zao Hot Spring
 Matushima
 Shiogama

Festivals and events 

 Aoba Festival, Suzume Dancing – May
 Sendai Tanabata Festival – August 6 to 8
 Sendai Pageant of Starlight – December
 Shiogama Port Festival – July
 Shiroishi Kokeshi Exhibition – May 3 to 5
 Narugo Kokeshi Festival – September

Shrines and temples
Shigogama jinja is the main Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Vegalta Sendai
 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

References

Other websites
Other websites 

 http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/english/index.htm ; Official 

 
1871 establishments in Japan
Marika Lagercrantz (1954) is a Swedish actress. she has appeared in a number of movies including The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009), Gossip (2000), I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now (1999) and Dreaming of Rita (1993).

References

1954 births
Living people
Swedish actors
Apricot is a color that is a representation of the color of the apricot fruit.

Apricot in has been in written use as a color name since 1851.

Where the name came from 
The word "apricot" comes from the Arabic Al-birquq, in turn derived from Latin armeniacus, i.e., the fruit from Armenia.  The ultimate origin of the apricot fruit was from China.

Tones of apricot color comparison chart

Related pages
 List of colors
 Orange
 Peach (color)

References
Kallima, also known as the Oakleaf or Dead leaf butterfly, is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae. They are found in Asia. 

Their common name is a reference to the under surface of their wings, which is various shades of brown. When the wings are held closed, this results in a remarkable similarity to a dead leaf. There are dark dots or  patches which look like the effects of fungi and lichen, which are so common on dead leaves. 

The camouflage is perfected by the rear wings, which have a little 'tail', which looks like the stalk of a leaf. When at rest in closed position, the 'tail' touches the branch, completing the illusion.

There are two morphs of the common Indian species Kallima inachus. Nothing seems to be known about why these morphs exist. There is also variation in the colour of the under surfaces.

References

Other websites

Nymphalidae
Airfix is a UK manufacturer of plastic scale model kits. Airfix was founded in 1939 by Nicholas Kove. Airfix is currently owned by Hornby.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the company grew much bigger as the kit modelling hobby became more popular. The range of models expanded at this time too.

References 

Modelling
1930s establishments in the United Kingdom
1939 establishments in Europe
Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
Puerto Rico at the Olympics is a history which began in 1900.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Puerto Rico is PUR.

History
A team from Puerto Rico was first at the Olympic Games in 1948.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then.  Puerto Rico has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but missed the Games of 2006 and 2010.

Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of eight medals.  Most are in boxing.

The National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico was formed in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.

List of medalists

Summer Games

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 
  Puerto Rico profile at London2012.com 

Sports in Puerto Rico
Nations at the Olympics
Gaius Iulius Vindex was a Roman governor who is famous for rebelling in 67/68AD against the Emperor Nero.

Vindex was the governor of a province in Gaul (modern-day France). He rebelled against Nero's high taxes. In order to become more powerful, he allied with the governor of Hispania (modern-day Spain), Galba (who would become ruler during the "year of the four emperors").

Vindex was killed in battle by Rufus, the governor of Germania (modern-day Germany), however, when Nero killed himself and Galba became emperor (June 68AD), Galba made coins dedicated to Vindex.

Roman people
68 deaths
Gaul
The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team also known as the Green Shirts represent the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in international field hockey competitions. Field Hockey is the National sport of Pakistan. Pakistan has been one of the most successful teams in international competitions, having won a world record four Hockey World Cup titles.

Provincial Teams of Pakistan
 Baloch Lions
 Capital Dynamos (Islamabad)
 Frontier Falcons
 Northern Cavaliers (Gilgit Baltistan)
 Shan-e-Punjab
 Sindh Qalanders

National sports teams of Pakistan
Field hockey
Saint Kitts and Nevis  was first at the Olympic Games in 1996 and has been in every Summer Olympic Games since. St Kitts and Nevis has never been at the Winter Olympic Games.
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis has never won a medal. They have only been in the Track and Field events.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Saint Kitts and Nevis profile at London2012.com 

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Nations at the Olympics
Saint Lucia was first at the Olympic Games in 1996.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Saint Lucia was formed in 1987 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 
 Saint Lucia profile at London2012.com 

Saint Lucia
Nations at the Olympics
National sports teams of Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been in six Summer Olympic Games. The country has been in the Winter Olympic Games.  As of 2010, no athlete from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has ever won an Olympic medal.

The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee was formed in 1982 and recognized by the IOC in 1987.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committe (SVNOC) website
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines profile at London2012.com 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Nations at the Olympics
Suriname was first at the Olympic Games in 1960.  They have been in most Summer Olympic Games since then.  The nation missed the 1964 Games, and also boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics.  Suriname has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Suriname was formed in 1959 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

List of medalists

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 
 Suriname profile at London2012.com 

Nations at the Olympics
Sport in Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago were first in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, before independence from Great Britain. Trinidad and Tobago have been in fourteen Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Summer

(*)Participation only at Round 1.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
Trinidad and Tobago National Olympic Committee
"Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics" , Trinidad and Tobago government website
  Trinidad and Tobago profile at London2012.com 

 

Nations at the Olympics
National sports teams of Trinidad and Tobago
United States at the Olympics is a history which starts in the 1890s.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the United States is USA.

History
The United States has been to every Olympic Games, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

Thomas Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. He took first place in both the 100 meters and the 400 meters of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.  US athlete Michael Phelps has won the most medals of any Olympic athlete of any nation.  He has 22 Olympic medals, including 18 golds.

American athletes have won a total of 2400 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 253 at the Winter Olympic Games.

Hosted Games
The United States has hosted the Games eight times, four times each for the Summer and Winter Games:

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
Other websites

 
  United States of America profile at London2012.com 

Sports in the United States
Nations at the Olympics
Uruguay was first at the Olympic Games in 1924.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  Uruguay has been in one Winter Olympic Games in 1998.

The National Olympic Committee for Uruguay was formed in 1923, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

List of medalists

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Further reading

Other websites
 
 
  Uruguay profile at London2012.com 

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
National sports teams of Uruguay
Venezuela was first at the Olympic Games in 1948 and has been in every Summer Olympic Games since. Venezuela has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1998.

The National Olympic Committee for Venezuela was formed in 1935.

Medalists

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 
 Venezuela profile at London2012.com 

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
1935 establishments
1948 establishments in Venezuela
1998 establishments
The United States Virgin Islands has been in 9 Summer Olympic Games. They have also been in the Winter Olympic Games 7 times. Peter Holmberg took second place in sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee was formed in 1967 and recognized by the IOC the same year.

Olympic Medal table (Summer)

Olympic Medal table (Winter)

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
Home page
  Virgin Islands, US profile at London2012.com 
 

United States Virgin Islands
Nations at the Olympics
The West Indies Federation were at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by the name Antilles (ANT).

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Cycling

Sailing

Shooting

Weightlifting

Sources 
Official Olympic Reports 
International Olympic Committee results database

References

Former nations at the Olympics
Sport in the Caribbean
1960 Summer Olympics
Impression management is an idea spoken about in the discipline of sociology. It is about the experience in everyday life where people control the way that they appear to others. People do this by selecting certain gestures, speech patterns, feminine or masculine expressions, as well as certain expressions of class and cultural interest. This so that people can give a particular image to others about who they want to be and how they want to be seen.

Examples
When gesturing a person might use reserved and minimal movements in a professional setting, whilst they may smile widely and wave about when with friends. A person might also change their speech pattern in a professional setting in order to sound more educated or refined, and may speak more casually or use swear words when in a casual setting.
People also talk about what kind of music they are interested in, what kind of movies they like to watch, and what kind of places they like to visit in order to give people an idea of where they stand in relation to class and culture. A common distinction in contemporary youth culture is the listening to so called "indie" alternative or independent music as opposed to pop or popular music. Similarly someone might say they like watching highbrow French films or award winning films, as opposed to something more mass culture, like a Disney movie.

Sociology

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The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising that occurred within China in the years 1900 and 1901 (from on 2 November 1900 to 7 September 1901). It was led by the Boxers, a group of Chinese citizens who disliked the vast amount of foreign influence that existed in China.

The Foreigners in China

It happened during a time when many foreign countries were scrambling for concessions in China in the aftermath of the first Sino-Japanese war. These countries were Japan, Britain, Germany, and Russia. China had lost the First Sino-Japanese war a few years earlier over Korea.

The Boxers
The Boxers were Chinese citizens who were angry about the growing power of foreigners in China, who wanted to fight and drive out all foreigners and even some Chinese people. The Boxers got a lot of people to help them and drove their fight to Peking (Beijing).
The interior inner city of Beijing was known as the Tartar city because it was majority Manchu and half of all Manchus in the Qing lived in Beijing's inner city. Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made an alliance to conduct an expedition against the Boxers in Beijing . While they did that, the Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on all of them and sent the Gansu Army to help the Boxers. The first foreign expedition to Beijing, the Seymour expedition, was defeated. The foreign legations in Beijing were surrounded for 55 days before the foreign reinforcements got through in the second Gaselee expedition and got to the legations in Beijing. Manchus suffered tremendously as the foreign soldiers went around raping their women and killing their men
. The rest of China outside of Manchuria and Zhili province was not affected since the Han governor generals such as Yuan Shikai, Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong signed a pact called the Mutual Protection of Southeast China to keep their provinces out of the war and did not help the Qing court and neither did the foreigners attack them.
Aftermath
The foreigners were very angry with the Qing . They said that China had to pay them even more money and execute officials responsible for supporting the Boxers like the Manchu bannerman governor Yuxian, Qixiu, Captain Enhai (En Hai) and Manchu Zaixun, Prince Zhuang and Han general Dong Fuxiang. China agreed to execute all the Manchu officials like Yuxian, Qixiu, Enhai and Zaixun but refused to execute Han general Dong Fuxiang. A few years later in 1911, the Qing Empire collapsed and China had a new government, but the foreigners still influenced China, especially Japan.

Related pages
 Opium Wars
 First Sino-Japanese War
 Qing Dynasty
 Empress Dowager Cixi
 Imperial Japanese Army
 Open Door Policy
 Imperialism

Wars involving China
Rebellions in Asia
19th-century rebellions
20th-century rebellions
1900
1901
20th century in China
1900s conflicts
Killed in action (KIA) is a military term. It is used to describe a member of the military who was killed during a battle. On Wikipedia articles about battles, leaders who were killed in action have this symbol (†) next to their name.

Military terminology
José María "Chema" Antón Samper  (born 19 March 1989 in  Casas del Señor, Valencian Community, Spain) is a Spanish footballer. He plays for F.C. Red Bull Salzburg as defender. (The name is following the Spanish naming customs. Antón is the family name of his fathers side. Samper is that of his mothers side.)

Career
Antón came to Real Madrid's youth system in 2003, when he was 14 years old. In 2007, he made his professional debut playing with Real Madrid B in the Segunda División B (3rd level of Spain's league system).  Without playing in the team, he sat on the bench in Bernd Schusters last match as coach of Real Madrid and the first of Juande Ramos. He also played 8 international matches for Spain's Under-19 team in the U19 European cup.

2010 he signed with Real Betis Sevilla playing one season in the second team in the Segunda División B. 2011 he signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

References

Other websites

Players profile on FC Red Bull Salzburg homepage
Spanish footballers
1989 births
Living people
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Austrian football champions
The quadrille was a type of social dance. It was a sequence dance, a lively dance by four couples arranged in the shape of a square. It became popular in France around 1760. It became popular in England in 1813. American square dancing is a later adaption of the quadrille. In Australia, the bushranger Ned Kelly danced in a quadrille during the siege at Glenrowan, Victoria.

References

Ballroom dances
Leonardo Vitor Santiago (born 9 March 1983) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays as a striker for FC Red Bull Salzburg on loan from NAC Breda. He is known as Leonardo.

Career
He started at the Nova Safra football school in Rio de Janeiro. His talent was discovered when he was 11 years old and he went to Europe and played in Feyenoord Rotterdams youth squads at Varkenoord He made his debut on August 19, 2000 in a 2–0 victory over AZ Almaar at the age of 17. This was a problem for Feyenoord and Leonardo because a non EU player is not allowed to play under 18 years. So he had to wait until he was 18. He scored his first goal for the first team  versus SC Heerenveen. In his first two seasons at Feyenoord he played 44 matches and scored four goals, but mainly he gave assists for his team mates to score. He was part of the Feyenoord team that won the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.
After this he suffered sever injuries, so he had only 11 matches in three seasons. After problems with the coaches he decided to left Feyenoord. 2006 he joined NAC Breda. After arguments with the coach he left Breda, after nine goals in 14 matches, to go to Ajax Amsterdam. 2009 he went back to Breda. 2011 he was transferred to Red Bull Salzburg on loan.

Club statistics

Honours

Club
Feyenoord
UEFA Cup 2002
Ajax
Dutch Cup 2007
Dutch Super Cup 2007

References

Footballers from Rio de Janeiro
1983 births
Living people
FC Red Bull Salzburg players
This is a list of characters in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series.

Main characters

Percy Jackson

Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a son of Poseidon and is the protagonist and narrator of the series. Being a child of one of the "Big Three" (Zeus, Hades, Poseidon), Percy is the hero referred to within the prophecy of the Oracle, which foretells that the next half-blood child of the "Big Three" to reach the age of sixteen would have to make a decision that would mean the destruction or saving of Olympus. He also is called “Seaweed brain”, especially by Annabeth.

Annabeth Chase
Annabeth Chase

Annabeth Chase is a daughter of Athena. So, she is very intelligent. She is fascinated with architecture. In battle, she is a skilled enough fighter to fight along with Percy. She is very good in strategy. She ran away from home when she was seven and met Luke and Thalia, who took her with them to get to Camp Half-Blood. She aids Percy in four of his five quests and is captured in one of them.
She is also Percy's girlfriend.

Grover Underwood
Grover Underwood

Grover Underwood is a satyr and Percy Jackson's best friend. He has found the four most powerful Greek demigods of the century: Percy Jackson (son of Poseidon), Thalia Grace (daughter of Zeus), and Nico and Bianca di Angelo (children of Hades). Before his death, Pan (the god of nature) says Grover is the bravest satyr ever to be. He names Grover as his successor to carry on his word to protect the wilderness. The Council of Cloven Elders is angered by this choice. He is the boyfriend of the tree nymph Juniper. But in The Last Olympian he is chosen as a replacement for Leneus (another Satyr who died in battle) on The Council of Cloven Elders after.

Tyson
Tyson

Tyson is a Cyclops, the son of Poseidon and his mother is unknown. Technically he is not a demigod, but at camp he lives in Percy's cabin, and is considered to be Percy's brother. He first appears in The Sea of Monsters as a homeless boy. He is afraid of Grover while Grover is also afraid of him. Also in The Sea of Monsters he was Percy's best friend and was always picked on. At the end of the book, he gets to go to work for his father, Poseidon, in the Underwater forges.
Nico di Angelo is a son of Hades, Bianca's younger brother, Hazel Levesque half-brother, Percy Jackson, Thalia and Jason Grace's cousin. At first Percy assumed Hades broke the oath not to have children after World War II, but Nico and his sister Bianca had been placed in the Lotus Casino, where 'time stands still' since before the oath was made. At the time, he took great interest in a game called Mythomagic. Nico has the power to raise skeletal warriors, shadow travel, and create great fissures in the ground that swallow up anyone or anything unfortunate enough to be standing on it at the time. For a time, he was Percy's enemy, blaming him for the fact that he had failed to protect Bianca as he had promised, but they became friends eventually. Nico tried multiple times to contact his sister and had difficulty contacting her, even using his dreams
. Nico refused to stay at Camp Half-Blood in the fourth book after noting that he was not welcomed at Camp Half-Blood; he compares this to the fact that his father is not welcomed at Olympus. Several months later, he informed Percy of a plan that could lead to defeating Kronos. In the final book of the first series, he convinced Percy to bathe in the River Styx, making him invincible barring the small of his back. In the end of the final book Percy makes all the gods and goddess to 'claim' all their children and make sure they have cabin's in Camp Half-blood. Nico goes back to the camp and finds a new hades cabin has been built for him and all the other minor gods and goddess. Later in the Heroes of Olympus series,he captured captured by giants [in mark of Athena] though he survived. Through out house of Hades and at the end of blood of Olympus,it is said that Nico has a crush on Percy,though he gives up that dream and goes to Will Solace,the son of Apollo,and in trials of Apollo they are seen as a couple.
Thalia Grace is a daughter of Zeus. She is Jason's older sister and the cousin of Percy Jackson and Hazel Levesque and Bianca and Nico di Angelo. Grover Underwood was assigned to watch over her when she ran away from home at ten years old. On her journey, she met Luke Castellan and Annabeth Chase. They also had brief encounters with the Hunters of Artemis and she was enticed to join by Zoë Nightshade. When she was twelve, they were all soon attacked by a herd of monsters and caught by a Cyclops in New York. She was captured, but thanks to Annabeth, was freed. They meet the satyr Grover Underwood on the way. They escaped, but found that the monsters they had briefly escaped caught up to them. As they reached Half-Blood Hill, Thalia sent Luke, Grover, and Annabeth over the boundary line while she faced the monsters. She sacrificed her life for her friends, and her father, Zeus, took pity on her and transformed her to a pine tree
. She is later brought back to life by the Golden Fleece and joins the quest in the third book where she ultimately joins the Hunters, taking the place of Zoë Nightshade. She has a younger brother, Jason Grace who was separated from her when she was 10.  This became the reason she ran away from home.She wears a lot of dark makeup and punk style clothing. She has electric blue eyes and spiky black hair. She is so like Percy that according to Annabeth, they either could be best friends... or worst enemies.
Luke Castellan is one of Hermes's children and a major antagonist of the series. Though initially the counselor of Cabin 11 and an ally to Percy, he revealed his true nature as a high-ranking member of Kronos's army by attempting to kill Percy at the end of The Lightning Thief, and on several occasions afterward. He is shown to harbor a great bitterness towards the gods (particularly his father, Hermes) for what he regards as abandonment. His mother had been driven crazy upon attempting to become the Oracle, leading to a stressful childhood. After reforming, Kronos does not need Luke's assistance. However, in his duel with Percy on Mount Olympus, striking Annabeth reminds him of his promise to protect her. This temporarily frees him from Kronos's influence. Percy makes his choice to give Luke Annabeth's knife, and Luke, cursed by the broken promise, kills himself by stabbing his own Achilles heel to destroy Kronos. This fulfills the prophecy, with Luke being the foretold hero
. In the film, Luke is portrayed by Jake Abel.
Greek/Roman gods
 Zeus/Jupiter - The King of the Gods, God of the Sky, Zeus is brother to Poseidon and Hades, uncle to Percy, father of Thalia, son of Kronos. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter, brother to Pluto and Neptune, and father to Jason. He is a principal character in the first book but is a minor one in the next four. His cabin is Cabin 1. Poseidon calls Zeus dramatic, saying that he might do better as the God of the Theater. His symbol of power is his Master Bolt. In The Lost Hero, Zeus (under the influence of Khione) forbids contact between gods and mortals and closes down Olympus. Despite this, Zeus indirectly aids the demigods several times on their quest, such as answering his son's prayer for aid against Enceladus.
Hera/Juno - The Queen of the Gods and the Goddess of Marriage. Hera plays a small role in The Titan's Curse but is one of the gods who help Percy and the others in their quest in The Battle of the Labyrinth. At the end of the book, Annabeth and Percy offend her because she did not care that Luke was gone or that Daedalus and Pan were both dead. She especially dislikes Annabeth and curses her like how Ares cursed Percy in the 1st book. She thought Luke, Pan and Daedalus were better off gone. Cabin 2 at Camp Half-Blood is dedicated to her, but is perpetually empty; as the goddess of marriage, she has not given birth to any demigods. In spite of this, Hera meddles with the affairs of many demigods. In The Last Olympian she has a minor role where she congratulates Percy on his victory rather disdainfully and says that she would have to let him and Annabeth live a little longer. She returns as Juno in The Lost Hero in which Percy Jackson has disappeared
. She has been kidnapped by Gaea and contacts Jason Grace, the new protagonist and asks him to help her. It is then revealed that as Juno, she snuck out of Olympus and exchanged Percy and Jason to try and unite the Roman and Greek demigods. She goes against the wishes of Zeus in this regard because she wants to save everyone – gods, demigods and mortals from the new evil. Juno also admits that she is bitter towards heroes and demigods because she does not have any of her own. Juno, Hera's Roman counterpart, is more warrior-like and more disciplined and rebellious. Juno even states that Hera would not have disobeyed Zeus, but Juno would.