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The Troubles () was a guerrilla/nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.
It is also known as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war".
The conflict began in the late 1960s and many said it ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles primarily took place in Northern Ireland, at times the violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.
A key issue was the state of Northern Ireland. Unionists/loyalists (most of whom were Protestants) wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists/republicans (most of whom were Catholics) wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join a United Ireland.
More than 3,500 people were killed in the conflict. Of those: 52% were civilians, 32% were members of the British security forces, and 16% were members of paramilitary groups.
Curt Hawkins
Brian Joseph Myers (born April 20, 1985 in Glen Cove, New York) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working with the WWE. He made his debut in 2004 and is now better known by his ring name Curt Hawkins. Hawkins was also known for being part of many tag teams with Zack Ryder (The Major Brothers, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder and The Edgeheads along with Edge). Hawkins is a one-time WWE Tag Team champion with Zack Ryder.
On June 12, 2014, Hawkins was released from his WWE contract.
Desert sand (color)
Desert sand is a colour which is like the color of desert sand.
It is a deep tone of beige.
In 1998, "desert sand" was made into a Crayola crayon colour.
The color shown at right matches the palest of the three colors in the 3-color "Desert Camouflage Uniform" of United States Army.In 1990, it began to replace the 6-color "Desert Battle Dress Uniform".
Seven Witches
Seven Witches is an American heavy metal band from the state of New Jersey. Seven Witches has four members in the band; the current band members are James Rivera, Jack Frost, Michael Lepond and Taz Marazz.
So far as of 2011, Seven Witches has released 8 Studio albums:
Jim Rempe
James (Jim) Rempe was born November 4, 1947, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player. He bacame a member of the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Rempe began playing pool as a child. He was 6 years old when he started. He became a professional at age 22. He has won over 100 major championships. He won 11 world titles, including the World Straight Pool Championship, World Nine-ball Championship, the World One-pocket Championship, All-Around World Championship and, later, the Mizerak Senior Tour.
He got 23 tournament wins between 1972 and 1978. That was more than any other pool player in the world, so he got the nickname "King James".
In September 1975, Rempe went on a 23-stop tour in Australia. He defeated World Snooker Champion Eddie Charlton in nine-ball, rotation, and straight pool.
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Port Lincoln, South Australia
Port Lincoln is a city in South Australia. It is a coastal city on Boston Bay at the southern end of the Eyre Peninsula. It is the largest city in the region. It is about 280 kilometres (straight line – 646 km by road) from the capital city Adelaide.
The first people to live in the area were the Barngarla (Parnkalla) people, who are Indigenous Australian people. The name they used to call this area was Galinyala.
Europen people settled in the area in 1836.
British Royal Navy explorer Matthew Flinders discovered the harbour in February 1802. He named it "Port" Lincoln rather than just Lincoln, where Flinders came from.
Port Lincoln may have become the state capital of the future South Australia, but it did not have a good water supply.. Even as a small town, Port Lincoln could not get enough fresh water, which is now supplied mostly from the underground aquifers to the south of the city. Recently the water supply on the Eyre Peninsula has been connected to Murray River water through a link from Kimba to Whyalla to connect into the Morgan to Whyalla pipeline water.
About 14,245 people live in the Port Lincoln area as of 2006. Aboriginal people made up 5.4% of Port Lincoln's 2006 population.
Port Lincoln has different coastal areas, from sheltered waters and beaches, to surf beaches and rugged oceanic coastline.
Port Lincoln and its suburbs comprise the City of Port Lincoln local government area. Port Lincoln is in the state electoral district of Flinders and the federal Division of Grey.
The economy is based on loading wheat onto ships. The port can handle over 337,500 tonnes) of wheat. There is also the canning and fish processing works, lambs, wool and beef, and tuna farming for the Japanese market. The port is home to a large commercial fishing fleet. There is also fish farming (aquaculture) of the following species: tuna, kingfish, abalone, mussels, oysters, and experimental farming in seahorses and spiny lobsters. Before the introduction of fish farming, the main fishing was for Southern bluefin tuna.
Port Lincoln is the end of an isolated narrow gauge railway system to bring the wheat to port. Iron ore traffic may be added in the future, although this has been the topic of protest and debate in the community.
Tourism is becoming more important, thanks to the scenic beauty and coastal locality. Easy access to both Spencer Gulf and the Great Australian Bight make Port Lincoln a good place for yachting, scuba diving, shark cage diving and game fishing. The city also is the regional centre for government administration, corporate services and commerce to Eyre Peninsula. However, many State Government functions are gradually being closed as State Government becomes more centralised in Adelaide. During the past decade, there has been a big increase in building houses and commercial buildings.
Lincoln National Park, Coffin Bay National Park and Kellidie Bay Conservation Park are within easy driving distance.
Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge () Eyre Peninsular Railway.
There is also a smaller port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. (c. Oct 2009)
Port Lincoln Airport is located a few kilometers north of the city. Regional Express and Qantaslink provide several daily flights to the state capital of Adelaide.
The book "Blue Fin" by Colin Thiele was set in Port Lincoln. The movie of the same name was filmed in nearby Streaky Bay. Some of the shark scenes of "Jaws" and Anzac Cove scenes in "Gallipoli", were also filmed near Port Lincoln.
"Australian Survivor", the Australian-produced series of the US television series, "Survivor", was filmed at Whalers Way, south of Port Lincoln, in 2001.
"Hearts Apart" by Caitlin Jones was written on a farm in Port Lincoln.
Port Lincoln was visited in 1939 by English travel author Eric Newby, while he was crew in the four-masted barque "Moshulu", which anchored off Boston Island. "Moshulu" had taken 82 days to sail to Port Lincoln from Belfast in ballast (a fast passage for a windjammer). But there was no grain to be had there, even though "Moshulu" waited at anchor for most of January. The crew was given shore leave in Port Lincoln, encountering large amounts of Australian wine. "Moshulu" finally sailed to Port Victoria for cargo.
During the 1939 season, "Passat" and "Lawhill" also went to Port Lincoln. Newby wrote about his round-trip from Ireland to South Australia in his book "The Last Grain Race" (1956). Several pictures of Port Lincoln in 1939 are in his photo-essay of his voyage, "Learning the Ropes".
Port Lincoln has two local commercial radio stations, 89.9 Magic FM and 765 AM 5CC. It is also served by ABC West Coast SA on 1485 AM. It also receives Triple J and ABC Radio National from Tumby Bay and satellite uplink from Melbourne respectively. ABC News Radio is available on 91.5FM. It also receives KIXFM 87.6.
Port Lincoln has one local newspaper, the Port Lincoln Times, a Rural Press publication. The Port Lincoln Times is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is printed in Murray Bridge at the high-tech Rural Press printing centre.
Free to air TV stations available in Port Lincoln are ABC, SBS, Southern Cross GTS/BKN (formerly Central Television) and Southern Cross Ten. Also available is Austar pay TV.
Olympic gold medal weightlifter Dean Lukin was a tuna fisherman who became famous as a weightlifter in the 1980s. He came back to run the family fishery business.
Many Australian Rules Football (AFL) players have come from Port Lincoln, including Graham Johncock, Peter Burgoyne, Shaun Burgoyne and Byron Pickett.
Tony Santic, the owner of Makybe Diva (the only horse to win the Melbourne Cup three times), is a tuna farmer in Port Lincoln. A life-sized bronze statue of the horse stands on the town's foreshore.
Australian Diamonds netball player Lauren Nourse began her career in Port Lincoln at age seven. In 2008 she was a member of the gold medal winning Australian side at the Auckland World Netball Championships.
Bagalkot
Bagalkot is a city in India. It is in the state of Karnataka.
Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula is a triangle shaped peninsula in South Australia. On the east is Spencer Gulf, and on the west is the Great Australian Bight. Its north boundary is the Gawler Ranges. It is named after explorer Edward John Eyre who explored some of it in 1839-1841. The coastline was first explored by Matthew Flinders in 1801-1802. The west coast was also visited by Nicolas Baudin at around the same time.
The peninsula was explored by John Charles Darke in 1844, who was killed by local Aborigines on his return to Port Lincoln.
The main towns are Port Lincoln on the southern point, Whyalla and Port Augusta at the north east, and Ceduna at the northwest. They are joined by the Eyre Highway across the inland edge, and the Flinders Highway and Lincoln Highway along the west and east coasts.
The major industry is farming - cereal crops, sheep, and cattle in the dry north area. More water-intensive farming such as dairy farming and growing wine industry happen in the south. Many coastal towns have commercial fishing. Port Lincoln had a large tuna fishing fleet, which is now changing to fish farming in bays along the coast. The Eyre Peninsula has a growing population of around 55,390 people.
There is a commercial nephrite jade mine near Cowell. Iron ore is mined in the hills near Iron Knob and taken by rail to Whyalla for smelting.
National Parks located on the Eyre Peninsula include Lincoln National Park, Coffin Bay National Park, Gawler Ranges National Park, and several conservation parks and reserves like Acraman Creek Conservation Park.
In January 2005, bushfires on the Eyre Peninsula killed nine people.
The peninsular is served by the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsula Railway.
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Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Seine-et-Marne "département", in France.
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Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
The following is a list of the 353 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine "département", in France.
Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 283 communes of the Finistère "département", in France.
Communes of the Moselle department
The following is a list of the 730 communes of the Moselle "département", in France.
Communes of the Orne department
The following is a list of the 505 communes of the Orne "département", in France.
Communes of the Var department
The following is a list of the 153 communes of the Var "département", in France.
Communes of the Yvelines department
Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the 404 communes of the Charente "département" in France.
Apple TV is a digital streaming device made by Apple Inc. Apple is a company that makes the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. There are 4 generations of the Apple TV. It can be used to stream content (for example, music, movies, TV shows, pictures etc.) from other Apple devices or iCloud to a TV.
Apple TV was first announced on September 12, 2006 under the name "iTV", however the name was changed before the final release because a UK television company named ITV threatened to sue Apple if they used the name. Sales of Apple TV started on March 21, 2007.
On January 15, 2008, Apple announced they would release a free update to the Apple TV, allowing people to download media from the iTunes Store without having to connect their Apple TV to their computer.
Apple announced a new, smaller version of the Apple TV on September 1, 2010, followed by an almost identical, but faster Apple TV on March 7, 2012.
On September 9, 2015, at WWDC, Apple announced the 4th generation Apple TV. It features a new Siri remote, and an App Store, as part of TVOS 9.0.
Angoulême
Angoulême () is a commune in southwestern France in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, of which it is its prefecture.
It was the capital of the old province of Angoumois.
The city of Angoulême is in the centre of the Charente department, on a plateau overlooking a meander of the Charente river.
The city of Angoulême is surrounded by the "communes":
The climate of Angoulême, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as "Angoumoisins" (women: "Angoumoisines").
With a population of 41,955, Angoulême has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Angoulême
Angoulême forms, together with other 17 "communes", the urban area of Angoulême with a population of 108,624 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Angoulême, formed by 106 "communes", with a population of 180,820 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .
Angoulême is the prefecture of the Charente department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Angoulême and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Grand Angoulême" ().
Angoulême is twinned with:
Communes of the Manche department
The following is a list of the 602 communes of the Manche "département", in France.
Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 369 communes of the Drôme "département" in France.
Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Indre-et-Loire "département", in France.
Communes of the Isère department
The following is a list of the 533 different communes of the Isère "département", in France.
Blinman, South Australia
Blinman is a small town in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia. It is 485 km north of the state capital, Adelaide. About 151 people live in the Blinman area. The town is also known as the highest town in South Australia. It has a hotel, cafe, general store and a post office.
In December 1859, a shepherd called Robert Blinman, from the nearby Angorichina station (farm) found copper. He was nickmaned "Peg Leg" because he had a wooden leg. With a group of friends he started the Wheal Blinman, a copper mine in 1861. The town grew quickly and by 1869 there were about 1,500 people living there. Many miners were Cornish men, who had been mining for copper at Burra, South Australia. The mine, later called the Blinman Consolidated Copper Mining Company of South Australia, soon became the biggest and most productive mine in the Flinders Ranges. About 10,000 tonnes of copper were taken from the mine which finally closed in 1918.
William Kekwick (died 1872), who explored South Australia and the Northern Territory with John McDouall Stuart, is buried in the Blinman cemetery.
The Blinman Copper Mine is now a tourist attraction, and visitors can explore the underground mine.
Communes of the Loire department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Loire "département", in France.
Villars, Loire
Lorette, Loire
Lorette is a town in France.
It is the birthplace of 4-time Formula One champion Alain Prost.
Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire (September 19, 1921 - May 2, 1997) was an educator born in Brazil. He developed new ideas about education for the oppressed - people who have been trodden down.
Paulo Freire wrote about the philosophy of education that came not only from old school such as Plato, but also from modern Marxist and anti-colonialist thinkers. In fact, in many ways his "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" (1970) may be best read as an extension of, or reply to, Frantz Fanon’s "The Wretched of the Earth" (1961), which emphasized the need to provide native populations with an education which was simultaneously new and modern (rather than traditional) and anti-colonial (not simply an extension of the culture of the colonizer).
In "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" (1970), Freire, talks about the oppressors-oppressed distinction,seeing differences between the two positions in an unjust society: the oppressor and the oppressed. Freire makes no direct reference to his most direct influence for the distinction, which stems back to a least Hegel in 1802, and has since been reprised by many authors including Engels, Marx, Lenin, Gramsci, Simone Weil and others.
Freire advocates that education allows the oppressed to regain their humanity and overcome their condition; however, he acknowledges that in order for this to take effect, the oppressed have to play a role in their own liberation. As he states:
No pedagogy which is truly liberating can remain distant from the oppressed by treating them as unfortunates and by presenting for their emulation models from among the oppressors. The oppressed must be their own example in the struggle for their redemption (Freire, 1970, p. 54).
Likewise, the oppressors must also be willing to rethink their way of life and to examine their own role in the oppression if true liberation is to occur; "those who authentically commit themselves to the people must re-examine themselves constantly" (Freire, 1970, p. 60).
Freire believed education to be a political act that could not be divorced from pedagogy. Freire defined this as a main tenet of critical pedagogy. Teachers and students must be made aware of the "politics" that surround education. The way students are taught and what they are taught serves a political agenda. Teachers, themselves, have political notions they bring into the classroom (Kincheloe, 2008). Freire believed that "education makes sense because women and men learn that through learning they can make and remake themselves, because women and men are able to take responsibility for themselves as beings capable of knowing — of knowing that they know and knowing that they don't" (Freire, 2004, p. 15)
In terms of actual pedagogy, Freire is best known for his attack on what he called the "banking" concept of education, in which the student was viewed as an empty account to be filled by the teacher. He notes that "it transforms students into receiving objects. It attempts to control thinking and action, leads men and women to adjust to the world, and inhibits their creative power" (Freire, 1970, p. 77). The basic critique was not new — Rousseau’s conception of the child as an active learner was already a step away from tabula rasa (which is basically the same as the “banking concept”). In addition, thinkers like John Dewey were strongly critical of the transmission of mere facts as the goal of education. Dewey often described education as a mechanism for social change, explaining that “education is a regulation of the process of coming to share in the social consciousness; and that the adjustment of individual activity on the basis of this social consciousness is the only sure method of social reconstruction” (1897, p. 16). Freire’s work, however, updated the concept and placed it in context with current theories and practices of education, laying the foundation for what is now called critical pedagogy.
More challenging is Freire's strong aversion to the teacher-student difference. This splitis admitted in Rousseau and constrained in Dewey, but Freire comes close to insisting that it be completely abolished. This is hard to imagine in absolute terms, since there must be some enactment of the teacher-student relationship in the parent-child relationship, but what Freire suggests is that a deep reciprocity be inserted into our notions of teacher and student. He goes so far as to say that “Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously students and teachers” (Freire, 1970, p. 72). Freire wants us to think in terms of teacher-student and student-teacher – that is, a teacher who learns and a learner who teaches – as the basic roles of classroom participation.
Freire however insists that educator and student, though sharing democratic social relations of education, are not on an equal footing, but the educator must be humble enough to be disposed to relearn that which he/she already thinks she knows, through interaction with the learner. The authority which the educator enjoys must not be allowed to degenerate into authoritarianism; teachers must recognize that "their fundamental objective is to fight alongside the people for the recovery of the people's stolen humanity", not to "win the people over" to their side (Freire, 1970, p. 95).
Communes of the Doubs department
The following is a list of the 594 communes of the Doubs "département" in France.
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"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", also sung as "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?", is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was part of the 1932 musical "New Americana;" the melody is based on a Russian lullaby Gorney heard as a child. It became best known, however, through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee. Both versions were released right before Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election to the presidency and both became number one hits on the charts. The Brunswick Crosby recording became the best-selling record of its period, and came to be viewed as an anthem of the shattered dreams of the era.
The song asks why the men who built the nation – built the railroads, built the skyscrapers – who fought in the war (World War I), who tilled the earth, who did what their nation asked of them should, now that the work is done and their labor no longer necessary, find themselves abandoned, in bread lines.
The song has unusual structure for a Broadway song. Firstly, rather than starting in a major key, as most Broadway songs do, it begins in a minor key, which is darker, and more appropriate for the Depression. When discussing the prosperous past and building the railroads, the song jumps an octave and moves briefly into a major key, evoking energy and optimism. It then reverts to a minor key in the word "time" in the line "Once I built a railroad, made it run / Made it race against time," marking the end of prosperous times, and changing to a wistful mood. The song then ends, not on a note of resignation, but with anger – repeating the beginning (as is usual for Broadway songs), an octave higher, but with a significant change: the friendly ""Brother," can you spare a dime?" is replaced with the aggressive ""Buddy," can you spare a dime?"
During the bad times in the 1970s, the "New York Times" asked Harburg to update "Brother" for a new age, and he responded with:
SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz
SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz is an Austrian football club from Vorarlbergs capital Bregenz.
The club was founded in 1919 under the name FC Bregenz. The club colours were black and white. Till 1927 they only played friendly matches versus teams from Germany and Switzerland. In 1927 they played for the first time in Vorarlbergs league. Already 1928 they became Vorarlbergs champion. 1938, after the occupation of Austria by Nazi Germany they formed with other teams from the region the Bezirksklasse Bodensee-Vorarlberg. Due to the Second World War the league was dissolved in 1942.
After the War FC Bregenz was refounded under the name SC Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz. They reached the highest level of Austrian football, the Staatsliga,for the first time in 1954 but was relegated the same season. Till 1999 the club played under different names in the second level of Austrians league. 1999 they were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga, where they played till the 2004/05 season. At this time they were relegated to the Erste Liga, the second level. Due to financial problems they could not get the licence and the club declare bankruptcy. For the young players a new club was founded, SC Bregenz. Although it is legally a new club the supporters saw it as replacement of the old club. Since 2007 this club plays in the Regionalliga West (3rd level).
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Moulins, Allier
Moulins is a "commune" in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France.
It is the "préfecture" (capital) of the department and the historical capital of the old province of "Bourbonnais" (the Duchy of Bourbonnais).
Moulins experienced its golden age in the 15th century, when the Dukes of Bourbon lived in the city on the Allier river. The region of the northern Massif Central where is Moulins is called the "Bourbonnais" after the House of Bourbon.
Moulins became the capital of Allier on 4 March 1790 with the creation of the departments in France.
During the German occupation in the Second World War, the border between occupied France and the pro-German France (Vichy France) went through the midst of Moulins.
Moulins is along the Allier river, mainly on the right (eastern) side of the river. It has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The distances from Moulins to other cities are:
Moulins is surrounded by the "communes" Avermes, Yzeure, Toulon-sur-Allier, Bressolles and Neuvy.
The climate of Moulins, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Moulins are known, in French, as "Moulinois" (women: "Moulinoises").
With a population of 19,762, Moulins has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Moulins
Moulins is the prefecture of the Allier department since 1800. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Moulins and the administrative centre () of two cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Moulins Communauté" ().
Moulins is twinned with:
Some interesting places in Moulins are:
"The Edge of Glory" is a song by American pop singer Lady Gaga from her third album "Born This Way". It was released as the third single from the album on May 17, 2011.
The song peaked at number 3 in the US and Canada, number 2 in Australia, and number 6 in the UK. The RIAA certified the song triple-Platinum on February 29, 2016, for sales and shipments of 3 million copies in the United States alone.
Gaga is shown on a fire escape of an apartment building in New York City. Clarence Clemons, who played the saxophone for American singer Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is seen playing the instrument throughout the video. Shortly after appearing in the video, Clemons died from a stroke.
The video was supposed to show Gaga under the sea but was canceled due to creative disagreements.
Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 320 communes of the Allier "département" in France.
Cognac, Charente
Cognac is a commune in southwestern France in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, of which it is a subprefecture.
The city of Cognac is along the Charente river, mainly on its left side, between the cities of Angoulême, prefecture of the Charente department, and Saintes, a subprefecture in the Charente-Maritime department.
Cognac is at about to the east of the Atlantic coast.
The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as "Cognaçais" (women: "Cognaçaises").
With a population of 18,717, Cognac has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Cognac
Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Cognac and the administrative centre () of two cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Grand Cognac" ().
Cognac is twinned with:
Digne-les-Bains is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the south-east of France. It is also the capital of the department.
Digne is twinned with:
Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
The following is a list of the 198 communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence "département" in France.
Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Gap is a "commune" in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is the "préfecture" (capital), and main city, of the department.
Gap is the highest prefecture (departmental capital) of France; the city is in a valley whose bottom is at an altitude of about above sea level.
Gap is in the south central part of the Hautes-Alpes department. The "Luye", a tributary of the Durance river, flows through the city.
The distances from Gap to other cities are:
The "commune" of Gap is surrounded by 17 "communes": Laye, Saint-Laurent-du-Cros, Forest-Saint-Julien, La Rochette, Rambaud, Jarjayes, Neffes, Châteauvieux, Lettret, Pelleautier, La Roche-des-Arnauds, La Freissinouse, La Fare-en-Champsaur, Poligny, Le Noyer, Le Dévoluy, Rabou
The climate of Gap, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Gap are known, in French, as "Gapençais" (women: "Gapençaises").
With a population of 40,225, Gap has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Gap
Gap forms with La Rochette the urban area of Gap with a population of 40,700 inhabitants (2014) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Gap, formed by 39 "communes", with a population of 62,567 inhabitants (2014) and an area of .
Gap is the prefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Gap and the administrative centre () of four cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Gap-Tallard-Durance" ().
Gap is twinned with:
Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Hautes-Alpes "département" in France.
Anne Spielberg
Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is an American screenwriter. She is the sister of movie director Steven Spielberg.
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1949. After working for her brother's production company, Amblin Entertainment, she co-wrote the movie "Big" in 1988. For this, she was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Writing of an Original Screenplay". She was also a co-producer on the movie, along with noted television and movie producer James L. Brooks. She was also an uncredited cowriter of the movie "Small Soldiers". Sue Spielberg and Nancy Katz are her sisters.
Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw (born Kathleen Sue Nail on November 3, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. She is the wife of movie director Steven Spielberg.
In 1956, Capshaw's desire to be an actress led her to New York. There she got a role on the soap "The Edge of Night".
Capshaw was married to her first husband, Robert Capshaw, from 1976 until their divorce in 1980. In 1982, she made her first movie role in "A Little Sex". In 1984, she met future husband Spielberg when she beat out 120 actresses for the female lead in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". The two married on October 12, 1991. In 1993, Capshaw became a regular on the brief series "Black Tie Affair".
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Ardennes department.
Charleville-Mézières is twinned with:
Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Ardennes "département" in France.
Soulby
Waitby
Nateby, Cumbria
Nateby, Lancashire
Hawes
Hawes is a village and civil parish in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 there were 1,115 people living in Hawes.
Catterick
Staindrop
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Eden, Cumbria
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle.
It has an area of , making it the eighth largest district in England and the largest non-unitary district. It also has the lowest population density of any English district, with a mean of just 24 persons per square kilometre.
The district council was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Penrith urban district, Alston with Garrigill Rural District and Penrith Rural District, all in Cumberland, and Appleby Municipal Borough, part of Lakes urban district and North Westmorland Rural District, all in Westmorland.
Within the district lies part of the Lake District National Park.
The West Coast Main Railway Line runs through the district but with only one station at Penrith. Services on this line are provided by Virgin Trains. The Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Railway also goes through the district and has stations at Armathwaite, Lazonby, Langwathby, Appleby and Kirkby Stephen.
Road transport links are provided by the M6 motorway, the A6 and the A66.
In Eden there are King George's Fields, in memorial to King George V, at Appleby-in-Westmorland and Patterdale.
The council is the owner of the Penrith Leisure Centre which is run by a private company under contract. The council also owns a number of playing fields and recreation grounds throughout the district most notably the sports pitches at Frenchfield on the outskirts of Penrith.
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Mansergh
Foix (; ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. Today it is the préfecture of the Ariège department in southwestern France in the Occitanie region.
It is to south of Toulouse, close to the border with Spain and Andorra. The city is only the second city of the department after Pamiers. Of all French "préfectures", Foix is the one with fewest people living in it.
The Romans built a fort on the rocky hill where the Château de Foix castle now the town. The town of Foix probably owes its origin to an oratory founded by Charlemagne, which afterwards became the Abbey of Saint Volusianus in 849. The current area of the department was part of the old County of Foix.
The city of Foix lies in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southern France. It is on the confluence of the Ariège and Arget rivers. Foix is at to the south of Toulouse.
The "commune" of Foix is surrounded by the "communes" Arabaux, Cos, Crampagna, Ferrières-sur-Ariège, Ganac, Montgaillard, Pradières, Saint-Jean-de-Verges, Saint-Pierre-de-Rivière and Vernajoul.
The climate of Foix, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Foix are known, in French, as "Fuxéens" (women: "Fuxéennes").
Foix has a population of 6,9,721 (2014), and population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Foix
Foix forms, with other 5 "communes", the urban area of Foix with a population of 14,552 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Foix, formed by 17 "communes" with a population of 18,406 inhabitants (2013) and an area of .
Foix is the prefecture of the Ariège department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Foix and the administrative centre () of the canton of Foix (with 13,700 inhabitants in 2014).
It is part of the intercommunality "Pays Foix-Varilhes" ().
Foix is twinned with:
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Troyes
Troyes is a commune of France. It is the capital city of the Aube department in north-central France. It is on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. It was briefly the capital of France in the early 15th century.
The name troy weight for gold derives from the standard of measurement which developed in Troyes.
Troyes has existed since Roman times. It was the capital of the Counts of Champagne.
The first Lord of Troyes was Gwain de Nantouillet in 884.
In 1417, the Duke of Burgandy and Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France, planned to establish the capital of France at Troyes. This included a court, council, and parliament with comptroller's offices.
In 1419-1425, during the Hundred Years' War, Troyes was the center of the royal government.
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Rodez
Rodez () is a commune in southwestern France in the department of Aveyron, of which it is its prefecture. It is in the region of Occitanie.
It was the capital of Rouergue, a former French province. Rodez is also the capital of 3 "cantons": Rodez-1, Rodez-2 and Rodez-Onet.
Existing from at least the 5th century BC, Rodez was founded by Celtic people, the Ruteni. Here they built an "oppidum" (fortified place) which, after the Roman occupation, was named "Segodunum" ("Fortified place", "high hill"). The town later was given the name of "Civitas Rutenorum" ("City of the Ruteni") and then only "Ruteni" and, finally, Rodez.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the city was taken by the Visigoths and then by the Franks; in 725, the Moors took the city and destroyed the old church. Later it was occupied by the armies of the Dukes of Aquitaine and of the Counts of Toulouse. English troops occupied Rodez during the Hundred Years War.
With the creation of the Aveyron department in 1790, Rodez became préfecture of the department.
The "commune" of Rodez is on the western part of the central plateau ("Massif Central") of France. The Aveyron river and the "Auterne" stream flow through the city.
Rodez has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
Rodez is surrounded by the "communes" Onet-le-Château, Sainte-Radegonde, Le Monastère and Olemps.
The climate of Rodez, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Rodez are known, in French, as "Ruthénois" (women: "Ruthénoises").
With a population of 24,088, Rodez has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Rodez
Rodez forms, together with 5 other "communes", the urban area of Rodez with a population of 49,716 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Rodez, formed by 39 "communes" with a population of 85,181 inhabitants and an area of .
Rodez is the prefecture of the Aveyron department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Rodez and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Rodez Agglomération" ().
Rodez is twinned with:
Some interesting places in Rodez are:
Judas (song)
Judas is a song by American pop singer Lady Gaga from her second studio album, "Born This Way". it was released as the second single from the album on April 15, 2011.
"Judas" is a house-tinged electropop and techno song about a woman falling in love with a man who betrayed her.
The song managed to reach the top ten in the US and Canada. On February 29, 2016, the song was certified double-Platinum by the RIAA for sales and shipments of over 2 million copies in the United States alone.
The music video for the song was controversial, like Gaga's video for "Alejandro", because it contained religious imagery. Gaga is shown dressed as Mary Magdalene in the video and depicted riding on the back of a motorcycle that an actor portraying Jesus is driving. The Catholic League condemned the video.
Aurillac
Aurillac () is a French commune, the prefecture of the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Aurillac was part of the former province of Auvergne, in the region called Haute-Auvergne.
The name of the city comes from , meaning "Roman villa of Aurelius".
The city of Aurillac is at the foot of the Cantal mountains ("Mounts of Cantal"), in the Massif Central. The city is along the Jordanne river, a tributary of the Cère river.
The city of Aurillac is at to the southeast of Paris and at to the south of Toulouse. The "commune" of Aurillac is surrounded by the "communes" Crandelles, Naucelles, Saint-Simon, Giou-de-Mamou, Arpajon-sur-Cère, Roannes-Saint-Mary, Sansac-de-Marmiesse and Ytrac.
Aurillac has an oceanic climate (subtype Cfb in the Köppen climate classification) with cold winters and hot summers due to its distance from the ocean.
The average temperature for the year in Aurillac is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .
The inhabitants of Aurillac are known, in French, as "Aurillacois" (women: "Aurillacoises").
The city of Aurillac has a population, in 2014, of 26,135; its population density is of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Aurillac
Aurillac is the prefecture of the Cantal department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Aurillac and the administrative centre () of three cantons:
It is part of the intercommunality "Bassin d'Aurillac" ().
Aurillac and Arpajon-sur-Cère are twinned with:
Communes of the Cantal department
The following is a list of the 260 communes of the Cantal "département" in France.
Brough
Brough is a village and civil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 680 people living in Brough.
The village is on the site of the Roman fort of Verterae ("The Forts"), on the northern leg of the Roman-era Watling Street, linking Luguvalium (Carlisle) with Eboracum (York) and points south.
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Vallavanukku Vallavan
Vallavanukku Vallavan is a 1965 Tamil mystery thriller starring Asokan, Manimala, Gemini Ganesan and R.S. Manohar in lead roles with Thangavelu and Manorama in supporting roles. Also Savitri, makes a cameo as herself. It was directed by R. Sundaram.
Ramesh (Askokan) is an engineer who is hunting for a job and with the help of his friend Babu (Thangavelu) goes to see a wealthy businessman named Laxman for a new project of his. After a song and a comic encounter with Laxman's daughter Geeta (Manimala), he falls in love with her. He also achieves very good success in convincing Geeta's father into starting the project. During a sight visit for the project, his suitcase gets swapped with a similar suitcase of a co-passenger named Mala (Manorama), which is full of money. For this reason Ramesh is detained in a police lock-up. Also Mala is revealed to be part of a criminal gang. When the gang leader, Jumboo, is not able to kill Mala (because he needs a particular diary from her), he instead arranges a dangerous rowdy named Bijua Pakiri (R.S. Manohar)to kill Ramesh within the lock-up.
However, instead of killing Ramesh, Bijua decides to hold Ramesh captive. Together they escape the lock-up that very night to prove Ramesh's innocence. Bijua also angers the criminal gang of Mala, when he asks for a greater sum in return for killing Ramesh. When a mysterious man (Gemini Ganesan) makes phone calls and tried to save Ramesh from captivity, Ramesh escapes by himself out into the city. The mysterious man also attacks Bijua before running away. The criminal gang try to kill Bijua but he escapes after a fight. Geeta meets him and helps him by giving him a hanky and some milk from her flask.
Ramesh being chased by police, Bijua Pakiri and the criminal gang attempts to fake his death. Geeta believing his death to be real comes to the waterfall where he committed suicide and learns that he is not really dead. They both go one of the villas owned by Geeta's father, and make a secret stay there. Bijua confronts them and threatens to kill Ramesh but is tamed by the very pleading words of Geeta. He instead promises to help Ramesh out of the situation. Both Bijua and Ramesh don disguises to roam about in public, to search for Mala and with her prove his innocence. But, they are chased by police and are lead to a comic encounter where they sing a song for a dance by Savitri. Later, Mala and Babu drive a car together and develop romantic feelings for one another. When Ramesh and Bijua get to know this, they try to use their relationship to get the truth out of Mala. But their plan backfires.
After this, the mysterious man (Gemini Ganesan) appears secretly inside Ramesh's car promising to help him. He accepts that he is a police officer when asked, and says he knows that Ramesh is innocent. But leaves when Bijua and Babu enter the car. Men from the criminal gang disguise as policemen and "arrest" Ramesh whom they intend to murder at a safe spot. However, with the help of his friends Ramesh escapes.
Later, the same mysterious man appears once again, and meets Ramesh once again to tell him that he knows Mala well and also Bijua is planning to give off Ramesh to the criminal gang, for money. Ramesh, believes him and starts to avoid Bijua, telling him that he now knows his true colours.
When Mala is forced by Jumboo, the gangleader, to fly abroad, she is confronted by the still mysterious man who forces her to give him the diary, failing which she would end up in jail. But she is shot by a shadowy figure, who is then chased by the mysterious man. But, Bijua gets hold of the diary after coming there. Ramesh learns of the death of Mala and becomes sad. Jumboo arrives there and Bijua confronts him, now asking for twice the earlier amount for the diary and the life of Ramesh.
Bijua takes Ramesh with him to prove his innocence, after pleading with Ramesh and Geeta for a long time. They arrive at a cave on a hill. There Bijua tries to sell Ramesh and the Diary for the agreed sum, apparently betraying Ramesh. The mysterious man arrives at the scene to whom Ramesh explains the situation.
When the mysterious man tries to act his police disguise there, Bijua reveals he is Mr.Prakash, the true leader of the crime gang and he himself is Inspector Sekar of Vigilance Branch. With this information both Prakash and Ramesh are startled. After some talk an elaborate fight and chase scene, Mr.Prakash drives a boat that crashes into a rock fatally killing him. Ramesh is proven innocent through the information in the diary.
Bijua (now Inspector Sekar) attends the marriage of Ramesh and Geeta in full inspector uniform. The film ends with Babu receiving a prize sum from Police Department for his help in the case.
Persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.
For this reason, they persist in the environment for a long time. They can be transported over long distances and bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue. When going up a food chain, there will be larger amounts of these substances. For this reason, they have a large impact on human health and the environment.
Many POPs are currently or were in the past used as pesticides. Others are used in industrial processes and in the production goods such as solvents, polyvinyl chloride, and pharmaceuticals. There are a few natural sources of POPs; most POPs are created by humans in industrial processes, either intentionally or as byproducts.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international treaty signed in 2001. The treaty became effective in May 2004. Its aim is to limit the use and production of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Examples of substances affected by the treaty are Polychlorinated biphenyl and Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. An extension to the treaty in 2009 added other substances, like Lindane. Critics have said that the treaty limits the effectiveness of the fight against diseases such as malaria. This is not the case, as the use of certain substances for vector control is permitted; this includes the use against mosquitoes.
The following chemicals are listed:
Tokyo Electric Power Company
, also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese company that sells electrical power in Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It has international offices in Washington, D.C., and London.
After the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, its power plant at Fukushima Daiichi became a continuing nuclear disaster. The Fukushima disaster forced 50,000 households to leave the evacuation zone because of radiation leaks into the air, soil and sea.
Tokyo Prefecture is the largest shareholder in the company with 9.37 percent voting rights.