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Badgers all live underground. They live in burrows called setts, which may be very large. Some live on their own, moving from home to home. Others are known to form family groups called "cetes". Between two and fifteen badgers can live in a cete at one time. Badgers can run or gallop at speeds of up to 25–30 km/h (16–19 mph) for short periods of time. Badgers are only active at night. They can dig a hole fast enough to escape most predators. They fill in the hole behind them as they dig.
The badger’s diet is mainly small mammals; mice, gophers and squirrels. They eat amphibians, reptiles and birds. Badgers also eat earthworms, insects, grubs, and bird eggs. They will sometimes eat roots and fruit. In Britain, they are the main predator of hedgehogs. Badgers have been known to become drunk from the alcohol found in rotting fruit.
Lamaronde
Lamaronde is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 64 people lived there.
Laucourt
Laucourt is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 174 people lived there.
Lanchères
Lanchères is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 1,002 people lived there.
Hérissart
Hérissart is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 559 people lived there.
Hénencourt
Hénencourt is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Le Translay
Le Translay is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France.
Lihons
Lihons is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Blood substitute
Blood substitute (also called blood surrogate) is the name for a number of substances that can perform some functions of blood. Blood substitutes are often used in blood transfusions where real blood is not available. Losing a lot of blood can mean there is not enough blood left to keep up the oxygen transfer to certain organs, or the brain. This state is a medical emergency, as it can lead to organ failure and death. Blood substitutes can help in these situations.
There are two basic types of blood substitutes:
An oxygen-carrying blood substitute, or artificial haemoglobin, is an artificially made red substitute whose main function is to carry oxygen, as does natural haemoglobin.
The first goal of oxygen carrying blood substitutes is just to mimic blood's oxygen transport capacity. Unfortunately, oxygen transport, one function that distinguishes real blood from other "volume expanders", has been very difficult to reproduce.
There are some good reasons why the world needs blood substitutes:
Since oxygen therapeutics are not yet widely available, the United States Army is experimenting with varieties of dried blood, which take up less room, weigh less and can be used much longer than blood plasma. Saline has to be added before use. Dried blood is better for first aid during combat than whole blood or packed red cells.
Esperanto symbols
Esperanto, the most used constructed language, has got some traditional symbols during its history.
The basic symbol of Esperanto is the green five-pointed star. Its five corners represents five continents (according to traditional meaning - Europe, America, Asia, Oceania, Africa), the green color is the symbol of hope. In cases when they use the star outside the flag, they add a letter "E" to it. In Esperanto they call it "verda stelo" (green star).
The esperanto flag has a green background with a white square in the upper lefthand corner, which in turn contains a green star. Esperantists use the flag for representing their language and culture. Swedish esperantist G. Jonson has iniciated use of the green color and the green star. C. Rjabinis and P. Deullin has created final suggestion of the flag in 1893. The green color represents hope and the white color represents peace. In Esperanto they call it "Esperanto-flago" (Esperanto flag).
During the hundredth (100th) anniversary of Esperanto in 1987, World Esperanto Association has made this special logo. The two (2) inverse rounded letters "E" creates the form representating the Earth. In Esperanto they call it "Jubilea simbolo" (Jubilee symbol).
Esperantists consider the poem "La Espero" (the hope) by L. L. Zamenhof with music by Félicien Menu de Ménil to be an anthem of Esperanto.
Liomer
Liomer is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Machiel is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 177 people lived there.
Lucheux
Lucheux is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 577 people lived there.
Liéramont
Liéramont is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Argoules
Aveluy
Authuille
Temperament is a term from psychology to describe the way in which an individual behaves. Examples for temperament are introversion and extroversion. Many psychologists believe that the traits called temperament are innate, and that they are not learned. Temperament also seems to be independent of the mood of the person or animal.
Galen of Pergamon was among the first people to describe different temperaments, or humors, as they were called at the time. Galen identified four types:
These correspond to the four classical elements fire, water, earth and air.
Authieule
The Pillow Book is a book written by Sei Shōnagon . Sei Shōnagon was a member of the Kiyohara family. She wrote the notes that made up her diary (or "pillow book") while she was a member of the court of Empress Sadako. The book is a classic of Japanese literature. It is one of two of the greatest examples of prose literature of this time period. It is a collection of pieces of writing that vary from one or two sentences to several pages. It is the author's observations of people, life at court, and nature.
Maisnières
Maisnières is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Loeuilly
Loeuilly is a former commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Ô-de-Selle.
Liercourt
Liercourt is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Ligescourt
Ligescourt is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 231 people lived there.
Licourt
Licourt is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 391 people lived there.
Huppy
Huppy is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2012, 818 people lived there.
Ignaucourt
Ignaucourt is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France.
Cizancourt
Cizancourt is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Chuignes
Chuignes is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
On August 23, 1918 a German marine canon weighing 600 tonnes, measuring 21 m and with a range of about 40 km was captured by Australian major general John Monash's troops during World War I: the Chuignes Big Bertha.
Chirmont
Chirmont is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
Carrépuis
Carrépuis is a commune. It is in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France.
Brucamps
Brucamps is a commune. It is in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France.
There are still many sculpted and decorated farmhouses from the 19th century, built of stone and brick (which are no longer in use today).
Several of these farms had arched gateways. That helped avoid damage from incoming carriages.
Hancourt
Hancourt is a commune. It is in the region Picardie in the Somme department in the north of France.
René is a given name. It is used for both males and females. It is common in French- and Spanish-speaking areas. The name comes from the Latin name "Renatus". The name René was originally given only to males. In some countries that are not French-speaking, the name is also given to females (sometimes without the accent). One person with this name is Rene Russo.
Sebastián Rulli (born July 6, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), is a Argentine actor and model.
August Vandekerkhove
August Vandekerkhove (15 October 1838 Kanegem - 24 March 1923 Mâcon) was a Belgian writer, playwright, poet, painter and inventor. He wrote under the pseudonym S.U. Zanne. Vandekerkhove started a movement he called Cosmosofie (Cosmosophy). He said that Cosmosophy was the opposite of Theosophy. When he was young he wrote a novel and three plays. His literary work was inspired by ethics and psychology. Later he moved to Scotland, the USA and France.
In France he wrote works on kabala, esotericism and the occult. He was one of the first writers talking about subjects like feminism and the Age of Aquarius. Each year on Palm Sunday at 5 PM, at the cemetery of Flacé in Mâcon in France, people come together to remember him.
Willem Elsschot
Willem Elsschot (7 May 1882 - 31 May 1960), was a Belgian writer and poet.
His real name was "Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder".
He was born in Antwerp. His parents ran a bakery.
He studied at the Atheneum of Antwerp, were he was inspired for literature by his teacher Pol de Mont. Later he went to the business high school of Antwerp and ran an advertising agency.
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Vaughan
Vaughan ( ) is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996–2006, achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% according to Statistics Canada, having nearly doubled in population since 1991. It is the fifth-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area, and the 17th largest city in Canada.
Koenraad Elst
Koenraad Elst (7 August 1959) is a Belgian author, orientalist and Indologist. Elst is known for his writings in support for the Out of India theory. It's true that the Indo-European language family originated in India.
Elst was born in Leuven, Belgium on 7 August 1959. He studied Indology, Sinology and philosophy. His family was Flemish Catholic. He earned a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). Elst is known for his views on the Indo-European culture and languages.
Betsy Blair
Elizabeth Winifred Boger (known as Betsy Blair; December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009) was an American movie and stage actress. Her movies include "A Double Life" and "Marty".
Blair was born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. She died in London from cancer of unknown primary origin at 85.
Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron (11 January 1921 – 18 January 2009) was a British actress. She acted in movies, theatre, and on television. She played Sister Ruth in "Black Narcissus" She played Annette in "The Reluctant Widow" (1950).
Byron was born in London. She died there at age 88.
Slava Voynov
Vyacheslav Leonidovich Voynov (; born January 15, 1990) is a Russian ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently suspended indefinitely from the National Hockey League (NHL).
Before playing in the NHL, Voynov played two campaigns with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Russian Superleague (RSL). Voynov was drafted with the 32nd overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
The Kings sent Voynov to play for their AHL-affiliate team, the Manchester Monarchs. He played four seasons with them and was named to represent the Eastern Conference at the 2011 AHL All-Star Game.
On October 18, 2011, Voynov made his NHL debut with the Kings in a 5–0 win against the St. Louis Blues. On October 27, 2011, He scored his first NHL goal against Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars in a 5–3 win. He also scored another goal in that game. On June 11, 2012, Voynov was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Kings. During the 2012–2013 playoffs, he set a Kings record for number of goals scored by a defender during playoffs. He scored a fifth playoff goal during the third game of the semifinals.
On June 18, 2013, he signed a six year, $25 million contract extension, worth 4.16 million a year with the Kings.
On October 20, 2014, Voynov was suspended indefinitely awaiting an investigation by the NHL after he was arrested on domestic violence charges. On November 20, 2014, the Los Angeles County prosecutor announced that he would be charged with "one felony count of corporal injury to a spouse with great bodily injury."
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Domart-sur-la-Luce
Domart-sur-la-Luce is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 427 people lived there. The village was destroyed during World War I.
Dargnies
Dargnies is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 1,324 people lived there. Dargnies is from Amiens.
Cottenchy
Cottenchy is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 509 people lived there.
Champien
Cachy
Béalcourt
Béalcourt is a commune. It is in the Hauts-de-France region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 102 people lived there.
Béthencourt
Béthencourt is a commune. It is in the Hauts-de-France region in the Nord department in the north of France. In 2011, 760 people lived there.
Fourcigny
Fourcigny is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 183 people lived there. It is found 26 miles southwest of Amiens.
Driencourt
Driencourt is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 94 people lived there.
The village was destroyed during World War I.
Dromesnil
Dromesnil is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. It is from Amiens and from Paris. In 2011, 102 people lived there.
Englebelmer
Englebelmer is a commune. It is in the Picardie region in the Somme department in the north of France. In 2011, 278 people lived there.
Toronto Pearson International Airport
Lester B. Pearson International Airport , called the Toronto Pearson International Airport (or simply Pearson Airport or Toronto Pearson) is an international airport in the Greater Toronto Area. The airport is northwest of downtown Toronto, in Mississauga. The airport is named after Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize winner and 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
Marian and Vivian Brown
Marian (January 25, 1927 – November 20, 2014) and Vivian Brown (January 25, 1927 – January 9, 2013) were American identical twins and celebrity icons of San Francisco. They were known as the "San Francisco Twins". They were voted second as San Francisco's "Best Local Character" in 2000. They lived or mostly appeared at Nob Hill. They were born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Vivian died on January 9, 2013 in San Francisco, California from Alzheimer's disease, aged 85. Marian Brown died on November 20, 2014 from natural causes in San Mateo, California, aged 87.
Fiorenzo Angelini
Fiorenzo Angelini (1 August 1916 – 22 November 2014) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the former President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Curia. He was born in Rome, Italy.
He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. When Cardinal Ersilio Tonini died on 28 July 2013, Cardinal Angelini became the oldest living cardinal until Pope Francis appointed 98-year old Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla as a cardinal.
Angelini died in Rome, Italy from natural causes, aged 98.
John Bucyk
John Paul "Chief" Bucyk (born May 12, 1935) is a Canadian retired ice hockey left winger. He played most of his career with the Boston Bruins.
Bucyk was born on May 12, 1935 in Edmonton to Ukrainian immigrants.
Bucyk was a skilled left winger who was one of the biggest players of his day. He had a long and great career, and had scored the fourth most points and played the third most games ever when he retired in 1978. He was also the highest scoring left winger ever. He was a very clean player and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship in 1971 and 1974.
Bucyk played junior hockey for four seasons for his hometown team. Then he signed up with the Detroit Red Wings in 1955. Two years later he was traded to the Bruins. Bucyk became the top left wing in Boston and was a star for the team for 22 years. He often served as the team's captain.
When he retired, the Bruins also retired his number #9 jersey. He was also elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981. He scored 545 goals as a Bruin, the most in team history. Only Ray Bourque had more points and assists for the Bruins.
Bucyk still works the Bruins and is the team's director of road services.
Loris Francesco Capovilla
Loris Francesco Capovilla (14 October 1915 – 26 May 2016) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. At the age of 100, he was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops. Since his elevation in February 2014 until his death in May 2016, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.
Capovilla was born in Pontelongo, Veneto, Kingdom of Italy. He died on 26 May 2016 in Milan at the age of 100.
John H. Land
John H. Land (November 5, 1920 – November 21, 2014) was an American politician. He was the longest serving mayor in the history of Florida and one of the longest serving mayors in the United States. After having serving as mayor since 1970, Land lost his mayoral seat to Joe Kilsheimer on April 8, 2014. Land was born in Plant City, Florida.
Land died in a hospital in Orlando, Florida from a massive stroke, aged 94.
Ahmad Lozi
Ahmad Lozi (also spelled Ahmad al-Lawzi) (1925–18 November 2014) was a Jordanian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Jordan from 29 November 1971 to 26 May 1973.
Reg Withers
Reginald Greive "Reg" Withers (26 October 1924 – 15 November 2014) was an Australian politician. He was the long-serving member of the Australian Senate. Withers served as Lord Mayor of Perth from 1991 through 1994. He was also known for being a harsh critic of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam.
Withers died in Perth, Western Australia, aged 90.
Lonely Hearts (1991)
Lonely Hearts is a 1991 American drama, romance, mystery & suspense television movie. It was directed by Andrew Lane. It is considered a modern film noir. Lonely Hearts is about a lonely woman who becomes obsessed with a con man. She even poses as his sister to help him trick other women.
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) was an American politician.
Barry was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee at age five.
He served as the second elected Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth Mayor from 1995 to 1999 for the Democratic Party.
He has been a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, representing District of Columbia's Ward 8 from 2005 until his death in 2014.
Barry served a prison sentence for possession of crack cocaine and probation for not paying tax.
Barry had diabetes and prostate cancer. He had a kidney transplant in 2009. He died at a hospital in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 2014 from cardiac arrest, aged 78.
Vira Silenti
Vira Silenti (Elvira Giovene; 16 April 1931 - 1 November 2014) was an Italian actress. She was known for her roles in "I Vitelloni", "The Story of Joseph and his Brethren", and in "Atlas Against the Cyclops". Silenti was born in Naples, Italy.
Silenti was hit by a car on 31 October 2014 in Rome, Italy. She died the next day from her injuries at the age of 83.
Daron Malakian
Daron Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of System of a Down. He was also the lead singer and guitarist for Scars on Broadway. He is the only member of System of a Down who was born in the United States. He placed 30th in Guitar World's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time".
Malakian was born in 1975. He was the only child of Vartan Malakian and Zepur Malakian. He first started playing guitar when he was 11. He says his main inspirations were The Beatles, Metallica, Slayer, The Who and Iggy Pop. Daron met Serj Tankian in 1993. System of a Down was formed in 1994. Shortly after Scars on Broadway's first album was released, Daron cancelled all of the band's tours and TV appearances, saying that his "heart wasn't up to touring". Before the band announced the actual reason, there were many rumours about Daron's health, but these were not true.
Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
It has a population of approximately 9000 people in 2016. Almost half of them are students.
Ernest Claes
Ernest Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem - 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Flemish author.
His real name was Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes. He was born to Petrus Josephus Claes and Maria Theresia Lemmens. His parents were farmers and they had nine children. He was a good student and studied at the Catholic University of Leuven.
For some of his works he used the pseudonym, G. van Hasselt.
Claes was for years a favorite author in Belgium. His novel "De Witte" was reprinted more than 100 times.
Sergey Nechayev
Sergey Nechayev (2 October 1847 – 21 November or 3 December 1882) was a Russian revolutionary terrorist.
He was a leader in the Nihilist movement and known for his single-minded pursuit of revolution by any means necessary, including murder.
Nechayev was the author or main author of a famous revolutionary pamphlet, called the "Catechism of a Revolutionary". The pamphlet bears the name of Mikhail Bakunin, a well-known anarchist, but it is thought all or most of it is by Nechayev. The work called for total devotion to a revolutionary lifestyle. "The Catechism of a Revolutionary" argued that any means (including blackmail and murder) could be used to advance the cause of revolution.
It was published in the "Government Herald" in July 1871 as the manifesto of a secret society.
"Catechism of a Revolutionary" was a program for the "merciless destruction" of society and the state. The main principle was "the ends justify the means". This became Nechayev's slogan throughout his revolutionary career.
Nechayev and Bakunin knew each other, and Bakunin called him "my boy". All the same, Nechayev was dangerous, and Bakunin was somewhat afraid of him.
Nechayev's ideas were the basis for Dostoyevsky's "The Demons" (aka "The Possessed"). Dostoyevsky had himself been a young nihilist, and spent ten years in a Siberian labour camp as a result. He came back a determined enemy of everything Nechayev believed. "The Demons" is a "dark comedy, cruelly funny in its depiction of high-minded intellectuals toying with revolutionary notions without understanding anything of what revolution means in practice".
Nechayev planned to kill a student, Ivanov, who questioned his ideas. On 21 November 1869, Nechayev and several comrades beat, strangled and shot Ivanov, hiding the body in a lake through a hole in the ice. The student's body was found and Nechayev fled the country before he could be arrested.
In August 1872, Nechayev was arrested in Zurich and handed over to the Russian police. He was found guilty on 8 January 1873, and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor for killing Ivanov.
He died in his prison cell in 1882.
It has been said of Nechayev: "His personality and ideas portray, as if in a crooked mirror, the lust for revolution reaching even beyond political fanaticism into insanity. With Nechayev we are already beyond Lenin, [and] so criminal as to forecast the darkest incidents of Stalin".
Biographers of Lenin have said that Lenin put into practice what Nechayev had taught. There is clear evidence in Lenin's own writing that this is so.
Gijón
Gijón is a city in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. It is located on the Bay of Biscay, about north of Oviedo. Gijón has a population of 275,274 inhabitants, more than any other city in Asturias.
For most of its history Gijón was just a small town and seaport. After the conquest of the Asturias in the 3rd century BC by the Romans they called the site "Gigia". in 714 a garrison was established by the Moors. From here they attacked the Asturias but failed in the attempt. After the Moors left, Gijón was ruled by Asturian kings. In the 10th century the Asturias became part of the Kingdom of León. In the 16th century the harbor was improved under Philip II of Spain. Some of the ships of the Spanish Armada took shelter at Gijón's port in a violent storm. They were on their way to attack Britain in 1588. After the epic battle, a few of the remaining ships limped back to Gijón. During the last half of the 19th century a railroad was built to Gijón to ship Asturian coal to other parts of Spain. This was the start of Gijón becoming a large industrial center. During the Spanish Civil War part of Gijón was destroyed.
Gijón is famous for its beaches. In the summer newer parts of town resemble a carnival much like Coney Island. Every November the Gijón International Film Festival is held. The main stage is the Jovellanos Theatre, although other cinemas and cultural centres are also used.
Johan Daisne
Johan Daisne (2 September 1912, Ghent – 9 August 1978, Ghent), was a of Flemish author. His real name was Herman Thiery. His father, Leo Thiery, was the founder of the School Museum in Ghent.
He studied Economics and Slavic languages at the Ghent University. Later he became chief librarian of Ghent.
Daisne was one of the first magical realist writers in the Dutch language.
His works are published in Dutch, English, French, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Italian and German.
Isidoor Teirlinck
Isidoor Teirlinck (2 January 1851, He was the father of the writer Herman Teirlinck.
He was famous for his books on legends and folklore, especially folklore of plants. His books "Flora Diabolica" and "Flora Magic"a are still classic books in their field. He worked for years as a school teacher. He taught mathematics and physics at normal schools in Brussels.
With his brother in law, Rijmons Stijns, he wrote a famous novel Arm Vlaanderen. (1884)
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Herman Teirlinck
Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (24 February 1879, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek – 4 February 1967, Beersel) was a Belgian writer of novels, plays, and poetry.
He was the son of the writer Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove. He started studies at the universities of Brussels and Ghent, but left the universities very soon. From 1902 to 1906 he worked for the Brussels city government. As a journalist, he worked for newspapers and magazines. Teirlinck also wrote for the journal "Van Nu en Straks". He was some time teacher in high school. He was also appointed as teacher of Dutch language at the Royal Court of Belgium. Later he became private councillor for several kings of Belgium. In 1946 he founded a national drama school, the Studio of the National Theatre. In 1966 it was renamed the ""Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunst"" (Higher Institute of Dramatic Art). In 1967 it was renamed again as "The Studio Herman Teirlinck".
He is still famous for his classic work on Flemish plays.
Alice Nahon
Alice Nahon (16 August 1896, Antwerp – 21 May 1933, Antwerp) was a Belgian poet.
Her father was born in the Netherlands in a French family. Her mother came from Putte nearby Mechelen.
As a young woman she suffered from chronic bronchitis, but this was wrongly diagnosed as tuberculosis. This is the reason she spent many years in hospitals.
She studied and graduated in agriculture. Alice also began studying to be a nurse. At the same time she studied literature. She was also librarian in Mechelen. At the end of her life she lived in the medieval castle Cantecroy in Mortsel, a suburb of Antwerp.
She is especially remembered for her poem "Avondliedeke" (English: Little Evening Song). This poem is a classic on ethical and mystic evening meditation.
Pol de Mont
Karel Maria Polydoor (Pol) de Mont (15 April 1857, Wambeek – 29 June 1931, Berlin) was a Belgian writer, journalist and poet.
He studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven. There he met Albrecht Rodenbach and the two became involved in the Flemish Movement. He then became a teacher at the Atheneum of Antwerp, where he inspired many students. Later he became director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp.
As chief editor of the newspaper "De Schelde" he had in his team the writers Paul Van Ostaijen and Alice Nahon.
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Arthur (1981 movie)
Arthur is a 1981 comedy movie written and directed by Steve Gordon. The movie stars Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire. Arthur is about to be married to a wealthy heiress. Instead he falls for a working class girl from Queens. It was the only movie directed by Gordon, who died in November 1982 of a heart attack. Arthur earned nearly $96 million in the US, making it the fourth highest grossing movie of 1981. The film was nominated for a total of four Academy Awards. Sir John Gielgud won an Best Supporting Actor. The theme song won Best Original Song.
It was followed by a sequel, and a remake, Arthur.
Cool C
Christopher Douglass Roney (born December 15, 1969), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper. He is known today for killing a Philadelphia police officer in a bank robbery in January 1996.
He is currently at the Pennsylvania state prison awaiting execution. He was to have been put to death by lethal injection on March 9, 2006, but his execution was postponed. It was scheduled for January 8, 2015 before being postponed in December 2014 by a court order.
Sisavath Keobounphanh
Sisavath Keobounphanh (; 1 May 1928 – 12 May 2020) was a Laotian politician. He served as Vice President of Laos from 1996 to 1998. He was also the third Prime Minister from 1998 to 2001. He is President of the Lao Front for National Construction from 2001 until 2011, when he was succeeded by Phandoungchit Vongsa. He is a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Keobounphanh died on 12 May 2020 in Vientiane, Laos at the age of 92.
Li Zicheng
Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, nicknamed "Dashing King"or "Chuang King", Li was a Chinese Uprising leader. He was born in Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty.
In 1644, he entered and conquered Beijing.He enthroned in Beijing and became the Emperor of the Shun Dynasty.His dynasty didn't last a long time. In May 27 the same year, Manchu regent Dorgon defeated Uprising leader Li Zicheng of the Shun Dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer Beijing. Li died in 1645, aged 39.Peter McDougall
Peter McDougall (born 1947, Greenock, Scotland) is a BAFTA and Prix Italia award-winning television playwright. His major success was in the 1970s.
McDougall claims to have had very little schooling. He also claims he rarely read books. He began his working life at the age of fourteen in the shipyards of Greater Glasgow and Greenock. McDougall worked there with future comedian and actor Billy Connolly. The pair were depressed by the harsh conditions. They felt low because of the menial work. McDougall left Scotland. He moved to London. He worked as a house painter there.
In October 2007, a DVD boxed set featuring most of McDougall's work, "The Peter McDougall Collection" was released by John Williams Productions. This collection featured three Play for Today titles: Just Another Saturday, The Elephant's Graveyard, Just A Boy's Game, and a Screen One drama: "Down Among the Big Boys". It also featured on the DVD an exclusive documentary "Razor Sharp". ""Razor Sharp" was written and presented by Scottish writer Simon Farquhar. It explored the work and life of Peter McDougall. The DVD featured a rare interview with Peter McDougall.
McDougall was finally awarded with a BAFTA in 2008. He received a lifetime achievement award - for "Outstanding contribution to Scottish broadcasting". A retrospective multiple screening of John Mackenzie and McDougall's collaborations was also shown at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2009.
McDougall was also one of a number of prominent Scots who attended the 2010 funeral of Trade Union Leader Jimmy Reid. Scottish filmmaker Eleanor Yule has also made a documentary for the BBC "Late Show" on the work of McDougall.
McDougall lives in the West End of Glasgow. He resides with his parter, acclaimed director and writer Morag Fullarton. McDougall can often be seen hanging around the famous Oran Mor theatre pub in the West of Glasgow.
Hubert Leon Lampo (1 September 1920, Antwerp – 12 July 2006, Essen) was a Flemish writer. His father worked at the post office and his mother was a teacher. In 1938 he became himself a teacher. Later he became national inspector of the Flemish libraries. He is the father of Jan Lampo.
After Johan Daisne, he is one of the founders of the magic realist literary movement in Flanders.
His books are published in English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, Romanian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Rock Bottom: In Your House
Rock Bottom: In Your House was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was held on December 13, 1998 at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was the twenty-sixth In Your House event held by the World Wrestling Federation. The main event saw Stone Cold Steve Austin defeat The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match for a spot in the 1999 Royal Rumble.
Present continiuous
The present continuous is a tense. It is used to show an action or an activity that is still in progress. The activity started in the past and will go on in the future.
Examples: I am reading / I'm writing.
So when we use the present continuous tense we are talking about something that is still not yet finished or complete at the time of speaking.
The present continuous tense of any verb is formed with the simple present tense of the verb to be (=am, is, are) and the present participle of the main verb (verb + ing)
Example: I am eating a pie for lunch.
Example: Mike is walking out after a row with his girlfriend.
Example: Police are looking through a pile of papers and still have not found what they want.
Jonás Gutiérrez
Jonás Manuel Gutiérrez (born 5 July 1983) is an Argentine retired football player. He played for Newcastle United and Argentina national team as midfielder.
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Ahmed Fagih
Ahmed Ibrahim al-Fagih ( "’áħmad 'Ibrāhīm al-faqīh") (born December 28, 1942) is a Libyan novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist and diplomat. He began writing short stories at an early age. He published them in Libyan newspapers and magazines. Hl-Fagih gained recognition in 1965 when his first collection of short stories "There Is No Water in the Sea" () won him the highest award sponsored by the Royal Commission of Fine Arts in Libya. Fagih wrote more many books in of different genres. They included short stories, novels, plays, and essays. Some of them are the "Gazelles (play)" "Evening Visitor (play)", "Gardens of the Night Trilogy (novels), The Valley of Ashes (novel)", and his twelve volume epic novel "Maps of the Soul".
Ahmed Fagih held several diplomatic posts representing Libya, in London, Athens, Bucharest and Cairo. Fagih lives and works between Cairo and Tripoli.
Ahmed Fagih was born in 1942 in Mizda, Libya. It was a small oasis town south of Tripoli. He entered school there. Fagih studied until his teenage years. Then he migrated to Tripoli in 1957. He pursued higher studies. He began his writing career there. Fagih travelled in 1962 to Egypt to study journalism. He had help of a UNESCO sponsorship program. He returned later to Tripoli to work as a journalist. In 1965 he published his first collection of short stories titled "There Is No Water in the Sea ("Arabic:" "البحر لا ماء فيه") "which won him the highest award sponsored by the Royal Commission of Fine Arts in Libya. In the late 1960s he travelled to London. He studied drama and theatre until 1972. After returning from Britain he was appointed the director of the National Institute of Music and Drama. In 1972 Fagih became the editor of the influential cultural and literary newspaper "The Cultural Weekly ("Arabic: الاسبوع الثقافي "al-Usbūʻ al-thaqāfi")" ". It featured many new Libyan writers. During this period he founded "The New Theatre "play and drama group.
Fagih became the head of the Department of Arts and Literature at the Libyan Ministry of Information and Culture in 1978. He was one of the founders of the Union of Libyan Writers. He was elected as its first Secretary General. He later travelled back to London to take a diplomatic position as the press counsellor at the Libyan Embassy in the United Kingdom. He established the Arab Cultural Trust. It launched a cultural quarterly magazine named "Azure "becoming its editor-in-chief.
In 1983 he was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy PhD from the Faculty of Arts of The University of Edinburgh submitting a thesis on 'The Libyan short story' He published his three part novel "Garden of The Night "in 1991. It won the best creative work of the Beirut Book Fair. In 2000, he edited an English anthology of 13 short stories by Libyan writers.
A crate is a type of container often used in shipping. It can be made of wood, but crates made to carry bottles are often plastic. Steel and aluminium crates are also used.
The word crate comes from the word: .
The earliest packaging materials were made of wood and wood fiber. The first crates used to transport anything were hampers or baskets. They were made of twigs, strips of wood, roots, and reeds. Whatever was available that could be woven into a container. Baskets were used to hold and transport food and goods. Later glass and ceramic jugs were protected by baskets.
The first documented reference to a shipping crate in the United States is in a 1930 handbook, "Technical Bulletin No. 171" written by C. A. Plaskett for the US Department of Agriculture. His writing implies that crates were defined before that time. C. A. Plaskett was known for his extensive testing and defining of various components of transport packaging.
While both can be used for shipping, a crate is different from a box. A crate has a frame while a box generally does not. Crates are rigid containers built for the purpose of protecting the contents. Crates can be made of wood, plastic, metal or other materials. Crates usually need to be designed to exactly fit what it is they are protecting. Reusing a crate that does not fit the contents can waste space and harm the contents.
Jason Ritter
Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his role in "Parenthood".
Ritter's mother is Nancy Morgan. His father was John Ritter. Ritter first appeared in the opening credits of his father's show, "Three's Company". He was the little blonde haired boy running up to Joyce DeWitt in the petting zoo scene.
Survivor Series (2014)
Survivor Series (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by WWE. It was held on November 23, 2014 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the twenty-eighth Survivor Series event held by the WWE. The PPV was offered for free to new subscribers of the WWE Network.
The main event saw Team Cena (John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Erick Rowan and Ryback) defeat Team Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Mark Henry, Rusev and Luke Harper) in a traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination tag team match. A stipulation was added to the match that if Team Authority lost, they would be removed from power. If Team Cena lost, every member of Team Cena except for Cena would have been fired.
The PPV was also notable for the first appearance of former WCW and TNA wrestler Sting on WWE, who was a long hold out on signing with the company.
Flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour, water, and salt. The flatbread is then rolled into a flattened dough. Many flatbreads are made without yeast: they are unleavened bread. Some have a very little yeast, such as pita and naan. It is also a type that pizza crusts use.
There are many other ingredients that flatbreads may have. Curry powder, diced jalapeños, chili powder, black pepper, olive oil, sesame oil, etc. may be added. Flatbreads can range from one millimeter to a few centimeters thick.
Santa Claus lore
Santa Claus has many homes in the world. His main family house is near the beautiful and magnificent Northern Lights region (Aurea Borealis countries) in the polar north of the world. "As time went by, more and more was added to the Santa Claus legend. Thomas Nast, a 19th century cartoonist, did a series of drawings for "Harper's Weekly". Nash's vision of Santa had him living at the North Pole."
More people in many far away countries have to receive new gifts and rewards for their goodness. They get gifts for their compassionate polite manners, gentleness, and good deeds towards their family, their parents, and their brothers and sisters.
"After the Reformation, the feast and veneration of St. Nicholas were abolished in many countries, and the new figure of the Christmas Man substituted, so that soon the people in those countries forgot St. Nicholas who had once been so dear to them."
"Any kid can tell you where Santa Claus is from—the North Pole. But his historical journey is even longer and more fantastic than his annual, one-night circumnavigation of the globe."
Santa's new additional homes in many more countries make it easier and faster for the postal services to bring all the letters from every good person who writes to Santa Claus.
Marcel Breuer
Marcel Lajos Breuer (pronounced broy-ər ; 22 May 1902 – 1 July 1981) was a Hungarian-American modernist, architect and furniture designer of Jewish descent.
He was born in Pécs on May 21, 1902.
One of the masters of modernism, Breuer used the ideas he had developed in the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus. His personal architecture made him one of the world’s most popular architects. He died in New York City.
His philosophy follows the concepts of form over function.
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is the second single off American punk rock band Green Day's fifth studio album "Nimrod". The song was released on October 17, 1997. The song was first written by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong before the release of the band's third album "Dookie" in 1994 but the song was not released until Green Day's fifth album, "Nimrod" in 1997.
In 1998, the band were able to win their first MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video. The song was also nominated in the category of Viewer's Choice.
The song has become popular at prom dances, to the band's surprise.
Miguel Gila
Miguel Gila Cuesta (12 March 1919 in Madrid - 13 July 2001 in Barcelona, Catalonia) was a Spanish comedian.
When Gila was 13 years old he left school because his father died. His first job was in a garage in Madrid. Several years later he went back to school to finish his studies. He got a degree in aircraft mechanics. He worked in the Elizalde of Barcelona Workshops. Later he was milling in Construcciones SA Aircraft (CASA) in Getafe.
Gila was a member of Unified Socialist Youth (JSU). When the Spanish Civil War began, he joined the republican troops. He came close to being shot by the rebel volunteers. He was able to survive. According his own words: "the fascist troops take me among others to be executed (""Paseo"": "Walking" in English), but they were too drunk for shoot us, so they failed". Therefore he left JSU.
Gila made his debut as vignettist in 1945. He become famous as a monologuist in 1951. Most of his repertory was about war histories. Gila's most known catchphrase was: ""Está el enemigo?, que se ponga [al teléfono]"" (Are the enemy there?, take him at phone).
"According to his own autobiography, success came in 1951 when he starred in Madrid as spontaneous theater Fontalba, where he told an impromptu monologue about his experience as a volunteer in a war. From there his career took off."
Gila worked on the scripts of "Cinderfella" and "The man traveling slowly". He took part in the animated film, "Tales of love and slaughter" in 1975. It was directed by Já (Jordi Amoros). Gila wrote the screenplay with with Chumy Chúmez, Ivà and Jaume Perich. They all worked on the drawings, or animations for the movie.
Gila died in Barcelona from respiratory failure. He had a chronic lung illness.
Ivar Andreas Aasen (5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist and lexicographer. He is best known for creating a new variant of the Norwegian language based on the way people in Norway spoke. His aim was to replace Danish as the official written language in Norway. He wanted a new written language that sounded more like the spoken Norwegian of ordinary people. Danish had become the official written language during Norway's union with Denmark (1400s-1814). It was only mastered by a few middle and upper class Norwegians.
New World oriole
New World orioles are a group of birds in the genus Icterus. They are in the blackbird family, and not related to Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae. Icterid species are strikingly similar in size, diet, behaviour, and strongly contrasting plumage to Old World orioles. This is a good example of convergent evolution.
Males are typically black and vibrant yellow or orange with white markings, females and immature birds duller. They moult annually. New World orioles are generally slender with long tails and a pointed bill. They mainly eat insects, but also enjoy nectar and fruit. The nest is a woven, elongated pouch. Species nesting in areas with cold winters are strongly migratory, while subtropical and tropical species are more sedentary (do not migrate.
The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form "oriolus") by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, which he stated to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the European golden oriole.
The genus name "Icterus" as used by classical authors, referred to a bird with yellow or green plumage. In modern times this has been identified as the golden oriole. Brisson mistakenly re-applied the name to the New World birds because of their similarity in appearance.
Volcanoes in Iceland
Many volcanoes in Iceland are active volcanoes. This is due to its location on the mid-Atlantic Ridge which is a tectonic plate boundary. Iceland has 30 active volcanic systems. Of these, 13 have erupted since the settlement of Iceland in 874 AD. The eruption under Eyjafjallajökull ("glacier of Eyjafjöll") in 2010 was notable because the volcanic ash plume disrupted air travel in northern Europe for several weeks.
Eurasian golden oriole
The Eurasian golden oriole ("Oriolus oriolus") or simply golden oriole, is the only oriole breeding in northern hemisphere temperate regions.
It is one of the oriole family of passerine birds. It is a summer migrant in Europe and western Asia and spends the winter season in central and southern Africa.
Golden orioles have an extremely large range with large populations that are apparently stable.
Until a few years ago this species was treated as being conspecific with the Indian golden oriole. They are now in separate species.
Iceland hotspot
The Iceland hotspot is a geologic hotspot. It is partly responsible for the high volcanic activity which has formed the island of Iceland.
Iceland is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world. On Iceland, there are volcanic eruptions about every three years. In the 20th century there were 39 volcanic eruptions on and around Iceland. About a third of the basaltic lavas erupted in recorded history were produced by Icelandic eruptions.
Notable eruptions have included that of Eldgjá, a fissure of Katla, in 934 (the world's largest basaltic eruption ever witnessed), and Laki in 1783 (the world's second largest). In many places, Iceland is covered by glaciers. Several eruptions under ice caps have burst through the ice. The most recent one was in 2010 after the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
Iceland's position over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is partly responsible for this intense volcanic activity. It is not understood why Iceland is an island, but the rest of the ridge consists of seamounts, with peaks below sea level.
There is discussion whether the hotspot is caused by a deep mantle plume or at a shallower depth.