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"Smooth Criminal" is a song written by Michael Jackson. It is the theme song of Jackson's 1988 movie "Moonwalker". It reached number 1 in the Netherlands, Flanders, and Spain.
On April 10, 2006 it was released again as a single from the "Visionary: The Video Singles" box-set. It was number 1 in Spain again.
In 2023, English band Genesis will release their cover version of the song. This will be their only single.
"Remember the Time" is a song by Michael Jackson. It was released as the second single from his album "Dangerous" (1991) on January 14, 1992. It was written by Teddy Riley, Jackson, and Bernard Belle. When the single was released Jackson dedicated the song with love to Diana Ross. The music video is nine minutes long. John Singleton directed it. In 2006 the song was released again. It reached number 2 in the Spanish chart.
"They Don't Care About Us" is a song by Michael Jackson. It was released as the fourth single from "" on March 31, 1996. Two videos were made for the song. This was the first time Jackson made two videos for a single. The first video was filmed in two places in Brazil, Dona Marta and Salvador. It was number 1 in Germany for three weeks.
"You Are Not Alone" is a song sung by Michael Jackson. R. Kelly wrote it. The video was directed by Wayne Isham. Lisa Marie Presley, who was Jackson's wife at the time, is in the video. It is the first song to go straight to number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It was also number one in the United Kingdom, Wallonia, France, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland.
"You're Got a Friend" is a 1971 song written by Carole King and was included on her second studio album "Tapestry". The best known version is by James Taylor and released as a single. It was taken from his third studio album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon". It went to number 1 in the United States, number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 2 in Canada, number 16 in Argentina, number 3 in Ireland and number 14 in the Netherlands. It won two Grammy Awards in 1972. It went on to be covered by other artists including Michael Jackson, Dusty Springfield, Anne Murray and Donny Hathaway.
Many people have sung their own versions of it. One of the best-known versions of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1951. It reached the number 1 position on the "Billboard" charts. A version by Donny Osmond in 1972 was also successful. It spent eight weeks on the record charts, with a peak position of #13. Michael Jackson also recorded a version of the song.
"We Are the World" is a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. It was first performed by the band USA for Africa in 1985. It was produced by Quincy Jones. It was meant to raise funds and awareness for the poor in Africa. It sold over 20 million copies. 800,000 records were sent out when the single was released. They were all sold in three days. It won three Grammy Awards. At the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards it won Best Group Video and Viewer's Choice.
Eaten Alive (song)
"Eaten Alive" is a 1985 single by Diana Ross and was taken her the album of the same name. It was a commercial failure in the United States and went to number 10 in Italy.
"Why" is a song by 3T. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds wrote the song. It was produced by Michael Jackson. This song was well received in European and Asian charts.
"Heaven Can Wait" is a song by Michael Jackson. It was released October 30, 2001 on Jackson's album "Invincible". It is one of Jackson's slowest songs. Teddy Riley and Jackson wrote the song for the group BLACKstreet. Jackson asked Riley to give the song to him.
"Fall Again" is a song written and composed by Walter Afanasieff and Robin Thicke in 1999. They made it for Michael Jackson to perform. Jackson recorded a demo (draft) of the song in 1999 for his album "Invincible". He never finished it, however, and the song was never added to the album. It has since been performed by many other artists.
"Don't Be Messin' 'Round" is a song by Michael Jackson which did not make the cut for his "Bad" album. It was included in the track listing of "Bad 25".
Thriller movie
A Thriller movie, also known as suspense movie, suspense thriller or simply Thriller, is a movie genre that creates excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense in the plot of most movies is a main part of this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience knows is going to happen. It is built through situations that are scary or where the characters cannot escape.
Fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is usually threatened in a thriller. This happens often when the protagonist does not see that they are entering a dangerous situation. The protagonist must usually deal with a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery.
Screenwriter Eric R. Williams lists thriller movies as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy. He says that all feature length movies can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, crime, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, war, and western. Thrillers are commonly combined with other super-genres. The most common combinations are action thrillers and science fiction thrillers. Thriller movies have a close relationship with horror movies. Both use suspense as they tell the story. In plots about crime, thriller movies deal more on creating suspense than on the criminal or the detective. Common themes include, terrorism, political conspiracy and romantic triangles leading to murder.
One of the earliest thriller movies was Harold Lloyd's comedy "Safety Last!" (1923). It included a character performing a stunt on the side of a skyscraper. Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller was his third silent movie "" (1926). It is a suspenseful Jack the Ripper story. His next thriller was "Blackmail" (1929). It was his first sound movie and the first British sound movie .
One of the earliest spy movies was Fritz Lang's "Spies" (1928). It had an anarchist international conspirator and criminal spy character named Haghi (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), who is pursued by good-guy Agent No. 326 (Willy Fritsch)/ This movie was an inspiration for the future James Bond movies.
Hitchcock made more his suspense-thrillers during the 1940s. He directed "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), the Oscar-winning "Rebecca" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941) **"Saboteur" (1942) and "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943). Notable non-Hitchcock movies of the 1940s include "The Spiral Staircase" (1946), "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948), and "The Third Man" (1949).
In the late 1940s, Hitchcock added Technicolor to his movies. Hitchcock's first Technicolor movie was "Rope" (1948). He reached the top of his career with several classic movies such as "Strangers on a Train" (1951), "Dial M For Murder" (1954), "Rear Window" (1954) and "Vertigo" (1958). Non-Hitchcock thrillers of the 1950s include "The Night of the Hunter" (1955) and Orson Welles's crime thriller "Touch of Evil" (1958).
After Hitchcock's classic movies of the 1950s, he made "Psycho" (1960). It is the story of a lonely, mother-fixated motel owner. He also produced . J. Lee Thompson's "Cape Fear" (1962), with Robert Mitchum, as man trying to get revenge.
The 1970s saw an increase of violence in the thriller genre. This began with Canadian director Ted Kotcheff's "Wake in Fright" (1971). It is almost completely a horror movie. "Frenzy" (1972) was Hitchcock's first British movie in almost two decades. It was given an R rating for its strangulation scene.
One of the first movies about a person being obsessed with their idol was Clint Eastwood's "Play Misty for Me" (1971). It is about a California disc jockey who is being stalked by a female listener (Jessica Walter). John Boorman's "Deliverance" (1972) tells the story of four Southern businessmen on a weekend trip.
Another notable example is Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller "Shutter Island" (2010). In it, a U.S. Marshal must investigate a psychiatric facility after one of the patients disappears.
In recent years, thrillers have often overlapped with the horror genre. They have more elements that are common to horror movies. Examples of this include "Disturbia" (2007), "Eden Lake" (2008), "The Last House on the Left" (2009) , and A Quiet Place (2018).
The thriller movie genre includes the following sub-genres, with examples:
Being uncircumcised is a risk factor for penile cancer. Circumcision lowers the chance of ever getting cancer of the penis to near zero. The foreskin is a possible source of penile cancer. Childhood circumcision has a strong protective effect against penile cancer in later life. Penile cancer has been nearly eliminated in populations of males circumcised shortly after birth. Circumcision nearly eliminates the risk of invasive penile cancer. Invasive penile cancer means the cancer begins to spread in the body. It is uncommon but often causes the man to die.
A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home. Home theaters are designed to be like watching a movie at a movie theatre.
The album sold very well. It caught the attention of Dr. Dre who discovered Kendrick Lamar and signed him to Aftermath Records and Interscope Records.
The album Section.80 is a concept album which lyrics revolve around two different women: "Keisha" and "Tammy". Keisha is a fictional prostitute who seeks prostitution only to her demise. Tammy is woman who had a boyfriend, but leaves him after discovering he was unfaithful. She then kills him. She also talks about another women going through the same thing. These two women then become lesbian and become afraid of all males. HiiiPoWeR is a protest song and was the only single released from Section.80, The music video was released with the begin showing a statement from Lamar, saying that he was ordered to. The statement may be meant figuratively. The lyrics to the album deal with racism as well as many other topics. Lamar said in a interview that Section.80 is for people who are from the 1980s, which may explain the title.
The album cover shows ammuntion to a rifle with the Bible covered with weed and a lighter. This sparked some controversy, saying it was at it was disrespectful to the Bible. Lamar later explained that no disrespect was meant towards the Bible.
Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (written as good kid, m.A.A.d city) is the second studio album by Kendrick Lamar. It was released on October 22, 2012 through Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Records and Interscope Records. After the release of Lamar's mixtape "Overly Dedicated" (2010), Dr. Dre quickly signed him to his record label Aftermath.
The National Library of Greece is the national library of Greece. It is in Athens. It was created in 1832.
Obstetrics is the medical speciality that deals with helping a woman during pregnancy and childbirth. It is part of gynaecology.
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is an event that happens every year on November 20 around the world. It is about remembering transgender people who were killed by people who do not like transgender people (transphobes). It was started in 1998 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transwoman. Smith made the event because a Afro-American transwoman called Rita Hester was murdered. It happens on the last day of Transgender Awareness Week.
The National Library of Spain () is in Madrid. It is Spain's largest library. It is also one of the world's largest libraries. It was started by King Philip V of Spain in 1712.
Hatfield is a small village near Leominster in Herefordshire. In the village is a caravan site called Fair View caravan site. It has a small church called Hatfield St. Leonard, built . It is of Norman design. It is built of local sandstone. Other nearby hamlets and towns include Bockleton, Bromyard and Leominister. The city of Hereford is south of Hatfield. The Herefordshire Trail (walking trail) runs through the village.
Social cognitive theory (SCT) says that a part of a person's knowledge acquisition comes from observing others. This is done through actions with other people, experiences, and the effects of the media. The theory is used in psychology, education and communication. It was advanced by Albert Bandura. The theory is a part of his social learning theory. The theory say that when people see someone doing something and the consequences of that action, they remember what happened and use this information to guide their own actions. Watching a person do something can also cause the viewer to act in a way they have already learned. In other words, people do not learn new behaviors only by trying them and either succeeding or failing. The survival of humanity sometimes depends on taking the actions other people took. When people are rewarded or punished for their behavior, the outcome of the behavior helps people choose to do the same thing or not. Media is a source of many things for people to watch and see these actions take place.
The basis for social cognitive theory come from Edwin B. Holt and Harold Chapman Brown's 1931 book. It says that all animal action is based on needs of "feeling, emotion, and desire". The most notable part of this theory is that it saya a person cannot learn to imitate until they are imitated.
In 1941, a book by Neal E. Miller and John Dollard had a new version of Holt's theory. They said four things affect learning: drives, cues, responses, and rewards. One driver is social motivation, It includes imitativeness, the process of matching an action to a cue of where and when to perform the action. If a behavior is imitated depends on if the person doing it gets a positive or negative response. Miller and Dollard said that if a person were motivated to learn a particular behavior, then that behavior would be learned through watching. By imitating these actions a person would learned the action and would be rewarded with positive reinforcement.
SCT has been used to many areas of human life. These include career choice, learning and achievement.
"Yonkers" is a song by Odd Future's frontman Tyler, The Creator. It is from his first studio album "Goblin". It features hardcore lyrics and also contains insults directed at singers Hayley Williams of the band Paramore, Bruno Mars and rapper B.o.B. This song is the one that Odd Future gained mainstream success with. It was high on the Billboard charts, but lost to Katy Perry's Firework. In response to the insults, B.o.B. made a song entitled "No Future".
Odd Future Records is a record label founded by Tyler The Creator in 2011. It is based on the group Odd Future. It has signed acts such as Odd Future as well as its . It also has signed other acts such as The Jet Of Tommorow and Internet.
Syrian civil war, also known as the Syrian Uprising (), or Syrian Crisis (), is an ongoing armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic. The conflict started in 2011 after the Syrian government, led by Bashar al-Assad, violently stopped pro-democracy demonstrations in the city of Daraa, resulting in a deathly struggle between the Syrian regime and multiple opposition groups. Since then, it has developed to be one of the deadliest conflicts in the 21st century. More than 614,000 people have been killed, and more than 5 million have been displaced, forming the largest refugee crisis in the world.
Syria has a diverse population regarding faith, ethnic and language minorities creates more tension in the country. The country is a Sunni Muslim majority, with Shia sects forming different branches, such as the Alawi. Around 10% of the Syrian population is estimated to belong to the Alawi community. Even though they belong to the broader Shia, they have a secretive and exclusive community. Druze, Kurdish, Christian groups, and other minorities are also found in the country. The fact that a minority group rules a majority also contributed to the growing tension.
Political Instability
In 1970, Alawi general Hafez al-Assad took control of the country that year with a coup and became president. Hafez al-Assad's regime was supposedly secular, although coming from an Alawi family himself. The growing income gap in society and the stagnant economy fuelled opposition against the regime, particularly among the Sunni groups. He ruled the country for the next 30 years until his passing. In 2000, his son Bashar al-Assad followed him as Syria's president. He promised political and economic reforms that never happened, which only increased the dissatisfaction of the Syrian nation. He strengthened his hold on the government through coercion and symbolism, which resulted in a massive personality cult around him. The government held parades to glorify the leader, which required a need for obedience and affection to the ruler from society regardless of the true feelings and disagreement of the people.
Environmental Issues
Between 2006 and 2010, Syria experienced the worst drought in its history. The drought intensified the already existing water and agricultural problems. It caused huge agricultural failures and livestock mortality. The government's policies contributed to the severity of the drought by exploiting the already limited land and water resources. Approximately 1.5 million people have migrated from rural farming areas to the peripheries of urban centres. Those areas were already burdened by the huge population growth caused by the Iraqi refugees arriving between 2003 and 2007. The drought contributed to the rising food prices and the decline of the country's GDP. Adequate water supply is still a concern in the country.
Socioeconomic issues
In the 1990s and 2000s, Syria's economy was in crisis because, among other economic failures, oil revenue and support from other Arab countries shrunk over the years. As a result, the working classes were impoverished throughout the years, and inequality rates increased. Unemployment rates were high, especially among the youth. The drought took away the source of income for many agrarian Syrians. When villagers relocated to the big cities, they struggled to find employment, which fueled growing resentment. The nation struggled with high inequality and a corrupt government since only the privileged families who were tied to the government profited from privatization. 1.5 million Syrians became internally displaced by drought on top of the 1.5 million Iraqi refugees. By 2010 20% of Syria's population was constituted by IDPs. The country experienced a 50% population increase from 2002 to 2010, which further increased the strain on its resources. This led to illegal settlements, overcrowding, and increase in crime. The government neglected these problems, which grew the people's frustration. Most importantly, Syrian citizens were fed up with the political oppression by Assad's regime.
The Syrian uprising that followed was part of the Arab spring. In other Arab countries before 2011, discontent was also rising about the current political and economic environment. In December 2010, a Tunisian man named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after being repeatedly mistreated by government officials. This led to considerable civil unrest in the country and eventually to mass demonstrations. The Tunisian president, Ben Ali, eventually resigned and fled. Surrounding Arab countries followed and in many countries, the people started demonstrating, demanding political change. It did not take long for the Syrian people to follow these examples.
The Syrian civil war started on 15 March 2011 with demonstrations in Daraa, demanding the Ba'ath government to resign and stop Assad's authoritarian rule. These demonstrations resulted from rising discontent among Syrian citizens regarding what Syria had become under the regime of President Assad. In March 2011, children between 10 and 15 wrote antiregime graffiti on a wall saying, "It's your turn, Doctor". The regime quickly arrested these children and tortured them in prison. Consequently, demonstrations started to erupt in Daraa, demanding the immediate release of these children. The regime tortured to death one of the 13-year-old boys they captured. His name was Hamza al-Khatib, and he became one of the early symbols of the brutal oppression the nation is fighting against. The demonstrations in Daraa escalated after the Syrian military started using water cannons, tear gas, and live bullets against the protesters. The Syrian regime responded with increasingly more violence.
Bashar Al-Asad spoke in front of the Parliament, which was broadcasted on television after the first demonstrations and claimed that the protesters were trying to destroy Syria and "enforce an Israeli agenda." Consequently, demonstrations spread across the country, reaching Aleppo, the second-largest city in Syria, resulting in the killing and detention of hundreds of protestors. This resulted in the beginning of an armed insurgency, starting with forming of the Free Syrian Army in July 2011, consisting of defected army soldiers and civilian volunteers. Battles took place in many towns and cities across the country. The United States imposed economic sanctions on Syria two months after the demonstrations started. As the military opposition became stronger and more organized, the United Nations declared the Syrian uprising a civil war in December 2011.
Firstly, the most important actor in the Syrian civil war is the Syrian Armed Forces, under the control of the Syrian government and Bashar al-Assad. They are fighting in support of Assad's regime and against the armed opposition forces. Both the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Syrian Network for Human Rights have concluded that the Syrian Armed Forces are guilty of the most and worst human rights abuses. Following huge amounts of defections, the Syrian Armed Forces have since late 2015 depended largely on hired militias and volunteers from outside of Syria.
Secondly, the opposition forces consist of a big number of factions, with the Free Syrian Army as an important coalition of several of these militias. The Free Syrian Army was founded by defecting Syrian Army officers with the goal to protect civilians and to destroy the Syrian government. It claimed to be "the military wing of the Syrian opposition". Between 2011 and 2015, the Free Syrian Army lost most of its influence because of a lack of funding, fighting and rival Islamist groups. After an intervention by the Turkish military in 2016, most of the Free Syrian Army became the Syrian National Army, also known as the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army. The Syrian National Army became a coalition of opposition forces, coordinated and funded by Turkey. The goals of the Syrian National Army are to counter Syrian government forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamist extremist forces, including the Islamic State and Hay'at-Tahrir al-Sham.
Thirdly, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a military alliance governing the self-declared Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria. The main goal is to establish a democratic and non-religious system in Syria. Therefore, they have mostly been fighting ISIL together with Western countries. Furthermore, they are opposed to the Syrian National Army, as the Turkish forces consider the Kurdish leadership of the SDF a terrorist organization and actively fight them.
Fourthly, numerous Islamist groups have been active in the Syrian Civil War. For example, in late 2011 the Islamist group al-Nusra Front began to have a bigger role in the forces. However, the most influential and effective Islamist group has been the Islamic State (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). They emerged in April of 2013 and as of 2014, they effectively were in control of 30% of Syria and 40% of Iraq. In July of 2014 they changed their name to simply Islamic State. ISIL has been fought by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, the Syrian Democratic Forces, the Syrian government forces and a US-led coalition of Western states. Consequently, by 2017 it had lost 95% of its territory and in 2018 it was declared officially defeated by the United States. This seems not to be entirely true, as more recent news has shown that IS is making a comeback. In 2022, already several attacks claimed by the Islamic State have been documented. ISIL has been widely known for its terroristic regime, including many human rights abuses, such as mass public executions and torture. The group attracted many young Islamists from all over the world due to their anti-western and extremist Islamic attitude. Consequently, they have also done terrorist attacks in the West, which is why the West has been so focused on actively fighting IS.
Critics argue that Western intervention at the time had used too much of an optimistic approach. Most Western politicians thought President Assad and his regime would fall within a year. They completely underestimated the strength of his regime. This is why the West did not intervene early on in the conflict. Only when the Islamic State gained territory did the West become more actively engaged in the conflict because this threatened their national security. However, there was never a defined plan, only the wish to remove the president and his current regime at the time from power. Russia and China, on the other hand, were always more actively engaged in the conflict, supporting the Syrian regime.
Currently, the war cannot simply be described as a domestic two-sided war but must be described as several overlapping proxy wars. The first one of these is between the United States and Russia. Since 2015, Russia has been backing the Syrian government. The main reason for this is that stability in the region will make it easier for Russia to exert its influence. Furthermore, it is a perfect opportunity to display Russia's military capabilities. On the other hand, the United States and NATO are partly involved in the war to counter this Russian influence in the MENA region.
The second proxy war is between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Iran has supported the Syrian government since the start of the conflict. The reasons for this are that Iran and Syria have long been allies, and the survival of the Syrian regime is essential for Iran's geopolitical interests. Iran has supported the Syrian regime by providing military supplies, helping pro-Assad militias and sending Hezbollah troops. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has since 2012 been funding and arming the rebels, together with Qatar. The main reason for this is to counter Iranian power and achieve regional dominance.
Moreover, Turkey is an essential foreign actor in the war. Turkey aims to prevent the Syrian Democratic Forces from successfully creating an independent state. As the leadership of the SDF, the Peoples Defense Unit (YPG), is largely Kurdish, creating an independent state would set an example for Kurds in Turkey. This would threaten Turkey's territorial integrity. Furthermore, Turkey considers the YPG to be a terrorist organization. Turkey has been a dominant force in Northern Syria throughout the war, providing the opposition with military aid, building governance institutions and funding infrastructure projects.
Several cease-fire attempts were made during the civil war. The first one was by Kofi Annan, who worked as the representative of the United Arab League. He set out a peace plan, but even after he met with Bashar al-Assad, the fighting continued. The plan for a cease-fire was disregarded. At the time, the casualties already included 17,000 deaths. Eleven thousand nine hundred were civilians, 900 military defectors and 4,350 government soldiers. Shortly after the failure of the peace plan, Annan urged Iran to take a greater role in helping to stop the war. The United Kingdom and France have also been significant actors in the conflict, as they have been providing aid to several moderate opposition forces. Turkey and Iran also claimed to have recruited Pakistani mercenaries to fight for opposing sides, which could have also resulted in them fighting each other.
Several institutions have documented many grave human rights violations throughout the conflict, including Human Rights Watch, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Syrian Network for Human Rights. International organizations accused both government and opposition forces of violating human rights. According to the UN, the Syrian government carried out most of the abuses.
According to the United Nations, as of 2022, more than 12 million Syrians will be living in food insecurity, and more than 14.6 million Syrians will be in need of humanitarian assistance. Millions of citizens are still short of electricity, food and drinking water. This is worsened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in March of 2022, which hinders essential food imports. Of the 14.6 million Syrians that are in need of humanitarian assistance, 1.48 million people are in catastrophic need, claims the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Above all that, the economic toll of the war has resulted in 90% of Syrians living under the poverty line as of 2022. The United Nations say the humanitarian crisis is worsening in 2022, and a peace agreement is far from reaching. However, at the Brussels Conference in 2022, international donors have agreed to provide Syria with 6.7 billion USD for support and reconstruction.
Furthermore, the opposition and the government forces are guilty of committing acts that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Syrian-Russian alliance is guilty of most human rights violations, primarily through indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure. However, the US-led coalition is also guilty of using indiscriminate weapons in much smaller numbers. Also, Syrian government forces and militias continue to arbitrarily detain, torture, execute and make Syrian civilians disappear. Since the beginning of the war, almost 15 000 Syrians have died of torture, and 100 000 Syrians are still missing.
Also, in 2013 the Syrian regime allegedly used chemical weapons, a nerve agent called sarin. This drew attention from the international community. The US and Russia made Syria sign the Chemical Weapons Convention, which forbids the use of chemical weapons. The government reportedly surrendered their chemical weapons in 2014. In 2017, the town of Khan Shaykhun was hit by another sarin attack, which killed 90 people, and 30 of them were children.
According to the latest data from the Syrian Network for Human Rights (2022), well over 225,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the conflict, among which around 30,000 are children. For around 200 000 of these civilian deaths are by the Syrian military. According to the UN Human Rights Council, the total death toll of the Syrian civil war is around 350 000, although this is almost certainly an undercount of the actual death toll. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has claimed to have documented a much higher death toll, arguing that 610 000 people died since the start of the conflict, of which they have already identified and documented 500 000.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, 6.6 million Syrians have fled the country since 2011, and 6.7 million people are internally displaced. Most went to neighbouring countries, such as Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, which were the most affected; however, millions of Syrians also seeked refuge in Europe. Two significant migration flows were through Turkey and the Balkans, until the EU border in Hungary, and from the coast of Africa into southern Europe. Many people went through dangerous boat trips in the Mediterranean, leading to many drownings. This became an important point of discussion for the European Union, with some countries more and others less welcoming to receiving these refugees.
Before the Germans invaded, the Netherlands were neutral. The Dutch had not fought in a war with any European nation since 1830. During World War I, the Netherlands were not invaded by Germany. The German ex-Kaiser even fled to the Netherlands in 1918. Because of this, the German invasion in World War II was a great shock. The Netherlands ordered its army to get ready in September 1939. Even though Netherlands was still neutral, and had not gotten involved with any side during World War II, the country's large merchant fleet was attacked by the Germans after the beginning of World War II. The Nazis sank the Dutch passenger ship SS "Simon Bolivar" in November 1939, killing 84 people. This shocked the Netherlands. This was not the only Dutch ship that was destroyed.
Kika is a 1993 comedy movie. The title character gets involved in relationships with different men and is assaulted several times. One of these assaults is by a pornographic movie actor with a very low IQ. He assaults Kika with serious force and is then pulled from her by two unknown people.
The 2020 Census recorded the population of Kearney at 33,790. The city has grown in recent years.
Field Mob is an American hip hop duo from Albany, Georgia. The members of the group are Shawn Timothy "Shawn Jay" Johnson and Darion "Smoke" Crawford.
Crooks is a city in the eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Minnehaha County, and 1,362 people lived there at the 2020 census.
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is an international organization dedicated to the firefighters. It was established in 1918 in the United States. The IAFF is a part of the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. They are based in Washington, DC.
The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) is an American non-profit organization for the history of urban planning. It was established in 1986 in Ohio, United States. The organization's members includes urban planners, architects, historians, environmentalists, landscape designers, preservationists, students and scholars from across the country and around the world. The organization also publishes books and the "Journal of Planning History". It has award ceremonies and gives advice to governments about architecture and urban conservation.
The Indian gooseberry is a deciduous tree of the family Phyllanthaceae. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name.
"The End of the World" is a song about feeling sad and breakups. The song was released in late 1962, though it did not become a hit until spring of the following year. The song was first performed by Skeeter Davis. It was later recorded by other artists including Nancy Sinatra, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Loretta Lynn and Anne Murray. In several cases the song had a strong chart play and performance in the United States, United Kingdom and several other areas.
Baltic is a city in the eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Minnehaha County, and 1,246 people lived there at the 2020 census. Baltic became a city in 1907.
Chittenden is a county in Vermont in the United States. The county seat is Burlington. In the 2020 count, 168,323 people lived in this county.
Chemung is a county of New York in the United States. The county seat is Elmira. In the 2020 count, 84,148 people lived in this county.
Concordia is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Vidalia. In the 2020 count, 18,687 people lived in this parish.
Jackson is a parish of Louisiana. The parish seat is Jonesboro. In the 2020 count, 15,031 people lived in this parish.
As of the 2020 census, the Webster Parish population was 36,967.
Brewster County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States. In 2020, 9,546 people lived there. The county seat is Alpine. The county was named for Colonel Henry Percy Brewster, who was Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
LaSalle is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Jena. In the 2020 count, 14,791 people lived in this parish.
Avoyelles is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Marksville. In the 2020 count, 57,576 people lived in this parish.
Allen is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Oberlin. As of the 2020 Census, 22,750 people lived in this parish.
Bienville is a parish of Louisiana in the United States. The parish seat is Arcadia. In the 2020 count, 12,981 people lived in this parish.
Arcadia is the parish seat of Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the most populous municipality in Bienville Parish.
Martens, who had pancreatic cancer, died by euthanasia on 9 October 2013, at his home in Lokeren. He was 77.
Harold Holzer (born February 10, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American historian and writer. He is known for being an educator of the life of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era. He was the script consultant to the Steven Spielberg movie, "Lincoln". Holzer is the chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
"U Can't Touch This" is a song by MC Hammer. It is from his 1990 album "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em". It was released on January 13, 1990. This song is considered to be his signature song. It is one of his most popular songs.
Bound for Glory is a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by Impact Wrestling, which used to be called Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The event is usually produced in October and is similar to their rival WWE's WrestleMania. The first Bound for Glory event took place on October 23, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida.
The Jerusalem Nature Museum is a children's museum dedicated to nature. It was established in 1962 in the German Colony in Jerusalem.
The Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem is a museum about science for children located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem. It was established in 1992.
The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) is an international association of people who work in urban planning. It was created in 1965. It now has members from more than 80 countries. ISOCARP is formally recognised by the United Nations and Council of Europe. It works with UNESCO. It is not under the control of any government.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk or Sikorsky S-70 is a U.S. military helicopter. It is used by the U.S. Army as a standard assault helicopter. It replaced the Bell UH-1 Iroquois. Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk and Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk are specialized variants of it.
The Journal of Planning History is an academic journal about urban planning and design. It is published in the United States by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History. A new issue is published four times each year.
Sherman is a town in the far eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Minnehaha County, and 81 people lived there at the 2020 census. Sherman became a town in 1888.
Worksop is a town in Nottingamshire, England. It is the biggest town in the district of Bassetlaw. Worksop is located on the River Ryton, north of Sherwood Forest. Around 39,800 people live in the town.
Hudson is a town in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Lincoln County, and 311 people lived there at the 2020 census. People first started to live in Hudson in 1868.
Lockdown was a yearly pay-per-view made by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The event is usually produced in April. The first Lockdown event took place on April 24, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The final Lockdown took place on February 23, 2016 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band. They started in 1994 in Milan with the name Sleep of Right. Then they changed their name to Ethereal in 1997. They found that there was already a band with that name. So they changed their name to Lacuna Coil that year. They are known for making music with male and female vocal harmonies. Cristina Scabbia joined the band in 1996. She does the main vocals with Andrea Ferro. The band has released seven albums.
The song inspired the slang word "Stan", which refers to an obsessed fan. The word was put into the "Oxford English Dictionary" in 2017.
Winnfield is the parish seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States. it is the most populous municipality in Winn Parish.
Slammiversary is a yearly pay-per-view made by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The event is usually produced in June. The first Slammiversary event took place on June 19, 2005 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. The name of the pay-per-view is a reference to the anniversary of the first TNA event which took place on June 19, 2002.
Corpus Christi College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1517. The full name of the college is "The President and Scholars of the College of Corpus Christi in the University of Oxford".
Fairview is a town in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Lincoln County, and 61 people lived there at the 2020 census. Fairview was started in 1886.
Instructions Not Included is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama movie. It was co-written, directed by, and starring Eugenio Derbez. It was released on August 30, 2013. It was released to mixed reviews.
Spencer is a city in the eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in McCook County, and 136 people lived there at the 2020 census. Spencer became a city in 1917. On the night of May 30, 1998, a tornado rated F4 on the Fujita scale struck the city. It killed six people and destroyed most of the buildings in the city.
Evan Almighty is a 2007 American comedy movie and a spin-off sequel to "Bruce Almighty". It stars Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Molly Shannon, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes and Jonah Hill. It follows a congressman protecting the animals from a massive flood, after he was sent by God. It was released on June 22, 2007 to negative reviews.
Dominic Chianese (born February 24, 1931 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor, singer, musician, activist, and philanthropist. He is best known for his role as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos". In 2010, Chianese received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition of his humanitarian efforts. He was born in Bronx, New York.
Colfax is the parish seat of Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States. In the 2020 census, 1,428 people lived in the city.
Farmerville is the parish seat of Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census count, 3,366 people lived in the town. it is the most populous municipality in Union Parish.
Bastrop is the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2020 census count, 9,691 people lived in the city. The city is the home of the Morehouse Parish School District.
Oberlin is the parish seat of Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census count, 1,402 people lived in the city.
St. John the Baptist Parish (SJBP, ) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,477. The parish seat is Edgard, an unincorporated area, and the largest city is LaPlace, which is also unincorporated.
Malheur County is a county in the state of Oregon. The county seat is Vale. As of the 2020 census count, 31,571 people lived in this county.
Harney is a county in the state of Oregon. The county seat is Burns. As of the 2020 census count, 7,495 people lived in this county. Harney is in southwestern Oregon. It is Oregon's largest county.
Sociocultural theory was created by Lev Vygotsky as a response to Behaviorism. The main idea of the theory is that the ways people interact with others and the culture they live in shape their mental abilities. Vygotsky believed that parents, relatives, peers and society are all important. Sociocultural theory, as stated by Cole, John-Steiner, Scribner, and Souberman, is the belief that "every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level." This means that the skills children learn first are related to interactions with others and they then take that information and use it within themselves.
Lev Vygotsky was born in 1896 in Russia. He graduated from Moscow University in 1917 and started his career as a psychologist during the Russian Revolution. He taught literature and psychology for seven years. Vygotsky went against the leading scientists of his time by suggesting that scientific psychology should not ignore the role of consciousness. Most scientists at the time disagreed with his ideas. He got a job at the Institute of Psychology in Moscow. There he worked on his new ideas of psychology.
Vygotsky felt learning in children should be related to their developmental level. He said that learning takes place within a zone of proximal development (ZPD), which is made up of functions that are not yet fully formed, but are on the way to being established.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, commonly known as MS Dhoni and Mahi, is an Indian cricketer player and was a former captain of the Indian cricket team. Dhoni is a right-handed batsman.
The Indian cricket team won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under his captainship. Some of his Test cricket and One Day International records are the best of all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy from Abhi Jith in 2007 and led the team to its first ever inter-country ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of IPL.
MS Dhoni was a right-handed batsman and also played the role of a wicket-keeper. He mostly played shots in the goo s, that is, shifting his body weight on the right leg. He has his own famous cricket shot, called the "Helicopter shot".
Dhoni was given many awards, such as the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2009. In 2018, he received Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.
He married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010. On 6 February 2015, the couple gave birth to a daughter named Ziva Dhoni. He retired from international cricket in 2020.
Dhoni likes to drive different vehicles, he has many kind of bikes and cars in his collection.
Alvaro Vitali (born 3 February 1950) is an Italian actor. He was born in Rome. He starred in the "Pierino" series of movies and in "Roma" and "Amarcord", directed by Federico Fellini.
Jeffrey Glen "Jeff" Bennett (born October 2, 1962) is an American voice actor and singer. He has voiced over 100 television characters and has appeared in over 200 television shows. He was in "Dexter's Laboratory", "Johnny Bravo", "Scooby Doo!", "Adventure Time", "Regular Show", and had a role in "". And he was also playing the live-action role of Gordy in "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".
In computer science an assembler is a program that turns assembly language into machine code. An assembler is a program that takes basic computer instructions and converts them into a pattern of bits that the computer's processor can use to perform its basic operations. The written instructions are called assembler language or assembly language, and the converted version is called machine language or machine code.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is an American adventure comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Ben Stiller, who also stars as the main character. The movie is based on James Thurber's 1939 short story of the same name. It was released on December 25, 2013.
Maleficent is an American live-action dark fantasy Disney movie. The film is based on "Sleeping Beauty" but changes the story to have Maleficent be a tragic character. It stars Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. It was released on May 30, 2014. The film has a sequel titled .
Maleficent is a young fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. As a child, she meets a human boy named Stefan, and they both fall in love with each other. King Henry, the ruler of the humans, tries to invade the Moors but Maleficent attacks him. Henry decides that whoever kills Maleficent will be named his successor and marry his daughter Leila.
Stefan visits Maleficent in the Moors and drugs her, but cannot bring himself to kill her. He instead cuts off her wings, presenting them to Henry as "proof" of her death. Henry believes him. Stefan marries Leila and becomes king after Henry dies. As revenge, many years later, Maleficent arrives at the christening of Stefan's baby daughter Aurora. She puts a curse on Aurora saying that she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep forever.