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A Very Special Acoustic Christmas

A Very Special Acoustic Christmas is the sixth in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 2003 by Lost Highway Records.  As opposed to earlier editions that contained a wide variety of musical styles, this edition of A Very Special Christmas featured primarily country and bluegrass artists. It also uses cover art unique to the series, minimizing the Keith Haring artwork that serves as the series trademark. It peaked at #159 on December 2003 Billboard album chart.

Allmusic rated it 3.5 stars out of 5.

Track listing
 "Silent Night" – Reba McEntire
 "Frosty the Snowman" – Dan Tyminski
 "Please Come Home for Christmas" – Willie Nelson
 "Just Put a Ribbon in Your Hair" – Alan Jackson
 "Only You Can Bring Me Cheer (Gentleman`s Lady)" – Alison Krauss
 "Even Santa Claus Gets the Blues" – Marty Stuart
 "Jingle Bells" – Earl Scruggs
 "Christmas Is Near" – Ralph Stanley
 "O Come All Ye Faithful" – Patty Loveless
 "O Holy Night" – Wynonna Judd
 "Winter Wonderland" – Pat Green
 "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" – Sam Bush
 "Away in a Manger" – Ricky Skaggs
 "Christmas Time at Home" – Rhonda Vincent
 "I'll Be Home For Christmas" – Tift Merritt
 "Peace" – Norah Jones

Release history

Chart performance

References

External links
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas at A Very Special Christmas Official Website
A Very Special Christmas Official Website
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas at Amazon.com

2003 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Lost Highway Records compilation albums
2003 compilation albums
Country music compilation albums
Country Christmas albums
A Very Special Christmas
Mount Uhud

Mount Uhud () is a mountain north of Medina, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It is  high and  long. It was the site of the second battle between the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the polytheists of his tribe of Quraysh. The Battle of Uhud was fought on 19 March, 625 CE, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina and a force from Mecca, in north-western Arabia.

Battle Of uhud 

The battle was fought on March 19, 625 CE (3 Shawwal 3 AH in the Islamic calendar) at the valley located in front of Mount Uhud, in what is now northwestern Arabia. It occurred between a force from the Muslim community of Medina led by Muhammad, and a force led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb from Mecca, the town from which many of the Muslims had previously emigrated. The Battle of Uḥud was the second military encounter between the Meccans and the Muslims, preceded by the Battle of Badr in 624, where a small Muslim army had defeated the much larger Meccan army.

Marching out from Mecca towards Medina on March 11, 625, the Meccans desired to avenge their losses at Badr and strike back at Muhammad and his followers. The Muslims readied for war soon afterward and the two armies fought on the slopes and plains of Mount ‘Uḥud.

Whilst heavily outnumbered, the Muslims gained the early initiative and forced the Meccan lines back, thus leaving much of the Meccan camp unprotected. When the battle looked to be only one step far from a decisive Muslim victory, a serious mistake was committed by a part of the Muslim army, which shifted the outcome of the battle. A breach of Muhammad's orders by the Muslim archers, who left their assigned posts to despoil the Meccan camp, allowed a surprise attack from the Meccan cavalry, led by Meccan war veteran Khalid ibn al-Walid, which brought chaos to the Muslim ranks. Many Muslims were killed, including Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle and foster brother. Muhammad himself got injured. The Muslims had to withdraw up the slopes of ‘Uḥud. The Meccans did not pursue the Muslims further, but marched back to Mecca declaring victory. The two armies would meet again in 627 at the Battle of the Trench.

Mosque 

Near the mountain is the Sayyid Ash-Shuhada Mosque ().

See also 
 Middle East
 List of battles of Muhammad

References

External links 

Uhud
Burial sites of the Senussi dynasty
A Very Special Christmas 3

A Very Special Christmas 3 is the third in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on 23 September 1997, and production was overseen by Bobby Shriver, Al Cafaro, and Linda Feder for A&M Records.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References
[ Chart] at Allmusic

External links
 A Very Special Christmas 3 at Amazon.com
 A Very Special Christmas 3 at Discogs
Special Olympics: A Very Special Christmas

1997 Christmas albums
A&M Records compilation albums
A Very Special Christmas
FMI

FMI may refer to:

 Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization, abbreviated FMI in Danish.
 Finnish Meteorological Institute
 First Myanmar Investment
 FMI Air, a Burmese airline
 Folkebevegelsen mot innvandring, a Norwegian anti-immigration group
 Food Marketing Institute
 Foundation Medicine, an American biotechnology company
 Freedom Movement of Iran
 Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
 Functional Mock-up Interface
 International Monetary Fund, in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian "FMI", or "Fonds monétaire international"
 Kalemie Airport, in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lycée Claudel d'Ottawa

The Lycée Claudel d'Ottawa is a French-language  private school in Ottawa built in the early 1960s. It was renovated by Edward J. Cuhaci to provide an infill between two existing school buildings comprising classrooms and a 600-seat auditorium.  It is located on Lycée Place (formerly Old Riverside Drive). The school has approximately 1000 students in grades JK-12. It is named after the French poet Paul Claudel, and follows the French international curriculum. All classes, with the exception of language classes, are taught in French, and students complete the French baccalaureat at the end of grade 12 (called "Terminale").  The Lycée Paul Claudel has the highest average results among French overseas schools (of which there are over 300) as of Spring 2013.

Program
The school is also competitive in many fields; it has been junior boys' soccer champion and tennis champion in both boys' and girls' categories in the city of Ottawa. Students François Le Moine, Philippe Boisvert and Jean-Christophe Martel were National French Debating Champions of Canada in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Christine Mikolajuk and Greta Levy were Regional, Provincial and National Bilingual Debating Champions in 2002 and 2004, respectively. Three students, Fatoumata Diane, Jasmine Sander Preston and Fatma Zaguia, won the Canadian finale of the World French Language Trophies and were invited to France for the world finale hosted by famous French TV hosts Julien Lepers and Bernard Pivot. They ended up bringing back the victory for Claudel. The University of Ottawa's Gee-Gees star Pilar Khoury is also an alumnus of the school.

Alumni
As the school is located in Canada's national capital, some Canadian politicians' children are among its alumni, including those of former Canadian Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney, and Quebec Premier Rene Levesque. Hockey player Alex Kovalev's children also attended the school.

See also
Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger

References

External links

 Lycée Claudel d'Ottawa

Private schools in Ottawa
Claudel
Middle schools in Ottawa
High schools in Ottawa
International Baccalaureate schools in Ontario
French international schools in Canada
Pac-car II

Pac-Car II  was developed as a student project at ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Based on a group of students and an experienced team leader, the goal was to build a vehicle that uses as little fuel as possible. By using hydrogen fuel-cell, developed at ETH/PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute), as power source, pure water is the car's only emission. Clean mobility completed therefore the educational and energy saving aspects of the project.

Features 

 Aerodynamic (, Af=0.254 m²)
 A lightweight body (total mass of 29 kg, carbon fibre materials)
 Low rolling resistance of Michelin's Radial Tyres (Cr=0.0008)
 Efficient powertrain (almost 50%)
 Use of simulation and optimization tools (CFD, FEM, MATLAB and Simulink, GESOP)

World record 

In 2005 on June 26, the PAC-Car II set a new world record in fuel-economy of 5385 km/L gasoline equivalence during the Shell Eco-Marathon in Ladoux, France. During its third race over 20.6 km the car consumed approximately 1 g of Hydrogen driving at an average speed of 30 km/h (roughly 18.6 mph). This corresponds to  gasoline equivalence. This record is certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.

References

External links 
 Pac-Car II Website

Shell Eco-marathon challengers
Concept cars
Fuel cell vehicles
Taman Daya

Taman Daya is a suburb in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Its main road is Jalan Daya.

History
The township was opened on 1992.

Education
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Daya 
Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Daya 
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Daya 2 
Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Daya 2 
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tun Fatimah Hashim 
Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Daya 3 
Sekolah Agama Taman Daya

Places of worships

Mosques and suraus
Masjid as-Sobirin (Rumbia)
Masjid An-Najah (Sagu)
Surau al- Hidayah (Bertam)
Surau al-Mukminin (Pinang 29)
Surau an-Nur (Nibong)
Surau at-Taqwa (Pinang 60)

Buddhist Temple
 Jue Ming Buddhist Temple (新山福林园觉明寺)
 Thsurphu Chogong Goshir Yeshi Ling

Chinese temple
Hock Lin Temple (新山福林园福灵宫)
Ji Sheng Temple(新山福林园济圣宫)
Fu Long Temple (新山福林园聖阜宮)

Hindu temples
There is a Vishnu Temple opposite to the School and beside the Chinese Temple. Lord Vishnu is worshipped here. Many Indians assemble here on Indian festival days. Daily pooja is conducted.

Churches
Daya Gospel Centre (Brethren Assembly with English, Chinese and Youth Group)

Full Gospel Tabernacle Johor Bahru

Facilities
Taman Daya Hockey Stadium (venue of the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup (Under-21))
Sekolah Memandu Berjaya (Berjaya Driving School)
Daya Point shopping complex
Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Johor state headquarters
Puspakom
Econsave
Pejabat POS Taman Daya
Super Education Group
Indoor Trampoline Park
Medan Selera Rumbia
Dewan Serbaguna Taman Daya
A lot of ENY

Transportation
The suburb is accessible by Causeway Link route T11 from Johor Bahru Sentral railway station to Setia Indah.

References

Populated places established in 1992
1992 establishments in Malaysia
Johor Bahru housing estates
Townships in Johor
Napoléon Peyrat

Napoléon Peyrat (20 January 1809 – 4 April 1881) was a French author and historian from Les Bordes-sur-Arize (French: Les Bordes-sur-Arize).

Preyat was an anti-monarchist who was also opposed to the Catholic Church. 
Peyrat was the author of Histoire des pasteurs du Désert: depuis la révocation de l'édit de Nantes jusqu'à la Révolution française, 1685 - 1789 (History of the Desert Fathers: from the revolution of the Edict of Nantes to the French Revolution, 1685-1789). Published in 1842, English translation 1852. It is a notable history of the Revolt of the Camisards. Peyrat also wrote the two volume Histoire des Albigeois: les Albigeois et l'Inquisition (1872) (History of the Albigensians: the Albigensians and the Inquisition) a history of Catharism. Peyrat's book depicts the Cathars as the forerunners of the values of Protestantism and French Republicanism.

References

External links
Biography-Bibliography, in French.  English translation.
Histoire des pasteurs du Désert, in French. English translation.

19th-century French historians
1809 births
1881 deaths
French male non-fiction writers
French republicans
19th-century French male writers
Historians of Catharism
Gulf of Gaeta

The Gulf of Gaeta is a body of water on the west coast of Italy and part of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is bounded by Cape Circeo in the north, Ischia and the Gulf of Naples in the south, and the Pontine Islands in the west.

The gulf is named for the nearby Italian city of Gaeta. The Volturno is the primary river draining into the gulf.

References

Gaeta
Gaeta
Landforms of Lazio
Landforms of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Otto Griebling

Otto Griebling (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1972) was a German-born circus clown who performed for many years with the Cole Brothers and  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circuses. He was one of four clowns given the title Master Clown by Irvin Feld.

Early years
Otto Griebling was born April 28, 1896, in Koblenz, Germany. There he was introduced to the circus business, as well as ballet and opera. Following the death of his father, his mother emigrated to the United States ahead of her children. His older brother Emil (b. 1894) worked his way overseas on a boat, eventually working on Wall Street. Young Otto worked his way to the United States by boat in 1911.

After arriving in America, Griebling left home after reading an ad seeking apprentice bareback riders. He studied under and worked with Albert Hodgini in Baraboo, Wisconsin, for several years, performing in Hodgini's act in the Sells Floto Circus and other circuses.

Griebling changed his performance area in 1930 after suffering a serious fall. He developed a silent tramp clown character, an act that he would perform as a clown. He would walk around the circus holding a slab of ice asking for Miss Jones. When he didn't find her, he would come around again, this time the ice slab was smaller, finally he would find Miss jones but as he handed the ice to her, it would melt away right in her hand! His signing on as a clown with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in 1932. He was a clown with the Cole Brothers Circus from their first tour in 1935, eventually becoming Cole Brothers' head clown before he joined the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1951.

Griebling spent the rest of his circus career with Ringling, going on strike in 1956 with Emmett Kelly and later teaching to the first few classes of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. He appeared as Jimmy Durante's stunt double in the 1962 film Jumbo. In 1970 Otto had his larynx removed due to cancer, but it did not affect his silent act.

Marriage
Otto Griebling, Sr. was married twice. His first wife, Hanna, was a fellow circus performer; they had three children together and divorced in 1948. His second wife, Anna, relocated with him to Venice, Florida, in 1961. She passed on in 2005. They had the following children:
Elsa Griebling Gable (?-1971)
 
Joan Griebling Simons 
Otto Griebling, Jr.

Death
Otto Griebling died on April 19, 1972, from a stroke following a brief illness for which he was hospitalized at Saint Clare's Hospital in New York City. He was buried at Sarasota Memorial Park in Sarasota, Florida.

Legacy
Griebling was inducted into the International Circus Hall of Fame in 1973. and the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1989.

References

External links

1896 births
1972 deaths
American clowns
German clowns
Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
Deaths from esophageal cancer
Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
Nova Scotia Trunk 7

Nova Scotia Trunk 7 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways. The route runs from Bedford to Antigonish, along the Eastern Shore for a distance of . Part of Trunk 7 is known as the Marine Drive.

Route description

Dartmouth
From Bedford at the intersection of Trunk 2, Trunk 7 leaves to the southeast along the eastern shore of the Bedford Basin, then climbs Magazine Hill next to the Canadian Forces Magazine and enters Dartmouth on Windmill Road. Through Downtown Dartmouth, it is known as Alderney Drive, which turns into Prince Albert Road past Sullivan's Pond as it runs along the shore of Lake Banook. At Grahams Grove Park, Trunk 7 continues through the Micmac Parclo, on to Main Street, past Highway 111 and to the community of Westphal, bypassing Cole Harbour to the south. Until 1970, Highway 7 ran from Portland Street to Prince Albert Road.

Eastern Shore
Just outside Dartmouth, three highways head towards the Eastern Shore: Route 207 leads out of Cole Harbour, passing the surfing beach at Lawrencetown. Near Preston, Route 107 and Trunk 7 separate. Highway 107 and Trunk 7 continue eastward through the African Canadian community of East Preston and the exurban communities of Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Head of Chezzetcook to Musquodoboit Harbour, where Highway 107 ends.

Trunk 7 continues to the east, twisting along numerous inlets of the Atlantic Ocean past some of the longest beaches in the province and through almost 300 coastal communities, such as Head of Jeddore, Sheet Harbour, Moser River, Necum Teuch and Ecum Secum. There are two junctions in Sheet Harbour with Route 224 and Route 374. Trunk 7 continues along the coast, passing through Port Dufferin and Moser River. In Ecum Secum, Trunk 7 crosses into Guysborough County. In Sherbrooke, Trunk 7 crosses the St. Mary's River and turns north, away from the ocean. The route follows the east bank of the river's valley, passing  through Melrose and Aspen. In Lochaber, Trunk 7 crosses into Antigonish County. Trunk 7 then continues north through Salt Springs to its end at Antigonish, where it crosses Highway 104, part of the Trans-Canada Highway network, then terminates at West Street/Trunk 4 in Antigonish.

Major intersections

References

007
007
007
007
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
VHS (disambiguation)

VHS is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders.

VHS or V/H/S may also stand for:
 HS Produkt VHS, a Croatian bullpup assault rifle
 Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, US
 V/H/S, a 2012 horror film
 V/H/S/2, a 2013 horror film
 V/H/S: Viral, a 2014 horror film
 V/H/S/94, a 2021 horror film
 V/H/S/99, a 2022 horror film
 V/H/S/85, a 2023 horror film
 "VHS", a 2019 song by Thomas Rhett from Center Point Road
 "VHS" (song), a 2021 song by Benjamin Ingrosso and Cherrie
 VHS (album), 2015, by X Ambassadors
 VHS protein domain, part of a protein sequence
 Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, an infectious fish disease
Grover Lowdermilk

Grover Cleveland "Slim" Lowdermilk (January 15, 1885 – March 31, 1968) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox between 1909 and 1920. Lowdermilk batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Sandborn, Indiana.

References

External links
Baseball Almanac
Baseball Reference

1885 births
1968 deaths
Major League Baseball pitchers
St. Louis Cardinals players
Chicago Cubs players
St. Louis Browns players
Detroit Tigers players
Cleveland Indians players
Chicago White Sox players
Baseball players from Indiana
People from Marion County, Illinois
People from Knox County, Indiana
Mattoon Giants players
Mattoon Indians players
Decatur Commodores players
Springfield Senators players
Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Portland Beavers players
Columbus Senators players
Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Ted Stevens (musician)

Ted Stevens (born July 4, 1975) is an American rock musician from Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the guitarist and backup singer for the band Cursive, as well as fronting Mayday. He previously fronted the indie folk band Lullaby for the Working Class.

Release history

With Lullaby for the Working Class
Blanket Warm (1996 · Bar/None Records)
I Never Even Asked for Light (1997 · Bar/None Records)
Song (1999 · Bar/None Records)

With Cursive
Domestica (2000, Saddle Creek Records)
Burst and Bloom (2001, Saddle Creek Records)
8 Teeth to Eat You (2002, Better Looking Records)
The Ugly Organ (2003, Saddle Creek Records)
Happy Hollow (2006, Saddle Creek Records)
Mama, I'm Swollen (2009, Saddle Creek Records)
I Am Gemini (2012, Saddle Creek Records)

With Mayday
Old Blood (2002 · Saddle Creek Records)
I Know Your Troubles Been Long (2003 · Bar/None Records [cd], Greyday Records [lp])
Bushido Karaoke (2005 · Saddle Creek Records)

Other
Bright Eyes - A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (1998 - Saddle Creek)
Bright Eyes - Letting off the Happiness (1998 · Saddle Creek records)
Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002 · Saddle Creek Records)
Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (2007 · Saddle Creek Records)
McCarthy Trenching - McCarthy Trenching (2007 - Team Love Records)

External links
Official Cursive website
Mayday album website
Saddle Creek Records

American agnostics
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
American rock singers
American indie rock musicians
Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska
1975 births
Living people
Cursive (band) members
Place of birth missing (living people)
Lullaby for the Working Class members
21st-century American singers
Mir Ali Tabrizi

Mir Ali Tabrizi () was a distinguished Iranian calligrapher of the 14th century, to whom the invention of  Nas-Taliq calligraphy style is attributed.

Early life
He lived in the 14th century. Historians have not been able to unveil details of Mir Ali's life yet. It is known that he lived in Tabriz and was a poet as well as an adept calligrapher (see Dehkhoda dictionary).

Nas-Taliq calligraphy
He is known as father of Nas-Taliq, the most popular style of Persian calligraphy. He was thus titled "Qodwat al-Kottab" (literally 'the chief of the scribes'). He invented this beautiful calligraphy style by means of combining two older styles together (Naskh and Taliq).

Nas-Taliq is a light and elegant cursive script as other types of Islamic calligraphy. In contrast to other Islamic scripts, the Nas-Taliq has characters that appear to swing from the upper right to the lower left of each word as if suspended by an imaginary line. It featured elongated horizontal strokes and exaggerated rounded forms with no serifs. The diacritical marks were casually placed, and the lines were flowing rather than straight. There is a popular myth that Mir Ali Jafar Tabrizi, another well-known Persian calligrapher, was Mir Ali's pupil. Later, Jafar's students followed Mir Ali's style in Herat, where his scripts were frequently copied and highly praised.

References

References
 

14th-century calligraphers
14th-century Iranian people
Muslim artists
Calligraphers from Tabriz
Calligraphers of the medieval Islamic world
Object Query Language

Object Query Language (OQL) is a query language standard for object-oriented databases modeled after SQL and developed by the Object Data Management Group (ODMG). Because of its overall complexity the complete OQL standard has not yet been fully implemented in any software. The OQL standard influenced the design of later query languages such as JDOQL and EJB QL, though none are considered to be any version of OQL.

General rules
The following rules apply to OQL statements:
 All complete statements must be terminated by a semi-colon.
 A list of entries in OQL is usually separated by commas but not terminated by a comma(,).
 Strings of text are enclosed by matching quotation marks.

Examples

Simple query
The following example illustrates how one might retrieve the CPU-speed of all PCs with more than 64MB of RAM from a fictional PC database:

SELECT pc.cpuspeed
FROM PCs pc
WHERE pc.ram > 64;

Query with grouping and aggregation
The following example illustrates how one might retrieve the average amount of RAM on a PC, grouped by manufacturer:

SELECT manufacturer, AVG(SELECT part.pc.ram FROM partition part)
FROM PCs pc
GROUP BY manufacturer: pc.manufacturer;

Note the use of the keyword partition, as opposed to aggregation in traditional SQL.

See also
 Object Data Management Group (ODMG)
 Object Definition Language

Query languages
Andi

Andi or ANDI may refer to:

People and fictional characters
 Andy (given name), including people and fictional characters with the name Andi
 Andi people, an ethnic group of Dagestan, Russia

Places
 Andi, Guizhou, a town in Jinsha County, Guizhou, China
 Andi, Shandong, a town in Yinan County, Shandong, China
 Andi, Zhejiang, a town in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
 Andi, Estonia, a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
 Andi, Republic of Dagestan, Russia, a rural locality

Other uses 
Andi language, the Northeast Caucasian language they speak
ANDi, a rhesus monkey
Aggregate Nutrient Density Index
American Nitrox Divers International (Now ANDI, International)

See also
Andy (disambiguation)
And I (disambiguation)
AND1, an American shoe and clothing company
Intermediate 2

Intermediate 2 level is Level 5 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework; it was the level between Higher and Standard Grade Credit.

It was initially available to pupils (generally in S5) who achieved a grade 3 or 4 Standard Grade but, with some schools choosing to use Intermediates over Standard Grade, it became more available to S3/S4 pupils (dependent upon the school or individual departments within schools choice). It was believed that in certain subjects Intermediates were more useful to the students than Standard Grades because the work required for completion was more demanding, and better prepared the pupils for Higher, with a similar format to the reformed higher exams. Furthermore, the pupils were introduced to Higher work before they had sat their Intermediate 2 exam which also made the transition easier (again this is very much dependent upon the subject).

The Intermediate 2 courses were generally made up of 3 national units. The main exceptions were English, Physics, and French, with mandatory internal assessments in each. The courses all consisted of 40 hours. Mandatory passes were needed in the internal assessments or NAB's National Assessment Bank to gain the overall Course Award. However internal assessments were minimum competence, and so many schools introduced end-of-unit assessments to help stop complacency.

As with other exams in the Higher Still curriculum, the grades pupils could receive in the final exam were A (usually about 70%+), B (usually about 60%+), a C (usually about 50%+), a D (usually 45%-49%) or a Fail (below 45%).

Pupils also sat for preparatory examinations (more commonly referred to as "Prelims" or, in some schools, "Mocks") before the final examinations usually administered in December or January. These examinations were conducted under final examination conditions, containing more challenging content than the final examination and helped prepare students. The next level of education provided in Scotland were the "Highers"

Up until the summer of 2015, Intermediate 2 was a level of qualification certificated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. It is no longer available and has been replaced by a new qualification level called "National 5".

Subjects Offered at Intermediate 2

Accounting
Administration
Art and Design
Biology
Biotechnology
Business Management
Cantonese (Traditional/Simplified)
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Computing
Drama
Economics
English
English (for speakers of other languages)
French
Gaelic (non-native speakers)
Gàidhlig (native speakers)
Geography
Geology
German 
Graphic Communications
History
Home Economics: Fashion and Textile Technology
Home Economics: Health and Food Technology
Hospitality: Professional Cookery
Human Biology
Information Systems
Italian
Latin

Managing Environmental Resources
Mandarin Chinese (Traditional/Simplified Chinese)
Mathematics
Media Studies
Modern Studies
Music
Physical Education
Physics
Product Design
Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
Russian
Spanish

References

Educational qualifications in Scotland
Secondary school qualifications
School examinations
Secondary education in Scotland
Space Dementia

Space Dementia may refer to:
 "Space Dementia" (song), by Muse
 A fictional mental disorder, mentioned in several works:
 "Space Madness", a season 1 episode of the animated series The Ren and Stimpy Show
 Fragile Allegiance, a 1996 PC game
 "Joyride", a 1999 episode of the TV series The Outer Limits
 "The Train Job", an episode of the TV series Firefly
 The feature film Armageddon
Nature Chemical Biology

Nature Chemical Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in June 2005 by founding Chief Editor Terry L. Sheppard as part of Nature Publishing Group. Sheppard was the Chief Editor of the journal 2004–2022. The current editor-in-chief is Russell Johnson.

Aims and scope
The publishing focus of Nature Chemical Biology  is  a forum for original research and commentary in chemical biology. Published topics encompass concepts and research methods in chemistry, biology, and related disciplines with the result of controlling biological systems at the molecular level. Authors (contributors) are chemical biologists,  also chemists involved in interdisciplinary research between chemistry and biology, along with biologists who produce research results in understanding and controlling biological processes at the molecular level.

Interdisciplinary research in chemistry and biology is emphasized. The journal's main focus in this area is fundamental research which illuminates available chemical and biological tools, as well as mechanisms underpinning biological processes. Also included are studies articulating applications at the molecular level when combining these two disciplines. Emphasis is also given to innovations in methods and theory produced from cross-disciplinary studies.

The readership for Nature Chemical Biology, which also functions as a forum, are researchers in the chemical and life sciences. Besides original research articles, this journal also publishes reviews, perspectives, highlights of research in this and other journals, correspondence, and commentaries.

Abstracting and indexing
Nature Chemical Biology is indexed in the following databases:
 Chemical Abstracts Service - CASSI
 Science Citation Index
 Science Citation Index Expanded
 Current Contents - Life Sciences
 BIOSIS Previews

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 16.290, ranking it 13th out of 296 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".

See also
Nature
Nature Physics
Nature Materials

References

External links
 Official website

Nature Research academic journals
Academic journals established in 2005
Biochemistry journals
English-language journals
Monthly journals
John Schmidt

John R. Schmidt is a lawyer and former United States Associate Attorney General who served from 1994 to 1997 under President Bill Clinton. His responsibilities included oversight of the Civil, Antitrust, Civil Rights, Environment and Tax Divisions. He was also responsible for all aspects of the 1994 Federal Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, including its program to put 100,000 more police into community policing across the United States.

Schmidt ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois in the 1998 primary, losing to Congressman Glenn Poshard. He then ran for the Democratic nomination for Illinois Attorney General in 2002, losing to Lisa Madigan.

Prior to his service as Associate Attorney General, Schmidt served as Ambassador and Chief United States Negotiator to the Uruguay Round under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. He previously served as the first Chief of Staff for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. He was also Chair of the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, a joint state-city agency that was responsible for the redevelopment of Navy Pier in downtown Chicago.

Schmidt is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Mayer Brown LLP.

References

External links

 Justice Dept. Will Lose Its No. 3 Official, New York Times, December 6, 1996. Accessed January 1, 2009.
 John R. Schmidt | People | Mayer Brown, Accessed July 9, 2019

1943 births
Illinois Democrats
Living people
United States Associate Attorneys General
Harvard College alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
To America

To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian is the somewhat-autobiography and memoir of Stephen Ambrose. The 2002 book talks about his perspective on issues throughout American History, as well as his various experiences that have slowly shaped him into the person he was. It also covers topics, such as Western expansion and The Transcontinental Railroad. It was written only months before he died in October 2002.

Autobiographies
Books by Stephen Ambrose
20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006

20 Years of Weird: Flaming Lips 1986–2006 is an updated version of the free compilation CD given away at the SXSW Film premier of The Flaming Lips documentary "The Fearless Freaks", a film by Bradley Beesley. It is a predominantly live compilation, recorded throughout the career of the Flaming Lips (between 1986 and 2003), though the first three tracks are recorded in the studio. These are: the introduction by Wayne Coyne, "Free Radicals" from the current album At War with the Mystics and "Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear", a previously unavailable track.

Some notable tracks contained on this compilation are "Shine on Sweet Jesus", a track recorded live with a short lived line-up which included Jonathan Donahue (of Mercury Rev), and current Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann, also of Mercury Rev. There is also a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" (sung with the lyrics "Whole Lotta Satan"), which is played before "Cant Stop the Spring". The track "Sleeping on the Roof" is a live recording from the Flaming Lips' "Parking Lot Experiments" in 1996, where the band got some of their fans to play pre-recorded tapes (of music by the band) in their car stereos simultaneously.

Track listing

 = Not mentioned on CD track list.

See also
 2006 in music

References

The Flaming Lips compilation albums
2006 compilation albums
Warner Records compilation albums
Diana Bernal

Diana Rosalía Bernal Ladrón de Guevara is a Mexican jurist and politician who has served in the lower house of the Mexican Congress.

Bernal studied law at the Ibero-American University (Universidad Iberoamericana). In the early 1980s she joined the Tribunal Fiscal de la Federación; She has served in various position within the Mexican judicial branch of government including judge and magistrate.  In 1998 she was designated by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas borough mayor of Iztacalco not Tláhuac.  In 2003 she won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies to serve during the LIX Legislature representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); she left that position on March, 2006 after being appointed Magistrate of Federal Court (Tribunal Federal de Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa)

Nowadays, she coordinates a specialized group of experts (top level public servants, Congressmen, among others) on administrative and fiscal areas which main commitment is to enrich the Mexican tax system. This group, whose name is Análisis Tributario Legislativo ATRIL (Tax - Legislative Analysis), is a kind of think tank especially focused on Taxation and Tax Administration reforms, as well as specific issues like taxpayers’ rights.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Mexican judges
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Mexican women lawyers
Mexican women judges
Deputies of the LIX Legislature of Mexico
Choti Zareen

Choti Zareen (Urdu: چوٹی زیریں) is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District, Tehsil Kot Chutta in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

It is 30 km to the southwest of Dera Ghazi Khan and 26 km to the east of Sulaiman Range.

References

Populated places in Dera Ghazi Khan District
Union councils of Dera Ghazi Khan District
Cities and towns in Punjab, Pakistan
Do the Best "Great Supporters Selection"

Do the Best "Great Supporters Selection" is a fan-selected collection chosen through an online poll held by avex trax on Do As Infinity's official site after its disbanding. It was released among five other different Do As Infinity items on the same day. Fans were allowed to pick ten songs and a choice to leave comments; many fans from overseas also took part in the process, but only three comments from overseas fans were selected to be printed into the book, one each from Canada, United States, and Taiwan. All the names of the voters were printed in the book however. This two-disc album comprised thirty songs out of the eighty-six total Do As Infinity songs (not including any remixes or new arrangement mixes); surprisingly, not all of the band's A-sides were included in the album. The cover of the album lists the titles of the 86 songs that Do As Infinity has written so far in no particular order. There are no pictures of Do As Infinity included in the album at all.

Track listing

Disc one
  – 3:47
  – 4:23
  – 3:17
 "Summer Days" – 3:52
  – 4:29
 "Yesterday & Today" – 5:05
  – 5:08
 "We Are." – 4:25
  – 3:43
 "Oasis" – 4:43
  – 4:09
  – 4:29
  – 4:55
 "I Miss You?" – 3:49
 "Field of Dreams" – 4:56

Disc two
  – 4:50
 "TAO" – 4:36
  – 4:25
 "Week!" – 4:19
 "One or Eight" – 3:29
 "New World" – 5:24
  – 4:08
 "Under the Sun" – 4:07
  – 4:15
  – 3:37
 "Desire" – 4:30
 "Tangerine Dream" – 4:19
 "Nice & Easy" – 4:20
 "Be Free" – 4:13
  – 4:47

Chart positions

External links
 Do the Best "Great Supporters Selection" at Avex Network
 Do the Best "Great Supporters Selection" at Oricon

Do As Infinity albums
2006 greatest hits albums
Avex Group compilation albums
Albums produced by Seiji Kameda
Jostedøla

Jostedøla (or Jostedalselva) is a river which runs through the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.  The Jostedøla river begins near the Fåbergstølen mountain farm where the runoff from the great Jostedalsbreen glacier and the lakes Austdalsvatnet and Styggevatnet comes together in the Jostedalen valley.  It then flows south for about , through the Jostedalen valley, and finally empties into the Gaupnefjorden (a small arm off of the Sognefjorden) at the village of Gaupne.  The river is the main collector of water for an  watershed area.  The river is great for fishing trout and some salmon.

The river has historically brought significant flooding. In August 1979, the river had a 100-year flood due to local rain and strong snow and glacial melting. The flood was higher than the previous one-hundred year flood in 1898.  The Leirdøla power plant was built in 1978, which has helped reduce the flood risk along the waterway.

See also
List of rivers in Norway

References

Rivers of Vestland
Luster, Norway
Rivers of Norway
Zierikzee

Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zierikzee is connected to Oosterschelde through a canal.

In 2001, the town of Zierikzee had 10,313 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 3.0 km², and contained 4,295 residences.
The statistical area "Zierikzee", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 10,730.

History
Zierikzee, then located on the island of Schouwen, received city rights in 1248. In 1304, a fleet commissioned by the French and Dutch defeated a Flemish fleet in the naval Battle of Zierikzee.

Modern history

On 30 April 1917, a lost British pilot of the Royal Naval Air Service mistakenly entered the airspace of the Netherlands, then neutral in World War I, and dropped eight bombs on Zierikzee - damaging several houses and killing a family of three. After initially denying the incident, the British government apologized and agreed to compensate the Dutch for damage and loss of life.

In 1953, Zierikzee was damaged by the catastrophic North Sea flood of 1953. The English town of Hatfield sent help and a friendship has developed. The two towns have been twinned.  In 1997 the municipality of Zierikzee merged into that of Schouwen-Duiveland.

In 2015, the last surviving example of the city's defensive cannons; cast in 1552, was donated to the city by the British coastguard. The coastguard had recovered it from a commercial diver, during a criminal investigation. The diver had found it off the Kent coast.

On 27 June 2022, a tornado estimated at between F1 and F2 struck the city, killing one person and injuring nine others. Three hundred properties were damaged.

References

 
Schouwen-Duiveland
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997
Cities in the Netherlands
Jiří Mádl

Jiří Mádl   (born October 23, 1986, in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor, director and screenwriter.

Among his most prominent roles are a part in the 2008 film Night Owls, for which received the Best Actor award at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Jiří Mádl participated in creating a plagiary of Sarah Silverman's election commercial in 2010. However, people claimed that the plagiary is based on antigerontism not present in the original commercial. He came to prominence when he starred in Czech movies Konfident (The Confidant), Snowboarďáci (Snowboarders), Gympl (The Can), Probudím se Včera (I Wake Up Yesterday), Děti noci (Night Owls) and Hra (The Play). He also appeared in international projects Borgia, Interlude in Prague and Berlin Eins.

Mádl made his directorial debut with the movie Pojedeme k moři. His second movie Na Střeše (On the Roof) was released in 2019. 

He is the youngest actor to win Crystal Globe for the best actor in the leading role at The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

He is a member of The European Film Academy and The Council of Dramaturgy at The Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth.

Charity activities    
He is the founder of ArteFond, which financially supports children gifted in arts in children´s homes. Jiří and his brother Jan Mádl are organizers of a charity football match in České Budějovice, which has been held since 2009. He has been a patron of The Day of Children´s Oncology in the Czech Republic for several years, and he has been supporting Arpida Centre in České Budějovice.

Other activities 
In March 2010, he participated together with Martha Issová and Petr Zelenka in the preparations on a political video focused on youth titled “Encourage your grandma and grandpa not to vote for a left wing”. After the release of the video, a disgruntlement aroused, and its content became a huge topic for both personal blogs and online newspapers.

He is one of the founders of Hugo Bike. He sold his part of the business in 2016.

In 2018, he founded the project "Europe in Data" with Tomáš Jindříšek and Radek Špicar.

He has been a shareholder of The Outdoor Trip company since 2018.

Partial filmography
 2014 - Vejška
 2013 - Colette
 2012 - Čtyři slunce
 2009 - Peklo s princeznou (It Is Hell With the Princess) - Prince Jeroným
Ctrl Emotion
 2008 - Night Owls
 2007 Gympl
 2006 - Bathory - Monk Cyril
Snadné je žít (It Is Easy To Live) - Brother of Madona
 2005 - Rafťáci - Filip
Jak se krotí krokodýli (Taming Crocodiles) - Vašek Rychman
Hypnóza (Hypnosis - TV film) - Péťa
 2004 - Snowboarďáci (Snowboarders) - Jáchym

References

Czech male film actors
Living people
1986 births
Actors from České Budějovice
Czech film directors
Film people from České Budějovice
Czech Lion Awards winners
Alan Morrison

Alan Morrison may refer to:

 Alan Morrison (poet) (born 1974), British poet
 Alan Morrison (organist), American musician
 Alan Morrison (lawyer), American Supreme Court litigator, co-founder of Public Citizen
 Alan Morrison (racing driver) (born 1971), British race-car driver
 Alan Morrison (general) (1927–2008), Major General in the Australian Army
 Alan Morrison (politician) , member of the Indiana House of Representatives

See also
 Allan Morrison (disambiguation)
Zonnemaire

Zonnemaire is a village in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It lies about  southwest of Hellevoetsluis. In 2021, Zonnemaire had a population of 755.

History 
Zonnemaire was named after Sonnemare, the water between the former islands of Bommenede and Schouwen. Zonnemarie is a road village which was first mentioned in 985 when it became owned by the Count of Holland. The current village developed after the Zonnemairepolder which was reclaimed in 1401.

The Dutch Reformed church is an aisleless church with a partially build-in tower. It was constructed in 1867 as a replacement of its 15th century predecessor. The grist mill De Korenbloem was built in 1872 and was in service until 1961. It was extensively restored between 1991 and 1992; it operates on a voluntary basis.

Zonnemaire was home to 442 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged with Brouwershaven. In 1997, it became part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland.

Notable people 
Zonnemaire is the birthplace of Pieter Zeeman, who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.

Gallery

References

External links
 
 Zonnemaire.eu

Schouwen-Duiveland
History of Schouwen-Duiveland
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Dreischor

Dreischor is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 20 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.

Geography

Population and surface 
In 2001, the village of Dreischor had 549 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.18 km², and contained 271 residences.
The statistical area "Dreischor", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1020.

Dreischor village 
Dreischor is a typical example of a . A ringdorp is a type of village found in Zeeland and the Zuid-Holland islands. It is characterized by a circle with a church and cemetery in the center. This terrain is delimited by a moat. On the other side of the moat are the village houses, which face the church. Dreischor is one of the few villages that still has the moat and a very well preserved set of monumental houses along this moat. The ensemble is therefore protected as a monument. 

The church of Dreischor was originally dedicated to Saint Adrian. It is a two-aisled Gothic Hall church, with a fived side choir and a tower. The choir was started in about 1350, the first aisle followed shortly after 1400. The tower dates from the first half of the 15th century. The late Gothic southern aisle was built in the late 15th century. In about 1550 the Sacristy was built perpendicular on the south side of the choir. The interior has some interesting wall paintings and funeral monuments of the lords of Dreischor.

The former town hall has a stepped gable in yellow brick. It was built in 1637. It has arcs in red brick, and gable stones with the coat of arms of Zeeland, the village arms, and a depicition of Lady Justice. To the left is a little gate with a text and two coats of arms: one of the bailiff, and one of the probably builder Jan Stavenisse († 1645).

The former mayor's residence just south of the center, is a good example of post-war (here: post-flood) architecture. It resembles Hofwijck near The Hague, but with a concrete Baluster on top of the façade. The house was built on top of the foundations of the Windenburg, which' moat was filled at the time.

History 
Dreischor used to be an island until 1374, when it was attached to the island of Schouwen.

In the 19th century, Dreischor became the center of the Flax industry of the island.

Dreischor was a separate municipality until 1961, when it was merged into Brouwershaven.

Gallery

References

Schouwen-Duiveland
History of Schouwen-Duiveland
Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Former islands of Zeeland