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Excalibur is a legendary sword, in the mythology of Great Britain. It was owned by King Arthur. The sword and its name have become very widespread in popular culture, and are used in fiction and films. Excalibur is a symbol of divine kingship and great power.

History of the sword
The sword was obtained by the king with the advice of his wizard-adviser Merlin. But it was considered that there existed two Excalibur swords. The first was the one Merlin put into the stone and said that the throne will be taken by the one who will take the sword out of the stone. Young Arthur was the one to do it. The second Excalibur was the one to which Merlin took the King. The sword was located at a magical lake where the Lady of the Lake gave it to Arthur. The Excalibur was made by an Avalonian elf. Later the sword was stolen by his sister and it was the time when the scabbard (sword coverage) was lost. In the battle of Camlann, Arthur was hurt, and he told Bedwyr (Griflet) to return the Excalibur to the lake.
  
One of the earliest names of King Arthur's sword was Caladfwlch. It is a Welsh word that comes from Calad-Bolg (Hard Lightning). Later it was changed to Caliburn by Geoffrey of Monmouth. And today we know it as Excalibur, due to French.

The legend of Excalibur is similar to the Irish hero, Cú Chulainn, who had a sword named Caladbolg; or to Norse Legend of Sigurd. All these swords were made by an elf. Sometimes he is named Wayland (Saxon myth); and Gofannon (Celtic myth).

Clarent is one of King Arthur's two mythic swords. The first is Excalibur, the sword of war, and the second Clarent, the sword of peace.  The Clarent sword is less known because it was used for peaceful acts, whereas the Excalibur was well known because it was used to defend Camelot. But by the legend the Clarent Sword play a very important role. It was stolen by the traitor Mordred, who later used it against Arthur and cut him to death.

In some versions of the story of Excalibur, it is said that the sword was forged in dragon fire, though it is not commonly told of.

"No government should be based on old hags handing out swords!!"-Sir Galahad, Monty Python's, Spamalot

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Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14, 1681  in Magdeburg - June 25, 1767 in Hamburg) was a German baroque composer. He wrote over 601 pieces of music, many of which were published. As publishing cost much money at that time, this was quite unusual. He mostly taught himself musically and knew how to play 10(gay)instruments. During his life people thought he was one of the greatest composers. He also wrote lots of church music, most of which is not common today.

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Giovanni da Palestrina (born Palestrina, (c.1525 – February 2, 1594 in Rome) was a very important Italian composer of church music of his time.  He lived in the period called the Renaissance.  Most of his music was choral (written for choirs).  It is very polyphonic.  This means that the different voices (sopranos, altos, tenors or basses) are often singing different words and different parts of the tune at the same time.  Many composers since have studied the way that Palestrina wrote, because this is an excellent way to learn to write contrapuntal music.

Palestrina took his name from the town where he was born.  We are not sure of the exact date of his birth.  Any records of his birth were destroyed when the town burned in 1577.  He was probably a choirboy in Palestrina.  When he was grown up he got a job as organist and choir director at the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.  He was not earning much money, but he married a lady who came from a very rich family, so he was comfortably off.  Pope Julius III heard about how good this young composer was.  He asked him to come and meet him.  He was given the job of master of the Capella Juliana, the choir that sang at the services in St Peter’s, Rome.  This was the top job in Italy and he was only 26.   Of course, Palestrina composed a mass in the pope’s honour.

Palestrina composed 93 masses (these are musical settings of the words of the communion service).  He also wrote motets and madrigals.  Palestrina and Lassus were the two greatest composers of the late Renaissance.

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[[Image:The Prince and the Pauper 1881 p20.jpg|thumb|200px|Tom Canty meets Prince Edward. An illustration in The Prince and the Paupers 1st edition.]]The Prince and the Pauper''''' is a book by Mark Twain. It was published in 1882. The story has been adapted to stage, television, and movies.

Story
The story takes place in England, in the year 1547 when the King has a glorious and much rejoiced birth of the son he awaited, Edward the fourth, after many sisters (Mary and Elizabeth)and still births. By chance, Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymor, and Tom Canty, a pauper (poor boy), find out that they look exactly the same, like identical twins. After they put on each other's clothes for fun, the prince is thrown out of the palace, while people think that Tom is the prince. Now both Edward and Tom have to live in a world where they are treated different and which they do not understand. 

Tom lives the life of a prince. On the streets of London, Edward is saved by the nobleman Miles Hendon. Edward travels with Miles around England. There Edward sees and has to live with the poverty and cruel treatment in the life of the poor people. 

Then King Henry VIII dies. People prepare to make Tom the next King. At the crowning ceremony, Edward arrives and says that he is the real Prince. In the end, Tom and Edward can clear everything up. Edward becomes King of England. Tom Canty becomes "The King's Ward", a position in which he can live comfortably for the rest of his life. Miles Hendon is made an Earl. King Edward's rule is very good to the common and poor people, because he has lived that way for a while and knows how hard it is. But Edward dies when he is still very young.

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Billy Boyd (born 28 August 1968, in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Peregrin Took in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy (2001–2003) and Barrett Bonden in  Peter Weir's movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

Talents 
As well as being an actor, he can sing, and play the guitar, bass, and drums. He wrote and sang a song in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
He worked as a book-binder for 6 years before becoming an actor. One of the books he bound was The Lord of the Rings.

He lives in a house in Lesmahagow with his girlfriend, Alison McKinnon. On 26 April 2006, he and McKinnon had their first child: Jack William Boyd.

Filmography
Stone of Destiny (2008)Ecstasy (2007) as WoodsyThe Flying Scotsman (2006) as MalkySave Angel Hope (2006) as VinceMidsummer Dream (2005) voice of PuckOn a Clear Day (2005) as DannyInstant Credit (2004) as FrankieSeed of Chucky (2004) as the voice of GlenThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Peregrin TookMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as Barrett BondenThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Peregrin TookSniper 470 (2002)  as the SniperThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Peregrin TookJulie and the Cadillacs (1999) as Jimmy CampbellUrban Ghost Story (1998) as the loan sharkThe Soldier's Leap'' (1998) as the postman

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John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales) is a British actor. Although he has played in many movies, Rhys-Davies is probably best known for his characters in two blockbuster movie series: Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies and the dwarf Gimli in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

Selected filmography
 The Game of Their Lives (2005)
 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
 The Medallion (2003)
 The Jungle Book 2 (2003) (voice)
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
 Sabretooth  (2002)
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
 Cats Don't Dance  (1997) (voice)
 Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) (voice)
 Glory Daze  (1996)
 The Great White Hype  (1996)
 Sliders (1995-1997)
 Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness   (1994)
 The High Crusade  (1994)
 Indiana Jones (1992)
 The Lost World (1992)
 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
 The Living Daylights (1987)
 King Solomon's Mines  (1985)
 Sahara  (1983)
 Victor/Victoria (1982)
 Ivanhoe (1982)
 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
 I, Claudius (1976)

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Sean Bean (born as Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor. As an actor, he adopted the Irish/Scottish spelling "Sean" of his first name. He was born in Handsworth, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire.

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The 2006 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Germany from June 9 to July 9, 2006. 32 teams took part from many countries. Italy won the trophy after beating France in the final on penalties. Germany got third place at home.

Participants

Africa 
 			(ANG) • Squad
 		(CIV) • Squad
 			(GHA) • Squad
 			(TOG) • Squad
 		(TUN) • Squad

Asia 
 		(AUS) • Squad
 			(IRN) • Squad
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Europe 
 		(CRO) • Squad
 		(CZE) • Squad
 		(ENG) • Squad
 			(FRA) • Squad
 		(GER) • Squad
 			(ITA) • Squad
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 			(POL) • Squad
 		(POR) • Squad
 	(SCG) • Squad
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 			(SWE) • Squad
 		(SUI) • Squad
 		(UKR) • Squad

North and Central America 
 		(CRC) • Squad
 			(MEX) • Squad
 	(TRI) • Squad
 		(USA) • Squad

South America 
 		(ARG) • Squad
 			(BRA) • Squad
 		(ECU) • Squad
 		(PAR) • Squad

Group stage

Group A 

Schedule

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

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Polynesia is a group of over 1,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Triangle 
Polynesia is the islands in a triangle in the Pacific Ocean. The top of the triangle is Hawai'i, the bottom left is New Zealand and the bottom right is Easter Island. All the islands inside the triangle are Polynesia.

Islands 
 American Samoa (overseas United States territory)
 Anuta (in the Solomon Islands)
 Bellona Island (in the Solomon Islands)
 Cook Islands (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 Easter Island (part of Chile, called Rapa Nui in Rapa Nui)
 Emae (in Vanuatu) 
 French Polynesia ("overseas country", a territory of France)
 Hawaii (a state of the United States)
 Kapingamarangi (in the Federated States of Micronesia)
 Mele (in Vanuatu)
 New Zealand (called Aotearoa in Māori, usually associated with Australasia) 
 Niue (self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)
 Nuguria (in Papua New Guinea)
 Nukumanu (in Papua New Guinea)
 Nukuoro (in the Federated States of Micronesia)
 Ontong Java (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Pileni (in the Solomon Islands)
 Rennell (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Rotuma (in Fiji)
 Samoa (independent nation)
 Sikaiana (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Swains Island (politically part of American Samoa) 
 Takuu (in Papua New Guinea) 
 Tikopia (in the Solomon Islands) 
 Tokelau (overseas dependency of New Zealand)
 Tonga (independent nation)
 Tuvalu (independent nation)
 Wallis and Futuna (overseas territory of France)
A viola ( ) is a musical instrument which is similar to the violin and cello.  The viola sounds lower than a violin, but higher than a cello.  It has four strings, called the C, G, D, and A strings. The highest string is the A.  The viola is played with a bow in the right hand.  Playing with the bow is called arco.  Sometimes the strings may be plucked (pizzicato).

When people see the viola, sometimes they think it is a violin.  This is because the viola is only a little larger than a violin, and like the violin, the viola is held on the player's left shoulder.  It is also because the sound of the viola is only five notes lower than the sound of the violin. The biggest difference between the viola and the violin is the different sound. The viola's lowest string is the "C" string and its highest string is the "A" string. So, to see whether a violin-like instrument is a violin or viola, one will need to pluck the thinnest string. The violin's lowest string is the "G" string and its highest string is the "E" string.  Even though the viola and violin can play many of the same notes, they each have a special sound quality.  Sometimes people describe the viola's sound as more "dark", "earthy", or "mellow" than the violin's sound.

The person that makes and repairs violas is called a luthier.The Viola is also known as the Cinderella of the orchestra, due to it being unfairly neglected when it comes to popularity to the public and choice of famous classical music. Lionel Tertis and William Primrose were the two famous violist that helped the viola gain popularity and right to be a solo instrument.

People who write music often use the viola for harmony notes. It is one of the main instruments in a string quartet, along with two violins and a cello. The viola is found in chamber ensembles of string instruments only, and also in full symphony orchestras where strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments play together. The viola can also be a solo instrument, but is mostly used in an orchestra. The viola comes in many sizes. The sizes are measured in inches, such as a 14-inch viola. The size of the viola is measured from the bottom to the neck of it (its body's length).

String instruments
Generally, string is a thin piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of fibres.

String may also mean:

In science, computers or mathematics:
 String (computer science), a sequence of symbols or digits in computer programming
 String (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory 
 strings (Unix), a Unix programme for finding character strings in binary files
 String literal, the notation for representing a string value within the text of a computer program
 A string of nucleotides is called DNA or RNA
 A string of amino acids is called a peptide or protein
 String theory, a popular grand unified theory

In music:
 String instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings
 Strings (music), flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
 Strings (Pakistani pop band), a pop band from Pakistan
 String (Thai pop), a genre of Thai pop music
 "Strings", the nickname of Robert Dahlqvist, guitarist of Swedish rock and roll band The Hellacopters

Other meanings:
 Twine, another name for string
 G-string, a type of underclothing that parts the buttocks without covering them 
 Strings (film), a 2004 movie directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund
 String figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers
 A character controlled by Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series
Windsor is a town in Berkshire, England. It is near the River Thames. The Queen has a castle in Windsor called Windsor Castle.

Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor Castle is a castle in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It is the largest inhabited castle in the world. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom lives there for part of the year. The castle was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror as a motte-and-bailey castle for the protection of England; it has been expanded and rebuilt many times. It was a military headquarters during the English Civil War. In 1992, there was a fire at the castle.

Windsor Castle is near the River Thames.

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The Peugeot 206 is a car made by the French company Peugeot from 1998 to 2013 in Europe with production ongoing in some markets.  The car came in 3 or 5-door hatchback models with a hard-top convertible version added in 2000 and an estate version added in 2002, in 2006 it was replaced by the 207 but the 206 stayed as a budget model, in 2009 a heavily facelifted version called the 206+ arrived although this wasn't sold in the UK.

Engines 
 1.1 44 kW (60 hp)
 1.4 55 kW (75 hp)
 1.4 16V 65 kW (88 hp)
 1.6 65 kW (88 hp)
 1.6 16V 80 kW (109 hp)
 2.0 GTI 100 kW (136 hp)
 2.0 RC 130 kW (177 hp)
 1.4 HDi 50 kW (68 hp)
 1.6 HDi 80 kW (109 hp)
 1.9 D 51 kW (69 hp)
 2.0 HDi 66 kW (90 hp)

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The Trojan Horse is a large wooden horse from the Trojan War in Greek mythology. In the Trojan War, the Greeks were fighting against the city of Troy.  The war started when Helen, the queen of Sparta, was kidnapped by Paris, prince of Troy.  The Greeks waged war on Troy to win Helen of Troy back.   

The Greeks could not enter the city or win the war. Because of this, Odysseus, one of the Grecian leaders, thought of a way to trick the Trojans.  The Greeks built a large wooden horse out of a ship and left it outside the gates of the city as a present for the Trojans, then sailed away. The Greek ships hid behind a nearby land mass. The Trojans took the horse and put it inside their city, thinking it was a victory gift from the Greeks.  The Trojans had a festival to celebrate their victory. Odysseus chose a horse so that Athena (goddess of wisdom and strength) would grant them good luck after the battle. After the Trojan victory festival ended, the Greeks, who were hiding inside the horse, came out. They opened the city gates to let the other Greeks enter Troy. The Greeks easily overpowered the unsuspecting Trojans and took control of the city. Because of the Trojan Horse, the Greeks won the Trojan War. 

Today the word "Trojan horse" is used for things that are similar to that story: something that looks good, but in truth has another purpose, usually bad. An example for this is a type of computer virus called a Trojan horse.

Other websites 
 Trojan horse -Citizendium 

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Tesco is a multinational retailer owned by Tesco PLC from the United Kingdom. It was started by Jack Cohen in 1919 who opened the first Tesco grocery store in 1931 near London, England. His business grew very quickly and there were 100 Tesco stores by 1939. At first, Tesco only sold food in its stores, but in the 1990s it began to sell other things like mobile phones, DVDs and videos, clothing, and books. It now also operates petrol stations, banks, and is an Internet service provider in the UK since 2012.

There are different brands of Tesco stores, which are all different sizes. They go from small convenience stores to large hypermarkets. With more than 3,000 stores in the UK alone, it is one of the biggest retailers in the country. Tesco's website was also one of the first to let people buy things from the Internet. 

The company that owns Tesco is called Tesco plc (public limited company) and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It has opened stores in other countries within Europe and Asia. Countries with Tesco stores include Ireland, Hungary, Malaysia, and Thailand. Today, Tesco is the third-largest retailer in the world when measured by profit and the fifth-largest by revenue.

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Tesco Payslipview

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The Fiat Ulysse was a large car with seven seats made by Fiat in three generations between 1994, 2002 and 2022. It is the only Eurovan in the PSA/Fiat joint vesture to have retained the same name in the second generation. The Fia

at Ulysee name will return in 2022 as an all electric Eurovan.

First generation (1994−2002)

Engines 
 1.8 73 kW (99 hp)
 2.0 89 kW (121 hp)
 2.0 16V 97 kW (132 hp) and 100 kW (136 hp)
 2.0 Turbo 108 kW (147 hp)
 1.9 TD 66 kW (90 hp)
 2.0 JTD 80 kW (109 hp)
 2.1 TD 80 kW (109 hp)

Second generation (2002−2010)

Engines 
 2.0 16V 100 kW (136 hp)
 3.0 V6 152 kW (207 hp)
 2.0 JTD 80 kW (109 hp), 88 kW (120 hp) and 100 kW (136 hp)
 2.2 JTD 94 kW (128 hp) and 125 kW (170 hp)

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The Fiat Punto is a car produced by Fiat in three generations since 1993. Production of the first generation Punto was 3.429 million units, second generation 2.96 million units, and third generation 2.67 million units.

First generation Type 176 (1993–1999)

Models

Engines

Petrol engines 
 1.1 8V 40 kW (55 hp)
 1.2 8V 44 kW (60 hp) and 55 kW (73 hp)
 1.2 16V 63 kW (85 hp)
 1.4 8V Turbo 96 kW (130 hp) and 98 kW (133 hp)
 1.6 8V 65 kW (88 hp)

Diesel engines 
 1.7 D 42 kW (57 hp)
 1.9 TD 47 kW (63 hp) and 51 kW (70 hp)

Second generation Type 188 (1999–2011)

Models

Engines

Petrol engines 
 1.2 8V 44 kW (60 hp)
 1.2 16V 59 kW (80 hp)
 1.4 16V 77 kW (95 hp)
 1.8 16V 96 kW (131 hp)

Diesel engines 
 1.3 Multijet 16V 51 kW (69 hp)
 1.9 D 8V 44 kW (60 hp)
 1.9 JTD 8V 59 kW (80 hp) and 63 kW (86 hp)
 1.9 Multijet 8V 74 kW (101 hp)

BiPower engines 
 1.2 Natural Power 8V CNG 51 kW (69 hp)

Third generation Type 199 (2005–2018)

Models

Engines

Petrol engines 
 1.2 8V 48 kW (65 hp)
 1.4 8V 57 kW (78 hp)
 1.4 StarJet 16V 70 kW (95 hp)
 1.4 MultiAir 16V 77 kW (105 hp)
 1.4 T-Jet 16V 88 kW (120 hp)
 1.4 MultiAir Turbo 16V 99 kW (135 hp)

Diesel engines 
 1.3 Multijet 16V 55 kW (75 hp) and 66 kW (90 hp)
 1.3 Multijet II 16V 55 kW (75 hp) and 70 kW (95 hp)
 1.6 Multijet 16V 88 kW (120 hp)
 1.9 Multijet 8V 88 kW (120 hp) and 96 kW (130 hp)

BiPower engines 
 1.4 Natural Power 8V CNG 51-57 kW (69-78 hp)
 1.4 8V LPG 57 kW (78 hp)

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The Punto Van 
Grande Punto EuroNCAP results
The Punto Power fan site 
The Punto Sports Forum fan site
The Punto MK2 & MK2B Forum fan site 
PuntoUK: a UK based Punto fan site 
Grande-Punto.de - The German Community
FiatPunto.com.pl - The Polish Fiat Punto fan Forum

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The Volkswagen Polo is a small car made by the German company Volkswagen since 1975. The first generation was made from 1975 to 1981 with a facelift in 1979. The second generation was made between 1981 and 1994 and was facelifted in 1990. The third generation was made from late 1994 to early 2002 with a facelift in early 2000. The fourth generation launched in early 2002 and featured distinctive twin round headlamps, they were dropped when it was facelifted in mid-2005. The fifth generation arrived in 2009 and was facelifted in mid-2014. The sixth generation launched in late 2017 and now only comes as a 5-door hatchback. In the fall of 2020, the Polo was visually redesigned with the switch to the 2021 model year. Since then, the vehicle has been supplied with the new Volkswagen logo and Polo lettering on the tailgate, which was once on the lower left , has now been positioned in a new font in the middle under the VW logo. Technically, there has been an update to the "Modular Infotainment Kit 3" (MIB3).

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The Peugeot 107 is a car made by the French company Peugeot in the Czech Republic since 2005. It has four seats and either two or four doors. The car is related to the Toyota Aygo and the Citroën C1. It was facelifted in early 2009 and again in early 2012. It was replaced in 2014 with the 108.

Engines 
 1.0 50 kW (68 hp)
 1.4 HDi 40 kW (54 hp)

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The Airbus A380 (also called "Super-jumbo-jet") is a four-engined, double-decked airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world's biggest passenger airplane, larger than the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.  However, it is not the biggest airplane in the world; the Antonov An-225 super-freighter is bigger.

The Airbus A380 can carry up to 850 passengers (but it usually carries about 525), and weighs over 550 tonnes. It has four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines or four Engine Alliance GP7000 engines.  The companies General Electric and Pratt & Whitney make alliance engines.

Orders 

Hundreds of A380-800 airplanes have been ordered by 20 airlines.  One has been ordered by a Saudi Arabian Prince, Al-Walid bin Talal and 10 by a company called ILFC (who gives other airlines airplanes for rent).

Emirates Airlines (an airline from the United Arab Emirates) has the most A380 aircraft, because they have ordered 123 aircraft.    Singapore Airlines took delivery of the first A380, which flew to Sydney in Australia on October 25, 2007.  Singapore Airlines has 19 A380s.

Other airlines which ordered the A380 are Qantas (from Australia, currently operating 12), Air France (formerly operated 10), China Southern Airlines, Lufthansa (the German airline, which has 8), Kingfisher Airlines (from India), Korean Air (from South Korea), Thai Airways, Malaysia Airlines, British Airways, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways (from the United Arab Emirates), Virgin Atlantic (from the United Kingdom) and Air Austral (France).

More than 200 A380 have been delivered, including 15 in 2017 and 12 in 2018.

Freighter Version
Airbus was going to make a version of the A380 to carry cargo instead of people.  This would look almost the same as the normal passenger version, but with no windows and much bigger doors.  Some cargo companies ordered the plane, like FedEx and UPS.  Because Airbus took too long to make the A380, those orders were canceled.  Because Airbus has not got any orders for the plane anymore, they decided to not make the freighter version for a while and focus on making the passenger version of the A380.

Incidents
The Airbus A380 had 1 incident, with no deaths.
 On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32 was flying from Singapore Changi Airport when the number 2 engine failed, causing some damage to the plane, and forcing it to return to Singapore.  Nobody was injured, but debris from the airplane fell onto the island of Batam, in Indonesia.  Investigations found that the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine leaked oil, causing an explosion.  Other Trent 900 engines had similar problems and many engines had to be replaced and the FAA issued that all Airbus A380s currently in service are required to go under mandatory inspections before takeoff to prevent future engine problems.

References

Other websites 

Airbus A380 website 
Proper A380 website 

Airbus aircraft
Paris is a personality in Greek mythology. He is an important person in the Trojan War, and Homer's Iliad. Paris was the son of King Priam of Troy and his wife Hecuba. Because it was prophesied that he would bring the end and destruction of Troy, he was left to die in the wilderness, but was found by another man, who took him as a son and named him Paris.

Three goddesses, Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, had a beauty contest. They all bribed Paris with different offers. Hera offered him power, Athena offered him wisdom, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen.

The problem was that Helen was already married to Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon. Paris took Helen home with him to Troy. This caused the Trojan War. 

During the war, Paris killed Achilles by shooting his heel with a poisoned arrow. 

Late in the war, Paris was killed by Philoctetes.

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Paris
Achilles (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, Akhilleus) was a hero of the Trojan War and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. The son of the mortal hero Peleus and the Nereid Thetis, he is the leader of the Myrmidons, and is described as the greatest of all the Achaean warriors.  The Iliad, which is set in the ninth year of the Trojan War, starts with a quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek forces.

Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was his slaying the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy, as revenge against Hector for killing his lover, Patroclus.p53   While Achilles' death is not presented in the Iliad (as the poem ends with Hector's funeral), other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the war by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow.

Legend 
Later stories depict Achilles as being invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel, as that is where his mother Thetis held him when she dipped him in the River Styx as an infant.  As such, the term "Achilles' heel" has come to mean a point of fatal weakness.  Because of that, his heel was still vulnerable.  However, the Iliad does not say this.

According to the legend, Achilles was killed by Paris, who shot his heel with a poisoned arrow. Achilles was shot many times by the arrows of Paris but the only arrow found on his body was through his heel.

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People in Greek mythology
Classical Greek literature
Romantic music is music written in the 19th century.  This was the period called the “Romantic period” by musicians.  In literature and some other arts the “Romantic period” is often said to begin and finish earlier: around mid 18th to mid 19th century. 

In the Classical period artists liked to see clear forms.  18th century architecture nearly always shows a lot of symmetry.  The gardens of the palace at Versailles are a good example of this with their very tidy patterns of straight paths, circular ponds and neatly clipped hedges.

In music the Classical composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert liked to compose music which had a clear plan like sonata form.

In the Romantic period artists thought that feeling and passions were more important than formal plans.  This can be seen in the gardens designed by Capability Brown, e.g. in at Blenheim Palace, Oxford.  The gardens are made to blend into nature.

In music the Romantic composers may still use plans like sonata form, but feelings and passions are important.  They often write what is called programme music which means: music that describes something or tells a story.  Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony is called the “Pastoral” which means that it is about the countryside.  Although Beethoven is usually called a composer of the Classical period he is also an early Romantic.  Later composers such as Felix Mendelssohn wrote pieces like Hebrides Overture which describes the sea coming into Fingal’s Cave in the Inner Hebrides Islands in Scotland.  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) wrote a lot of music which tells a story.  His Symphonie Fantastique is about an artist madly in love.  Berlioz’s whole way of life was wild and romantic.  He fell in love with an actress he saw on stage playing the part of Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and he actually married her!  Other composers who wrote a lot of programme music include Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949).  Strauss always wrote in a late-Romantic style even although he lived well into the 20th century.

The Romantic period was also the period of Nationalism.  "Nationalism" means being proud of one's country.  In the 19th century  a lot of European countries as we know them were being formed.  In music a lot of composers were writing music which was typical of their country.  They often did this by using folk music.  Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) and Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) wrote music which sounds very Czech. Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)  wrote music with Russian folk songs in them. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) used German folk songs in his symphonies, and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) collected English folk songs and put them in his music.  One of those pieces was a Fantasy on the famous tune Greensleeves.

Periods in music history
In Greek mythology, the Nereids ( Nereides) are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea, and the Okeanid Doris. 

Among them are:
Thetis - Wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles, she was often considered the leader of the Nereids. 
Amphitrite - Wife of Poseidon and queen of the sea. 
Galatea
Thoosa - mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus. 
Dione (mythology)

Nymphs
Romanticism (the Romantic era or Romantic period) is a movement, or style of art, literature and music in the late 18th and early 19th century in Europe. 

The movement said that feelings, imagination, nature, human life, freedom of expression, individualism and old folk traditions, such as legends and fairy tales, were important. It was a reaction to the aristocratic social and political ideas of the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. 

It was also a reaction against turning nature into a mere science. 

The movement showed most strongly in arts like music, and literature. However, it also had an important influence on historiography, education, and natural history.

Examples

United Kingdom 
Romanticism in Britain was notable as the country was an early adopter of industrialization and science, and included such figures as:
 William Wordsworth
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 Lord Byron
 Shelley
 William Blake
 Robert Burns
 Walter Scott
J. M. W. Turner

Germany 
During the same period as Britain, there was a notable romantistic movement in Germany. Important motifs in German Romanticism are traveling, nature, and Germanic myths. Involved were such figures as:
Goethe as a younger man.
Hegel
Schiller
Beethoven
The Brothers Grimm

Related pages
 Romance (love)
 Romantic music

References

Other websites 
 The Romantic Poets
 Dictionary of the History of Ideas , Romanticism
 Romantic Circles Electronic editions, histories, and scholarly articles related to the Romantic era
 Dictionary of the History of Ideas , Romanticism in Political Thought
 Romanticism in the "History of Art"
Romanticism in the Art History Archive

Art movements
Cultural history
Literature
Philosophical movements and positions
The Seveso disaster was a chemical accident on 10 July 1976, at the small Italian town of Meda, 20 km from Milan in Lombardy. There was an leak at a chemical factory which released a lot of the toxic poison dioxin, TCDD, into the air. The cloud of poison gas covered an area 6 km long and 1 km wide. It was named after the municipality of Seveso.  It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations  There were many studies and new regulations after the accident. The European Union directive covering the protection against such accidents is known as Seveso-II-directive today. 

The company where the accident happened was called Icmesa. It was owned by Givaudan, who is  owned by Roche. Icmesa produced Trichlorophenol, which is used to produce the disinfectant Hexachlorophene. The company was located in four communes; one of them Seveso. 

None of the 20,000 people who lived in Seveso died, but the poison killed 3,000 farm animals and pets. Another 70,000 animals had to be killed to stop the dioxin from getting into the food chain.

Long term problems
Thirty years after the accident, scientists reported that babies born in the area affected by the dioxin were six times more likely to have thyroid problems. The affected people, now in their forties, are being studied to see if it stopped them growing properly, or reduced intellectual development (IQ).

References

1976 in Europe
1970s crimes in Europe
1970s disasters in Europe
1970s in Italy

Disasters in Italy
July events
Lombardy
Junichiro Koizumi is the former Prime Minister of Japan. He was born on January 8, 1942 in Japan. He stepped down in 2006.

Early life 
Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa on 8 January, 1942, Koizumi was taught at Yokosuka High School and Keio University, where he studied economics. He went to University College London before returning to Japan in August 1969 when his father died.

Yasukuni Shrine and Junichiro 
While he was prime minister of Japan, he made China and South Korea very angry by continuing to visit the Yasukuni Shrine. He was succeeded by Shinzo Abe.

Prime Ministers of Japan
Alumni of University College London
1942 births
Living people
Politicians from Kanagawa Prefecture
Keio University alumni
"Majulah Singapura" is the national anthem of Singapore. It was written and composed by Singaporean musician Zubir Said in 1958. Seven years later, the anthem was adopted. This song must be sung in Malay, although there are translations provided in the country's three other official languages—English, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil.

Singaporeans are encouraged to sing the national anthem during times of national celebration or at important national events such as at the National Day Parade, at National Day observance ceremonies held by government departments and educational institutions such as schools and universities, and at sports events that Singapore teams take part in.

Lyrics

Official Malay

Mandarin Chinese translation

Tamil translation

English translation
Come, fellow Singaporeans
Let us progress towards happiness together
May our noble aspirations
bring Singapore success

Come, let us all unite
In a brand new spirit
Let our voices soar as one
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore

Come, let us all unite
In a brand new spirit
Let our voices soar as one
Onward Singapore
Onward Singapore

References

Other websites
 Music score for Wind band (instrumental parts)

National anthems
Singaporean culture
Teramo is an Italian city in Abruzzo. Teramo is the capital of the Province of Teramo. In 2020, Teramo had about 53,000 people.

Cities in Abruzzo
Capital cities in Italy
The Aegean Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is between Greece and Anatolia. It is connected (attached) in the north to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. The large islands of Rhodes and Crete mark the south end.

History 
In ancient times two groups of people lived near the sea  the Minoans of Crete, and the Myceneans of the Peloponnese. The city-states of Athens and Sparta came later and were part of Ancient Greece. Persians, Romans, the Byzantine Empire, the Venetians (people from Venice), the Seljuk Empire, and the Ottoman Empire later started around the Aegean Sea. The people near the Aegean were very advanced (powerful and clever) in Ancient history and they sailed across it to talk to each other.

There are seven groups of Aegean islands: the Thracian Sea group, the East Aegean group, the Northern Sporades, the Cyclades, the Saronic Islands (or Argo-Saronic Islands), the Dodecanese and Crete. The word archipelago used to mean these islands. Many of the Aegean islands, or chains of islands, are part of the mountain ranges on the mainland. One chain goes across the sea to Chios, another one goes across Euboea to Samos, and a third one goes across the Peloponnese and Crete to Rhodes. This one divides (splits, cuts) the Aegean from the Mediterranean. Many of the islands have safe harbours and bays, but sailing in the sea is difficult. Many of the islands are volcanos, and marble and iron are mined on other islands. The bigger islands have some green valleys and plains. Two big islands on the Aegean Sea are part of Turkey: Bozcaada () and Gökçeada ().

Notes 

Seas of the Atlantic Ocean
Colima is the capital city of the Mexican state Colima. About 240,000 people live in this town.

Capital cities in Mexico
Colima
A given name is a name given to a person at birth or baptism.  Given names are referred as first names.  It is different from a surname.  A surname is the last name or family name.

Example: A baby girl is born and someone decides to name her Hope.  Hope is her given name.  Someone can decide to give her a surname as it is commonly accepted for people to have a last name.  When she grows up, she can pick her own given name or surname if she does not like the one that was picked for her.  Family names are inherited and are not easily changed.  

In most Western countries the given name comes first (before the last name or family name).  However, in many Eastern countries such as Japan and China it comes after the last name or family name, and occasionally also in Europe, e.g. in Hungarian.

Christians often call their first name their "Christian name".

Related pages 
 Personal name
 Posthumous name
 Regnal name
 Indian Name
A 'family name' is a name shared by people in the same family.  Different cultures have different arrangements for a person's family name and given name.In English, the family name is always at the end, and it is called a 'last name' or 'surname'.Children usually have the same family name as their father.A married woman usually changes her family name to be the same as her husband.

For example, Mary Brown married John Smith and she changed her name to Mary Smith. They had two children, David Smith and Kate Smith. Smith is the family name shared by the parents Mary and John, and their children David and Kate. 

Some languages put the family name first. Some (for example Spanish)  give both parents' family names in the childrens' surnames. In Russian most surnames change depending on the gender of the person (example: ...ski or ...sky for a male, and ...skaya for a female). Some, such as Javanese, do not often give anyone a family name.Sometimes a name is passed to generations,some people may have the same name like Mary Ann or Jane so don't worry about you having the same name as other people  have.

References

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 Posthumous name
 Regnal name
This is a list of the Kings and Queens of Scotland. This list goes from 843 until when England and Scotland joined together in 1707.

House of Alpin

The House of Alpin traditionally ends in 1034, although this list continues to 1058.
 Kenneth I (c. 843–858) 
 Donald I (858–862)
 Constantine I (862–877)
 Aed (877–878)
 Eochaid (878–889) (disputed)
 Giric (878–889)
 Donald II (889–890)
 Constantine II (900–943)
 Malcolm I (943–954)
 Indulf (954–962)
 Dub (962–967)
 Culen (967–971)
 Amlaíb (971-977) (disputed)
 Kenneth II (971–995)
 Constantine III (995–997)
 Kenneth III (997–1005)
 Malcolm II (1005–1034)
 Duncan I (1034–1040)
 Macbeth (1040–1057)
 Lulach (1057–1058)

House of Dunkeld 

The House of Dunkeld may have begun in 1034.
 Malcolm III (1058–1093)
 Donald III (1093–1094)
 Duncan II (1094)
 Donald III (1094–1097)
 Edmund (1094–1097)
 Edgar (1097–1107)
 Alexander I (1107–1124)
 Saint David I (1124–1153)
 Malcolm IV (1153–1165)
 William I (1165–1214)
 Alexander II (1214–1249)
 Alexander III (1249–1286)
 Margaret (1286–1290)

First Interregnum 1290–1292 
Guardians of Scotland
 William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews
 Duncan Macduff, 8th Earl of Fife
 Alexander Comyn, 2nd Earl of Buchan
 Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow
 James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland
 John Comyn

House of Balliol 
 John (1292-1296)

Second Interregnum 1296–1306
Guardians of Scotland
 Andrew de Moray (1297)
 William Wallace (1297–1298)
 Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick (1298–1300)
 John Comyn (1298–1301)
 William Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews (1299–1301)
 Sir Ingram de Umfraville (1300–1301)
 John de Soules (1301–1304)
 John Comyn (1302–1304)

House of Bruce
 Robert I the Bruce (1306–1329)
 David II (1329–1371)

House of Balliol
 Edward Balliol (1329 – 1363)

House of Stewart (Stuart)
 Robert II (1371–1390)
 Robert III (1390–1406)
 James I (1406–1437)
 James II (1437–1460)
 James III (1460–1488)
 James IV (1488–1513)
 James V (1513–1542)
 Mary I (1542–1567) (executed 1587)
 James VI (1567–1625), Union of the Crowns with Kingdom of England from (1603)
 Charles I (1625–1649)
 Charles II (1649–1685) (See also English Interregnum)
 James VII (1685–1689)
 Mary II (1689–1694), co-monarch
 William II (1689–1702), co-monarch until 1694
 Anne (1702–1714), though the Scottish throne was replaced with that of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707

Disputed or unrecognized claims 
Note: there have been other claims to the Scottish throne besides these
 Margaret, the Maid of Norway was unrecognized by some Scots (ruled 1286-1290)
 Henry Lord Darnley proclaimed himself king in 1565 as Henry I of Scotland (ruled 1565-1567)
 Charles II claimed to rule even during Oliver & Richard Cromwell's reigns (ruled 1649-1685)
 James VII was recognized by France to rule after his deposal (ruled 1685-1702)

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In 1707, England and Scotland joined together. For Kings and Queens after 1707, see British monarchs. The same monarchs had ruled Scotland, England, and Ireland since James VI and the Union of the Crowns in 1603.

 
Lists of British monarchs
A dandelion is a flower. Its scientific name is Taraxacum, a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Taraxacum are native to Eurasia, and have been widely introduced to North and South America and other continents. They are an invasive species in some areas. Two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. All parts of both species are edible.

Their sharp leaves look a bit like lion's teeth. Its seeds are like little parachutes that fly away with the wind, spreading and growing more dandelions. They are used in China as medicine. Dandelion pollen can often make people have allergies.

Like other members of the Asteraceae family, they have small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination. This results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant.

Al Razi around 900 (A.D.) wrote "the tarashaquq is like chicory". A Muslim scientist and philosopher Ibn Sīnā around 1000 (A.D.) wrote a book chapter on Taraxacum. Gerard of Cremona, in translating Arabic to Japanese around 1170, spelled it tarasacon.

References 

Flowers
Asteraceae
Herbs
The word Motet is a piece of music for a church service sung by a choir without using any instruments. The words are usually in Latin.  If the words are written in English for the Anglican church, it is called an anthem.

Motets have been written since the Middle Ages.  Medieval motets often had very complex rhythms.  The tenor often had the tune, which might be a folk tune, and two voices would put quite complicated accompaniments on top. The most famous medieval composer who wrote motets was Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)

In the Renaissance, motets were usually polyphonic. That means that the different voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) would be singing different parts of the melody at the same time, making it very beautiful, but quite complicated to listen to. Many composers of this time wrote motets. The most famous was Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594).

In the Baroque period, one of the most famous composers was Heinrich Schütz(1585-1672), who wrote motets which he called “Cantiones Sacrae” (meaning: “sacred songs”).  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote six wonderful motets with German texts.  Some people think that Bach may have used a few instruments to accompany these motets. In three of them the choir divide into eight parts.

The most famous motet from the Classical period is Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus.

In the Romantic period (19th century), Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) wrote several motets which are still very popular with choirs, both in services and at concerts.
musical forms