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Stirling engine

A Stirling engine is a kind of heat engine that converts heat into useful mechanical energy by the movement of a piston inside a cylinder within the engine. Unlike other commonly found heat engines such as the internal combustion engine used in cars and the steam engine used on railways, it re-uses the same gas for each stroke of the piston so there is no noisy exhaust. The same gas is repeatedly heated and cooled within the engine’s cylinder.
 
To run it needs a supply of heat to heat its hot parts. This can come from a fire, but also from the sun’s rays, from hot rocks near a volcano or from nuclear energy. It also has cold parts which cool the gas inside it and these are kept cold by a stream of air or water flowing over them.

It was invented by a Scottish minister, Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling in 1816.

Engineering
Motors
Wishaw

Wishaw is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is bordered by Motherwell and Carluke, and is split into several areas such as Netherton, Craigneuk, Newmains, Cambusnethan and Pather. 

One of only three hospitals in Lanarkshire is in Wishaw. Wishaw General Hospital is at the bottom of Wishaw, easy to find as it is on the main A721 road.

History 
The origin of the name is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is from the Scots word for "Wicket gate in the wood", and that it used to be called Wygateshaw. Another theory is that it was originally Viashaw, meaning way or road through the wood. Yet another theory is that the name derives from "Wee Shaw", meaning small wood. 

In November 1996, the world's worst recorded outbreak of E. coli occurred in the town, in which 20 people died and around 200 were infected.

People 
Wishaw has had a number of famous residents, including:
John Higgins, world snooker champion
Paul Quinn, footballer for Motherwell F.C.
Tommy Gemmell, former footballer of Celtic F.C.
Lee Miller, footballer for Aberdeen F.C.

References

Other websites 
 Census 2001 statistics for Wishaw 
 History and Photographs of Wishaw Iron & Steel Works 1859 - 1930 
 Website of the local Newspaper, the Wishaw Press

Towns in North Lanarkshire
FARC

FARC (or FARC-EP) is the abbreviation of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo. This is the name of a guerrilla organisation operating in Colombia. The group says it has Marxist- Leninist roots. When the name of the group is translated into English, it usually reads Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army.

The government of Colombia, the United States, Canada and the European Union have classified the organisation as a terrorist group.  Other countries, such as Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Cuba and Venezuela do not see the group as terrorist. They instead refer to the group as “insurgents”. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, for example, publicly rejected this classification of terrorists in January of 2008. He called on Colombia and other world governments to recognize the guerrillas as a belligerent force. Chávez said that if they were recognised that way, they would then be obliged to stop kidnappings and terror acts in order to respect the Geneva Conventions.

The FARC was established in the 1960s as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party. The group started as a guerrilla movement.  It became involved with trading illegal drugs during the 1980s. This caused an official separation from the Communist Party and the formation of a political structure it calls the Clandestine Colombian Communist Party.
The FARC-EP still claims to be a guerrilla movement. According to the Colombian government, FARC has an estimated 6,000-8,000 members in 2008, down from 16,000 in 2001. Other estimates are higher, including up to 18,000 guerrillas, with the FARC themselves claiming in a 2007 interview that they have not been weakened.
The FARC-EP is present in 15-20 percent of Colombia’s territory. Most of them are in southeastern jungles and in plains at the base of the Andes mountains.

In June 2016, the FARC signed a ceasefire accord with the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos in Havana. This accord was seen as a historic step to ending the war that has gone on for fifty years. On 25 August 2016, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced that four years of negotiation had secured a peace deal with FARC and that a national referendum would take place on 2 October. The referendum failed with 50.24% voting against. The Colombian government and the FARC on 24 November signed a revised peace deal, which the Colombian Congress approved on 30 November.

On 27 June 2017, FARC ceased to be an armed group, disarming itself and handing over its weapons to the United Nations.

References 

Terrorism
Communism
Rebel militia groups
History of Colombia
1964 establishments
1960s establishments in South America
Atoll

An atoll is a kind of island. It is made when a coral reef forms around an island that sinks over many years. In the end, the land is gone, and only the coral reef continues to grow until it becomes an atoll, a group of islands shaped like a doughnut. 

Charles Darwin, who is most famous for his theory of evolution, was the first person to find out how atolls form. He said that volcanoes in the ocean sometimes wear away or sink deeper. Coral growing on a volcano likes to be near the surface, and it keeps growing to stay there.

Most atolls are in the warm parts of the Pacific Ocean or the Indian Ocean.

Some island nations like Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Federated States of Micronesia have atolls as all or part of their country.

References 

 Darwin, C. 1842. The structure and distribution of coral reefs, being the first part of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Vitzroy R.N. during the years 1832 to 1834. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. 214 pp.
Province of Imperia

Imperia is a province in the region of Liguria in Italy.

Imperia
Province of La Spezia

La Spezia is a province in the region of Liguria in Italy.

La
Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh (pronounce like the word "war") (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer. He was born in Hampstead and raised in Golders Green, both in north-west London.  

Waugh is well known for his satirical novels which include Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Scoop, A Handful of Dust and The Loved One, and especially for Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy.  When he was writing these novels he used experiences that he had in his own life.  He often described British aristocracy and high society, making satirical fun of them.  However, in his real life he was also attracted to them.

Waugh was a convert to Catholicism. His travel writings and his diaries and letters have also been published.

He was the father of writer Auberon Waugh (1939-2001).

References 

Alumni of the University of Oxford
English novelists
English Roman Catholics
Writers from London
1903 births
1966 deaths
Dima Bilan

Dima Bilan (; born Viktor Belan on December 24, 1981) is a popular Russian singer. Bilan was in the 2006 Eurovision contest. He sang the song "Never Let You Go."  He finished in second place. In the 2008 contest, he came back with song "Believe" and he won with 272 points.

In February 2007 Bilan started to record his first international album in English in Los Angeles, Miami and in Philadelphia in collaboration with producer Jim Beanz and Ryan Tedder. One of the new tracks will be a duet with one of Timbaland's most successful artists, Nelly Furtado.

Albums 
 2003 - Ya nochnoi huligan (Я ночной хулиган) (I'm a Night Hooligan)
 2004 - Na beregu neba (На берегу неба) (At The Sky's Shore)
 2006 - Vremya-reka (Время-река) (Time-River)
 2008 - Protiv Pravil (Против правил) (Against the Rules)
 2009 - Believe
 2011 - Mechtatel (Мечтатель) (Dreamer)

1981 births
Living people
Russian singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Eurovision Song Contest winners
Thankerton

Thankerton is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, close to Biggar and Lanark. It is at the bottom of Tinto, a hill.

Villages in South Lanarkshire
Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh.  It was first published in 1945. The novel deals with subjects such as religion, especially Catholicism, and the love of God.  It tells the story of a family called Flyte.  They are an aristocratic family.  The story is told by a narrator called Charles Ryder.

Brideshead Revisited was made into a television serial for ITV, produced by Granada Television, in 1981. A movie of the book was made in 2008.  The movie makes several changes to the story of the book.  The movie is mostly about the relationship between Charles and Julia.

Plot 

Charles Ryder, who tells the story, is a student at the University of Oxford.  He makes friends with Sebastian Flyte, the younger son of an aristocratic family. Sebastian, who comes from a very rich family, takes Charles to his family's home, Brideshead Castle.  Charles meets his family, including Sebastian's sister, Julia.

During the holiday Charles goes back to his home, where he lives with his father.  During the holiday Sebastian has a small injury and Charles goes back to him.  Sebastian and Charles spend the rest of the summer together.

Sebastian's family is Catholic.  His father, Lord Marchmain, had been an Anglican, but he had converted to Roman Catholicism, his wife's religion.  The family talk a lot about religion which surprises Charles, who had always thought that Christianity was not an important subject.  Lady Marchmain, Sebastian's mother, is a very strict Catholic.  She tries to control others by making them feel guilty. Sebastian finds comfort by drinking  alcohol.  He often gets drunk, and over a period of two years he has less and less to do with the Flyte family.

However, Charles is fated to meet the Flyte family again, and he falls in love with Julia, who by that time is married to a rich Canadian, Rex Mottram.

Charles's own wife has been unfaithful, so he plans to divorce her so that he and Julia can marry. However, Julia decides for religious reasons that it would not be right for her to marry Charles. As Lord Marchmain lay dying, he had received the sacrament of Extreme Unction.  This act had also influenced Charles, who had been "in search of love in those days" when he first met Sebastian, "that low door in the wall...which opened on an enclosed and enchanted garden,", an important metaphor in the book. 

Charles became an architect.  During the Second World War becomes an army officer.  By chance he is billeted at Brideshead. It seems to him that builders do a useful job, even if there are problems sometimes.

English novels
Wilt Chamberlain

Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21 1936–October 12 1999) was an American basketball player. Chamberlain played in the NBA during the 1960s, and many people think he is one of the best players in basketball history. At 7 feet 1 inch, he was the tallest and heaviest player in the league for most of his career, and he was one of the most famous people in the game for many years. He is the first and only basketball player to score 100 points in an NBA game. Chamberlain led the league several times in points, accuracy, rebounds and minutes.  He also won 4 NBA Most Valuable Player awards and was placed in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

He won two NBA championships: the first in 1967, with the Philadelphia 76ers, and the second in 1972, with the Los Angeles Lakers.  Chamberlain also played for several seasons with the Philadelphia Warriors and toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. In 1999, he died from congestive heart failure.

Other websites
NBA legends profile

1936 births
1999 deaths
African-American basketball players
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Cardiovascular disease deaths in the United States
Philadelphia 76ers players
Los Angeles Lakers players
Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
National Basketball Association players with retired numbers
American basketball players
Kirkfieldbank

Kirkfieldbank is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is close to Lanark. They, along with New Lanark, participate in the Lanark Lanimers. They have one primary school, Kirkfieldbank primary.

Towns in South Lanarkshire
New Lanark

New Lanark is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

History
New Lanark is a 18th century village and model industrial community with cotton mill buildings, workers' housing, and school. The small town was built by Robert Owen as an experiment in utopian idealism.

Between 1785 and 1968, some buildings were torn down or burned; and some new buildings were built. However, the overall appearance of the village stayed much like it was in the first half of the 19th century.

In 1975, the New Lanark Conservation Trust was established to prevent demolition of the village.

In 2001, New Lanark was named a World Heritage Site.

Gallery

Related pages 
List of World Heritage Sites of the United Kingdom

References

Other websites

 New Lanark website

Villages in South Lanarkshire
World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
Master class

A master class is a lesson given by a famous musician or artist to a small group of students.  Music students may often have the opportunity to have a masterclass with a famous musician.  They will have prepared a piece of music to play to the teacher.  There is usually an audience watching at a masterclass.

Music education
North Medwin River

North Medwyn is a river in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland. The North Medwyn is a tributary of the River Clyde. This means that it flows into the River Clyde.

North Medwin
Lanarkshire
South Medwin River

The South Medwyn is a river in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland.  As it flows west it joins the River Clyde.  The two rivers join about 1.5 km south of Carnwath.

South Medwin
Lanarkshire
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Hamilton (, ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the where the council headquarters for South Lanarkshire are situated.

References

Towns in South Lanarkshire
Province of Frosinone

The Province of Frosinone () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Frosinone.

History
The province of Frosinone was created in December of 1926 with territories of the Lazio and Campania regions.

Geography

The province of Frosinone has an area of , the third largest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the southeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Abruzzo region (L'Aquila province), to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the east by the Molise region (Isernia province), to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Latina province.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Meta or, simply, La Meta (), with an altitude of ; it is on the border with the L'Aquila province.

The main rivers in the province are the Liri,  long, and its tributary, the Sacco river,  long.

Population
There are 493,067 persons living in the province in 2017, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the province of Frosinone

Administration

There are 91 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Acquafondata
 Acuto
 Alatri
 Alvito
 Amaseno
 Anagni
 Aquino
 Arce
 Arnara
 Arpino
 Atina
 Ausonia
 Belmonte Castello
 Boville Ernica
 Broccostella
 Campoli Appennino
 Casalattico
 Casalvieri
 Cassino
 Castelliri
 Castelnuovo Parano
 Castro dei Volsci
 Castrocielo
 Ceccano
 Ceprano
 Cervaro
 Colfelice
 Colle San Magno
 Collepardo
 Coreno Ausonio
 Esperia
 Falvaterra
 Ferentino
 Filettino
 Fiuggi
 Fontana Liri
 Fontechiari
 Frosinone
 Fumone
 Gallinaro
 Giuliano di Roma
 Guarcino
 Isola del Liri
 Monte San Giovanni Campano
 Morolo
 Paliano
 Pastena
 Patrica
 Pescosolido
 Picinisco
 Pico
 Piedimonte San Germano
 Piglio
 Pignataro Interamna
 Pofi
 Pontecorvo
 Posta Fibreno
 Ripi
 Rocca d'Arce
 Roccasecca
 San Biagio Saracinisco
 San Donato Val di Comino
 San Giorgio a Liri
 San Giovanni Incarico
 San Vittore del Lazio
 Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano
 Sant'Andrea del Garigliano
 Sant'Apollinare
 Sant'Elia Fiumerapido
 Santopadre
 Serrone
 Settefrati
 Sgurgola
 Sora
 Strangolagalli
 Supino
 Terelle
 Torre Cajetani
 Torrice
 Trevi nel Lazio
 Trivigliano
 Vallecorsa
 Vallemaio
 Vallerotonda
 Veroli
 Vicalvi
 Vico nel Lazio
 Villa Latina
 Villa Santa Lucia
 Villa Santo Stefano
 Viticuso

The largest comune is Veroli, with  and the smallest is Vicalvi (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Acquafondata with 263 inhabitants.

Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of communes of the Province of Frosinone

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

Frosinone
Province of Latina

The Province of Latina () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.

History
The province of Latina was created in December of 1934 with the name of Littoria.

Geography

The province of Latina has an area of , the smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the southwest of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Frosinone province, to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Petrella (), with an altitude of .

Population
In 2017, there are 574,891 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the province of Latina

Administration
There are 33 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Aprilia
 Bassiano
 Campodimele
 Castelforte
 Cisterna di Latina
 Cori
 Fondi
 Formia
 Gaeta
 Itri
 Latina
 Lenola
 Maenza
 Minturno
 Monte San Biagio
 Norma
 Pontinia
 Ponza
 Priverno
 Prossedi
 Rocca Massima
 Roccagorga
 Roccasecca dei Volsci
 Sabaudia
 San Felice Circeo
 Santi Cosma e Damiano
 Sermoneta
 Sezze
 Sonnino
 Sperlonga
 Spigno Saturnia
 Terracina
 Ventotene

The largest comune is Latina, with  and the smallest is Ventotene (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Campodimele with 622 inhabitants.

Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of communes of the Province of Latina

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

Latina
Province of Rieti

The Province of Rieti () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.

History
The province of Rieti was created in January of 1927 with parts of the provinces of Rome and L'Aquila.

Geography

The province of Rieti has an area of , the second smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the northeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the west, along the Tiber river, with the Viterbo province and the Rome, to the north with the Umbria region (provinces of Perugia and Terni), and to the east by Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, and with the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo in the Abruzzo region.

The territory of the province is mostly mountainous with the Monti Sabini and Monti Reatini to the north, on the border with the Umbria region; the Monti Terminillo and the Monti della Laga to the east; and the Monti del Cicolano and Monti della Duchessa to the southeast.

The highest mountain in the province is Monte Gorzano (), in the Monti della Laga in the eastern part of the province along the border with the Teramo province, with an altitude of .

The main rivers in the province are:
 Tiber;
 Velino, tributary of the Nera, 90 km long;
 Salto, tributary of the Velino, 55 km long;
 Turano, tributary of the Velino, 70 km long;
 Corno, tributary of the Nera, 56 km long.

There are several artificial lakes; the largest is the Lago del Salto with an area of .

Population
, there are 157,429 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the province of Rieti

Administration
There are 73 municipalities (or comuni) in the province; they are:

 Accumoli
 Amatrice
 Antrodoco
 Ascrea
 Belmonte in Sabina
 Borbona
 Borgo Velino
 Borgorose
 Cantalice
 Cantalupo in Sabina
 Casaprota
 Casperia
 Castel di Tora
 Castel Sant'Angelo
 Castelnuovo di Farfa
 Cittaducale
 Cittareale
 Collalto Sabino
 Colle di Tora
 Collegiove
 Collevecchio
 Colli sul Velino
 Concerviano
 Configni
 Contigliano	
 Cottanello
 Fara in Sabina
 Fiamignano
 Forano
 Frasso Sabino
 Greccio
 Labro
 Leonessa
 Longone Sabino
 Magliano Sabina
 Marcetelli
 Micigliano
 Mompeo
 Montasola
 Monte San Giovanni in Sabina
 Montebuono
 Monteleone Sabino
 Montenero Sabino
 Montopoli di Sabina
 Morro Reatino
 Nespolo
 Orvinio
 Paganico Sabino
 Pescorocchiano
 Petrella Salto	
 Poggio Bustone
 Poggio Catino
 Poggio Mirteto
 Poggio Moiano
 Poggio Nativo
 Poggio San Lorenzo
 Posta
 Pozzaglia Sabina
 Rieti
 Rivodutri
 Rocca Sinibalda
 Roccantica
 Salisano
 Scandriglia
 Selci
 Stimigliano
 Tarano
 Toffia
 Torri in Sabina
 Torricella in Sabina
 Turania
 Vacone
 Varco Sabino

The largest comune is Rieti, with  and the smallest is Frasso Sabino (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Marcetelli with 89 inhabitants.

Main comuni
The following table shows the 10 comuni with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

Gallery

Related pages
 List of communes of the Province of Rieti

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

Rieti
Province of Rome

Rome (or ) is a province in the region of Latium (or ) in Italy.

Rome
Derren Brown

Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English magician, psychological illusionist, "mentalist", and painter. He was born in Croydon, south London. Brown studied law and German at the University of Bristol. In 1996, he started doing stage shows. He is especially known for "close-up magic", where the subject is, for example, sitting at a table opposite the performer.

Trick of the Mind, Trick or Treat and The System are some of his television programmes shown on Channel 4.

Brown is openly gay. He was an Evangelical Christian in his teens, and became an atheist in his twenties. This is discussed by Brown in the "Messiah" special, and in his book Tricks of the Mind. An interview as part of Richard Dawkins' two-part documentary series The Enemies of Reason, where Brown explained various psychological techniques used by purported psychics and spiritual mediums to manipulate their audiences, Brown also said he sought to strengthen his belief and provide answers to common criticisms of religion by reading the Bible and other Christian religious texts. He found none of the answers he sought and came to the conclusion that his belief (in Christianity) had no basis.

Sample episodes from TV series  
The subject is taught ancient techniques on how to get free from complicated, risky situations. Subsequently, the subject – with hands and feet tied – is put in a sack and thrown into a lake. The subject gets free. During the course of the show, Brown claims that the subject will be completely alone under the water, bar a stationary camera.
The subject is put into a trance in a photo booth in London, and – over the next 13 hours – is transported to Marrakesh, Morocco. He wakes up in a photo booth in the back of a cafe near the main square.
The subject is put through a round of speed dating, where his shyness and lack of confidence clearly hold him back. Brown then puts the subject through a series of exercises and visualizations to build his confidence. The subject is then put through another round of speed dating, where many more women placed him on their "would like to meet again" list, and he even begins dating one of the interested women. Over a month after the subject thinks all the filming has been done, Brown tests the subject in a robbery.

The psychological element in Brown's scenarios seems clear.

References

Other websites
 
 How he does it: Derren Brown's secrets revealed. 

1971 births
Living people
Artists from London
English atheists
English entertainers
English LGBT people
English painters
Gay men
LGBT artists
LGBT broadcasters
LGBT writers
British magicians
British psychologists
Television personalities from London
Writers from London
Fall of a Kingdom

Fall of a Kingdom is the first book in the Farsala Trilogy by American author Hilari Bell. It was previously called Flame! It is also called The Book of Sorahb in the series.

2003 books
Fantasy books
Rise of a Hero

Rise of a Hero is a fantasy book that was written in 2005 by Hilari Bell. It is the second book in the Farsala Trilogy.

2005 books
Fantasy books
Forging the Sword

Forging the Sword is a fantasy book that was written by Hilari Bell. It is the third and last book in the Farsala Trilogy.

2006 books
Fantasy books
Farsala Trilogy

The Farsala Trilogy is a series of three fantasy books that are written by Hilari Bell.  The books follow the story of Jiaan, Kavi, and Soraya as they try to defeat the Hrum Empire.

Books
Fall of a Kingdom
Rise of a Hero
Forging the Sword

Series of books
Fantasy books
Watchtower

A watchtower or watch tower is a tower used for surveillance. They were used at city walls to see invaders, when they were far away, so the city could prepare for an attack. A watchtower is also used for watching over people (like a town or a city). Watchtowers were popular in the Middle Ages. They are still often used to watch over prisoners and make sure that they don't escape or leave the area. Forestry uses watchtowers to find fires before they become more dangerous.

Towers
Hilari Bell

Hilari Bell (born in 1958) is an American fantasy writer. She is the writer of several science-fiction and fantasy books including the Farsala Trilogy.

Books written

Farsala Trilogy 
 Fall of a Kingdom (2003)
 Rise of a Hero (2005)
 Forging the Sword (2006)

The Shield, Sword, and Crown series 
 Shield of Stars (2007)

Knight and Rogue series 
 The Last Knight (2007)

Other books 
 Navohar (2000)
 Songs of Power (2000)
 A Matter of Profit (2001) 
 The Goblin Wood (2003)
 The Wizard Test (2005)
 The Prophecy (2006)

Other websites 
 Her homepage at sfwa.org

References 

1958 births
Living people
Writers from Denver, Colorado
Argeș County

Argeș () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia. The capital of Argeș County is Piteşti.

Geography
This county has a total area of 6,862 km².

The main river that croses the county is the Argeș River. In the south, the main rivers are the Vedea River and the Teleorman River.

Main sights
The main sights of Argeș County include:
 The city of Piteşti
 The city of Curtea de Argeş, where one of the most beautiful monasteries in Romania is located
 The Câmpulung - Rucăr area
 The Făgăraş Mountains - the Transfăgărăşan
 The Leaota Mountains
 The Poienari Castle
 The Cotmeana monastery.

Divisions
Argeș County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes.

Municipalities
 Piteşti
 Câmpulung
 Curtea de Argeş

Towns
 Mioveni
 Costeşti
 Topoloveni
 Ştefăneşti

Communes

References

Counties of Romania
List of rivers of Moldova

This is a list of rivers of Moldova:

Bîc River
Cogalnic River
Dniester
Prut River
Răut

Moldova
Moldova
List of rivers of Croatia

This is a list of rivers of Croatia, by length:

Geography of Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
List of rivers of Bulgaria

This is a list of rivers of Bulgaria:

 Archar
 Arda
 Batova reka
 Bistritsa
 Bunayska
 Byala reka (Bulgarian: White river)
 Danube
 Deleynska reka
 Dospat
 Dzhulyunitsa
 Erma
 Fakiyska reka
 Iskar
 Cherni Iskar
 Palakariya
 Kamchiya
 Golyama Kamchiya (Bulgarian: Big Kamchiya)
 Luda Kamchiya (Bulgarian: Crazy Kamchiya)
Kriva
 Krumovitsa
 Lebnitsa
 Lom
 Luda Yana (Bulgarian: Crazy Yana)
 Maritsa
 Matevir
 Mechka (Bulgarian: Bear)
 Mesta
 Bela Mesta (Bulgarian: White Mesta)
 Cherna Mesta (Bulgarian: Black Mesta)
 Ogosta
 Osam
 Provadiyska reka (Bulgarian: River of Provadia)
 Pyasachnik (Bulgarian: Sandstone)
 Ropotamo
 Rusenski Lom
 Beli Lom (Bulgarian: White Lom)
 Cherni Lom (Bulgarian: Black Lom)
 Rusokastrenska reka (Bulgarian: River of Rusokastro)
 Sazliyka
 Shirokolashka reka (Bulgarian: River of Shiroka Laka)
 Stara reka (Bulgarian: Old river)
 Struma 
 Rilska reka
 Strumeshnitsa
 Stryama
 Suha reka (Bulgarian: Dry river)
 Topolnitsa (in Bulgarian, Topola means poplar)
 Tsibritsa
 Tundzha
 Vacha
 Varbitsa
 Veleka
 Vit
 Beli Vit (Bulgarian: White Vit)
 Cherni Vit (Bulgarian: Black Vit)
 Voynishka reka (Bulgarian: Soldier's river)
 Yantra
 Rositsa
 Zlatna Panega (Bulgarian: Golden Panega)

Note: in Bulgarian, reka means river.

Geography of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Henry A. Wallace

Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd vice president of the United States (1941–45). He was also the eleventh Secretary of Agriculture (1933–40). In addition, he was the tenth Secretary of Commerce (1945–46). In 1948, he ran for president as a member of the Progressive Party.

1888 births
1936 deaths
Deaths from motor neurone disease
Vice Presidents of the United States
United States Secretaries of Agriculture
Politicians from Iowa
US Democratic Party politicians
United States Secretaries of Commerce
20th-century American politicians
Cumulonimbus cloud

Cumulonimbus (Cb) is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. When seen in a storm, it may be called "thunderhead". The clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line, a line of strong winds. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus clouds (namely from cumulus congestus cloud) and can further develop to a supercell, a severe thunderstorm with special features. Cumulonimbus clouds are the source of most tornadoes.

Clouds
Vertical draft

An updraft or downdraft is the vertical movement of air as weather causes two forces to move.

Weather
Winds
Covasna County

Covasna (, ) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Covasna County is Sfântu Gheorghe.

Geography
Covasna County has an area of 3,710 km².

Divisions
Covasna County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 40 communes. The places have an absolute and relative Hungarian majority, Hungarian names of them are given in parenthesis.

Municipalities
 Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) - capital city; population: 61,543
 Târgu Secuiesc (Kézdivásárhely)

Towns
 Covasna (Kovászna)
 Baraolt (Barót)
 Întorsura Buzăului

Communes

Other websites

www.covasna.ro  - site of Covasna

Covasna
Transylvania
Phoenix (spacecraft)

Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars to search water and life there under the Mars Scout Program.It was launched from Florida on 4 Aug 2007 and landed safely on Mars on 25 May 2008.

Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there. It found that there was water in the soil on Mars. 

The mission ended on November 10, 2008.

NASA spacecraft
Bacău County

Bacău () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Moldavia. The capital of Bacău County is Bacău, with a population of about 130,000 people.

Geography
Bacău County has an area of 6,621 km².

Divisions
Bacău County has 3 municipalities, 5 towns and 80 communes.

Municipalities
 Bacău
 Oneşti
 Moineşti

Towns
 Comăneşti
 Buhuşi
 Dărmăneşti
 Târgu Ocna
 Slănic Moldova

Communes

Counties of Romania
Bihor County

Bihor (), in Hungarian: Bihar (), is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana. The capital of Bihor County is Oradea.

Geography
Bihor County has an area of 7,544 km².

Divisions
Bihor County has 4 municipalities, 6 towns and 90 communes.

Municipalities
 Oradea
 Beiuş
 Marghita
 Salonta

Towns
 Aleşd
 Nucet
 Săcueni
 Ştei
 Valea lui Mihai
 Vaşcău

Communes

Bihor
Semi-presidential system

The semi-presidential system is a system of government where both the prime minister and the president run the day-to-day affairs of the state.

forms of government
Unitary state

A unitary state is a state whose three organs of state are ruled constitutionally as one unit, with central legislature. It differs from a federal state, in which the authority is divided between the head (for example the central government of a country) and the political units governed by it (for example the municipalities or provinces of the country), and also granting some degree of autonomy to those political subdivisions (e.g. As the permission to create their own regional laws, for example).

These are examples of unitary states:

 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Algeria
 Angola
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Bangladesh
 Belarus
 Belize
 Benin
 Bhutan
 Bolivia
 Botswana
 Brunei
 Bulgaria
 Burkina Faso
 Burundi
 Cambodia
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Chile
 People's Republic of China
 Colombia
 Congo (Brazzaville)
 Congo (Kinshasa)
 Costa Rica
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Croatia
 Cuba
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Djibouti
 Dominica
 Dominican Republic
 East Timor
 Ecuador
 Egypt
 El Salvador
 Equatorial Guinea
 Eritrea
 Estonia
 Fiji
 Finland
 France
 Gabon
 The Gambia
 Georgia
 Ghana
 Greece
 Grenada
 Guatemala

 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Guyana
 Haiti
 Honduras
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Ireland
 Israel
 Italy
 Jamaica
 Japan
 Jordan
 Kazakhstan
 Kenya
 Kiribati
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Lesotho
 Liberia
 Libya
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Macedonia
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Maldives
 Mali
 Malta
 Marshall Islands
 Mauritania
 Mauritius
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Mongolia
 Montenegro
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Myanmar
 Namibia
 Nauru
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Nicaragua
 Niger
 North Korea
 Norway
 Oman

 Palau
 Palestine
 Panama
 Papua New Guinea
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Philippines
 Poland
 Portugal
 Qatar
 Romania
 Rwanda
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Samoa
 San Marino
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Saudi Arabia
 Senegal
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Singapore
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Solomon Islands
 South Africa
 South Sudan
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 Sudan
 Suriname
 Swaziland
 Sweden
 Syria
 Republic of China  (Taiwan)
 Tajikistan
 Tanzania
 Thailand
 Togo
 Tonga
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tunisia
 Turkey
 Turkmenistan
 Tuvalu
 Uganda
 Ukraine
 United Kingdom
 Uruguay
 Uzbekistan
 Vanuatu
 Vatican City
 Vietnam
 Yemen
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe

Forms of government
List of mountains in Romania

This is an (incomplete) list of mountains in Romania.   12 mountains are taller than 2,500 meters in Romania:

Romania-related lists
Oltenia

Oltenia is a historical province and area of Romania, in the western part of Wallachia. Oltenia includes the counties:
 Gorj
 Dolj

Oltenia
Exploration of Mars

The exploration of Mars has been an important part of the space exploration programs of several countries. 

Dozens of robotic space probes, including orbiters, landers, and rovers, have been launched toward Mars since the 1960s. 

Spaceflight
Mars

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Dojo

A dojo (道場) is a Japanese term which literally means "place of the Way". Dojo are sometimes added on to temples.

Uses 
The term can refer to a training place for any of the Japanese arts but it is considered the formal gathering place for students of a martial arts style to train, take exams and fight.

Other websites 
 Hidden and deeper meanings in dojo layout

Martial arts
Gorj County

Gorj () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Târgu Jiu.

Geography 
Gorj county has an area of 5,602 km².  The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

Divisions 
Gorj County has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 61 communes.

Municipalities 
 Târgu Jiu – capital city; population: over 100,000 in 2004.
 Motru

Towns 
in descending order of size
 Rovinari
 Bumbeşti-Jiu
 Târgu Cărbuneşti
 Turceni
 Tismana
 Novaci
 Ţicleni

Communes 

Gorj
Dolj County

Dolj () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Craiova (population: 314,437).

Geography
Dolj County has an area of 7,414 km².

Divisions
Dolj County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 104 communes.

Municipalities
 Craiova
 Băilești
 Calafat

Towns
 Bechet
 Dăbuleni
 Filiași
 Segarcea

Communes

Dolj
Moldoveanu Peak

Moldoveanu Peak (Romanian: Vârful Moldoveanu) is the highest mountain in Romania. It is in the Făgăraş Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.

The most-used paths to reach Moldoveanu are over the Vistea Mare Peak (2527m), by paths coming from Podragu, Sambata, or by the Vistea Valley. 
The closest locality is Victoria, on the north side. On the south side it is accessible from northwest of Câmpulung.

Carpathians
Mountains of Romania
Făgăraş Mountains

Făgăraş Mountains are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania. The highest peaks are Moldoveanu (2544 m), Negoiu (2535 m), Viştea Mare (2527 m), Lespezi (2522 m), Vânătoarea lui Buteanu (2507 m), and Dara (2501 m).

Mountain ranges of the Carpathians
Mountains of Romania
Southern Carpathians

The Southern Carpathians (), also called the Transylvanian Alps, are a group of mountain ranges. They divide central and southern Romania, on one side, and Serbia, on the other side. They cover part of the Carpathian Mountains that is between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiş and Cerna rivers in the west. To the south they are bounded by the Balkan mountain range of Serbia.

Mountain ranges of the Carpathians
Mountains of Romania
Geography of Serbia
Vistea Mare

Viştea Mare is a mountain peak in the Făgăraş Mountains of the Southern Carpathians of Braşov county in Romania. It has an altitude of . It is the third highest peak in Romania.

Carpathians
Mountains of Romania
Victoria, Brașov

Victoria is a town in the western part of Brașov County, Romania, near the Făgăraş Mountains. It has a population of about 10,900 people.

Victoria
Câmpulung

Câmpulung, or Câmpulung Muscel, is a city in Argeş County, Romania.

Other websites

Cities in Romania
Saving

In common usage, saving generally means putting money aside, for example, by putting money in a bank savings account or investing in a pension plan. It involves using less money or not using money at all.
In a broader sense, saving is typically used to refer to economizing, cutting costs, or to rescuing someone or something.

Money
Time deposit

A time deposit (also known as a term deposit, particularly in Canada, Australia and New Zealand) is a money deposit at a banking institution that cannot be withdrawn for a certain "term" or period of time.

Banks
Craiova

Craiova (), the fifth largest Romanian city, is the capital of Dolj County.  It is on the east side of the Jiu River. This is in the central part of Oltenia.

Sister cities
 Kuopio, Finland
 Nanterre, France
 Shiyan, People's Republic of China
 Skopje, North Macedonia
 Vratza, Bulgaria
 Lyon, France
 Uppsala, Sweden

References

County capitals of Romania
Târgu Jiu

Târgu Jiu (also spelled Tîrgu Jiu) is the capital of Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania.  It is found on the shores of the Jiu River.  It has a population of 101,562 people as of the year 2002.

References

County capitals of Romania
Mineral exploration

Mineral exploration is the process undertaken by companies, partnerships or corporations in finding ore (commercially viable concentrations of minerals) for mining. Mineral exploration is intensive, organised and professional mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is much more involved. Work includes finding, testing, and surveying the deposit, and determining the value and cost of exploiting it.

Minerals
Prospecting

Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking or, on a large scale, as mineral exploration.

Metals
Minerals

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Searching

Searching and search can mean:

Computers and computer science 
 Search algorithm
 Boolean search
 Search engine

Rescue 
 Search and rescue

Military and police 
 Search and seizure
 Strip search

Entertainment 
 The Search (1948 movie)
 "The Search" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode)
 Search (TV series)
 "Searchin'", a Leiber/Stoller song
 "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)", a 2007 single by the Young Divas

Economics 
 Job search
 Search theory

Other
Cycloalkane

Cycloalkanes are hydrocarbons with the carbon atoms connected in a circle with each atom, in simple forms, connected to two hydrogen atoms. all cycloalkane are isomers of alkene.

Here is a list of the first ten Cycloalkanes:
Cyclopropane (C3H6)
Cyclobutane (C4H8)
Cyclopentane (C5H10)
Cyclohexane (C6H12)
Cycloheptane (C7H14)
Cyclooctane (C8H16)
Cyclononane (C9H18)
Cyclodecane (C10H20)
Cycloundecane (C11H22)
Cyclododecane (C12H24)
Cyclotridecane(C13H26)

References
Isomer

An isomer in chemistry is a chemical compound that has the same molecular formula as another, but it has a different arrangement of atoms in space. In other words, isomers are compounds with the same molecular formula but different structural formula. Different isomers have different chemical properties (that is, they may look, or smell, or taste different from each other). 

There are two main categories: stereoisomers and structural isomers. Structural isomers are isomers with the atoms making up the molecule joined together in different ways. Structural isomers can be classified further as chain isomers, position isomers, function group isomers, tautomers metamers and ring chain isomers.

Stereoisomers have different positions of atoms in space and are much more subtle than structural isomers.  See enantiomer for stereoisomers that are related to each other by a reflection: they are mirror images of each other that are non-superimposable.

References 

Chemical compounds
Stereochemistry
Huitzilopochtli

In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli, also spelled Uitzilopochtli, was a god of war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was given human hearts and blood of their enemies and slaves as a sacrifice.

Legend 

The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle. His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother. Her offspring, Huitzilopochtli, learned of this plan while still in the womb, and before it was put into action, sprang from his mother's womb fully grown and fully armed and killed his sister Coyolxauhqui, together with many of his 400 brothers and sisters. He then tossed his sister's head into the sky, where it became the moon, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night. He also threw his other brothers and sisters into the sky, where they became the stars.

Related pages
Quetzalcoatl

Notes

References

Other websites 
 The Gods and Goddesses of the Aztecs
 Short description and an image

Aztec gods and goddesses
Tezcatlipoca

Tezcatlipoca ( was a central deity in Aztec mythology. He was associated with many concepts. Some of these are the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, , , rulership, divination, temptation, , beauty, war and . His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror" because of his connection to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were made in Mesoamerica and which was used for shamanic rituals. 

He had many names in context with different aspects of his deity: Titlacauan ("We are his Slaves"), Ipalnemoani ("He by whom we live"), Necoc Yaotl ("Enemy of Both Sides"), Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord of the Near and the Nigh") and Yohualli Èecatl (Night, Wind), Ome acatl ("Two Reed"), Ilhuicahua Tlalticpaque ("Possessor of the Sky and Earth").

On pictures he was usually drawn with a black and a yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot replaced with an obsidian mirror or a snake - an allusion to the creation myth in which he loses his foot battling with the Earth Monster. Sometimes the mirror was shown on his chest, and sometimes smoke would come from the mirror. Tezcatlipocas Nagual, his animal counterpart, was the jaguar and his Jaguar aspect was the deity Tepeyollotl "Mountainheart". 

The Tezcatlipoca figure goes back to earlier Mesoamerican deities worshipped by the Olmec and Maya. Similarities exist with the patron deity of the K'iche' Maya as described in the Popol Vuh.  A central figure of the Popol Vuh was the god Tohil whose name means "obsidian" and who was associated with sacrifice. Also the Classic Maya god of rulership and thunder known to modern Mayanists as "God K", or  the "Manikin Scepter" and to the classic Maya as K'awil was shown with a smoking obsidian knife in his forehead and one leg replaced with a snake.

Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl 
Tezcatlipoca was often described as a rival of another important god of the Aztecs, the culture hero, Quetzalcoatl. In one version of the Aztec creation account the myth of the Five Suns, The first creation, "The sun of the Earth" was ruled by Tezcatlipoca but destroyed by Quetzalcoatl when he struck down Tezcatlipoca who then transformed into a jaguar. Quetzalcoatl became the ruler of the following creation "Sun of Water", and Tezcatlipoca destroyed the third creation "The Sun of Wind" by striking down Quetzalcoatl. 

In later myths, the four gods who created the world, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli and Xipe Totec were referred to respectively as the Black, the White, the Blue and the Red Tezcatlipoca. The four Tezcatlipocas were the sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, lord and lady of the duality, and were the creators of all the other gods, as well as the world and man.

Related pages
 Huitzilopochtli
 Quetzalcoatl

Notes

References

Other websites 
 Mexicolore - Tezcatlipoca Symposium

Aztec gods and goddesses
Province of Viterbo

The Province of Viterbo () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo.

The province is also called Tuscia.

History
The province of Viterbo was created in January of 1927 with part of the old Province of Rome. In March of the same, the comune of Monte Romano.

In 1928, five comuni were added:  Montalto di Castro, Monterosi, Nepi, Oriolo Romano and Tarquinia.

Geography
The province of Viterbo has an area of , making it the second largest province of the Lazio region.

The province is bordered to the northwest with Tuscany (Grosseto and Siena provinces), to the northeast with Umbria (Terni province), to the east with the Rieti province and to the south with Rome. The Tyrrhenian Sea is to the west.

The province is in the northwest of the Lazio region. Most of the territory of the province is flat or with small hills. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimino (), in the southern part of the province, with an altitude of .

The main river in the province is the Tiber that forms the border between the Umbria (province of Terni) and Lazio (province of Viterbo) regions.

There are several lakes; the largest is the Bolsena lake with an area of .

Administration

The following shows the comuni of the province with more of 9,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).

The largest comune is Viterbo, with  and the two smallest are Calcata () and Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia (). The comune with fewest people living in it is Tessennano with 339 inhabitants.

Population
In 2017, there are 319,008 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in the Viterbo province

Related pages
List of communes of the Province of Viterbo

Gallery

References

Other websites

 Official Site 

Viterbo
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes.

Areas of London
Province of Gorizia

Gorizia is a province in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy.

Related pages
 Provincia di Gorizia homepage (in Italian) 

Gorizia
Tezcatlipoca (DC Comics)

Tezcatlipoca is a fictional character who appeared in the DC Comics' series Wonder Woman and is a god from Aztec mythology. Tezcatlipoca II is a character who appeared in the series Green Arrow and is a hybrid of human and jaguar, a werejaguar.

DC Comics characters
Province of Trieste

The Province of Trieste (, ) is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Trieste. It has an area of 212 km², and a total population of 242,235 (2001). It has a coastal length of 48.1 km. There are 6 communes in the province.

Trieste
Province of Bologna

Bologna is a province in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy.

Bologna