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Francis Octavius Grenfell

Francis Octavius Grenfell, VC (4 September 1880 - 24 May 1915) was an English soldier of British Army. He received the Victoria Cross. The cross is the highest award for bravery against the enemy, and can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Family
Grenfell was born on 4 September 1880. His parents were Sophia and Pascoe Du Pré Grenfell. He was one of fifteen children. He had a twin brother, Riversdale Grenfell. He was also in the 9th Lancers and killed in action in September 1914. Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell was their grandfather. Field Marshal Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell was their uncle. An older brother, Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell, 21st Lancers, was killed in a cavalry charge during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Three other brothers, Cecil Grenfell, Howard Maxwell Grenfell and Arthur Morton Grenfell all reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army. A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell was killed at Spion Kop during the Boer War. Two other cousins Julian Grenfell (the poet) and his brother Gerald William Grenfell were killed in the First World War.

Grenfell was a representative cricket player at Eton collage. He joined the army in 1900 and first served in the Second Boer War in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Victoria Cross

Later, he served in First World War in the 9th Lancers, British Army. He was 33 years old and a Captain, when he was awarded the VC for the following brave deed.

On 24 August 1914 at Audregnies, Belgium, Captain Grenfell rode with the regiment in a charge against a large body of unbroken German infantry. Damages of friendly army were so heavy, and Grenfell was left as the senior officer. When he was reorganizing the regiment behind a railway bank, he was twice hit and severely wounded. But once he was asked to save the guns by Major Ernest Wright Alexander of the 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Grenfell and some volunteers helped to push the guns out of range of enemy fire, under a shower of bullets.
London Gazette on 16 September 1914 wrote as follows:

He was killed in action on 24 May 1915 and is buried in the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.

Legacy
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers housed in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England.

Polo 
All nine of the Grenfell brothers were expert polo players. Francis and his brother Riversdale Grenfell were regarded as the best in the family. Francis was rated at an 8 goal handicap. The twin brothers were on the Ranelagh team that won the American Open. And they were on the team Freebooters, alongside Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner and the Duke of Roxburghe, that won the Hurlingham Champion Cup.

References

Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
VCs of the First World War - 1914 (Gerald Gliddon, 1994)

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1880 births
1915 deaths
People from Surrey
Twin people from the United Kingdom
Sudan at the Olympics

Sudan was first at the Olympic Games in 1960.  They have been in most Summer Olympic Games since then.  The nation did not attend the 1964 Games, boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics along with most African nations, and boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Sudan was formed in 1956 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1959.

Medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 
 Sudan profile at London2012.com

Sudan
Nations at the Olympics
Eswatini at the Olympics

Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) was first at the Olympic Games in 1972. They missed the next two games but returned for the 1984 games in Los Angeles. They have been in all games since then. They were in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Swaziland has been represented by the Eswatini Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association since 1972.

Swaziland has never won a medal.

Olympic table Summer

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Other websites 

 Swaziland profile at London2012.com

Eswatini
Nations at the Olympics
Tanzania at the Olympics

Tanzania was first at the Olympic Games in 1964.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Games.  The nation has been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Tanzania was formed in 1968 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

List of medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 
  United Republic of Tanzania profile at London2012.com
 

Tanzania
Nations at the Olympics
Togo at the Olympics

Togo has been to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1972 except for 1976 and 1980.  No athletes from Togo have been in any Winter Olympic Games.

List of medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
  Togo profile at London2012.com

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
Tunisia at the Olympics

Tunisia was first at the Olympic Games in 1960.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Tunisia has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Tunisia was formed in 1957.

List of medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 
  Tunisia profile at London2012.com

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
Uganda at the Olympics

Uganda was first at the Olympic Games in 1956.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics.  Uganda has never been at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Uganda was formed in 1950 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1956.

Medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

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  Uganda profile at London2012.com

Uganda
Nations at the Olympics
Zambia at the Olympics

Zambia has been in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games. They competed before as Northern Rhodesia.

Medalists

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 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites
 
  Zambia profile at London2012.com

Zambia
Nations at the Olympics
Zimbabwe at the Olympics

Zimbabwe was first at the Olympic Games in 1980.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Zimbabwe was formed in 1934 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1980.

Medalists

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 List of IOC country codes
 Rhodesia at the Olympics

References

Other websites
 
  Zimbabwe profile at London2012.com

Sport in Zimbabwe
Nations at the Olympics
Rhodesia at the Olympics

Rhodesia at the Olympics is a history which began in 1928. 

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Rhodesia is RHO.

History
A team from Rhodesia was first in the Olympic Games in 1928. They were also at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics. The country always competed as a British territory. It was unable to be in the 1968 Games in Mexico. 

Following Ian Smith's declaration of an independent Rhodesian republic in 1970, they never competed again. In 1972 Rhodesia was expelled by the International Olympic Committee four days before the opening ceremony.  This was due to pressure from other African countries, which did not recognise the legitimacy of the Rhodesian state. The country's successor state, Zimbabwe, made its Olympic début in 1980.

Rhodesia was never in the Winter Olympics. No Rhodesian athlete ever won an Olympic medal.

Related pages
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 Zimbabwe at the Olympics

References

Former nations at the Olympics
Sport in Zimbabwe
Antigua and Barbuda at the Olympics

Antigua and Barbuda were first at the Olympic Games in 1976.  They have been in each Games since then, missing only the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association was formed in 1966 after the end of the West Indies Federation in 1962, and recognized in 1976.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Flagbearers

References

Other websites 
 Antigua and Barbuda profile at London2012.com

Antigua and Barbuda
Nations at the Olympics
Argentina at the Olympics

Argentina was first at the Olympic Games in 1900.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Argentina is ARG.

History
Argentine athletes have won a total of 66 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, mostly in boxing.  The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Argentina was formed and recognized in 1923.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by sport

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites

 
 Argentina profile at London2012.com

Sport in Argentina
Nations at the Olympics
Aruba at the Olympics

Aruba was first at the Olympic Games in 1988.  They have been in each Summer Olympic Games since then.  Aruba has not won an Olympic medal. Aruba has not been in any Winter Olympic Games.

Previously Aruba competed under Netherlands Antilles, Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1952 until 1984. Aruba became a separate region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.

The National Olympic Committee for Aruba was formed in 1985 and recognized in 1986.

Olympic games

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Netherlands Antilles at the Olympics

References

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 Aruba profile at London2012.com

Aruba
Nations at the Olympics
Bahamas at the Olympics

The Bahamas were first at the Olympic Games in 1952.  

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the Bahamas is BAH.

History
Athletes from the Bahamas have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  The nation has not been in any Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Bahamas is the Bahamas Olympic Association, and was formed in 1952.

Medalists

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
  Bahamas profile at London2012.com
 Bahamas at Olympic.org

The Bahamas
Nations at the Olympics
Barbados at the Olympics

Barbados was first at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Barbados  was BAD.  It is now is BAR.

History
Athletes from Barbados have been in each Games since then, missing only the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The country's only Olympic medal is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Barbados was part of the West Indies Federation in 1960. Barbadian athlete James Wedderburn was part of the 4 × 400 m relay team which won the bronze medal that year.

Barbados has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.

Medals

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
  Barbados profile at London2012.com

Sport in Barbados
Nations at the Olympics
Belize at the Olympics

Belize was first at the Olympic Games in 1968.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games.  From 1968 to 1972, Belize was known by its colonial name of British Honduras.

As of 2011, no athlete from Belize has ever won an Olympic medal.

The National Olympic Committee for Belize was formed in 1967 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
  Belize profile at London2012.com
 Belize at Olympics.org

Sport in Belize
Nations at the Olympics
Bermuda at the Olympics

Bermuda was first at the Olympic Games in 1936.  

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Bermuda is BER.

History
Athletes from Bermuda have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. Bermuda has also been in every Winter Olympic Games since 1992.

As of 2011, Clarence Hill is the only Bermudian to win an Olympic medal. This makes Bermuda the least populated nation [53,500 in 1976] in Olympic history to win a medal at the Summer Olympics.

The National Olympic Committee for Bermuda was formed in 1935 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

List of medalists

Olympic Medal table (Summer)

Olympic medal table (Winter)

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

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  Bermuda profile at London2012.com
 Bermuda at Olympic.org

Nations at the Olympics
Sport in Bermuda
Nissan Qashqai

The Nissan Qashqai is a car produced by Nissan Motor Company. It replaced the models Nissan Almera, Nissan Primera and Nissan Terrano II in 2007. The model is produced in Sunderland in the UK and is a popular car there, it was facelifted in 2010 and entered its second generation in 2014.  The third generation hits the market in 2021.

Engines 
 1.6 84 kW (114 hp) and 86 kW (117 hp)
 2.0 104 kW (141 hp)
 1.5 dCi 76 kW (103 hp) and 81 kW (110 hp)
 2.0 dCi 110 kW (150 hp)

Qashqai
Front wheel drive vehicles
2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles
Bolivia at the Olympics

Bolivia was first at the Olympic Games in 1936.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Bolivia is BOL.

History
Athletes from Bolivia have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1964, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  The nation has also been in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956, but not since 1992.

As of 2011, no athlete from Bolivia has won an Olympic medal.  The National Sub-15 Football team won a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010.

The National Olympic Committee for Bolivia was formed in 1932 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1936.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
  Bolivia profile at London2012.com
 BOlivia at Olympic.org

Bolivia
Nations at the Olympics
Nissan Note

The Nissan Note  is a car produced by Nissan Motor Company. It replaced the Nissan Almera Tino in 2005.

First generation

Engines 
 1.4 65 kW (88 hp)
 1.5 80 kW (109 hp)
 1.6 81 kW (110 hp)
 1.5 dCi 50 kW (68 hp)
 1.5 dCi 63 kW (86 hp)
 1.5 dCi 66 kW (90 hp)
 1.5 dCi 76 kW (103 hp)

Second generation/Versa Note

Engines 
 1,2 L HR12DE l3 58 KW (79 hp)
 1,2 L HR12DDR I3 72 KW (98 hp)
 1,5 L K9K dCi l4 
 1,6 L HR16DE l4 82 KW (111 hp) (Versa Note)

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Note
Front wheel drive vehicles
2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles
Brazil at the Olympics

Brazil was first at the Olympic Games in 1920.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Brazil is BRA.

History
Athletes from Brazil have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the 1928 Games.  Brazil has been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1992.

Brazilian athletes have won a total of 108 medals, with volleyball, sailing and judo as the top medal-producing sports.

The National Olympic Committee for Brazil was formed in 1914 and recognized in 1935. Brazil won the rights to host the 2016 Olympics in the city of Rio de Janerio.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 

  Brazil profile at London2012.com
 Brazil at Olympic.org

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
British Virgin Islands at the Olympics

The British Virgin Islands has been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1984. They have never won a medal.  They have never been in the Winter Olympics.

Summary

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 List of IOC country codes

References

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 Virgin Islands, British profile at London2012.com

British Virgin Islands
Nations at the Olympics
Canada at the Olympics

Canada has been to every Winter Olympic Games and almost every Summer Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Canada is CAN.

History
A Canadian team was not at the 1896 Summer Olympics and the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics.  The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada.

Canada set a gold medals record in a single Winter Olympics during the 2010 Winter Olympics, which they hosted in Vancouver.

Hosting the Games
Canada has hosted the Games three times.

Medals

Hockey
Hockey has been Canada's best medal earning sport, along with curling. They have competed at every tournament in both sports.

M = Men's W= Women's B = Both

Records
In 2008, Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar was at his ninth Summer Olympics, tying the record for most Olympic games participated in set by Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl between 1964 and 1996. Millar was selected for ten straight Olympic teams, but was not at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 2008 Millar won his first medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 

 Canada profile at London2012.com
 Canadian Medals by Olympic Games 
 CBC Digital Archives - Gold Medal Athletes - 1948-1968
 CBC Digital Archives - Cold Gold: Canada's Winter Winners 1984–2002
 Most Canadian Olympic Medals 

Sport in Canada
Nations at the Olympics
Cayman Islands at the Olympics

The Cayman Islands were first at the Olympic Games in 1976.  They have been in each Games since, missing the 1980 Summer Olympics.  The Cayman Islands have not won an Olympic medal.

After Jamaican independence in 1962, the Cayman Islands became a separate British Overseas Territory. The Cayman Islands Olympic Committee was formed in 1973 and recognized in 1976.

The first time the Cayman Islands competed in any Winter Olympic Games was at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Cayman Islands profile at London2012.com

Cayman Islands
Nations at the Olympics
Chile at the Olympics

Chile was first at the Olympic Games at the first 1896 Summer Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Chile is CHI.

History
A team from Chile has been in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

Chilean athletes have won a total of thirteen medals, with tennis as the top medal-producing sport.

The National Olympic Committee for Chile was formed in 1934.

Medalists

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites 
 Chile profile at London2012.com
 Chile at Olympic.org

Olympics
Nations at the Olympics
Mississippi Valley

The Mississippi Valley is a place in North America.  It is part of the Mississippi River watershed, meaning that the rain that falls in the Mississippi Valley flows to the Mississippi River.  It is in the middle of what is today the mainland United States.

Geology

During the last glacial era, large walls of ice dropped sediment, which is rocks and dirt, onto the land.  This became sedimentary rock.  This rock is softer than the other two main types of rock.  Sedimentary rock forms in layers.  When the Mississippi River began to flow, it washed away parts of the rock.  So there are places in the northern valley with tall bluffs, places where the river water cut some of the rock away.  People can see the layers in the bluffs.  Some of them are 400 feet tall.  In the places where the ground was made of harder sedimentary rock, for example limestone and dolomite, the cliffs are steep.  In the places where the ground was made of softer sedimentary rock, for example shale and sandstone, the cliffs are gentle.

Other parts of the Mississippi Valley are flood plain.

People

Many Native Americans lived in the Mississippi Valley, including the Mississippian culture, which is named after the valley.  Many of these Native Americans practiced agriculture, meaning that they built farms and grew food.  Some of these Native Americans built large towns with earthworks and wooden fences and buildings.  But many of them caught European diseases and died.  By the time historians came to the towns, many of the buildings were gone.

The first Europeans to write about the Mississippi Valley was Hernando De Soto in 1541.

The Mississippi Valley became part of the United States in 1803.  This was the Louisiana Purchase.

References 

Valleys
Geography of the United States
Skatepark

A skatepark is a recreational park for skateboarders and BMXers. A skatepark usually features some quarter pipes, some spines, some flat banks, some wall rides or vert walls, some mini ramps, some hips, some funboxes, some pyramids, some launches, some roll-ins, a euro or euro gap, a halfpipe, a bowl, a pool, foam pits, some hand rails, a flat bar and some stairs. The very first skatepark was made in 1976 in Carlsbad, California. The largest skatepark in the world is located in Shanghai, China.

References

Other websites
a list of skateboard parks around the world 

Skateboarding
Theodicy of disprivilege

Theodicy of Disprivilege refers to the belief of the promise that salvation may be granted as a reward for earthly poverty. It can be one of many reason that explain the large numbers of lower class people who join religious sects   or partake in mainstream religious practice, e.g attend church, temple or mosque. This idea was promoted mainly by Max Weber but is common amongst many sociologists who go to explain the growth of sect membership.

References

Sociology
Miguel Montero

Miguel Angel Montero (born July 9, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He currently plays as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2006 until 2014. He debuted for the Diamondbacks on September 6, 2006 in a game against the Florida Marlins.

On December 9, 2014, the Diamondbacks traded Montero to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for minor leaguers Jeferson Mejia and Zack Godley.

References

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1987 births
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Chicago Cubs players
Living people
National League All-Stars
People from Caracas
Venezuelan baseball players
David Hernandez (baseball)

David Jose Hernandez (born May 13, 1985 in Sacramento, California) is an American baseball player. He currently plays as a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles with the 483rd overall pick in the 16th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. He debuted for the Orioles on May 28, 2009 in a game against the Detroit Tigers. He was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks along with Kam Mickolio for Mark Reynolds and a player to be named later or cash.

Other websites
David Hernandez at mlb.com

1985 births
Living people
Baseball players from California
Arizona Diamondbacks players
Baltimore Orioles players
Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights

The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 2005 to 2007. They played in Omaha, Nebraska at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. They were the farm team of the Calgary Flames. They moved to Omaha in 2005 from Saint John, New Brunswick where they were known as the Saint John Flames. They moved operations to Moline, Illinois where they became the Quad City Flames.

Other websites
An archive of the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights' Official Site

Defunct American Hockey League teams
Ice hockey teams in the United States

2005 establishments in the United States
2007 disestablishments in the United States
Majel Barrett

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec; February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008) was an American actress and producer. She is probably best known for playing Nurse Christine Chapel in the television series, Star Trek: The Original Series and Lwaxana Troi in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Barrett also voiced the computer in every series (after the original series) and movie in the Star Trek franchise. She was married to Gene Roddenberry, who was the creator of Star Trek. She died on December 18, 2008 in Bel Air, Los Angeles due to complications from leukemia.

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Actors from Columbus, Ohio
American movie actors
American television actors
American television producers
American voice actors
Deaths from leukemia
1932 births
2008 deaths
The Dreamers (movie)

The Dreamers is a 2003 French romantic drama movie about an American university student, Matthew (played by Michael Pitt), who visits Paris in 1968. He meets local twins Isabelle and Theo (Eva Green and Louis Garrel) who are in an incestuous relationship. He stays with them and has a sexual relationship with Isabelle. All three join a student-led ant-government rebellion. The movie was controversial in the United States for depictions of sexual content. Due to this, The Dreamers was rated NC-17. The movie was released in 2004 in the United States. The movie also exists under an R rated edited version, alongside the NC-17 version.

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2003 drama movies
2003 romance movies
2000s romantic drama movies
British romantic drama movies
English-language movies
French drama movies
French-language movies
French romance movies
Incest in movies
Italian drama movies
Italian romance movies
Movies based on books
Movies set in Paris
Movies set in the 1960s
NC-17 rated movies
Movies directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Herero language

The Herero language (Herero: Otjiherero) is a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo group. It is spoken by the Herero people in Namibia and Botswana. There are about 237,000 Herero speakers in both countries, 206,000 in Namibia and the rest in Botswana. 

The language is spoken in an area called Hereroland. This area includes the regions of Omaheke, Otjozondjupa, and Kunene. The Himba people, who are related to the Herero people, speak a dialect that is very close to Herero. A large minority of people in Windhoek (the capital of Namibia) speak Herero.

The Herero language is written in the Latin alphabet. The first written work in Herero was a translation of the Bible by missionary Gottlieb Viehe (1839-1901). Father Peter Heinrich Brincker (1836-1904), another missionary, translated several religious works and songs into Herero.

Herero is taught in Namibian schools and at the University of Namibia. It is one of the six minority languages used in broadcasts by the Namibian State Radio (NBC). Gamsberg Macmillan, , has published the only dictionary in Herero.

Bibliography
 Brincker, Peter Heinrich (1886, 1964). Wörterbuch und kurzgefasste Grammatik des Otji-Herero. Leipzig (reprint 1964 Ridgwood, NJ: The Gregg Press).
 Hahn, C. Hugo (1857). Grundzüge einer Grammatik des Hereró. Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz.
 Lutz, Marten (2006). "Locative inversion in Otjiherero: more on morpho-syntactic variation in Bantu." In: Laura Downing, Lutz Marten & Sabine Zerbian (eds.), Papers in Bantu Grammar, ZAS Papers in Linguistics 43, 97—122.
 Marten, Lutz & Nancy C. Kula (2007). "Morphosyntactic co-variation in Bantu: two case studies." SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 15.227-238.
 Möhlig, Wilhelm, Lutz Marten & Jekura U. Kavari (2002). A Grammatical Sketch of Herero (Otjiherero). Köln: Köppe (Grammatische Analysen afrikanischer Sprachen; v.19).

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Bantu languages
Yash Chopra

Yash Raj Chopra (, 27 September 1932 - 21 October, 2012) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Some of his successful movies are : Waqt , Deewaar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara. He is also the founder of Yash Raj Films.

About
Yash Chopra is undoubtedly India's most successful filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he has been associated with almost 35 films, most of which have created box-office history.

He started out as an assistant to his brother and went on to direct 5 very successful films for his brother’s banner - B.R.Films. These were Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Dharmputra (1961), Waqt (1965), Ittefaq (1969) & Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969). He has wielded the baton, additionally, for 4 films made by other film companies - Joshila (1973), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978) & Parampara (1993). But his greatest repertoire of work has been around 30 films made under the auspices of his own company, YASH RAJ FILMS. Out of these, he has directed 12 films himself, while the others have been directed by younger directors – under his supervision and administrative acumen as one of India’s greatest producers.

Career
Yash worked as an assistant for I. S. Chopra and later he was working for his brother, who was also in the movie industry, Baldev R. Chopra. Baldev provided Yash an opportunity to direct his first movie which was named as Dhool Ka Phool and was released in 1959. Yash later set up his own company under the name Yash Raj Films and the first movie to be released under this company was Daag in 1973.

Yash has produced more than 45 movies and has directed more than 20 movies, thus making him one of the most successful filmmaker/producer in India.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

National Film Awards

References

Other websites

Yash Chopra at timesofindia.com
Yash Chopra  at ApunkaChoice.com

Indian movie directors
Deaths from multiple organ failure
1932 births
2012 deaths
Tim Finn

"Brian Finn" redirects here. For the fictional New Zealand police officer, see Shark in the Park.

Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE (born 25 June 1952) is a singer-songwriter born in New Zealand. Finn is most known for his music with his band Split Enz. He has released solo albums, and was member of his brother Neil's band Crowded House. He also released albums with Neil as the Finn Brothers.

History

Tim Finn was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He went to Sacred Heart College, Auckland, a Catholic boarding school. In 1971 he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Auckland. It is there that he met Mike Chunn, Robert Gillies, Philip Judd and Noel Crombie. Phil and Tim formed a band called Split Ends, which became Split Enz before they started to tour Australia.

Finn recorded his first solo album, Escapade, in 1983. This album was very successful in Australia and New Zealand. Because of this, he decided to leave Split Enz in 1984. The band broke up. In early 1985, Tim moved to London. His second album Big Canoe was not as successful as the first album. He also wrote some music for movies, and acted in a few movies. His role in The Coca-Cola Kid was about five minutes long. He had a bigger role in the movie La Donna della Luna (The Moon Woman).

In late 1989, he went to live in Melbourne. He recorded his third album, Tim Finn. In early 1990 he joined Crowded House, the group Neil had formed after Split Enz split up. The band recorded Woodface with him. He left Crowded House after the album. Because of their success, Tim Finn and Neil Finn were made OBE for services to New Zealand music in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The album Finn was released in 1995. This was an album made by Neil and Tim as the Finn Brothers. Also in 1995, Finn worked with singers Andy White and Liam Ó Maonlaí. They formed the band ALT. They released the album Altitude.

In 2000, the album Together in Concert: Live was recorded featuring Finn, and New Zealand artists Bic Runga, and Dave Dobbyn. The concerts and album have all three musicians singing and playing on each other's songs.

In 2004, the Finn brothers released their second album together, titled, Everyone Is Here.

Tim has released Imaginary Kingdom in 2006, The Conversation in 2008. He has collaborated on the Seven Worlds Collide projects in 2004 and 2009 with his brother Neil, and artists like Eddie Vedder. In 2009 North, South, East, West..., a best of was released.

Personal life
Finn married the television presenter Marie Azcona, formerly of MTV and TVNZ One's Music Week. They have worked together on several songs, some of which are featured on Steel City soundtrack. Finn and Azcona have two children; a son, Harper, and a daughter, Elliott.

Discography
This discography relates to releases by Tim Finn only. See Finn Brothers' discography, Crowded House discography and Split Enz discography for other related works.

Singles

References

Books

Other websites 

 
 
 Official site  (offline)
 Tim Finn's MySpace site
 Fanclub endorsed site
 Australian Record Company site

1952 births
Living people
New Zealand singers
List of Manhattan neighborhoods

This list of Manhattan neighborhoods has all areas in the Manhattan borough of New York City (U.S.). The list is arranged, by neighborhood location, from north to south on the island (use browser "find" button to search for a name).

Please note the following general definitions:

Uptown Manhattan refers to the area above 59th Street;Upper Manhattan refers to the area above 96th Street.
Downtown Manhattan refers to the area below 14th Street;Lower Manhattan refers to the area below Chambers Street.
Midtown Manhattan refers to the area between 34th Street and 59th Street.
East Side refers to the area east of Fifth Avenue.
West Side refers to the area west of Fifth Avenue.

Neighborhood names and boundaries are not officially defined. They may change, from time to time.

Uptown Neighborhoods

Midtown Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods between Midtown and Downtown

†Large scale developments

Downtown Neighborhoods

†Large scale developments

Islands
Roosevelt Island
Liberty Island
Ellis Island
Governors Island
Randall's Island
Wards Island

Related pages
List of Brooklyn neighborhoods
List of Bronx neighborhoods
List of Queens neighborhoods
List of Staten Island neighborhoods

Other websites

Neighborhood Map from NYC Department of City Planning 

neighborhoods
New York-related lists
Neighborhoods of New York City
Claudio Marchisio

Claudio Marchisio (born 19 January, 1986) is an Italian football player. He plays for Juventus and Italy national team.

Career statistics

1986 births
Living people
Italian footballers
People from Turin
Financial Services Authority

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is a group who regulate banks and other financial companies in the United Kingdom. Its board is appointed by the Treasury and the organisation is structured as a company limited by guarantee and owned by the UK government. Its main office is based in Canary Wharf, London, with another office in Edinburgh. When acting as the competent authority for listing of shares on a stock exchange, it is referred to as the UK Listing Authority (UKLA).

The FSA's Chairman and CEO are Lord Turner of Ecchinswell and Hector Sants.

On June 16, 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced plans to abolish the FSA and separate its responsibilities between a number of new agencies and the Bank of England.

References

Finance
Government agencies of the United Kingdom
Annar

In Norse mythology, Annar ("second/another") was the second husband of Nótt ("Night") and father of Jörð. He was a grandfather of the god Thor.

In the Gylfaginning, it is said:
"She (Nótt) was wedded to him that was called Annar; Jörð was their daughter."
Norse mythology
Naglfari

Naglfari is in the Norse mythology the first husband of Nótt and a father of Auðr. It seems that he was invented by Snorri Sturluson.
Norse mythology
Auðr

Auðr (Old Norse "prosperity") or Aud is in the Norse mythology a son of Naglfari and Nótt, and half-brother of Jörð (Earth) and Dagr (Day). He is an uncle of Thor. Jörð is called "Auðr's splendid sister".

Scholar Rudolf Simek theorizes that Auðr is the invention of Snorri Sturluson. Simek notes that Auðr is a female name in other Icelandic sources.

Norse mythology
Dellingr

Dellingr (Old Norse, possibly "the dayspring" or "shining one") is a god in the Norse mythology. He is a personification of a dawn. 

He married Nótt (Night) and she bore him a son named Dagr (Day).

The English family name Dallinger has been theorized as deriving from Dellingr.

Norse gods and goddesses
Nótt

Nótt (Old Norse "night") is a personification of the night in the Norse mythology. A goddess similar to her, but in Greek mythology, is Nyx.

Nótt is called "night" by mankind, "darkness" by the gods, "unlight" by jötnar, "joy-of-sleep" by the elves. She is black and swarthy, a daughter of the giant Narfi. She had three husbands:
Naglfari
Annar
Dellingr

She has three children:
Auðr
Jörð
Dagr

Her horse is Hrímfaxi.

Norse mythology
Dagr

Dagr (Old Norse "day") is a personification of a day in the Norse mythology. He is a son of the dawn god Dellingr and personification of the night Nótt. He is a half-brother of Auðr and Jörð (Earth). His nephew is Thor.

Odin took Dagr and Nótt, gave them each a chariot and a horse—Dagr receiving the horse Skinfaxi—and placed them in the sky to ride around the earth every 24 hours.
Norse mythology
Meili

Meili ("the lovely one") is a god of the Norse mythology. His father is Odin. His brother is Thor. His mother is Jörð. He is several times called "Thor's brother". His name is on the list of Odin's sons.

Norse gods and goddesses
Mundilfari

Mundilfari (Mundilfäri) (Old Norse, possibly "the one moving according to particular times") is in Norse mythology a father of Sól (Sun) and Máni (Moon). One moon is named after him.

Norse mythology
Voltammetry

Voltammetry is the name for a number of methods to analyse a sample, both in terms of quality and quantity. With voltammetry, the composition of a probe can be re-constructed by looking at the way electrical currents flow through it. Usually, the electrical current between two or more electrodes is varied. Voltammetry is a form of electrolysis.

Chemistry
Electricity
Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blahnik, CBE (born 28 November 1942) is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the high-end shoe brand "Manolo".

1942 births
Living people
Spanish fashion designers
Augustin Pajou

Augustin Pajou (19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculptor. He is known for his portraits of celebrities.

Biography
Augustin Pajou was born in Paris. He studied sculpture with Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger. At the age of 18, he wins the Prix de Rome.

1730 births
1809 deaths

French sculptors
Mike Connors

Mike Connors (born Krekor J. Ohanian; August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017) was an American actor.

Career 
Born in Fresno, California, U.S., he began his career with the stage name Touch Connors, playing small roles in movies such as Sudden Fear (1951) with Joan Crawford and Island in the Sky (1953) with John Wayne. He then starred in four movies of filmmaker Roger Corman: Five Guns West (1955), Day the World Ended (1955), The Oklahoma Woman (1956), Swamp Women (1956). Connors also played the role of "Amalekite herder", in The Ten Commandments (1956). He also starred in some low-budget movies like Voodoo Woman (1957) and Suicide Battalion (1958), both directed by Edward L. Cahn. In 1966, Mike Connors starred in the western Stagecoach directed by Gordon Douglas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Connors was working exclusively for television, with the exceptions of movies Avalanche Express (1979) Nightkill (1980), and Too Scared to Scream (1985) directed by Toby Lo Bianco, Connors plays the role of Lt. Alex Dinardo, who must investigate a series of crimes that occurred in luxurious buildings in New York City. His last films were Downtown Heat (1994) and Gideon (1999)

Television 
In 1959 Mike Connors starring in a new TV series called Tightrope, playing police agent Nick Stone, who must infiltrate organized crime. 37 episodes were filmed in black and white between 1959 and 1960. Mike Connors was the star of Mannix, one of the most famous TV detective series of all time. Connors played the role of detective Joe Mannix, who in the first episodes was accompanied by Joseph Campanella as Lew Wickersham. The second season featured Gail Fisher as Mannix's secretary Peggy, Ward Wood as Lt. Art Malcolm and Robert Reed as Lt. Adam Tobias. He played Mannix between 1967 and 1975. Connors was nominated four times for an Emmy Award, and was also nominated for six Golden Globes awards, winning one of them in 1970. 

He also starred in films for television such as Revenge for a Rape (1976), he plays Travis Green a man seeking revenge for the rape of his wife, and High Midnight (1979), he is Capt. Lou Mikalich, a corrupt cop who makes a mistake in a raid and killed the family, decides to plant drugs on an innocent. He has been involved in episodes of television series like Cheyenne (1958), Lawman (1958), Mike Hammer (1959), The Untouchables (1962), Perry Mason (1964), Police Story (1977), Walker, Texas Ranger (1998) and Two and a Half Men (2007).

Personal life and death 
Connors married Mary Lou Willey in 1949. Together they had a son, Matthew Gunner Ohanian, and a daughter, Dana Lou Connors.

Connors died from leukemia on January 26, 2017 in Tarzana, California. He was 91.

References 

Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers by Tom Weaver
Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984, by Vincent Terrace

Other websites 

1925 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Fresno County, California
American movie actors
American television actors
Cancer deaths in Los Angeles County, California
Deaths from leukemia
People from Fresno, California
Golden Globe Award winning actors
Seconal

Secobarbital sodium (sold as Seconal) is a drug which is used to treat epilepsy and insomnia.  Trade names include Seconal and reds. It was first synthesised in 1928. Like other barbiturates, it is fairly addictive. In many countries, using this drug is illegal, outside the medical context. Today, this drug is only used rarely; Barbiturates have been replaced by Benzodiazepine for many applications. 

Drugs
Botulism

Botulism is a rare disease caused by a bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. You can get it from eating meat that is not cooked properly. Babies can get it as well as adults.
Symptoms include fever, vomiting, difficulty talking and weakness of the facial muscles. Botulism toxin is a major ingredient in botox, a gel that relaxes the facial muscles to make people look younger. 

Botulism is caused by a species of Clostridium, C. botulinum. It is transmitted through food containing endospores or through a wound. The most potent neurotoxin known is produced when the bacteria is exposed to low oxygen and body temperature. Foods which have been improperly canned are responsible for 90% of the cases of botulism. Natural, unpasteurized honey has been known to transmit infection and intoxication with the pathogen and the neurotoxin. Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease causing a flaccid paralysis; the neurotoxin blocks neurotransmitters. This results in an inability to contract muscles. The neurotoxin has been used medically in the management of severe pain by anaesthetists and also cosmetically to reduce wrinkles.

 

Diseases caused by bacteria
Clostridium
Streptococcus pyogenes

Streptococcus pyogenes is a bacterium which causes strep throat. It is the most common bacterium in the group streptococcus. It can also cause scarlet fever, and is the main cause of toxic shock syndrome. The disease is treated with antibiotics like penicillin. Group A is the most serious form. It occurs on our skin normally.

Gram-positive bacteria
Abanyom language

Abanyom is a Niger-Congo language. It is categorized as a part of the Ekoid language subfamily and Southern Bantoid group. The language is spoken by the Abanyom people in the Cross River State of Nigeria. As of 1986, there were about 12,500 speakers of Abanyom.

Abanyom is very similar to the Bantu languages. It is a tonal language. Its noun class system is the same as other Niger-Congo languages'.

Sources

Other websites
 Ethnologue report on Abanyom

Niger-Congo languages
Languages of Nigeria
Euphorbia

Euphorbia is genus of over 2000 plant species. It is one of the biggest genera in the plant kingdom. Common names include poinsettia, spurge, or just Euphorbia.

Many of these plants have developed a defence against herbivory: They are poisonous when swallowed. The Euphorbia family is in the group Malpighiales, one of the largest groups in the plant kingdoms. The euphorbia family also includes crotons (Codiaeum), castor bean plants (ricinus), and hogworts (Croton).

Euphorbias are commonly plants that do not need a lot of water, like cacti. Pointsettias are commonly called Christmas flowers. There are many smaller genera in Euphorbia. Ricinus (castor bean plant) is very toxic. It is the second most poisonous plant after Nerium oleander (family Apocynaceae).

Euphorbiaceae
Pyrola

Pyrola, commonly called wintergreens (also applied to Gaultheria), are plants in the heath family Ericaceae. They are in the subfamily Pyroloideae of the family Ericaceae. Pyroloideae was treated as a separate family, Pyrolaceae.

Ericaceae
Treponema

Treponema is a genus of bacteria. It can cause many diseases, the most important being syphilis. Other diseases include bejel, pinta, and yaws.

Gram-negative bacteria
Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaetaceae is a family of bacteria. It includes Treponema padillum, the cause of syphilis.

Gram-negative bacteria
Northern Ndebele language

Northern Ndebele () is an African language. It is also called Sindebele, Zimbabwean Ndebele or North Ndebele, and formerly known as Matabele. It is part of the Nguni group
of Bantu languages. It is spoken by the amaNdebele, Ndebele and Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is also known as siNdebele or simply Ndebele.

Ndebele is related to the Zulu language spoken in South Africa. The Ndebele people of Zimbabwe are descended from followers of the Zulu leader Mzilikazi. Mzilikazi and his people left kwaZulu in the early 1800s during the Mfecane. They travelled North, past what is now Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo, in South Africa, and into Zimbabwe and Botswana. There are Sindebele speakers in many places in Southern Africa.

The Northern Ndebele language and the Southern Ndebele language are not two variations of the same language. Both are Bantu languages, but Northern Ndebele is very similar to Zulu. The Southern Ndebele language has similarities to the Sotho and Tswana languages.

Pronunciation 

It is relatively easy to pronounce Ndebele words because the vowel sounds are constant. (That is, each vowel has basically one sound.) The accent is usually on the second-to-last syllable.

Vowels 
The vowels are a, e, i, o, and u. They are pronounced like so:

Click sounds
In Ndebele, there are three click sounds. They are shown with the letters c, q and x.

c is made by placing the tip of the tongue against the front upper teeth and gums, the centre of the tongue is pressed down and the tip of the tongue is moved backwards. The resulting sound is like the sound used in English to express annoyance, called a "clucking sound." Some words with this sound are  (end), and  (ask)

The q sound is made by raising the back of the tongue to touch the soft palate and touching the gums with the sides and tip of the tongue. The centre of the tongue is pressed down and the tip moved quickly away from the gum. The resulting sound is like the "pop" heard when quickly removing a cork from a bottle. Some words with this sound are  (start) and  (finish).

The x sound is made by placing the tongue so that the back of the tongue touches the soft palate and the sides and tip of the tongue touch the gums. One side of the tongue is quickly pulled away from the gums. Some words with this sound are  (discuss) and  (frog).

Basic phrases 
These are basic phrases in Ndebele.

Related pages
 Zulu language

References

Other websites
 Northern Ndebele Blog
 "Northern Ndebele for Beginners"
 
 
 
 

Bantu languages
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Doedicurus

Doedicurus was an ancient armadillo are belonging to the family Glyptodontidae. Fossils have been found in Patagonia, in South America. These herbivores (plant-eaters) may have been preyed upon by saber-toothed cats and borhyaenids (extinct dog-like meat-eaters). Doedicurus lived during the Ice Ages, during the Pleistocene between 2 million and 15,000 years ago.

Xenarthrans