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Stirlinshire
Coat o airms
They war regrantit a seicont time in 1996 tae the Local Govrenment Stirlin Cooncil, wi the eikin o supporters (a gos an a woulf).
Historie
In 1130, Stirlin – ane o the ryal stranghaulds o the Kinrick o Scotland – wis shapit intae a Ryal burgh bi King David I.
On 11 September 1297, the forces o Andra Moray an Weelam Wallace beat the jynt Inglis forces o John de Warenne [ en], an nearaboots Stirlin, on the River Forth, at the Battle o Stirlin Brig durin the First War o Scots Unthirldom.
On 22 Julie 1298 the Battle o Fawkirk saw the defeat o William Wallace bi King Edward I o Ingland (Langshanks).
On 24 Juin 1314 the Battle o Bannockburn at, wis a gey important Scots victorie in the Wars o Scots Unthirldom. It wis ane o the upcomin battles o the First War o Scots Unthirldom.
In 1645 the airmie unner General  formit near Banton for their engagement wi the Ryalist forces unner the comman o  at the Battle o Kilseyth [ en], Kilseyth, on 15 August 1645; a major battle o the Wars o the Three Kinricks.
Geographie
Stirlinshire haes a strategic position on the Forth-Clyde isthmus commandin the main owerlan routes fae Glesga an Edinburrie up till central an northren Scotland. The wastern 'airm' o the kintra is sparsely populated an dominated bi Loch Lomond, that it shares wi, an the Trossachs, a (the ) the nou. Ben Lomond is located here an is the heichmaist pynt in Stirlinshire at 974 m (3,196 ft), an 9t in Scotland. A puckle o ilands athin Loch Lomond belang tae Stirlinshire, includin, Buchinch, , , , , an. On the nor'-eastern boonds wi Perthshire a wee pairt o lies athin Stirlinshire, an the smawer Loch Arklet can be foond here an-aw. Central Stirlinshire is dominated bi the an the, Kilseyth Hills an , wi mair muckle touns sic as Lennoxtown an Kilseyth spread out alang the soothren border an A891/A803 roads. The sooth-wastren corner o the kintra aroon Mulguy abuts the Greater Glesga conurbation an conteens a wheen o smaw reservoirs an lochs, sic as Burncrooks Reservoir, Kilmannan Reservoir, Carbeth Loch, Craigallian Loch, Dumbrock Loch, Mugdock Loch, Mugdock/Craigmaddie Reservoir an Bardowie Loch.
The airt east o the M80 is maistlie flatter an conteens the feck o the coontie's population, wi the Firth o Forth giein access tae the North Sea.
Transport
Sindrie ferries allou a bodie tae cross Loch Lomond in the far-wast, an the Kincardine Brig [ en] in the far-east gies access tae Fife an Clackmannanshire.
Ainlie the eastern third o the coontie is jynt bi rail, wi the exception o Mulguy railwey station in the far sooth-wast that gies access tae Glesga. The rail lines jyn the touns o the eastern conurbation tae each other an ontae Edinburrie, Glesga, Cumbernauld an Perth.
Ceevil pairishes
In 2001, accordin tae the webstaid o the General Register Office for Scotland, there war 871 ceevil pairishes.
Ceevil pairishes are still yaised for some statistical raisons, an separate census figures are gien fur them. As their areas hae been lairgely unchanged syne the 19th centurie this allous for comparison o population figures ower an extended period o time.
Follaein the boondarie changes caused bi the Local Govrenment (Scotland) Act 1889, Stirlinshire conteened the follaein ceevil pairishes:
Burghs
In 1930 the Fawkirk an Stirlin becam large burghs, takkin ower some o the duties o the coontie council. The remainin fower burghs becam "smaw burghs", with limited pouers.
Touns an veelages
A wheen o Stirlinshire touns leeted in the Registers o Scotland, Lan Register Counties.
Local govrenment
Till the 1890s the coontie had twa smaw exclaves: pairt o the pairish o Logie, that wis surroondit bi Perthshire, an the pairish o Alva, locally in Clackmannanshire. The Perthshire pairt o Logie wis eikit tae Stirlinshire, while Alva wis annexed bi Clackmannanshire. In 1894 pairish Local Govrenment cooncils war established fur the ceevil pairishes, replacin the umwhile parochial boards.
The Local Govrenment pairish cooncils war in turn superseded bi Local Govrenment destrict cooncils in 1930.
In 1930 the pairishes ceased to be used for local Govrenment purposes, an the landward area o the coontie (the pairt ootwi the burghs) wis divided intae aicht Local Govrenment destricts. These Local Govrenment Destricts war abolished in 1975.
In the 1973 reorganisation o local Govrenment in Scotland, maist o Stirlinshire wis included in the Central Region, wi Kilseyth an its surroonds becomin pairt o the Strathclyde Region.
Syne forder reorganisation in 1996, the aurie has been pairt o the Local Govrenment cooncil auries o :
Parliamentary constituencies
Follaein the Act o Union, Stirlinshire returned members to the Hoose o Commons o the Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick fae 1708.
1918–1975
In 1918 seats in the House o Commons war redistributed. Stirlingshire was thereafter represented bi three members o parliament.
These boundaries conteenaed in uiss till 1983, whan new constituencies war formed based on the Local Govrenment regions an destricts created in 1975.
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince o Condé
Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince o Condé (9 August 1736 – 13 Mey 1818) wis Prince o Condé frae 1740 till his daith. A member o the Hoose o Bourbon, he held the prestigious rank o Prince du Sang. He led the Army o Condé during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Kanpur
Kanpur (कानपुर, ), spelled as Cawnpore afore 1948, is the tent maist populous ceety in Indie an the lairgest athin the state o Uttar Pradesh. It is the lairgest ceety o the Hindi-speakin belt efter Delhi. It remains ane o the auldest industrial towunships o North Indie, awtho it haes no kept pace wi IT industry growthe in the rest o Indie due tae poleetical indifference.
It haes a metropolitan aurie o ower 1,640 square kilometres (630 sq mi) an a ceety aurie o aroond 829 km2 wi an approximate poplation o 5 million indwallers. The status o the ceety wis upgradit when it wis includit in the "Coonter Magnets" o Naitional Caipital Region (NCR).
Kanpur is ane o the fastest growin ceeties in Indie especially the industrial growthe in the first decade o the 21st century is phenomenal supportit bi the fact that the nummer o industrial units that wur aroond 14,000 in the year 1998 haes amaist mair nor doubled tae nearly 29,000 bi 2009 juist in 10 years duration which is exceptional growthe.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Welsh left-hander Mark Williams won his third Warld title and 21st rankin title, defeatin Scottish professional John Higgins 18–16 in the final. Williams' veectory came 15 years efter his seicont Warld title in 2003; afore the stairt o the season, he haed nae won a rankin event in the previous sax years. In winnin the event, Williams received the heichest prize money awairdit for a snooker event, £425,000 o a tot pool of £1,968,000. Aged 43, he became the seicont-auldest winner at the Crucible, follaein Welsh professional Ray Reardon who wis 45 when he won the title in 1978. Defendin and three-time Warld champion Mark Selby haed won the Warld title for the previous twa years, but lost in the first roond 4–10 tae Joe Perry.
The heichest o the championship wis scored bi Higgins, who made a brak of 146 in frame 13 of his seicont roond win ower Jack Lisowski. Houiver, in qualifying for the event, Liang Wenbo scored a maximum break of 147.
Background
The Warld Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport toornament and is the offeecial Warld championship o the gemme of snooker. Snooker wis foondit in the late 19t century bi British Army soldiers stationed in Indie. The sport originated bi players frae the United Kinrick, an later players frae Europe an the Commonwealth. In mair modren times, the sport haes transferred tae bein played warldwide, specifically in Southeast Asia, sic as in China, Thailand and Hong Kong. The Warld championship is the final event o the 2017/18 snooker calendar, wi the winner o the event bein crowned as the professional Warld champion o the sport.
The Warld championship sees 32 professional players compete in ane-on-ane snooker matches in a single elimination format, each played ower several. The 32 players for the event are selected throu a mix o the Warld snooker rankins and a pre-toornament qualification roond. The first Warld championship in 1927, held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England, wis won bi Joe Davis. Syne 1977, the event haes been held in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
The event's maist successfu player in the modren era is Stephen Hendry, who haes won the championship seiven times. The previous year's championship wis won bi England's Mark Selby, who won the event defeatin Scotland's John Higgins in the final 18–15. This wis Selby's third championship, haein won previously in 2014 and 2016. The champion o the 2018 event wad win prize money of £425,000, frae a tot pool of £1,968,000.
Format
The 2018 Warld Snooker Championship wis held atween 21 Apryle and 7 May 2018 in Sheffield, England. The toornament wis the last of twinty rankins events in the 2017/2018 season on the Warld Snooker Tour. It featurt a 32-player main draw that wis played at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw which teuk place at the English Institute of Sport frae 11 tae 18 Apryle 2018, finishing three days prior tae the stairt o the main draw. This wis the 42nd consecutive year the toornament wis held at the Crucible, an the 50th consecutive year the championship wis contested throu the modren knockout format.
The tap 16 players in the latest Warld rankins automatically qualified for the main draw as seedit players. Defendin champion Mark Selby wis automatically seedit 1st oweraw. The remainin fifteen seeds war allocated based on the latest Warld rankins (revision 10), which war released follaein the China Open, the penultimate event o the season. Wi Selby ranked as the Warld nummer 1 entering the event, every player's seed therefore corresponded tae thair respective Warld rankin. Matches in the first roond o the main draw war played as best of 19 frames. The nummer of frames needed tae win a match increased wi each successive roond, leadin up tae the final match which wis played as best of 35 frames.
Aw 16 non-seedit spots in the main draw war filled wi players frae the qualifying roonds. The qualifying draw consisted of 128 players, includin 113 o the remainin 115 players on the Warld Snooker Tour, as well as fifteen wildcard places allotted tae non-tour players. Thir invited players included the women's Warld champion, the European junior champion, and aw fower semi-finalists at the amateur championship. As wi the main draw, hauf o the participants in the qualifying draw war seedit players. Every player ranked frae 17t tae 80th wis allocated ane of 64 seeds in order of thair rankin, while aw o the ither participants war placed randomly intae the draw. In order tae reach the main draw at the Crucible, players needed tae win three best of 19 frame matches.
Participant summary
Aicht umwhile Warld champions participated in the main toornament: Ronnie O'Sullivan (five titles: 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013), John Higgins (fower titles: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011), Mark Selby (three titles and twa-time defendin champion: 2014, 2016, 2017), Mark Williams (twa titles: 2000 and 2003), Shaun Murphy (ane title: 2005), Graeme Dott (ane title: 2006), Neil Robertson (ane title: 2010), and Stuart Bingham (ane title: 2015). This wis O'Sullivan's 26t consecutive appearance in the final stages o the Warld Championship syne his debut in 1993, juist ane short of Stephen Hendry's record of 27 consecutive appearances and fower short of Steve Davis's record of 30 tot appearances. Five ither umwhile Warld championship finalists an aw competit: Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005), Ali Carter (twice: 2008 and 2012), Judd Trump (ance: 2011), Barry Hawkins (ance: 2013), and Ding Junhui (ance: 2016). The youngest player tae participate in the main stage o the toornament wis Lyu Haotian at 20 years of age, while 43-year-auld Joe Perry wis the auldest; baith players entered the main draw throu qualifying. Marco Fu made his return tae competeetion at the Warld Championship, haein missed much o the 2017/2018 season efter unnergangin surgery tae repair retinal degeneration and myodesopsia in his left ee.
Three umwhile Warld champions participated in the qualifying roonds: Ken Doherty (1997), Peter Ebdon (2002) and Graeme Dott (2006). Of thir, anly Dott succeeded in qualifying for the main toornament at the Crucible. An aw, three umwhile Warld finalists participated in the qualifying roonds: Jimmy White (sax times: 1984 and 1990–1994), Nigel Bond (ance: 1995) and Matthew Stevens (twice: 2000 and 2005). Of thir, anly Stevens qualified for the main toornament at the Crucible. The youngest participant in qualifying wis Jackson Page at 16 years of age, while 55-year-auld Jimmy White wis the auldest participant; houiver, neither player qualified.
Prize fund
The brakdown of prize money for 2018 is shawn ablo.
Qualifying rounds
The qualifying roonds teuk place at the English Institute of Sport frae 11 tae 18 Apryle 2018. In the first roond of qualifying, Liang Wenbo achieved his third professional maximum break, and his seicont o the 2017/2018 season, in the 10t frame of his match against Rod Lawler. It wis the seicont consecutive year a 147 wis made in Warld Championship qualifying, an the fowert time oweraw. Liang came very close tae acomin the first player tae score twa maximums in the same match, but he missed the final black efter a brak of 140 in the last frame. Liang wis eliminated in the third roond of qualifying; ranked at Warld nummer 19, he wis the heichest-ranked player nae tae featur in the main draw o the toornament, as baith Warld nummer 17 Ryan Day and Warld nummer 18 Stephen Maguire successfully qualified.
Anly seiven o the 64 unseedit participants in qualifying (players ranked ootside the Warld's tap 80) made it throu the first qualifying roond, an anly ane of thae seiven, Adam Duffy, progressed tae the third qualifying roond. Duffy did nae, houiver, qualify for the main draw at the Crucible. Four players qualified for the Crucible for the first time: Lyu Haotian, Liam Highfield, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Chris Wakelin. Lyu wis the lowest ranked player tae reach the main stage, at Warld nummer 68.
First round
The draw for the openin roond o the main toornament wis conducted on 19 Apryle 2018, twa days afore the stairt o the competeetion. Technical issues delayed the 10:00 BST stairt time bi twa oors, tae 12:00. The matches for the first roond war spread oot ower sax days frae 21 tae 26 Apryle, an played uisin a twa table setup in the Crucible Theatre. Each first roond match wis played ower twa sessions, as best of 19 frames (10 frames needed tae win). Players and spectators criticised the twa-oor delay tae the toornament's first-roond draw, which wis caused bi "technical issues". Warld nummer 22 Joe Perry cried the draw "an absolute joke", claiming the delay caused qualifiers tae "have no idea when [they] are playing, have to book hotels and make travel plans".
O the sixteen first roond matches, sax ended wi qualifiers defeatin seedit players. The biggest upset o the roond happened in the openin match, when Joe Perry defeatit the defendin champion and Warld nummer 1 Mark Selby. Perry won the first fower frames afore pulling away tae 7–2 ahead efter the first session of play. Selby wis unable tae catch Perry and wis defeatit 4–10, endin his 10-match undefeated streak in the Warld championships, as well as his twa-year reign as Warld champion. The next heichest ranked player tae lose wis Warld nummer 8 Shaun Murphy, who wis upset bi Warld nummer 51 Jamie Jones in a tight 10–9 match, whaur the scores war level at various stages.
The ither fower seeds tae lose war the players ranked 10 throu 13 in the Warld. Cheenese debutant Lyu Haotian, baith the youngest and lowest ranked player in the draw, defeatit Warld nummer 11 Marco Fu in Fu's return tae the Tour efter ee surgery. Lyu wis the anly debutant tae advance; he wis 6–3 up efter the first session and went on tae win the match 10–5. Robert Milkins defeatit Warld nummer 10 Neil Robertson 10–5. Jack Lisowski defeatit Warld nummer 12 Stuart Bingham 10–7, tharebi securing his first Warld championship match win in his seicont attempt. The 2015 Warld champion Bingham stated he wis going tae tak a leave of absence frae the sport efter the loss. Bingham said he wanted tae "spend some time with the family and put my cue down for a while". Bingham haed spent three month o the season serving a ban for betting infringements; he commented, "It's not been the best of seasons in general, but on the table I've been pretty good." Ricky Walden defeatit Warld nummer 13 Luca Brecel 10–6; he wis comfortably five frames ahead at 8–3, when Brecel won the next three frames tae bring the score tae 8–6, afore Walden won the last twa frames o the match.
Alfonso X o Castile
Alfonso X (an aa occasionally Alphonso, Alphonse, or Alfons, 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284), cried the Wice (el Sabio), wis the Keeng o Castile, León an Galicie frae 30 Mey 1252 till his daith in 1284.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
First round
O the aicht umwhile Warld champions playin in the main stage o the toornament, anly three progressed tae the seicont roond: Ronnie O'Sullivan (five-time champion), John Higgins (fower-time champion) and Mark Williams (twa-time champion). Aw three war tap seiven seeds and haed turned professional in the same year, 1992. Ronnie O'Sullivan trailed 0–4 and then 3–6 efter the openin session in his match against Stephen Maguire but then won seiven o the last aicht frames tae win 10–7. The 16t frame of this encounter wis O'Sullivan's 1000th frame win at the Crucible. This wis an aw his 15t consecutive first roond veectory at the Warld championships. John Higgins defeatit Thai debutant Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–7. Baith players attempted maximum braks: Higgins missed the 14t reid ball on 104 in the 8t frame o the first session; Un-Nooh scored 14 reds wi blacks, on course for his seicont career maximum, afore missing the 15t reid on 112 in the 12t frame o the final session. Mark Williams defeatit Jimmy Robertson in his first roond match 10–5. Williams led 7–2 efter the initial session, then he hit a toornament heichest brak (at that pynt) of 140 in the 13t frame, tae gang 9–4 ahead, afore winnin the match efter twa faur frames.
Bragado Partido
Bragado Partido is a partido o Buenos Aires Province in Argentinae.
The provincial subdiveesion haes a population o aroond 40,000 indwellers in a aurie o 2,230 km² (861 sq mi), an its caipital ceety is Bragado, whilk is locatit aroond 210 km (130 mi) frae Buenos Aires.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
First round
In addition tae O'Sullivan, Ali Carter and Anthony McGill baith advanced despite trailing bi three frames in the middle of thair matches. Carter defeatit Graeme Dott 10–8 in his first roond match, despite bein behind 3–6 overnight. McGill defeatit Ryan Day 10–8; efter trailing 5–8 earlier in the match, McGill won the last five frames tae secure his place in the seicont roond. He said he coud nae believe he haed won, an the BBC referred tae McGill's win as an "unbelievable comeback". The closin match o the first roond saw the seicont final frame decider, efter Jones's upset of Murphy. Recovering frae 4–8 behind against Judd Trump, debutant Chris Wakelin won fower frames in a row, tae draw level at 8–8. The twa players shared the next twa frames, bringin the score tae nine apiece, afore Trump teuk the deciding frame.
The winners o the remainin matches o the roond war Kyren Wilson, Mark Allen, Barry Hawkins, an Ding Junhui. Wilson defeatit Matthew Stevens 10–3. In the 12t frame, Stevens accidentally nudged the pink ball wi his haund and declared a foul on himsel, which allowed Wilson tae win the frame, extendin his lead tae 9–3. Allen, the reigning Masters champion, defeatit debutant Liam Highfield 10–5; neither player scored a century, awtho Highfield came close wi twa braks of 99. Hawkins defeatit Stuart Carrington 10–7, efter winnin a 55-minute 14t frame. For the seicont successive year, Ding faced a fellae Cheenese player in the first roond o the toornament; haein defeatit Zhou Yuelong in 2017, he faced Xiao Guodong in 2018. Ding came oot as a convincing 10–3 winner, despite losin the openin twa frames o the match.
Sucumbíos Province
Sucumbíos is a province in northeast Ecuador. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Nueva Loja (kent as Lago Agrio an aw). It is the fift lairgest province in the kintra, wi an aurie o 18,009 km². As o 1998, it haes a population o 144,774 inhabitants.
Geografie
Sucumbíos is bundit on the north bi Colombie, on the sooth bi Napo an Orellana, on the wast bi Carchi an Imbabura, on the soothwast bi Pichincha, an on the east bi Peru. Sucumbíos is the anerlie province in Ecuador that borders twa different kintras.
The province is ane o the sax provinces in the Amazon Region, a natural region o Ecuador.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Second round
Kyren Wilson secured a place in the quarter-finals bi defeatin Jamie Jones 13–5, winnin aw o the last sax frames o the match. During a clearance in the penultimate frame, Wilson played a screw shot which jumped the cueball off the table, damaging the heid of his cue tip. John Higgins defeatit Jack Lisowski 13–1, wi a session tae spare; Lisowski scored his anly frame o the match at 0–10 behind. In the 13t frame, Higgins scored a brak of 146, ane pynt short o a maximum. This wis Higgins' heichest brak at the Crucible, an it wis the heichest anyone scored in the 2018 toornament.
Sucumbíos Province
Orografie
The wastren aurie o the province belangs tae the Eastren Andes Muntains, whare maist rivers in the province hae their sources. The maist important elevation in the province is the Reventador, an active volcano. The eastren portion o the province is pairt o the Amazon Basin, wi heich temperaturs.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Second round
The remainin three matches o the seicont roond finished wi Ding Junhui defeatin Anthony McGill 13–4, efter haein won the first session of thair match 8–0 and scoring seiven 50+ braks. Judd Trump defeatit Ricky Walden 13–9, takkin a late lead efter the score drew level at 8–8 follaein the first twa sessions. Mark Williams defeatit Robert Milkins, 13–7, tharebi eliminating the anly remainin qualifier in the competeetion.
Sucumbíos Province
Hydrography
The main river in the province is the Aguarico River. It passes close tae Nueva Loja, an empties into the Napo, on the Peruvian border. ither important rivers are the Putumayo, which marks the border wi Colombie, an the Coca an Napo Rivers, in the sooth.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals war an aw played as best of 25 frames, each ower three sessions uisin a twa table setup, wi the fower matches played on 1 and 2 May 2018. Aw aicht o the quarter-finalists war seedit players, wi Mark Allen the lowest ranked player left in the competeetion at Warld nummer 16. Barry Hawkins defeatit Ding Junhui 13–5, tae mak it throu tae his fift Crucible semi-final in sax years. Kyren Wilson played Mark Allen, in a repeat o the 2018 Masters final juist ower three month prior. Despite haein lost tae Allen in that match, Wilson teuk an 11–5 lead ower Allen overnight, eventually winnin the match 13–6. Wi this veectory, Wilson made it throu tae his first ever Crucible semi-final, haein lost in the quarter-finals in the previous twa Warld Championships. Mark Williams teuk leads of 5–3 and 9–7 efter the first twa sessions against Ali Carter. Williams then won fower o the last five frames, wi fower braks of 100 or mair, tae defeat Carter 13–8.
Sucumbíos Province
History
Sucumbíos wis an unsplorit aurie, whare anerlie indigenous fowk livit, till ile wis discovered in its soil. In 1979, efter nine years o foondation, Nueva Loja became the seat o its awn canton, Lago Agrio Canton, in the Napo Province. On 13 Februar 1989, Sucumbíos became the 21st province in the kintra when it separatit frae Napo.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Quarter-finals
The closest quarter-final wis the last match, atween John Higgins and Judd Trump, which wis a rematch o the 2011 Warld Championship final. Trump gained an early lead in the seicont session at 7–3, but Higgins won the next five frames, an the pair finished the session at 8–8. Trump won the next twa frames and teuk a twa-frame lead at 11–9, afore Higgins won the next three frames tae retake the lead at 12–11. Trump won the 24t frame tae force a final frame decider, which Higgins won tae clinch the match, later describing it as a "classic" and joking that Trump "must hate the sight of him".
Sucumbíos Province
Economy
The maist important naitural resoorce in the province is ile, the Lago Agrio ile field. Thus, Sucumbíos is ane o the maist important provinces in the kintra, economically.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Semi-finals
The semi-finals war each played ower fower sessions, atween 3 and 5 May 2018, wi the matches played as best of 33 frames (17 frames needed tae win) in a. The first semi-final wis atween John Higgins and Kyren Wilson. Higgins teuk an early lead in the openin session, leadin Wilson 5–3, an retained this lead intae the next twa sessions, at 9–7, an 13–11. The pair shared the next fower frames tae leave the match at 15–13, afore Higgins won the final twa frames tae win 17–13.
Sucumbíos Province
Poleetical diveesions
The province is dividit intae seiven cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.
2018 Warld Snooker Championship
Final
Williams won the first fower frames on the seicont day o the final, extendin his winnin streak tae seiven frames and his lead tae 14–7, afore Higgins pulled twa frames back efter the mid-session interval. In the seicont of thae frames, Higgins won wi a 72 counter-clearance efter Williams missed on a brak of 65. In the follaein frame, Higgins stairtit on a maximum brak, which haed never been achieved in a Warld Championship final; he potted ten reds wi blacks but coud nae complete the clearance. Housomeiver, he secured his third successive frame wi the brak of 80, reducing his deficit tae 10–14. Williams teuk the last frame tae win the session 5–3, giein him a 15–10 lead heidin intae the final session o the championship. Higgins responded bi winnin the first five frames o the final session tae level the match at 15–15, includin three clearances and a match heichest brak of 131. Williams then won his first frame o the evening, an followed it up wi a 100 brak tae tak the score tae 17–15, sicweys requirin ane faur frame tae roond off the match. In the 33rd frame, on a brak of 63, Williams missed a pink that wad hae clinched the title; Higgins then cleared the table for a brak of 65 tae pull the score tae 16–17. In the 34th frame, Williams held his nerve tae mak a match-winnin brak of 69, concluding the match at 18–16 and securing his third Warld title.
On winnin the championship, Mark Williams said "The turnaround in the past twelve months is something I cannot work out", efter nae haein appeared in the competeetion in the previous season. Afore the toornament, Williams haed said if he won the Warld title he wad attend the post toornament press conference naked. Follaein his veectory, Williams entered the conference wearing anly a touel aroond his waist, but removed it when he wis safely seated behind a table. Williams then promised that if he wis tae win the next season, he wad "cartwheel round here naked".
Williams' veectory came fifteen years efter his last Warld title in 2003; this wis the langest span atween twa successive wins in the history o the toornament. At the age of 43, Williams became the auldest Warld champion syne Ray Reardon won the event in 1978 aged 45.
Main draw
The nummers in parentheses are players' seedings. Players listed in bold indicate match winner.
Qualifying
Thare war 128 players in the qualifying competeetion. The qualifying event wis played in three roonds, wi the 16 winners o the third roond matches progressing tae the main stages o the toornament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Qualifying teuk place atween 11 and 18 Apryle 2018 at the English Institute of Sport, an aw in Sheffield, in a 12-table setup. Aw matches war best of 19 frames.
A tot of 113 tour players (ranked ootside the tap 16, includin Invitational Tour Card holders Ken Doherty and Jimmy White) war jynt bi 15 amateur players who haed achieved success throu the Warld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) qualifying criteria. Amang the 131 Warld Snooker Tour players, anly Boonyarit Keattikun and Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (baith frae Thailand) did nae participate in the qualifying roonds or the main draw. Players ranked 17–80 in the Warld rankins war seedit in qualifying. The follaein 15 amateur players war invited tae compete in qualifying:
Main stage centuries
84 century breaks war made bi 21 players during the main stage o the Warld Championship.
Qualifying stage centuries
111 century braks – includin a maximum brak – war made bi 53 players during the qualifying stage o the Warld Championship.
Coverage
The toornament wis broadcast live in the UK bi BBC TV and BBC Online, as well as on Eurosport. The event wis an aw broadcast bi Warld Snooker internationally on Facebook, daein sae for the seicont time. Coverage for the qualifying event wis an aw broadcast on Facebook, an the Eurosport Player.
Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae is the name o a faimily, the ginger faimily, o flouerin plants consisting o aromatic perennial yerbs wi creepin horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprisin aboot 52 genera an mair nor 1300 species, distributit throughoot tropical Africae, Asie, an the Americas.
LOR
LOR mey refer tae:
In addeetion, Lor mey refer tae:
Caseros, Buenos Aires
Caseros is a ceety in Buenos Aires Province, Argentinae. It is the heid toun o the Tres de Febrero Partido which forms pairt o the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation.
In 1852 the aurie wis the steid o a important battle in Argentine history, the Battle o Caseros.
Medio San Juan
Medio San Juan is a municipality an toun in the Chocó Depairtment, Colombie.
San Juan Coatzospam
San Juan Coatzospam is a toun an municipality in Oaxaca in sooth-wastren Mexico. The municipality covers a aurie o 63.79 km². It is pairt o the Teotitlán Destrict in the north o the Cañada Region.
As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 2019.
John Deighan (kirk)
John Deighan, B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc, is the Pairlamentary Officer o the "Catholic Church’s Parliamentary Office" in Scotland syne 1999. Afore jynin the Kirk's pairlamentary office he wrocht as a computin lecturer an as an ingineer in the nuclear an aero-ingine industries.
He is mairiet on Angela an haes sieven youthie bairns.
Liaobu
Liaobu (寮步) is a toun unner the jurisdiction o Dongguan prefectur-level ceety in Guangdong province, soothren Cheenae. It is verra accessible tae Hong Kong. You mey travel bi bus tae Lowu an switch tae KCR tae go tae Hong Kong. It shares the same wather condeetion as tae that o the ither provinces o Dongguan an o Hong Kong. Factories are iverywhaur. Thare is a smaw street namit mei shi jie wharein you can fynd a nummer o restaurants which are quite affordable wi generous servins. Thare is a destrict where ootlets o famous buists like Adidas, Nike an some Cheenese buists like Yishion, Anta, Peak an Erke are present an aw.
It is a busy destrict but it is quiet durin nicht time. It is quite enjoyable to stroll along the aurie durin nicht when the wather is no vera hot onymair.
Rodas
Rodas is a municipality an ceety in the Cienfuegos Province o Cuba.
It wis foondit in 1859 unner the name o Lechuzo. In 1879 it wis renamit Rodas in honour o capitán general Caballero de Rodas. The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Ariza, Cabecera, Cartagena, Ciego Montero, Congojas, Jabacoa, Limones, Medidas, Santiago, Soledad an Turquino.
Demografics
In 2004, the municipality o Rodas haed a population o 33,477. Wi a total aurie o 552 km2, it haes a population densitie o 60.6 /km2.
Despicable Me 2
Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 Merican filum distreebutit by Universal Pictures an Illumination Entertainment. Hit is the sequel o the 2010 filum Despicable Me.
Karl Leopold, Duke o Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Karl Leopold, Duke o Mecklenburg-Schwerin (26 November 1678 – 28 November 1747) wis Duke o Mecklenburg-Schwerin frae 1713 tae 1747.
Tarja Cronberg
Tarja Cronberg (née Mattila, born 29 Juin 1943 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politeecian an umwhile Meenister o Labour. She wis an aw a Member o the Finnish Parliament (2003–2007), representin the Green League. She wis electit as the chairperson o her pairty in 2005 an remained in this position till 2009, when she wis replacit bi Anni Sinnemäki.
Cronberg haes been the director o the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. Cronberg wis born in Helsinki, Finland an currently resides in Polvijärvi. She haes twa Ph.D. degrees, in technology (frae Lund University, Swaden) an in business admeenistration (frae Copenhagen Business Schuil, Denmark). Cronberg haes wirkit in various positions in baith business an education, such as an associate professorship at the Technical University o Denmark, amang ithers.
Learin
Learin is the process o acquirin new, or modifyin existin, knawledge, behaviours, skills, vailyies, or preferences.
Tarja Cronberg
She is fluent in seiven leids. She wis diagnosed wi breast cancer at the turn o the year 2008/2009.
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Viktoriya Viktorovna Tolstoganova (Виктория Викторовна Толстоганова; born 24 Mairch 1972, Moscow) is a Roushie actress.
Biografie
She graduatit frae GITIS an VGIK an made her debut in "The Day Duty" 1997 short film. Tolstoganova is an actress o the Moscow Art Theatre an aw, whare she played in "We Start a New Life, or the Oginski Polonaise", "The Masquerade", "Khlestakov" an "The Twelfth Night" performances. She played in such stagins as "The Plasticine", "Shopping & Fucking" an "Boris Godunov" an aw.
She wis twice marriet an haes three childer.
Career
In 2003 Tolstoganova played the role o Marina in The Magnetic Storms. In 2004, she wis selectit tae help chose the recipients o Roushie's Triumph Prize winners. In 2007, she played a prostitute in the film May. In 2010, she starred in the Klim Shipenko directit Who am I? playin a provincial journalist.
Yawn
A yawn is a reflex conseestin o the simultaneous inhalation o air an the stretchin o the eardrums, follaed bi an exhalation o braith.
Joey Barton
Joey Barton (born 2 September, 1982) is a fitbaa player that hails frae Ingland, but is o Irish ancestry. He played his gemme wi Newcastle Unitit F.C. amang ither clubs.
Efter the Warld Cup in 2006, Barton suggyresded Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard cashed in on Ingland's puir performance by settin furth beuks aboot it. He said "Ingland did naething in that warld cup, sae why are thay bringin beuks oot? 'We gat beat in the quarter-feenals, a played like shite, here's ma beuk' Who wants tae read that? A daen't".
Barton haes been in tribble wi the polis efter a fecht wi Ousmane Dabo in Apryle 2007.
Tuti, Estonie
Tuti is a veelage in Rapla Pairish, Rapla Coonty in northwastren Estonie.
Oedipus complex
The Oedipus complex (an aw spelled Œdipus complex) is a concept o psychoanalytic theory. Sigmund Freud introduced the concept in his Interpretation of Dreams (1899) an creatit the expression in his A Special Type of Choice of Object made by Men (1910). The positive Oedipus complex refers tae a bairn's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent an hatred for the same-sex paurent. The negative Oedipus complex refers tae a child's unconscious sexual deseer for the same-sex paurent an hatred for the opposite-sex parent.
Porretta Terme
Porretta Terme is a toun o the Rhine Valley Tuscan-Emilian Apennines in the province o Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Kent syne Roman times for its thermal springs, but it is kent as a center for winter sports an aw thanks tae the nearbi touns o Corno alle scale, Abetone, Monte Cimone.
Porretta Terme is locatit aboot 60 km sooth-wast o Bologna an borders the follaein municipalities: Gaggio Montano, Granaglione, Castel di Casio, Lizzano in Belvedere.
Pablo Podestá, Buenos Aires
Pablo Podestá is a toun in Tres de Febrero Partido o Buenos Aires Province, Argentinae. It is locatit in the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration.
Name
The toun is namit efter Argentine actor Pablo Podestá (22 November 1875 - 26 Apryle 1923).
Karl Marx
Karl Marx (5t Mey 1818 in Trier, Germany – 14t Mairch 1883 in Lunnon, UK) wis a German philosopher and poleitical thinker that wrat aboot economics an politics. His first beuk wis the Communist Manifesto, written thegither wi Friedrich Engels in 1848. In this beuk thay set oot the ideas an ettles o the Communist muvement for the first time. His theories wis gien the name Marxism efterhaund, baith bi thaim that gree'd wi him an thaim that criticeesed him.
His maist important contreibution is thocht tae be his beuk Das Kapital that wis written ower monie decades; in it he analeesed, criticeesed, an gied the name tae the seestem o caipitalism. For the maist pairt it disagreed wi leiberal economic views an haes led tae gran debates atween its supporters an detractors. Juist the ae volume haed been feenisht bi the time Marx dee'd; Engels teuk his jots an completit twa mair volumes.
Karl Marx wis born in Trier, Germany, on the 5th o May, 1818, and dee'd on the 14th o Mairch, 1883,
PAE
PAE or Pae mey refer tae:
Sundial
A sundial meisurs solar time. It daes this acause the sun seems tae muive athort the lift. It merks the times o the day a shaidae is cuist on merkit pynts o the sundial. A body merks the sundial wi the time that the shaidae wis cuist. Ye can syne see the time. Thare's a few common sundial kynds sic as the plain yaird sundial. Houaniver, sundials can be biggit onygate whaur a stelt object cuists an expectit shaidae. Sundials can shaw - the time, the date, the time tae sundoun an the time frae the keek o day.
Auncient Egyp haed sundials. Ither culturs developed thaim further, includin the Greeks and Romans.
Lor, Armenie
Lor (Լոր) is a veelage an rural commonty (municipality) in the Syunik Province o Armenie. The Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie (ARMSTAT) reportit its population as 420 in 2010, up frae 355 at the 2001 census.
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American ainimatit sitcom creatit bi Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction o wirkin-cless life, epitomised bi the Simpson faimily, that conseests o Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, an Maggie. The shaw is set in the feectional toun o Springfield an parodies American cultur an society, telly, an the human condeetion.
Limpio
The ceety o Limpio (umwhile kent as Tapúa) is locatit in the Central Depairtment, Paraguay. It wis foondit on 2 Februar 1785, bi the Friar Luís de Bolaños unner the name o San José de los Campos Limpios de Tapúa.
It wis ane o the first centers o Spaingie–Guaraní crossbreedin. It is bordered bi three rivers: The Paraguay River, the Salado River an the San Francisco River. Its saunt patron is Saunt Joseph.
Sister
A sister is a female siblin.
Valtu
The main biggin wis burned durin the Revolution o 1905. Its ruins wur destroyed, but several ootbiggins hae been restored. A Dutch windmill biggit aboot 1815 on the steid an the Manor are offeecially leetit as pairt o Estonie's cultural heritage.
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
Todos Santos is a smaw coastal toun at the fuithills o the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, on the Pacific coast side o the Baja California Peninsula, aboot a oor's drive north o Cabo San Lucas on Heich-gate 19 an a oor's drive soothwast frae La Paz. Todos Santos is locatit vera near the Tropic o Cancer in the municipality o La Paz. The population wis 5,148 at the census o 2010. It is the seicont-lairgest toun in the municipality.
History
The mission at wha is nou Todos Santos, Misión Santa Rosa de las Palmas wis foondit bi faither Jaime Bravo in 1723. In 1724 it wis renamit Nuestra Señora del Pilar de La Paz. Locatit athort the street tae the soothwast frae the smaw toun plaza, this mission contains the statue o the Virgin o Pilar, which is the focus o Todos Santos' main festival in October.
Durin the Mexican American War the Skirmish o Todos Santos, last battle o the war, wis focht near the toun on 30 Mairch 1848.
Durin the 19t century follaein the secularization o the missions, Todos Santos thrivit as the Baja sugarcane caipital, supportin aicht succar mills at the end o the 19t Century. Anerly ane existit bi the time the toun’s freshwatter spring dree'd up in 1950 an that last mill closed in 1965.
Todos Santos faced a bleak futur till, the spring came back tae life in 1981 an the Mexican Govrenment pavit Heich-gate 19 in the mid 1980s. The heich-gate brocht tourists an the rich fermlands hae been revivit. The toun nou prospers frae ferming vegetables, chilies, avocados, papayas an mangoes; frae fishin an ranchin an aw.
Contemporar Todos Santos
Thare are mony bonnie beaches athin a 15 minute drive o Todos Santos. Housomeivver, some o the aurie’s beaches, wi rip tides, unnertows, an fairly steep drop affs that are close tae shore, are no considered safe for swimmin. Playa Las Palmas an Playa Los Cerritos are great beaches for soummin an shell collectin. San Pedrito Pynt, Los Cerritos an ither local surf breaks attract surfers frae aroond the warld. Thare are mony accommodations baith at San Pedrito an at Cerritos beach.
Todos Santos wis namit a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2006.
Sigmaringen (destrict)
Sigmaringen is a destrict (Kreis) in the sooth o Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neebourin destricts are (frae north clockwise) Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance, Tuttlingen, an Zollernalbkreis.
History
The aurie o the destrict wis awned bi several different states historically. afore 1800 it wis split atween mony minor rulers, then it became the border aurie atween the Baden an Württemberg, an embeddit in atween wis the duchy Sigmaringen.
The duchy Sigmaringen became pairt o Kinrick o Proushie in 1849, at that time it haed the Oberamt Sigmaringen an the Oberamt Gammertingen. Baith wur mergit intae the Landkreis Sigmaringen in 1925. In 1973 the destrict wis enlairgit bi addin municipalities frae the neebourin destricts Saulgau, Stockach, Überlingen an Reutlingen. A roughly equal portion o the destricts aurie came frae aw the three historic states.
Geografie
The destrict is locatit in the muntains o the Swabian Alb, Linzgau an Upper Swabie.
Charles o Lorraine, Duke o Elbeuf (1596-1657)
Charles o Lorraine, Duke o Elbeuf (5 November 1596 – 5 November 1657), wis a French nobleman, the son o Charles I, Duke o Elbeuf, bi his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeedit his faither tae the teetle Dke o Elbeuf in 1605.
Mairiage
On 20 Juin 1619 he mairit Catherine Henriette de Bourbon, cried "Mademoiselle de Vendôme", an illegitimate dochter o Keeng Henry IV o Fraunce bi Gabrielle d'Estrées.
Joachim Murat
Marshal o Fraunce an Grand Admiral or Admiral o Fraunce Joachim-Napoléon Murat ( (born Joachim Murat; Gioacchino Napoleone Murat; 25 Mairch 1767 – 13 October 1815) 1st Prince Murat, wis Grand Duke o Berg frae 1806 tae 1808 an then Keeng o Naples frae 1808 tae 1815. He received his titles in pairt bi bein the brither-in-law o Napoleon Bonaparte, throu marriage tae Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte. He wis notit as a darin an charismatic cavalry officer as well as a flamboyant dresser an wis kent as "the Dandy Keeng".
Brither
A brither is a male siblin. Awtho the term teepically refers to the consanguineal relationship, it is whiles uised endearinly tae refer tae non-consanguineal relationships.
Musaceae
The Musaceae ( or ) are a faimily o flouerin plants, placed in the order Zingiberales.
Hadoa
The genus Hadoa comprises lairge-boukit Cicadidae occurrin in Wastren North Americae. Till recently, these species wur aw in the genus Tibicen, which haes nou been redefined so as tae include anerly a few European species, whilk species frae the Eastren US are nou placit in a separate genus, Neotibicen.
Coat o airms o Liberie
The Coat o Airms o Liberie consists o a shield containin a picture o 19t century ships arrivin in Liberie. The ship seembolizes the ships that brocht the freed slaves frae the Unitit States tae Liberie. Abuin the shield the naitional motto o Liberie appears on a scroll: The love of liberty brought us here, an belaw the shield anither scroll contains the offeecial name o the kintra, Republic o Liberie.
The plow an the shovel represent the dignity o labor an haurd wirk throu which the naition will prosper. The risin sun in the backgrund represents the birth o a naition. The palm tree, the naition's maist versatile soorce o fuid, represents prosperity.
The white dove wi a scroll represents the breath o peace.
Ohekatku
Ohekatku is a veelage in Kehtna Pairish, Rapla Coonty in northren-central Estonie.
Abbécourt
Abbécourt is a commune. It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France.
Denmark–Turkey relations
History
These relations date back 250 years an actually stairtit in the field o trade in the 18th century. On 14 October 1756, an Agreement o Friendship an Trade wis signed bi the Sultan Osman III an the Keeng Frederick V. In 1758, Denmark haes appyntit an extraordinary representative tae the Ottoman Empire.
Thirty Years' War
Frae 1618 tae 1648, Denmark an the Ottoman Empire focht taegither against the Haly Roman Empire as allies, frae 1618 tae 1629. In 1643, Denmark aligned wi the Catholic pouers against Ottoman Empire an Swaden.
Great Northren War
In the Great Northren War, Denmark an the Ottoman Empire wur at war against each ither.
French Revolutionary Wars
In the War o the Second Coaleetion, Denmark an the Ottoman Empire were at war against each ither.
Napoleonic Wars
Baith Denmark, Fraunce an the Ottoman Empire wur allies durin the Napoleonic Wars frae 1803 tae 1815, against Unitit Kinrick, Austrick, Roushie an Swaden.
20th century
During the Turkis–Armenie War in 1920, Denmark actit as a mediator in the war atween Armenie an Turkey. A commercial agreement wis signed in Ankara (Angora) in 1926. A Treaty o Establishment, Commerce and Navigation wis signed atween Denmark an Turkey in 1930. In 1932, baith kintras signed a conciliation treaty in Geneva, Swisserland. In 1948, a payment agreement were signed.