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Fidelio
Fidelio is an example of a “rescue opera”, a type of opera which was popular at the time. The hero (or heroine) has to fight against cruel people in order to rescue a lover. It was written at the time of the French Revolution. At this time, ideas about freedom and peace were being talked about by everyone, and this led to wars all over Europe. The famous Prisoners’ Chorus is a song for freedom, just like the last movement of his Ninth Symphony.
Beethoven spent some time working on the opera before he was completely happy with it. The first time it was performed (in 1805) it was a three-act opera called Leonore. There were a lot of French military officers in the audience and they thought they were being criticised. In 1806 it was performed again with two acts and a new overture (now known as "Overture: Leonore No. 3"). But arguments between Beethoven and the theatre management meant there were no more performances. Eight years later Beethoven revised his opera again. This time it was called Fidelio, and it was a great success. It has remained a famous opera ever since.
Act I
Jaquino is a prison guard. He wants to marry Marzelline, the daughter of Rocco who is the warden of the prison. But Marzelline has just fallen in love with someone she thinks is a man called Fidelio. Actually Fidelio is a woman who has dressed up as a man so that she can get into the prison where her husband Florestan is a prisoner (he has been arrested for political reasons). She is pretending to return Marzelline’s love so that she can find a way of rescuing Florestan. Rocco says he is happy for Marzelline to marry Fidelio. Fidelio (Leonore) says she will help Rocco with his job of looking after the prisoners. Rocco says she can do this, but there is one prisoner she is not allowed to guard. He has been locked up alone for two years. Leonore thinks it may be her husband, but she is not sure.
Don Pizarro, the military governor of the prison, hears that the prison is going to be looked at by inspectors who make sure that the prison is being properly managed. He knows that he should not have locked Florestan up, so decides to kill him before the inspection starts. He asks Rocco to dig the grave so that he can get rid of the body quickly. Rocco does not want to do this, but has to agree.
Leonore lets the prisoners have a walk in the garden. Rocco tells Leonore that he must help him dig the grave. Rocco is very cross that the prisoners are walking in the garden, but Rocco says they should be allowed because it is the King’s name-day. Rocco says they should be locked up again. So he locked them again.
Act II
Florestan sits alone in his cell. In his mind he imagines an angel who looks like his wife who is telling him to come to Heaven.
Leonore goes with Rocco to the prisoner. She is still not sure whether it is her husband. She gives him some bread. When Pizarro comes he gets ready to kill Florestan, but Leonore stands between them and tells Pizarro she will shoot him if he comes nearer. A trumpet is heard playing a fanfare because the Minister is arriving.
Outside the prison the Minister says that all the prisoners are now free. He is horrified to find Florestan among the prisoners, because he is his friend. The crowd ask for Pizarro to be punished. Leonore frees her husband from his chains and the crowd say that she is a great heroine.
The Overtures
Beethoven made several changes to the opera at different times. This included writing four different overtures. They are called "Leonore 1", "Leonore 2", "Leonore 3" and "Fidelio". The overture "Fidelio" is the one that is normally heard now at the beginning of the opera. "Leonore 2" was the overture performed at the first performance in 1805. "Leonore 3", composed in 1806, is the most famous of the overtures. "Leonore 1" may have been written in 1805, or it may have been intended for a performance in 1807 in Prague which never took place ". Sometimes the "Leonore 3" overture is played during Act II between the two scenes.  However, many people think it does not work dramatically there.  It is usually heard today as a separate concert piece.  The overture "Fidelio" was composed for performances of the opera in 1814.
Toome
Toome (or Toomebridge) is a village in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. It is 7 mi from Magherafelt and 11 mi from Antrim. It is close to the River Bann.
Population facts
On 29 April 2001 the United Kingdom government had a census and saw that there were 722 people living in Toome. They also saw that:
Ace Wilder
Alice Kristina Ingrid Gernandt (born 23 July 1982 in Stockholm), better known by her stage name Ace Wilder, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is best known for taking part in Melodifestivalen 2014 were she placed second behind Sanna Nielsen.
Gender bias in science
Gender bias is a set of words used in social science that causes a bias, or slant, in scientific studies towards one gender. Studies with gender bias do not represent the true gender balance.
Gender bias has many causes:
Puschendorf
Puschendorf is a municipality in Fürth in Bavaria in Germany.
Façade
A façade is usually one side of the outside of a building. It is very often the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The word comes from French word façade, literally meaning "frontage" or "face".
Moordiek
Moordiek is a municipality of the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Francisco Sobrino
Francisco Sobrino (1932 – 11 May 2014) was a Spanish sculptor from Guadalajara, Spain. His career began in 1959 when he moved to Paris to have a start in his career. His works can be seen in Tel Aviv, Guadalajara, Chicago, Madrid, New York City, and Paris. Sobrino was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but was raised in Madrid, Spain.
Sobrino died in Paris, France, aged 82.
Pouzauges
Pouzauges is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
1500s
The 1500s was a decade that started on 1 January 1500 and ended on 31 December 1509.
2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was held in China from 5 to 16 October.
Dovlatov (movie)
Dovlatov (Довлатов) is a 2018 Russian Polish Serbian biographical drama movie directed by Aleksei German. It stars Milan Marić, Danila Kozlovsky, Anton Shagin, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Elena Lyadova and Piotr Gąsowski.
Fantasia (music)
The fantasia (from fantasia; also fantasy, fancy, phantasy, Fantasie, Phantasie, fantaisie) is a musical composition with its style in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it rarely follows any rules of strict musical form (as with the impromptu).
Ichtegem
Ichtegem is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
In 2007, 13493 people lived there.
It is at 51° 05 North, 03° 00 East.
Nikolai Ivanov
Nikolai Nikolaevich Ivanov (22 January 1943 – 11 December 2020) was a Russian actor. He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. His career began in 1961. His best known roles were as Kolka in The Red Tent (1969), Pytor in The Love of Mankind (1972) and as Colonel Victor in Battle of Moscow (1985).
Ivanov died on 11 December 2020 in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the age of 77.
Archbishop
In Christianity, an archbishop is an important bishop. The jurisdiction or area governed of an archbishop; an archdiocese; is called an archbishopric. In the Catholic Church, when a bishop becomes an archbishop, he is not given any more Holy Orders or any other sacrament. The word comes from the Greek αρχι, which means "first" or "chief", and επισκοπος, which means "over-seer" or "supervisor".
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (born December 15, 1938) is a Paraguayan politician. He was the President of Paraguay from August 15, 1993 until August 15, 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party, and the country's first civilian president in 39 years.
In 2002, Wasmosy was convicted of defrauding the Paraguayan state and was himself sentenced to four years in prison. The sentence was later appealed.
Manning, Oregon
Manning is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Manning was named for Martin Manning, who took up a land claim there in 1865.
Jim Vance
James Howard "Jim" Vance III (January 10, 1942 – July 22, 2017) was an American television news anchor in Washington, D.C..
In 1972, Vance became WRC-TV's main co-anchor, as one of the first African Americans to serve in this position at any American television station. Between 1972 and 1976, Vance worked as co-anchor with Glenn Rinker at WRC-TV. Between 1976 and 1980, Vance co-anchored with Sue Simmons, a pairing that resulted in one of the first, if not the first, African-American co-anchors of a major market newscast.
Vance died on July 22, 2017 in Washington, D.C. following a short battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 75. At the time of his death, Vance was the region's longest-serving television news anchor with more than 45 years at WRC-TV.
Li Yaowen
Li Yaowen (1 May 1918 – 10 April 2018) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.
He was an alternate member of the 11th CPC Central Committee, a member of the 12th CPC Central Committee, and a member of the Central Advisory Commission.
Kuta
Kuta is a town in southern Bali, Indonesia. Once it was a fishing village. It was one of the first towns on Bali to become popular with tourists. It is one of Indonesia's major tourist destinations. It has a long sandy beach, and many restaurants and bars. It is near Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport.
On October 12, 2002, a series of bombings killed more than 200 people in Kuta. The bombings happened outside two nightclubs.
Malik (artist)
Malik (born William Tai; 2 January 1948 – 11 December 2020) was a French-born Belgian comics artist. He was born in Paris. He drew many works under the pseudonym Phénix. He was best known for his works with Bédéadult and Cupidon.
Malik died on 11 December 2020 from injuries caused by a house fire in Wallonia, Belgium at the age of 72.
Hollie Pihl
Holger Mathew Pihl, Jr. (September 23, 1928 – October 3, 2018) was an American Republican politician and judge. He was the Circuit Court Judge of Washington County, Oregon until 1995, and then a Senior Judge until his retirement in 2005. He was appointed to the court by Oregon Governor Tom McCall in 1976.
Pihl was born in Portland, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon and at Northwestern University. Pihl died on October 3, 2018 in Manning, Oregon at the age of 90.
La Bastide-de-Bousignac
La Bastide-de-Bousignac  is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Cat Bordhi
She also wrote a novel called Treasure Forest. It was a Nautilus Book Award winner in 2004.
Exonym and endonym
An exonym is a name of a person, a people group, language, or place used by people of other places and languages. An endonym is a name that people of a certain place and language call themselves. For example, the endonym of Germany is Deutschland, because that is what Germans call their country, and Germans call themselves and their language Deutsch. On the other hand, Germany and German are its exonym because English speakers, who are not German, use those names to describe it.
This is actually very common across languages for several reasons. One reason is because the sounds for an endonym may not exist in certain languages. It would be difficult for speakers of other languages to say them, so speakers of other languages make an exonym. For example, words in Japanese cannot end in any consonant that is not an "n" sound, and for that reason, Deutsch is Doitsu in Japanese. Japanese also adds Japanese morphemes so that there is no confusion between the country, the people, and the language. The German people are Doitsujin, in which -jin means people, and the name of the German language is Doitsugo, in which -go means language. While the country, people, and language of Laos can all be called Lao in English, they are called Raosu, Rasoujin, and Raosugo in Japanese in that same order.
Another reason why a country might call another country a different name is because people from a certain country might have different ideas about those people or associate them with certain things. For example, even though Greeks call their country Hellas, their country is known around the world as Greece because the Roman Empire named the region after Magna Graecia, which were coastal areas in southern Italy that were colonized by Greeks in the early days of Rome. Germany has a very large number of exonyms, being called Allemagne in French, Niemcy in Polish, and Saksa in Finnish. This is because Germany has interacted with many other European countries and the Germans were a collection of tribes speaking similar languages until they unified into a country in the late 19th century. Even though the Dutch call themselves Nederlanders in their own language, English speakers call them Dutch (a cognate of the German word Deutsch) because the words German and Dutch used to be interchangeable until Germany unified in the 1800s. From then on, German was used to describe people from Germany, while Dutch was used to describe people from the Netherlands.
Even though in Mandarin Chinese China is called Zhōngguó, meaning the "Middle Kingdom" or the "Central States", most other countries calls it China. It is believed that the word China cam from the word Qín, in which the Qin dynasty unified China. However, there are a few exceptions. In Japanese, it is called Chūgoku, which has the same meaning as the Chinese name, except it uses the Japanese pronunciation for the Chinese characters for the name 中國 / 中国. In Korean, it is called Jungguk for the same reason. In Russian, China is called Kitay.
A third reason why a country might call another place a different name is because a language can borrow a name from another language. Even though Japan is called Nippon or Nihon in Japanese, the word passed on to Europe through many different languages, all of which were very different from Japanese. Marco Polo heard about Kublai Khan sending soldiers to Cipangu, which in Chinese characters is 日本, which means "Sun's Origin". When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in the mid-16th century, who were the first Europeans to directly trade with Japan, they called the country Japão based on an old Malay word, which was borrowed from a southern Chinese dialect. Thus, most other countries call the country Japan. A few exceptions are Chinese, which call it Rìběn based on the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese characters, and Korean, which call it Ilbon based on the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters. Also, while many countries call European cities by their endonym, including Roma, Praha, Köln, and Napoli, the English names of many European cities are noticeably different, which are called Rome, Prague, Cologne, and Naples in the same order. These names were borrowed from French. Since French was the official language of England from the Norman invasion to King Henry V, many of the cities names came into English through French.
Münsterdorf
Münsterdorf is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Puy-de-Serre
Puy-de-Serre is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Prince George Cougars
The Prince George Cougars are a Canadian ice hockey team. They began playing in 1994. The team currently plays in the Western Hockey League. They play their home games in Prince George, British Columbia at the CN Centre. They were originally known as the Victoria Cougars from 1971 to 1994 before relocating to Prince George in 1994. Their most successful playoff run was in the 2006–07 WHL season when they swept Kamloops Blazers and defeated the Everett Silvertips but were defeated in conference finals to the Vancouver Giants.
Isaac Isaacs
Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB GCMG KC (6 June 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian judge and politician. He served as the Chief Justice of Australia from 2 April 1930 until 21 January 1931. He also served as the 9th, and first Australian-born, Governor-General from 21 January 1931 until 23 January 1936.
Isaacs was born in Melbourne, Victoria. His parents, German-born Alfred Isaacs and English-born Rebecca Abrahams, were Jewish immigrants. He was married to Deborah "Daisy" Jacobs (c. 1870–1960) from 1888 until Isaacs' death. He had two daughters. He was strongly against Zionism.
Isaacs died after an illness on 11 February 1948 in South Yarra, Melbourne, aged 92. He was given a state funeral and was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery after a synagogue service.
Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan is a commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is the prefecture (capital) of the Landes department. and the capital of the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan. It is also the capital of 2 cantons in the department: Mont-de-Marsan-1 and Mont-de-Marsan-2.
Puyravault, Vendée
Puyravault is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Mont-de-Marsan
Geography
Mont-de-Marsan is at the confluence of two rivers, the Douze and the Midou, forming the river Midouze just in the centre of the city.
It has an area of 36.9 km2, and its average altitude is 60 m; at the city hall, the altitude is 52 m.
Mont-de-Marsan is surrounded by the communes Uchacq-et-Parentis, Saint-Avit, Mazerolles, Bretagne-de-Marsan, Saint-Pierre-du-Mont and Campet-et-Lamolère.
Climate
The climate of Mont-de-Marsan is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers.
The average temperature for the year in Mont-de-Marsan is 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 21.4 °C (70.5 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 6.2 °C (43.2 °F).
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Mont-de-Marsan is 693.4 mm. The month with the most precipitation on average is October with 71.1 mm of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is August with an average of 40.6 mm.
Population
With a population of 31,009, Mont-de-Marsan has a population density of inhabitants/km2.
Evolution of the population in Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan forms, together with Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, the urban area of Mont-de-Marsan with a population of 40,671 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 63.1 km2. This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Mont-de-Marsan, formed by 47 communes, with a population of 70,724 inhabitants (2013) and an area of 1027.9 km2.
Armen Movsisyan
Armen Movsisyan Արմեն Մովսիսյան; 13 January 1962 – 21 September 2015) was an Armenian politician. He was the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources from 18 April 2001 until 30 April 2014. He was born in Kapan.
Mont-de-Marsan
Administration
Mont-de-Marsan is the prefecture of the Landes department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of two cantons:
Armen Movsisyan
Movsisyan died from cancer on 21 September 2015 in Germany, aged 53.
Mont-de-Marsan
Twin towns
Mont-de-Marsan is twinned with:
Namesake
A namesake is a person named after another person. In general, a thing (such as a company, place, ship, building, or idea) named after a person or thing that first had the name.
Family
Naming a child after a relative, friend, or well-known person is common in the English-speaking world. When a son is named for his father, they add "Jr."/"II", "III'", or another suffix to the name of the son.
Concepts
Buildings, such as the Trump Tower (named after Donald Trump, and companies, like the Ford Motor Company (named after Henry Ford, are often named for their founders or owners. A city may be named after someone. For example, Lawrence, Kansas is named after Amos Adams Lawrence.
38th parallel north
The 38th parallel (north) is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
It's best known as the line that splits North and South Korea.
Ludwig Rellstab
Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Rellstab (13 April 1799 – 27 November 1860) was a German poet and music critic. He was born and died in Berlin.
The first seven songs of Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang have words by Rellstab, who had left them in 1825 with Beethoven, whose assistant Anton Schindler passed them on to Schubert. His work was also set to music by Franz Liszt.
He is also known to have given Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 its famous nickname Moonlight Sonata.
Independence Day (Nigeria)
Independence Day is a special day on 1 October every year. On that day, the government and people of Nigeria celebrate the country's independence from Britain in 1960. From 1901 to 1960, the United Kingdom ruled Nigeria. By 1960 the people wanted independence, and Britain finally let them have it.
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast (Тамбо́вская о́бласть, Tambovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is an oblast. Its administrative center (capital city) is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994.
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of paper or cardboard, which is intended to send a short message by post. Usually, a postcard is mailed without an envelope. Modern postcards usually have a photo or an image on one side of the card, the other side contains space for writing the address and a short message. The first postcards were used in the second half of the 19th century. Today, many people send postcards when they are on holiday. The designs of post cards have evolved since the early ages and many prefer to send personalized post cards now which gives a personal touch or adds a feeling or emotion to it.
Other websites
www.cpaphil.com Cpaphil is the largest site offering more than 1m vintage postcards online
Tambov Oblast
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Flare star
A flare star is a variable star that becomes very much brighter unpredictably for a few minutes at a time.
Flares happen on flare stars in a similar way to solar flares. They are magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere of stars. The brightness increases across the spectrum, from X rays to radio waves.
The first known flare stars were discovered in 1924, they were V1396 Cygni and AT Microscopii. Still the best-known flare star is UV Ceti, that star was discovered in 1948. Today similar flare stars are classified as UV Ceti type variable stars in variable star catalogs. Flares can happen once every few days or, as in the case of Barnard's Star, much less frequently. Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Solar System, is also a flare star.
Most flare stars are dim red dwarfs, although less massive (lighter) brown dwarfs might also be able to flare. The more massive (heavier) RS Canum Venaticorum variables (RS CVn) are also known to flare, but scientists understand that a companion star in a binary system causes these flares. This companion star disturbs the magnetic field. Nine stars similar to the Sun have also been seen to flare. There is a suggestion that this happens for similar reasons to the flares of the RS CVn variables. A companion causes the flares, this companion is a massive planet like the planet Jupiter that orbits the flaring star closely.
Nearby flare stars
Flare stars are give off relatively little light, but have been found as far away as 1,000 light years from Earth.
Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri is closer to the sun than any other star and is a flare star. Proxima Centauri increases its brightness randomly and magnetic force causes this. Convection creates a magnetic field throughout the matter in Proxima Centauri, and this leads to flaring with a total X-ray output similar to that of the Sun though the sun is much more massive (heavier) than Proxima Centauri.
Wolf 359
The flare star Wolf 359 is another star relatively near the Solar System in the constellation of Leo and has other names (designations) as well. It is a red dwarf of spectral class M6.5 and emits X-rays. It is a UV Ceti flare star, and flares relatively often.
The mean (average) magnetic field varies significantly during periods of time as short as six hours. By comparison, the magnetic field of the Sun averages 1 G (100 µT), although it can rise as high as 3 kG (0.3 T) in active sunspot regions.
Barnard's Star
Barnard's Star is the second nearest star system to our sun and scientists suspect it is a flare star.
TVLM513-46546
TVLM513-46546 is the name scientists give to a flare star with very low mass. This small star is only just heavy enough to count as a red dwarf.
Friedrich Rittelmeyer
Friedrich Rittelmeyer (5 October 1872 – 23 March 1938) was a German Protestant theologian. He was born in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria. From 1895 to 1922 he worked as a Lutheran pastor in Würzburg, Nuremberg and Berlin. In 1922 he became the founder (and leader up to his death) of The Christian Community, a christian denomination, inspired by anthroposophy. He died in Hamburg.
Family Guy (season 1)
The first season of the animated comedy show Family Guy aired on Fox from April 4 to May 16, 1999. The first season of Family Guy has seven episodes. The show is about the dysfunctional Griffin family. The family consist of father Peter, mother Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie, and their anthropomorphic (having human abilities) dog Brian. They all live in their hometown of Quahog, Rhode Island. The show features the voices of the show's creator Seth MacFarlane. Other voice actors include Alex Borstein, Seth Green, and Lacey Chabert. The executive producers for the first season were David Zuckerman and MacFarlane.
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier (3 May 1914 – 4 July 2018) was a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He won the Prix Goncourt (poetry), the Grand Prize of the Académie française, and the grand prize of the Société des gens de lettres.
Family Guy (season 1)
The first episode with "Death Has a Shadow" and the ended with "Brian: Portrait of a Dog", received more positive feedback than the rest of the episodes of season one. Some critics did not like the theme of those episodes. The Volume One DVD box set, included all seven episodes and the second season. It was released in Region 1 on April 15, 2003, Region 2 on November 12, 2001, and Region 4 on October 20, 2003. The show has since been released in other television shows.
MacFarlane first thought of the idea for Family Guy in 1995. He was studying animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). There, he created his thesis movie The Life of Larry. His professor at RISD submitted the movie to Hanna-Barbera. This gave MacFarlane being hired by the company. Executives at Fox saw the movie. They contracted MacFarlane to create a show based on the characters. They called it Family Guy. While working on the show, Larry and his dog Steve, became Peter and Brian. The rest of the show's characters were added later.
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
From 1955 to 1970, he worked in Paris as secretary general of the programming committees of Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française, (which later became the ORTF). In 1956 he published Le Pain noir, a series of novels in which he told, until 1961.
He was President of the PEN of France from 1976 to 1979, where he worked in the defense of writers threatened, detained, deported or exiled. In 1980 he was Vice-President of the French Commission for UNESCO, in 1987 Vice President of International PEN, and chairman of the House of Writers which was founded in 1986 to 1990.
Clancier turned 100 in May 2014 and died on 4 July 2018 from pneumonia in Paris, aged 104.
Jessica Lokhorst
Jessica Lokhorst (born 16 August 1993) is a Dutch korfball player. She is a member of Fortuna and the Netherlands national korfball team.
Modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew (עברית חדשה) is the standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. It is the official language of Israel, where it is used in government, education, and daily life.
The roots of Modern Hebrew can be traced back to ancient Hebrew, which was used in the Bible and other religious texts. However, after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, Hebrew ceased to be a spoken language and was only used for religious purposes.
In the late 19th century, a group of Jewish scholars and writers began working to revive Hebrew as a spoken language. They developed new words and grammatical structures to adapt the language for modern use.
Modern Hebrew is spoken today by about 9 millions of people (counting native, fluent and non-fluent speakers), mostly in Israel.
Rivival
Modern Hebrew revival refers to the effort to revive Hebrew as a spoken language. Hebrew was originally a language spoken in ancient times, was not a spoken language later, and was only used for religious purposes.
In the late 19th century, a group of Jewish scholars and writers began working to revive Hebrew as a spoken language, in what is known as the Hebrew Language Revival. They developed new words and grammatical structures to adapt the language for modern use. This effort was part of the broader Zionist movement, which aimed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Wittenbergen
Wittenbergen is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Bahrenfleth
Bahrenfleth is a municipality of the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Modern Hebrew
Rivival
Through the efforts of these scholars and writers, Hebrew was once again established as a living language, and it is now the official language of Israel. Modern Hebrew has evolved to include modern terminology for fields such as science, technology, and politics, while still retaining its rich literary and religious traditions.
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 - December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor and writer. Pryor performed in movies, on television and as a stand-up comedian. He won an Emmy Award in 1973. He won five Grammy Awards (in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981 and 1982). In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay for his work on Blazing Saddles. The first ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was given to him in 1998. Pryor is listed at Number 1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.
Modern Hebrew
Classification
Modern Hebrew is classified as an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic family, the Canaanite branch of the North-West semitic subgroup.
Modern Hebrew has loanwords from many languages, including Arabic (Levantine dialect and from the Jewish Arab dialects), Aramaic, Yiddish, Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), German, Polish, Russian and English.
Richard Pryor
Pryor died of a heart attack in Encino, Los Angeles, California. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, a year after his death.
A biographical movie based on the life of Pryor is being produced by Lee Daniels and Oprah Winfrey. It will star Mike Epps as Pryor.
Personal life
Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois into an African-American family.
Health problems
Pryor had a mild heart attack in November 1977. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986. In 1990, Pryor had a second and more severe heart attack. He had triple heart bypass surgery. By the early 1990s, he needed to use a wheelchair because of his multiple sclerosis.
The freebasing incident
On June 9, 1980, during the making of the movie Bustin' Loose, Pryor set himself on fire. He was freebasing cocaine while drinking 151-proof rum. He ran down Parthenia Street from his Northridge, California, home, on fire, until stopped by police. He was taken to the hospital. Burns covered more than half of his body. Pryor spent six weeks in recovery at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital.
Marriages and relationships
Pryor was married seven times to five different women:
All of his wives, except Belaine, said there was domestic violence. Most of these times were connected to Pryor's drug use.
He had six children: Richard Jr., Elizabeth, Rain, Steven, Franklin and Kelsey.
Oberasbach
Oberasbach is a municipality in Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is 6 km southwest of Fürth, and 10 km west of Nuremberg (centre).
Stadtrat
The local council has 24 members. The election in 2014 showed the following results:
Twin towns
Oberasbach is twinned with:
Nautilus Book Awards
Nautilus Book Awards is a prize for books about social and environmental justice. It started in the United States in 1998. There is prize money. The award is to recognize books that "make a difference and inspire." The award is named for the nautilus shell, as a symbol of wisdom and growth.
Choosing winners
There are usually one gold and one or more silver awards each year. There are 24 adult and 4 children's/young adult categories.
There are three steps in choosing Nautilus Book Award winners. Editors, professors, writers, librarians, publishers, schoolteachers and bookstore owners choose. Awards need agreement at all three levels. Sometimes there may be no awards if judges do not agree. A book may win more than one award.
Black mangrove
The black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) is one of the species of mangrove commonly found in a mangrove forest. Black mangroves have aerial roots. Black mangroves can be found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas.
Rebecca Simonsson
Rebecca Stella Simonsson (born 29 September 1985) is a Swedish model and television presenter. She was part of the music group Sunblock. She presents the "after show" for the reality series Paradise Hotel.
AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland is a British and Italian company. It designs and produces civilian and military helicopters. Factories are in Italy and the United Kingdom. The company's headquarters is in Samarate, in Lombardy, Italy.
Paul Coffey
Career
Paul played 7 seasons with Edmonton, 5 season with Pittsburgh, 2 season with Los Angeles, 4 season with Detroit, 1 season with Hartford, 1 season with Philadelphia, 2 season with Raleigh, North Carolina, and 1 season with Boston.
Zola Skweyiya
Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya (14 April 1942 – 11 April 2018) was a South African politician. He was born in Simon's Town, South Africa. He worked in the cabinets of Presidents Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma.
Skweyiya was Minister of Public Service and Administration from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Social Development from 1999 to 2009. Skweyiya was re-elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress in 2007.
Skweyiya died at a Pretoria hospital on 11 April 2018 at the age of 75.
ASD Licata Calcio
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Licata 1931 is a football club which plays in Italy.
Réaumur, Vendée
Réaumur is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Rjukan
Rjukan is a city in Norway. It is in the county of Telemark. The town had 3,386 people living there in January 2007.
Masao Komatsu
Masao Komatsu (小松政夫) was a Japanese actor and comedian. He was born in Fukuoka, Japan. His career began in 1962. Komatsu was known for his roles in Kaiju funsen–Daigoro tai Goriasu (1972), Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin (1978), Station (1981), Izakaya Chōji (1983), University of Laughs (2004) and Journey to the Shore (2015).
Rjukan
Between September and March, Rjukan is in the shadow of the mountains and does not get sunlight.
Masao Komatsu
Komatsu died on December 7, 2020 from liver cancer in Tokyo at the age of 78.
Rjukan
Geology
The city lies in a narrow valley.
History
Rjukan became a city in 1996.
In 2013, large mirrors were placed on the mountainside to reflect the sun into the town square.
Flamen
In Ancient Roman religion, a flamen was one of fifteen priests assigned to major deities with state recognized cults during the Roman Republic. The most important of these were the three flamines maiores ("major priests"). They served as chief priests of the deities apart of the Archaic Triad. The other twelve were known as the flamines minores ("lesser priests"). All fifteen flamens were part of the College of Pontiffs, responsible for administering state-sponsored religion.
Rudolf Gelbard
Rudolf Gelbard (4 December 1930 – 24 October 2018) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor and political campaigner. He fought against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. He taught in schools and universities about his experiences during the Holocaust. From 1954-1963, Gelbard worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs. He later worked as a merchant, before becoming editor of the Kurier in 1975.
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England. This district includes New Plymouth City and a few smaller towns. The district has 1.7 percent of the country's people.
Rudolf Gelbard
Gelbard died in Vienna on 24 October 2018 at the age of 87.
New Plymouth
New Plymouth Airport is the 11th busiest airport in New Zealand, with regular flights to Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.
History
In 1828, Richard Barrett set up a trading post at Ngamotu after he arrived on the ship Adventure. Barrett dealt with the local Māori and bought land from them.
The British tried to occupy the area during the early 1840s. But when they arrived, they found an area with few Māori - remaining survivors of a number of inter-tribal wars. At first, land was easily bought but then as time went on, it became more difficult and Europeans wanted more and more of Maori farmland, as Maoris were returning to the area and did not want to sell the land. War finally started in 1860 and lasted for nearly 10 years, resulting in land confiscations by the British government.
Geography
The area is known for its dairy farms and its location. It is very close to both sea and mountain, with Mount Taranaki just south of the city. The volcanic cone of Mt Taranaki gives a view of the coastline. Taranaki, which is 2518 metres high, is one of the most climbed mountains in New Zealand. It is one of the places in New Zealand that attracts the most rainfall and the mountain has created a unique environment perfect for plants, alpine herb fields, and native and tropical forest. This attracts many bird species that can be observed in the National Park and surrounding areas.
Obermichelbach
Obermichelbach is a municipality in Fürth in Bavaria in Germany.
Incourt
Incourt is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.
In 2007, 4619 people lived there.
It is at 50° 41 North, 04° 48 East.
Rocheservière
Rocheservière is a commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in the west of France.
Poyenberg
Poyenberg is a municipality of the district Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
List of Ireland Test cricketers
This is a list of Ireland Test cricketers. Ireland were granted full membership and therefore Test status at the International Cricket Council's annual conference held on 22 June 2017, after having been one of the leading associate members for many years. Ireland played their first Test match in May 2018 against Pakistan at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin.
A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the ICC. Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days.
The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is a city in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The population of Prince George was 71,974 in 2011. The mayor of Prince George is Lyn Hall. It is nicknamed the "BC's Northern Capital" because it is the largest city in northern British Columbia. It is named after King George V and Prince George, Duke of Kent.
Rochetrejoux
Rochetrejoux is a commune. It is in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendée department in west France.
2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was held in China from 1 to 12 August.
Christopher Cazenove
Cazenove died of sepsis on 7 April 2010 at a London hospital, aged 66.
Kuden
Kuden is a municipality of the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat is a modernized variant of the British helicopter Westland Lynx. Its first flight was in November 2009. It is built by AgustaWestland in Yeovil, Somerset. South Korea will in 2016 be the first foreign country to use the helicopter. In the UK it will be used by British Army and Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm is the generic name of the British naval aviation, part of the Royal Navy. It has both airplanes and helicopters.
Ingelmunster
Ingelmunster is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
In 2007, 10,646 people lived there.
Karl Wiedergott
Karl Wiedergott (born February 8, 1969) is a German-born American actor. He has regularly played various voice roles in the television program The Simpsons, beginning in 1998 and quitting the show in 2010. He has also worked on The Simpsons Movie which was released July 27, 2007.
Roshni Khatri
Roshni Khatri (रोश्नी खत्री) (born February 19, 1996 in Lalitpur, Nepal) is a Nepalese model, celebrity & beauty pageant winner of Miss Nepal Earth 2016. She has also represented Nepal in Miss Earth 2016.
Gazza Zubizareta
Gazza Zubizareta (born 12 June 1996) is an actor from Indonesia. He started his film debut in Negeri 5 Menara where he played a teenager called Alif.
Tress MacNeille
Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for doing voices on the animated television series The Simpsons, Futurama, and Animaniacs, The Powerpuff Girls''. Her most famous characters on The Simpsons include Agnes Skinner, Brandine Spuckler and Lindsey Naegle, while her performance as Mom is her most notable Futurama role. She also been the voice of the penguins in the Disney TV Series Club Penguin, and the voice of Daisy Duck.
Achtrup
Achtrup (Agtrup; North Frisian: Åktoorp) is a municipality in the Nordfriesland district, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Ahmed Mohamed clock incident
Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year-old student who was arrested in Irving, Texas in September 2015. The arrest happened after a teacher, and later the police mistook a clock he had taken apart for a hoax bomb. His arrest caused a huge controversy.
US President Barack Obama invited him to The White House. President Obama and others complimented Mohamed for his inventive nature. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Hillary Rodham Clinton also gave him support.
Chico Marx
Leonard "Chico" Marx (March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian and movie star. He was one of the five Marx Brothers. In the movies, Chico talked with a pretend Italian accent and played the piano. He flirted with the ladies and wore a curly wig. In most of the movies, he got into trouble by playing pranks with his brother, Harpo.
Chico was a good pianist. As a child, he started playing with only his right hand and fake playing with his left. Chico finally learned to play the piano very well. But to be funny, he was famous for “shooting” the keys of the piano. He would play the notes with his thumb up and index finger straight; like a gun.
Personal life
Chico Marx was born in New York City. His father was born in France and worked as a tailor and his mother was from Germany. He was married twice. In 1917, he married Betty Karp. They had a daughter named Maxine. He taught her to be an actress. After a divorce, he later married Mary De Vithas. They married in 1958, three years before his death. Chico died at home of arteriosclerosis, on October 11, 1961, in Hollywood. He was the oldest brother and the first to die. He is in a mausoleum in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
F.C. AlzanoCene 1909
F.C. AlzanoCene 1909 is a football club which plays in Italy. The club was founded in 2007 with the merger between A.S.D. Football Club Alzano 1909 from Alzano Lombardo and Ardens Cene from Cene.
Vitruvian Man
The Vitruvian Man, known in Italian as L'uomo vitruviano, is a drawing made by Leonardo da Vinci in about 1490. Around the drawing are notes based on the work of the architect Vitruvius. Its original name was Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio - this means "The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius".click here to watch video explaining this topic
The drawing is done in pen and ink on paper. It is of a male figure standing in two positions, that are superimposed (drawn over the top of each other). The figure's arms and legs are drawn in two different positions, while the rest of the body stays in one position. The figure is drawn standing inside both a circle and a square.
The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy. It is displayed only occasionally.
The drawing is based on the ideal proportions of a man's body, and how this relates to geometry. This relationship was described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his treatise De architectura. Vitruvius wrote the human figure was the main source of proportion among the Classical orders of architecture. He wrote that the ideal body should be eight heads tall. Da Vinci's drawing is traditionally named in honour of the architect.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse.
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary movie about global warming directed by Davis Guggenheim, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore. The movie was first shown at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. It opened in New York and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006. The movie was released on DVD on November 21, 2006. A companion book by Gore reached Number 1 on the paperback nonfiction New York Times bestseller list on July 2, 2006. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and for Best Original Song.
An Inconvenient Truth is the story of Al Gore and his efforts to tell people about the climate change concerns. Gore says, "I've been trying to tell this story for a long time and I feel as if I've failed to get the message across." The movie closely follows a "slide show" presentation that Gore has shown throughout the world. It shows Gore's exploration of the global warming data, and predictions regarding climate change and its potential for disaster.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was created by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943. Maslow suggested that human needs could be put into five levels.
Hierarchy needs levels (pyramid)
The levels are in order of importance.