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Palazzo Vigoni
Features
The Palazzo Forti has a particular architectural, artistic, historical and cultural interest.
Structures: reinforced concrete beams and pillars
History
• Design: 1955-1959 • Execution: 1956 • reference date: 1957 - 1959
I'm Still Standing
"I'm Still Standing" is a 1983 song by Elton John. It is the second single from his 17th studio album, Too Low for Zero. It went to number 1 on music charts in Canada and Switzerland, number 2 in Ireland, number 3 in Australia, number 4 in the United Kingdom, number 8 in the Netherlands, number 9 in South Africa, number 10 in Germany, number 11 in Belgium, number 12 in the United States and number 30 in New Zealand.
No Me Queda Más
"No Me Queda Más" (There's Nothing Left For Me) is a song by Mexican-American singer Selena. It was written by Ricky Vela. Vela had fallen in love with Selena's sister, Suzette Quintanilla. He then found out she was married. Vela was angry at this and wrote down his feelings. Selena's brother and producer of her music, A.B. Quintanilla III, liked the idea of turning his words into a song. The song was then co-produced by Bebu Silvetti. It was for Selena's fourth album Amor Prohibido (1994). The song's lyrics are a reference to Vela's unreturned love.
"No Me Queda Más" is a Spanish language ballad. It was released as a single in the United States and Mexico. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks for seven weeks. The song became Selena's third number one single from her Amor Prohibido album. In 1995, it became the number-one song on the Billboard Top Latin Songs Year-End Chart. It also became the best-selling Latin single for 1995 in the United States.
The song had positive feedback from music critics. "No Me Queda Más" was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the Broadcast Music Latin Awards. However, the music video of the song won the 1995 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The music video was shot at the Houston, Texas Amtrak station and other locations in San Antonio, Texas. Since the song was released, it has been covered by several artists. It remains one of Selena's most popular songs.
Background and inspiration
"No Me Queda Más" was written by Ricky Vela. Vela was a keyboardist for Selena y Los Dinos. He had fallen in love with the drummer of the group, Suzette Quintanilla. Suzette is Selena and A.B. Quintanilla III's sister. After finding out she was married, Vela wrote about his feelings on paper. He was going to send it to Suzette. However, Selena needed more songs on what was going to be her next album. Selena's brother and music producer, A.B., decided to ask Vela if he had written anything. Vela had written songs before and some of his works were recorded by Selena. Vela told A.B. about his feelings for her sister Suzette. He showed him the paper where he wrote about how hurt he was. A.B., liked the idea of turning it into a song. They then worked together and turned it into a ballad.
Selena recorded the song at her father and manager's record studio Q-Productions. It was produced by A.B. The song was then co-produced by Bebu Silvetti. It was for Selena's fourth album, Amor Prohibido (1994).
Composition
"No Me Queda Más" is a down-tempo ballad. It also has flamenco and ranchera music in the song. It is written in key of B minor. The song has 95 beats per minute. Selena's vocal range in the song spans two octaves. "No Me Queda Más" uses traditional musical instruments such as the violin, trumpet and the Spanish guitar. Jose Behar, president of EMI Latin, asked Silvetti to mix the song. Behar believed if the song was "sweeten" it can help it's chart performance. The mixed version was then added to the re-release of Amor Prohibido. It was shown on the cover of the album as a "new version". The song's lyrics explains the pain and sorrow of a woman who was betrayed by her boyfriend. In the song, the boyfriend left her to marry another female he liked. In the end, the woman hopes for the best for them and wishes them happiness while she cries.
The song tells the story of unreturned love. Carlos Meléndez, writer for El Nuevo Dia, gave a positive feedback of the song because it had an orchestra feel to it. Meléndez also enjoyed the use of the string instrument. Ilan Stavans and Harold Augenbraum named the song a "mariachi bolero" in their book. Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News, agreed to this statement and said that it was a "mournful mariachi-style ballad".
Release and reception
Jorge Velasquez called "No Me Queda Más" a "bonafide hit" in his book. A Polish newspaper described "No Me Queda Más" as one of Selena's biggest hits. Mark Schone of Newsday enjoyed the song's string arrangement and its Mexican trumpets. Ramiro Burr, writer for the San Antonio Express-News, believed Selena had "over-dubbed vocals" for the song. Burr later wrote that Selena used a "powerful" emotional voice when she recorded the song. He then stated that the song is a "bittersweet story". Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News called the song a "heartbreaking mariachi ballad". According to Bob Young of the Boston Globe, "No Me Queda Más" is a "mariachi" song. According to one of the writers of the Lexington Herald-Leader, "No Me Queda Más" is a "bolero-influenced" song. Carmen Lopez of Novedades de México, enjoyed the song's "soulful-rich sounds".
The song started at number 40 on the US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks on 12 November 1994. It reached number one for seven weeks. The recording became Selena's third number-one single off of Amor Prohibido. The song got off the chart on 1 April 1995. It returned two weeks later at number five. This was followed by Selena's death which happened the day before. The song then spent eleven weeks in the top 10. With title   , Selena became the first Latin artist to have four number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in a single year. Enrique Iglesias tied this record in 1996. He had four number-ones from his first album Enrique Iglesias.
Impact and legacy
With "No Me Queda Más" and thirteen other of Selena's top 10 singles, she was named "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best Selling Latin Artist of the Decade" by Billboard magazine. In March 2010, "No Me Queda Más" and a few other Selena music videos were selected for a Selena tribute. It was available to watch on Music Choice and was serviced to 42 million people in the United States. "No Me Queda Más" became the most successful Latin single of 1995 in the United States. According to Orlando Sentinel, "No Me Queda Más" was the second "Top 10 Spanish Hits of 1994". The song was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the Broadcast Latin Music Awards. However, the music video won "Video of the Year" at the 1995 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Kat DeLuna sang the song during a children's singing competition. She won first place. In 1998, Los Tres Reyes recorded the song. They turned the song into a duet with Selena. In 1995, salsa singer Tito Nieves recorded "No Me Queda Más" for his album Un Tipo Comun. His version reached number seven on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart. Pepe Aguilar sang the song at the Selena ¡VIVE! (2005) tribute concert. Michael Clark of the Houston Chronicle wrote that Aguilar's version reminded him of R&B singer Aaron Neville. In the same year, Mexican group Paloma also covered the song. They included it on their live album En Concierto-en Vivo Desde L.A. (2005). Their version reached number 19 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart and number six on the Latin Regional Mexican Airplay chart. In 2006, Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano recorded the song. It was for his album José Feliciano Y Amigos (2006). Ramiro Burr for the Chicago Tribune called Felicanio's version a "bittersweet ranchera".
Cuban-American singer Toñita also recorded a version of the song. It was for her album Desafiando al Destino (2007). In 2008, Mexican American singer Maria Williams recorded an English language version. It was called "Nothing Left for Me". It was for her first album Hybrid. American singer David Archuleta sang the song several times on his tour. He was asked to perform "No Me Queda Más" at the 2010 Tejano Music Awards. Karen Rodriguez performed the song on the tenth season of American Idol in 2011. Dominican singer Prince Roye has performed "No Me Queda Más" while touring. Mexican singer Graciela Beltran performed the song during one of her concerts in Houston, Texas.
Cat Chaser
Cat Chaser is a 1989 thriller movie. The movie is about a former American paratrooper who runs a beachfront hotel in Miami. He searches for a woman who saved his life in 1965. Kelly McGillis plays Mary. Charles Durning plays Jiggs.
Critical reception
Cat Chaser got mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes rates the movie 40%. Variety said: "Despite a fine cast and atmospheric direction by Abel Ferrara, the pic doesn't quite make the grade, though it is certainly worth a look."
Deandra Dottin
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin is a cricketer from Barbados. He was born on June 21, 1991.
Crooner
A crooner is a person that sings love or romantic songs. Frank Sinatra was known as a crooner at the start of his career.
Citroën C1
The Citroën C1 is a small car produced from mid-2005 to early 2022. It was made as a project by Toyota, Peugeot and Citroën, as all brands made their own versions (Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 107/108).
First generation
The first generation had debuted at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, where the Aygo and 107 did too. It ran from June 2005 to 2014. At below 3.5 m long, and below 1000 kg, it is a city car. Using a 1.0 L three cylinder, it is a non-powerful hatchback, but is made for cities.
Second generation
The second generation ran from 2014 to January 2022, with a newer design and growing a bit in length. New colours have been adding, and it uses Citroën's new design language. Still a hatchback with a 3 and 5 doors, and only front-wheel drive, it adds a new convertible option.
James Fox
James Fox, also known as William Fox (born 19 May 1939) is a British television, stage, and movie actor, who has appeared in over 100 television programmes and over 50 movies in his 62 year career. Fox is best known for his roles in Sexy Beast, The Lost World, and Patriot Games. In the U.S. he is mostly known for his role as Mr. Salt in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Fox was born in London, England on 19 May 1939. Fox has an elder brother, actor Edward Fox, and a younger brother, movie producer Robert Fox. His grandfather was playwright Frederick Lonsdale.
Fox has been married to Mary Elizabeth Piper since 1973, they have five children - the middle child is actor Laurence Fox. His son-in-law is actor and comedian Richard Ayoade. His daughter-in-law is actress Billie Piper. His sister-in-law is actress Joanna David. His niece is actress Emilia Fox. His nephew is actor Freddie Fox.
Selection bias
Selection bias is a kind of bias that is introduced by the selection of individuals, groups or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved. This means that the sample may no longer represent the population to be analyzed. Sometimes, this is called selection effect.
There are different ways a selection bias can be introduced, for example.
A statistical method called Heckman correction can correct some of these, in certain circumstances.
Lokma
Lokma are pastries made of leavened and deep fried dough, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients.
History
Loukoumades where served to the winners of the Ancient Greek olympics. Luqmat al-Qadi, was first made in the early medieval period and the 13th-century Abbasid Caliphate. It is mentioned in several of the existent cook books of the time. It is also mentioned in the One Thousand and One Nights, in the story The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.
St Nicholas Day
Saint Nicholas Day is the feast day of Saint Nicholas. It is on December 6 (December 19 in most Orthodox countries). It is a festival for children in many countries around Europe related to surviving legends of Saint Nicholas. The American Santa Claus, as well as the British Father Christmas, are based on these legends. "Santa Claus" is based in part from the Dutch Sinterklaas. Saint Nicholas in different countries travels with different people. He may travel with Angels, Krampus, and others.
Anonymous work
Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, made by someone who is anonymous. Some authors or artists choose to keep their identity a secret; others cannot reveal their names for legal reasons. In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by an anonymous author describing the use of national security letters by the FBI. In this case, the author, who would have preferred to be named, could not reveal his or her identity because it was against the law.
Some anonymous works are not created by people who choose to be anonymous, but their creators are unknown (not by choice). With some very old or ancient works, the creator's name may simply be lost over the course of history, or historians are not sure. In such cases the author is often referred to as Anonymus, the Latin form of "anonymous". In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."
Wataru Tagami
Wataru Tagami (born 7 May 1982) is a Japanese football player.
Club career statistics
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Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore (born July 14, 1946) is an American television, radio, voice, and movie actor, mostly known for his role as a mobster and also best known for his role as Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in the hit show The Sopranos. He began his career 1988 and had a small part in the 1990 movie Goodfellas.
Pastore was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York on July 14, 1946. Pastore was educated at Pace University. Pastore was married to Nancy Berke until they divorced, they had one child. Pastore currently lives in City Island, New York.
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which protected men and women from discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital status. The Act concerned employment, training, education, harassment, the provision of goods and services, and the disposal of premises.
Subaru Outback
The Subaru Outback, also sold as Subaru Legacy Outback is a type of car. The Japanese automaker Subaru uses this name for two different cars: a Legacy-based station wagon called the Outback (1994–present) and an Impreza-derived car with a rear opening instead of a trunk, called the Outback Sport (1994–2011).
Palazzo Gardella
The Palazzo Gardella is a residential building designed in 1955 by Ignazio Gardrella located in Via Paolo Marchiondi 7, in the historic center of Milan inside the Quadronno District, which collects the open-air masterpieces of numerous archistars of the fifties. , The building is also known as the house at the "Giardini d'Ercole" and owes its name to the secret garden of Arcadia, which overlooked on the one hand towards Corso di Porta Romana and, on the other, on a private park inside which a eighteenth -century statue depicting Hercules was placed who kills the lion.
Features
The Palazzo Forti has a particular architectural, artistic, historical and cultural interest.
History
• Design: 1949-1955 • Execution: 1955 • reference date: 1949 - 1955
Gender Recognition Panel
The Gender Recognition Panel is a tribunal in the United Kingdom dealing with transsexual and transgender concerns and allowing people to change their legal gender. It was founded to satisfy the Gender Recognition Act 2004, which legislates its decision-making process.
It issues gender recognition certificates for people who "live in another gender". Only lawyers, medical practitioners or psychologists may be appointed to the panel.
Christian worship
In Christianity, worship has been thought as by most Christians to be the central act of Christian identity throughout history. Many Christian theologians have called humanity homo adorans, which means "worshipping man," and so the worship of God is at the very centre of what it means to be human.
Overview
Throughout most centuries of Church history, Christian worship has been primarily liturgical, symbolised by prayers and hymns, whose texts were closely related to, the Scripture. Set times for prayer during the day were made (based mostly on Jewish models), and a festal cycle throughout the Church year pointed out the celebration of feasts and holy days relating to the events in the life of Jesus, the lives of the saints, and features of the Church's view of God.
A large amount of importance was placed on the forms of worship, as they were seen in terms of the Latin phrase lex orandi, lex credendi ("the rule of prayer is the rule of belief") — that is, the details of someone's worship show, teach, and govern the principle beliefs of the community. To change the patterns and content of worship were to change the faith itself. So even though there was always a certain amount of variety in the early Church's liturgical worship, there was also a great deal of unity. Each time a heresy appeared in the Church, it normally came by a shift in worship for the heretical group. Orthodoxy in faith also meant orthodoxy in worship, and vice versa.
Contemporary worship
In many Protestant traditions, however, Communion is celebrated rarely or not at all, and corporate worship is centered on a formal sermon, which may resemble a lecture. Worship in such a context also generally is described by spoken prayer, Scripture, and music, mainly hymns.
In virtually all Christian traditions, this regular public worship is accompanied by other forms of worship, such as prayer and study, small group prayer (often linked with Bible study), and formal ceremonies on special occasions, including weddings, funerals and events of Church or state.
Holidays and seasons
The most popular religious holidays in the Christian calendar are Christmas, which is after the Advent season, and Easter, which is after Lent and Holy Week. While Christmas is very popular, especially in Western countries, Easter is liturgically by far the most important celebration.
Weitnau
Weitnau is a municipality in the rural district Oberallgäu in Bavaria/Germany. Weitnau is in the foothills of the Allgäu Alps.
Alexander Streicher became the mayor in 2008.
Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries
The constituency was first created in 1950, but has changed shape over time.
1950–1983: The Urban District of Bolsover, and the Rural Districts of Blackwell and Clowne.
1983–2010: The District of Bolsover, and the District of North East Derbyshire wards of Morton, Pilsley, Shirland, and Sutton.
2010–present: The District of Bolsover, and the District of North East Derbyshire wards of Holmewood and Heath, Pilsley and Morton, Shirland, and Sutton.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi (d. 21 April 1526) was the last sultan of Delhi. He was an ethnic Pashtun. He became sultan in 1517 after Sikandar Lodi died. Sikandar was his father and Ibrahim was soon challenged by his younger brother, Jalal Kahn. Ibrahim had military skills. But unlike his father he lacked tact.
He faced a number of rebellions. The Mewar ruler Rana Sangram Singh extended his empire right up to western Uttar Pradesh and threatened to attack Agra. There was rebellion in the East also. Ibrahim Lodi also displeased the nobility when he replaced old and senior commanders by younger ones who were loyal to him. He further alienated them by throwing some of the older noblemen in prison. His Afghan nobility eventually invited Babur to invade India. In 1526, the Mughal forces of Babur, the king of Kabulistan, defeated Ibrahim's much larger army in the 1st Battle of Panipat. Ibrahim was killed during the battle. It is estimated that Babur's forces numbered around 12,000 men. His army had between 20 to 24 pieces of field artillery. Ibrahim Lodi had around 30,000-40,000 men along with at least 100 war elephants. After Ibrahim Lodi was overthrown, the mughals invaded India.
Tajikistan at the Olympics
Tajikistan was first at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996. They have been to every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has been at the Winter Olympic Games since 2002.
The National Olympic Committee for Tajikistan was formed in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
2036
2036 (MMXXXVI) will be.
Para-alpine skiing classification
Para-alpine skiing classification is the order system for para-Alpine skiing designed to give equal competition between alpine skiers with different types of limited physical powers. The system of ordering are grouped into three general condition of being unable sorts: stand, unable to see and being seated. Group selection is done by International Paralympic Committee AlpineSkiing. Prior to that, several groups dealt with this including the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISOD), International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMWSF), International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) and Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA). Some order systems are persons given government by bodies other than International Paralympic Committee Alpine skiing, such as the Special Olympics. The sport is open to all competitors with a no seeing or physical condition of being unable stand. It is not open to people with intellectual disabilities.
The first order systems for para-Alpine sking were made in Scandinavia in the 1960s, with early systems designed for skiers with no legs or arms. At the time, necessary things had yet to be done to let skiers with spinal cord wounds ski. The purpose of the early order systems was to be made around use of arms and legs but ended up being a medical order system. At the first Winter Paralympics in 1976, there were two groups in the system of ordering for the sport. By the 1980s, groups had existence for skiers with cerebral palsy. At that time, with inspiration from wheelchair basketball classification, efforts were made to make order more of an able to use better system. Ten groups had existence by the 1980s, and since then, efforts have been made to make better the doing work well of order by making fewer the number of classes so fewer medals can be rewarded.
Russian Grand Prix
The 2022 edition was cancelled due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, before contract future race was terminated.
Repeat winners (constructors)
Teams in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season. A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
Repeat winners (engine manufacturers)
Manufacturers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season. A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
By year
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
Johann Most
Johann Joseph Most (5 February 1846 in Augsburg – 17 March 1906 in Cincinnati) was a German-American anarchist and orator. He is best known for accepting the strategy of "propaganda of the deed," which promoted direct action against a single person or institution (including the use of violence) to force revolutionary change and inspire further action by others. He travelled in Europe, and he lived in countries such as France and United Kingdom. In 1906, in Ohio, he fell sick because of a chronic case of erysipelas, a bacterial skin infection, in an era without any antibiotic treatments. Most died in a few days.
Zvezda
Zvezda may refer to :
Julio Velasco
Julio Velasco (born February 9, 1952 in La Plata, Argentina) is a professional volleyball coach from Argentina. He guided the Italian national men's team to several successes in the 1990s. After the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Italians won silver, he switched to the Italian women's team (1996–1997). In 2011, Velasco was signed as the head coach of the Iran men's national team. He became coach of the Argentina men's national team before his contract expired with the Iranian national team on 1 March 2014. The President of Argentina asked him to take this job. The change was approved by the Iranian volleyball confederation.
Straight-tusked elephant
The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant. It lived in Europe and Western Asia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (781,000–30,000 years ago).
Individuals reached up to 4–4.2 metres (13.1–13.8 ft) in height, with a weight estimated at 11.3–15 tonnes (11.1–14.8 long tons; 12.5–16.5 short tons).
The Settlers of Catan
The Settlers of Catan, sometimes called Catan or Settlers for short, is a board game. More than one person plays Catan at a time. The Settlers of Catan was designed by Klaus Teuber and first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as Die Siedler von Catan. People play as settlers, each try to build holdings while trading and getting resources. Players get points as their settlements grow. The first player to reach a set number of points, usually 10, wins. The game and its many expansions are also published by Mayfair Games, Filosofia, Capcom, 999 Games, Κάισσα, and Devir.
Pevensey
Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish. It was here that William the Conqueror first landed on and invaded England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France.
The Settlers of Catan
The Settlers of Catan became one of the first German-style board games to become popular outside Europe. , more than 22 million copies in 30 languages had been sold. The game involves a lot of strategy, while still being fairly easy to learn.
Pevensey
Name
The name Pevensey was first recorded in 947 as Pefenesea, meaning "River of [a man named] Pefen". It comes from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Pefen plus eã, meaning "river". This is probably a reference to the now largely silted-up marshes.
The Settlers of Catan
Gameplay
The players in the game represent settlers creating colonies on the island of Catan. Players build settlements, cities, and roads to connect them as they settle the island. The game board, which represents the island, is made out of tiles with six sides. (hexes) of different land types, which are laid out randomly at the beginning of each game. Newer editions of the game began to have a fixed layout in their manual, which has been proven by computer simulations to be fair. They recommend this to be used by beginners. In 2016, editions of the game were released with a conventional fixed layout board in this configuration. The hexes of these editions cannot be rearranged.
Pevensey
History
In the 290s the Romans built a fort at Pevensey, which they named Anderitum. In 471 Saxons attacked Pevensey and the fort was abandoned for centuries. When William the Conqueror invaded England in September 1066, he landed at Pevensey. The bay provided a safe haven for his fleet of 700 ships. The English army had been awaiting Duke William's arrival on the south coast all summer. With supplies running short King Harold allowed his soldiers to return home. When Harald Hardrada the king of Norway invaded northern England in late September, King Harold gathered his army and moved north to York, 250 miles away, to meet the invaders. William, meanwhile, moved his army and fleet to Hastings and built a castle while he awaited Harold and his army.
The Settlers of Catan
Gameplay
Teuber's original design was for a large game of exploration and development in a new land. Between 1993 and 1995 Teuber and Kosmos refined and simplified the game into its current form. Unused mechanics from that design went on to be used in Teuber's following games, Entdecker and Löwenherz. The game's first expansion, Catan: Seafarers, adds the concept of exploration, and the combined game (sometimes known as "New Shores") is probably the closest game to Teuber's original intentions.
Pevensey
History
After the Battle of Hastings the Roman fort at Pevensey was occupied by the Normans. It was given to Robert, Count of Mortain (William's half brother). Robert de Mortain built his castle there. The castle was besieged several times during the 11th–13th centuries. Queen Elizabeth I ordered that it be demolished but the order was ignored. As late as 1942 small additions were made to the castle for the defence of Britain. It became a lookout over the channel for German aircraft during World War II. Today the castle is in the upkeep of English Heritage.
Nick Punto
Nicholas Paul Punto (born November 8, 1977 ) is an American major league baseball player. He plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Punnto was born in San Diego, California. He used to play for the Boston Red Sox.
Volvo FH
The Volvo FH is a heavy duty truck made by Volvo in 1993 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Replacing the aging Volvo F Series. FH means Forward Control High Entry. It won the 1994, 2000, and 2014 International Truck Of The Year. There are 2 variants which is the FH12 and FH16.
Safety
The Volvo FH has some safety features here are some of the Features:
Mark Fletcher (politician)
Mark Peter Fletcher (born 29 September 1985) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 2019. He beat Labour MP Dennis Skinner, who had been MP for the constituency for nearly 50 years.
Fletcher is openly gay.
Belarusians
Language
About 70% of Belarusians speak Russian at home, while only 26% speak Belarusian at home.
Chris Pérez
Chris Pérez (born 14 August 1969 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Grammy-winning guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Personal life
In 1988, Pérez met Grammy-winning Mexican American singer Selena. Two years later, Selena's family hired him to play in her band and they quickly fell in love. At first her father did not approve of the relationship and went as far as firing Pérez from the band. However, he eventually came to accept the relationship. On April 2, 1992, Selena and Pérez married in Nueces County, Texas and Selena legally added Pérez's surname to her own.
After Selena was murdered in 1995, Pérez remarried and had two children with his second wife, Vanessa. They split up in March 2008.
Career
At the 2000 Grammy Awards his Rock band, The Chris Pérez Band, won a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album" for their debut album "Resurrection". Pérez dedicated the song, "Best I Can," to Selena. In 2001, The Chris Pérez Band made their final album called "Una Noche Más" (English: One More Night).
After the Chris Pérez Band disbanded, Pérez joined his former brother-in-law's (A.B. Quintanilla III) music group called Kumbia Kings. However, Quintanilla had conflicts with the band and left the Kumbia Kings along with Pérez. Quintanilla started a new band called, Kumbia All-Starz with Pérez as its current guitarist.
Central Philippine University
Central Philippine University is a non-stock, non-profit Christian Institution of higher learning. The University is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities (ACSU) and the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia.
Jaime Herbas
Jaime Herbas (born 25 September 1941) is a footballer from Bolivia. Jaime competed in five matches for the Bolivia national football team.
Ewald Schurer
Ewald Schurer (15 April 1954 – 2 December 2017) was a German politician. He was born in Ebersberg, Germany. He was a member of the SPD.
Schurer died on 2 December 2017 at his home in Ebersberg, at the age of 63.
Francesco Saverio Merlino
Francesco Saverio Merlino (born 9 September 1856 in Naples; died 30 June 1930 in Rome) was an Italian lawyer, anarchist activist and theorist of libertarian socialism.
Life
Merlino started to participate in the anarchist movement in Italy during his university studies.
In 1884 he went into exile in England and also travelled to the USA. After he returned to Italy in 1894, he was arrested and had to spend two years in prison.
In the following years, he developed his theory of libertarian socialism in arguments with his friend Errico Malatesta.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva or Dev are terms used by the Hindu people for The Almighty or The GOD. Hindu people believe that there are 330 million deva or gods present in their religion.
NATO phonetic alphabet
The NATO phonetic alphabet is a set of code words for the letters of the Latin alphabet. They are used to spell words when people speak over the radio or telephone, when people from different countries are speaking with different accents, or in other situations where people may not clearly hear the normal names of the letters. This is important for accuracy in the military and in air travel and shipping. For instance, it may be difficult to hear whether a person is saying the letter "pee" (P) or "bee" (B). The NATO code words "papa" and "bravo" are much clearer. (Each code word begins with the letter that it stands for.)
Although it is commonly called a "phonetic alphabet", it is not used for phonetics as the International Phonetic Alphabet is. For this reason it is also called a "spelling alphabet". There have been many different spelling alphabets over time, but the NATO alphabet is the most commonly used around the world.
Between ships at sea, signal flags are used to stand for letters in order to spell out words.
Alphabet
Two of the code words have a second pronunciation: charlie for 'C' may be pronounced with a French 'ch' sound (an English 'sh' sound: ), and uniform for 'U' may be pronounced without the 'y' sound that occurs in that word in English. The R's in these two words, as well as at the ends of several other code words, do not need to be pronounced. These are the R's that are not pronounced in British English.
Numbers
Numbers also have code words, but these are very close to the normal English names. Like letters in words, each digit of a number is read out individually. For instance, "13" is read as the two digits one three, not as the number thirteen. An exception occurs when "00" or "000" appears in a number. These may be read hundred and thousand (1300: one three hundred), though reading them out individually is also correct (1300: one three zero zero – but not as "one thousand three hundred", because the code word thousand means that there is a triple "000" in the text).
The decimal point in a number is called decimal (pronounced "day-see-mal"), regardless of whether it is written with a period (.) or a comma. For instance, 1,3 and 1.3 (meaning 1 and 3/10) are both read out loud as one decimal three.
These code words are for international usage. When two people speak the same language, they may speak the numbers in their language, even if they use the NATO phonetic alphabet for spelling names. Similarly, in the United States, it is common to say "point" instead of "decimal".
Punctuation
Punctuation marks are only rarely spoken out loud in situations that call for the NATO spelling alphabet. If the period or comma in a sentence needs to be said, they are read as stop and comma. (...) are brackets on and brackets off ; "..." are quote and unquote. "-" is hyphen, not "dash"; "/" is slant. Others are given their normal English readings as colon, semi-colon, exclamation mark, question mark and apostrophe.
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