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Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
Safety
Safety concerns were raised among the public after several accidents on the system during the 1980s and 1990s, but most problems have been fixed. On 5 August 1993, two trains collided at Clementi MRT Station because of an oil spillage on the track, which resulted in 132 injuries. There were calls for platform screen doors to be installed at above-ground stations after several incidents in which passengers were killed by oncoming trains when they fell onto the railway tracks at above-ground stations. The people in charge initially rejected such proposals as they felt that the functional purposes were not worth the high cost of installation, but changed their minds when the government announced plans to install half-height automatic platform gates in a speech on 25 January 2008, reasoning that worldwide installations of these gates reduced the market price for them.
Security
Security concerns related to crime and terrorism were not the biggest priority of the system's planners at its original creation. However, after the Madrid train bombings in 2004 and the failed plan to bomb the Yishun MRT Station, the operators deployed private, unarmed guards to patrol station platforms and check the belongings of commuters.
Recorded announcements are frequently made to remind passengers to report suspicious activity and not to leave their belongings unattended. Digital closed-circuit cameras (CCTVs) have been upgraded with recording software at all stations and trains operated by SMRT Corporation. Trash bins and mail boxes have been removed from station platforms and concourse levels to station entrances, to remove the risk that bombs will be placed in them. Photography without prior allowance was also banned in all MRT stations since.
Fauguernon
Fauguernon is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Arlington, Illinois
Arlington is a village in Illinois in the United States.
Allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis (also known as hay fever or pollinosis) is a type of inflammation in the nose. It occurs when the immune system overreacts to allergens in the air. Symptoms include sneezing, red, itchy and watery eyes, and swelling around the eyes.
Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi
Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi (الشيخ محمد الصديق المنشاوي, 1 January 1920 – 20 June 1969) was an Egyptian Qur'anic reciter. He was born in Suhaaj. He was the son of Siddiq El-Minshawi and the brother of Mahmoud El-Minshawi, who is also a famous reciter and a well known scholar of the Qur’an in Egypt, Cairo.
Allergic rhinitis
Allergens that often cause hay fever include pollen, pet hair and mold.
Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi
Background
Muhammad Siddiq El-Minshawi has become a household name across the Muslim world. He traveled to many countries outside of his homeland, including Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine (Al-Aqsa Mosque), Saudi Arabia and Syria. He helped children with the Quran.
He was significantly influenced by his father, Muhammad Siddiq El-Minshawi, also a protégé of Mohamed Salamah, a famous reciter of the 20th century. He studied the rules of recitation under Ibrahim As-Su'oodi at a young age.
Allergic rhinitis
Hay fever is most common between ages twenty and forty.
Electoral district of South Brisbane
South Brisbane is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1860.
South Brisbane is in the Brisbane CBD.
Aroma Park, Illinois
Aroma Park is a village in Illinois in the United States.
Ormont-Dessous
Ormont-Dessous is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Bertangles
Bertangles is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Globalization
Globalization is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across nations.
Definition
It is a term which may be used broadly to mean doing things as distant people do them, or more narrowly to mean complying to global standard s in economy, politics, culture, education, environment or other matters. It describes the way countries and people of the world interact and integrate. Many things have become globalized as people come into contact.
Economic globalization is how countries are coming together as one big global economy, This is all making international trade easier. In the late 20th century, many people agreed to lower tariffs, or taxes on goods that are imported from other countries. Telegraphy and bull other communication technologies have helped people to buy and sell products from around the world, thus bringing globalization. Herman E. Daly has said that there is an important difference between internationalization and globalization. Internationalization is about nations working together for the same goals. These are things like treaties, alliances, and other international agreements. Globalization is about international trade that are being less blocked by national borders.
Political globalization is how institutions and countries can influence the whole world. The United Nations are an example of globalization because most countries of the world are members of its General Assembly. This international organization can make countries follow rules and apply economic sanctions to a country that doesn't. This means the countries in the U.N will punish them by not talking or trading with them, so they don't benefit from globalization.
Cultural globalization is how culture is becoming homogeneous, which means that people from all over the world act in similar way. For example, many people around the world write with the Latin alphabet, wear T-shirts and jeans and watch Hollywood movies and other media.
Criticism
Some people, like Noam Chomsky, do not like globalization because they feel it only helps rich people get richer by making poor people poorer. Offshore outsourcing, such as a company hiring workers in a developing country, is often a part of globalization. This sometimes means that some people in a developed country lose their jobs. Joseph Stiglitz said that international groups like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have made it harder for poorer nations to get richer. Globalization also means that problems from other countries will affect your country. For example, the Great Depression of the 1930s started in the United States but affected the entire world.
Many countries also dislike it when international organizations such as the United Nations tell them what to do. However they obey to avoid sanctions. Many people also criticize the fact that globalization means that fewer people are deciding what brands, like Coca-Cola and McDonald's, taking over smaller, local shops and businesses. They criticize the fact that powerful countries have bigger influence on world culture than others. For example, the United States is the biggest cultural exporter, which means that countries around the world are becoming like the United States. However, this hurts local cultures. Jean Baudrillard believes that globalization hurts local cultures and is the cause of most terrorism. He also believes that most supporters of globalization just want to stay in power.
Support
Others, like Thomas Friedman, believe that globalization can bring people together and make everyone richer without getting rid of local cultures. People who support globalization also believe that it makes war less likely because it is bad for business. Francis Fukuyama also argued that globalization would eventually lead to a system of world governance which would cause wars to end.
Many believe that globalization helps out poorer nations by bringing them business. A report by the World Bank said that poverty in India and Indonesia was cut in half because of globalization. The report also said that people in poorer nations are living longer and better because they were making more money.
COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Haiti in March 2020. As of 12 May 2020, there are 209 total confirmed cases, 176 active cases, 1,311 suspected cases, with 16 deaths and 17 recoveries.
Cases
On 19 March, the first two COVID-19 cases in the country were confirmed.
On 5 April, the country confirmed its first death from COVID-19.
Response
On 16 March, at midnight local time, Haiti's Prime Minister, Joseph Jouthe, announced a two-week suspension of flights from Europe, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Latin America.
Jayalal Rohana
Maha Egodage Jayalal Rohana (ජයලාල් රෝහණ; 1 November 1964 – 11 February 2021), popularly known as Jayalal Rohana, was a Sri Lankan actor and screenwriter. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His best known roles were as Rajasinghe in Tikiri Suwanda (2010), Jasomihira in Sinhawalokanaya (2011) and as James Peiris in Nidahase Piya DS (2018).
Rohana died on 11 February 2021 at a hospital in Colombo, aged 56.
1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Teams
The following teams entered the tournament:
Spalding, Lincolnshire
Spalding is a market town in Lincolnshire, England. It is in the PE11 and PE12 postcode districts.
The town is famous for its shopping centre, Springfields, and it's iconic Water Taxi
In the Domesday Book the town is wrote as "Spallinge"
Paolo Guerrero
José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (born 1 January 1984 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Brazilian club Flamengo and the Peru national team.
Ethan Carter III
Michael Hutter (born March 18, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name EC3. He is perhaps best known for his stint in Impact Wrestling, where he won the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times.
Oetwil an der Limmat
Oetwil an der Limmat is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Yvorne
Yvorne is a municipality in the Aigle district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is a state agency in Kansas. It is in charge of Kansas's public health system, medical papers, and environment.
Bosque Capão da Imbuia
The Bosque do Capão da Imbuia (grove) is a park in the city of Curitiba in Paraná, Brazil.
With a large size area of native forest, the grove has many attractions for tourists.
The main attractions are:
The oldest tree in Curitiba is an Ocotea porosa that is almost a thousand years old. This tree is in "Bosque do Capão da Imbuia".
Wife
A wife is a married woman. "Married" means that the law says two people are legally "joined". During the marriage ceremony, the wife is called the bride.
There are some names for special kinds of wives. For example, a queen is a wife of a king.
A man whose wife is deceased is called a widower.
Electoral district of Condamine
Condamine is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1950, abolished in 1992 and recreated in 2009.
Feuguerolles-Bully
Feuguerolles-Bully is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five was an American alternative rock band from 1993 to 2000. Even though the band was called Ben Folds Five, it only had three members. Ben Folds, who was also the band's lead singer, played piano, Robert Sledge played bass, and Darren Jessee played drums. The band's biggest hits were "Brick" and "Underground".
Beilngries
Beilngries (Beilngrias) is a town in the district of Eichstätt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Altmühl and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 30 km north of Ingolstadt.
Carter L. Stevenson
Carter L. Stevenson was a career military officer. He served in the United States Army in the American Civil War.
Popular.reviews
Popular.Reviews is a consumer review website founded in Romania. Originally launched in 2016, it provides price comparisons, articles, and reviews on home use products and appliances, tech devices, beauty products, and other topics of interest. The website relies on a team of expert reviewers who focus on consumer-oriented research, editorial pieces following strict content guidelines to comply with market and reader demands.
History
The website was founded by Marinas Buturoaga in Dolj County in October 2016. In late 2017, it introduced price comparison service to serve as a source of information that readers can use to assess product value. Since 2019, the website extended its activity and published informative-style articles to expand its database of readers. The site is part of programs that earn it affiliate commissions when consumers buy through the links listed in articles and reviews.
Editors
Mike Dufraine is the current editor-in-chief of Popular.Reviews. The current staff of reviewers includes Jennie Doyle, Kate Redmond, Melanie Pages, Oliver Parkins, Sophia Lamb, and Theresa Linwood. Other former reviewers include Raluca Aviles (2017-2019), Mark Beckson (2016-2017), and Dana Welch (2017-2018).
The Last of the High Kings
The Last of the High Kings is a 1996 Irish Danish British comedy-drama movie directed by David Keating and starring Jared Leto, Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea, Colm Meaney, Lorraine Pilkington, Emily Mortimer, Jason Barry.
Erich Iltgen
Erich Iltgen (10 July 1940 – 10 June 2019) was a German politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the president of the Landtag of Saxony, the state parliament of Saxony, from 1990 to 2009. He was born in Cologne.
Lee Hee-ho
Lee Hee-ho (21 September 1922 – 10 June 2019) was a South Korean women's rights and peace activist. She served as First Lady of South Korea from 1998 to 2003. She was married to the 8th President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung from 1962 until his death in 2009. The couple had one son, and Lee was also the stepmother of Kim's two sons from his first marriage. She was born in Seoul during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Épagne-Épagnette
Épagne-Épagnette is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Lee Hee-ho
Lee died of liver cancer on 10 June 2019 in Seoul. She was 96.
Fierville-Bray
Fierville-Bray is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune of Valambray.
Oetwil am See
Oetwil am See is a municipality in the district of Meilen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is in the Pfannenstiel region.
Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls is an American animated comedy/sitcom from creator/executive producer/writer/director Alex Hirsch which follows city kids Dipper (voiced by Jason Ritter) and Mabel Pines (voiced by Kristen Schaal), who are sent to spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan, aka Grunkle Stan (voiced by Hirsch), who runs a tourist trap called The Mystery Shack in a remote northwestern town where nothing is what it seems. With creatures in the forest, monsters in the lake and time travel a possibility, things get very interesting for the twins as they quickly realize they need each other, in order to unlock the secrets of the quirky and mysterious town.
Protagonists
Dipper - The 12 (13 at the end of the series) twin brother of Mabel Pines and a curious boy who is in love with Wendy Corduroy. He is the pinetree in the Zodiac wheel.
Mabel - The 12 (13 at the end of the series) twin sister of Dipper Pines and spends most of the time having fun with her best friends Candy Chiu and Grenda.
Stanley Pines (also known as Stanford Pines early in the series) - The CEO of the Mystery Shack (until Weirdmageddon III: Take Back the Falls) and is the great uncle of twins Dipper and Mabel Pines. He is also the twin brother of Stanford Filbrick Pines Ph.D, also known as the Author.
Soos - he is an awkward, lovable man-child (who works as the current owner of the Mystery Shack at the time of Weirdmageddon III : Take Back the Falls) and frequent sidekick of Dipper and Mabel on their various adventures. He is one of the main characters of Gravity Falls. He is the question mark on the Zodiac wheel.
End
Alex Hirsch
Giza Necropolis
Giza Necropolis (also called the Giza pyramid complex) is a necropolis on the Giza Plateau near the city of Cairo, Egypt. It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) inland into the desert from the ancient town of Giza on the Nile, and about 25 kilometres (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The Great Pyramid is the only remaining monument of the Seven Wonders of the World. Construction is thought to have taken 20,000 workers and 20 years.
Construction of the Great Pyramid
There have been many theories to explain how the pyramids were built. These theories include:
Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie Earl Robertson (February 12, 1928 – February 11, 2021) was an American engineer. He was the lead structural engineer of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center in New York City. He was the structural engineer on other projects, including the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong. Robertson was born in Manhattan Beach, California.
Robertson died on February 11, 2021 in San Mateo, California from blood cancer, one day before his 93rd birthday.
Daniel Sanabria
Daniel Sanabria (born 2 February 1977) is a former Paraguayan football player. He has played for Paraguay national team.
Club career statistics
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International career statistics
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Yoann Gourcuff
Yoann Miguel Gourcuff (born 11 July 1986) is a French football player. He plays for the France national team and Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1. Gourcuff plays as a midfielder and sometimes as a striker.
Career
Yoann Gourcuff began his career in 1992 with F.C. Lorient. In 2001 he began to play for Rennes. While playing for Rennes, he attracted many supporters and the interest of other teams. Gourcuff moved to the Italian club AC Milan in 2003. He achieved many club honors with AC Milan, but did not play with the starting eleven players. In 2008 Goucuff was loaned to the French football team Girordins Bordeaux. After playing a good season, he became a permanent player for Bordeaux. Gourcuff has been compared to Zinedine Zidane because of his playing style and ability. Gourcuff has won the UNFP Ligue Player of the Year award. He was named French Player of the Year by the magazine France Football in 2009. In August 2010, he joined Olympique Lyonnais.
Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram (also called the Zimmermann Note) was a telegram sent to Mexico from Germany on January 16, 1917. It was what made America enter World War I. It is named for the German man who sent it, Arthur Zimmermann. Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary (took care of things with other countries). Zimmermann sent it to the German ambassador in the United States, Johann von Bernstorff. Bernstorff then sent it to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt.
Neville Fernando
Dr. Sirikkaththuge Neville Arthur Fernando (9 March 1931 – 4 February 2021) was a Sri Lankan doctor and a politician. He was born in Panadura, Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 1977 to 1989. Fernando was a member of the United National Party. He founded the Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital.
Zimmermann Telegram
The telegram's message was:
Neville Fernando
Fernando died at a hospital in Angoda, Sri Lanka of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. aged 89.
Zimmermann Telegram
The telegram told the ambassador to ask the Mexicans to join the war on the German side by attacking America. Germany promised to help Mexico take back land the United States had taken from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. These places were Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Germany wanted Mexico to enter the war so America would be too busy to help the enemies of Germany. Mexico was already busy with the Mexican Revolution and did not like the idea.
Yoann Gourcuff
Career
Gourcuff played his first game with the France national football team in August 2008. He scored his first international goal against Romania two months later. Since joining the national team, Gourcuff has been the team's playmaker. The role of playmaker had been empty since Zidane's retirement in 2006.
Chapelle royale de Dreux
The Royal Chapel of Dreux (Chapelle royale de Dreux) is the traditional resting place for members of the royal House of Orléans. It is located in the town of Dreux in France.
Yoann Gourcuff
Club career statistics
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Chapelle royale de Dreux
The land on which the chapel was built on was owned by the Duke of Penthièvre, whose daughter Marie Adélaïde married the Duke of Orléans in 1769. Following the death of the Duke of Penthièvre his daughter inherited a majority of his vast estates including the land of Dreux. The Orléans family later used the chapel there as their own personal burial place following the reign of Louis Philippe I.
Yoann Gourcuff
International career statistics
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Highland Village, Texas
Highland Village is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Anacleto Oliveira
Dom Anacleto Cordeiro Gonçalves de Oliveira (17 July 1946 – 18 September 2020) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He was auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lisbon from 2005 to 2010. He then was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, from 2010 until his death.
Oliveira died on 18 September 2020 in Lisbon from a car crash at the age of 74.
Bismarck, Illinois
Bismarck is a village in Illinois in the United States. It is named in honor of the German statesman, Otto von Bismarck.
Bacon
Bacon is a type of meat that comes from pigs. It is taken from the sides, back, or belly of the pig. It is often cut in thin slices, unlike other cured or smoked pork products. It is usually fried or grilled. It can also be microwaved.
In the U.S., back bacon and smoked ham is sometimes called Canadian bacon.
Bacon has lots of fat. Because bacon comes from pigs, people of some religions will not eat it. In some cultures and religions (such as Islam and Judaism), eating pork may be considered "unclean." Because of this, other varieties of bacon are also made out of turkey or chicken instead. Turkey bacon and chicken bacon usually contain half of the fat of pork-based bacon.
Colombiana
Colombiana is a 2011 French crime drama action movie set in Bogotá and Chicago. Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a hired killer whose parents are murdered when she is a child, so she seeks revenge. Cliff Curtis plays Emilio.
Nimki Mukhiya
Nimki Mukhiya is an Indian television series that premiered on 28 August 2017. It is broadcast every Monday to Saturday at 8.30 pm on Star Bharat. Bhumika Gurung and Abhishek Sharma play the main protagonists.
Firfol
Firfol is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Folk music
Folk music is music that represents the tradition or culture of the area/place/state. It is traditional music that people learn by listening to other people playing it and then copying them. We say that the tradition is “orally transmitted” or “handed down orally”, meaning that the music is not written down but taught by speaking (“oral” means “belonging to the mouth”). Every country has its own traditional music. Folk song is part of folk music. A folksinger is a person who sings folk songs.
There are three categories of Folk Music -
In the 1960s a new type of music was started by Bob Dylan who mixed traditional folk song with rock and roll. This music is sometimes called “folk rock”.
Folk music is music for everybody to play and listen to. In this way it is different from classical music which is mainly developed by professional musicians for a smaller group of people. Folk music is part of a popular culture, although the term “popular music” or “pop music” today refers to a kind of music which people can hear through television, radio and other means of recording.
Fierville-les-Parcs
Fierville-les-Parcs is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Folk music
In many parts of the world nearly all music is folk music. The term “folk music” is usually used for European and American music which is part of an oral tradition. Folk music as an oral tradition, is much less important than before, in part because of new technology (radio, television etc, and recordings of music ). Folk tunes are now often written down, and they have influenced other kinds of music, so that the differences between various types of music are harder to see.
The traditional origins
In older times folk music was part of “communal recreation”. This means that small communities such as villages or families would relax by playing and singing music together. People would often make up a new song or new piece of music, or make changes to music that they already knew. In this way music was always changing. People would get musical ideas from other groups nearby. This is why folk music from neighbouring countries often sound similar.
Ballads were a popular kind of folk music. These were folk songs which told a story (they were “narrative”). Sometimes they had a refrain after each verse so that everybody could join in. Ballads told stories of love, myths or folklore. This is how stories were handed down from one generation to another.
Instrumental folk music was used for dancing. Some of the instruments may have been very simple, such as a pair of sticks, rattle or a simple drum. Other instruments may include fiddle (the folk word for “violin”), bagpipes, harp, zither, or various wind instruments, depending on the time of history and the country.
Some singing was polyphonic, i.e. there were two or more parts (voices). Very often two voices would sing in parallel (going up and down together). In countries such as Russia persons sings in three or four parts, e.g. in the tradition of “podgolosnaya” (“underneath the voice”). In countries such as Britain this polyphonic tradition did not exist. Folk songs there were sung by one singer, unaccompanied.
Folk music used different scales. These are called modes. The Ionian mode (like our major scale) was the most common in Western Europe. In some parts of Eastern Europe modes with several semitones were used, but for the most part, half steps were avoided. This results is the tunes being described as tetratonic (four notes per octave) or pentatonic (five notes per octave).
Folk music also includes simple children’s songs and lullabies.
Folk music was sung by people as they worked. In the early days of European immigration in America the pioneers sang as they travelled, cowboys sang as they worked, slaves sang in the cottonfields.
Influence on classical music
In the 18th century folk music started to have an influence on classical music (or “art music”). People from the higher classes started to be interested in folk music because they were conscious of being part of a tradition. Composers such as Mozart and Schubert wrote folk dances for orchestras or small groups of instruments.
Folk music was used by many composers in the Romantic period. Gustav Mahler used folk song in a lot of his music. In the early twentieth century some composers travelled around collecting folk music which was being played or sung by people in the country. They often used some of these ideas in their music. Bartok did this in Hungary as well as in Bulgaria and in the United States, and people such as Cecil Sharp and the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams collected folk music in England. In the United States the influence of jazz on classical music is all part of the story of folk music.
Don't Change
"Don't Change" is a 1982 song by Australian new wave band INXS and taken from their third studio album Shabooh Shoobah. It is their first international single. It went to number 14 in Australia and number 80 in the United States.
Track listing
7" single Track listing
Ormont-Dessus
Ormont-Dessus is a municipality in the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Pitikwahanapiwiyin
Pitikwahanapiwiyin was a Native American leader. Born in 1842 near Battleford Saskatchewan. He was a chief of the plains Cree tribe. He was known to English speakers as Chief Poundmaker. He helped end a long war between the two nations; the Cree and the Blackfoot. To seal the peace between the two tribes he became the adopted son of the Blackfoot chief Crowfoot.
Nadezhda von Meck
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк) (10 February 1831 - 13 January 1894) was a rich Russian businesswoman. She is remembered today for her strange relationship with the famous composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. For many years she paid him a lot of money each month so that he could compose. They wrote passionate love letters to one another, yet they never actually met one another.
She also gave financial support to other people in the arts and music, especially to the composers Nikolai Rubinstein and Claude Debussy.
Childhood
She was born Nadezhda Filaretovna Frolovskaya. Her family owned a lot of land. Her father loved music. Her mother was a very determined business woman.
Nadezhda learned to play the piano and she read many books, learned foreign languages and learned about paintings.
Marriage
When she was 16 it was arranged for her to marry Karl von Meck, a 28-year-old engineer. Together they had 18 children, of whom 11 grew up to be adults.
Her husband worked for the government. He did not earn much money and the family was growing quickly. Nadezhda wanted her husband to be rich. At this time the steam engine had recently been invented, and railways were just starting to be built in Russia. Nadezhda thought her husband could earn a lot of money building railways. She was right. As an engineer he became responsible for buildings thousands of miles of railroad tracks. The new railways allowed grain to be transported from Central Russia to places like Moscow. He soon became a multi-millionaire.
Karl died suddenly in 1873. Nadezhda took over his business matters. She sold one railway and controlled the other one with the help of her brother. She kept away from other people, living a solitary life with her children. She was very strict indeed with them, telling them exactly what to do all the time. She did not like the idea of marriage, but realized her children would need to marry. She tried to get them to marry quickly, probably for financial reasons.
Support for arts and music
Nadezhda von Meck was very rich and loved music, so she became an important person in Russian performing arts. Several musicians were employed by her in her house. Claude Debussy lived with the family for a time as a music teacher to her daughters. Debussy was a young man at the time, and not yet famous.
Relationship with Tchaikovsky
In 1876 Tchaikovsky had decided to marry. He was then a composer aged 36. He was gay, and this was something terrible in Russia at that time. He was very frightened that people would find out and that he would be bullied. So he decided to marry. He did not care who it was he married, so long as it would make him look respectable. The next year he found a young girl called Antonina to marry. He told Nadezhda. She wrote to congratulate him and told him she hoped he would be happy. A week later, Tchaikovsky wrote to Nadezhda to ask for more money because the marriage had put him into debt. A few weeks later he was writing again to her saying that he hated his wife. He soon separated from her. Writing to Nadezhda was a great support to him at this time. It is impossible to know whether Nadezhda knew he was gay or whether that would have made a difference to her feelings. At any rate, she continued to write that she loved him.
Her relationship with Tchaikovsky was also a good thing for her. She hated anything to do with sex, so it was good that she could express her emotions to someone whom she did not have to face in person. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Fourth Symphony to her.
Fleury-sur-Orne
Fleury-sur-Orne is a commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Nadezhda von Meck
Relationship with Tchaikovsky
In October 1890, von Meck sent Tchaikovsky a year's money in advance, saying that it was the last time she would be able to send him money. She said she was bankrupt. She may have worried that she probably would be bankrupt in a year’s time.
Some people think that she did this because she found out about Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality. Others disagree with this. After all, in her last letter to him she asked him never to forget her.
Death
Nadezhda von Meck died from tuberculosis on 13 January 1894 in Nice, France, two months after Tchaikovsky had died.
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team (Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) is the national football team in Germany. The team has won the 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIFA World Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup. The team came as second in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup and in 2002 FIFA World Cup. In the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, the team got third place. The current coach is Joachim Löw and soon to be Hansi Flick.
From 1950 to 1990, the team was mainly West Germany. Other teams were around that are now part of Germany. These include the East German team (1952-1990) and the Saarland team (1950-1956).
Germany has always been one of the best teams in the world. Germany is the only team to have won men's and women's world cup titles. Also, Germany's main rivals are England, the Netherlands and Argentina.
The teams recent performance in a tournament was a victory over Argentina to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In the semi-final against Brazil, Germany thrashed them with a 7–1 win, making it the largest win in FIFA World Cup semi-final history. Miroslav Klose, one of the greatest German players of all time, also scored a record breaking goal that made him the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history.
Oliver Kahn and Michael Ballack era
After another World Cup exit in 1998, Germany's status as one of the best teams in the world was beginning to go away. In the UEFA Euro 2000, Germany failed to advance to the next round, after losing two matches and one draw in the group stage. The manager at the time then resigned and was replaced by Rudi Völler.
Going into the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the expectations for Germany was low because of the mediocre performance in the qualifiers. However, they performed very well in the World Cup, eventually making it to the finals but losing to Brazil 0–2. Miroslav Klose of Germany won the Silver Boot and Oliver Kahn won the Golden Ball.
Germany again failed to advance to the next round in the UEFA Euro 2004 after they tied two matches and lost one. The manager Rudi Völler resigned shortly afterwards. Jürgen Klinsmann then replaced him, although having no experience. Joachim Löw was also assigned to assist him. Klinsmann made Michael Ballack captain after the Euro 2004. Klinsmann main goal was to help Germany perform well in the next world cup.
Before the tournament, not many people expected Germany to do well because of their performance in the last tournaments. However, Germany won the first match of the tournament against Costa Rica. They continued to build confidence, and they eventually advanced to next stage with three wins in the group stage. Germany then beat Sweden 2–0 in the Round of 16.
Although many then expected Germany to reach the final, they lost in the Semi-finals to Italy after Italy scored two goals in extra time. However, the German team went on to thrash Portugal 3–1 in the third place match. After the World Cup, Miroslav Klose won the Golden Boot and Lukas Podolski won the Best Young Player award.Also, four of Germany's players were put in the All-Star squad. When the German team arrived back in Berlin, they were greeted by 500,000 fans who were all honoring the German team.
Joachim Löw takes the throne
Klinsmann left the German team after the World Cup, with Joachim Löw taking the throne. Löw was known for often putting young players in the team. The German team then easily qualified for the UEFA Euro 2008. In the final tournament, Germany advanced to the next round after they finished the group stage with two wins and one loss to Croatia. Germany then played Portugal in the quarter-finals and beat them 3–2 with goals from Bastian Schweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack. They then went to the Semi-finals against Turkey and barely defeated them 3–2 after Philipp Lahm scored on the 90th minute. In the final of the Euro 2008, Spain were the favourites but Germany was believed to have a chance. Spain took control of the game and with Fernando Torres's goal, Spain won the tournament.
2010 FIFA World Cup
Germany easily qualified in their qualifying group against Azerbaijan, Finland, Liechtenstein, Russia and Wales. In the tournament, Germany advanced through the group stage after winning two games and loosing one against Serbia. Germany then went on to dominate the Round of 16 and Quarter-finals after defeating England 4–1 and thrashing Argentina 4–0. In the semi-finals, Germany lost to Spain 1–0. Germany then beat Uruguay 3–2 to become the third place medal winners. Thomas Müller won the Golden Boot and the Best Young Player award. Germany also scored the most than any other team in the tournament, with 16 goals.
Euro 2012
Germany won all ten of their qualifying matches for the UEFA Euro 2012. They later were placed in Group B along with Portugal, the Netherlands and Denmark. The team went on to win all their matches in the group stage and broke a record of 15 consecutive wins in all matches. They then beat Greece 4–2 in the quarter-finals with goals from Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus. However, they lost to Italy 1–2 in the semi-finals.
2014 FIFA World Cup
Germany almost had ten straight wins in the qualifying round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However, in a game against Sweden, the team conceded 4 goals when they were up 4–0 up. The team performed well in the international friendlies before the World Cup with an unbeaten streak. Their most notable win was against Armenia, where they won 6–1. Germany was put in Group G with Portugal, Ghana and the United States. The first match against Portugal ended with Germany defeating them 4–0; with the help of Thomas Müller's hat-trick. Their second game against Ghana ended with a 2–2 draw after Miroslav Klose equalized the score. Their final game ended with a win against the United States after Thomas Müller scored at the 55th minute. In the quarter-finals, Mats Hummels scored the winning goal at the 13th minute, meaning that Germany advanced to their fourth consecutive semi-final in the FIFA World Cup. In the semi-final against Brazil, Germany thrashed them with a 7–1 win, making it the largest win in FIFA World Cup semi-final history. Miroslav Klose also scored a record breaking goal that made him the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history. The win began to be known as the Miracle of Belo Horizonte. Germany then went on to their 8th World Cup final in history. In the final, Mario Götze scored at the 113th minute to help Germany defeat Argentina 1–0.
Euro 2016
Germany was put in a qualifying group with Poland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Georgia and Gibraltar. They qualified at the top of their group after 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. They are currently placed with Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland in the group stage.
Current squad
The following 26 players were selected for the UEFA Euro 2020.
Caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2021, after the match against England.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Germany squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
Results and fixtures
Recent results and scheduled matches according to the DFB, UEFA and FIFA websites.
Stadiums
Germany doesn't have an official stadium, so they use many stadiums. The city of Berlin has been the host of the most German games (44 times). The Olympiastadion Berlin is the most commonly used stadium in Berlin, and it holds 74,500 seats. Other common cities to host games have been Hamburg (33 matches), Stuttgart (31), Hanover (26) and Dortmund. Another popular location is Munich, which hosted the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final, where Germany defeated the Netherlands.
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Usage
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References and notes
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Tao Te Ching
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The title
There are many ways to translate the book's title, because each Chinese word has a few meanings:
The three words together gives the meaning "Virtue Way Rules".
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Structure of the book
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Translations
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Jouthe was born on October 17, 1961 in Thomonde.
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He played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers and the Atlanta Falcons.
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The song hit #5 on the American Billboard Hot 100.
"Wildest Dreams" has been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales and streams of over 2 million copies in the United States.
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Regular triacontagon
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