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Óscar García
Reims
García returned to the French Ligue 1 in June 2021 as head coach of Stade de Reims.
Personal life
García's brothers, Roger and Genís were also footballers.
Club
Valencia
International
Spain U-21
Manager
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Red Bull Salzburg
Eudora Welty
Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South. Her book, The Optimist's Daughter, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi, is a National Historic Landmark and open to the public as a museum.
Life
Welty worked as a publicity agent for the work progress administration. She had to travel around Mississippi for her job. In her own time, she took memorable photographs. These mostly show how different people from all economic and social classes coped with the Great Depression. Collections of her photograph were published as One time, One place (1971) and Photograph (1989). Very often, a photograph was the basis of one of her short stories, including Why I live at the P.O., which was inspired by a woman she photographed ironing in the back of a small post office.
Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument that is similar to the synthesizer. What a sample does is that instead of creating sounds from scratch however, a sampler starts with more than one recording (or "samples") of different sounds added by the user, and then plays each back based on how the instrument is configured. Because these samples are usually stored in RAM, the information can be quickly accessed.
Hyssop
Hyssop (Hyssopus) is a genus of about 10–12 species of herbaceous or semi-woody plants in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to the east Mediterranean to central Asia.
They are aromatic, with upright branched stems up to 60 cm long covered with fine hairs at the tips. The small blue flowers are on the upper part of the branches during summer. By far the best-known species is the herb hyssop (H. officinalis). It is widely grown outside its native area in the Mediterranean.
The anise hyssop, Agastache foeniculum (also called blue giant hyssop) is a very different plant and not a close relative, although both are in the mint family. Anise hyssop is native to much of north-central and northern North America.
Origin of name
The name 'hyssop' can be traced back almost unchanged through the Greek word ύσσωπος (hyssopos) and Hebrew word אזוב (ezov). The Book of Exodus in the Bible records that the blood of the sacrifices was applied to the doorposts using hyssop on the night of Passover. Its vomit-inducing properties are also mentioned in the Book of Psalms. In the New Testament, a sponge soaked in sour wine or vinegar was stuck on a branch of hyssop and offered to Jesus of Nazareth on the cross just before he died. Both Matthew and Mark mention this but refer to the plant using the general term καλαμος (kalamos), which is translated as "reed" or "stick."
Seeds
The seeds are planted in spring and the seedlings planted out 40–50 cm apart. Hyssop can also be propagated from cuttings or root division in spring or autumn. Hyssop should be grown in full sun on well-drained soil, and will benefit from occasional clipping. It does not live long, and the plants need to be replaced every few years. It is good for use as a low hedge or border within an herb garden.
Hyssop in a garden
Hyssop also has uses in the garden. It is said to be a good companion plant to cabbage because it will deter the cabbage white butterfly. It has also "been found to improve the yield from grapevines if planted along the rows, particularly if the terrain is rocky or sandy, and the soil is not as easy to work as it might be." Hyssop is said to be bad for radishes, and they should not be grown nearby. Hyssop also attracts bees, hoverflies and butterflies, and so has a place in the wild garden as well as being useful in controlling pests and encouraging pollination without the use of unnatural methods.
Leaves
Hyssop leaves can be preserved by drying. Hyssop is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the cabbage moth.
Ritual use
Hyssop is a sacred plant used in Judaism. It appears a lot in the Hebrew Bible as Ezov. In Exodus 12:22 the Jews in Egypt are instructed to "Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning." It is used by the priests in the Temple of Solomon for purification rites of various kinds in Leviticus 14:4-7, 14:49-52, 19:6, 18. Hyssop is also often used to fill the Catholic ceremonial Aspergillum, which the priest dips into a bowl of holy water, and sprinkles onto the congregation to bless them. However, researchers say that the Biblical accounts refer not to the plant currently known as hyssop. It might actually be one of a number of different herbs.
The Talmud calls the hyssop אברתא and considers it to be an herbal remedy for indigestion.
In foods
Hyssop leaves have a slightly bitter minty flavor and can be added to soups, salads or meats, but it should be used sparingly as the flavour is very strong.
Ahmed Benbitour
Ahmed Benbitour (أحمد بن بيتور; born June 20, 1946) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.
Valtajeros
Valtajeros is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain.
Frida Appelgren
Frida Erika Appelgren, earlier married Muranius, born 5 April 1981 in Malmö, Sweden, is a Swedish music artist. She scored a mid-2007 hit with the song Dunka mig gul och blå.
Together with Headline she participated at Melodifestivalen 2008 with the song Upp o hoppa. The song ended up 10th in the finals.
Gateway Tower (Chicago)
Gateway Tower is a proposed mixed-use supertall skyscraper planned on the abandoned site of the former Chicago Spire in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side of Chicago.
The building is planned to be 2,000 ft tall. The building would include condos, apartments, a hotel, a Skylobby, a Skydeck with a restaurant, an amusement ride and sky-garden.
John Sessions
John Gibb Marshall (11 January 1953 – 2 November 2020), better known by the stage name John Sessions, was a British actor and comedian. He was known for comedy television shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?. He was a panellist on QI.
Sessions died of a heart attack at his South London home on 2 November 2020, aged 67.
Azerbaijani carpet
Azerbaijani rugs (Azərbaycan xalçaları) are carpets made in Azerbaijan, an ancient center of carpet weaving. The Azerbaijani carpet is a traditional handmade textile of many sizes, with dense texture and a smooth or rough surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan's many carpet-making regions. Traditionally, since ancient times the carpets were used in Azerbaijan to cover floors, decorate interior walls, sofas, chairs, beds and tables.
Carpet making is a family tradition transferred orally and through practice, with carpet making and rug making being almost women's job. In the past every young girl had to learn the art of weaving carpets, and the carpets she wove became a part of her dowry. In the case of a newly married son, it was his mother who wove a large rug for his new household. Starting a new carpet meant a feast, but the completion of a rug meant an even greater celebration for the family. In the old days finished carpets were laid out in front of the house so that passers-by with the weight of their feet could make them even tighter than they had already been knotted. For the traditional process of carpet and rug making, men removed the wool from the sheep in the spring and autumn, while women collected dyestuffs and spin and dye yarn in the spring, summer and autumn. Azerbaijani carpets are divided into four large regional groups: Quba-Shirvan, Ganja-Kazakh, Karabakh, and Baku.
In November 2010 the Azerbaijani carpet was made a "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage" by UNESCO.
Tradition
The rugs have unique patterns with characteristics of Azerbaijan's carpet-making regions. These carpets are used to cover floors, decorate interior walls, sofas, chairs, beds and tables.
Carpet making is a Azeri family tradition, carpet making and rug making is solely a women's occupation. In the past, every young girl had to learn the art of weaving carpets. If a son of a family is newly married, it was his mother who wove a large rug for his new household. Traditionally, men sheared the sheep in the spring and autumn, while women dyed the yarn in the spring, summer and autumn.
Marcello Abbado
Marcello Abbado (October 7, 1926 – June 4, 2020) was an Italian composer and pianist. He was born in Milan. His works were orchestral, two ballet s, many pieces for solo piano, and a number of chamber works.
In 1989 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Meritorious Culture and Art (Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte) by the Government of Italy.
Abbado died on June 4, 2020 in Stresa, Italy at the age of 93.
Vic Mensa
Victor Kwesi Mensah (born June 6, 1993), known professionally as Vic Mensa, is an American rapper and singer. Mensa's debut single "Down on My Luck" was released in June 2014 by Virgin EMI. His debut studio album The Autobiography was released in July 2017.
Life and career
Victor Kwesi Mensah was born on June 6, 1993. His father is from Ghana and his mother is American. Mensa grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. He attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. While a freshman there, he met Chancelor Bennett.
Mensa began his career when he formed a band called Kids These Days in 2009. The band would eventually release two projects, an extended play titled Hard Times in 2011, and a mixtape titled Traphouse Rock in 2012.
Following the band's split up in May 2013, Mensa performed with Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn at Albarn's 2014 performance at the Governors Ball Music Festival, where he performed the track "Clint Eastwood", filling in for MC Del the Funky Homosapien. When announcing a tour for 2015, Mensa said that he has plans to collaborate with Albarn sometime in the near future.
On September 18, 2013, it was announced that Mensa would be joining J. Cole and Wale on the What Dreams May Come Tour. Mensa released his first mixtape, Innanetape, on September 30, 2013.
Following the end of the What Dreams May Come Tour, he toured Europe with Danny Brown for the beginning of February 21, 2014 until their ending on March 8. To cap off his rise to stardom, Mensa was chosen to be on the cover of XXL for the Freshman Class of 2014. Mensa's first single "Down on My Luck" was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2014. On the same day, the music video for the song was released. It was performed and produced with Dimetri Hogan. "Down on My Luck" was then released for digital download in international markets on June 6, 2014, by Virgin EMI Records.
On February 12, 2015, Kanye West debuted a song, titled "Wolves" at his Adidas Originals showcase. The song featured Mensa himself, along with Sia. Mensa later performed "Wolves" alongside West and Sia on Saturday Night Live's 40th Anniversary Celebration three days later. Mensa would later release an official collaboration with Kanye West, titled "U Mad" on April 10. Eleven days later, Roc Nation announced that Vic had signed to its label. A video of Mensa signing the deal alongside Jay-Z backstage at his On the Run Tour in Chicago was released on Tidal. Later on in 2015, Mensa received a nomination for Best Rap Song at the 58th Grammy Awards as a songwriter for co-writing Kanye West's single "All Day".
On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Mensa, along with Travis Scott and ILoveMakonnen, will be a part of Alexander Wang's "WANGSQUAD" campaign. On February 19, Mensa released a single, titled "No Chill" through iTunes with Skrillex. It was produced by Skrillex and Jahlil Beats. Mensa's collaboration on Kanye West's "Wolves" was released after West updated the album's Tidal track list off his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo with a reworked version of "Wolves". The album included previously removed guest vocals from Mensa and Sia, and separated Frank Ocean's vocals into a separate track on March 16, 2016.
On June 3, 2016, Vic Mensa released his second extended play titled There's Alot Going On. With only one guest feature from Ty Dolla Sign, the EP tackled issues such as the Flint water crisis, the shooting of Laquan McDonald, and self-inflicted wounds. Mensa's EP debuted at number 127 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
He has performed as the opening act during Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour in Europe.
Claremont, Virginia
Claremont is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Vic Mensa
Life and career
Leading up to the release of Mensa's first studio album, he released his third extended play The Manuscript on June 8, 2017. Three days later, Mensa announced and revealed the album's title of his first studio album titled The Autobiography. Mensa would release the lead single "Wings" featuring Pharrell Williams and Saul Williams on July 13. The Autobiography was released on July 28, 2017, through Roc Nation. The album featured guest appearances from Weezer, Syd, The-Dream, Chief Keef, Joey Purp, Pharrell Williams, Saul Williams, Ty Dolla Sign, and Pusha T. The album debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 15,000 copies first week.
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. His creative and experimental design received a lot of attention in the world of fashion.
Vic Mensa
Life and career
In January 2019, Mensa formed a punk rock and rap band named 93Punx. They later released a cover of The Cranberries song "Zombie". 93Punx later released their first single, "Camp America", featuring children in cages in an ICE-inspired video. Their self-titled album was released on August 23, 2019.
Mensa returned in August 2020 with his first single of the year, "No More Teardrops", featuring Malik Yusef and Wyatt Waddell, a song tackling police brutality, street crime, corruption and the prison system. The song appeared on Roc Nation's upcoming compilation album Reprise. Mensa would later release his fifth extended play, V Tape, on August 21, 2020. It features appearances from Snoh Alaegra, Saint Jhn, BJ the Chicago Kid, Peter Cottontale and Eryn Allen Kayne.
Alexander McQueen
Career
In 1994, McQueen returned to London and got a master's degree from Central Saint Martins College. It was the turning point that led him to be a designer. McQueen worked at Givenchy as a head designer from 1996 to 2001. After he separated with Givenchy, he focused on his own label. Then, in 2001, he made a debut with The Dance of the Twisted Bull collection in Paris which provoked some scandals. In 2001 "Gucci" Group got 51% shares of Alexander McQueen brand, which was named after McQueen, and became his new partner. As time passed, McQueen launched "McQ" as second brand, and "My Queen" as perfume brand. McQueen also conducted various brand and design collaboration with Puma, Samsonite and Chivas Regal. By the end of 2006, Alexander McQueen brand has entered 25 cities including London, Paris, New York City, Boston, Milan, Moscow, Tokyo and Seoul.
In 1996, he was nominated as the youngest British Fashion Designer of the Year, and again in 1997, 2001 and 2003. Moreover, in 2003 he was nominated as by Council of Fashion Designers of America(CFDA) and received 'Commander of the Order of the British Empire' from Queen. From mid 1990s to 2000s, he had success in his career.
Personal life, death and afterwards
McQueen was openly gay. He suffered from depression since the suicide of his close friend Isabella Blow. He hanged himself at his London home nine days after from the death of his mother. Depression was presumed to be the cause of his suicide. After his death, Sarah Burton is now the chief designer of the Alexander McQueen business.
Porto
Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula.
Location
Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name "Portugal", based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city is spelled with a definite article ("o Porto"; English: the port). Consequently, its English name evolved from a misinterpretation of the oral pronunciation and referred to as Oporto in modern literature and by many speakers.
Carmen Silvera
Carmen Silvera (3 June 1922 – 3 August 2002) was a Canadian-born British comic actress. She played Camilla Hope in the soap opera Compact. She also played Mrs. Van Schuyler in Lillie in 1978.
Silvera was born in Toronto, Canada. She died from lung cancer at age 80 in England.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam is a United States Navy and United States Air Force base in the U.S. state of Hawaii, on the south lagoon shore of Oahu. The navy base was started in 1899 and merged with the air force base in 2010. It is 8 miles (15 km) west of downtown Honolulu.
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, which was a surprise. The attack led to America's fighting in World War II. The reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was to destroy the U.S. Navy (Seventh Fleet), and prevent the U.S. from stopping the Japanese expansion in Asia.
Talisman
A talisman is an amulet or other object considered to possess supernatural or magical powers. A talisman can have protective properties, turning away harmful or evil influences. It is a very sacred object said to give protection and good luck.
It is also said that when making an talisman the person intending to use it must craft it.
Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone (or Douglas Glenn Colvin; September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002) was a German-American singer, songwriter and musician. He was best known for being a founding member of the Ramones.
He was mostly a punk rock singer, but he also made some hip hop music.
Ramone was born in Fort Lee, Virginia. He died from a heroin overdose, aged 50.
Intonation
Intonation may mean:
Villar del Ala
Villar del Ala is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain.
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the first studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. The album was released on June 12, 1985. It was released by Combat Records.
In early 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat Records. The band was given this money to record and produce their first album. Later, the band was given another $4,000. Most of the money was spent on drugs, alcohol, and food. Megadeth fired their producer, and produced the record by themselves. A new version of the album was made in 2018. It was named ''Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - The Final Kill''.
Reutlingen
Reutlingen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. About 110,000 people live there.
Teratogen
A teratogen is a material that can cause birth defects. Teratogens include some chemicals, medications, and infectious diseases. The name goes back to Ancient Greek "theras", which can be translated as "monster".
Senanga
Senanga is a town in Western Province, Zambia. It is on the banks of the Zambezi River. About 72,000 people live there.
Teratogen
About 75% of all birth defects are caused by teratogens. p. 23-3
Alcohol and illegal drugs
Alcohol is the most common cause of congenital disorders that can be prevented. Alcohol is poisonous to a fetus and can cause brain damage. Drinking alcohol while pregnant can cause the fetus to get fetal alcohol syndrome.
Illegal drugs, like heroin and cocaine, are also poisonous to the fetus and can cause many different congenital problems. For example, cocaine use during pregnancy can cause microcephaly (a smaller head size than usual) and problems with the way the fetus's urinary system and genitals grow.
Medications
Some medications can also hurt the fetus if its mother takes them while she is pregnant. For example: p. 23-6
Before the 1960s, many countries did not have rules about testing medications for their effects on fetuses. This changed partly because of thalidomide. This medication was given to pregnant women for nausea in the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1956 and 1962, more than 10,000 children in 46 different countries were born with birth defects, like arms and legs that had not grown. Thalidomide had not been tested well enough before it started being prescribed. Now, many countries require more testing before a medication can be said to be safe during pregnancy.
Infections
If a woman gets an infection while she is pregnant, sometimes the infection can affect her fetus. The placenta protects the fetus from many different viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens that cause infections. However, some pathogens can get through the placenta and infect the fetus. This is called vertical transmission. Some of these infections can cause birth defects.
Examples of infections that can cause birth defects include:
Chemicals
Some chemicals can cause birth defects, if a pregnant woman is exposed to enough of them. For example:
Other things
High levels of ionizing radiation can cause birth defects. p. 23-8
Things that are not teratogens
Examples of things that do not cause birth defects include:
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941. It set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II.
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. was a Canadian company known for making graphics processing units and motherboard chipsets. It was founded in 1985 as Array Technology Inc. In 2006, ATI was bought by AMD.
Iseo
Iseo can mean:
Dyslexia
Dyslexia, or word blindness, is a learning disability that affects reading. Different people are affected to different degrees. The condition that makes it difficult to learn and understand things in the same way others do. It is a very common problem.
Dyslexia affects the way the brain understands words. The most common signs of dyslexia are reading and writing problems.
Estimates are that in the United States between 5 and 9% of school children have dyslexia. Another source says it affects 3–7% of the population. Up to 20% of the general population may have some degree of symptoms. While dyslexia is more often diagnosed in boys, this is partly explained by a self-fulfilling referral bias among teachers and professionals.
Characteristics
A person can have dyslexia even if they are intelligent. Their education might be affected by their dyslexia or not. Recent studies show there are some small business owners that have dyslexia. Researchers think many dyslexic entrepreneurs are successful because they can delegate responsibilities (of writing letters) and still be good at speaking.
At the end of the 19th century, scientists did a lot of research about dyslexia and found some of the reasons that people are dyslexic.
Therapy
Children with dyslexia can be helped. One way teachers help dyslexic students is to break words into different sounds. The student must learn how to write the different sounds and create words. This helps with reading and writing.
Origins
Speech of the human kind is a late-comer in evolutionary terms. Like the large head of babies, human speech evolved late in evolution.
It is generally to be expected that recent functions in evolution are less reliable than older functions.
Christiansburg, Virginia
Christiansburg (used to be called Hans Meadows) is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia. 21,041 people lived there in 2010. It is the county seat of Montgomery County.
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a television program about heavy metal and hardcore punk music airing on MTV2, and other channels.
Clarksville, Virginia
Clarksville is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Harlowton, Montana
Harlowton is a city of Montana in the United States. It is the county seat of Wheatland County. About 1,000 people lived there in 2010.
Harlowton was founded in 1900 as a station stop on the Montana Railroad. Harlowton is surrounded by the Crazy, Little Belt and Big Snowy Mountains, which are a part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest.
Dave Fortman
Dave Fortman (born July 11, 1967) is an American music producer. He used to play rhythm guitar in California-based hard rock band, Ugly Kid Joe, through the 1990s. Fortman also co-owns a recording studio called Balance Productions which is in Louisiana. He recently worked with Slipknot on their new fourth studio album called All Hope Is Gone.
India–Nepal relations
Nepal-India relations are more than the sum of treaties/agreements between the two countries.
The frequent high-level visits by the leaders of the two countries at different points of time and the interactions constitute the hallmark of the ties between the two countries. Furthermore, such visits have helped promote goodwill, trust, understanding and cooperation between them.
In addition, they have injected fresh momentum to further relations of friendship and cooperation on a more mature and pragmatic footing.
Malta, Montana
Malta is a city in Montana, United States. It is the county seat of Phillips County. About 2,000 people lived there in 2010.
One of the best preserved dinosaurs ever discovered was unearthed north of Malta in 2000. The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station is in Malta.
The Little Rocky Mountains are south of the town.
Wende
Wende ("the turn-around") refers to a historical process in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the years 1989 and 1990, after the Soviet reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev. The communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, shortly SED) lost their power and a democratic government was established. The policy of this new government lead finally to German reunification in October 1990.
Senchus fer n-Alban
The Senchus fer n-Alban ("History of the Men of Scotland") was an Old Irish medieval text believed to have been compiled in the 10th century. It provides much information, however faulty, on the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.
Wende
The Wende was known to be very peaceful. The people who were against the SED and communism did not want to use violence, and so these events are also known as the Peaceful Revolution (in German: Friedliche Revolution).
Mountain pass
In a group of hills or mountains, a pass is a path for crossing a mountain. It is usually a saddle point between two higher areas. Many of the world's mountain ranges have always made travel difficult so passes have been important throughout history in trade, war and migration.
Wende
Beginnings
The Wende events were part of the fall of Communism all over Eastern Europe, for example in Poland, Hungary or Czechoslovakia. Soon there were reforms in that countries. In August 1989, Hungary opened its borders to Austria, and many tourists from East Germany crossed the border and fled to Western countries.
Mountain pass
A pass has the general form of a saddle between two mountains. They are often found just above the source of a river, making a sort of "bridge" over to the headwaters of another river. Passes may be very short, with steep slopes to the top of the pass, or valleys of many kilometers.
Wende
Beginnings
In September, East Germans were not allowed to go to Hungary any more. Soon, more and more East Germans went to the embassies of West Germany in Warsaw and especially in Prague. Soon there were more than 4,000 people in the Prague embassy. West Germany could reach that East Germany allowed its people to go. On 30 September 1989, the West German Foreign minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, came to Prague and told the East Germans in the embassy's garden that they could go. The traveled to west Germany by trains which went through the GDR. In the first days of October, even more East Germans went to West Germany from Prague.
Mountain pass
Roads and railways have been built through passes. Some high and rugged passes may have tunnels dug underneath to let traffic move faster.
Wende
Monday Demonstrations
In the GDR itself, some oppositional groups were founded, for example the Neues Forum ("New Forum"), the Demokratischer Aufbruch ("Democratic Awakening") or Demokratie Jetzt ("Democracy Now").
Mountain pass
The top of a pass is often the only flat ground in the area so it is often a good site for buildings. For countries whose borders lie on a mountain range, the pass is often part of the border. As well as making travel easy between valleys, passes also provide a route between two mountain tops so it is common for tracks to meet at a pass; this often makes them good routes even when travelling between a summit and the valley floor.
Some of the best known passes are Great St Bernard Pass at 2473 m in the Alps, the Khyber Pass at 1027 m between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Khardong La Pass at 5359 m in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Wende
Monday Demonstrations
Since October 1989, there were lots of demonstrations against the SED and for democracy and human rights. In the city of Leipzig, people met every Monday in a church which is called Nikolaikirche. They prayed for peace and freedom, and after that, they went out and demonstrate. These demonstrations are called Montagsdemonstrationen ("Monday Demonstrations").
On 7 October 1989, there was the 40th "birthday" of the GDR. The SED held big celebrations and festivals in East Berlin and other cities. At the same time, lots of people protested in the streets, and more than 1,000 of them were arrested. In Plauen, in the south of East Germany, many people met for a demonstration. Two days later, on 9 October, there was the next Monday Demonstration in Leipzig. About 70,000 people went peacefully through the city centre, and the police or the State Security (Stasi) did not do anything to stop them.
On 18 October, the main leaders of the SED decided that their chairman, Erich Honecker had to resign. Egon Krenz became the new leader of the SED (Generalsekretär des Zentralkomitees der SED, "General Secretary of the Central Comitee of the SED") and head of state (Staatsratsvorsitzender, "Chairman of the State Council"). He said that he wanted to start a "Wende", but the demonstrants still wanted the SED to give up all power.
The Fall of the Wall
On 4 November, there was a very big demonstration on the Alexanderplatz in East Berlin. More than 400,000 people took part, and the demonstration was shown live on East German television.
The government of the GDR discussed a new law about travels to West Germany and other countries. In the evening of 9 November 1989, there was a press conference with the press secretary of the Central Committee of the SED, Günter Schabowski. Just before that press conference, Egon Krenz had given Schabowski a sheet of paper about the new travel law. Before the press conference ended, a journalist from Italy asked Schabowski a question about freedom of travel. Schabowski read out his sheet of paper, which said that everyone should be allowed to leave the country and come back whenever he or she wanted. When he was asked when this rule should come into force, Schabowski answered "at once" and "immediately".
Many people watched this press conference on TV, and the West German mass media reported that the GDR wanted to open the borders "immediately". So more and more East Germans went to the Wall to see if this was true. When they saw that the Wall was still closed, they became angrier and angrier. After 23:00, the border was opened at one border checkpoint, at Bornholmer Straße, and soon the other checkpoints followed. In that night lots of people went to West Berlin and back. In the next days and weeks, thousands of people visited West Germany.
"Round Tables" and the end of the Stasi
On 13 November 1989, Hans Modrow became the new Minister-President of East Germany. He established a Round Table for political decisions. On the Round Table were members of the SED and its mass organisations, from oppositional groups and from the churches. In cities, towns and villages, there were many other Round Tables established, too.
Many people in the GDR still feared the Ministry of State Security, which was known as the "Stasi". Modrow renamed the Ministry into Amt für Nationale Sicherheit ("Office of National Security"; AfN). The AfN started to destroy the documents which they had collected over the years. The oppositional forces wanted the documents to be kept, and so they occupied all the Stasi offices in the country in December 1989 and January 1990. The last was the Stasi headquarters in East Berlin on 15 January 1990.
Free election
On 18 March 1990, there were free elections to the parliament of East Germany, the Volkskammer ("People's Chamber"). These election was won by the Allianz für Deutschland ("Alliance for Germany"), a group of parties which wanted the GDR to be annexed by West Germany. The most importand party of the Alliance was the CDU, and their chairman, Lothar de Maizière, became the new Minister-President of the GDR. The new government started the process of reunification, which finally came to an end on 3 October 1990.
Blacy
Blacy is the name of the two communes in France:
Class consciousness
In Marxism, class consciousness is one's awareness (consciousness) of where one belongs in a system of social classes.
According to Marx, there are two classes in capitalism. They are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie take advantage of the proletariat and control the means of production. The proletariat class has more people than the bourgeoisie but do not own the means of production. The proletariat are usually workers.
According to Marxism, many members of the proletariat class have false consciousness. That means they usually think about themselves and are not aware of the class struggle going on in society or how the proletariat is being hurt by the bourgeoisie. An example of false consciousness would be the idea of the American Dream.
When enough members of the proletariat have class consciousness, they will be able to unite and overthrow the capitalist system.
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Clifton Forge is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Villar del Campo
Villar del Campo is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain.
Doing It All for My Baby
"Doing It All for My Baby" is a 1987 song by Huey Lewis and the News and is the fifth single from their fourth studio album Fore!. It was their fifth top 10 single from their album and making them the first band to do so. It also went to number 93 in both the United Kingdom and Australia and number 30 in Canada.
Clifton, Virginia
Clifton is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Ilyushin Il-12
Ilyushin Il-12 (Russian: Ильюшин Ил-12; NATO reporting name: Coach) was a Soviet twin-engine cargo aircraft for small and medium-haul airline routes and a military transport, produced by Ilyushin.
1763
Events
1751 – 1800
1637
1637 was a common year.
Cerdon
Cerdon is the name of two communes in France:
The Woman on the Beach
The Woman on the Beach is a 1947 American crime drama movie directed by Jean Renoir and was based on the 1945 novel None So Blind. It stars Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford, Walter Sande, Irene Ryan, Glen Vernon and was distributed by RKO Pictures.
Rodrigo Valdéz
Rodrigo Valdez (December 22, 1946 – March 14, 2017) was a boxer from Colombia who was a World Middleweight Champion and Undisputed World Middleweight Champion whose rivalry with Carlos Monzón has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries.
Valdez was trained by International Boxing Hall of Fame coach Gil Clancy. Many people consider him, Antonio Cervantes and Miguel "Happy" Lora to be the three greatest boxers ever to come from that country. He is 29th on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Valdéz died on March 14, 2017 in Cartagena, Colombia from a heart attack, aged 70.
Boissey
Boissey may refer to several communes in France:
Fediverse
The fediverse is many social media and internet software that can talk with each other. Federated social media allow people on different social media to like, follow, and comment on each other’s profiles.
Similar to e-mail, the fediverse is not owned by one person or company. Any person or company can make social media instances on the fediverse. And similar to email, these instances can connect and talk with each other.
For example, Mastodon gGmbH has the fediverse instance “mastodon.social”, and Gmail has the email address “gmail.com”. A person on “mastodon.social” has the fediverse identity “@ username @mastodon.social”, and a person on “gmail.com” has the email address “ username @gmail.com”. But a “gmail.com” user can send an email to someone who uses a different email provider, like “hotmail.com”. Similarly, a “mastodon.social” user can comment on a post by someone who uses a different fediverse instance, like “mozilla.social”.
Federated networking services
Different fediverse software have different kinds of content. Some are for images, while others are for videos. Fediverse software have multiple instances. Some fediverse software, like Mastodon, have hundreds of instances that can connect with each other. Usually, people can use federated social media software by opening one of the software’s instances in their web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge...), by using phone apps, or by using a web app.
Clinchport, Virginia
Clinchport is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Salzgitter
Salzgitter is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony, founded in 1942.
It has about 108,000 inhabitants.
Clinchco, Virginia
Clinchco is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
ASBIS
ASBISC is a multinational corporate group that is engaged in distribution of IT-products.
The company headquartered in Limassol (Cyprus).
Overview
ASBISC was founded in Belarus in 1990.
By 1994 ASBIS appeared on Russian and Ukrainian IT markets.
During 1998 ASBIS had opened departments in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
By 2004 ASBIS had opened 37 offices in 25 countries.
ASBIS distributes mobile gadgets, computer software and hardware on the markets of the following countries: Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Netherlands, Ireland, Cyprus, Russia, Morocco, Turkey, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Kazakhstan, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.
Xiaolongbao
It is possible to buy deep frozen Xiaolongbao worldwide, normally in special shops or supermarkets which sell ingredients for Chinese cooking.
Carlos Escudé
Escudé died on 1 January 2021 in Buenos Aires from COVID-19 at aged 72.
Pumping on Your Stereo
"Pumping on Your Stereo" is a 1999 song by English band Supergrass. It is the leading single from their third studio album Supergrass. It went to number 11 in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom, number 13 in Scotland and number 29 in Ireland.
Albrecht Böttcher
Albrecht Böttcher (born 29 December 1954 in Oberwiesenthal, Saxony, Germany) is a German mathematician. His field of research is functional analysis.
Pumping on Your Stereo
Track listings
UK CD1 (CDRS 6518)
Albrecht Böttcher
Between 1971 and 1973, Böttcher was in an elite class for mathematics at the Chemnitz University of Technology. In 1973, he won a silver medal at the International Math Olympiad in Moscow. He studied mathematics from 1975 to 1979 in Chemnitz. In 1980, he went to Rostov on Don to study and earned a PhD there in 1984. The topic of his dissertation was The finite section method for the Wiener-Hopf integral operator. After this he worked as scientist assistance at the university of Chemnitz. Since 1992, he is professor for harmonic analysis and Operator theory at the Chemnitz University of Technology.
Pumping on Your Stereo
Track listings
UK CD2 (CDR 6518)
UK 7-inch single (R 6518)
"That (You'll Never Walk Again) was just a demo we did on our eight track," says Goffey. "It's just the three of us around the mic. It's about the riots at France '98, the World Cup. It's just a really stupid song. It just happened. Probably either Gaz or Micky started singing it and we all joined in. Then we overdubbed some stupid cowbells on it."
Ali Benflis
Ali Benflis (على بن فليس; born 8 September 1944) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 2000 to 2004. In 2003, he became the general secretary of the National Liberation Front party. He ran for President of Algeria twice in 2004 and in 2014.
Harju County
There are a number of protected areas in Harju County. Lahemaa National Park was the first national park in the Soviet Union. There are 21 nature reserves and 25 landscape protection areas, that are at least partly in Harju County. The largest is the Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve.
Municipalities
Harju County is divided into 16 municipalities. Four are urban and 12 are rural.
House of mirrors
A house of mirrors or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction at carnivals and amusement parks.
Tooele, Utah
Tooele is a city in Tooele County, Utah.
Tupolev Tu-134
Tupolev Tu-134 (Russian: Туполев Ту-134; NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a Soviet twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner produced by Tupolev.
Frank Beckmann
Frank Carl Beckmann (November 3, 1949February 12, 2022) was an German-born American broadcaster and talk radio host. He worked as a radio personality on WJR in Detroit, Michigan. He also was the radio play-by-play announcer for University of Michigan football from 1981 to 2013.
On February 11, 2022 it was announced that Beckmann was in hospice care in Clarkston, Michigan. He died the next day from problems caused by vascular dementia, aged 72.
Two bows, two claps, one bow
"Two bows, two claps, one bow" (二礼二拍手一礼) is a ritual people do when they enter Shinto shrines. As the name suggests it involves bowing twice, clapping twice, and then bowing once more.
To show respect for the gods, it is important to follow proper etiquette, with "two bows, two claps, one bow" being the most commonly used method. This ritual has evolved over time and is a reflection of the respect and reverence for the deities.."
While there have been various historical systems, this is the current one that is used now.
This method is widely considered as the standard when visiting shrines However, there may be some local variations depending on the specific shrine.
The practice of "two bows, two claps, one bow" is also sometimes referred to as "2-2-1".
Saint-Éloi
Saint-Éloi (French for Saint Eligius) may refer to:
Two bows, two claps, one bow
History
The practice of "two bows, two claps, one bow" can be traced back to the "Shrine Festival" in 1873, where it was referred to as Reworship and applause (再拝拍手) Over time, different methods were developed and refined, resulting in the current etiquette. In the 40th year of the Meiji era, the "Shrine Rituals and Events Etiquette" was established, which defined the etiquette as "returning, clapping twice, pressing together, praying, praying, clapping twice, and bowing again."
It is widely acknowledged that "two bows, two claps, one bow" is the formal etiquette of worship for the chief priest. This etiquette was developed through the extensive experience and improvements made by the predecessors and is a testament to the reverence and respect for the gods.
UEFA Euro 2008
Greece, the UEFA Euro 2004 champions, recorded the worst finish in the UEFA Euro 2008. They got the least amount of money, and no points for the Group Stage.
Eirene (moon)
Eirene is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,974,000 km in 758.341 days, at an inclination of 166° to the ecliptic (167° to Jupiter's equator), with an orbital eccentricity of 0.307.
UEFA Euro 2008
Qualified Teams
The teams that qualified were:
Final rankings
<li>Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.</li>
Eirene (moon)
It belongs to the Carme group, made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000 km and at an inclination of about 165°.
Villasayas
Villasayas is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain.
Colonial Beach, Virginia
Colonial Beach is a town in Virginia on the potomac river.
Coeburn, Virginia
Coeburn is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Saint Tikhon of Moscow was a of Moscow in the beginning of the Soviet Union. His name, before he became a saint, was Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin(Василий Иванович Беллавин). He was by the Synod of Bishops. It is possible that the character of the elder Zosimov in the Russian novel The Brothers Karamazov was influenced by him.
Villaseca de Arciel
Villaseca de Arciel is a municipality found in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain.
Italy national volleyball team
The Italy men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Italy. It dominated international volleyball competitions in the 1990s and early 2000s, by winning four World Championships (1990, 1994, 1998 and 2022), seven European Championships, one World Cup (1995) and eight World League (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2000).
Courtland, Virginia
Courtland is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Columbia, Virginia
Columbia is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (song)
"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" is a 1984 song by Eurythmics. It is the leading single from their album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) and the soundtrack to the 1984 movie Nineteen Eighty-Four. It went to the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway. It also made number 81 in the United States.
Henry County, Missouri
Henry County is a county in Missouri, United States. The county seat is Clinton. In 2020, 21,946 people lived there. The county was organized on December 13, 1834.