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Geography of the Dominican Republic
Climate
The rain season is from May to November. The average yearly rainfall is 1,346 mm, with extremes of 2,500 mm or more in the northeastern mountains and 500 mm in the southwestern valleys. The western valleys, along the Haitian border, remain relatively dry, with less than 760 mm of annual precipitation. The northwestern and southeastern extremes of the country are also very dry.
VXON
Member announcement
On December 22, Franz and Vince were announced as the first and second members of the group. It was followed by Patrick and Sam on December 23. C13 was announced as the last member of the group on December 24.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Climate
From June to November (mainly from August to October), tropical storms and hurricanes are frequent and can do much damage in the country.
Islands
There are several smaller islands and cays that are part of the Dominican Republic. The largest islands are:
VXON
2022: Debut
On January 1, it was announced that the group would make their official debut on January 7th. They released concept photos and teasers for the group’s upcoming debut on January 7th.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Islands
Some of the cays are Cayos Siete Hermanos (in English, "Seven Brothers Cays"), close to the northwestern coast, and the cays of Samaná Bay.
VXON
Debut single
On January 7, the group officially made their debut with their first single The Beast written by C13, Franz, Sam and Knockloud and produced by Knockloud from South Korea and C13. On January 9, they released their debut MV and premiered the debut MV on the group’s Official YouTube Channel. On February 11, VXON’s ‘The Beast’ music video hit a million views, 33 days after it premiered on YouTube. In a social media post, VXON thanked their fans they call ‘Vixies’ for helping them reach this milestone. On April 2, 2022 the group released their first special single and second single P.S, a song for their fans.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Mountains and Valleys
The Dominican Republic is a country with many mountains; the highest peaks of the Caribbean are found here. The chains of mountains show a direction northwest-southeast and they are separated by valleys with the same general direction.
VXON
2020 Dubai Expo: First International Exposure
VXON's first international event was the Expo Street Music during the Dubai Expo 2020 on March 28, 2022 at the Sustainability Plaza in Dubai. They performed alongside Filipino artists' Erik Santos, Shanti Dope, and Jason Dy.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Mountains and Valleys
From north to south, the mountain ranges and valleys are:
Chai Nat province
Chai Nat (ชัยนาท) is one of the central provinces of Thailand.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Rivers and Lakes
The 8 longest rivers of the Dominican Republic are:
VXON
2022 PPOPCON
On April 9–10, 2022, VXON attended the 2022 PPOPCON as an open acts performer on the same day at the New Frontier Theater for the Day 1 convention and at the Smart Araneta Coliseum for the main event of the concert and the convention. They also joined various P-pop idol groups on stage and at the after party of the concert.
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Rivers and Lakes
The Artibonite River is the longest river of the island but only 68 km are in the Dominican Republic.
The largest lake of the Hispaniola, and of the Caribbean, is the Lake Enriquillo. It is in the Hoya de Enriquillo with an area of 265 km². There are three small islands within the lake. It is around 40 meters below sea level and is a saline lake with a higher concentration of salt than the sea water.
Others lakes are Rincón (fresh water, area of 28.2 km²), Oviedo (brackish water, area of 28 km²), Redonda, Limón.
Voorst
Voorst is a municipality found in the Dutch province of Gelderland. In 2019, 24,417 people lived there.
VXON
2022 Tugatog Music Festival
On April 12, 2022, it was announced that VXON will perform in SM Mall of Asia at the 2022 Tugatog Music Festival to be held on July 15, 2022 with idol groups MNL48, Alamat, BINI, BGYO, LITZ, P-POP GENERATION, Press Hit Play, and 1st. One as the first batch announced.
P-pop Fandom Festival feat. VXON
The group held its first ever fan meeting on October 2, 2023 at Eton Centris. It was a whole-day event with fandom booths, games, contests, and random play dance. The group also performed their songs and culminated the event with a meet and greet with fans. Cornerstone Entertainment artists' G22 and Mark Oblea also performed in the event.
2023: First Anniversary / Monsters of Philippine Pop
The group celebrated its First Anniversary in the industry on January 7, 2023. In this month, VXON held two major concerts in Dubai and the Philippines.
SEE THE VXON Anniversary Concerts
On January 29, 2023, the group had its 1st Anniversary concert in the Philippines on January 29, 2023 at the Ayala Malls Trinoma Activity Center. There were also special performances from CS entertainment artists' Zephanie, G22, and upcoming boy groups, AJAA and Yes My Love. Highlights of the concert include solo and sub-unit performances of the members and a live performance of the song "Ikaw Na Na Na" with Zephanie. It was also the first time that leader of the group, C13, performed his solo single, STAY, in public.
Dubai Victor Magazine : First International Magazine feature
While in Dubai for a concert, VXON also had a shoot for the February issue of the Dubai lifestyle magazine, Victor. They were the first P-pop group to be featured in print of the said magazine.
Members
From eldest to youngest
Singles
Source of Genre Category: Apple Music
Philantrophy
On January 22, 2022, VXON participated in the Kumu Music Live: Odette Benefit concert for the victims of Typhoon Odette.
Chai Nat province
Geography
Chai Nat is a flat plain. It is in central Thailand's Chao Phraya River valley. There is a dam. It is used for flood control as well. It also is used to divert water into the country's largest irrigation system. The water is used for irrigation of rice paddies in the lower river valley. The dam was finished in 1957 and was the first dam constructed in Thailand.
VXON
Philantrophy
On March 8, 2023, as part of the proceeds of the Vixies Charity Ball, their fans donated 10,000 pesos to Save The Children Philippines in VXON's name.
Chai Nat province
History
Chai Nat was first established during the Ayutthaya kingdom. It was used as a successful base of operations for confronting the Burmese army. As the Burmese were defeated every time, the area earned the name Chai Nat, "place of victory".
Sights
Chai Nat Bird Park (สวนนกชัยนาท) This sanctuary has the biggest bird sanctuary in Asia (26 rai; 4.2 hectares). Many bird bird species to live in their natural habitat.
Wat Thammamun Worawihan (วัดธรรมามูลวรวิหาร) The temple enshrines Luangpho Thammachak, a standing Buddha image
Wat Phra Borommathat Worawihan (วัดพระบรมธาตุวรวิหาร) There is an old pagoda
Chai Nat Muni National Museum (พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ ชัยนาทมุนี) This archaeological museum is a 2-storey adapted Thai-style building. Downstairs displays celadon Buddha images, tools, and ornaments.
Wasan Crocodile Farm (ฟาร์มจระเข้วสันต์) There are different kinds of animals such as crocodiles, tigers, rays, and various bird species.
Chao Phraya Dam (เขื่อนเจ้าพระยา) The nation's first large dam.
Khun San Statue (อนุสาวรีย์ขุนสรรค์) Khun San or Hero of the Noi River is one of the Bang Rachan folk leaders who fought courageously seven times against the Burmese.
Wat Phra Mahathat (วัดพระมหาธาตุ) The royal temple of Mueang Phraek or Mueang San. The temple houses a distinguished prang with a fluted spire like the shape of a star fruit. The prang housing Buddha relics is made from brick on a square shaped base (a plinth) in the Lop Buri style.
Missions of California
The California missions were made by Spain and were located in Alta California, now known as just California. The purpose of these missions were to bring Christianity to the natives. Many of the cities you see today in California are named after the missions. Spain sent priests and soldiers to build the missions. The leader of the priests was Junipero Serra. They often used violence to force the natives into helping to build their missions. Other times they would bribe the natives, promising to give them spices and money. The natives were forced to stay at the missions until their training was complete. As a result, many natives tried to escape. These natives were brought back to the mission, beaten, and punished. The soldiers would often beat the natives in public to show the natives what would be done if they didn't follow the rules. The end of the mission era in Alta California was after Mexico was finally free from Spain. Mexico decided that they would close down the missions. Today, the missions of California are used as wedding places, churches, and museums.
Chai Nat province
Sights
Wat Song Phi Nong (วัดสองพี่น้อง) Legend has it that Chao Sam, one of the three siblings, incited the other two siblings named Chao Ai and Chao Yi against each other for the throne. Both Chao Ai and Chao Yi died and Chao Sam became the ruler. Chao Sam then built one prang and one chedi for his late brothers.
Missions of California
The 21 missions of California are listed in order by the date that they were made.
Chai Nat province
Sights
Wat Phra Kaeo (วัดพระแก้ว) An ancient temple housing a beautiful square-based stupa. In front of the stupa stands a Buddha image hall known as Wihan Luangpho Chai, where a delicately carved sandstone lintel was found at the back of the image.
Monkey Park (สวนลิง) The temple houses rubber plantations and is home to a number of monkeys.
Wat Klai Kangwon (วัดไกลกังวล) or Khao Saraphat Si Charoen Tham (เขาสารพัดศรีเจริญธรรม) On top of the hill sees ruins of an ordination hall and the Buddha's footprints, as well as, a panoramic view of the area.
Local products
Dakkhanon Mattress (ที่นอนดักคะนน) Stuffed with kapok, these are made by the locals of Ban Dakkhanon, Tambon Thammamun.
Benjarong Pentachrome Ceramics (เครื่องเบญจรงค์) These five-coloured ceramics are made in the finest and most sophisticated craftsmanship.
Products
Manorom's Pomelo (ส้มโอมโนรมย์) The most famous is the Khao Taengkwa variety with its sweet-crispy taste, large size, and is available throughout. The annual fair is held in August.
Water Hyacinth Woven Product (ผลิตภัณฑ์ผักตบชวา) By making good use of this local plant, water hyacinths are made into a variety of affordable and delicate handicraft products and household decorations such as bags, baskets, slippers, flower pots, trays in the shape of a chicken, and vases
Herbal Shampoo Products (ผลิตภัณฑ์แชมพูสมุนไพร) Made from kaffir limes, aloe, butterfly pea, turmeric, and soapberry, these renowned good quality herbal shampoo, conditioner, and bath gel, are products of the Tha Sai.
Pottery (เครื่องปั้นดินเผา) These stylishly designed pottery products such as flower pots, mugs, plates, watering utensils, and household decorations.
Huai Krot Sugar This palm sugar in soft cakes is derived from sugar palm trees
Artificial Flowers and Trees These are made from various materials such as plastic or sa paper.
Hand-woven Textiles Utilizing their spare time from cultivation, local housewives produce the uniquely traditional hand-woven textile such as the tube skirt or pha sin with the decorative piece woven in discontinuous supplementary weft technique known as tin chok, which is the influence of Laotian ancestors, who previously migrated to Chainat.
Festivals
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Staff Sergeant Richard Rolle of the 41st Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (TEWS) gives a school packet to one of the children at the Wat Nong Ta Ton School in Chai Nat Province. The 41st and 42nd TEWS passed out 387 packets to five schools.]]
Straw Bird Fair, Chai Nat's Product Fair, and Red Cross Fair (งานมหกรรมหุ่นฟางนกนานาชาติ งานของดี และงานกาชาดจังหวัดชัยนาท) This annual fair is organized by making good use of straw, a by-product in rice farming.
Chai Nat Pomelo Fair (งานส้มโอชัยนาท) Chai Nat is one of several provinces famous for producing exceptional pomelo.
Vlamertinge
Vlamertinge is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a borough of the city of Ypres. The village center of Vlamertinge lies just outside the city center of Ypres, along the main road N38 to the nearby town of Poperinge.
In addition to the city center of Ypres itself, Vlamertinge is the largest borough of Ypres. In the west of Vlamertinge, along the road to Poperinge, is the hamlet of Brandhoek.
History
The earliest data about Vlamertinge date from the Middle Ages. In 857 a chapel was built in Vlamertinge. In 970 Ypres was destroyed and the chapel of Vlamertinge burned down. The oldest document, known to date, which includes the name Flambertenges, is a deed of the year 1066. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, his wife Adela and their son Baldwin, in this deed gave goods to the church and the Chapter (religion) from Sint-Pieters by Lille. These goods were, among others, a tenth located in Elverdinge and also a tenth located in Vlamertinge - "In territorio Furnensi, in villa Elverzenges, decinam unam ; Flambertenges decinam similiter unam".
In the Ancien Régime Vlamertinge was a "Heerlijkheid" of Veurne-Ambacht with 22 backlendings and suffered a lot from the sieges of nearby Ypres.
During the First World War, the whole village was destroyed by bombing. In 1944, during the Second World War, Vlamertinge was liberated by a Polish armored division.
Etymology
Vlamertinge would come from Flambert (a name) + inga (son, descendant of (genitive)) + heim (domicile). The oldest known spellings of the current Vlamertinge are: Flembertenges (1066), Flamertingha (1123), Flambertinghes (1142), Flamertinge (1154), Flamertinga (1185), Flamertinghe (1200), Flambertengues (1202), Flamertinghes (1238), Flamertinges (1269), Vlamertinghe (1272), Vlamertinghes (1275), Flamertenghe (1275), Vlamertincghe (1280), etc.
Geography
Vlamertinge is 17 meters above sea level. The municipality also borders Ypres in the East, Voormezele in the Southeast, Kemmel and Dikkebus in the South, Reningelst in the Southwest, Poperinge in the West, Elverdinge in the North and Brielen in the Northeast.
Demographic developments
From 1487 to 1697 we see a large decline in the population of Vlamertinge. The most plausible explanation for this would have been the Eighty Years' War in the Seventeen Provinces.
Economy
There are 70 to 80 stores in Vlamertinge. In Vlamertinge there is a large company Valcke that makes concrete constructions and therefore also offers employment for many people in the village.
Mayors
Vlamertinge had its own municipal council and mayor until the mergers of 1977. Mayors were:
Nickname
People speak of "Vlamertingse Pottebrekers"(Vlamertingisch pot crushers), and the pots that are meant here are obviously beer pots.
Southampton
Southampton is a city in the United Kingdom. The city is in Hampshire. It is about in the middle of the south coast of England. Southampton is the largest city on the south coast.
It is an important port. It is the nearest city to the New Forest. In 1912, the RMS Titanic sailed from there as was common with most ocean liners at the time. It contains several memorials and museum exhibitions related with the doomed ship.
Bargate
Southampton has lots of landmarks, of which one is the Bargate. This is the old main gate of the city wall of Southampton, and nowadays is used as the beginning of the guided tour of Southampton, Walk the Walls. In medieval Southampton, a bell was rung at dusk every day to tell people that the gates would shortly be locked.
Today, the Bargate Shopping Centre is nearby.
The Mayflower
Named after The Mayflower, which set sail from Southampton to the "New World" (via Plymouth), the Mayflower is the theatre in Southampton. It was built in 1928.
Docks
Southampton is home to many cruise ships and ocean liners, including the Queen Victoria and the Queen Mary 2.
There is also a regular ferry service to Hythe (a small village on the other side of Southampton Water), which leaves every half hour.
Sport
Southampton has a football team Southampton F.C., which is nicknamed "The Saints". In 2001, the team moved stadiums, from "The Dell", to St. Mary's Football Stadium. The club was founded in 1885, and has been playing ever since.
Twinned Cities
Southampton is twinned with:
Southampton is also sister cities with
Ito Giani
Giani died in Varese on 28 September 2018 at the age of 77.
FN Five-seven
The FN Five-seven, marketed as the Five-seveN, is an armor-piercing semi-automatic pistol made by the Belgian gun company FN Herstal. It fires the FN 5.7x28mm bullet, where the gun itself gets its name. It was made around the same time as the FN P90 PDW. Although the FN 5.7x28mm bullet is small, it has low recoil, high stopping power, high accuracy, armor-piercing abilities, and long range because of its high muzzle velocity. The small size of the bullet also allows for the gun's box magazines to hold many bullets, with a normal magazine holding 20 bullets. It is popular with militaries and police forces worldwide. However, its ability to shoot through body armor and the high number of bullets it can carry make it a very controversial gun in the United States for civilian use. The Five-seven can be seen in video games like the Splinter Cell series, Counter-Strike, the Rainbow Six series, the Battlefield (series), and the Call of Duty series.
Sex toy
A sex toy is a device that helps humans get more pleasure when they have sex or when they masturbate. Sometimes these devices are also called adult toy, or marital aid. "Marital aid" may also apply to herbs or drugs that have such an effect. Herbs with such an effect are aphrodisiacs. Pornography is not called a sex toy. Neither are condoms or methods of birth control.
Sex toys can be bought in sex shops. There are also special trade fairs for them. And many online stores sell them on the internet.
Crab-eating Macaques on Bali have been seen as they used stones to sexually stimulate themselves.
History
The idea of a sex toy isn't new. Some, shaped as phalluses, have been made since the Neolithic. There are paintings from Ancient Engypt that show dildoes.
Artifacts from the Upper Paleolithic of a type called bâton de commandement could have been used for sexual purposes. Few archaeologists consider these items as sex toys, but archaeologist Timothy Taylor put it, "Looking at the size, shape, and—some cases—explicit symbolism of the ice age batons, it seems disingenuous to avoid the most obvious and straightforward interpretation. But it has been avoided."
Legality
Sex toys are illegal in some countries. India considers them obscene, and sellng or trading them is banned. In Malaysia, selling dildoes is banned as well.
Effects
There has been research into sex toys, to see if their use is good for health or not. Most studies show that most people  have a positiive experience about using sex toys. They report that they are sexually aroused and satisfied more often, that it was easier to get an orgasms (especially for women), and that there was a more playful approach to sex and the fun of something new during sex. There are stores that specialise on toys for women. Some organizations link the sale of sex toys with sexual education and aim to support women's sexual empowerment. In clinical settings, more positive effects have been found: Sex toys are used for therapies, for example, in the context of therapy for orgasm disorders. They can also enable people with disabilities to have more sexual activity.
Types
Types of sex toys include:
Kabiru Bala
Kabiru Bala (born 7 January 1964) is a professor of building and construction and the current vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
2003 Russian Premier League
The 2003 Russian Premier League (Russian: Чемпионат России по футболу 2003, Chempionat Rossii po futbolu 2003) was the 2nd Russian Premier League season, and the 12th top division football tournament. CSKA Moscow won their 1st title, and Dmitri Loskov was the top scorer with 14 goals.
Top goalscorers
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
Hippocampus
The hippocampus is part of the mammalian brain, and belongs to the limbic system. Humans and other mammals have two, one in each side of the brain. The hippocampus is under the cerebral cortex. It is important in spatial memory and navigation, and helps turn short-term memory into long-term memory. The hippocampus is named after the seahorse because its shape is similar.
In Alzheimer's disease, the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms. People with extensive, bilateral hippocampal damage may experience anterograde amnesia – the inability to form or retain new memories.
The different neuronal cell types are neatly organized into layers in the hippocampus. It has often been used as a model system for studying neurophysiology. Long-term potentiation (LTP), a neural mechanism for storing memory, was first discovered to occur in the hippocampus.
Hippocampus and memory
The connection of hippocampus with memory was made by a famous report. This gave the results of the destruction of the hippocampi by surgery (an attempt to relieve epileptic seizures). The unexpected outcome of the surgery was severe anterograde and partial retrograde amnesia. The patient could not form new memories of events after his surgery, and could not remember any events that occurred just before his surgery. However, he did remember events from many years earlier, right back to his childhood.
This case attracted widespread professional interest. Later, other patients with similar damage and amnesia (caused by accident or disease) have also been studied. Thousands of experiments have studied the physiology of changes in synaptic connections in the hippocampus after activity. The hippocampi do play an important role in memory. However, the precise nature of this role remains unclear.
Recent reviews say how the hippocampus puts together our memories of past events, and helps us remember aspects of complex events.
Hippocampus and orientation
Studies conducted on freely moving rats and mice have shown that many hippocampal neurons have "place fields", that is, they fire bursts of action potentials when a rat passes through a particular part of the environment. In humans, cells with location-specific firing patterns have been reported in a study. Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy had diagnostic electrodes put in their hippocampus. Then a computer was used to move them around in a virtual reality town.
The discovery of place cells in the 1970s led to a theory that the hippocampus might act as a cognitive map –a neural representation of the layout of the environment. The "cognitive map hypothesis" has been further advanced by recent discoveries of direction cells in several parts of the rodent brain which are strongly connected to the hippocampus.
Evolution
The hippocampus has a generally similar appearance across the mammals from monotremes such as the echidna to primates such as humans. The hippocampal size to body-size ratio increases: it is about twice as large for primates as for the echidna. It does not, however, increase at anywhere close to the rate of the neocortex to body-size ratio. Therefore, the hippocampus takes up a larger fraction of the cortex in rodents than in primates.
Other vertebrates have areas which may be homologous to the hippocampus of mammals. Some insects, and cephalopods such as the octopus, have strong spatial learning and navigation abilities. These appear to work differently from the mammalian spatial system, and have evolved independently of the mammalian system.
Wageningen
Wageningen is a municipality found in the Dutch province of Gelderland. In 2019, 38,774 people lived there.
British Rail Class 22
The British Rail Class 22, originally called the North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic, was a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives designed for the Western Region of British Railways and built by North British Locomotive Company. They were very similar in appearance to the Class 21 diesel-electrics. The Class 22 was nicknamed "Baby Warship" because of its similarity to the British Rail Class D20/2.
Category:Locomotives by builder
Petre Pavel
Petre Pavel is a weightlifter from Romania. Petre competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born on 25 November 1957.
Ardèche
Ardèche (Ardecha) is a département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. It is named after the Ardèche river.
History
The department of Ardèche was created on 4 March 1790 with seven districts: Annonay, Aubenas, L'Argentière, Privas, Tournon, Vernoux and Villeneuve-de-Berg. The capital was Privas alternating with Annonay, Aubenas, Le Bourg(-Saint-Andéol) and Tournon. In August of that year, the number of districts was reduced to three: Mézenc, Aubenas and Tanargue. In September, Privas became the only capital of the department.
In 1800, with the creation of the arrondissements in France, the three districts were changed into three arrondissements: Privas, L'Argentière and Tournon.
On 18 March 1988, Tournon changed its name to Tournon-sur-Rhône.
Geography
The Ardèche is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has an area of 5528.6 km2.
The department is surrounded by 7 departments in 3 regions:
The highest point in the department is Mont Mézenc (44.91111°N, 4.19083°W). It is 1753 m high.; it is in the northwest of the department, on the border with the Haute-Loire department. The lowest point, 40 m above sea level, is where the Ardèche river flows into the Rhône (in the south east of the department).
The main rivers in Ardèche are:
The Allier river forms the border of the Lozère department and the Ardèche for about 20 km.
Climate
The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Privas is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype Cfb. The southern part of the department has a Mediterranean climate of the subtype Csb.
Administration
Ardèche is managed by the Departmental Council of Ardèche in Privas. The department is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 arrondissements (districts), 17 cantons and 339 communes (municipalities) in Ardèche.
The following is a list of the 17 cantons of the Ardèche department (with their INSEE codes), following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Demographics
The inhabitants of Ardèche are known, in French, as Ardéchois (women: Ardéchoises).
Ardèche had a population, in 2014, of 322,381, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône, with 135,786 inhabitants, is the arrondissement with more inhabitants.
Evolution of the population in Allier
Goumoens-la-Ville
Goumoens-la-Ville was a municipality in Gros-de-Vaud in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2011, the former municipalities of Eclagnens, Goumoens-la-Ville and Goumoens-le-Jux joined together to become one new municipality called Goumoëns.
Ardèche
Demographics
The communes in the department with more than 7,000 inhabitants are:
Dick Conway (rugby union)
Richard James Conway (22 April 1935 – 25 May 2022), also known as Red Conway, was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, between 1959 and 1965.
Career
Conway began playing professionally for the first time with Otago in 1957. He went on to play 72 games for Bay of Plenty from 1962 to 1968, and was captain of the team.
Conway began playing for the All Blacks in 1959.
Personal life
Conway was born in Whakatāne, New Zealand on 22 April 1935. He studied at Whakatane High School. Conway died in Whakatāne on 25 May 2022 at the age of 87.
Cantons of the Ardèche department
This is a list of the 17 cantons of the Ardèche department, in France.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The following table shows the 17 cantons of the department and the distribution of the communes by arrondissement:
Augustus d'Este
Sir Augustus Frederick d'Este, KCH (1794-1848) was the son of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray and the grandson of George III. His parents marriage was in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, which meant that Augustus d'Este was legally considered illegitimate.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire is a city in west central Wisconsin just south of Chippewa Falls. There is a campus of University of Wisconsin System. The Eau Claire river flows into the Chippewa river in this town. The city started as a lumber town and wood was transported over the river. The name is from the French eau claire (clear water).
Townsend Coleman
Townsend Putnam Coleman III (born 28 May 1954) is an American voice actor who performed in many animated series and TV commercials beginning in the early 1980s. Among his most notable roles are Michaelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wayne Gretzky on ProStars and the title characters in Where's Waldo? and the eponymous The Tick.
Pillowtalk
"Pillowtalk" is a song recorded by English singer Zayn Malik. It is his first single since leaving the boy band One Direction. The song is a ballad about sex. It entered at the top of the charts in the UK, US, Ireland, Australia, and Canada.
The music video features model Gigi Hadid as Malik's love interest.
Joseph P. Remington
Joseph P. Remington (March 26, 1847 – January 1, 1918) was an American pharmacist.
Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay happens to some chemical elements. Most chemical elements are stable. Stable elements are made up of atoms that stay the same. Even in a chemical reaction, the atoms themselves do not change ever.
Example
Most carbon atoms have six protons and six neutrons in their nucleus. This carbon is called carbon-12s (six protons + six neutrons = 12). Its atomic weight is 12. If a carbon atom has two more neutrons it is carbon-14. Carbon-14 acts chemically like other carbon, because the six protons and six electrons are what govern its chemical properties. In fact, carbon-14 exists in all living things; all plants and animals contain carbon-14. However, carbon-14 is radioactive. It decays by beta decay to become nitrogen-14. Carbon-14, in the small amounts found about us in nature, is harmless. In archeology, this kind of carbon is used to determine the age of wood and other formerly living things. The method is called radiocarbon dating.
Different kinds of decay
Ernest Rutherford found that there are different ways in which these particles penetrate matter. He found two different kinds, which he called alpha decay and beta decay. Paul Villard discovered a third kind in 1900. Rutherford called it gamma decay, in 1903.
The change from radioactive carbon-14 to stable nitrogen-14 is a radioactive decay. It happens when the atom emits a beta particle. A beta particle is a high energy electron or positron leaving the nucleus.
Other kinds of decay were discovered later. The types of decay are different from each other because different types of decay produce different kinds of particles. The starting radioactive nucleus is called the parent nucleus and the nucleus that it changes into is called the daughter nucleus. The high-energy particles produced by radioactive materials are called radiation.
These various kinds of decay can happen sequentially in a "decay chain". One kind of nucleus decays to another kind, which decays again to another and so on until it becomes a stable isotope and the chain comes to an end.
Speed of decay
The speed at which this change happens, is different for each element. Radioactive decay is governed by chance: The time it takes, on average for half the atoms of a substance to change is named the half-life. The rate is given by an exponential function. As an example, iodine (131I) has a half-life of about 8 days. That of plutonium ranges between 4 hours (243Pu) and 80 million years (244Pu)
Nuclear transformations and energy
Radioactive decay changes an atom from one that has higher energy inside its nucleus into one with lower energy. The change of energy of the nucleus is given to the particles that are created. The energy released by radioactive decay may either be carried away by a gamma ray electromagnetic radiation (a type of light), a beta particle or an alpha particle. In all those cases, the change of energy of the nucleus is carried away. And in all those cases, the total number of positive and negative charges of the atom's protons and electrons sum to zero before and after the change.
Alpha decay
During alpha decay, the atomic nucleus releases an alpha particle. Alpha decay causes the nucleus to lose two protons and two neutrons. Alpha decay causes the atom to change into another element, because the atom loses two protons (and two neutrons). For example, if Americium were to go through alpha decay it would change into Neptunium because Neptunium is defined by having two protons fewer than Americium. Alpha decay usually happens in the most heavy elements, such as uranium, thorium, plutonium, and radium.
Alpha particles cannot even go through a few centimeters of air. Alpha radiation cannot hurt humans when the alpha radiation source is outside the human body, because human skin does not let the alpha particles go through. Alpha radiation can be very harmful if the source is inside the body, such as when people breathe dust or gas containing materials which decay by emitting alpha particles (radiation).
Beta decay
There are two kinds of beta decay, beta-plus and beta-minus.
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Radioactive decay
Beta decay
In beta-minus decay, the nucleus gives out a negatively charged electron and a neutron changes into a proton:
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Radioactive decay
Beta decay
Beta-minus decay happens in nuclear reactors.
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Biography
From 1808 to 1817 Schinkel renovated and reconstructed Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, in the Gothic Revival style.
Radioactive decay
Beta decay
In beta-plus decay, the nucleus releases a positron, which is like an electron but it is positively charged, and a proton changes into a neutron:
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Biography
Schinkel's style was more influenced by Greek than by than Imperial Roman architecture. His most famous buildings are found in and around Berlin. These include Neue Wache (1816–1818), the Schauspielhaus (1819–1821) at the Gendarmenmarkt, which replaced the earlier theater that was destroyed by fire in 1817, and the Altes Museum (old museum, see photo) on Museum Island (1823–1830).
Radioactive decay
Gamma decay
Gamma decay happens when a nucleus produces a high-energy packet of energy called a gamma ray. Gamma rays do not have electrical charge, but they do have angular momentum. Gamma rays are usually emitted from nuclei just after other types of decay. Gamma rays can be used to see through material, to kill bacteria in food, to find some types of disease, and to treat some kinds of cancer. Gamma rays have the highest energy of any electromagnetic wave, and gamma ray bursts from space are the most energetic releases of energy known.
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Biography
Later, Schinkel moved away from classicism altogether and preferred the Gothic Revival style. Schinkel died in Berlin, Brandenburg.
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Biography
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