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Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is a musician and a pianist. He became famous for his cover (his version) of the song "Paparazzi" by Lady Gaga in a sixth-grade music festival. The cover reached about 700 million views on Youtube in April 2010. He was later discovered by Ellen DeGeneres and was a guest on her show 2 times. His first debut single is "Waiting Outside the Lines" which was released on October 2010. His first debut album called "Hold on 'till the Night" was later released on August 2, 2011. Personal life. Chance was born on August 16, 1997 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He currently lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance. He has a sixteen-year-old sister, Alexa, and a nineteen-year-old brother, Tanner. Both Alexa and Tanner also play music. Chance began playing the piano at the age of 8 and has had three years of piano lessons. He has never had vocal (singing) lessons. when he was at the age of 7 he moved to Jacksonville Florida and had been applied for the elementary school John N.C. Stockton.
An Eephus pitch is a kind of pitch in baseball. It is a kind of "junk pitch" (trick pitch). An Eephus pitch is very slow and is used to catch the batter off guard. The pitch was invented by Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1940s. The name "Eephus pitch" comes from the Hebrew word "", which means "nothing." Pirates manager Frankie Frisch claimed that the pitch was named by outfielder Maurice Van Robays. Van Robays explained that "Eephus ain't nothing, and that's a nothing pitch." Common features. The Eephus pitch is thrown overhand, like other pitches in baseball. It is unusually slow, and has a high arc trajectory (the ball travels along a high curve.) The trajectory (the path the ball travels) looks more like a pitch from slow-pitch softball than baseball.  The Eephus pitch is unusually slow. It appears to move in slow motion. The ball travels or less. Baseball pitches in Major League Baseball usually travel between . The Eephus pitch is considered a trick pitch because it is so slow. Other names. The Eephus pitch is sometimes called by other names. These names usually refer to an Eephus pitch thrown by a specific pitcher. Some of the most famous of these names are: Some other nicknames are bloop curve and gravity curve. It is sometimes also called the Bugs Bunny curve. This name comes from a Bugs Bunny cartoon called "Baseball Bugs." In the cartoon, batters swing three times at a very slow pitch before it reaches home plate.
The University of Antofagasta () is a university in Antofagasta, Chile. It is one of the universities in the north of Chile. History. It was founded in 1981 thanks to the fusion of the TUS of Antofagasta and the Regional Headquarter of the University of Chile, it was the point of start of the actual university.
Siméon Denis Poisson ( 21 June 1781 in Pithiviers - 25 April 1840 in Sceaux, near Paris) was a French mathematician and physicist. From 1798 he studied mathematics at the École Polytechnique, where he met Pierre-Simon Laplace and Joseph-Louis Lagrange. In 1802 he became professor, in 1806 he took the position Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier had before him. Napoleon sent Fourier to Grenoble. Poisson was a disciple of Laplace. Poisson worked on the mathematical bases of wave theory, acoustics, elasticity, electricity and heat. He was also interested in the electric properties of solids. In 1812, he published his extension of Laplace's equation, which allowed its use for electric charge at the surface of solids. In the year 1818, he predicted the existence of a phenomenon called the Poisson spot, in the case that light should have the character of a wave. Poisson thought that was not the case and that it had the character of particles. He had long discussions with Augustin-Jean Fresnel, who thought that light was indeed a wave. This discussion only ended when Fresnel could show the existence of the spot Poisson had predicted in an experiment. In 1838, Poisson published his ideas on probability theory, which also included what is now known as Poisson distribution. This distribution was already known to Abraham de Moivre.  The relation between pressure and volume in the adiabatic process is constant, this is known as "Poisson's Law" today. In thermodynamics, the same relation is formulated as a number of equations, which are known as "Poisson's equations". Poisson's ratio which gives the amount an object is stretched under load, is also named after him.  His name is one of 72 honored on the Eiffel tower.
Rotavirus is a virus that causes diarrhoea. Most of the time only children who are younger than five years old get the disease. The signs of the disease are severe diarrhoea and vomiting, which start suddenly and last for two or three days. Rotavirus also causes diarrhoea in animals. A vaccine, which prevents children from getting the disease is available in many countries. Like most viruses, rotaviruses are made from RNA and protein. The RNA carries the genes that are used to make more rotaviruses. They are called rotaviruses because they sometimes look like little wheels and "rota" is the latin word for "wheel". Rotaviruses get into the body through the mouth and are not present in the air unlike the viruses that cause colds. The disease is often spread by dirty hands and things used for cooking, but the viruses can dirty water. Rotaviruses are very small. They are a lot smaller than bacteria and can only be seen using an electron microscope.  Children who have not been vaccinated usually get infected more than once. But when children are about five years old they are usually immune and cannot get it any more. This is because their bodies have become resistant to the viruses. Rotaviruses infect the cells that the small intestine is made from. This makes it difficult for the body to digest food. Children usually make a complete recovery from the infection. But it is very important to make sure they drink enough water to replace what they are losing. In many countries the medicine used is called "oral rehydration solution". This comes in a small packet that is added to drinking water. It contains salt and sugar, which helps the body take up the water. Rotaviruses were discovered in the 1970s. Since then doctors and scientists have shown that they are a problem to children all over the world. More than 500,000 children die from rotavirus infection each year and almost two million more become severely ill. The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation are helping to pay for rotavirus vaccines in countries that cannot afford to buy them. Between 2006 and 2011 it gave more than 82 million US dollars.
The Croatian National Resistance (Odpor) was a terrorist Ustaše emigrant organization. The goal of this organization was to destroy Yugoslavia and to establish an independent Croatia, following the vision of Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić and ideology of Mile Budak. It was started in 1955 by escaped Ustaše war criminal Vjekoslav Luburić. He was a chief guard of the Jasenovac concentration camp. While Luburić was the head of this organization, Odpor maintained regular contacts with associations of Nazi war veterans in Germany and Spain. Very close relations were established with fascist Spanish "Blue Guard" veterans. It had stated that: "[We] regard Yugoslavism and Yugoslavia as the greatest and only evil that has caused the existing calamity [...] We therefore consider every direct or indirect help to Yugoslavia as treason against the Croatian nation [...] Yugoslavia must be destroyed - be it with the help of the Russians or the Americans, of Communists, non-Communists or anti-Communists - with the help of anyone willing the destruction of Yugoslavia: destroyed by the dialectic of the word, or by dynamite - but at all costs destroyed." It had its Australian branch based in Melbourne. It was linked to the Odpor headquarters in Spain and to the Ustaše movement around the world. The Australian branch was led by Srecko Blaz Rover. Odpor was heavily involved in racketeering, extortion, hijacking, terrorist bombing, and other violent crimes. After Luburić's death made links with La Cosa Nostra, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Croatian Mafia in San Pedro. Odpor most spectacular action was the 10 September 1976 hijacking of aTrans World Airlines flight from New York to Chicago. Odpor's five hijackers diverted the plane to Newfoundland, from there to Iceland, and then to Paris with passengers aboard. The terrorists had planted a bomb in Grand Central Station. After authorities met the terrorists' demands, they told them where the bomb was. The bomb deactivation killed one policeman and another three injured, when they tried to deactivate it. After the terrorists learned that the bomb in New York had exploded and killed
The D.C. United Academy is a program for young soccer players that is run by D.C. United, a pro soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer. The "Academy" trains these young soccer players to possibly one day play soccer either in a pro league or in college.  D.C. United's Academy has several different levels, including, a U-23 team, a U-18 team, a U-16 team and then "Pre-Academy" teams. Pre-Academy teams are for players who are not yet part of the Academy on a normal schedule.  The teams compete in the United States Soccer Federations' Development Academy league.
Bat-and-ball games are field games played by two teams. They are also known as safe haven (safe zone) games, because players generally score points and take risks by running between various safe zones in the field. These teams take turns "batting" and "fielding." The team that is batting can score. The team that is fielding is defending. Both teams have equal chances batting and fielding. Bat-and-ball games are not timed, but are counted (such as by number of "innings" or "rounds".) The name bat-and-ball games comes from some common parts of most of these games. In most games, a player on the fielding team puts a ball into play, mostly by throwing the ball. (How the player does this depends on the game's rules.) Then a player on the batting team tries to hit the ball, usually with a "bat." A bat is a kind of club, though the size and shape depend on the rules. This player can then run between the safe zones in the field to score points, though the fielding team can use the ball on the player from the batting team, or a target in one of the safe zones, to get the player "out" if they are not in a safe zone. (In cricket, a player who is out can not score points for the rest of their team's scoring turn, while in other bat-and-ball sports, they might have to wait before batting again.) Thus, the further the batting player can hit the ball away from the defensive players, the more points they are likely to be able to score.  The two most popular bat-and-ball games in the world are cricket and baseball. Games like golf and hockey, which also use clubs, are "not" bat-and-ball games. (In golf, there are no teams. In hockey, the teams do not take turns "batting" and "fielding.") Common parts. Here are some things many bat-and-ball games have: Items used in game. In the field, there may be:
Virus classification is the way viruses are put into groups by scientists. There are many different kinds of viruses. Scientists classify viruses to make it easier to learn about them. Classification also helps scientists to remember viruses and the diseases they cause. The International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is in charge of virus classification.  Sometimes different viruses have things in common. This is used in classification. For example, if they are made from DNA and protein, or RNA and protein. Other things that are taken into account are the size and shape of the viruses and the diseases they cause. Similar viruses are first put into "families". Each family has a name. This family name always ends with ""-viridae". For example, rotaviruses are in the "Reoviridae" family and herpes viruses are in the "Herpesviridae" family. Viruses in any one family that are almost the same are then put in a smaller group called a "genus". Another way of classifying viruses is called the Baltimore Classification. This is different from the ICTV one. Some scientists prefer the Baltimore Classification because it is based on how viruses grow in cells.
"Explode" is a song recorded by American musician Patrick Stump. The track is the opening song on his debut studio album "Soul Punk". The song was leaked on his YouTube channel on May 6, 2011 for promotion towards his album. Background. On May 6, 2011, Stump updated his website and also posted to his Facebook and Twitter, announcing "I feel like I'm gonna explode 5.9.11". The phrase came from a song called "Explode", which Stump had premiered at a live show. The new song was revealed on May 9, 2011. Stump released the song on a website called "Vulture". "NyMag.com" commented that the song is a lot like the music of Michael Jackson. They also said that it was similar to the music of Stump's old band, Fall Out Boy. The song's video caption, which read ""Soul Punk": coming late Summer", was Stump's first official announcement to the public regarding "Soul Punk"'s release date. "Idolator" reported that "Explode" features Stump's unique, recognisable vocals and the clever wordplay that used to be expected from Pete Wentz.
The Kingdom of Italy was a country that started in 1861 after the Italian unification and ended with the dissolution of the monarchy in 1946. In 1922 it became Fascist Italy. After defeat in World War II the people voted in 1946 to change it into the modern day Italian Republic. History. Unification. Before 1861, Italy was not one country. Instead, there were many kingdoms and duchies (places ruled by dukes) in the Italian Peninsula. In 1861, the King Victor Emmanuel II, who was the king of the Kingdom of Sardinia wanted to unite Italy, and he invaded the countries. Later, they all became one country and King Victor Emmanuel II became the King of Italy. Colonies. Italy began their colonial empire in the 1880s, when they conquered Eritrea and Somalia. In 1912, they took Libya from the Ottoman Empire. In 1936, Italy also conquered Ethiopia, creating Italian East Africa. When they lost WW2, their colonies were lost to the British Empire and the French Empire. Fascism. Before World War I, Italy was friends with the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. But Italy wanted parts of Austria-Hungary. In 1915, the United Kingdom promised the lands of South Tyrol, Istria and Dalmatia, and Italy joined the Triple Entente. After Italy won WW1, Italy did not get all of those places. After the Blackshirts' March on Rome of 1922, Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister. He was the leader of the National Fascist Party and did not like Italy not getting all their promised land in WWI. He made Italy into a dictatorship without much liberty.  When World War II began, Mussolini led Italy into alliance with Hitler and the Axis powers. In 1943 the Allies of World War II invaded and began conquering Italy. Mussolini's leadership ended and he was killed in 1945. Nazi Germany controlled Italy at that time, but Germany also eventually was invaded by the Allies. Hitler killed himself and Nazi Germany was gone. Italy was independent again. Aftermath of World War II
Jordan at the Olympicsis a history which began in 1980. The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Jordan is JOR. History. Teams from Jordan have been in every Summer Olympic Games since. It has been in the 1992 Winter Olympics but it has yet to appear since then. As of 2011, no Jordanian athlete has ever won an Olympic medal. In the 1988 Seoul Games, Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu Sheikha won bronze medals in Taekwondo. As this was Taekwondo's first time in the Olympics it was named a demonstration sport, not an official Olympic event. Ammar Fahed managed to get the third Jordanian bronze medal in Barcelona Olympic games 1992. The National Olympic Committee for Jordan was formed in 1957 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1963.
Kazakhstan was first at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994. They have been in every Games since. Prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakh athletes were part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics, and were also part of the Unified Team in 1992. Kazakh athletes have won a total of 52 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another six at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee for Kazakhstan was formed in 1990 and recognized in 1993.
North Korea at the Olympics is a history which includes 17 games in 14 countries and 300+ athletes. Since 1946, North Korea has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement". The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the North Korea was NKO. It is now PRK. History. The North Korean National Olympic Committee was formed in 1953. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1957. North Korea's team first competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck .
South Korea at the Olympics is a history which includes 32 games in 18 countries and 2,000+ athletes. Since 1946, South Korea (KOR) has contributed to the growth of the "Olympic Movement". History. The Korean National Olympic Committee was formed in 1946. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1947. Korea's team first competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Athletes from Korea did not take part in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Winter Olympics. Medal tables. Team highlights include the bronze medal in the men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The win against Japan resulted in Korea's first medal in this sport. Host country. Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics (XXIVth Olympiad) in Seoul. The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang.
Kuwait has been in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games. In the 1992 Barcelona Games, Kuwait received a bronze medal in taekwondo. It was only a demonstration sport that year so the medal was not official. The National Olympic Committee for Kuwait was formed in 1957 and recognized in 1966.
Laos has been in seven Summer Olympic Games. They have never been in the Winter Olympic Games. They have never won a medal.  The National Olympic Committee of Lao was formed in 1975 and recognized in 1979.
Lebanon at the Olympicsis a history which began in 1948. The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Lebanon is LBN. History. A team from Lebanon was first at the Olympic Games in 1948. They have been in all but one Summer Olympic Games since then. Lebanon was one of three nations to boycott the 1956 Games in protest of the British and French involvement in the Suez Crisis. Lebanon has also been in most Winter Olympic Games since 1948, missing only the 1994 and 1998 Winter Games. Lebanon was at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The National Olympic Committee for Lebanon was formed in 1947. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1948.
Marie Carmichael Stopes (Edinburgh, 15 October 1880 – Dorking, 2 October 1958) was a British palaeobotanist, author and campaigner for birth control. Stopes' newsletter "Birth Control News", her book "Married Love", and her organisation Marie Stopes International, were hugely important in Britain and throughout the British Empire. She was the founder of British family planning, and fought many battles in print with those whose opinions differed from hers. Education. Stopes was one of the most highly educated women of her time. Her parents, who were both well educated, kept her away from school until she was twelve. She went to University College London in 1900, and graduated in 1902 with double honours in Botany and Geology. She was awarded a year's scholarship for research. Stopes next went to the University of Munich, where she got a PhD in palaeobotany (fossil plants). She took the "viva voce" in German. In 1905 she became DSc (Doctor of Science) of the University of London. She was then the youngest holder of the Doctor of Science degree in England. Career. Botany. Stopes published about 100 papers and books on botany, mostly on fossil plants. She was expert on fossil ferns, cycads and gymnosperms. She held a lecturership in palaeobotany at the University of Manchester from 1904 to 1907; she was first female academic of that university.p12 In 1910, at the age of 30, she became a Fellow of University College London. She had reached the top of the tree. Not only was she a palaeobotanist, but she was an expert on the botany of the coal measures which were laid down in the Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous). Coal was the most vital source of energy at that time. Stopes continued to publish on botany until 1935, but by about 1912 her interests began to change because of problems in her private life. Birth control and female health. After a disastrous marriage, Stopes became
École normale supérieure is the name for a number of French higher education bodies "grand école"s, comparable to universities. In France, universities have to accept all students with a baccalaureat. This is different for the so-called Grandes Ecoles, which includes the Ecoles normales supérieures. These schools do not have the obligation to accept anyone, and only a select few can attend studies at these institutions, most of whom will become part of the elite in various areas. Universities have faculties, and each faculty is responsible for one branch of studies. the ENS usually group similar subjects at one school, and do not have faculties. The history of "écoles normales supérieures" goes back to 30 October 1794 ("9 brumaire an III"), when "École normale de l'an III" was established during the French Revolution. From 1808 to 1822 the school was subsequently reestablished as "pensionnat normal", before being recreated in 1826 and in 1830 it was named "École normale". The current name comes from 1845, when the word "supérieure" was added to the so-called "écoles normales", which were institutes created in 1845 for the training of primary school teachers. The Savary Law of 1984 restructured higher education in France and classified "écoles normales supérieures" within the category of "établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel". As of January 2014, there are four existing ENSes:  A twin institution has existed in Italy since its foundation by Napoleon Bonaparte, the "Scuola Normale Superiore" in Pisa.
Malaysia was first at the Olympic Games in 1956. The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Malaysia was MAL. It is now MAS. History. Teams from Malaysia have been in every Summer Olympic Games since 1956, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. Malaysia has never been in the Winter Olympic Games. As the Federation of Malaya, the nation was named"Malaya" (MAL) for the 1956 and 1960 Games. North Borneo sent an independent team to the 1956 Games, and Singapore had also competed at the Olympics from 1948 to 1960. After these British colonies formed an independent "Malaysia" in 1963, the nation competed under that name for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Singapore regained independence from Malaysia in 1965 and competed once again as Singapore at the Olympics from 1968 onwards. Malaysian athletes have won a total of 11 Olympic medals. Most are in badminton. The National Olympic Committee for Malaysia was formed in 1953 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954. List of medalists. Medals of demonstration and exhibition sports. "*Only for demonstration and exhibition sports medalists"
The Maldives were first at the Olympic Games in 1988. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never been in the Winter Olympic Games. As of 2025, the Maldives has not won any medals at the Olympics.  The National Olympic Committee for Maldives was formed in 1985 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.