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Dark Circle is a documentary movie about anti-nuclear protest activity. The protest is mainly focused on Diablo Canyon (Nuclear) Power Plant in California. The point of view is clearly in favor of the protesters. They believe that the protests delayed government licensing of the Diablo Canyon (Nuclear) Power Plant. They believe that as a result of this delay, construction errors were made public before the plant started operating. The director is Judy Irving. The movie is a 1982 release. It is said to be "still powerful" long after its initial release. Protest leader Raye Fleming takes central role. She leaflets power plant workers going to work and later leads protesters. Two thousand people were arrested at the demonstrations. This established a record for anti-nuclear civil disobedience in the US. Breakdown. 0:30 A black and white clip from 1963 National Educational Television program giving basic information on the dangerousness of plutonium. 1:30 Geese fly by Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Female voice over speculates on radiologic hazards affecting animals. 2:30 Inside Diablo Canyon Power Plant 4:00 Federal government's early tests of reactor meltdown. 4:20 Idaho 1955 Nuclear Reactor Explosion Test 4:40 New Mexico 1965 Nuclear Reactor Explosion Test 4:55 Nevada 1965 - Actual explosion of an unshielded nuclear reactor, it's radioactive core blown to pieces and scattered to the atmosphere. 5:55 Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hearings, agenda limited to site specific matters. 7:45 Ray contacting workers at DCPP. 8:54 Quotes worker "None of the equipment or material or structures here would fail or be adversely effected by the earthquake." 9:30 "Is it possible to design and build anything with a sufficient degree of certainty and safety that you should go ahead and do it." 9:40 Diablo Canyon Anti-Nuclear Protest in San Luis Obispo, CA 10:00 60 local groups from across California formed a coalition to organize large scale highly visible opposition to Diablo. 10:15 California Governor Jerry Brown came out against Diablo. 10:25 In the end there was no time
Bourges is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Cher department. Sister cities. Bourges is twinned with:
Tulle () is a French commune, the "prefecture" of the Corrèze department in central France. It is in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Tulle. Geography. Tulle is in the valley of the Corrèze river at the confluence of this river with several tributaries: the Solane and the Céronne on the right side, and Saint-Bonnette and Montane on the left side. The city is in narrow part of the valley along several Kilometres. The "commune" of Tulle has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The "commune" of Tulle is surrounded by the "communes": Three rivers flow through the "commune"ː the river Diège (the town sometimes is called "Ussel-sur-Diège"), the river Sarsonne and the stream "Étang Roux". Climate. The climate of Tulle, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. Population. The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as "Tullistes". With a population of 14,325, Tulle has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Tulle Tulle forms, together with other 7 "communes", the urban area of Tulle with a population of 21,108 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Tulle, formed by 25 "communes", with a population of 30,970 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . Administration. Tulle is the prefecture of the Corrèze department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Tulle and the administrative centre () of the canton of Tulle. It is part of the intercommunality "Tulle Agglo" (). Twinned and partner towns. Tulle is twinned with:
English grammar is the grammar of the English language. Grammar is the rules about how to speak and write in a language. English grammar started with Old English, having a grammar similar to other West Germanic languages of the time. After Normandy conquered England in 1066, parts of the Latin language were brought to the English language by the Norman language. Dialect grammar. Dialects of English vary not only in pronunciation but in grammar too. For example, people who use what is called General American English or Received Pronunciation might say, “"I didn't do anything,”" while someone who speaks what is called African American Vernacular English might say, “"I didn't do nothing,”" and a working class Londoner who speaks Cockney English might say, “"I ain't done nuffink.”" The dialect a person speaks with is usually decided by where they live and their socioeconomic background.  Even though the dialects of English use different words or word order, they still have grammar rules. However, when writing in American English, grammar uses the rules of General American English. When people talk about using "proper English", they usually mean using the grammar of general British English, as described in standard reference works. The models for "spoken" English in Britain are often called Received Pronunciation or BBC English. Word endings. English makes few changes to its word endings. These are called ('suffixes'): plurals and possessives ("John's") are the most common. English verbs drop most endings except one: I love, you love, they love, but "she loves". That final 's' is a remnant of Anglo-Saxon, which had more suffixes. Verbs do have endings which show changes in tense: walked, walking. Word order. Word order is the other big difference. In English, adjectives usually come before the noun. Most Romance languages normally put their adjectives after the nouns. For example, in English, a person may say "I like fast cars", but in Spanish, it is "Me gustan los coches rápidos" [coches = cars; rápidos = fast]. The order of the words has changed: if just
Holiday Inn is a brand of hotels. Holiday Inn is one of the world's most recognized hotel brands. It is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Kemmons Wilson had the idea for the business after a family road trip to Washington, D.C.. During the trip, he was disappointed by the quality of roadside motels at that time. Mr. Wilson partnered with Wallace E. Johnson to build the first four motels on roads entering Memphis, Tennessee. Eddie Bluestein was the architect who designed these first hotels.
Walter Kogler (born 12 December 1967 in Wolfsberg, Carinthia) is a retired Austrian football defender and coach. At the moment he is coach of FC Wacker Innsbruck, which is playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. Career. In his youth years he played for FC St. Michael and Wolfsberger AC. He start as professional player with SK Sturm Graz. His next club was Austria Wien, where he started his team career. After one year in France with AS Cannes he came back to Austria, where he played for LASK Linz, Austria Salzburg and FC Kärnten. After his professional career he became a football coach, starting in the football academy of FC Kärnten. His first team was SK St. Andrä in the Regionalliga (3rd level). After one year with DSV Leoben he went to FC Wacker Innsbruck. With this team he won the Championship in 2010 and was promoted to the Bundesliga. Walter Kogler played 28 matches for the Austrian team and scored one goal. He was member of the Austrian team for the FIFA World Cup 1998. As player he was 5 times Austrian Champion (with Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and Wacker Innsbruck). In 17 years as professional he played 495 matches in the Austrian Bundesliga.
April Jeanette "AJ" Mendez (born March 19, 1987) is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in WWE under the ring name AJ Lee. She competed on the third season of NXT but finished fourth overall. Even though she did not win NXT she was still given a contract with the WWE and debuted in her first match for the SmackDown brand on May 27, 2011 edition where she teamed with Kaitlyn in a losing effort against Alicia Fox and Tamina. AJ Lee held the Divas Championship 3 times in the WWE, successfully retaining her title at WrestleMania XXX. the night after on Raw she was defeated and lost her title to NXT Women's Champion, Paige. On the June 30, 2014 episode of "Raw", Lee returned to the WWE. She challenged Paige for the Divas Championship and won her second championship. On April 3, 2015, it was announced that AJ decided to retire from the company.
The Basset Hound is a short-legged dog, of the hound family. Bassets are used in hunting to detect the scent of game. Their sense of smell for tracking is second only to that of the Bloodhound. The name "Basset" comes from French words meaning "rather low".  Basset Hounds usually have coats of brown, black or white and are most often spotted. Sometimes they can be other colours. Basset Hounds have been bred from the nineteenth century. They are said to descend from the Basset d'Artois. Basset Hounds are tall, and can weight up to .
Alvin Plantinga (born November 15, 1932, Ann Arbor, Michigan ) is an American epistemologist, philosopher of religion and professor at the University of Notre Dame. He is a founding member of the Society of Christian Philosophers. Plantinga's aim in philosophy is to defend believing in God as rational. His epistemology is one that tries to say that knowledge is only possible if you accept the possibility of some form of intelligent design by God.
Castorocauda was a genus of small, semi-aquatic proto-mammals which lived in the Jurassic period, about 154 million years ago.  Its fossil was found in lakebed sediments of the Daohugou Beds of Inner Mongolia. "Castorocauda" was highly specialized, with adaptations like those of modern semi-aquatic mammals such as beavers, otters, and the platypus (convergent evolution). It is the earliest animal found with fur. "Castorocauda" is one of the near-mammals in a group called the Docodonta.  Although "Castorocauda" was not a crown group mammal, it is important in the study of how mammals evolved. It was the first find with an almost complete skeleton. Also it is not a "small nocturnal insectivore".
Element Skateboards (sometimes shortened to Element) is an American company. It is known for making skateboards and swimwear. It was founded in 1992 by Johnny Schillereff. The company is based out of Irvine, California. The company was originally known as Underworld Element Skateboards but Schillereff decided to drop the "Underworld" part due to the company being absorbed because of financial problems. The Element company also sponsors professional skateboarders like Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Chad Muska, Ray Barbee, Vanessa Torres, Mark Appleyard, Nyjah Huston and  Madars Apse
Paul Gustave Doré (; January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Most of Doré's work was wood engraving and steel engraving. Biography. Doré was born in Strasbourg. His first illustrated story was published at the age of fifteen. As a young man, he began work as a literary illustrator in Paris. He was hired to illustrate scenes from books by Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and Dante. In 1853, Doré was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. British publishers asked him to do more work, including a new illustrated English Bible. Ten years later, he illustrated a French edition of Cervantes's "Don Quixote". His images of the knight and Sancho Panza have influenced later readers, artists, and stage and film directors' ideas of how the two characters looked. Doré also illustrated an edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" with larger than usual pages. He was paid 30,000 francs by the publisher Harper &amp; Brothers in 1883. Doré's English Bible (1866) was a great success, and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London. The Doré Gallery in Covelant Bond Street opened after the show. In 1869, Blanchard Jerrold suggested that they work together to make a complete portrait of London. Jerrold got the idea from "The Microcosm of London" produced by Rudolph Ackermann, William Pyne, and Thomas Rowlandson in 1808. Doré signed a five-year contract with the publishers Grant &amp; Co. He had to stay in London for three months each year. He was paid £10,000 a year for the project. The completed book, "London: A Pilgrimage," was published in 1872. It had 180 engravings. The book was successful financially and influenced many people. However, many critics at the time disliked it. Some of these critics wrote that Doré paid too much attention to the poverty in parts of London. His
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 is a professional wrestling video game that was published by THQ. It is available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii and Xbox 360 systems. The game is also featured as a mobile phone game which can be downloaded. It featured new features like the Inferno match, a newer tag team match, and also four new game modes: Create-a-Finisher, Road to WrestleMania, Career and multiplayer season. The game received positive reviews from video game reviewers. Triple H and Shawn Michaels both as member of D-Generation X are on the cover. It is part of the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw video game series.
Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 2, 1998) was an American professional wrestler who was best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring names, Junkyard Dog and JYD for short. He died in Forest, Mississippi on June 2, 1998 after he fell asleep at the wheel of the car he was driving home in and crashed into another car. Championships. Ritter held many championships during his professional wrestling career:
Guéret () is a commune of France. It is the prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. History. In 1514, Guéret became the capital of the County of Marche, a medieval French county, approximately corresponding to the modern Creuse department. In 1790, when the departments were created, Guéret was named as the capital of the Creuse department. Geography. Guéret is in a plateau between the Creuse and the Gartempe rivers, at the foot of two hills: the "Puy de Gaudy", high, and the "Maupuy", high. The "commune" has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The city of Guéret is at about from Bordeaux, at from Toulouse, at from Paris and at from Lyon. The "communes" that are around Guéret are Saint-Fiel, Sainte-Feyre, Savennes, Saint-Christophe, La Chapelle-Taillefert, Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois and Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois. Climate. Guéret has an oceanic climate with relatively hot summers, mild winters and abundant rainfall, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification. Population. The inhabitants of Guéret are known, in French, as "Guérétois" (women: "Guérétoises"). The "commune" of Guéret has a population, in 2014, of 13,342; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Guéret Guéret forms, together with Saint-Fiel, the urban area of Guéret with a population of 14,157 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Guéret, formed by 32 "communes" with a population of 31,499 inhabitants and an area of . Administration. Guéret is the prefecture of the Creuse department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Guéret and the administrative centre () of two cantons: It is part of the intercommunality "Le Grand Guéret" (). Sister cities. Guéret is twinned with:
Périgueux () is a commune in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is the capital, prefecture, of the Dordogne department. Geography. Périgueux is in the centre of the Dordogne department, in the tourist region named as "Périgord Blanc". The Isle river flows through the city. The city is at about from Angoulême, from Limoges, from Agen, from Bordeaux and from Cahors. The "commune" of Périgueux has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . Périgueux is surrounded by the "communes" Château-l'Évêque, Champcevinel, Trélissac, Boulazac, Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac, Coulounieix-Chamiers, Marsac-sur-l'Isle and Chancelade. Climate. Périgueux has an oceanic climate with template summers (Köppen climate classification: Cfb). Population. The inhabitants of Périgueux are known, in French, as "Pétrocoriens" (women: "Pétrocoriennes"). Another name for the inhabitants of Périgueux is "Périgourdins". With a population of 30,069 (2014), Périgueux has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Périgueux Périgueux forms, together with 8 other "communes", the urban area of Périgueux with a population of 66,895 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Périgueux, formed by 55 "communes" with a population of 102,855 inhabitants (2013) and an area of . Administration. Périgueux is a prefecture of the Dordogne and the capital of the "arrondissement" of Périgueux. The "commune" is the administrative centre () of two cantons It is part of the intercommunality "Le Grand Périgueux" (). Twin towns. Périgueux is twinned with:
Évreux is a commune in the Eure department in France. Sister cities. Évreux is twinned with:
Eric Nickulas (born March 25, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger. He played parts of 6 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, and Chicago Blackhawks. He also played in the 3 years in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with the Hannover Scorpions and ERC Ingolstadt. On March 2, 2000, Nickulas would score his first goal in the NHL against Jose Theodore in a 5—2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. He won the Calder Cup in 1998 while he was apart of the Boston Bruins farm team, the Providence Bruins.
Halteres are small knobbed structures modified from the hind wings in flies. They vibrate during flight, and help the insect fly better. The halteres evolved from wings. Ancestral flying insects had two pairs of wings, like dragonflies, hymenoptera and lepidoptera still do. Flies have only the front pair of wings. Function. Halteres help balancing and improve flight. They help flies to perform their fast aerobatics. In addition to providing rapid feedback to the muscles steering the wings, they also help stabilise the head during flight. They are flapped rapidly and work as gyroscopes, telling the insect about its body position during flight. Every vibrating object tends to maintain its plane of vibration, a result of the Coriolis effect. If the body of the insect changes direction in flight or rotates about its axis, the vibrating halteres exert a force on the body. The insect detects this force with sensory organs at the base of the halteres. The two halteres vibrate in different planes, each forming an angle of about 45 degrees with the long axis of the insect. This increases the information got from the halteres. Development. In Diptera, the formation of the haltere during metamorphosis is dependent on the homeotic gene "Ultrabithorax" (Ubx). If this gene is experimentally deactivated, the haltere will develop into a fully developed wing. This is an excellent illustration of an important mechanism of evolutionary development; a simple homeotic gene change can result in a radically different phenotype. Convergent evolution. The Strepsiptera, small insects parasitic on bees, wasps and cockroaches, also have halteres. We know the evolution was independent because in the Strepsiptera the "forewings" evolved into halteres while, in the Diptera, the "hindwings" changed into halteres. This is a classic case of convergent evolution. Grimaldi and Engel say halteres have evolved at least seven times in insects, and "in most cases it is known to be associated with improved manoeuvering in flight".
Chartres is a French commune in the Eure-et-Loir department. About 39,000 people live there. Sister cities. Chartres is twinned with:
Jethou is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased, and not open to the public. It is immediately south of Herm and has an area of approximately 44 acres (18 ha). History. It is said that in AD 709 a storm washed away the strip of land which connected the island with Herm. The island's name contains the "-hou" suffix, which means "a small island". In 1416, it became part of Henry V of England's estate. It is still a Crown lease, and is owned by the States of Guernsey. Modern history. From 1920 to 1923 it was leased by Compton MacKenzie along with Herm and remained part of that estate for years, although it is currently part of a different one. The British 1957 musical "Free as Air" by Dorothy Reynolds &amp; Julian Slade was set on the fictitious island of 'Terhou', which was based on Jethou. On the top is a marker. It is said that in earlier times, pirates were hanged on it with chains, like nearby Crevichon. From September 1964 until December 1971 the island was occupied by the Faed family consisting of Mr Angus Faed, his wife Susan Faed and their four children, Colin, Erik, Colette and Amanda. Mrs. Susan Faed was the 22nd tenant of Jethou. It is flanked by two islets, Crevichon to the north and Fauconniere to the south. There is one house on the island and two cottages as well as a large garage where vehicles such as quad bikes and tractors are stored. It is now leased by Sir Peter Ogden of IT company Computacenter. Politics. Unlike the largely autonomous islands of Sark and Alderney within the Bailiwick, Jethou cannot pass its own laws. It is administered by the States of Guernsey, and elects members to the States of Deliberation as part of the St. Peter Port South electoral district. Wildlife. At the east of Jethou, puffins can be seen swimming off the rocks. They also nest there in the east clifftop.
"Not to be confused with Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve" Lihou () is a small tidal island (95 vergées; 38½ acres; 15.6 hectares) that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. It lies off the west coast of Guernsey and is the most westerly point in the Channel Islands. Coordinates: . The island was bought by the States of Guernsey in January 1995. Lihou is connected to Guernsey at low tide by an ancient stone causeway between the island and L'Eree headland. It is part of the Parish of St. Peter's. Lihou's bird and marine life makes it an important conservation area. History. Like many other Channel Islands, Lihou's name contains the Norman language suffix "-hou" of Old Norse origin. The island has the ruins of the priory of St. Mary which is believed to have been set up by Benedictine monks in the 12th century. The monks of the priory were not very popular with the local people, who thought they were devil worshippers. This animosity may be due to the monks' insistence on rights of wreck. Until 1415 it was under the control of Mont Saint Michel and then Eton College until the Reformation when it was closed and fell into disrepair. The house on Lihou was used for target practice by heavy artillery during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. It has now been rebuilt as accommodation for school groups, and is used as an educational resource. "Vraic" (seaweed) was harvested and dried on frames set up on the beach. A 1927 factory building produced iodine from seaweed. All traces of the industry disappeared during the German Occupation. The Lihou family name is included in parish records which go back as far as the early 15th century and there are a number of groups who study the ancestry of the Lihou's. More recently a group was set up using the social networking site 'Facebook' which links Lihou's around the world.
-hou is a suffix (part added to the end of a word) found in many Channel Islands and Norman names. It is the Norman language version of the Old Norse "holmr", meaning a small island, and often found anglicised elsewhere as "holm". It can still be found in modern Scandinavian languages, e.g. Stockholm. The Norman "hommet/houmet" also comes from this suffix. In Parisian French, the equivalent is "îlot", which is the same as the English "islet".