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The C14 Timberwolf MRSWS is an bolt action sniper rifle that is manually operated and was originally developed by Canada.  The C14 Timberwolf uses the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge, with a muzzle velocity (The velocity of bullet leaving the rifle) of over 823 meters per second and has a maximum effective range of 1,500 meters. It is currently used in the Afghanistan war.
Billy the Exterminator (named "The Exterminators" for season one) was an American television program. The program follows Vexcon employees, "Billy" and "Ricky Breatherton" as they try to rid pests and unwanted animals from clients homes and businesses in Louisiana. It ran from February 4, 2009 until it ended on November 25, 2016. On September 9, 2016, a new series called "Billy Goes North" aired on CMT in Canada. It had Billy go to Canada to do his exterminations. In the United States, it was called the seventh season of "Billy the Exterminator".
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international agreement to protect the rights and freedom of people with disabilities. The convention was based on international human rights laws that were made after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the convention on 13 December 2006. It has been in effect since 3 May 2008. As of Feburary 2025, 192 countries have ratified the convention (they have promised the United Nations they will obey the convention). As of 23 December 2010, the European Union has collectively ratified the convention. Part of the Convention includes meetings to make sure the convention is being followed. People with disabilities can also take part in these meetings. Main Contents. You can find an Easy Read explanation about the Convention here. Easy Read is written in Simple English and has pictures to help people understand. Preamble. The preamble (beginning) of the Convention recognizes these things: Article 1. Purpose. Article 1 sets out the purposes or goals of the convention: Article 1 also says that there are many types of disabilities: physical disabilities, mental illnesses, intellectual disabilities, muteness, deafness, and blindness. According to Article 1, all of these people should be protected by the convention. Article 2. Meaning of Words. Article 2 explains what certain words in the Convention mean. For example: Article 3. General Principles. Article 3 says the convention is based on these values and goals: Article 4. General Obligation. Article 4 says that countries must make sure people with disabilities have full human rights by: Article 5. Social Equality. Countries must forbid all discrimination because of disability. Countries must also protect all persons against discrimination. Article 6. Women. Countries must understand that women and girls with disabilities suffer from double discrimination (they face discrimination both because they are disabled "and" because they are female). Countries must protect them so that they can enjoy human rights equally. Article 7. Children. Countries must take action to make sure children with disabilities enjoy the same rights and freedoms as children without disabilities. In all actions about children with disabilities, the most important thing is the child's
Accessibility is equal access for people with disabilities to any environment, movement, information or communication. It means that a person with a disability should be able to use a product or service to access society at the same level as a person without a disability.  Examples of accessibility include: The word "accessibility" is used in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, mostly in article 9. Having accessible ramps and parking is very important for the people who struggle with disabilities.
Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural history around the Mediterranean. It includes the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, also known as the Greco-Roman world. Classical antiquity is the period in which Greek and Roman literature, such as those of "Aeschylus" and "Ovid", flourished. By convention, the period starts with the works of Homer in the 8th–7th century BC, and ends with the arrival of Christianity and decline of the Western Roman Empire, in the 5th–6th century AD. Archaic period: 8th to 6th centuries BC. The earliest period of classical antiquity took place before the re-appearance of historical sources after the Bronze Age collapse. The earliest Greek alphabetic inscriptions are in the first half of the 8th century. Homer is usually assumed to have lived in the 8th or 7th century, and his lifetime is often taken as marking the beginning of classical antiquity. The traditional date for the first Ancient Olympic Games, in 776 BC, was also around this time. In Roman legend, the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC. The earliest settlement at the Roman Forum seems to have taken place around this time. Phoenicians. The Phoenicians originally expanded from Levantine ports, by the 8th century dominating trade in the Mediterranean. Carthage was founded in 814 BC, and the Carthaginians by 700 BC had firmly established strongholds in Sicily, Italy and Sardinia, which brought about conflicts of interest with Etruria. Greece. The Archaic period followed the Greek Dark Ages, and saw the rise of democracy, philosophy, theatre, poetry, as well as the revitalisation of the written language, which had been lost during the Dark Ages. Pottery styles of the later part of the Archaic age are the black-figure pottery, started in Corinth during the 7th century BC. Its successor was the red-figure style, developed by the Andokides in about 530 BC. Classical Greece: 5th to 4
Charles Dillon (Casey) Stengel was a famous baseball player and manager. He managed 3 teams in the MLB the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and the New York Yankees. He also played for the Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and the Boston Braves. His grandmother was the brother of the famous judge, John Forrest Dillon. Retired Numbers. Casey's number 37 was retired by the Yankees in 1970. Also by the Mets in 1967 1922, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958
Dora the Explorer is an American media franchise centered on an eponymous animated interactive fourth wall children's TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner and released by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It originally ran on Nickelodeon from August 14, 2000 to June 5, 2014, with the final six unaired episodes later airing from July 7 to August 9, 2019. It has since spawned a spin-off television series Go, Diego, Go!, a sequel television series and a live-action feature film. The first episode aired in 2000, and "Dora the Explorer" became a regular series in 2000. The series was created by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. The series earned $2.5 billion in sales in 2010 alone. Plot. The series "Dora the Explorer" focuses on a seven-year-old Latino girl named "Dora" accompanied by her talking backpack and anthropomorphic monkey named "Boots". Dora has a passion for exploring places or completing quests, and she would often go on an adventure with her friends. Broadcast. TVOKids SCN Knowledge Kids Treehouse Yoopa and Access, TV (Canada) Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. (United States)  Foreign Adaptations. Dora the Explorer has been produced in various other languages worldwide. It facilitates the learning of important foreign language words or phrases (mostly English), interspersed with a local language (e.g. Norwegian, Russian, Hindi or German), with occasional use of Spanish (used in the Irish, Serbian, and Turkish versions) through its simplicity and use of repetition. As shown in the list above, Spanish is the second language taught in the original English language version of the show (also broadcast for Malay speakers), in the Irish, Serbian, and the trilingual Turkish versions, but for other versions of the show, the language being taught is English.
Dalby Forest is a forest on the southern slopes of the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is maintained by the UK Forestry Commission.  Wildlife. Dalby Forest is home to many species of wildlife such as badgers, and roe deer. There are also many species of trees including oak, beech, ash, alder, hazel and Scots pine ("Aldus sylvestris").
Avant Browser is a free web browser created by a Chinese programmer called Anderson Che. The Avant browser follows a set of commands that are similar to those of Internet Explorer (known as the Trident layout engine), but has more features and is more customisable.  Avant can only work on Windows computers that have Internet Explorer (6, 7 or 8) installed on them. The browser is available in 41 languages. As of November 2008, there were over 22 million downloads.
Kristopher Royce Versteeg (born May 13, 1986) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers. Career. Before playing in the NHL, Versteeg played 5 seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL). 3 seasons with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, 1 seasons with the Kamloops Blazers and 1 season with the Red Deer Rebels. He was drafted with the 134th overall pick by the Boston Bruins in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He played 2 seasons with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Providence Bruins and was traded along with a conditional draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Brandon Bochenski. He played 3 seasons with the Blackhawks and won the Stanley Cup with them during the 2009–10 NHL season. His name was originally misspelled "Kris Vertseeg" when it was engraved on the Stanley Cup but it was quickly corrected afterwards. Versteeg was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with the rights to prospect Bill Sweatt for Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico, and Philippe Paradis because of salary cap restraints. He played 1 season with the Maple Leafs and was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for first-round and third-round draft picks. He only played 20 games for the Flyers and was again traded, this time to the Florida Panthers for a second-round and a third-round pick. Versteeg would play 1 season and 28 games with the Panthers before being traded back to the Chicago Blackhawks on November 14, 2013 in exchange for Jimmy Hayes and Dylan Olsen. On June 15, 2015, he won his second Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games. On September 11, 2015, Versteeg was traded along with Joakim Nordström to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a 3rd round draft pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Versteeg and Nordström were traded because the Blackhawks had to make cap space for Marcus Kruger.
Kerry Ray King (born June 3, 1964) is an American guitarist, best known as the rhythm and lead guitarist and one of the first members of American thrash metal band Slayer. Biography. King was born in Los Angeles, California. His father worked as an aircraft part inspector, and his mother worked for a telephone company. When he was a teenager, Kerry moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he learned how to play guitar from a local man, Dana Dawley. He divorced once; his current wife is Ayesha King, he also has a daughter named Shyanne Kymberlee King from his first marriage. In 1981, King was trying out for the position as a guitarist in a band. After the session was over Jeff Hanneman talked with him and the two began playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs with the session drummer. Hanneman said "Why don’t we start our OWN band?” [Laughs] I was like, “…Fuck yeah!" King once had long hair, but then shaved his head when he started balding. His bald head, spiked wristband, long beard and his tattoo work (which covers his hands, arms and head) are his trademarks, to such a degree that "Blender" included a tour of his body ink. King's acronym, KFK, was revealed to mean "Kerry Fuckin' King" in the January 2007 Issue of Guitar World.
Reign in Blood is the third album by Slayer. Slayer is an American thrash metal band. Def Jam Recordings released the album on October 7, 1986. "Reign in Blood" was Slayer's first album with a major record label. Rick Rubin produced the album with the band. He helped the band make better music. Many music critics and fans liked "Reign in Blood". The album helped Slayer become more popular. The band became important in the heavy metal community. "Kerrang!" magazine said the record was "the heaviest album of all time," and an important album in thrash metal and speed metal. "Reign in Blood" is compared to many other important thrash metal albums made in the 1980s, such as Anthrax's "Among the Living", Megadeth's "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?", and Metallica's "Master of Puppets." Many people think "Reign in Blood" is one of the most influential thrash metal albums ever made. "Reign in Blood" changed how thrash metal music sounded in the 1980s. It was Slayer's first album on the "Billboard" 200. It was number 94 on the music chart. The RIAA gave the album a gold certification in 1992. In 2013, NME wrote that it was one of the greatest albums of all time. Background. Slayer released their second album in March 1985. It is named "Hell Awaits". Many music critics liked it. The band's producer, Brian Slagel, thought that the band's next album was going to be very popular. Slagel talked to many different record labels. One of them was Def Jam Recordings. At first, Slagel did not want the band to join Def Jam. This is because Def Jam did not have many other thrash metal bands in their record label. Rick Rubin, one of the people who made Def Jam, was interested in Slayer. Dave Lombardo, the band's drummer, learned that Rubin was interested. He tried to talk to Rubin. The other members of Slayer did not want to leave Metal
Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York) is an American musician. He can play different instruments. He is most well known for his work as a rock guitarist.  Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar teacher. Some of his former students have become famous with their guitar skills. These include Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Kirk Hammett, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan and Alex Skolnick.  Satriani has been important in the music made by other musicians. He was a founder of the ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in various positions with other musicians. Awards and nominations. Satriani has the second most Grammy Award nominations of any artist without winning.
Surfing with the Alien is the second album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani, released in 1987. "Surfing with the Alien" contributed greatly to establishing Satriani's reputation as a respected rock guitarist. The album contains fast and complex songs such as "Surfing with the Alien" and "Satch Boogie", stranger-sounding "Crushing Day" and "Lords of Karma", and slower, melodic songs like "Always with Me, Always with You" and "Echo" which provide a change of pace. Also, "Midnight", uses the technique of two-hand tapping at great speed, making a Latin-American effect. There are also Nashville tuned guitars (on "Echo") and key changes (on "Always with Me, Always with You" and "Echo") to vary the album. The album cover shows the Marvel Comics character, the Silver Surfer on the front and the hand of Galactus on the back. The image is from Silver Surfer #1 (1982). The artist, John Byrne, has said that the image was used without his permission and that he never got paid for its use. The art is from panel 1 of page 6 of SILVER SURFER #1 published in 1982. However, the album liner notes mention a Marvel Characters, Inc. copyright and say the Silver Surfer likeness is used with permission. Track listing. All songs written by Joe Satriani.
Edwin Carlos Colón Coates (born December 21, 1982) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring names Primo (Colón) and Diego. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Council (WWC) under his real name, Eddie Colón.  He is the son of Carlos Colón, Sr. and the younger brother of pro wrestlers Stacy and Carly Colón, who wrestles as Carlito in WWE. The brothers, known as The Colóns, were the first team to win the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship at the same time, making them the first Unified WWE Tag Team Champions. He later won the WWE Tag Team Championship a second time with his cousin Epico.
Frank White (born September 4, 1950 in Greenville, Mississippi) is a retired American baseball player and is a former coach of the Kansas City Royals. He was a second baseman. He now is part of the television broadcast team for the Royals. White won the World Series with the Kansas City Royals in 1985. His number (#20) is retired by the Royals. He is one of only two Royals players to have his number retired by the team (the other is George Brett).
Imagine is John Lennon's second solo album. It was recorded and released in 1971 and has remained popular. In 2012, "Imagine" was voted 80th on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". This album had songs that were gentler, more commercial and less avant-garde than the ones he released on his previous album, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". In 2003 "Rolling Stone" magazine named "Imagine" #76 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
"Imagine" is a song written and performed by English rock musician John Lennon. It is the first track on his album "Imagine", released in 1971. "Imagine" was released as a single in the United States where it reached number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100. When asked about the song in one of his last interviews, Lennon said that "Imagine" was as good as anything he had written with the Beatles. The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with "Instant Karma!" and "Give Peace a Chance", in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "Rolling Stone" ranked "Imagine" the 3rd greatest song of all time in their The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue. David Archuleta sang the song in Season 7 of "American Idol". The song was written to encourage people to believe/imagine a world where everyone was equal and peaceful, without the separation of different religions, beliefs, races etc.
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band is the first solo album by English rock musician John Lennon. It was released in 1970. It was released after Lennon released three experimental albums with Yoko Ono and "Live Peace in Toronto 1969", a live show in Toronto credited to The Plastic Ono Band. The album was recorded at the same time with Yoko Ono's debut avant garde solo album "Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band" at Ascot Sound Studios and Abbey Road Studios using the same musicians and production team. It had almost the same cover artwork. "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" is generally considered one of Lennon's best solo albums. "Rolling Stone" named it the twenty-second greatest album of all time. Track listing. All songs written by John Lennon.
"God" is a song from John Lennon's first solo album, "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band". The album was released on December 11, 1970 in the U.S. and the UK.  The song was considered controversial upon release, because it was about religion.
George Thomas "Tom" Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020) was an American baseball player for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. He was a pitcher. In his career he won more than 300 games. He won a World Series in 1969. His number was retired by the Mets. He was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. On the Mets Seaver won a World Series in 1969 and a National League pennant in 1973. He won the Cy Young Award three times while he was with the Mets, in 1969, 1973 and 1975. The Cy Young Award is given to the best pitcher of the year in each league. He also won the Rookie of the Year award as the best first year player in the league in 1967. Seaver led the National League in wins three times, in 1969 and 1975 with the Mets and in 1981 with the Reds. He led the National League in earned run average three times, in 1970, 1971 and 1973. He led the National League in strikeouts five times, in 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1976. His final year was played with the Red Sox. He was induced in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was born in Fresno, California. In March 2019, Seaver was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. He died on August 31, 2020 from the disease and COVID-19 in Calistoga, California at the age of 75.
Kim Johnsson (born March 16, 1976 in Malmö, Sweden) is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player that played a combined 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as 6 seasons in the Swedish Elite League and 1 season in the National League A (NLA). He played two seasons with the New York Rangers in 1999–00 and 2000–01 and was traded along with Jan Hlaváč, Pavel Brendl, and a 3rd-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for Eric Lindros on August 20, 2001. Johnsson played four seasons with the Flyers. He then signed a four-year contract with the Minnesota Wild and after four years in Minnesota he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks along with Nick Leddy for Cam Barker.
Craig Leo Stansberry (born March 8, 1982 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia) is an American baseball player. He is a third baseman for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Stansberry is the first baseball player born in Saudi Arabia to play for a Major League Baseball team.
Kelly Slater (born February 11 1972) is a professional American surfer and actor. He is considered one of the best in surfing and he has a video game named after him called, "Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer". He also voiced himself in the 2007 film, Surf's Up and has acted in many other movies and acted in ten episodes of Baywatch as the character "Jimmy Slade". Slater also formed a band with surfers Rob Machado and Peter King, called "The Surfers" and released an album. Slater has won many awards and has also been an ASP World Champion a record 11 times. Other websites. Kelly Slater's Official website
The Government of Canada is a constitutional monarchy. It has a monarch, who currently is King Charles III. He appoints a Governor General to Canada to represent himself. The country is run by a democratically elected government, led by a Prime Minister. A Parliament is elected, usually every five years. From the parliament, a cabinet is organized with the prime minister as leader. The prime minister (currently Justin Trudeau) is the head of government, who is invited by the Crown to form a government after securing the confidence of the House of Commons, which is typically determined through the election of enough members of a single political party in a federal election to provide a majority of seats in Parliament, forming a governing party.
This is a list of circuits (race tracks) used by FIA World Championship race. This list includes circuits which have hosted a Grand Prix from the season to the season. Also included are circuits scheduled to hold a Grand Prix in . In total, 68 different circuits have hosted (or will host) a World Championship races. The first to do so was Silverstone. The first World Championship race, the British Grand Prix, was held there. The longest was Pescara Circuit (25 km) which normally held the Coppa Acerbo race. It hosted one World Championship race, the Pescara Grand Prix. One of the most famous is the old Nürburgring (22 km) which hosted the German Grand Prix from to . Several different forms of race tracks have been used in the history of Formula One. These include purpose-built race tracks such as Suzuka, road tracks such as Spa and city street tracks such as Monaco. The circuits that will host a race in the season are shown in bold.