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The Dominican city of San Juan de la Maguana, or simply San Juan, is the head municipality of the San Juan province, on the west of the country. It is the largest city of western Dominican and the centre of the region. It was one of the first European city founded in the Hispaniola island. Name. The city was named after St. John Baptist; "Maguana" is the Taíno name meaning "small valley". In the area, there were Taíno people living here before the Spanish invasion. History. The valley area of San Juan was the seat of Maguana whose leader was Caonabo. Caonabo in aboriginal language means "gran señor de la tierra or Great Lord of the Earth". Caonabo was the cacique or chief of the Taínos, upon the death of his uncle and became the most important and powerful ruler in Hispaniola at the time. He led the Taíno revolt against the Spanish invaders and was captured and died in a shipwreck while being taken to Spain as a prisoner. A brother of Caonabo and other allied Taíno caciques led the revolt against the Spanish and finally lost the battle in 1495. San Juan de la Maguana was founded by the Spanish in 1503 by Diego Velázquez, who later went to conquest the island of Cuba, when Nicolás de Ovando was the Spanish governor of the island. In 1606, those that were living in San Juan de la Maguana were ordered by the Spanish king to move to a place to the northwest of the city of Santo Domingo and the region was left without people for several years. After the Dominican independence in 1844, there were some battles in this region between the Haitian and Dominican armies. The most important battle was the Santomé Battle on 22 December 1855 in a savanna to the west of the city where the Dominican army won the fight. Population. The city had, in , a total population of 78,313: 39,631 men and 38,682 women. The urban population was of the total population. Geography. San Juan de
Assis Brasil is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Acre. In 2007, 5,351 people lived there. Its total area is 2,875,915 km². Vicente Bessa founded the municipality on March 1, 1976. It was separated from another municipality called Brasiléia.
Nesquehoning is a borough in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. The population is 3,336 as of the 2020 census count. Former WWE star Gene Snitsky was born here.
Jessica Watson (born 18 May 1994) is an Australian teenager who became the youngest person to sail around the world alone. She did it without stopping or getting assistance during the journey. Jessica Watson's first attempt was in September 2009, when she left from Mooloolaba in Queensland in attempt to sail around the world. About 15 hours after she left, her yacht, "Ella's Pink Lady", collided with a bulk carrier near Stradbroke Island. Watson was uninjured in the incident, but her yacht was badly damaged. After the repairs to her yacht were completed, Watson sailed from Queensland's Gold Coast to Sydney and then left from Sydney on 18 October 2009 (five months after her sixteenth birthday) to sail around the world. The distance of her voyage is about 19,000 nautical miles (35,000 kilometres) and took almost seven months to complete, as she finished her journey on May 15, 2010.
The astrolabe is a tool using the positions of the stars or sun. It was formerly used in navigation to help explorers and sailors figure out where they were. They found their distance north and south of the equator by measuring the distance of the sun and stars above the horizon. Astronomers used other kinds of astrolabes, usually larger ones. An early astrolabe was made in the Hellenistic world in 150 BC. It is often attributed to Hipparchus. The astrolabe was a marriage of the planisphere (a star chart analog computing instrument) and dioptra (a tool to measure angles). It was a calculator able to work out many kinds of problems in astronomy. Theon of Alexandria wrote a complex book on the astrolabe. Lewis says that Ptolemy used an astrolabe to make the astronomical observations recorded in the "Tetrabiblos".
"Electric Avenue" is a reggae song released by Guyanese singer Eddy Grant on his "Killer on the Rampage" album in January 1983. It is a reggae, synthpop, new wave, and disco song. Grant wrote and produced the song himself. It reached #2 on both the United States and UK singles charts. The song is named after a market street in Brixton, London, England. It has been covered by many artists.
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey), known professionally under the name Queen Latifah is an American, rapper, actress and singer. After she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989, Latifah released her first album "All Hail the Queen". She has won a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination. She is in a partnership with Eboni Nichols and has a son Rebel. Discography. Studio albums
Queen + Paul Rodgers was a rock band formed by Brian May and Roger Taylor, formerly of Queen, and Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, Free and The Firm. Because of the popularity of Freddie Mercury, it was made clear that Paul Rodgers would not be replacing the former Queen lead singer, who died in 1991 from complications due to AIDS. Rodgers would be called "featured with" along with the former Queen members. When in concert Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers would be helped by keyboard player Spike Edney, rhythm guitarist Jamie Moses and bassist Danny Miranda. The band recorded an album called The Cosmos Rocks. It was released in 2008. In May, 2009 Paul Rodgers announced that Queen + Paul Rodgers had come to an end. He said "It was fun but was never meant to be a permanent arrangement". He said it was always possible that the band would get together again.
Manabu Nakamura (born 26 June 1977) is a former Japanese football player. Club career statistics. 84||4||6||0||4||0||94||4 84||4||6||0||4||0||94||4
Marián Gáborík (born 14 February 1982) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey winger. He played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, and Ottawa Senators. He served as the captain of the Minnesota Wild from March until April of 2008. Gáborík was the first player to score a goal for the Wild. On March 5, 2014, Gáborík was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. On June 13, 2014, he won his first Stanley Cup when the Kings defeated the New York Rangers 4 games to 1. During the playoffs, Gáborík led the league with 14 goals. On November 4, 2021, Gáborík announced that he was retiring from playing professional ice hockey.
MAR, short for Marchen Awakens Romance is a Japanese manga and anime. The manga ran from 2003-2006, while the anime ran from 2005-2007, made up of 102 episodes. A sequel was made named MAR Omega. Story. The story is about a Japanese boy named Ginta who journeys into a world named MAR Heaven, which is like a fairy tale. Here, magical items known as ARMs are used to perform different tasks. Ginta meets a witch named Dorothy who wants to find a powerful ARM called Babbo. Ginta and Dorothy find Babbo, but find he is alive and can talk, which other ARMS can't do. Babbo has no memory of who he is other than his name and becomes Ginta's friend. Ginta travels around MAR Heaven, forming a group of friends which he calls Team MAR. Team MAR fight the Chess Pieces, an evil group of people who wish to turn MAR Heaven into a nightmare. Team MAR is forced to fight in the War Games, a fighting tournament, to defeat the Chess Pieces. Ginta also wishes to return home, looking for the ARM that brought him to MAR Heaven in the first place. It is revealed near the end of the story that the King and Queen of the Chess Pieces are Ginta's father Danna controlled by an evil spirit called Caldia's Orb, and Dorothy's older sister Diana. Team MAR battles Caldia's Orb, Diana and the leader of the Chess Pieces' Knights, Phantom, in the floating Lestava Castle, and win, saving MAR Heaven. Ginta and Danna return home at the end of the story. Characters. Team MAR. Team MAR is made up of the main heroes and characters of MAR. The team's goal is to defeat the Chess Pieces and save MAR Heaven from destruction. The members are: The Chess Pieces. The Chess Pieces are the main villains of MAR. They want to turn MAR Heaven into a nightmare. They are in groups named after the pieces of a chess game. The King and Queen, Caldia's Orb and Diana, are not in groups.
MyLifeIsAverage (MLIA) is a website where people submit stories about their day. MLIA is similar to FMyLife, except the stories are about average things, rather than bad things. The stories are judged by several users. If enough users vote that the story is worthy of being posted, then it becomes the first story on the home page, and will later be pushed down the page. Anyone can submit a story. Users may click on a story to leave a comment.  The stories almost always begin with the words "Today" and end with the phrase "MLIA".  MLIA has received more than 100,000 stories. Most of the users are students in high school or college. The co-founder of the site, Guru Khalsa, says that MLIA tries to "bring to light how much stupid and boring stuff gets posted on the Internet."
Der Rosenkavalier (in English: The Knight of the Rose) is a comic opera by Richard Strauss. The words (libretto) were especially written for the opera by the German poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed in Dresden on 26 January 1911 and was an immediate success. It continues to be a very popular opera in opera houses all over the world and has been performed more often than any other German language 20th century opera. The story is supposed to be happening in Vienna in the time of the Empress Maria Theresa (mid to late 18th century). The music and the words deliberately show the elegant life of aristocratic society of that time. For example: the title of the opera is about the silver rose which traditionally was sent by a bridegroom to his bride and was brought by a knight (the Knight of the Rose). The story of the opera. Act 1. Act I takes place in the Marschallin’s bedroom. The Marschallin is an aristocratic lady aged 32. She has a lover, a young boy aged 17 called Octavian. When the opera starts, we first hear an orchestral prologue. The music suggests that the Marschallin and Octavian are making love. Then the curtain opens and we see the two together. They hear a noise and the Marschallin thinks her husband is coming, so Octavian hides. It is not her husband, but her cousin Baron Ochs. Ochs is a very rude man with bad manners. He marches in to the Marschallin’s room although the servants had asked him to wait. Octavian manages to change his clothes and appears dressed as a maid called Mariandel. Ochs thinks “she” is pretty and wants “her” to meet him. Then he tells the Marschallin what he has come for: he wants a young knight to deliver the silver rose to his bride Sophie. He also needs a notary to sign the legal documents of the wedding. Ochs sings about the fun of making love. He wishes he were like Jupiter who was able to disguise himself in many ways. The morning levée begins
A dagger is a knife which is used to stab people. It has a double-edged blade, so it cannot be used for normal cutting like a knife. Daggers are small, so they can often be hidden under the attacker's clothing and then suddenly produced. They were also used in the Middle Ages for the infantry armies to defend or attack their opponents. Some people like Julius Caesar were assassinated with a dagger.
Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock guitarist and bassist. Overview. Faces. Prior to his work with the Rolling Stones, Wood was the guitarist in the English rock band Faces. He was in Faces from 1969 until the band broke up in 1975.  The Rolling Stones. He is best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He first worked with the band as a touring guitarist for their 1975 world tour.  In February 1976 he was made a full-time member and has recorded and toured with the band ever since.  In addition to the Rolling Stones, Wood has maintained a solo music career.  Since 1974 he has recorded and released 12 studio and live albums.  Ronnie Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 as a member of The Rolling Stones. Jeff Beck Group. From 1967 until 1969 Wood was the bass guitar player for The Jeff Beck Group. Artistry. Wood has also had a lot of success as a painter. In the early 1960s, he trained at Ealing Art College. His paintings and prints have been shown in art galleries all over the world. A London art gallery named "Scream" is co-owned by Wood and his sons. The clothing company "Liberty &amp; Co." have produced a clothing line using fabric that has been printed with Wood's art.
Michael Kevin "Mick" Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English musician best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones. He is well known for his skills as a "slide guitar" player. He also plays piano, bass and drums. Life. Taylor was born in Welwyn Garden City. He was raised in Hatfield. He formed his first band "The Gods" in 1965. He played together with Ken Hensley (later with Uriah Heep). Other musicians were Greg Lake (later with Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and John Glascock. 1966 he left the band and joined John Mayall´s Bluesbreakers. He replaced there Peter Green. In June 1969 the Rolling Stones looked for a new guitarist and they found Mick Taylor. His first gig as band member of the Stones was the concert in Hyde Park on 5 July 1969 . The concert was in memory of the late Brian Jones. Like Bill Wyman he was never the show man on stage. Due to Richards drug problem he did a lot of guitar work for the albums. Jagger and Taylor recorded "Sway", "Moonlight Mile", "Winter", "Till the Next Goodbye" and "Time Waits For No One". But Taylor never earned money for this work. As Richards critizied his guitar playing he decided in December 1974 to leave the Stones. Taylor's onstage presence with the Rolling Stones is preserved on the album "Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!", recorded in New York and Boston in November 1969; in the documentary films "Stones in the Park" (released on DVD in 2001), "Gimme Shelter" (released in 1970) and "Cocksucker Blues" (unreleased); and in the concert film "" (shown in cinemas in 1974). Bootleg recordings from the Rolling Stones' tours from 1969 through 1973 also document Taylor's concert performances with the Rolling Stones. Compared to the Rolling Stones time his solo career was not very successful. After leaving the Stones he formed together with Jack Bruce, Carla Bley and
A standing army is an army that is made up of full-time soldiers. It is kept ready even in times of peace. to attack, invade, or defend. It is more prepared for war than militias or military reserves. A few states have had standing armies for thousands of years, but they became more popular only during the Late Middle Ages. The term's use started around 1600.
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician. He is best known as one of the founding members of the rock band The Rolling Stones.  The Rolling Stones. Jones was a founding member of the Rolling Stones. He made the group along with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1962.  During his early career, Brian performed live under the fake name "Elmo Lewis".  The Rolling Stones would go on to have well known songs such as Paint It Black and Ruby Tuesday.  Jones was known for his ability to play multiple instruments including: guitar, harmonica, piano, organ, mellotron, sitar, recorder, saxophone, drums and marimba as well as many others. Death. In his last few years, Brian was a drug and alcohol abuser ,which led to him being fired from the Rolling Stones on 8 June 1969.  Just after midnight on 3 July 1969 Jones was discovered dead at the bottom of his swimming pool at his home in Sussex, England. The details surrounding his death were controversial and Jones' girlfriend claimed he was murdered. However the coroner's official report stated that Jones had drowned and declared the incident a "death by misadventure." The coroner noted that his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by his long-term drug and alcohol abuse. Jones was one of the first members of the 27 Club.
Cho Kwi-Jea (born 16 January 1969) used to be a South Korean football player. Honours. Managerial. Shonan Bellmare
Fernando Gago (born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Real Madrid and Argentina national team.  Honours. Player. Boca Juniors Real Madrid Vélez Sarsfield Argentina U20 Argentina U23 Argentina Individual Manager. Racing Club
Gwak Kyung-Keun (born 10 October 1972) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He was a member of the Korean national team. Club career statistics. 206||36 206||36 International career statistics. !Total||7||0
is a former Japanese football player. Club career statistics. 294||27||24||3||44||4||362||34 294||27||24||3||44||4||362||34
Kim Joo-Sung (born 17 January 1966) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He was a member of the Korean national team. Club career statistics. 204||34 34||4 238||38 International career statistics. !Total||76||14
Edmílson Matias (born 26 March 1974) is a former Brazilian football player. Club career statistics. 83||36||9||3||9||2||101||41 83||36||9||3||9||2||101||41
Mark Bowen (born 7 December 1963) is a former Welsh football player. He has played for Wales national team. A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup, Screen Sport Super Cup and UEFA Cup. Career statistics. International. Bowen made his senior debut for Wales on 10 May 1986, aged 22, in a 2–0 friendly defeat to Canada in North America. His final Wales appearance came 11 years later on 11 February 1997 in a goalless friendly draw with the Republic of Ireland at Cardiff Arms Park. He was capped 41 times as a full international for Wales, scoring three goals. Honours. Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City Charlton Athletic
Francisco Molinero (born 26 July 1985) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Dinamo Bucureşti. Club career statistics. 69||1 0||0 69||1
BK Häcken is an association football club on the island of Hisingen in the town of Gothenburg in Sweden.  The men's soccer team won the Swedish Cup during the seasons of 2015–2016, 2018–2019 and 2022-23. It also won the 2022 edition of Allsvenskan and became Swedish champions for first time.
Santiago Denia Sánchez (born 9 March 1974) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team. Club career statistics. 361||10 361||10 International career statistics. !Total||2||0
Seydou Doumbia (; born 31 December 1987) is an Ivorian former professional association footballer who played as a forward. Source: "Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first." Honours. CSKA Moscow FC Basel Sporting CP Ħamrun Spartans Ivory Coast Individual
Dom Pedro II of Brazil (complete name: "Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga"; Rio de Janeiro, December 2, 1825 — Paris, December 5, 1891), known as "O Magnânimo" ("The Magnanimous") (), was the second and last de facto Brazilian Emperor. He was the seventh son of Pedro I and the archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. Pedro II succeeded his father in the Brazilian Throne when he was 16 years of age. Pedro I had to return to Portugal in order to rule over the country as an Emperor and this action made him abdicate from the Brazilian Throne in favor of his son. But, when in Portugal, Pedro I renounced the Portuguese Throne, in favor of his eldest daughter Dona Maria da Glória. Pedro II was nephew of Miguel I (father's part), Napoleon Bonaparte (mother's part) and cousin of Emperors Napoleon II, Franz Joseph I and Maximilian I of Mexico. He was Maria da Glória's youngst brother and uncle of kings Pedro V and Luís I.
The president of Brazil (), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil () or simply the "President of the Republic", is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The current President is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023, who was President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Requirements. The national constitution says that a president be a native-born citizen of Brazil, at least 35 years of age, a resident of Brazil, a registered voter, and a member of a political party. Terms. The president of Brazil can only be president for a term of four years, and may be re-elected for a second four term. This two-term limit, however, is not for life—a former president who has served for two consecutive terms may run for the presidency again after at least one term has ended. Living former presidents. The longest-lived President was Venceslau Brás, who died on May 15 1966 (at the age of ). The most recent President to die was Itamar Franco, who died on July 2, 2011.
Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and musician. Early in his career, he started by writing commercial jingles for major companies. He is best known for songs such as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)". Personal life. Manilow officially came out as gay in April 2017, telling "People" that he had kept his sexual orientation quiet out of concern that it would disappoint his largely female fan base, but when his fans learned of the marriage, they were supportive.
Gabriel Abdala Zakuani (born 31 May 1986) is a Congolese retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is now a broadcaster and assistant manager of the DR Congo under-20 team.
Dubstep (also known as dubstep remix or remix dubstep) is a genre of music that started in South London, it drew influence from 2-step garage, dub, drum and bass, grime and reggae. A popular dubstep producer Skrillex changed the genre into something much heavier with more growls, gritty basslines and fat sub-basses.  Since then, the dubstep scene has changed a lot with dubstep going from the underground genre that it was to a mainstream one. It has been played on big festivals, like Ultra Music Festival and Lost Lands. Characteristics. Dubstep is usually instrumental. Its tempo usually ranges between 138 to 150 beats per minute. Many songs have two bass drops, where a switch of rhythm and/or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break. A style of Americanized, heavier and aggressive form of dubstep is referred to as brostep, which has become very popular. It was started by Skrillex.
LinuxLive USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows users to create bootable Live USB systems for many Linux distributions. This software is designed to be as easy to use as possible. Its graphical interface uses a step by step approach and some traffic lights indicates to the user if each mandatory steps are validated.
A simple machine is a device that can change the direction or the magnitude of a force, or the point where it is applied. This is done so that the force can be used to do work. All mechanical machines are made by combining simple machines. There are six basic "simple machines", as defined by Renaissance scientists:  The use of simple machines can be traced back to "homo habilis" (the first humans to use tools), but certain animals other than man also use them.  A "compound machine" is made up of two or more simple machines.
This is a list of numbered state highways in the U.S. state of New York. Signed state highways in New York, referred to as "touring routes" by the New York State Department of Transportation, are numbered from 1 to 899. A large number of unsigned state highways, known as "reference routes", are numbered from 900 to 999 and often have a suffix.  Routes 900–999. The 900 through 999 designations are reserved for reference routes, which are unsigned state-maintained highways of varying length. Four of these routes have been incorrectly signed as touring routes. These cases are listed below.