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"Vanguard 1" is an American satellite that was the fourth artificial Earth-orbiting satellite to be successfully launched, following Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Explorer 1. it was launched 17 March 1958. Vanguard 1 was the first satellite to have solar electric power. Vanguard 1 was designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle as a part of Project Vanguard, and the effects of the space environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit. It also was used to obtain geodetic measurements through orbit analysis. Vanguard 1, being small and light enough to carry with one hand, was described by the Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, as "the grapefruit satellite". Spacecraft design. The spacecraft is a 1.46 kg (3.2 lb) aluminum sphere 6 inches (152 mm) in diameter, with antennae spanning 3 feet. It contains a 10 mW, 108 MHz transmitter powered by a mercury battery and a 5 mW, 108.03 MHz transmitter that was powered by six solar cells mounted on the body of the satellite. Six 30 cm (12 in) long antennas, 0.8 cm (0.31 in) diameter spring-actuated aluminum alloy aerials protrude from the sphere. The transmitters were used primarily for engineering and tracking data, but were also used to determine the total electron content between the satellite and the ground stations. A backup version of Vanguard 1 is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
The Latvian Green Party is a green political party in Latvia. It started in 1990.  Indulis Emsis who in 2004 was Prime Minister of Latvia, is a member, as is Raimonds Vējonis was President of Latvia between 2015 and 2019.
Latvian Railway was started as a company on 2 September 1991. It is owned by the government. Before that was the Latvian Railway Board (Latvian Railways) which started on 5 August 1919. Railways were first built in Latvia in the 1860s. They were damaged in the first and second world wars.  In 1992 there were of railway lines and 23,000 workers. Other websites. Official website
The Chapa bug-eyed frog or Sapa bug-eyed frog ("Theloderma bicolor") is a frog. It lives in northwestern Vietnam and southeastern and central China. People have seen it between 1400 and 1800 meters above sea level. This frog lives in evergreen forests with small trees and medium-sized trees. It also lives in rainforests with moss in them. People have also seen these frogs in places with karst rock in the ground, sitting on plants next to streams. People have seen this frog between 1200 and 2402 meters above sea level. This frog lays eggs in holes in trees that have water in them. She lays the eggs on the inside of the hole, higher than the water. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water and swim. Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. But it is in some danger. People change the places where the frog lives to make farms, get wood to build with, and build dams to make electricity. Sometimes people go into the forest to catch frogs to sell as pets, but people also raise "Theloderma bicolor" at the IEBR and WAZA Amphibian and Reptile Breeding Station, so it is hard to tell if any one pet frog was caught in the forest or not.
Luxembourgish Americans are Americans of Luxembourgish ancestry. The United States 2000 Census said that there were 45,139 Americans of Luxembourgish descent. In 1940 there were 100,000 Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry. The first families from Luxembourg went to the United States around 1842. They left because of the overpopulation and economic change in Luxembourg. Most Luxembourgish Americans live in the Midwest. This was where most of them settled in the nineteenth century. In 2000, the states with the largest Luxembourgish American populations were Illinois (6,963), Wisconsin (6,580), Minnesota (5,867), Iowa (5,624), and California (2,824).
Kim Petras (born August 27, 1992, Cologne) is a German singer and songwriter. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own label, BunHead Records, before signing with Republic Records in 2021. She became known for being one of the youngest people in the world to undergo an operation to change her sex assigned at birth. She began recording music at the age of 19, and was still a teenager when she released her first "extended play" (EP) "One Piece of Tape" in 2011. She released her first single in 2017, titled "I Don't Want It at All", which charted high on Spotify, earning Petras a contract with the company. She was featured on Charli XCX 's mixtape, "Pop 2" (2017), along with Jay Park on the song "Unlock It", and on her album, "Charli" (2019), along with Tommy Cash on the song "Click". In 2021, Petras signed a contract with the Republic Records label, with whom she released the "Slut Pop" EP in 2022. Later that year, Petras released the single "Unholy" along with Sam Smith. It marked Petras' first number one single on the UK Singles Chart and on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song also earned Petras the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making her the first openly transgender person to win that Grammy Award.
The Austro-Prussian War (also known by many other names like the Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers")) was a war fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Each side was helped by many allies in the German Confederation. Prussia had also allied with the Kingdom of Italy. This connected the conflict to the Third Independence War of Italian unification. The Austro-Prussian War was part of the rivalry between Austria and Prussia. It ended with Prussian control over the German states. The biggest result of the war was a change in power over the German states away from Austrian and towards Prussian hegemony. The German Confederation was ended and replaced by the North German Confederation. Italy also took the Austrian province of Venetia after the war. The war started when Prussian troops invaded Schleswig-Holstein. The region had been disputed between Prussia and Austria ever since it was taken by them from Denmark. Prussia then invaded Hanover, Saxony, and the Electorate of Hesse on 15 June. Italy declared war on Austria on 20 June.
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime is the fifth studio album by Faith No More. It was released on March 15, 1995 through Republic Records. It went to number 2 in Australia, number 3 in New Zealand, number 5 in Sweden and the United Kingdom, number 6 in Belgium and Norway, number 7 in Scotland and Switzerland, number 8 in Germany and the Netherlands, number 9 in Austria, number 22 in Finland, number 31 in the United States and number 39 in Canada. Track listing. 7×7″ box set track listing
The 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods were a series of floods in and around the cities of Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The first floods happened between 2 and 3 May 2023, killing two people. Heavy secondary floods happened on 16–17 May 2023, killing at least 14 people and displacing 20,000 others. The usual amount of rain that falls in seven months fell in two weeks which made twenty-three rivers to overflow causing the floods. Effects. On 17 May, Stefano Bonaccini, the president of Emilia-Romagna said that "in the last 24 hours, more than 300 millimeters of rain have fallen" and described the floods as a "catastrophic event, never seen before".Later on, Bonaccini compared it the impact to the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, saying that the damage was likely to be less significant but would still cost the region billions of euros to repair. Lucia Mercalli, president of the Italian Meteorological Society, said that "two records were broken in 15 days in the same region. An event that occurred on 2 May might happen once in a century, but then other one hit the same areas only 15 days later." Relief Efforts. Emergency operations were carried out in response to the flood, including members of the Italian Red Cross, various armed and police forces, Protezione Civile and the Carabinieri. The state-owned energy company Enel made a task-force that would cooperate with local companies and forces to restore electricity to the affected areas.
"Cry to Me" is a 1962 song by Solomon Burke. It went to number 44 in the United States and number 5 on the R&amp;B charts in the United States. It has been covered by the Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones for their 1965 album "Out of Our Heads" and Dionne Warwick. It was written by Bert Berns.
This list has all members of the Scotland cricket team who have played at least one ODI match after debuting at the 1999 Cricket World Cup. "Statistics are correct as of 21 February 2023."
The Estádio do Dragão (English: Dragon Stadium) is a football stadium in Porto, Portugal. It is the home ground stadium of FC Porto since 2003. It can seat 50,033 people which makes it the third biggest stadium in Portugal.
Alunda is a locality in Östhammar Municipality in Uppsala County in Sweden. In 2010, 2,317 people lived there.
Bagnolo Mella is a "comune" in the Province of Brescia in the Lombardy region in Italy. Twin towns. Bagnolo Mella is twinned with:
Brie-Comte-Robert is a commune. It is in Île-de-France in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France.
Crassula ovata is a plant from Mozambique, and South Africa. It is commonly known as Jade plant, money tree or money plant. It is a succulent. Usually, it grows to be a small tree. It has green fleshy leaves. When it grows bigger, it spreads easily through branches breaking off. These branches will then develop roots, and a new plant will grow from them (that is a clone of the old one). It is also grown as a houseplant, worldwide. Usually, the plant has small white flowers, which appear in the cooler season (in South Africa: July and August). In other parts of the world, the plant may flower when the days are short, and the temperatures are betweeen 5 and 10 degrees Centigrade.
The Mercury Grand Marquis is a full size car sold by Ford from 1975-2011, it was a trim from 1975-82, after it became its own model. It would be the last Mercury built, on January 4th 2011. It shared the Panther platform with the Ford Crown Victoria and Lincoln Town Car.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (, "Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah") was a part of the Hejaz in the Middle East.
Xunzi ( c. 310 – c. after 238 BCE) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher. Many people see him as the third greatest Confucian philosopher after Confucius and Mencius. He was an advocate of the Theory of Evil Human Nature.
Desert kites () are dry stone wall structures found in Southwest Asia (Middle East, but also North Africa, Central Asia and Arabia). They were first discovered form the air, in the 1920s.  These structures were built in the stone age, from about 10.000 years ago, to about 2.500 years ago. They consist of two walls, at an angle. Very likely, they were used for hunting. Today, over 6.000 structures are known. The sizes range from less than to several kilometres in length. Very often, they are shaped like a kite. Usually, they are made of stone walls, less than high. Little is known about their ages, but the few dated examples appear to span the entire Holocene. Most peole think that they were used as traps for hunting game animals such as gazelles, which were driven into the kites and hunted there. Description. Desert kites are stone structures with a convergent shape. They are made of linear piles of stones. The structures have lengths between less than a hundred metres to several kilometres and heights of less than one metre, even accounting for erosion. Often, there are gaps in the lines. These gaps may have been left by the builders on purpose. They may also have been the result of lines formed by alignments of cairns rather than a continuous row. There are different shapes that are referred to as "desert kites". The lines usually form two walls ("antennae") that converge into an enclosure ("head") with attached cells. The common kite type varies by region. Sometimes the existence of these cells is considered essential for a desert kite. Research published in 2022 has identified that pits several metres deep often lie at the edge of enclosures: these have been interpreted as traps and killing pits. The kites enclose surface areas with a median of . Much larger and much smaller sizes are also known. Dating kites is difficult; various dating methods like radiocarbon dating and optically stimulated luminescence have given ages ranging from the early to the late Holocene. Sometimes, there are reports of their use in travel records. Some kites have been replaced by later archaeological structures
Ask a Stupid Question Day was created by teachers in the 1980s to encourage students to ask more questions in the classroom. According to HolidayInsights.com, "at the time, there was a movement by teachers to try to get kids to ask more questions in the classroom. Kids sometimes hold back, fearing their question is stupid, and asking it will result in ridicule."
Royal Salute (Arabic. تحية ملكية, Tahiātin Milkiayet) was a national anthem of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, used from 1927 to 1962, written by Muhammad Ahmed Haydara.
The Tonkin bug-eyed frog, Kwangsi warty tree frog, or moss bug-eyed tree frog ("Theloderma corticale") is a frog. It lives in China, Vietnam, and Laos. People have seen it between 470 and 1500 meters above sea level. This frog lives in forests that have never been cut down and forests that have been cut down and are growing back. Sometimes they live near places where the ground is so steep that it is like a wall. People have seen this frog between 500 and 1320 meters above sea level. They see it on wet moss or inside holes in trees that have water in them. The female frog lays eggs in holes that have water in them. The tadpoles live in the holes until they become frogs. Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place and there are so many of them. It is in some danger because human beings change the places where it lives to make farms or build stop rivers to make electricity. But because it also lives in places that have lots of rocks and where the ground is steep, people do not always want to build farms there. Scientists think people might catch this frog to sell as a pet. Some of the places this frog lives are protected parks: Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Tam Dao National Park, Nakai Nam Theun National Park, and Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve.
Frère Jacques is a French round. It was composed in the 18th century. The composer is unknown today, but many people believe it was Jean-Philippe Rameau. The text has been translated into many languages, also outside Europe. The third movement of Gustav Mahler's first symphony starts with this tune, which is transposed into minor key.  Score. &lt;score sound="1"&gt; \relative c' { \key d \major  d4 e4 fis4 d4 | d4 e4 fis4 d4 |fis4 g4 a2 |fis4 g4 a2  a8. b16 a8 g8 fis4 d4 | a'8. b16 a8 g8 fis4 d4 | d4 a4 d2 | d4 a4 d2 \bar "|." \addlyrics {  Frè -- re Jac -- ques, | Frè -- re Jac -- ques, | dor -- mez -- vous? | Dor -- mez -- vous?  Son -- nez les ma -- ti -- nes, | Son -- nez les ma -- ti -- nes, | ding ding dong, | ding ding dong! &lt;/score&gt; The tune can be sung in a canon, with four voices.
Strontianite (SrCO3) is an important raw material. It is used for the extraction of strontium. It is a rare carbonate mineral and also one of a few strontium minerals. It is a member of the aragonite group. The mineral was named in 1791. It was named after the place Strontian, Argyllshire, Scotland. The discovery of the element strontium was also made the previous year (1790) before the mineral was named in Strontian. Strontium is more common than copper and is found at a level of 370 parts per million by weight, 87 parts per million by moles in the Earth's crust. The ores of strontium are celestine SrSO4 and strontianite SrCO3. Strontium is not found freely in nature and the process of producing strontium metal commercially involves reducing strontium oxide with aluminium. Good mineral samples of strontianite are rare.
The 1976-77 Austrian Cup was Austria's nationwide football cup competition. SK Rapid Wien were the defending champions. First round. First round with teams from the Second League. Round of 32. First round with teams from the first league. Final first leg. Wiener Sport-Club/Post: Peter List – Herwig Tercek, Norbert Hof, Josef Schulz (82. Walter Lehner), Johann Hörmayer – Eduard Thomas, August Starek, Günther Happich – Walter Demel, Manfred Wagner, Helmut Zechner (82. Ernst Brudnar)&lt;br&gt;coach:Erich Hof FK Austria Wien: Hubert Baumgartner – Robert Sara, Karl Daxbacher, Josef Sara, Ernst Baumeister – Felix Gasselich, Herbert Prohaska, Alberto Martínez – Friedrich Drazan (65. Wilhelm Pöll), Hans Pirkner, Julio Morales&lt;br&gt; coach: Karl Stotz Final second leg. FK Austria Wien: Hubert Baumgartner – Robert Sara, Karl Daxbacher, Josef Sara, Günther Pospischil – Felix Gasselich (58. Friedrich Drazan), Herbert Prohaska, Alberto Martínez – Wilhelm Pöll, Hans Pirkner, Julio Morales&lt;br&gt; coach: Karl Stotz Wiener Sport-Club/Post: Peter List (46. Erich Pusch) – Herwig Tercek, Norbert Hof, Norbert Lichtenegger (72. Manfred Wagner), Johann Hörmayer – Eduard Thomas, August Starek, Günther Happich – Helmut Zechner, Karl Ritter, Ernst Brudnar&lt;br&gt;coach:Erich Hof
Cavaglià is a "comune" in the Province of Biella in the Piedmont region in Italy.
Gaglianico is a "comune" in the Province of Biella in the Piedmont region in Italy. Twin towns. Gaglianico is twinned with:
"Girl U Want" is a 1980 song by American new wave band Devo. It is the leading single from their third studio album "Freedom of Choice". It was covered by Robert Palmer and Soundgarden. Robert Palmer version. In 1994, Robert Palmer released a cover version of Girl U Want for his 12th studio album "Honey". It went to number 57 in the United Kingdom. Track listing. 7-inch single CD single (UK/Netherlands release) CD single (Japan release)
Piedicavallo is a "comune" in the Province of Biella in the Piedmont region in Italy. Twin towns. Piedicavallo is twinned with:
Avrieux is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Savoie department in southeast France. Twin towns. Avrieux is twinned with:
Russi is a "comune" in the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. Twin towns. Russi is twinned with:
Beaumont is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Puy-de-Dôme department in central France. Twin towns. Beaumont is twinned with:
Bopfingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and Nördlingen. It has the city Bopfingen itself and its districts Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schloßberg, Trochtelfingen, and Unterriffingen. Bopfingen is known for its landmark Ipf, a table mountain which is part of the neighboring Schwäbische Alb to the east. To the west it borders to Bavaria and the impact crater Nördlinger Ries. Twin towns. Bopfingen is twinned with:
Major Abdul Waheed Chowdhury (1914 to 1965 ) was a World War ll Veteran British Indian Army Officer. After the independence of Pakistan he served under Pakistan Army .He contributed to the establishing of the Pakistan Army. He is instrumental in founding the East Bengal Regiment . He was the Officer Commanding of the newly raised East Bengal Regiment's training establishment .He raised and commanded the 1st East Bengal Regiment (Senior Tigers). He is well known as the "Papa Tiger".  Early life. Abdul Waheed Chowdhury was born on 1 February 1914 in the village of Dariyapur in the former British Indian district of Sylhet, subdivision Habiganj to a prominent Muslim family. His father was Khan Saheb Abdur Rob Chowdhury, Controller of Examinations, Dhaka University . He went to the Nobokumar Institute Dhaka and passed higher secondary from Dhaka College and later graduated from Dhaka University. In 1938 he did his master's degree in economics . He was good at sports. He was a university blue in sports. He was a student of Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah and he was a friend and classmate of National Professor Abdur Razzak .
"Moonage Daydream" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It is the third track from his 1972 album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". It was produced by Ken Scott. The song lyrics talks about the Moon and outer space. MGMT covered it on The Dr Oz Show On January 20, 2014
The Oromo are a Cushitic ethnic group from the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. They speak the Oromo language. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Ethiopia. The Oromo people traditionally used the "gadaa" system. A leader is elected by the "gadaa" system for eight years, with an election taking place at the end of those eight years. Although most modern Oromos are Muslims and Christians, about 3% practice Waaqeffanna, the native ancient monotheistic religion of Oromos.
"Rocket Man" (officially titled "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)") is a 1972 song by Elton John and is the lead single from his fifth studio album "Honky Château". It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in Ireland and the United States, number 13 in Australia and number 18 in Germany. In 2021, it was used in the Elton John and Dua Lipa single "Cold Heart".
The Panzerlied (English: "Tank Song") was a Wehrmacht military song of the Nazi era. It was sung mostly by the Panzerwaffe, the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the well-known songs of the Wehrmacht and became more popular with the 1965 film "Battle of the Bulge". It is used in the Chilean and Brazilian armies, but it was banned in 2017 to denazify (remove Nazi ideology) Germany. Modern-day Germany has stopped using it because it was used in the Nazi era. History. The Panzerlied was composed in 1933 by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle. Some motorized and parachute units of the Italian Army sing the song, especially the 185th Paratroopers Division Folgore under the name ""Sui Monti e Sui Mar". In France, they changed some of the lyrics to become the "Marche de Chars" which is used by the 503e Régiment de chars de combat. Half of the song was used as a Namibian patriotic song and unofficial anthem under South African rule, called "Das Südwesterlied". It is called "Canção da Tropa Blindada"" in the motorized and parachute units of the Brazilian Army. There is a Spanish translation of the song used in the Chilean Army. It is used in the Chilean Armoured Calvary and the Chilean Naval Academy as a pasacalle. The lyrics were changed and used in a Kriegsmarine song.
Dark Blue World () is a 2001 Czech British German Danish Italian French American war drama movie directed by Jan Svěrák and starring Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek, Tara FitzGerald, Oldřich Kaiser, Charles Dance.
Muerte cruzada (; "mutual death", lit. "crossed death") is the name given for a constitutional measure found in Article 148 of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador. It gives the President of the Republic the power to dissolve the National Assembly, however a new presidential and legislative election must be held within a certain amount of months afterwards. A regular election for a full four-year period of office then takes place.  In September 2010, the Constitutional Court called it as "a checks-and-balances tool". This measure was used once since it was created by President Guillermo Lasso in May 2023.