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This is a list of communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, as designated by the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities. Incorporated municipalities in Nova Scotia are either counties, towns or regional municipalities. There are no incorporated cities in Nova Scotia as of 1996. Regional municipalities. Nova Scotia has three regional municipalities. Towns. Nova Scotia has 27 towns. Municipal districts. Nova Scotia has 12 municipal districts. Villages. Nova Scotia has 21 villages. Other communities. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y
Keith Aulie (born June 11, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Edmonton Oilers. He also played for HIFK of the Liiga and EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Career. Before playing in the NHL, Aulie played four seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was selected 116th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. In January 2009, he signed a contract with the Flames. He would only play for their AHL-affiliate Abbotsford Heat. On January 31, 2010, the Flames would trade Aulie along with Dion Phaneuf and Fredrik Sjöström to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Matt Stajan, Ian White, Niklas Hagman and Jamal Mayers. On November 12, Aulie would make his NHL debut in a 5–3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. On March 9, 2011, Aulie would score his first goal in the NHL against Al Montoya in a 4–3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders. On February 27, 2012, the Leafs would trade Aulie to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Carter Ashton. On July 1, 2014, Aulie signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers. He retired in 2021. Career statistics. "Junior and professional statistics source" International. "International statistics source"
Diana Vickers (Blackburn, Lancashire, England; 30 July 1991) is a British singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer who first came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show "The X Factor" in 2008.
Alicia [ uh-lish-uh, uh-lish-ee-uh, uh-lee-shuh, -shee-uh ]is a female given name. It is related to the name "Alice". The name is very popular in certain countries which speak English.In 2021, the U.S. national ranking for newborn prevalence is 415.Alicia is thought to signify "noble" or "belonging to nobility." Additionally, it is linked with alicium, a Latin word that means "truth." It was also used for a hurricane in 1983, Hurricane Alicia.
A water garden is a garden in which the chief thing, interest, and attraction is water and plants that live in water. The water may be put in a fountain, a pond, a waterfall, or other. Water have been built for thousands of years. It was natural that in the hot places of Egypt and Mesopotamia refreshing water gardens should be found. As early as 1225 BC, Ramses III built water lily ponds.  The Inca of Peru built gold and silver water channels, pools, and basins as early as 2500 BC. Their homes and palaces had water running in channels under the floors to cool the surrounding air. Their courtyards had cooling pools for tired travelers. The Chinese and Japanese imitated nature in their water gardens. The water garden was a sign of perfection and peace. By the third century AD they had written down the essentials of a water garden. In the 15th century, they turned the water garden into an art form that used the sound and motion of water. A reflecting pool expressed the union of heaven and earth. The Japanese built a dry garden, using small rocks, sand, and other materials to represent the course of a stream or river. Nature was recreated to serve as a source of thinking. Europeans began using water for playing in the Middle Ages. Springs and wells were made focal points in gardens. Carp pools not only provided food, but a place for thinking and resting in monasteries. In Spain, the starkness of the Alhambra was softened with canals and pools.
The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is an operetta in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan. It is the twelfth of their fourteen operettas. It was first performed at the Savoy Theatre in London on 7 December 1889. It ran for 554 performances. It tells of two gondoliers. One appears to be the heir to the throne of Barataria, but which one?  Origin. After completing "The Yeomen of the Guard", Sullivan wanted to leave light opera for more serious music. Gilbert reminded him that light, humorous operas were the source of their great success. Their manager Richard D'Oyly Carte promised Sullivan the opportunity to write a grand opera on the condition that he continue to write the light operas. Sullivan accepted. The grand opera would be "Ivanhoe". Composition. Gilbert proposed a Venetian setting for the new light opera. Sullivan would have the chance to write bright, colorful music. Sullivan went to Venice to soak up the atmosphere. Once back in England, he received the lyrics to the new opera as Gilbert completed them. Sullivan however puttered at them. He was distracted with plans for the grand opera. He devoted the fall of 1889 however to "The Gondoliers". Sullivan labored at the light opera and completed it by December 2. The curtain went up on "The Gondoliers" on December 7 before a brilliant audience. The press raved. Success. "The Gondoliers" was an instant hit in London, chalking up 554 performances. It earned more money than any other Savoy opera in its original run. 20,000 copies of the published score were sold on publication, and over 70,000 copies of various arrangements were sold within a few days.  D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company mounted the first provincial production on 19 February 1890 in Preston, Lancashire. From then on, it was never absent from the touring repertory until it was omitted from the final two seasons (September 1980–February 1982) before the closing of the D'Oyly
Heavy Rain is an interactive action-adventure psychological thriller video game made by Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 3. There was a patch released for the game which allowed player to use the PlayStation Move controller. Plot. The player controls Ethan Mars, the main protagonist who is trying to find his son after he kidnapped by a serial killer known as the Origami Killer that drowns their victims in rainwater. The player also controls investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby. Paige, Jayden and Shelby are all trying to find out the Origami Killer's identity. Awards. CNN and Gaming Union named the game as Game of the Year in 2010. It was also named as the Best PS3 Game of 2010 by both GameSpy and IGN and was included in the book "1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die" in 2011. Remaster. The game received a high-definition (HD) remaster, which released on PlayStation 4 in March 2016. PC port. The game was ported to PC's running Microsoft Windows along with two other games made by Quantic Dream in ' and ' on 22 July 2019.
DragonFly BSD is an open source, Unix-like operating system focused on symmetric multiprocessing (SMP). Features introduced in DragonFly BSD include and the filesystem. Matthew Dillon created DragonFly BSD from FreeBSD 4.8 code in 2003. Matthew Dillon was formerly a part of the FreeBSD community. Dillon disagreed with FreeBSD 5's approach to SMF. Many were disappointed with the performance and stability FreeBSD 5's early releases. Dillion split from the FreeBSD project in order to develop the FreeBSD 4 series in the direction he felt was best.
Body Count are an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in 1990 by rapper Ice-T and some of his friends. They released their self-titled debut album, "Body Count", on March 31, 1992. The album featured the controversial song "Cop Killer". Band member Beatmaster V died in died of leukemia in 1996, Mooseman was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2001 and D-Roc the Executioner died in 2004 from lymphoma. Cop Killer controversy. Their debut album featured the controversial song "Cop Killer" which received negative reactions from political figures like then-President George H.W. Bush, then-Vice President Dan Quayle and Tipper Gore, co-founder of Parents Music Resource Center. Ice-T decided to re-release the album with the song "Cop Killer" on it saying "I didn't want my band to get pigeon-holed as that's the only reason that record sold. It just got outta hand and I was just tired of hearing it. I said, 'fuck it,' I mean they're saying we did it for money, and we didn't. I'd gave the record away, ya know, let's move on, let's get back to real issues, not a record but the cops that are out there killing people."
Yellowcard are an American pop punk band from Jacksonville, Florida.  The band was formed in 1997 after the members of the band met each other at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. They released their debut album, "Midget Tossing", on April 1, 1997. The band's best known song is "Ocean Avenue" which reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Trapt is an American hard rock band from Los Gatos, California. History. Formation and early years (1997-1998). The band was formed in 1997 when the members met each other in high school in the mid-'90s and shortly thereafter developed an act with vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, guitarist Simon Ormandy, bassist Peter Charell and drummer David Stege. "Amalgamation", "Glimpse EP" and Warner Bros. Records (1999-2001). In 1999, Trapt independently released Amalgamation. In 2000, Trapt also independently released Glimpse EP. Also in 2000, David Stege left the band and was replaced by Robin Diaz. In 2001, Trapt signed with Warner Bros. Records. Also in 2001, Robin Diaz left the band and was replaced by Aaron Montgomery.  "Trapt" (2002-2003). Trapt starting working on their debut album in 2001. Trapt released their self-titled debut album, "Trapt", on November 5, 2002. Their self-titled album featured the band's best known song is "Headstrong" which reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Trapt EP" and "Someone In Control" (2004-2006). In early 2004, Trapt started to working on their second studio album to release in fall of that year, but got delayed into early 2005, then delayed once again to fall 2005. Also in 2004, Trapt released a self-titled three track EP. The three tracks were "Made of Class" and "Echo" from the debut album and the previously unreleased, "Promise".  On September 13, 2005, Trapt released the second studio album, "Someone In Control". It's single, "Stand Up" reached No. 3 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. "Only Through the Pain" (2007-2009). Their live album, Trapt Live was released in 2007. In 2008, Simon Ormandy left the band
Sick Puppies are an Australian alternative metal band from Sydney.  The band was formed in 1997 after band members Shimon More and Emma Anzai met in the music room of Mosman High School. They released their debut album, "Welcome to the Real World", on 3 September 2001.  Their song "You're Going Down" was used as the theme song for the 2009 WWE pay per view Extreme Rules and is also included on the soundtrack to the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010.
Melinda [ m"uh"-lin-d"uh" ] is a girl name derived from Greek word "meli" (that means "honey"). Melinda is a timeless name that has been in existence for centuries. Its history is steeped in richness and meaning. Originating from Greece, the name Melinda signifies "sweetness" or "honey." It is a name that frequently evokes feelings of kindness, empathy, and affection.The name is extremely popular in certain countries. However, in the United States, the name peaked at 72 in popularity, and has been on the gradual decline since the 1970s. The name was first used in the year 1815 by József Katona. Examples of the name for famous persons include Melinda Gates (who is wife for Bill Gates). This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).
Melinda Ann French Gates (née French; August 15, 1964) is an American business woman who once worked at Microsoft. She was married to Bill Gates. They met while she was working for Microsoft. She graduated from Duke University and started working at Microsoft in 1987. She was awarded an honorary damehood (knighthood for women) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 for her services to charity and international development. As an American citizen, she cannot be called "Dame Melinda", but can use the letters "DBE" after her name. She is currently a philanthropist and is running the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" with her ex-husband. She has three children : Phoebe Adele Gates, Rory John Gates, and Jennifer Katharine Gates. In May 2006, she received an award from the Gates Foundation. On May 3, 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they had decided to divorce after 27 years of marriage, and 34 years as a couple. The couple said they will continue to do charity work together.
The University of Sydney is a public university in Sydney, Australia. The main campus is in the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania. In 2011, it had 32,393 undergraduate and 16,627 graduate students. The University of Sydney is organised into sixteen faculties and schools. They offer bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctoral degrees. The univsersity often ranks amongst the best universities in Australia and Oceania. In 2012, it was ranked 39th in the world; 3rd in Australia, behind Australian National University (24th) and the University of Melbourne (36th) in the 2012 QS World University Rankings. Location. The main campus is in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities. This is according to the British Daily Telegraph and the American Huffington Post. This ranking is among other campuses, such as Oxford's and Cambridge's. The campus spreads across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington. First, it was in what is now Sydney Grammar School. Then, in 1855 the government granted land in Grose Farm to the university. This is three kilometres from the city. Now, this land has the main Camperdown campus on it. The main campus is the home base of the large Sydney Medical School. This school has many affiliated teaching hospitals across the state. The main campus is the focus of the university's student life. The student-run University of Sydney Union has three buildings. These are the Wentworth, Manning and Holme Buildings. These buildings house a large proportion of the university's catering outlets. These buildings also provide space for recreational rooms, bars and function centres. One of the most significant activities organised by the Union is Welcome Week. This is a three-day festival at the start of the academic year. Welcome Week centres on stalls set up by clubs and societies on the Front Lawns. The main campus is also home to a variety of statues, artworks, and monuments. These include the Gilgamesh Statue and the Confucius Statue. The NSW state government has reduced transport links to the
The Canary Current is a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre. This eastern boundary current branches south from the North Atlantic Current and flows southwest about as far as Senegal where it turns west and later joins the Atlantic North Equatorial Current. The current is named after the Canary Islands. The archipelago (group of islands) partially blocks the flow of the Canary Current (Gyory, 2007). This wide and slow-moving current is thought to have been exploited in the early Phoenician navigation and settlement along the coast of western Morocco. The ancient Phoenicians not only exploited numerous fisheries within this current zone, but also established a factory at Iles Purpuraires off present day Essaouira for extracting a Tyrian purple dye from a marine gastropod murex species (Hogan, 2007).
The Hall of Mirrors () is a gallery in the Palace of Versailles, France. It was constructed on what was once a terrace designed by Le Vau. Mansart and Le Brun designed and built the Hall between 1678 and 1684. The Hall is decorated with marble. The "French order" capitals depict a cock, Apollo, and fleur-de-lys. The walls and cornices are decorated with gilded bronze trophies by Coysevox, Tubi, Le Gros, Clérion, and Flamen. The niches contain depictions of Bacchus, Urania, Modesty, Venus in Modesty and antiques from the collections of King Louis XIV. The ceiling depicts the War with Holland (1672-1678). The medallions and trompe l'œil paintings depict the War of Devolution (1667-1668). They also depict the administrative reforms in the early years of Louis XIV's reign. Two of the four alabaster tables are from the collections of the duc d'Antin. The vases and busts are from the Royal collections. The 1770 chandeliers and candelabra were reconstructed in 1980 after the originals and documents in the archives. During the 17th century, the Hall of Mirrors was used by Louis XIV when he walked from his private apartment to the chapel. At this time, courtiers assembled to watch the king and members of the royal family pass. In 1745 the Hall was the scene of "The Yew Tree Ball". It was at this event that Louis XV met Madame de Pompadour. In the 19th century, the Prussian king, William I, was declared German emperor on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors by Bismarck and the victorious German princes and lords. French Prime Minister Clemenceau chose the Hall of Mirrors to sign the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I on 28 June 1919. The Hall of Mirrors still serves for state occasions such as receptions for visiting heads of state.
Campbell's dwarf hamster ("Phodopus campbelli") is a species of hamster. It is native to central Asia. The species was named after a man called W. C. Campbell, who collected the first one in Mongolia on 1 July 1902.  What they eat. They typically eat corn, oats, peanuts, vegetables and a wide variety of seeds. They also eat insects, arthropods mollusks, leaves, wood, bark, seeds, stems, flowers, fruits, and grains. Predators. The Campbell's dwarf hamster has predators like foxes, owls, eagles, kestrels, and falcons. Lifespan and lifestyles. Campbell's dwarf hamsters live about 2.5 years to 3 years. They live in burrows and use grass, feathers, and wool, to create it. Seeds and food are extremely close inside because they don’t want other animals to find their food source so that they can have enough food when it is time for winter. Looks. The Campbell's Russian hamster is a grayish color with a cream white belly and a dark stripe running down its back. There are 3 types of colors that have been identified. The collared, mottled, and the spot. They each vary and can be very different from another.
GNU Hurd is a multiserver kernel with the goal of providing users with as much freedom to do as they wish with the GNU operating system as possible. It was initially intended to provide a free alternative to Unix (GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix"). The Hurd was the intended implementation of the GNU operating system before Linux became the kernel of choice for GNU users. The current goal of the Hurd project is: [T]o create a general-purpose kernel suitable for the GNU operating system, which is viable for everyday use, and gives users and programs as much control over their computing environment as possible. The Hurd kernel consists of a microkernel that provides basic kernel services and a collection (or "herd") of servers / daemons that provided services that are beyond basic. This design was meant to provide developers with freedom that Unix and other Unix-like operating systems did not. For example, this design allows developers to program servers in languages other than the one used by the kernel. GNU Mach currently is the microkernel being used in the Hurd. Richard Stallman created the GNU project in 1983 and founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in 1985 in order to fund and promote the development of free software and GNU. By the early 1990's, the GNU toolchain and other components besides the kernel were completed. Work began the Hurd in 1990. Stallman decided to use Carnegie Mellon University's Mach microkernel as the basis for the Hurd microkernel. In 1991, Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel, and free software enthusiasts ported GNU's completed components to the Linux kernel in order to create GNU/Linux. NetBSD and FreeBSD were released a couple of years later, yet the Hurd was not in a functional state. Due to the presence of functioning alternatives, interest in the Hurd waned. As the FSF moved away from GNU development and more towards free software activism, Debian became more involved in the Hurd's development.
Emina Jahović Sandal (born 15 January 1982) is a well-known Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter, model, and actress. She is of Bosniak origin and is married to Mustafa Sandal, the leading Turkish pop star. Biography. Emina grew up in a Bosnian Muslim family in Novi Pazar, Serbia. Her brother is Mirsad Türkcan, the first Turkish basketball player to play in the NBA. She majored in Management at Braća Karić University in Belgrade. She is 5'10" (178 cm) tall and is an official face of the Macedonian fashion label "Kara". She is quite popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia and all around Eastern Europe. Emina is also known in Iran for her role in "Omre Gole Laleh" and is widely-recognized amongst the diaspora communities of the Former Yugoslavia in the United States. Her sister-in-law is Dina Džanković, the last beauty queen to have the title of Miss Serbia and Montenegro. She has two sons, Yaman (b. 2008) and Yavuz (2012). Career. In 2000, she won the youth festival Zlatna staza with the song "Samo ti, moja muziko". Her debut album "Tačka" was released in 2001 by Dino Merlin, the world-wide known artist. In 2002, she participated in BH Eurosong with the song "U, la-la" and received an award at the Radio Festival in Sarajevo. In 2003, she participated in the Sunčane Skale festival and won the third place with her song "Uzalud se budim". That made her one of the most popular artists in the former Yugoslav republics. In 2005, she released her second album called "Radije ranije" through "City Records". In the 2005 Budvanski Festival she won the award for the best songwriter. In 2008, Emina released her maxi single in English called "Exhale" in NYC.
A ski resort is a place where people go skiing or to do other winter sports. Usually, these places are towns or villages in the mountains. This is because a lot of snow is needed for these sports. Ski lifts and slopes down the mountain are also needed. The lifts are usually cable cars, gondola lifts and chairlifts. Ski resorts also have hotels and restaurants for tourists.  There are many ski resorts around the world. The Alps in Europe have a lot, and so do the United States and Canada. There are very few in Africa because it does not snow a lot there.
Charlecote Park is a house and park owned by the National Trust. It is located 4 miles east of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 6 miles south of Warwick on the B4086 Stratford/Banbury road. The house and park were owned by the Lucy family from the 13th century to 1945, when they were presented to the National Trust. Sir Thomas Lucy tore down an earlier structure to make way for the present house in 1558. He was a man of wealth. He entertained Queen Elizabeth I at breakfast in 1572 as she made her way to Kenilworth. Lucy is better known for having fined the young William Shakespeare over a poaching incident in 1583. This incident prompted Shakespeare to flee Warwickshire for London. Charlecote was inherited in the direct male line until George Lucy died in 1786. This man improved the house. He hired Capability Brown to improve the park about 1769. In the early years of the 19th century, another George Lucy continued improvements, leaving little unchanged except for the gatehouse.