The beginning of this storm started from a tropical wave that moved off of Africa on September 11. It disappeared into a low pressure while in the Caribbean Sea several days later. The wave was found again on September 27 and was good enough to become Tropical Depression Eighteen. Tropical Depression Eighteen made landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula shortly afterword. On September 30 Tropical Depression Eighteen strengthened into Tropical Storm Opal. Tropical Storm Opal continued west until October 2. On October 2 it turned northeast and strengthened into Hurricane Opal. After that Hurricane Opal strengthened fast and reached it's top winds of 150 mph (making it a category 4) on October 4, only two days after becoming a hurricane. Hurricane Opal continued northeast and weakened a little and made its last landfall in Santa Rosa Island, Florida on October 4 while a category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Opal became a tropical storm over central Alabama and did not weaken to a tropical depression till it was in Tennessee. Tropical Depression Opal became extratropical over the Ohio River Valley on October 5th.
The name "Opal" was retired in the spring of 1996. In 2001, the name "Olga" was used instead, Olga was also used in 2007, and could be used in 2013.
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was the second hurricane and also the second major hurricane (category 3+) of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Charley lasted from August 9 to August 15. Its strongest winds were 150 mph (240 km/h), classifying it as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
The storm made landfall in southwestern Florida. It was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew, twelve years earlier. In the United States, Charley caused ten deaths and $15.4 billion in damage (2004 USD).
Charley did its damage in a very similar manner to Andrew: high winds caused almost all the damage, and both storms made landfall at low tide, preventing the storm surges from causing damage like they usually do when hurricanes make landfall. Both were compact storms upon landfall.
Curie Institute (Paris)
The Curie Institute or "Institut Curie" is one of the leading medical research centres in the world.
It is a private non-profit foundation for research into cancer. It is located in Paris, France.
It was founded by Marie Curie and got state approval as a foundation in 1921.
There are several hundred research staff at the Institute.
"Institut Curie" does not offer undergrduate degrees, but does award Ph.D.s.
"Institut Curie" runs the "Hôpital Claudius Régaud", a cancer treatment hospital.
Five Nobel prizes are attached to the Institute's researchers.
Czech Wikipedia
The Czech Wikipedia () is the Czech-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in November 2002.
It is the 26th largest edition.
, it has over 302,000 articles.
Universidad de ciencias de la informática
The University of Informatics Sciences is a private university in Chile.
Mokujin
Mokujin is a character made for the "Tekken" series. It first appeared in "Tekken 3".
Mokujin is a training dummy made from a 2000 year old oak tree.
Mokujin has been kept in a museum for a long time, but when Ogre woke up, Mokujin started to move. Some people say that it wakes up every once in a while to help martial artists but only God and Mokujin know.
Mokujin was a wooden dummy made from white oak that was used to train martial artists.
Mokujin started to move all of a sudden two years ago, but ceased moving after Ogre was defeated by Jin Kazama. When returned to the museum, Mokujin's face seemed to be smiling.
Once again, Mokujin has started to move upon the emergence of a powerful entity...
Will Mokujin ever be free?
Golden Hamster Saga
The Golden Hamster Saga is a series of five books written by Dietlof Reiche. It is told from the viewpoint of a Golden Hamster, Freddy Auratus, the main character. However the epilogue of the final book is narrated by Mr. John, due to Freddy's departure to 12th century Syria.
Movie star
A movie star (also called a cinema star or film star) is a famous actor who is the main actor in movies that often have a high cost of being made. When an actor is the main actor in a movie, he or she is called the "star" of the movie.
Simulation video game
A simulation game is a computer game where you can do things that you can do in real life, like making a city. Most of these have a wide variety of topics, but the most common ones are:
Trapdoor spider
Trapdoor Spiders are members of the spider family Ctenizidae. They dig a small burrow in the forest floor, and covers it with a dirt trapdoor.The spider lurks in its burrow with the door half-open, until something to eat walks by without knowing that the spider is watching. Then the trapdoor spider pounces, drags the prey into its trap, and slams the trapdoor shut.
Danish Wikipedia
The Danish Wikipedia () is the Danish-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in February 2002.
It is the 35th largest edition.
, it has over 190,000 articles.
Benno von Arent
Benno von Arent (July 19, 1898 in Görlitz - October 14, 1956 in Bonn) was a member of the German Nazi Party and SS, responsible for art, theatres, movies etc.
Von Arendt worked as a stage designer; he joined the SS in 1931 and the NSDAP in 1932. The same year, he was one of the people who started the ""Bund nationalsozialistischer Bühnen- und Filmkünstler"" ("Union of national-socialist stage and movie artists"), which was later called ""Kameradschaft deutscher Künstler"" ("fellowship of German artists") after Hitler began to rule Germany in 1933. Von Arent was made ""Reichsbühnenbildner"" ("Reich stage designer") in 1936 and ""Reichsbeauftragter für die Mode"" ("Reich agent for fashion") in 1939. In 1944, he was given the rank of "SS-Oberführer" (senior colonel).
Von Arent died in 1956, aged 58.
Heinz Auerswald
Heinz Auerswald (July 26, 1908 - December 5, 1970) was a lawyer and member of the SS in Nazi Germany, which he joined in 1933. He was ""Kommissar für den jüdischen Wohnbezirk"" ("Commissioner for the Jewish Residential District") in Warsaw, Poland from April 1941 to November 1942.
The West German government investigated him in the 1960s, but he was not taken to court.
Smile (Lily Allen song)
Smile is British pop singer Lily Allen's first major single. The song is also the first single from the artist's 2006 album, "Alright, Still". It has been on Top 10 lists worldwide and has been translated into Simlish as a song in the game Sims 2. The song is also in Thrillville.
Beet
Beet ("Beta vulgaris") is a plant with a round or carrot-shaped root. There are various varieties of this plant. The commonest is red beetroot, a root vegetable eaten by humans. An older variety was called mangel wurzel or mangelwurzel. This was used as fodder for cattle. Another variety is sugar beet used as a source of sugar.
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski or Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1 March 1899 – 8 March 1972), was a Nazi leader and a member of the SS, where he had the rank of "SS-Obergruppenführer". Although he was involved in the killing of thousands of people in Poland and Russia, he was never charged with war crimes.
His parents were Otto Jan Józefat von Zelewski, a Roman Catholic, and his wife Elisabeth Eveline Schimansky, a Lutheran. His name when he was born was Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski. He later changed his last name to add "von dem Bach" in the 1930s. He removed "Zelewski" from his name in November 1941 because of its Polish sound.