Prednisone is a corticosteroid. It can be used to treat sarcoidosis, autoimmune disease, and a variety of other conditions.
Europe Airpost
Europe Airpost is a cargo airline based in Paris, France. They fly mail and cargo around as needed. Their main base of operations is at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport but they also have a base in Tangier Airport in Morocco. Most of their flights are within Europe but they also fly to the north of Africa.
Corsairfly
Corsair International is a French airline based at Orly Airport. They are the second largest airline in France and fly mainly holiday flights.
The airline was started in 1981 and has since been bought over by TUI AG, a German tour operator. Now all of Corsair International's aircraft have the uniform TUI colour scheme of a light blue body with white belly and red writing. These colours were put in place when the airline was called Corsairfly. A new scheme using blue and white colours will replace the current one.
Corsair International fly to lots of destinations from Paris. They concentrate on flights to the Caribbean and French speaking African countries.
Italian irredentism in Istria
Italian irredentism in Istria was the political movement dedicated to the unification of Istria to Italy.
When Napoleon defeated Venice in 1797 he found that Istria was populated by Italians on the coast and in the main cities, but the interior was populated mainly by Croats and Slovenians.
This dual ethnicity in the same peninsula created a situation of antagonism (hostility) between Slavs and Italians for the supremacy of Istria, which started the first nationalisms after Napoleon's fall.
Since 1815 Istria was a part of the Austrian monarchy, and Croats/Slovenians and Italians engaged in a nationalistic fight with each other.
As a consequence Istria has been the theater of an ethnic struggle between them, with bloody nationalistic wars, during the XIX and XX centuries. The Italian irredentism was actively followed by many Italians in Istria (called Istrian Italians), like the Italian hero Nazario Sauro of Capodistria (actual Koper).
Indeed, between 1918 and 1947 Istria was part of the Kingdom of Italy, but after WWII was part of Yugoslavia. Now the Istrian Italians are reduced to a small minority, who has survived the Istrian exodus and the Foibe massacres during and after WWII.
Furthermore, after the war was created the "Free Territory of Trieste" in north-western Istria: in the years following the division of the territory between Italy and Yugoslavia, up to 40,000 Istrian Italians chose to leave the Yugoslav "B zone" and move to the "A zone" or Italy for various reasons - some were intimidated into leaving and some simply preferred not to live in Tito's Yugoslavia.
Since the end of WWII the irredentism has totally disappeared in Istria, even because of the Istrian exodus.
Actually Istria is populated mainly by Slavs, but nearly 50,000 Italians still live there (divided between the areas of Istria belonging to Croatia, Slovenia and Italy).
Capodistria (actual Koper) and Muggia were the centers of the irredentism in Istria. In these cities there was the main "Comitato istriano" (Istrian Committee for Union to Italy), the meeting place of the most famous istrian irredentists like Carlo Combi e Antonio Madonizza. From there sailed, in 1848, many Istrian Italians to fight for Venice against the Austrians with the Legione Istriano-dalmata.
After 1866 - when Venice and the Veneto region were united to Italy - in all Istria there was full support for the irredentism. The Italian hero Nazario Sauro was born in Capodistria.
Actually only Muggia remains Italian, as part of the Province of Trieste.
Perestroika
Perestroika, which means "restructuring" in the Russian language, was a series of changes to the economy of the Soviet Union. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev started it in 1986. This happened only a few years before the Soviet Union fell apart into 15 countries. Many historians argue that it was a major reason that the Soviet Union fell apart. It happened at about the same time as Gorbachev's "glasnost" reforms, which made what the government did not as much of a secret.
The Soviet Union was a communist country. The government controlled the economy. People did not own their own land or businesses. Under perestroika, some people could even start to own their own businesses. Gorbachev wanted perestroika to help out the Soviet economy, which had been having problems. However, in the end, it could not save the country's economy.
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (born Ashot Malaqian 15 October 1920, Rodosto, Turkey - 11 January 2002, Bagnolet, France) was a famous French-Armenian movie director, playwright and moviemaker.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (Armenian: Արմեն Ջիգարխանյան, Russian: Арме́н Бори́сович Джигарханя́н; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was one of the most popular Soviet and Armenian actors. He was born on October 3, 1935, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR.
He has appeared in 254 movies, including his 1981 leading role as Nazi Max Richard in "Teheran 43". He acted in his first movie aged 25 in 1960.
Dzhigarkhanyan was given the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985.
In April 2018 he again was hospitalized after a heart attack and fell into a coma.
Dzhigarkhanyan died in Moscow on November 14, 2020. The cause of death was cardiac arrest due to kidney failure.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. There were about 7,490 people at the 2000 United States census (counting of the people).
It is known mostly because it is near to where the Battle of Gettysburg was held. Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg. It is seen as one of the most historic sites in American history. Dwight Eisenhower lived at Gettysburg in his later years.
However, it is also known for the Lutheran Theological Seminary, founded in 1826, Gettysburg College (originally Pennsylvania College), which began operating in 1832, and
Harrisburg Area Community College.
Many roads come from Gettysburg. It is at the junction of U.S. Route 15, U.S. Route 30 (the Lincoln Highway). Today it is a 2½ hour drive from Philadelphia. It is also a 3½ hour drive from Pittsburgh by the Pennsylvania Turnpike and U.S. Route 15. Gettysburg Regional Airport, a small general aviation airport, is west of Gettysburg. Gettysburg has weather that changes from around in the winter months to almost in the summer.
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Gettysburg National Cemetery is on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A short time after the Battle of Gettysburg the place was bought. The Union dead were moved from shallow (not deep) burial places on the battlefield to the cemetery. It was supported by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin. The local attorney David Wills was the person who mostly bought the land, managed the building of the cemetery, and planned its ceremony. However, the basic concept and early organizing efforts were led by rival lawyer David McConaughy. The landscape architect William Saunders designed the cemetery. It was called the "Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg" at first.
It was dedicated on November 19, 1863. Edward Everett spoke at the ceremony. Abraham Lincoln followed with the shorter but much more famous Gettysburg Address.
3,512 Union soldiers were buried in the cemetery. 979 are unknown.
Atsushi Ito
Atsushi Ito (born 24 September 1983) is a former Japanese football player.
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Hibiki Kato
Hibiki Kato (born 14 November 1987) used to be a Japanese football player.
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Tomoya Kumagai
Tomoya Kumagai (born 25 March 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.
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