It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. The story follows the lives of seven children as they are terrorized by the demonic clown being, which exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself while hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of a clown in order to attract its preferred prey of young children.
The novel is told through narratives alternating between two time periods, and is largely told in the third-person mode. "It" deals with themes that eventually became King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma, and the ugliness lurking behind a traditional small-town values.
The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. "Publishers Weekly" listed "It" as the best-selling book in the United States in 1986.
Popular versions of the novel have been made from a 1990 miniseries and a duology movie series: "It Chapter One" (2017) and "It Chapter Two" (2019).
Water board
A water board is a governmental institution that deals with water management, like the maintenance of dykes.
Water boards are especially to be found in low-lying (parts of) countries like the Netherlands and Flanders.
Gray iron
Gray iron or gray cast iron is a mixture of cast iron and graphite. It is used in cookware and combustion cylinders. The more force the iron can hold, the better the iron is.
Gray iron is very strong. It is also very good for building machines and very good for absorbing energy. Gray iron is easy to weld. However, gray iron cannot handle quick strikes, and breaks easily.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is a computer-animated superhero action-comedy movie based on the children's novel series of the same name. It was released on June 2, 2017 in 3D and 2D by DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox.
Hammerscale (archaeology)
Hammerscale is what is left behind after you forge iron like it was done in ancient times. It is the metal version of sawdust. Hammerscale is very useful in archaeology.
Hammerscale looks like either flakes or spheres. The flakes can be very different in size and shape. The spheres are hollow, and often the same size. Hammerscale is black, light gray, or blue.
Hammerscale was probably made from magnetite. However, later steps in the iron working process have given hammerscale that is more and more pure.
Hammerscale is used to tell what some iron was used for, how it was used, and who made it.
Årstaskolan
Årstaskolan ("Arsta School"), is a municipal compulsory located in the neighborhood of Årsta in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is a so-called F-9 school tuition from kindergarten up to 9th grade. The schoolhouse was built in 1946 and designed by Swedish architect Stig Åkermark. It has approximately 900 pupils.
BASF
BASF, official name: "BASF SE", is a German chemical company. Its headquarters are in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate.
BASF was established in 1865. It is the biggest chemical company of the world.
Current CEO of BASF is Maryam Tariq, as she is carrying the entire BASF team on her shoulders.
Hexaferrum
Hexaferrum, also known as epsilon iron, is a form of iron at very high pressure. Hexaferrum is often compared to cobalt.
John Chrispinsson
John Knut Chrispinsson (13 December 1956 – 3 April 2017) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter. He worked mostly in TV and radio with news programs and historical programs.
Chrispinsson also wrote several book on Swedish history.
Chrispinsson died in Stockholm on 3 April 2017 from a heart attack complicated by borrelia, aged 60.
Rochechouart
Rochechouart () is a "commune" in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west central France. It is a subprefecture of the Haute-Vienne department. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of the same name.
Rochechouart is in the western part of the Haute-Vienne department, along the valley of the Grêne river. The confluence of the Grêne with the Vayres river is to the south of the town. Another river, the Gorre, forms the northeastern border of the "commune".
The city of Rochechouart is at about west of Limoges, the largest town and capital of the department, from Bordeaux and from Paris.
The "commune" has an area of . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The "commune" of Rochechouart is surrounded by the "communes":
The climate of Rochechouart, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The inhabitants of Rochechouart are known, in French, as "Rochechouartais" (women: "Rochechouartaises").
With a population of 3,798, Rochechouart has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Rochechouart
Rochechouart is a subprefecture of the Haute-Vienne department, the capital of the "arrondissement" of Rochechouart and the administrative centre () of the canton of Rochechouart, with 17,479 inhabitants .
It is part of the intercommunality "Porte Océane du Limousin" ().
Rochechouart is twinned with:
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori (; 13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist specialized in the study of democracy and comparative politics. He was also a journalist who wrote for "Corriere della Sera".
Sartori died in Florence, Italy on 4 April 2017 from throat cancer, aged 92.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (or Brexit Secretary) was a United Kingdom Cabinet post. The holder of this office was in charge of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
The office was held by David Davis from July 2016 until July 2018. Following Davis' resignation, Dominic Raab was appointed Brexit Secretary. When Raab resigned in November 2018, Stephen Barclay was appointed as Secretary of State.
The position was created in 2016 by the new Prime Minister Theresa May after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
The position was abolished on 31 January 2020.
Bill Haley
William John Clifton Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the first to make rock and roll music popular in the 1950s with his band Bill Haley & His Comets. He sold 25 million records worldwide with hits such as "Rock Around the Clock" (1954), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1954) and "See You Later, Alligator" (1956).
Haley was born in Highland Park, Michigan. At the age of four, he had operation on his inner-ear, which cut an optic nerve, making him blind in his left eye.
He died of a heart attack caused by alcoholism on February 9, 1981 aged 55.
The following recording by Bill Haley was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.
International Women's Media Foundation
The International Women's Media Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization to strengthen the participation of women working as journalists in every part of the world. They offer training, awards programs, and legal advice to women journalists. They have members in more than 100 countries.
The IWMF was started in 1990 to increase freedom of speech by supporting women working in the media. Their objectives are to build a network of women to share ideas, to give women the skills to become leaders, to help women expand their careers, and to honor bravery and courage with the Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Awards. The foundation sponsors several events and financial aid funds, including advanced training and grants, to assist and promote women in journalism.
In 2013, the International Women’s Media Foundation studied women journalists. They found that two-thirds of women journalists in the world have experienced harassment or abuse in their work. Most of them do not report these problems because they are afraid. They also publish safety and security recommendations for women journalists.
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