Arvingarna is a dansband from the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. It was established in 1989. The band represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Eloise", finishing seventh.
Sten &amp; Stanley
Sten & Stanley is a dansband from the town of Karlskoga in Sweden. It was established in 1962.
Flamingokvintetten
Flamingokvintetten is a dansband from the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. It was established in 1960.
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom.
The university is funded by the British state, and by student fees and contract income. It has an open entry policy. This means that students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses. Most OU undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and study off-campus. Many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can be studied off-campus anywhere in the world.
There are a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48 hectare university campus where they use the OU facilities for research, as well as more than 1000 members of academic and research staff and over 2500 administrative, operational and support staff.
The OU was established in 1969 and the first students enrolled in January 1971. The University administration is based at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, but has regional centres in each of its thirteen regions around the United Kingdom. It also has offices and regional examination centres in most other European countries. The University awards undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates, or continuing education units.
With more than 250,000 students enrolled, including around 32,000 aged under 25 and more than 50,000 overseas students, it is the largest academic institution in the United Kingdom (and one of the largest in Europe) by student number. It is one of the world's largest universities. Since it was founded, more than 1.5 million students have studied its courses.
The OU was rated top university in England and Wales for student satisfaction in 2005, 2006, second in 2007, and top in 2012. These were United Kingdom government national student satisfaction surveys. Out of 132 universities and colleges, the OU was ranked 43rd (second quartile) in the "Times Higher Education" Table of Excellence in 2008. It was rated highly in Design, Art History, English, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Development Studies, Social Policy and Social Work, and Sociology. It was ranked overall as a nationally top forty, and globally top five hundred university by the "Academic Ranking of World Universities" in 2011, as well as being ranked 247 for citations of its academics.
The Open University is also one of only three United Kingdom higher education institutions to gain accreditation in the United States of America by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an institutional accrediting agency, recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The Open University enrollments for undergraduate courses have dropped from a peak in 2009/10 of 209,705 to the latest published figure of 121,395 in 2016/17. According to The Guardian, this was caused mainly by the government. In 2012 it allowed fees for part-time degrees to rise to £6,750 per year, whilst severely limiting maintenance grants for students. Part-time courses at traditional universities in the U.K. have also suffered a drop in enrollment.
Poppy Montgomery
Poppy Montgomery (born 15 June 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Samantha Spade on the television series "Without a Trace". She acts mostly on television but has done a small number of movies. She played Caroline Tate in "The Other Sister" in 1999. Montgomery was born in Sydney.
Vikingarna
Vikingarna was a dansband from Sweden. It was established in 1958, and disbanded in 2004.
Lasse Stefanz
Lasse Stefanz is a dansband from the town of Kristianstad in Sweden. It was established in 1967.
Point mutation
A point mutation is a "single base substitution". It is the smallest type of mutation possible.
In a point mutation, either:
A nonsense mutation is a point mutation in a DNA sequence that leads to an early stop codon. This appears as a nonsense codon in the transcribed mRNA. Most of the time, the protein that is translated from this mRNA does not work.
Peugeot P4
The Peugeot P4 is a car made by Peugeot. It is a 4WD vehicle used mainly by militaries. It was based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. It is used by the French Army. Some versions are used by French Gendarmerie, French Navy, and French Air Force troops. The P4 was first built for use in 1981.
Boeing VC-25
The Boeing VC-25 is a military variant of the 747-200B airliner. It is used by the United States Air Force for President of the United States and U.S. Federal Government transport. It is called "Air Force One", when President is on board. Only two examples were built.
SOCATA TB-30 Epsilon
The SOCATA TB-30 Epsilon is a military training light aircraft designed and built by SOCATA in Tarbes, France. With one engine and a crew of two, teacher and student, it looks like many other training aircraft. It is used by France, Portugal, Senegal, and Togo.
Embraer Emb-121 Xingu
The Embraer Emb-121 Xingu is a twin-engines light transport plane. It is both civilian and military aircraft. It's built by Embraer in Brazil. From 1982, it is used by the French Air Force and the French Navy as a training aircraft.
Nakajima Ki-43
The Nakajima Ki-43 was one of the major fighter aircrafts of the World War II in Japan. Called "Oscar" by the Allies it was used in all major Japaneses operations between 1942 and 1945. After the war it was used by China, France, Indonesia, and North Korea.
Fiat CR.42 Falco
The Fiat CR.42 Falco is a biplane fighter aircraft used by fascist air force in the World War II and before in the Spanish Civil War. Built by Fiat, it was used until 1943. Some of them were captured by Royal Air Force. "Falco" is the Italian word for "falcon".
Sven-Ingvars
Sven-Ingvars is a dansband from Slottsbron in Sweden. It was established in 1956. The band was popular back in the 1960s, before a 1991 performance at Hultsfredsfestivalen led to a revival throughout the 1990s.
HV71
HV71 is an ice hockey club that plays its home games in the Husqvarna Garden in the town of Jönköping in Sweden. The club was established on 24 May 1971. It was a result of two local clubs Husqvarna IF and Vätterstads IK joining forces on their ice hockey sections.
HV71 won the Swedish national championship in 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2017. They also lost the finals of 2009.
Luleå HF
Luleå HF is an ice hockey club in the town of Luleå in Sweden. The club was established on 2 May 1977.
Luleå HF won the Swedish national championship in 1996. It also lost the finals in 1993, 1997 and 2013.
Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club in Malmö, Sweden. The club started on 28 February 1972, out of the Malmö FF ice hockey section. The original name was Malmö IF. The name was changed in 1996.
The club won the Swedish national championship in 1992 and 1994. It also won the IIHF European Cup in 1992.
IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven is an ice hockey club in the town of Umeå in Sweden. The club was established on 15 May 1970 as IFK/SSK, Umeå when the clubs of IFK Umeå and Sandåkerns SK merged their ice hockey sections. The name was changed in 1971.
IF Björklöven won the Swedish national championship in 1987. They also lost the finals of 1982 and 1988.
Linköpings HC
Linköpings HC is an ice hockey club in the town of Linköping in Sweden. The club was established on out of the BK Kenty ice hockey section 4 August 1976.