Schwerte is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. About 48,000 people live there. Schwerte is in the Ruhr valley just north of the mountainous Sauerland region. The Ruhr river runs through the center of Schwerte. Schwerte is a popular cycling destination for tourists.
Schwerte received civic rights in the 12th century. It was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League. During World War II Schwerte housed a branch of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The camp held 710 prisoners.
In 2015 Schwerte officials have proposed housing refugees at the site of the former concentration camp. The plan has been criticized as a bad idea by many Germans including the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia. Officials say the buildings were built after the war and should not be a problem. Refugees coming to Germany include those from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Kosovo and Serbia.
Clostridia
The Clostridia are a class of Firmicutes, including "Clostridium" and other similar genera.
The Clostridia are obligate anaerobes. They lack aerobic respiration, and oxygen is toxic to them. Species of the genus "Clostridium" are all Gram-positive and can form spores.
Studies show they are not a monophyletic group. In fact, they are highly polyphyletic. Their relationships are not certain. Most are put in the Clostridiales, but is not a natural group. It is likely to be redefined in the future.
Most species of the genus "Clostridium" are saprophytic organisms found in many places, most notably the soil. However, the genus does contain some human pathogens.
The toxins produced by some members of the "Clostridium" genus are among the most dangerous known. Examples are tetanus toxin (known as tetanospasmin) produced by "C. tetani" and botulinum toxin produced by "C. botulinum".
Notable species of this class include:
Heliobacteria are also members of the class Clostridia.
Planococcaceae
The Planococcaceae are a family of gram-positive bacteria. Most of the species are capable of aerobic respiration using oxygen. Some others can live without oxygen, they are anaerobic organism.
Alicyclobacillaceae
The Alicyclobacillaceae are a family of gram-positive bacteria. Some of them are thermophiles, they can live at around . They also tolerate acidic pH levels of 1.5–5.5. They can make endospores. Alicyclobacillaceae are found in soil, water and in geothermal springs.
Deep, Deep Trouble
"Deep, Deep Trouble" is a 1990 song performed by Bart Simpson. It is about Bart getting in trouble. He is told to mow the lawn by father Homer Simpson. The song was from the 1990 album "The Simpsons Sing the Blues".
The song was released in early 1991. It charted in many countries. It reached #1 in Ireland.
Lana Parrilla
Ana María Giunta
Ana María Giunta (1 March 1943 – 14 March 2015) was an Argentine actress. She was known for her roles in "S.O.S Gulubú" (1986), "A King and His Movie" (1986), and in "Eversmile, New Jersey" (1989). Giunta was born in Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina.
Giunta died in Buenos Aires, Argentina from respiratory failure, aged 72.
Narayan Desai
Narayan Desai (24 December 1924 – 15 March 2015) was an Indian Gandhian and author. He was the son of Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai. He was born in Bulsar (now Valsad), Gujarat. During his career, he wrote many books about the ideas and life of Gandhi.
Desai died in Surat, India from a short-illness, aged 90.
Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (; 15 March 193714 March 2015) was a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia.
Rasputin's works show rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life. Rasputin's work are about the hard questions of ethics and spiritual revival.
Rasputin died a day short of his 78th birthday on 14 March 2015 in Moscow.
Mike Porcaro
Michael Joseph Porcaro (May 29, 1955 – March 15, 2015) was an American bass player known for his work with Toto. He retired from touring in 2007 because he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
He was the middle son of Joe Porcaro. His elder brother was Jeff Porcaro. His younger brother is Steve Porcaro.
Porcaro died from complications of ALS in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, California, aged 59.
Ruhr
The Ruhr is a river in western Germany. It flows into the Rhine River.
It is long. The Ruhr begins near the town of Winterberg and flows into the Rhine River near Düsseldorf. Winterberg is located in the Sauerland region and Düsseldorf lies in North Rhine-Westphalia in the west of Germany. It runs through Arnsberg, Iserlohn, Schwerte, Bochum and Essen, among other cities.
Several Ruhr-area cities joined the Hanseatic league during the middle ages. The Ruhr became a center for business and industry. Beginning in the mid 14th century coal was mined along the Ruhr. It became a center for coal and steel production in Germany for over 200 years. In the mid 20th century coal and steel industries came to an end. The buildings were then used for cultural events and entertainment purposes.
Arrondissements of the Landes department
There are 2 arrondissements in the Landes department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into "arrondissements", which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.
If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.
Arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.
The arrondissements of Landes are:
Since its creation, the Landes department has had few changes:
Arrondissement of Dax
The arrondissement of Dax is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Landes "département". Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Dax.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Dax was one of them in the Landes department.
The "arrondissement" of Dax is in the southwest of the Landes department; it has an area of , and a population of 220,656 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north and east by the "arrondissement" of Mont-de-Marsan, to the south by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and to the west by the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean).
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Dax, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Côte d'Argent and Pays morcenais tarusate. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
The "arrondissement" of Dax has 152 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are:
Arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan
The arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Landes "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Mont-de-Marsan.
When the Landes department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Mont-de-Marsan was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan" is the northernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the largest of the department. It has 179,821 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Gironde department, to the northeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the east by the Gers department (Occitanie region), to the south by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and to the west by the "arrondissement" of Dax and the Atlantic Ocean.