Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, was flying from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro, the plane was a Boeing 737-800 with 154 people on-board. On September 29, 2006 the plane collided with a Embraer Legacy 600 while cruising over the Amazon. The Embraer landed safety at a military base with no loss to the seven people on-board, but the 737 crashed into the Amazon killing all 154 people on-board.
Arrondissement of Le Vigan
The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Le Vigan was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès "arrondissement", to the southeast by the Nîmes "arrondissement", to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.
The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan is the second smallest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 inhabitants).
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".
There are only 4 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":
The "arrondissement" of Le Vigan has 75 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are:
Arrondissement of Nîmes
The arrondissement of Nîmes is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Nîmes.
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Nîmes was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Nîmes is the most eastern of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the northeast by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Hérault department and to the west by the Le Vigan and the Alès "arrondissements".
The "arrondissement" of Nîmes is the largest "arrondissement" of the department, both in area, , and population (547,598 inhabitants).
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".
There are 18 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Nîmes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":
The "arrondissement" of Nîmes has 177 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are:
Roy Innis
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Innis died on January 8, 2017 in his apartment in Manhattan, New York from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 82.
Jovanka Nikolić
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She graduated from the College of Education (Physical Education) at the University of Novi Sad and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade (Organization of stage, cultural and artistic activities). She worked in the sport organization sector and was, for a long time, involved in designing sports choreography for public ceremonies at major sports and social events.
Nikolić died on 8 January 2017 in Novi Sad, Serbia, aged 64.
Buddy Greco
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Greco died on January 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, aged 90.
Gardon
The Gardon or Gard is a river in southeastern France, in the Lozère and Gard departments in the Occitanie region. It is a right tributary of the Rhône river.
The Gard department is named after this river.
The Gardon river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Sanilhac-Sagriès in the Gard department.
Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Sanilhac-Sagriès
The Gardon (known here as "Gardon d'Anduze") starts in the Cévennes, southeastern Massif Central, in the "commune" of Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle, Lozère department near "Prat Reboubalès", at an altitude of about .
The "Gardon d'Anduze" joins the Gardon d'Alès between the "communes" Cassagnoles and Vézénobres, at an altitude of about ; from here, the river is usually known simply as Gard.
The Gardon flows to the southeast, in general, and passes through the Lozère and Gard departments, in the Occitanie region, and a total of 37 "communes", most of them in the Gard department.
Finally, it flows, as a right tributary into the Rhône river near Comps at of altitude.
The main tributaries, with a length greater than 20 km, of the Gardon are:
Uta Ranke-Heinemann
Uta Ranke-Heinemann (2 October 1927 in Essen – 25 March 2021) was a German theologian, academic and author. She held the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace. Her father Gustav Heinemann was an SPD politician and president of Germany 1969–74.
Ranke-Heinemann died on 25 March 2021, aged 93.
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
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Khoso is a retired judge. He was the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court. He was the interim Prime Minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in May 2013.
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
Sayyid Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Said , () (born 16 September 1929 in Unguja) was the last Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from 1 July 1963 to 12 January 1964.
On 10 December 1963, Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy under Jamshid. This state of affairs was short lived and he was overthrown by the Zanzibar Revolution.
He fled into exile firstly to Oman and then to the United Kingdom, where, as of 2012, he continues to live in Portsmouth with his wife and six children as the Head of the Zanzibari Royal Family and as the Sovereign of the Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar and the Most Illustrious Order of Independence of Zanzibar. Secondly, he is married to Zuleika bin Abdullah Al Aufy.
Orbital revolution
Orbital revolution is the movement of a planet around a star, or a moon around a planet. For example, the Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Moon revolves about the Earth.
Planets and moons revolve in elliptical orbits. One orbital revolution of a planet takes one year, while a revolution of the Moon takes a month.
Astronomers usually use different words for the orbit of a planet around a star, and for the spin of a planet about its own axis. If an item is in orbit, it is "revolving", while the spin of a planet is called "rotating". The amount of time it takes for an object to revolve around the Sun is a year, and the amount of time it takes to revolve around its axis is one day. According to the Gregorian calendar, a year on Earth is equal to 365 days, with an extra day added every four years.