The last civilian executions in Spain by garrotting were in March 1974. Two men both convicted of killing police officers: they were the last state-sanctioned garrotings in Spain. In Spain, the garrote was abolished in 1978 along with the death penalty after adoption of a new constitution.
In 1990, Andorra became the last country to officially abolish the death penalty by garroting, though this method had not been used there since the late 19th century.
Samaná English
Samaná English is a variety of the English language. It is spoken by about 8,000 people in the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic. The speakers of Samaná English are the descendants of African American slaves freed from the United States. They migrated to the Samaná region beginning in 1824. Today, they are the largest group of English-speakers in the Dominican Republic.
The language is often described by linguists as either a Creole language or a dialect of English. It is closely related to other Creole languages of the Caribbean, especially Turks and Caicos and Bahamian Creole.
Disability bullying
Disability bullying is a pattern of behavior. It is about an imbalance of social, physical or other power involving a person or group who has a disability.
Studies show that bullying happens to people with disabilities more often than to others in general.
Disability bullying can become a type of hate crime or hate speech. It is a kind of abuse.
Strangulation
Stranglation is death by compressing the neck until the supply of oxygen is cut off. The process is called strangling.
The brain needs a constant supply of oxygen. Strangling leads first to unconsciousness, then to death. Fatal strangling may occurs in accidents, and other causes of violence. Strangling does not have to be fatal; limited or interrupted strangling is practised in erotic asphyxiation, in the so-called "choking game".
Strangling is a technique in many combat sports and self-defence systems. It is a method of winning a judo bout. Usually the opponent submits; if not, he is "strangled out", that is, the hold is continued until he passes out and is then immediately released. "Shime-waza", the judo term for this technique, has scored 97 times in World Judo events. No fatalities have resulted from it. There have been some deaths of suspects in police custody, where officers have used a "choke hold". Investigation suggested that this was because the officers' training had not been so adequate as the training of top-class judo players.
Strangling can be divided into three general types according to the mechanism used:
School bullying
School bullying is a pattern of behavior during the ages when children and young people are in school. It is about an imbalance of social, physical or other power involving a person or group.
Studies show that school bullying happens to some more than others, particularly young people with disabilities and those with sexual orientation that are not traditional.
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was a British playwright, composer, producer, actor and singer. He was born in Teddington, Middlesex. He was a closeted homosexual. He died of heart failure in Jamaica.
Rosalina
Rosalina is a character from the "Mario" video game series. She is the third major female character after Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. In the "Mario" games, she watches over the Comet Observatory. The Comet Observatory is an area in space that orbits the Mushroom Kingdom every 100 years.
Rosalina first appears in "Super Mario Galaxy". There, she acts as an ally to Mario. After Bowser attacks the Comet Observatory, she gives Mario the task of getting back the observatory's Power and Grand Stars. She also gives Mario a creature named Luma to help him in his adventure.
In the sequel, "Super Mario Galaxy 2", a figure like her named the "Cosmic Guide" appears in the game when Mario dies multiple times in a level. Rosalina herself appears during the credits.
Rosalina makes her first playable appearance in "Mario Kart Wii". She is an unlockable character. Rosalina later appears in "Mario Kart 7". There, she is again an unlockable character. She also has her own track called "Rosalina's Ice World".
Rosalina appears in "Super Mario 3D World", where is she an unlockable character. She can use the spin attack move that Mario can use in "Super Mario Galaxy".
Rosalina will appear as a playable character in "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U". She will fight with a Luma.
We Are Young
We Are Young is a song by the American band Fun from their album Some Nights. It was released as the first single from the album on 20 September 2011. The song was covered on "Glee" on the episode "Hold On to Sixteen", aired in December 2011. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 Spanish-American romantic comedy-drama movie. It was written and directed by Woody Allen. It is set in the Spanish cities Barcelona and Oviedo. It is about two American women in their twenties who meet an artist, Juan, whilst spending a summer in Spain.
Rebecca Hall playes Vicky, Scarlett Johansson plays Cristina, Javier Bardem plays Juan, Penélope Cruz plays his angry, violent ex-wife Maria. The movie won a Golden Globe Award.
Bullying culture
Bullying culture means, that it is normal to be bullied for the victim. It is about the abuse of social powers.
The culture of bullying includes daily activities and the way people relate to each other. A bullying culture emphasizes a win/lose way of thinking. It also encourages domination and aggression.
Baneh
Baneh (, , ) is the capital of Baneh county in the Kurdistan region of Iran.
The Story of Us
"The Story of Us" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song was produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift. It is about breakups and troubles between two people. The story in the song was inspired by an encounter with an ex-boyfriend during the CMT Music Awards in which Swift and the ex attempted to ignore one another. "The Story of Us" received mixed reviews, peaking at #41 on "Billboard" Hot 100, although the video got positive review for its "departure from the music video high school". The song was on Swift's album "Speak Now", released in 2010.
The Quarrymen
The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") were a British skiffle and rock and roll band. It was formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956. The band evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally, it consisted of Lennon and several of his friends from school. The Quarrymen took their name from a line in the anthem of their high school, Quarry Bank High School. Lennon's mother, Julia Lennon, taught her son to play the banjo and then showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs.
Lennon started a skiffle group that was very briefly called the Blackjacks, but changed the name before any public performances. Some accounts credit Lennon with choosing the new name; other accounts credit his close friend Pete Shotton with suggesting the name. The Quarrymen played at parties, school dances, cinemas and amateur skiffle contests before Paul McCartney joined the band in October 1957. George Harrison joined the band in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted because he felt Harrison (still only 14 when he was first introduced to Lennon) to be too young. Both McCartney and Harrison attended the Liverpool Institute.
Beta blocker
Beta blockers is the name for a class of drugs that inhibit the hormone adrenalin and the neurotransmitter noradrenalin. Adrenalin is mainly released in stress situations; blocking its pathway will lead to lowering the heart rate, and blood pressure.
Candies (band)