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Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian-French singer, songwriter, and actress.
Her first album Let Go was credited as the biggest pop debut of 2002, and certified seven-times Platinum in the United States.
Avril is considered a key musician in the development of pop punk music since she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s.
Avril grew up in Ontario, Canada.
At the age of 14, she began writing her own music and performing at country fairs.
Her first song "Can't Stop Thinking About You" was about a teenage crush, which she described as "cheesy cute".
By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain, and by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million.
2002–2003: Let Go
In June 2002, Avril Lavigne began with the release of her first album Let Go, and a music video for the debut single Complicated.
In the US, it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
At 17 years old, Avril was the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK Albums Chart at that time.
She was nominated for five Grammy Awards.
Complicated, Sk8r Boi, and I'm With You were all number one songs on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.
2004–2005: Under My Skin
Under My Skin, was released on May 2004.
The album debuted at number one in Australia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, UK, and U.S. The singles from the album were Don't Tell Me, My Happy Ending, Nobody's Home, and He Wasn't.
Avril was awarded for "World's Best Pop/Rock Artist" and "World's Bestselling Canadian Artist" at the 2004 World Music Awards.
She received five Juno Award nominations in 2005 of which she won three, including "Artist of the Year".
2006–2008: The Best Damn Thing
The Best Damn Thing was released In April 2007.
Girlfriend, the first single from the album became Lavigne's first number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was one of the decade's biggest singles.
The album was the first to carry a parental advisory warning due to repeated use of swear words.
Avril described the album as "fast, fun, young, bratty, aggressive, confident, cocky in a playful way ... all the good stuff".
The albums second single was When You're Gone.
Avril won two World Music Awards in 2007, for "World's Bestselling Canadian Artist" and "World's Best Pop/Rock Female Artist".
2009–2011: Goodbye Lullaby
Goodbye Lullaby was released on March 2011 in the US.
Avril said that the album as being about her life experiences rather than focusing on relationships and that it was easy for her to do a "boy-bashing pop song," but it was different to write about something "that's really close to me, something I've been through."
Other than the album's lead single, What the Hell, Avril described the songs on Goodbye Lullaby as different from her earlier songs.
She said her music on this album was less pop rock than her previous material.
2012–2015: Avril Lavigne
Avril's fifth studio album Avril Lavigne was released on November 2013.
Avril described the album as being "pop and more fun again".
The four singles from the album were Here's to Never Growing Up, Rock n Roll, Let Me Go, and Hello Kitty.
2016–present: Head Above Water
Avril's sixth studio album Head Above Water was released on February 2019.
It was preceded by four singles: Head Above Water, Tell Me It's Over, Dumb Blonde, and I Fell in Love with the Devil.
Avril re-recorded the track Warrior and released it as a single titled We Are Warriors.
All the proceeds from the single will support Project HOPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During her childhood, Avril was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
She has taken Ritalin ever since.
Avril was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2014.
In an interview, she said that she was in the recovery process, and that she wanted to increase awareness of the disease.
Let Go (2002)
Under My Skin (2004)
The Best Damn Thing (2007)
Goodbye Lullaby (2011)
Avril Lavigne (2013)
Head Above Water (2019)
Headlinglining tours
Try To Shut Me Up Tour (2002–03)
Bonez Tour/ Mall Tour (2004–05)
The Best Damn World Tour (2008)
The Black Star Tour (2011–2012)
The Avril Lavigne Tour (2013–2014)
Head Above Water Tour (2019)
Avril Bandaids
Avril Lavigne (China)
Avril Lavigne (Hong Kong) Fan Club
Rock Girl Avril Lavigne (TW) Fan Club
Doctor Hannibal Lecter is a fictional serial killer.
He is a character in books by the crime drama writer Thomas Harris.
Several of these books have been made into movies.
Lecter was also the main character in an NBC television show called Hannibal.
Lecter himself
Lecter is a cannibal, meaning that he eats people.
He is also highly intelligent, so that he can talk to people in a way that makes them afraid or disturbed.
He employs this unusual technique most famously in The Silence of the Lambs, a novel featuring him that was made into a movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Lecter.
The movie became very popular, and won many awards.
Lecter is Lithuanian.
He is cultured, and his reasons for killing people are often that he thinks they are annoying, rude or corrupt.
He is a psychopath, a predator who does not feel empathy.
Thus, he feels no guilt about his actions.
List of novels and movies
Red Dragon (novel, 1981)
Manhunter (movie, 1986) Brian Cox as Lecktor (an unexplained name change), William Petersen as Will Graham and Dennis Farina as Jack Crawford.
Red Dragon (movie, 2002) Anthony Hopkins as Lecter, Ralph Fiennes as the killer, Edward Norton as Will Graham and Harvey Keitel as Jack Crawford.
Silence of the Lambs (novel, 1986)
Silence of the Lambs (movie, 1991) Hopkins as Lecter, Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, Scott Glen as Jack Crawford and Ted Levine as the killer.
Five major Academy Awards.
Hannibal (novel, 1999)
Hannibal (movie, 2001) Hopkins as Lecter, Gary Oldman as the killer, Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling, Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler and Giancarlo Giannini as Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi.
Hannibal Rising (novel, 2006)
Hannibal Rising (movie, 2007) Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal and Gong Li as Lady Murasaki.
She, his aunt, becomes his companion.
Intended as a 'prequel' to the series, it portrays the early life of Hannibal, and how he became a killer.
History of the character
Thomas Harris first wrote about Lecter in his novel Red Dragon, which shows how Hannibal Lecter was caught by the FBI, and ends up using his intelligence to help the agent who caught him catch another killer named Francis Dolarhyde.
Will Graham, the agent who caught Lecter, is at first very offended by Lecter's demeanor, but comes to appreciate his help when Lecter gives him insight into the way Dolarhyde's mind works.
Dolarhyde believes that he is a god, and that he is unaffected by laws and rules.
Two movies were based on this book.
Manhunter (1986)  starred Tom Noonan as Dolarhyde and Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor.
In Red Dragon (2002),  Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter and Ralph Fiennes played Dolarhyde.
Silence of the Lambs
Lecter returned in The Silence of the Lambs, the sequel to Red Dragon.
The movie based on this book became very popular.
The book is about an FBI agent named Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster in the movie), who, like Will Graham from Red Dragon, is trying to catch a serial killer, who calls himself "Buffalo Bill" because he skins his victims like buffalo.
Starling makes a deal with Lecter in which she will try to get him transferred to another prison (Lecter hates his cell) if he will help her understand Buffalo Bill's mind.
In the end, Starling catches Bill, but Lecter escapes from prison, fleeing to Africa.
Harris' next novel was Hannibal.
It was a sequel to Silence of the Lambs.
The book told the story about what happened to Hannibal Lecter after he escaped from prison.
Lector was hiding in Italy.
He used a false name and driver's license so he would not be caught.
The book is about a victim of his, named Mason Verger.
Verger survived when Lecter tried to eat his face.
He now wants to get revenge on Lecter.
Mason Verger captures Lecter.
He tries to kill him with attack hogs, but Lecter escapes with the help of Clarice Starling.
Lecter was again played by Hopkins in the 2001 movie.
The final book in the series was Hannibal Rising.
It shows Lecter as a child.
It tries to explain why he is a murderous cannibal by describing the death of his family during World War II.
The critics did not like Hannibal Rising as much as they liked the first three books.
This was mainly because people thought that the story was unrealistic.
They also felt it was not true to the characters.
Thomas Harris has said in many interviews that he only wrote the book because he was afraid that someone else would write a book about Lecter as a child.
This book was also the basis for a film of the same name, with Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal.
Impact on popular culture
The character of Hannibal Lecter has become very popular in American culture.
This is mainly because he is so scary.
Lecter is often thought to be one of the best movie villains of all time, next to Freddy Krueger and Norman Bates.
AFI listed him at #1 on their list "Top 50 Movie Villains of All Time"
Fictional European people
Fictional people with antisocial personality disorder
Asunción (full name: Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción), is the capital city and largest city of Paraguay.
The city has more than 1.2 million inhabitants, and the metropolitan area has more than 1.8 million inhabitants.
It is on the left bank of the Paraguay River and is the main seaport of Paraguay.
The Spanish word "asunción" means assumption in English.
It refers to the Assumption of Mary; the full name means Our Lady, Holy Mary of the Assumption.
National capitals in South America
Cities in Paraguay
Predestination is a religious concept, which is about the relationship between God and His creation.
The religious character of predestination distinguishes it from other ideas about determinism and free will.
Those who believe in predestination, such as John Calvin, believe that before the creation God determined the destiny of the universe throughout all of time and space.
They believe that God orders some people to Heaven, and all other people will go to Hell because of their sins.
This is determined before they even are born.
Definition: predestination is the divine foreordaining or foreknowledge of all that will happen.
It applies to the salvation of some and not others.
It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of John Calvin.
"Determinism in Theology: Predestination"  by Robert M. Kindon in The Dictionary of the History of Ideas (1973-74)
Understanding Predestination in Islam
Detailed Lecture on Islamic Perspective on Fate
Occurrences of "predestination" in the Bible text (ESV)
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (1932) by Loraine Boettner (conservative Calvinist perspective)
The Biblical Doctrine Of Predestination, Foreordination, and Election  by F. Furman Kearley (Arminian perspective)
Academic articles on predestination and election  (Lutheran perspective)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher movie.
It was directed by Wes Craven and released to movie theaters by Warner Bros. It is about five teenagers who are followed in their dreams by the ghost of serial killer Freddy Krueger, played by Robert Englund.
It also stars John Saxon as Lt.
Donald Thompson.
Actor Johnny Depp had his first movie role in A Nightmare on Elm Street.
It is the first in the A Nightmare on Elm Street movie series.
The next movie in the series is A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.
1984 horror movies
1980s ghost movies
1980s serial killer movies
1980s teen movies
A Nightmare on Elm Street movies
American ghost movies
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus (plural gladioli, gladioluses or sometimes gladiolas).
The genus Gladiolus contains about 260 species, of which 250 are native to sub-Saharan Africa, mostly South Africa.
About 10 species are native to Eurasia.
There are 160 species of Gladiolus endemic in southern Africa and 76 in tropical Africa.
The species vary from very small to the spectacular giant flower spikes in commerce.
These attractive, perennial herbs are semihardy in temperate climates.
They grow from rounded, symmetrical corms, that are enveloped in several layers of brownish, fibrous tunics.
Their stems are generally unbranched, producing 1 to 9 narrow, sword-shaped, longitudinal grooved leaves, enclosed in a sheath.
The lowest leaf is shortened to a cataphyll.
The leaf blades can be plane or cruciform in cross section.
The fragrant flower spikes are large and one-sided, with secund, bisexual flowers, each subtended by 2 leathery,  green bracts.
The sepals and the petals are almost identical in appearance, and are termed tepals.
They are united at their base into a tube-shaped structure.
The dorsal tepal is the largest, arching over the three stamens.
The perianth is funnel-shaped, with the stamens attached to its base.
The style has three filiform, spoon-shaped branches, each expanding towards the apex.
The ovary is 3-locular with oblong or globose capsules, containing many, winged brown, longitudinally dehiscent seeds.
In their center must be noticeable the specific pellet like structure which is the real seed without the fine coat.
In some seeds this structure is wrinkled and with black color.
These seeds are unable to germinate.
The South African species were originally pollinated by long-tongued anthrophorine bees, but some changes in the pollination system have occurred, allowing pollination by sunbirds, noctuid and sphingid moths, long-tongued flies and several others.
In the temperate zones of Europe many of the hybrid large flowering sorts of gladiolas can be pollinated by small well-known wasps.
Actually, They are not very good pollinators because of the large flowers of the plants and the small size of the wasps.
Another insect in this zone which can try some of the nectar of the gladioli is the best-known European Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum which usually pollinates many famous garden flowers like Petunia, Zinnia, Dianthus and others.
Greater glider
wrist-winged glider, or flying phalanger: genus Petaurus, six species:
Biak glider
Mahogany glider
Northern glider
The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider or flying mouse, is the world's smallest gliding mammal.
It is named after its long feather-shaped tail.
Although only the size of a very small mouse (65 to 80 mm and 10 to 14 g), it can leap and glide long distances from tree to tree, up to 25 metres.
Like other gliding mammals, the feathertail glider has a skin membrane between the fore and hind legs; thicker than that of the other marsupials like the sugar glider, but smaller in proportion, extending only between the elbows and knees.
The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small marsupial originally native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania.
It is called a sugar glider because it likes to feed on the sugary sap from certain trees, and can jump from trees and glide through the air to another tree.
They live in trees, and rarely travel on the ground.
They eat many foods, but mostly tree sap and insects.
They look and act much like a flying squirrel, but they are not related.
Sugar gliders are actually related to possums
Around the world, the sugar glider is a popular domestic pet.
It is one of the most commonly traded wild animals in the illegal pet trade, where animals are plucked directly from their natural habitats.
Sugar gliders are most popular as pets in the United States, where they are bred in large numbers.
Most states and cities allow sugar gliders as pets, with some exceptions.
In some places, a license or permit might be needed to own a sugar glider, because they are considered an exotic pet, or wild animal.
Basic information  from Australian Fauna
Videos of sugar gliders in the wild  by BBC Natural History Unit.
(Only natural sounds - no talking).
Is it possible to keep a Sugar glider and a Rabbit together?
The first inhabitants of the Archipelago arrived around 33,000 years ago after sailing from what is now Papua New Guinea.
The islands remained unsettled by western Europeans until they became part of the German protectorate of German New Guinea in 1884.
The area was named in honor of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
On 13 March 1888, a volcano erupted on Ritter Island causing a megatsunami.
Almost 100% of the volcano fell in to the ocean leaving a small lake in the volcanic crater.
Following the outbreak of World War I, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force seized the islands in 1914  and Australia later received a League of Nations mandate for the islands.
They remained under Australian control – interrupted only by Japanese occupation during World War II – until Papua New Guinea became independent in 1975.
Firth, Stewart (1983).
New Guinea Under the Germans.
Carlton, Australia: Melbourne University Press. .
Howe, K. R., Robert C. Kiste, Brij V. Lal, eds. (
Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. .
King, David et al. (
Papua New Guinea Atlas: A Nation in Transition.
Bathurst, Australia: R. Brown and the University of Papua New Guinea. .
Moore, Clive (2003).
New Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History.
Ryan, Peter, ed. (
Encyclopedia of Papua New Guinea.
3 volumes; Vol I: A - K, maps, black and white illustrations, xv + 588pp.
Vol II: l - Z, maps, black and white illustrations, 589-1231pp.
Vol III: Index, folding colour map in rear pocket, map, colour illustration, v + 83pp.
about the provinces
In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case that establishes a principle or rule.
This principle or rule is then used by the court or other judicial bodies use when deciding later cases with similar issues or facts.
The use of precedent provides predictability, stability, fairness, and efficiency in the law.
The Latin term stare decisis is the doctrine of legal precedent.
The precedent on an issue is the collective body of judicially announced principles that a court should consider when interpreting the law.
When a precedent establishes an important legal principle, or represents new or changed law on a particular issue, that precedent is often known as a landmark decision.
Precedent is central to legal analysis and rulings in countries that follow common law like the United Kingdom and Canada (except Quebec).
In some systems precedent is not binding but is taken into account by the courts.
Types of precedent
Binding precedent
Precedent that must be applied or followed is known as binding precedent (alternately mandatory precedent, mandatory or binding authority, etc.).
Under the doctrine of stare decisis, a lower court must honor findings of law made by a higher court that is within the appeals path of cases the court hears.
In the United States state and federal courts, jurisdiction is often divided geographically among local trial courts, several of which fall under the territory of a regional appeals court, and all regional courts fall under a supreme court.
By definition decisions of lower courts are not binding on each other or any courts higher in the system, nor are appeals court decisions binding on each other or on local courts that fall under a different appeals court.
Further, courts must follow their own proclamations of law made earlier on other cases, and honor rulings made by other courts in disputes among the parties before them pertaining to the same pattern of facts or events, unless they have a strong reason to change these rulings.
Given a determination as to the governing jurisdiction, a court is "bound" to follow a precedent of that jurisdiction only if it is directly in point.
In the strongest sense, "directly in point" means that: (1) the question resolved in the precedent case is the same as the question to be resolved in the pending case, (2) resolution of that question was necessary to disposition of the precedent case; (3) the significant facts of the precedent case are also present in the pending case, and (4) no additional facts appear in the pending case that might be treated as significant.
in the same sense that laws are binding on citizens.
A judge can't be
jailed or fined for disagreeing with it.
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and the laws of the United States".
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of Judicial Conduct says nothing about precedent.
In most cases,
faithfully observed by following precedent.
But when a judge finds
following precedent may violate the judge's oath.
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majority] is their interpretation.
But nothing can conflict
with a sworn officer's oath to the Constitution."
chaos is the consequence of careless disregard of precedent.
Non-binding / Persuasive precedent
Precedent that is not mandatory but which is useful or relevant is known as persuasive precedent (or persuasive authority or advisory precedent).
Persuasive precedent includes cases decided by lower courts, by peer or higher courts from other geographic jurisdictions, cases made in other parallel systems (for example, military courts, administrative courts, indigenous/tribal courts, State courts versus Federal courts in the United States), and in some exceptional circumstances, cases of other nations, treaties, world judicial bodies, etc.
In a case of first impression, courts often rely on persuasive precedent from courts in other jurisdictions that have previously dealt with similar issues.
Persuasive precedent may become binding through the adoption of the persuasive precedent by a higher court.
Long-held custom, which has traditionally been recognized by courts and judges, is the first kind of precedent.
Custom can be so deeply entrenched in the society at large that it gains the force of law.
There need never have been a specific case decided on the same or similar issues in order for a court to take notice of customary or traditional precedent in its deliberations.
The other type of precedent is case law.
In common law systems this type of precedent is granted more or less weight in the deliberations of a court according to a number of factors.
Most important is whether the precedent is "on point," that is, does it deal with a circumstance identical or very similar to the circumstance in the instant case?
Second, when and where was the precedent decided?
A recent decision in the same jurisdiction as the instant case will be given great weight.
Next in descending order would be recent precedent in jurisdictions whose law is the same as local law.
Least weight would be given to precedent that stems from dissimilar circumstances, older cases that have since been contradicted, or cases in jurisdictions that have dissimilar law.
Critical analysis of precedent
Court formulations
A judicial precedent attaches a specific legal consequence to a detailed set of facts in an adjudged case decision, which is then considered as furnishing the rule for the determination of a subsequent case involving identical or similar material facts and arising in the same court or a lower court in the judicial hierarchy.
Stare decisis is the policy of the court to stand by precedent; the term is but an abbreviation of stare decisis et non quieta movere — "to stand by and adhere to decisions and not disturb what is settled."
Consider the word "decisis."
The word means, literally and legally, the decision.
Under the doctrine of stare decisis a case is important only for what it decides — for the "what," not for the "why," and not for the "how."
Insofar as precedent is concerned, stare decisis is important only for the decision, for the detailed legal consequence following a detailed set of facts.
Precedents viewed against passing time can serve to establish trends, thus indicating the next logical step in developing interpretations of the law.
For instance, if immigration has become increasingly restricted under the law, then the next legal decision on that subject may serve to restrict it further still.
Super stare decisis
Super-stare decisis is a term used for important precedent that is resistant or immune from being overturned, without regard to whether correctly decided in the first place.
It may be viewed as one extreme in a range of precedential power, or alternately, to express a belief, or a critique of that belief, that some decisions should not be overturned.
In 1976, Richard Posner and William Landes coined the term "super-precedent," in an article they wrote about testing theories of precedent by counting citations.
Posner and Landes used this term to describe the influential effect of a cited decision.
The term "super-precedent" later became associated with different issue: the difficulty of overturning a decision.
In 1992, Rutgers professor Earl Maltz criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey for endorsing the idea that if one side can take control of the Court on an issue of major national importance (as in Roe v. Wade), that side can protect its position from being reversed "by a kind of super-stare decisis."
The issue arose anew in the questioning of Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito during their confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Before the hearings the chair of the committee, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, wrote an op/ed in the New York Times referring to Roe as a "super-precedent."
He mentioned the concept (and made seemingly humorous references to "super-duper precedent") during the hearings, but neither Roberts nor Alito endorsed the term or the concept.
Criticism of Precedent
In a controversial 1997 book, attorney Michael Trotter blamed over-reliance by American lawyers on binding and persuasive authority, rather than the merits of the case at hand, as a major factor behind the escalation of legal costs during the 20th century.
He argued that courts should ban the citation of persuasive precedent from outside their jurisdiction, with two exceptions:
(1) cases where the foreign jurisdiction's law is the subject of the case, or
(2) instances where a litigant intends to ask the highest court of the jurisdiction to overturn binding precedent, and therefore needs to cite persuasive precedent to demonstrate a trend in other jurisdictions.
''For the North American Ford Escort, see Ford Escort (North America).
For the 1950s Ford Escort estate car, see Ford Squire.
The European Ford Escort was a car made by the Ford Motor Company from 1968 through 2002.
The first generation was produced from 1968 to 1974.
The second generation was made from 1974 to 1980.
The third generation was made from 1980 to 1986, it was the first Escort to offer hatchback models as well as front-wheel drive, it was mildly updated in 1983 with a 5-door estate and a convertible added and also spawned a saloon version called the Orion.
The fourth generation arrived in March 1986 and was made until 1990.
The fifth generation appeared in September 1990 and was criticised by the motoring press due to its bland styling, dull drive and old engines but it was still a strong seller, it got a facelift in September 1992, the Orion name was dropped in 1993.
The sixth and final generation arrived in early 1995 and was replaced by the Focus in late 1998, although the Escort continued alongside it with a reduced range until 2000 with the vans being discontinued in 2002.
Replacement and discontinuation
Ford launched the Focus in 1998.
It was supposed to replace the Escort, which was now 30 years old.
However, the Escort wasn't fully discontinued until 2000.
The van version continued on until 2002 when it was replaced with the Transit Connect.
Escort (Europe)
Ford Fiesta is a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company from 1976 to the present day.
When the car was first released in 1976 it came complete with modern features not expected on such a small car like air-conditioning (in North America only) and energy-absorbing bumpers.
Until 1986 it was the smallest Ford vehicle until the arrival of the Festiva (a car made by Ford in a joint-venture with Mazda and Kia in markets where the Fiesta wasn't sold).
The first generation was made from 1976 to 1983 and was sold in the US from 1978 to 1980.
The second generation was made from 1983 to 1989 although this version is a heavily updated first generation car, it was unusual in offering 2 different dashboard designs for basic and higher-end models of it.
The third generation arrived in Spring 1989 and was the first Fiesta to be sold with 5-doors alongside 3, it received updates in 1992, 1994 and 1995 when it became the Fiesta Classic, selling with the newer fourth generation car until production ended in 1997.
The fourth generation arrived in late 1995 and gained a rebadged version called the Mazda 121 although it wasn't as popular as the Fiesta itself, it was facelifted in late 1999 and was made until 2002.
The fifth generation arrived in Spring 2002 and was facelifted in late 2005 and was produced until 2008.
The sixth generation Fiesta arrived in late 2008 and is sold more globally than previous generations including the US where it arrived in Spring 2010 as a 2011 model.
It was facelifted in early 2013 and as a 2014 model for the US.
The Fiesta was discontinued in the US after the 2019 Model Year as more people were buying SUV’s.
The seventh generation Fiesta arrived in July 2017 with a facelift in late 2021.
The Fiesta is very popular in the UK and first became the best selling car there in 1990, by that time it was on the third generation.
For the Ford Fusion sold in the Americas, see Ford Fusion (Americas).
The European Ford Fusion was a car made by Ford Motor Company from 2002 to 2012.
It is sold in Europe and India.
It was replaced with the B-Max in 2012.
Fusion (Europe)
Ford Galaxy is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 1995 to the present day.
The original model was made by Volkswagen.
It was also sold as the Volkwagen Sharan and Seat Alhambra.
It got a facelift in 2000.
It was redesigned in 2006 made by Ford themselves.
Ford C-Max is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 2003 to 2019.
It was originally called the Focus C-Max before it had a facelift in 2007.
It entered its 2nd generation in 2010 and is available in 5-seat and Grand 7-seat versions.
It was facelifted in 2015 and in 2019, Ford ended production of it.
1.6 74 kW (100 hp)
1.8 92 kW (125 hp)
2.0 107 kW (145 hp)
1.6 TDCi 66 kW (90 hp) and 80 kW (109 hp)
1.8 TDCi 85 kW (115 hp)
2.0 TDCi 81 kW (110 hp) and 100 kW (136 hp)
C-Max
Ford S-Max is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 2006 to the present day.
The first generation was made from 2006 to 2015 with a facelift in 2010.
It entered its second generation in 2015.
S-Max
The Ford Puma was a sports car produced by Ford Motor Company from 1997 through 2002.
The car received great praise for its fun handling but wasn't replaced when production stopped.
In late 2019, Ford reused the Puma name on a new small, sporty crossover model.
Kilkenny () is the county town (seat) of County Kilkenny in Ireland.
It is situated on both banks of the River Nore, at the centre of County Kilkenny in the historical province of Leinster in the south-east of the country.
Kilkenny City is administered by a borough council and has a Mayor form of government.
The majority of the population of Kilkenny City live outside the borough boundary.
It is the smallest city in the country, with only 25,000 people living there.
From being founded by the church, Kilkenny was the ancient capital of the kingdom of Ossory.
The town was established, then a city, in 1609 by royal charter.
Kilkenny was the capital of Confederate Ireland between 1642 and 1649.
The seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cashel and Ossory are in Kilkenny.
Kilkenny is famous for its medieval building and castle.
The town has been referred to as the "Marble City" for centuries.
People from Kilkenny are often referred to as 'Cats'.
1609 establishments
The Ford Cougar was a car produced by Ford Motor Company.
It was sold in the European market from 1998 through 2002.
The US version was sold as the Mercury Cougar.
V6 Cougar - Ford Cougar Site
The Ford Kuga is a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 2008 to the present day.
It entered its second generation in early 2013 and is the same as the US market Escape.
It is only sold in Europe.
Ford Kuga commercial
Kuga
Ford Transit is a van produced by Ford Motor Company from 1965 to the present day.
It is currently in its fourth generation.
Taunus Transit
The first van to wear the Transit badge was the Taunus Transit.
It was produced in Germany.
It gained this name in 1961, eight years after it was introduced in 1953.
It was not sold in the UK.
Production of it ceased in 1965.
First generation (1965–1986)
In 1977, the model was improved.
It had new front lights, new grille, new front and rear bumpers and a new new bonnet
Second generation (1986–2000)
In 1994, the model was improved.
It had new front and rear lights, new front and rear bumpers and a new new bonnet
Third generation (2000–2014)
The third generation Transit,  was launched in July 2000.
In August 2006, the model was improved.
Fourth generation (2013–present)
In 2020, the model was improved.
It had a new grille and the engine was improved.
Ford Transit Connect is a compact van produced by Ford Motor Company from 2002 to the present day.
It is currently in its second generation.
Ford Transit Custom
Ford Transit Custom is a compact van and leisure van produced by Ford Motor Company from 2013 to the present day.
It is currently in its first generation.
Ford Transit Tourneo
Citroën XM was a car produced by Citroën from 1989 to 2000.
It originally launched as a 5-door hatchback in May 1989 and an estate was added in late 1991.
It received a facelift in July 1994 but sales were never strong and got worse later in its life and the XM was discontinued in June 2000.
Citroën hoped that the C6 would replace the XM after its discontinuation in 2000.
However, the first C6 did not roll off the production line until 2006.
Citroën Xantia was a car produced by Citroën.
It replaced the Citroën BX in early 1993, with an estate version added in 1995 and a facelift at the end of 1997 and was replaced by the Citroën C5 in early 2001.
It came in hatchback and estate bodystyles and was sold as a budget option towards the end of its run in France until 2002.
1.6i 65 kW (88 hp)
1.8i 66 kW (90 hp) and 74 kW (101 hp)
1.8i 16V 81 kW (110 hp)
2.0i 89 kW (121 hp)
2.0i 16V 97 kW (132 hp), 110 kW (150 hp) and 112 kW (152 hp)
2.0i Turbo CT 108 kW (147 hp)
3.0i V6 140 kW (190 hp)
1.9 D 50 kW (68 hp) and 51 kW (69 hp)
1.9 SD 55 kW (75 hp)
2.0 HDi 66 kW (90 hp) and 80 kW (109 hp)
2.1 Turbo D12 80 kW (109 hp)
Xantia
The Gaeltacht Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an area around the Falls Road in the west of the city.
A Gaeltacht is an area where the Irish language is most often spoken.
The area aims to bring interest to the Irish language and tourist attractions related to it, as well as Irish culture.
Plans for a gaeltacht quarter in Belfast began in 2002, as a recommendation of the Joint West Belfast/Greater Shankill Task Force.
The plan was then adopted by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and Belfast City Council.
Visit West Belfast
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Quarters of Belfast
Smithfield Market and Library Quarter
Linen Quarter
Market Quarter
Queen's Quarter
Titanic Quarter
The Quarters do not evenly divide the city into four parts, and not all of Belfast's city centre is part of a Quarter.
Instead, each Quarter has something important in its history and locale.
The "Quarter" names were given in 2001.
Discover the Quarters, Official Belfast Tourism Site
Citroën Xsara was a car produced by Citroën from 1997 through 2005.
An MPV version, the Xsara Picasso, was launched in 1999 and was produced until 2010.
1.4i 55 kW (75 hp)
1.6i 16V 80 kW (109 hp)
2.0i 16V 97 kW (132 hp) and 100 kW (136 hp)
2.0i 16V VTS 120 kW (163 hp)
Xsara
Anything related to Vietnam, a country in Asia
Helsinki Olympic Stadium (or Olympiastadion) is a sports stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
The 1952 Summer Olympics took place in the stadium.
Finland's national football team plays there.
Football in Finland
The Citroën Berlingo is a series of almost identical vans and leisure activity vehicles produced by Citroën in three generations since 1996.
It is builded in cooperation with Peugeot.
First generation (1996–2012)
Second generation (2008–2018)
Third generation (2018–)
The DAX is a stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany.
In German DAX stands for Deutscher Aktien Index (in English: German stock index).
It is very much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the US, in that 30 companies are in this exchange.
Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Lufthansa
Deutsche Post
Deutsche Postbank
E.ON
Fresenius
Fresenius Medical Care
Hannover Re
Henkel
K+S
Linde
Merck
Munich Re (Münchener Rück)
ThyssenKrupp
Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen Group)
DAX homepage
Bloomberg page for DAX:IND
DAX Fourier Components
DAX 30 Profle at Wikinvest
The school was founded in 1943 in the buildings of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey.
In 1951 the Under School relocated to its own site in Eccleston Square.
Due to rising numbers of students in the 1960s and 1970s, the school moved again in 1981 to its present site (which was a former hospital) next the Westminster School playing fields in Vincent Square.
There are 267 pupils attending the school.
The school has a strong musical tradition and provides choristers for St Margaret's Church, London.
The Master is Mrs Elizabeth Hill ; the Deputy Master is Mr D. Bratt.
There are currently 39 members of staff.
Ofiicial website
Schools in London
A Furby (plural Furbys or Furbies, according to Tiger Electronics.)
is a popular electronic toy or robot, more specifically, a hamster/owl-like creature made by Tiger Electronics, which went through a time of being the "must-have" toy following its launch in the winter holiday season of 1998, with continuing sales until 2000.
Furbies sold 1.8 million units in 1998, 14 million units in 1999, and altogether in its three years of original production, Furby sold over 40 million units, and its speaking capabilities were translated into 24 languages.
A video game of the Furbies was released in 1998 by Hasbro Interactive with many activities.
Furbies were the first successful attempt to produce and sell a programmed robot.
In 2005, new Furbies were released, with voice-recognition and more complex facial movements, among many other changes and improvements.
There was a common mistake that they repeated words that were said around them.
This belief most likely came from the fact that it is possible to have the Furby say certain pre-programmed words or phrases more often by petting it whenever it said these words.
As a result of this myth, several intelligence agencies banned them from their offices.
Birth of the Furby
David Hampton and Caleb Chung created the Furby in about nine months (in addition to an additional nine months spent designing the toy).
That was the amount of time between Tiger Electronics showing an interest in his interactive creatures, during which Roger Schiffman bought the rights to it, and the time they hit store shelves.
Furby's first public appearance was at the International Toy Fair in 1998.
Furbys originally retailed for about US$35, and upon release Furbys flew off the shelves in toyshops.
The demand for these toys during the 1998 holiday season drove the resale price over US$100 and sometimes as high as several hundred dollars.
Furbies sold for over US$300 in newspapers and in auctions.
Nicknames were given to them, and sellers gave values to them.
Some people continue to call their Furbies by the terms 'wedding Furby', 'tuxedo Furby', 'snowball Furby', 'biker Furby', and others.
All, of course, were named rare by sellers, because they were so hard to find at the time.
In a sure display of the demand for even one Furby, some sellers at the time scammed people out of a lot of money, without even having first given them a Furby.
Parent battles, arguments, and fights grew higher at the popularity of them, and when retail supplies ran out, parents turned to the Internet, where Furbies could be purchased for two, three, or more multiples of their retail price.
This action led to many parents ending up on eBay.
In 2005 Furbies were re-introduced with the release of the new Emoto-Tronic Furby.
The highly growing emotional realism of the Emoto-Tronic Furby has given birth to a number of Furby-like special interest groups.
These communities want to bring features of the Furby experience into human society.
The most visible of these groups include Furbish-to-English translators and Furby adoption agencies.
Furby types
Classic Furbies
The original Furbies were 6 inches (15 cm) tall.
The main reason for their popularity was because of their apparent "intelligence", reflected in their ability to develop language skills.
Furbies can communicate with one another via an infrared port located between their eyes.
A simple electric motor and a system of cameras and gears close the Furby's eyes and mouth, raise its ears, and lift it off the ground in a faux display of mobility.
The originals are still popular with many hackers as they can be dissected and made or changed to do other interesting things, including being able to say something insulting or humorous, like Shut up.
In particular, they can made be to do things with their advanced audio capabilities and various sensory interfaces.
Other Furbies
Furby Babies
In 1999, the Furby Babies line was introduced.
Furby Babies are smaller than the original, have higher voices, and cannot dance, but switch to speaking English more quickly.
They also have bigger vocabulary, and different "Easter Eggs" and "games" built into them.
Baby furbies come in 24 different colors.
All with white eye lashes, six different eyecolors.
Furby Friends
Book Furbies were also released, including an interactive Furby-like Gizmo, from the movie Gremlins, a Furby-like  Interactive Yoda based on the Star Wars character, and a Furby-like Interactive E.T. from the movie of the same name.
Another 'friend of furby', called Shelby, is similar to Furby, but looks like a clam, has lots of improvement in memory, and has a different personality; it was released in 2001 and can communicate with the original Furbies and Furby Babies.
They also have sensors that can sense loud sounds, they can sense being upside down (they say things like "Shiver me timbers" and "Walk the plank", in the style of a pirate ship captain, when you leave them upside-down for a long period of time), and they laugh when you "tickle" them (their antennae - or "tennies", as they like to call them).
You can feed them by sticking your finger in their mouth.
Similarly, Shelbys do not have their own names, unlike the classic Furbies.
Shelbys are also capable of knowing if it is talking to a Furby or another Shelby, saying phrases such as "Where's Furby?" -
though they cannot tell the difference between a Furby and a Furby Baby - they just think it's a Furby.
In addition to English, Shelbys also know some Furbish words and also have their own language called "Shelbish."
some Holiday furbies are limited edition, they were made in 2001
Emoto-Tronic Furby
The latest kinds of Furby were released in August 2005.
Larger than the other ones, the new Furbies have been upgraded with a more emotional face and a voice recognition system, letting them communicate with humans.
Unlike the Furbies originally released, just one order is necessary to make them 'sleep', and they have an off switch.
They can communicate with other types of Emoto-tronic Furbies, though to a smaller amont than the communication between original Furbies, and they cannot themselves communicate with the original Furbies.
They also do not have light sensors and basic motion sensors.
Emoto-Tronic Furby Babies
In 2006, a new version of Furby baby was released, with most notable features being the new look and a more "Baby-ish" appearance in contrast to the Emoto-Tronic Furby adult.
They also have considerably less features than the "adult" Furby, with a very limited vocabulary and a lower level of interactivity.
Another notable feature of the 2006 Emoto-Tronic Baby Furby is the movable "legs", which unfurl when Furby baby is awakened.
Furbish-English dictionary
Furbish is the language which is spoken by the Furbies.
It is similar to English with a different grammar structure.
A newly bought Furby starts out speaking entirely Furbish, the unique language with short words, simple syllables, and various other sounds, that all Furbies use, but are programmed to speak less Furbish as they learn more English as they "grow".
Throughout a Furby's lifetime, it gradually learns English words and phrases, which it begins to speak in place of Furbish.
The more English they learn, the more they "grow", making them more muture.
The Furbish phrase "WHOA!
Me deep sleep!"
would translate into English as "Whoa!
I slept for a long time!"
wee-tah-kah-loo-loo: Tell me a joke
wee-tah-kah-wee-loo: Tell me a story
wee-tee-kah-wah-tee: Sing me a song
u-nye-loo-lay-doo?:
u-nye-ay-tay-doo?:
u-nye-boh-doo?:
u-nye-way-loh-nee-way: Go to sleep now
u-nye-noh-lah: Show me a dance
doo?:
Furbies say this when called)
doo-dah: Yes (Furbies say this in response to a command before doing it)
boo: No (Furbies say this when they do not want to carry out a command)
yoo?:
Why will you not play with me today? (
This usually means the Furby is upset)
BBC H2G2: Furbies
Hasbro Furby Care Guide
An explanation of the Furbish language
Adopt a Furby - Resource site for originalFurbies
Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy movie produced by Walt Disney.
It was released to theaters on February 15, 1950, by RKO Radio Pictures.
It is the 12th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.
It is based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault.
It was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson.
The songs in the movie were written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman.
Songs in the movie include "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "So This Is Love", "Sing Sweet Nightingale", "The Work Song", and "Cinderella".
A live-action re-imagining produced by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James as Cinderella, Richard Madden as Prince Charming, Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, and Helena Bonham Carter as The Fairy Godmother, was released in 2015.
It was a commercial success, and Branagh's highest-grossing film to date.
In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies.
Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia.
When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house.
Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren.
So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride.
Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jacques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball.
After that the stepmother and the stepsisters went to the ball and Cinderella cried in the garden.
Her sadness finished after her fairy godmother by used the magic gave to her a coach, a coachman, horses, a footman and a light beautiful silver with diamonds ball gown with glass slippers, but the godmother warns Cinderella must return before midnight because everything will turn in their true form.
In the ball she and the prince falls in love and the king believes Cinderella is the best daughter-in-law but at midnight Cinderella hurry went away but forgot her one glass slipper after that the prince search for her by all the young maids wear the slipper.
When Cinderella learned that accidentally uncovered to her stepmother who locked her in her room.