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In 1984, the Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney, promised that Quebec would sign the Canadian Constitution, which every other province had already signed two years before.
Jean Charest was very involved in this project, but it did not succeed.
Referendum of 1995
In 1995, Quebec was governed by the Parti Québécois, who started a referendum about whether Quebec should stay as a part of Canada.
In others words, the population had the choice of staying or leaving the country.
Jean Charest was against the idea of Quebec leaving the union.
The results were very close, but Quebec stayed as part of the country.
Liberal Party of Quebec
During the 1990s, the sovereignty movement was at its height.
Jean Charest, who was a big part of the No campaign in 1995, had won the support of many federalists from Quebec.
This is why he joined the Liberal Party of Quebec in 1998, as the leader of the party.
In 1998, Charest participated at his first election as a leader of a party.
He received more votes than his opponent, but did not reach the majority.
He stayed as official Leader of the Opposition until 29 April 2003.
Charest won the next election and became Premier of Quebec on the 29 April 2003 by receiving 45.99% of the votes from the electors.
Mario Dumont from the Action Démocratique du Québec and Bernard Landry from the Parti Quebecois were his opponents.
The Liberal Party won 76 out of 125 seats.
Premiership
During his government, there were crises with the housing industry and university funding.
Charest was not able to lower taxes as he had promised during his campaign.
In the 2008 election, the Liberal Party under Jean Charest got re-elected as the government, with 66 out of 125 seats and 42% of the votes from Quebec's electors.
Charest himself was less popular in this election than the other one before.
He gained 33.08% of the votes from the electors.
The popularity of Jean Charest dropped down very quickly.
On 4 September 2012, Charest had been defeated and he decided to quit.
After his resignation, Jean Charest decided to give more time to his family and begin working again as lawyer.
At least five law firms have shown interest in his services, especially one in Toronto.
At the age of 18 years old, Jean Charest met Michèle Dionne who became his wife.
They met while they were studying in Sherbrooke.
Michèle Dionne had been considerate as a big part of his career, she has supported and has influenced many of his choices while he was in politics.
Amélie, Antoine and Alexandra are their 3 children.
Premiers of Quebec
Martha (née Kane) Wayne was a fictional Batman character who was the mother of Bruce Wayne.
She was the wife of Thomas Wayne.
After her and her husband were killed, her only son, Bruce becomes Batman because of their killing.
She was created by Bill Finger.
Lauren Cohan plays Martha in the DC Extended Universe first appearing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Dr. Thomas Wayne is a fictional Batman character who was the father of Bruce Wayne and the husband of Martha Wayne.
He was the founder of Wayne Enterprises and was one of Gotham's best doctors.
He had a strong relationship with Bruce until he was killed along with his wife by Joe Chill.
From his death Bruce became Batman to avenge their deaths.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Thomas in the DC Extended Universe first appearing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Brett Cullen plays him in the 2019 movie Joker.
The Bat-Signal is a fictional distress signal that shines a light into the sky with a shadow in the shape of a bat to call Batman and Robin when there's a crime happening or when James Gordon has a lead on a case.
Gordon, Harvey Dent, Harvey Bullock, Hamilton Hill, and Barbara Gordon have access to the machine.
Many spoofs of the machine are made in many television shows.
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Wayne Manor is the home of Gotham City billionaire Bruce Wayne and his butler Alfred Pennyworth.
The manor was the childhood home of Bruce when his parents were alive.
The Manor was part of the Wayne's family for generations.
Under the manor is the Batcave or Batman's lair.
The Batcave is the fictional secret lair of Batman.
It is on the foundation of Wayne Manor.
There are two ways into the cave, one is through a waterfall on the back of the cave and the other is a built-in elevator that leads from the library of Wayne Manor to the bridge of the cave.
It holds all of Batman's secrets, gadgets, the Batmobile, and a real gorge.
The cave also has millions of bats.
Top 10 Batcave Trophies  Article on ComicsBulletin about the Batcave Hall of Trophies
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Wayne Enterprises is a fictional company that was created by Thomas Wayne.
The company has three main owners Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and CEO of the company Lucius Fox.
The enterprises makes one the leading materials and technology in Gotham City.
The company also makes and gives Batman all his gadgets and weapons he needs to save Gotham.
The enterprise has about $31.6 million dollars.
The Batboat is the fictional waterboat that Batman uses to travel to places on the sea or lakes.
The boat was a product from Wayne Enterprises made by Lucius Fox.
The boat holds many weapon buttons from Batman can push them to pull out a gadget and use it during and attack.
The boat has enough space for two.
The boat can also turn in a submarine.
The boat has appeared in Batman, Batman Returns, and in Batman Forever.
The Batcycle is the fictional personal motorcycle for Batman that has built-in guns.
It also as a bullet proof window guard.
The batcycle either comes alone or it is built into the Batmobile.
The batcycle appeares in Batman and as the Bat Pod in The Dark Knight and in The Dark Knight Rises.
In the Christopher Nolan movies, The Dark Knight, the cycle was built into the Batmobile, and in The Dark Knight Rises the cycle was given to Catwoman.
The cycle was built in Wayne Enterprises by Lucius Fox.
Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins; 8 June 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, and philanthropist.
She has had several major hit songs such as "Holding Out for a Hero".
Three songs "Lost in France," "It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" became major hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Tyler represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö.
The World Starts Tonight (1977)
Natural Force (1978)
It's a Heartache (1978)
Diamond Cut (1979)
Goodbye to the Island (1981)
Faster Than The Speed Of Night (1983)
Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire (1986)
Hide Your Heart (1988)
Notes From America (1988)
Bitterblue (1991)
Angel Heart (1992)
Silhouette In Red (1993)
Free Spirit (1995)
All In One Voice (1998)
Heart And Soul (2002) with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Simply Believe (2004)
Wings (2005)
Rocks and Honey (2013)
Bonnie Tyler official website
The Batplane, later known as the Batwing is the personal airplane for Batman.
The plane was built by Wayne Enterprises by Lucius Fox.
It is part plane part helicopter or The Batcopter.
The plane holds many guns and gadgets in case of an air attack.
It also can air-park while up in the air.
The plane appeared in Batman, Batman Forever, and as The Bat in The Dark Knight Rises.
Batman: Collected Issues of the Dark Knight - Batman #203
Batman: Yesterday, Today, & Beyond
History of the Batplane
The Batmobile is the personal car for Batman and Robin.
The Batmobile was made from Wayne Enterprises by Lucius Fox.
The Batmobile appeared in all Batman movies ever made, but in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy it was named The Tumbler throughout the trilogy.
The Batmobile holds many weapons and gadgets.
1989 Batmobile Replica from Batman Movies
The History of the Batmobile
Batman: Yesterday, Today and Beyond
1966 Bat Fan
Batmobile - Batman Wiki
Blackgate Prison is a fictional prison where normal prisoners are taken into jail.
The prison is off the coast of Gotham Bay which is like Alcatraz Island.
In other cases the prison is in the city such as in The Dark Knight Rises.
Blackgate Prison is unlike Arkham Asylum, in which many people like Rupert Thorne, Carmine Falcone, The Penguin, Ventriloquist, and Victor Zsasz are held.
The prison was in The Dark Knight Rises when Bane used the Batmobile to shoot the prison open to free all the prisoners to occupy Gotham.
Blackgate Penitentiary at DC Comics Wiki
Arkham Asylum is a fictional asylum in Gotham City where the crazy Batman criminals live.
This includes: The Joker, Bane, Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Riddler, Penguin, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, and Jeremiah Arkham.
The leading doctor of Arkham was Jeremiah Arkham before turning into the second Black Mask.
Arkham was destroyed many times and many times the criminals escaped.
Arkham appeared in Batman Forever, Batman & Robin and in Batman Begins.
Arkham Care
Batman-On-Film.com BOF's review of Arkam Asylum, A Serious House on a Serious Earth
Official Videogame Website
Laura Leighton (July 24, 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American actress.
She works mainly on television programs.
She plays Ashley Marin in Pretty Little Liars.
She also played Sydney Andrews in the primetime soap opera Melrose Place.
Leighton has also appeared in other television shows.
A chairlift, also called an elevated passenger ropeway, is a type of public transport.
It is like a chair that runs on cables.
The cable is placed over the chair to lift it from the ground and they run between two (or more) stations.
The cable is moved around by motors and lifted from the ground by towers.
There are many chairs on the cable so that many people can be transported.
Chairlifts are found in skiing resorts, where they help skiers go up the mountain.
They are sometimes better than gondola lifts because the skier does not need to remove the skis.
He/she can sit down on the chair and then leave it at the top of the mountain very quickly.
Old chairlifts are small and slow.
Newer ones can carry up to 8 people.
They are also faster overall, but they slow down at the station, making it easier to get on and off.
Sometimes they even have a glass bubble that can be closed to keep people warm inside.
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (June 14, 1968 in New York) is an American actress.
She played Caroline Holden in the television soap Baywatch.
She also did other television shows.
Gena Lee Nolin (born November 29, 1971, Duluth, Minnesota) is an American actress.
She performs mostly on television.
She starred in the primetime television soap opera Baywatch.
She also created her own show, Sheena, in 2000.
Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934, Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress.
She has won many awards for her television and movie acting.
She acted in the movie One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and the television series Picket Fences.
She received several awards related to the earlier.
She also did other movies.
Gena Rowlands (born June 19, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American actress.
She has gotten several Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.
She starred opposite Robert Lansing in The 87th Precinct as a woman who was deaf.
She also acted in the 1980 picture Gloria as the title character.
She was married to director John Cassavetes until his death in 1989.
Diverticulitis is a disease of the digestive system.
It is caused by inflammation of pouches (diverticula) in the walls of the bowel.
It usually occurs in the large intestine.
Diverticula can also be in the upper digestive tract at the level of the esophagus, stomach and small intestine.
Symptoms of diverticulitis depend on the extent of inflammation in the intestine.
Diverticulitis can be very painful.
The pain is usually present in the lower abdomen on the left side.
People with diverticulitis can also have nausea, vomiting, difficulty or pain while passing urine and changes in bowel habits.
One of the complications of diverticulitis can be the formation of an abscess in the abdominal cavity.
The inflammation or infection can then reach the abdominal wall and causes peritonitis.
This infection can also spread to other parts of the body such as organs near the intestine, causing sepsis, which is dangerous.
In addition, a fistula may form between the intestine and other organs.
Diverticulitis may also cause a blockage in the colon.
To prevent diverticulitis, it is important to be active and to have a diet rich in fibers.
These include eating (fruits, vegetables, legumes and cereals).
It is also possible to reduce the risks of diverticulitis in several ways: chew foods before swallowing, defecate as soon as you feel the need, eat less fats and meats, do more physical activities, eat probiotics and drink water regularly.
To diagnose diverticulitis, it is important to do a barium enema X-ray to see the shape of the intestine wall.
Diverticula can be seen with a axial tomographie scan (CT scan).
It is also possible to prescribe an abdominal radiograph to indicate if there is a perforation.
After the acute phase or absence of acute diverticulitis, the doctor can prescribe a colonoscopy to look at the colon and determine the evolution of the disease.
The resection of the colon is the procedure most often used to treat severe diverticulitis.
It is also possible to do a resection of the diseased part of the colon and make a colostomy.
In fact, if a diverticulitis is too large, a colostomy could be necessary either temporarily or permanently.
The sport was born in the 18th century by fox hunters when England introduced fencing laws.
Hunters were now obligated to jump fences and this became a very popular activity.
In 1912, show jumping made its first appearance in the Olympic Games.
Show jumping is one of the very few sports where men and women are  equal in competitions.
This sport requires a muscular horse with a good cardiovascular endurance.
Also, it must have a quick and stable temperament for the best performance.
The breeds that are the most sought for this sport are Selle Français, Anglo-Arabe, Oldenburg, Warmblood (including Holsteiner and Hanoverian), Thoroughbred and Trakehner.
To win the first place, the rider and his horse must complete the course as quickly as possible without making any mistakes.
A fault or mistake occurs when the horse knocks down a fence or obstacle or if it disobeys; such as refusing to jump or makes a run-out.
In fact, if a fault occurs the rider receives a penalty and loses automatically four points per mistake.
Also, a rider can lose some points if he exceeds the given time; a penalty is deduced at each exceeding second.
Also, a rider can be eliminated because of a fall down or does not do the course correctly.
The course is established in advance by the course designer.
A designated judge decides whether the rider is eliminated or not and if he is, the judge decides when.
The riders who complete a course without any mistake can go to the next step, which is the jump-off.
It is a shorter race:  again the goal is to complete the course as quickly as possible and without making any mistake.
The rider who has the best time wins the competition.
If mistakes are made, seconds are added to the final time and this is why only the time score determines the winners.
Pauline Gill is a writer from Quebec, member of .
She grew up in Bas-St-Laurent and lived in Longueil for thirty-three years.
She has been in Verchères since 2006.
She studied sociology, pedagogy, history and letters at university.
From 1996 to 2001, Pauline Gill was a linguistic reviser for the Collège Rosemont and some publishing houses.
She co-founded  in 1988, so she wrote some chronicles in its newspaper by the years.
In 2001, she has been co-scenarist to produce a television series on her trilogy .
Pauline Gill has accomplished a lot of things in her life.
Before starting only writing, she taught a lot (1959-1996) in primary schools, high schools and colleges.
She taught sociology, gerontology and history of Quebec.
She has also been a research assistant for the INRS (Briefly, ), sector society and culture.
Since 1990, she has been writing full time.
She writes history books that talk about women of the past who built Quebec.
She wrote the trilogy Docteure Irma, about the life of Irma LeVasseur, first French Canadian woman who has studied medicine.
She also wrote , which is about Victoire Du Sault, the first lady to become a shoemaker.
Other works are , , and .
However, she not only wrote about history.
She has also written for young people.
La porte ouverte, Éditions du Méridien, 1990.
Les enfants de Duplessis, 1991.
Le château retrouvé, 1996.
Dans l'attente d'un OUI, 1997
Guide pour les aidants naturels, 1999
La Cordonnière, 1998
La jeunesse de la cordonnière 1999
Le testament de la cordonnière, 2000
Béni des dieux, 2000
Réveil brutal à la forêt de Bonamandou, 2001
Et pourtant elle chantait, 2001
Les fils de la cordonnière, 2003
La saga de la cordonnière, 2003
Marie-Antoinette la dame de la rivière Rouge, 2005
Docteure Irma, tome 1 - La louve blanche, 2006
Dans les yeux de Nathan 2006 (Jeunesse)
Le miracle de Juliette 2007 (Jeunesse)
Évangéline et Gabriel, 2007
Docteure Irma, tome 2 - L'Indomptable, 2008
Docteure Irma, tome 3 - La soliste, 2009
Gaby Bernier 2012
Islamic philosophy  is philosophy that is practiced in countries where Islam has a strong influence on society.
The product of Islamic philosophy is an Islamic society.
Philosophy, as a "project of independent philosophical inquiry", began in Baghdad in the middle of the eighth century.
Early Islamic philosophy refers to the time period of the 8th to the 12th century.
This time is often called the Islamic Golden Age.
There are two main branches of philosophy, Kalam, and Falsafa.
Falsafa is a word that comes from Greek; it refers to the kind of philosophy much like it was done in Ancient Greece.
Kalam literally means "speech": it uses dialectic in philosophy.
One of the first "discussions" was about free will, a school called "Qadar" said there was free will, another school called the Jabarites said there was not.
The Great Highland bagpipe is a four-reed woodwind instrument from Scotland.
The instrument is made of a leather or synthetic bag.
The three drones are single-reed instruments and make harmonies.
The chanter is a double-reed instrument used to play the melody.
The instrument also has a blowpipe used to inflate the bag.
Bag and blowpipe
The bag is filled with air by the player to inflate it and flow air into the drones and the chanter.
The bag used to be made of leather (sheepskin or cow) but is now commonly made of synthetic material (Gore-Tex) for the ease of maintenance.
The blowpipe is a simple pipe used to inflate the bag with the player’s breath.
The great highland bagpipe has three drones used for harmonies.
The big one is called a “bass drone” and the two little one are called the tenors.
These three drones are tuned on the same note and give the background sound that harmonizes with the chanter.
The length of the drones can be adjusted to tune them.
If the length is shorten, the pitch will be sharper, if it’s lengthen, the pitch will be lower.
Chanter
The chanter is a conical bored instrument with height holes in it.
This instrument has been  made of wood since the instrument's origin but is now made of plastic in some cases.
The player opens or closes some of these holes with his fingers to give the melody.
To play the instrument, the player (called a bagpiper or a piper) will inflate the bag and will place it under his left arm when the bag is fully inflated.
The piper will now keep the pressure in the instrument with his arm.
When he has to stop breathing in the bag, he’ll use his elbow to press the bag and keep the pressure on.
This way of playing gives the opportunity to the player to play music during a long period of time without stopping for the need of breathing.
Once the instrument is inflated, the piper have to tune one of the drones to match the chanter and, after that, he'll tune drones to match them together.
If the piper do this operation carefully, he will be able to have a perfectly balance instrument.
Once it's done, the player can start playing his instrument.
Moral equivalence is a term used in political arguments or debate.
The phrase describes a kind of indirect proof, but the reasoning is flawed because it distorts issues.
It draws comparisons between different things to make a point that one is just as bad as the other or just as good as the other.
The user of the term imagines a kind of independent position above or beyond the two contenders.
The moral equivalence theory allows someone using the term to appear both objective and detached at the same time.
The actions of A are morally equivalent to the actions of B, therefore A is just as good or bad as B, regardless of what the actual actions are.
Doing X is morally equivalent to doing Y, therefore someone doing X is just as good or bad someone doing Y, regardless of what X and Y actually are.
It is usually used to suggest a moral or ethical hierarchy for two sides in a conflict -- that one is better or worse than the other.
The term originates from a 1906 speech The Moral Equivalent of War by William James.
The term's popular use was expanded by Jeane Kirkpatrick, who was US ambassador to the United Nations when  Ronald Reagan was President of the United States.
In 1986, Kirkpatrick published "The Myth of Moral Equivalence" which responded to the argument that there was "no moral difference" between the Soviet Union and democratic states.
The University of Bordeaux 1 (Bordeaux 1) is a public university in Bordeaux.
University of Bordeaux 1 has ten schools and colleges and gives much importance to scientific and technological research.
Bordeaux I , official web site
A condenser is a device used in the laboratory to cool hot gases into liquids.
It is usually a long, circular glass tube.
Inside the tube there is another, smaller tube.
The hot gas goes through the smaller, inside tube, while in the outside one cold water goes around.
Water can be put in from the tap, and goes from the bottom to exit at the top.
This makes sure the tube is always full of water, so that cooling is quick.
A condenser is used for example in distillation, where the hot vapour needs to be cooled down back to liquid to be collected.
It is also used in reflux where it makes sure that the solvent used does not boil and go away.
Margaret Whiting (July 21, 1924 - January 10, 2011) was a US pop music singer.
She recorded more than 700 songs, and sold millions of records.
Whiting was born in Detroit in 1924 into a musical family.
Her father, Dick Whiting, was a song writer, and her mother, Eleanor Whiting, managed several performers.
She began her recording career while she was still a teenager.
Her father had worked with Johnny Mercer, and Mercer wrote songs and recorded with Whiting.
Their duet, Baby It's Cold Outside, was huge hit.
Michael John Ward (born September 14, 1973, Quebec) is a Canadian comedian.
He performs mostly in Quebec but has also performed in many other countries.
These include France, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Ireland and England.
He has performed for the Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
People have described his style of comedy as very "raw".
This can mean that he says things that some people wouldn't say and has many strong opinions about many subjects.
But it also means he says things that some people don't like.
He talks about topics such as war, racism, poverty, sex and religion.
During his career, he has had two major shows.
These are "Haïssable" and "Mike Ward s'eXpose".
For these two shows, he sold almost 200 000 tickets in total for his many performances.
He been on many television series as comedian and animator.
He has been on Cliptoman, Un gars le soir, Gala juste pour rire and  Testostérone.
Because of his humour, Mike Ward had been the subject of many controversies.
One of these affected many people in Quebec.
During one of his shows, he did a joke on the Quebec government.
In this joke, he talked about "Cédrika Provencher".
She was a young girl who was kidnapped in 2007 in Quebec.
Her remains were found on December 11, 2015 in a wooded area near Trois-Rivières.
A few weeks after the show, a journalist wrote a negative newspaper article about the show.
Some people thought that Ward was making fun of Provencher but other people think that the joke was taken out of context.
Official biography
is an animator and director from Japan.
He first worked on the show Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1995.
He also worked on FLCL.
He also directed the movie Dead Leaves and the giant robot show Tengen Toppan Gurren Lagann.
His style of animation is wild and fast.
Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series.
He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as a young boy.
When he was a boy, he went to a summer camp "Camp Crystal Lake" where he was made bullied because of his appearance.
He had a deformed face and body.
They threw him into the lake and he drowned.
It was later discovered he survived and became a killer after a teenager killed his mother, Pamela Voorhees.
In the sequel to the Friday the 13th, he wears a tan colored hood, so the nobody could see his face.
It wasn't until in the third movie he wore a hockey mask and since then he wore that hockey mask throughout the series.
He uses a machete to kill the teenagers who come to Camp Crystal Lake.
He later had a battle with Freddy Krueger in Freddy vs. Jason.
The Many Faces of Jason – a look at the various shots of Jason behind the mask
2003 winners
Tim Kelly and Hilary Nesi — University of Warwick
Fiona Joseph and Peter Travis — Flo-Joe
2004 winners
Richard Cauldwell — speechinaction (CD-ROM)
Macmillan Education Dictionaries Team — Macmillan Education, range of products (book, CD-ROM and online editions)
Scott Thornbury, Oxford University Press — Natural Grammar
2005 winners
Vanessa Reilly, Oxford University Press — Three in a tree (book and multimedia package)
Simon Mellor-Clark and Yvonne Baker de Altamirano, Macmillan Education — Campaign 1 coursebooks
Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou and Pavlos Pavlou, Oxford University Press — Assessing Young Learners
2006 winners
Corony Edwards and Jane Willis, University of Birmingham and Aston University — Teachers Exploring Tasks
Carol Read, Ana Soberon, Maria Toth and Elisenda Papiol, Macmillan Education — Bugs (multimedia course)
Stuart Rubenstein, Greta Grinfeld, Sally McCrae, Emma Fisher, Camden College of English— "English Language Cultural Experience"
2007 winners
Alison Sharpe, Professor Ronald Carter and Professor Michael McCarthy, Cambridge University Press — The Cambridge Grammar of English (CD-ROM and book)
David Warr, Language Garden — Language Gardening (CD-ROM)
Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E, ICT in the Classroom (online course)
2010 winners
Russell Stanard — www.teachertrainingvideos.com
Mary Slattery, Catherine Kneafsey, Lucy Allen, Julia Bell — Teaching with Bear: Using puppets in the language classroom with young learners, Oxford University Press
Scott Thornbury, Luke Meddings, Lindsay Clandfield, Mike Burghall — Teaching Unplugged, Delta Publishing
James Thomas, Martina Pavlickova and Martina Sindelarova Skupenova — Global Issues in the ELT Classroom, Spolecnost pro Fair Trade
Stuart Wiffin and Helen Gibbon — Award For Innovative Writing
2011 winners
Neil Edgeller, Senjuti Masud, Sharif Sadique — Rinku's World, BBC Learning English
Ben Glynne, Dan Humm Soriano, David Wilkins — Communication Station, United International College
Rob Carter, Alice Castle, Abeer Hassan, Sean Keegan, Karim Kouchouk, Abigail Wincott — BBCe!,
Marcos Benevides, Adam Gray — Fiction in Action: Whodunit, ABAX ELT
Simona Petrescu — Macmillan Education Award For Innovative Writing
Brian Abbs and Ingrid Freebairn — Lifetime Achievement Award
2012 winners
Kate Khoury, Sarah Raybould and Louise Salim — Sensing Humour in English
Nik Peachey — Bell Blended Learning for ELT, Bell
Macmillan Education— Sounds: The Pronunciation App, Macmillan Education
Kyle Mawer, Graham Stanley  — Digital Play: Computer games and language aims, Delta Publishing
L2 — Wordready Academic English, L2
Colour Trick — The Colour of Words, Colour Trick S.l.
Alan Maley — Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 winners
Mary Glasgow Scholastic — Mary Glasgow
Y.L.Teresa Ting — CLIL - Biology Towards IGCSE
Herbert Puchta and Günter Gerngross — Hooray!
Let’s play!
Helbling Languages
Kieran Donaghy — "Film English"
Richard Cauldwell — Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation, Speech in Action/Firsty Group
English in Action — English in Action, Bangladesh
Brita Haycraft — Lifetime Achievement Award
Excellence in Course Innovation - Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (Dystefl) by Dystefl Project
Innovation in Learner Resources - Academic Skills Series by Collins
Innovation in Teacher Resources - The Disabled Access Friendly campaign by Katie Quartano and Paul Shaw
Digital Innovation - Doctors Speak Up: Communication and Language Skills for International Medical Graduates by R. Woodward-Kron, C. Bow, C. Fraser, J. Pill, E. Flynn
Local Innovation - P.A.L.S Scheme, (Promoting Acceptance of Language Students) - Country Cousins Ltd
The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing -Compass (Upper Intermediate) by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pinard
British Council The Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Swan
2015 winners
Excellence in Course Innovation - Oxford Discover by Oxford University Press
Innovation in Learner Resources - Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English by Oxford University Press, with Paragon Software GmbH (app)
Innovation in Teacher Resources - "Life Skills" by Macmillan Education
Digital Innovation - Little Bridge by Little Bridge
Local Innovation -Talk English by Manchester Adult Education Service, Manchester City Council with The Department for Communities and Local Government (UK)
The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - EAP Shakespeare Dr Chris Lima
The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award -  Henry Widdowson
2016 winners
Excellence in Course Innovation - Keynote by National Geographic Learning with Cengage Learning
Innovation in Learner Resources - Literacy for Active Citizenship by Learning Unlimited LTD
Innovation in Teacher Resources - Digital Video – A Manual for Language Teachers by PeacheyPublications.com
Digital Innovation - Movies: Enjoy Language by Archimedes Inspiration, a.s.
Local Innovation - Teaching English in Africa by East African Educational Publishers Ltd.
The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - "Academic English for the 21st Century Learner" by Aylin Graves
The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award - "Catherine Walter"
Official site of the British Council
British Council innovation awards
Les Colocs were a Canadian rock band.
It was formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1990.
“Les Colocs” had played different kinds of music and live performances.
1990 to 1992
In October 1990, André “Dédé” Fortin and Louis Léger were in the band “Cha Cha and the Chain Gang.”
They left that band and began “Les Colocs” in Montreal.
They gave their first show at the Tallulah Darling for the International Festival of Rock.
One of the band's members, Marc Déry, left Les Colocs to create his own band, the Zébulon.
Les Colocs put an advertisement in the newspaper looking for a new band member, and Serge Robert answered the ad.
He became the band's bass player.
After a few shows, Les Colocs' guitarist, Louis Léger, left.
Mike Sawatzky took his place.
The name "Les Colocs" was made official in 1992 at the “Festival international d'été de Québec."
Les Colocs was the opening act, with André Fortin, Mike Sawatsky, Jimmy Bourgoing, Patrick Esposito di Napoli, and Serge Robert performing.
1993 to 1995
In 1993, the band's first album, Les Colocs, was released.
It sold over 150,000 copies.
In October 1993, Les Colocs won four Félix awards.
Two of these awards were for being group of the year and revelation (new surprise) of the year.
In 1995, Les Colocs made their second album.
Dédé Fortin decided on a special release date because he is a strong separatist- he believes that Quebec should be separate and independent from Canada.
He decided to release the second album on October 30th, 1995, which was the date of the second referendum on Quebec sovereignty.
Some time later, Dédé decided to fire Serge Robert from the band.
A year later, Les Colocs hired André Vanderbiest.
1996 to 2000
In May 1998, Les Colocs made the third and last album that would come out during Dédé Fortin's life.
It was called Dehors Novembre.
The album is dedicated to Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, who had died 4 years before.
In this album, like the others, the lyrics are dark, and some people say that they show the singer's feelings of culpability and despair.
The album sold over 100,000 copies throughout Quebec.
On May 8, 2000, André “Dédé” Fortin killed himself.
This ended the group.
André Fortin (founder and member between 1990 and 2000): author-composer, singer, rhythmic guitarist, drummer, percussionist, tap dancer.
Serge Robert (member between 1990 and 1995): occasional singer, bassist, double bassist.
Patrick Esposito Di Napoli (member between 1990 and 1994): occasional singer, harmonica player.
Jimmy Bourgoing (member between 1990 and 1998): occasional singer, drummer, percussionist.
Mike Sawatzky (member between 1991 and 2000): author-composer and occasional singer, solo guitarist, harmonica player, saxophonist.
André Vanderbiest (member between 1996 and 2000): author-composer and occasional singer, bassist, double bassist.
Louis Léger (between 1990 and 1991): guitarist
Mara Tremblay (in concert): violinist
Joel Zifkin (1993): violinist
Guy Bélanger (1995): harmonica player invited for “Atrocetomique”
Benoît Gagné (member in 1995): trombonist
Benoît Piché (member in 1995): trumpeter
El Hadji Fall Diouf and Pape Abdou Karim Diouf (members between 1998 and 1999): singers, percussionists
Justin Allard and Michel Dufour (members between 1998 and 1999): drummers
Jean-Denis Levasseur (member between 1998 and 1999): clarinettist, saxophonist
Charles Imbeau (member between 1998 and 1999): trumpeter, percussionist
Jean-François Lapierre (in concert in 1998): clarinettist, saxophonist, violonist, guitarist, percussionist
1993: Les Colocs
1995: Atrocetomique
1998: Dehors novembre
2000: Les années 1992-1995
2001: Suite 2116
2003: Les Colocs live
2009: Il me parle de bonheur
[http://www.colocs.qc.ca/ Colocs official website (in French)]
2000 disestablishments in North America
1990s establishments in Canada
John McClane is a fictional character who is the protagonist of Die Hard movie series.
He has a daughter Lucy and son Jack.
He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey.
In the movies, he is played by the actor Bruce Willis.
Charles Lee Ray  (Chucky)is a doll
Until he blew up or was thrown into a propeller that he appeared to have stitches and with large scares on his face.
He used many weapons, but mostly an axe or a knife to kill people who buy or sees him killing someone.
He appeared in 6 movies.
He had a wife, Tiffany Valentine (also a killer doll) and one daughter/son who has mental issues (also a doll).
In the Ancient Egyptian religion, Kebechet (also known as Qebehet, Kebhut, Kebehut, Qebehut, and Kabechet) was the goddess of freshness and purification.
She was known as the "wandering goddess" or the "lost child".
She was the daughter of Anubis and his wife Anput and was thought to help her father in his role as the god of embalming.
She was particularly associated with embalming fluid used during mummification.
Kebechet was often depicted as a snake, sometimes with a body of stars.
She was also depicted as a woman with the head of a snake.
Sometimes she takes the form of an ostrich, linking her to the goddess of Ma´at who represented justice and balance in the universe and was involved in the judgement of the dead.
ca:Chnum
Mariloup Wolfe (born 3 January 1978) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec.
She became famous through her role as "Marianne" in the popular TV series Ramdam.
Mariloup Wolfe studied arts and communications at College Andre-Grasset.
She got a college degree in this subject.
After that, she went to the McGill University for one year and did a minor degree in cultural studies.
She finished her bachelor's degree at Concordia University in cinematographic productions and made a specialization in this matter at the same university.
All those studies were made in Montréal.
Wolfe performed in the television series Ramdam for many years.
She played "Marianne", a charming teenager in an ordinary family.
Her role in this youth series won her many awards.
In particular, she won a Metrostar in the category for young comedy series, two Artis awards in 2007 and 2008 and a Gemeaux prize for the best interpretation of a major role in a youth series.
She also acted in an animated television series Fais ça court, which was about the creator of a short film.
Wolfe is the mother of two young boys: Manoe (born in May 2010) and Miro (born December 2011).
Her ex-husband and father of their children is Guillaume Lemay Thivierge.
Just like her, he is a comedian and met her in the Ramdam series in which they both acted.
Wolfe represented the Yoopa magazine, a reference for parents, for one year.
She signed an editorial in each publication.
She is the owner of an Energy Cardio center at Blainville and she participated at “Rallie des gazelles” with Jessica Barker.
Recently, she was an invited stylist for “Thyme Maternity”.
Khnum (; also spelled Khnemu) was an Egyptian god.
He was originally the god of the source of the Nile River.
He was also the ram-headed god, a minor water god, the god of fertility, and the potter god of creation.
He created the first children on his potter's wheel with clay from the banks of the Nile River.
Khnum also controls when the Nile will flood.
Spring Breakers is a 2012 American movie set in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The movie is written and directed by Harmony Korine.
It is about five college aged girls who rob a restaurant to pay for spring break expenses.
Starring are Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine and Zendaya.
Spring Breakers is rated R by the MPAA.
2010s satirical movies
Heather Elizabeth Morris (born February 1, 1987 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American dancer actress,and singer.
She played Brittany Pierce in Glee.
She was also in Bedtime Stories and Ice Age: Continental Drift.
She was a backup dancer for Beyoncé.
Topsy Tjulyata is an Aboriginal artist from central Australia.
She makes wooden objects which are known in Western Desert languages as .
She makes these objects by carving the wood and then engraving patterns () into its surface with a burning wire.
She makes both decorative sculptures and traditional tools.
The patterns engraved into the objects depict , spiritual stories about creation ancestors from the Dreamtime.
Topsy began working in arts and crafts at Ernabella in the late 1940s.
She specialised in wood carving.
While she was living there, she married Walter Pukutiwara, a shepherd who also crafted tools.
They later moved to Amaṯa in South Australia.
In 1981, Topsy and Walter went to Uluṟu and set up a tent at the base of Uluṟu.
From there they sold their  works to tourists for over two weeks.
They did this trip with other artists from Amaṯa, including Pulya Taylor and Tony Tjamiwa, and their friends Peter Yates and Pat D'Arango.
In 1983, this group travelled around to artist communities in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.
This was to discuss the idea of setting up a new craft centre at Uluṟu that would sell artworks from around the region to tourists.
The couple moved to Muṯitjulu so that they could help set up Maṟuku Arts.
Topsy and Water were some of the first artists for the centre, and worked together closely until Walter's death in 2004.
Topsy is still a member of the organisation's Governing Committee.
A collection of wooden bowls made by Topsy are held in the National Gallery of Australia.
The patterns engraved on the surfaces depict stories about the Seven Sisters.
Both the Powerhouse Museum and the National Museum of Australia contain examples of Topsy's sculptures.
The sculptures are of , the perentie man.
Topsy Tjulyata Taylor at Prints and Printmaking
Raw milk is milk which is not pasteurized.
Raw milk was consumed before the invention of pasteurizing in 1864.
Medical groups strongly recommend against eating or drinking raw milk.
In Asia, rules and laws about raw milk are rarely enforced; in most of the European Union raw milk products are legal; in France raw milk and its products are legal and essential as high quality food.
Around the United States, however, there are restrictions and warnings about raw milk and its products.
Pascal's law is a law about the physics of a fluid.
It says that if pressure is exerted on a non compressible fluid in an enclosed vessel, this pressure will be distributed evenly throughout the fluid.
It is named after Blaise Pascal who discovered it in 1647.
An example of Pascal's law is the way a fluid flows out of one syringe to another through a pipe or tube.
[[Category:Laws of physics]
Pascal took a barrel and inserted a tube in it.
It caused the barrel to burst.
This proved Pascal's hypothesis correct. :)
Walter Pukutiwara (c. 1930 – 10 November 2004) was an Aboriginal artist from central Australia.
He crafted traditional tools, such as spears and spear-throwers, and wooden sculptures, known in Western Desert languages as .
He made these by carving the wood and then engraving patterns () into its surface with a burning wire.
The National Museum of Australia contains many examples of Walter's works.
Walter was born just south of Uluṟu, some time around 1930.
The place where he was born is associated with the , and so the  (brushtail possum) is his personal totem.
Walter grew up living a traditional way of life in the bush with his family.
When he was a young man, he went to live at the mission in Ernabella, South Australia.
He worked there with sheep, as a shepherd and shearer.
He got married to Topsy Tjulyata, and the couple moved to Amaṯa.
During the 1980s, Walter served as the Pitjantjatjara representative on the Aboriginal Arts Board (AAB).
He lobbied the board for money to support art and crafts in Amaṯa.
As a result, the craft centre at Amaṯa was established in February 1981.
Later in 1981, Walter and Topsy went to Uluṟu and set up a tent at the base of Uluṟu.
They did this trip with other artists from Amaṯa, including Tony Tjamiwa and Pulya Taylor, and their friends Peter Yates and Patricia D'Arango.
The couple moved to Muṯitjulu so that they could help set up Maṟuku Arts, in 1984.
Water and Topsy were some of the first artists for the centre.
Walter served on the organisation's Governing Committee for 20 years, including as chairman many times.
From 1976 to 1978, Walter also served as a member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board.
In the early 1990s, he helped to set up Aṉangu Tours, the main tour operator in Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.
His daughter, Rene Kulitja, and son-in-law, Richard Kulitja, took over the company when Walter retired.
Walter died on 10 November 2004, in Alice Springs.
Archedictyon  (plural = archedictya) is the name of a hypothetical scheme of wing venation of the common ancestor of all winged insects.
The nature of the archedictyon is an important in the taxonomic classification of the large, primitive Palaeozoic insects known as Palaeodictyoptera.
It was used for this purpose as early as 1854.
A National Museum of Natural History database for the study of ants, wasps, bees and termites describes the archedictyon as:
Costa (C): the leading edge of the wing
Subcosta (Sc): the second longitudinal vein (behind the costa), typically unbranched
Radius (R): the third longitudinal vein, one to five branches reach the wing margin
Media (M): the fourth longitudinal vein, one to four branches reach the wing margin
Cubitus (Cu): fifth longitudinal vein, one to three branches reach the wing margin
Anal veins (A1, A2, A3): the unbranched veins behind the cubitus.
C-SC crossveins run between the costa and subcosta
R crossveins run between adjacent branches of the radius
R-M crossveins run between the radius and media
M-CU crossveins run between the media and cubitus.
In extant insects, the term implies a retention of primitive characteristics but not necessarily a simplicity of form.
Modern insects with wings to which the term archedictyon has been applied include the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis from Australia and the praying mantis Orthodera novaezealandiae.
from New Zealand.
The term is also used in the discussion of phasmids.
Then it refers to a network of non-directional veins in the costal region of the wing or in the elytron.
"An enigmatic Palaeozoic stem-group: Paoliida: designation of new taxa from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic"  (pdf file)
Elytra  are the modified, hardened front wings of beetles and some bugs (Heteroptera).
In most true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra, as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous.
The elytra act as protective wing-cases for the hind wings underneath, which are used for flying.
To fly, a beetle opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings, flying while still holding the elytra open, though some beetles in the families Scarabaeidae and Buprestidae can fly with the elytra closed.
In some groups, the elytra are fused together, and the insect is flightless.
Some of the ground beetles (family Carabidae) are a good example of this.
Brian Griffin (born February 5, 1993) is one of the main characters in the American animated TV sitcom, Family Guy.
He is the 6-year-old pet dog of the Griffin family.
He shows many human behaviours (he can walk upright, drink, smoke, and speak English) but he still shows many behaviours associated with dogs, such as fetching a ball, fearing the vacuum cleaner and barking at squirrels.
He is the only Family Guy character to have appeared in every episode of the series.
In a 2004 interview, Seth MacFarlane (the show's creator) revealed that Brian is his favorite character.
In the 12th season episode, "Life of Brian", he gets hit by a car and dies later at the veterinarian.
Before he dies, he thanked the Griffins for giving him a wonderful life and that he loves them all.
He was soon brought back to life in the Christmas special "Christmas Guy".
Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress.
She was very popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
She mostly acted in Italian movies.
She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Italian American Foundation in 2008.
In the mid-1980s, she starred in the television series Falcon Crest.
The role was first offered to Sophia Loren, who turned it down.
A rivalry with Loren was often reported in the press.
Lollobrigida said in a 2015 interview that "Loren and her press agent started this 'rivalry'" and that Lollobrigida was bored of it.
In 2013, Lollobrigida sold her jewelry collection through Sotheby's.
She donated the nearly $5 million to benefit stem cell therapy.
Lollobrigida has won three David di Donatello, two Nastro d'Argento, and six Bambi Awards; she was nominated three times for the Golden Globe and won one in 1961 as World Film Favourite – Female; she was nominated once for a BAFTA.
Actors from Lazio
Gina is a female name with Italian origin.
This name is very popular for girls in several countries.
The name is shorthand for the name Regina.
Celebrities with the name include Gina Gershon and Gina Lollobrigida.
Mayra Arduini (born October 4, 1993) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
She was a member of the band College 11.
www.college11.com
Brazilian singer-songwriters
Kasabian is a British rock band.
It was formed by Tom Meighan (singer), Sergio Pizzorno (backing vocal and guitar), bassist Chris Edwards and guitarist Chris Karloff in 1997.
Then it was called Saracuse.
Ian Matthews and Jay Mehler joined the band after the departure of Chris Karloff in 2006.
Jay joined Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye in 2013 and was replaced by Tim Carter.
They have recorded four albums, Kasabian, Empire, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Velociraptor!,
and are working on the fifth.
They mostly get their inspiration from Primal Scream.
They got a lot of influence from the Stone Roses.
They use a little electro sound joined with a bass groove mixed in a rock template.
Kasabian (2004)
Empire (2006)
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009)
Velociraptor! (
48:13 (2014)
Trope is a term for a figure of speech.
The term has evolved to identify an overused theme or device.
A trope may mean a convention, a plot trick, a setup, a narrative structure and a character type all at the same time.
List of types
"Tropes" at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy