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Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1940 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
His most well known works were  The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Stealing Beauty and The Dreamers.
For The Last Emperor, he won two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards (for directing and screenplay).
In 1979, he was married to screenwriter Clare Peploe.
until 2018.
Giuseppe Guglielmo Umberto Caselli (July 5, 1893 – December 19, 1976) was an Italian painter.
He studied under Felice Del Santo and Antonio Discovolo.
In 1913, Caselli was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Austria.
After that, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.
In 1938 he participated in the Premio del Golfo (Gulf Award), organized by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Caselli was one of the best known painters from La Spezia.
He painted thousands of works during his long career.
In his paintings, Caselli showed the life of La Spezia.
He painted the life in the Cinque Terre (Five Lands), a portion of coast on the Italian Riviera.
Exhibitions and awards
The "Company Promoters of Genoa"
The Second Exhibition of the Provincial Fascist Union in 1931
1965 at the Exhibition of Figurative Arts of Corsairs Circle, La Spezia
1967, the exhibition of the Salon Arengario Broletto in Novara
Awarded the national prize for his painting "La Spezia Gulf" in 1933
Awarded prizes of the "Gulf of La Spezia" from 1949 to 1955; in 1959 and 1961;
Sultan Muhammad (generally recognized as Sultan Rahi) was born in a Muslim arain family of Saharanpur in 1938 Uttar Pradesh, British India.
He was a famous Pakistani film actor who was well-known in Pakistan in Punjabi & Urdu films during the 1970s and 1980s till 1996.
He was mostly admired among people in Punjab, Pakistan and among Sikh and Punjabi community of India.
He acted in over 700 Punjabi and Urdu films, and is named in the Guinness Book of Records as the most creative actor.
His popular films include: Maula Jatt, Sher Khan, Chan Veryam, Dada, Qanoon, Kaley Chore, and The Godfather.
He started his film career as an extra but quickly became a leading actor and in 1972.
He was murdered on 9 January 1996 in Gujranwala, Pakistan.
Burly Pakistani actor Sultan Rahi specialized in playing superheroes and muscle men.
Over his career, which began with his playing bit parts in the late '50s, Sultan appeared in more than 700 Punjabi films.
He became a leading man in 1971 in Babul and a star the following year in Bashira.
Born, Muhammad Sultan in India, Rahi moved to Pakistan at age nine.
Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple is a ancient historic Hindu temple on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
It is dedicated to Goddess Meenakshi, and  Sundareswarar (Shiva).
The temple is in the center of  2,500-year-old city of Madurai and is a significant symbol for the Tamil people.
Though most of the present structure was built between 1623 and 1655 CE.
It is said that the temple was originally built in the 6th century BC by survivors of the Kumari Kandam.
In the 14th century, the Sultanate Muslim Commander Malik Kafur plundered the temple and looted it of its valuables.
It was rebuilt by the Nayak ruler Vishwanatha Nayakar around the 16th century.
It houses 14 gopurams (gateway towers), ranging from 45–50m in height.
The tallest is the southern tower,  high, and two golden sculptured vimanas, the shrines over the garbhagrihas (sanctums) of the main deities.
Meenakshi temple as a tourist place
The temple attracts 15,000 visitors a day, around 25,000 on Fridays, and receives an annual revenue of  60 million.
There are an estimated 33,000 sculptures in the temple.
It was on the list of top 30 nominees for the "New Seven Wonders of the World".
The temple is the most prominent landmark and most visited tourist attraction in the city.
The annual of 10-days Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival, is celebrated during April and May, attracts 1 million visitors.
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2015 South Indian floods is a disaster happened in South India.
The heavy floods were resulted due to heavy rainfall by the annual northeast monsoon in November–December 2015.The mainly affected regions are Coromandel Coast region of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and the union territory of Puducherry and especially the most devastated area, the city of Chennai.
More than 500 people were killed and over 18 lakh (1.8 million) people were displaced.
From October to December each year, a very large area of south India, including Tamil Nadu, the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry, receives up to 30 percent of its annual rainfall from the northeast monsoon (or winter monsoon).
The northeast monsoon is the result of the annual gradual retreat of monsoonal rains from northeastern India.
On 8 November 2015, during the 2015 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, a low pressure area consolidated into a depression and slowly intensified into a deep depression before crossing the coast of Tamil Nadu near Puducherry the following day.
On 15 November, well-marked low pressure area moved northwards along the Tamil Nadu coast, dropping huge amounts of rainfall over coastal Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh with 24‑hour totals peaking at 370 mm in Ponneri.
Chennai International Airport recorded 266 mm of rainfall in 24 hours.
On 28–29 November, another system developed and arrived over Tamil Nadu on 30 November, bringing additional rain and flooding.
The system dropped 490 mm of rainfall at Tambaram in 24 hours starting 8:30 am on 1 December.
Very heavy rains led to flooding across the entire stretch of coast from Chennai to Cuddalore.
Flood in Chennai and Tamil Nadu regions
Between 9–10 November 2015, Neyveli received  of rainfall; rains continued to downpour in Cuddalore, Chidambaram and Chennai.
Continuing rains led to low-lying parts of Chennai becoming sunk by 13 November, resulting in the evacuation of over 1000 people from their homes.
The flooding in Chennai city was worsened by years of illegal development and inadequate levels of flood preparedness.
The flooding in Chennai city was described as the worst in a century.
The continued rains led to schools and colleges remaining closed across Puducherry and Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil Nadu and fishermen were warned against sailing because of high waters and rough seas.these floods caused a large amount of destruction in the southeren area
Puducherry affected by the floods
Puducherry sustained relatively minor damage in November as the depression largely remained offshore; some trees were downed and several banana and sugarcane plantations at Kutchipalayam were severely damaged.
Puducherry reported receiving 55.7 mm of rainfall over the 24-hour period from 14–15 November.
Water entered several houses in low-lying areas, while three houses collapsed in Uppalam.
On 5 December, the territorial government announced that nearly 9,000 hectares of paddy fields had been damaged by torrential rainfall, including 4,420 hectares of paddy fields in Puducherry,4,248.34 hectares in Karaikal and 287.15 hectares in Yanam.
The government also reported 1,544 hectares of sugercane fields under cultivation had been damaged, along with 297.73 hectares of plantains,  231.9 hectares of tapioca and related tubers, 168.10 hectares of vegetable fields and eight hectares under betel-leaf cultivation.
Proposed compensation rates would be as follows:  per hectare for betel-leaf losses, ) per hectare for plantains, ) per hectare for paddy fields and ) per hectare for losses of vegetables, tapioca, tubers and sugercane.
Compensation scales had also been set for losses of cotton, lentils and flowers.
Supplies of basic necessities, including milk, water and vegetables, were affected due to logistical difficulties.
During the December floods in Chennai and the adjoining areas, milk packets sold for , five times more than their usual cost.
Water bottles and cans were sold at prices between  to .
Vegetables were sold at least  to  over and above their normal average cost at the wholesale level.
Apart from basic necessities, fuel supplies and travel were greatly affected, especially in Chennai.
In Chennai, over 1.5 lakh (150,000) street vendors sustained losses of over .
The persistent rainfall and flooding forced several major automakers in the region, including Ford, Renault, Nissan and Daimler AG, to temporarily halt production, resulting in estimated losses of up to .
Floods in India
Cuddaloreis a city which is the headquarters of the Cuddalore district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
After the fall of Cholas, the town was ruled by various dynasties like Pandyas, Vijayanagar Empire, Madurai Nayaks, Thanjavur Nayaks, Thajavur Marathas, Tipu Sultan, French and the British Empire.
Cuddalore was the scene of Seven Years' War and the Battle of Cuddalore in 1758 between the French and British.
It has been a part of independent India since 1947.
During the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Cuddalore was one of the affected towns, with 572 casualties.
Apart from fishing and port related industries, Cuddalore houses chemical, pharmacological and energy industries in SIPCOT, an industrial estate set up by the state government.
The town is administered by a special-grade municipality covering an area of  and had a population of 173,676 in 2011.
Cuddalore is a part of the Cuddalore legislative assembly constituency which is a part of the Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency.
There are a total of nine schools, two arts and science colleges and two engineering colleges in the town.
There is one government hospital, six municipal maternity homes and 37 other private hospitals that take care of the healthcare needs of the citizens.
Roadways are the major means of transportation, while the town also has rail connectivity.
The nearest airport is Chennai International Airport, located  away from the town.
The nearest major seaport is Karaikal port, located  away from the town.
Cuddalore is located at .
The land is completely flat with large deposits of black and alluvial soil inland and coarse sand near the seashore.
The sandstone deposits in the town are popular.
The Pennayar river runs north of the town, while Gadilam river runs across it.
Cuddalore is situated at a distance of  from the state capital Chennai and  from Puducherry, the neighbouring union territory.
The nearest airport is at Chennai,  kilometres from Cuddalore.
According to 2011 census, Cuddalore had a population of 173,636 with a sex-ratio of 1,026 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.
A total of 17,403 were under the age of six, constituting 8,869 males and 8,534 females.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 13.22% and .3% of the population respectively.
The average literacy of the city was 78.92%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.
Adyar River is one of the two rivers that flows in Chennai.
It originates near the Chembarambakkam Lake, Kanchipuram district.
The  long river contributes to the estuarine ecosystem of Chennai.
Despite the high pollution levels, boating and fishing take place in this river.
The river collects surplus water from about 200 tanks and lakes, small streams and the rainwater drains in the city, with a combined catchment area of .
Most of the waste from the city is drained into this river and the Cooum River.
Adyar river starts from Malaipattu tank near Manimangalam village in Sriperumbudur Taluk at about  west of Tambaram near Chennai.
It starts to appear as a stream only from the point where water from Chembarambakkam lake joins the river.
It flows through Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur and Chennai district for about  before joining the Bay of Bengal in Adyar, Chennai.
Here it forms an estuary, which extends from the Adyar Bridge to the sandbar at the edge of the sea, with some small islets in-between.
The estuary attracts a wide variety of birds.
The estuary covering an area of about  was made a protected wildlife reserve in 1987.
The river forms a backwater near the mouth, known as the Adyar creek, due to the formation of sand bar at the mouth.
This creek is a natural channel which carries tidal water back into the sea.
The river is almost stagnant except during the rain season.
Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation has led to severe contamination of this river.
However, the river gets just 10 per cent of the untreated sewage being let into the three principle waterways of Chennai daily, with the other two, namely, the Buckingham Canal and the Cooum River, taking the major share (60 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively).
The problem of sedimentation was not severe as the Adyar's width near Thiru.
Ka.
Bridge is nearly  that enabled tidal effect into the waterway for about .
However, it was essential to provide groynes to keep the river mouth open for adequate width and prevent inundation during monsoon.
In 2011, the Water Resources Department (WRD) proposed to construct groynes to reduce formation of sand bars near the mouth the river.
In 2012, the state government allotted  3,000 million towards construction of 337 sewage cleaning systems in the waterways in the city, including 49 locations in the Adyar river.
Others include 105 points in Cooum river and 183 locations in the Buckingham Canal.
Cooum River is the shortest river draining into the Bay of Bengal.
This river is about 72 km in length, flowing 32 km in the Urban part and the rest in rural part.
The river is highly polluted in the urban area (Chennai).
Along with the Adyar River running parallel to the south, the river trifurcates the city and separates Northern Chennai from Central Chennai.
Its source is in a place by the same name 'Cooum' or 'Koovam' in Tiruvallur district adjoining Chennai district.
Owing to intensive use of surface water upstream for agriculture, indiscriminate pumping of groundwater leading to reduced base flow in the river, formation of sand bar at the mouth of the river, discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluents and encroachment along the banks, the river, especially the downstream, has been highly polluted.
Hugues Quiéret was a French naval commander who played a major role at the Battle of Sluys.
Hamamatsu Festival (浜松まつり) is a festival held in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on May 3 to 5 every year.
The Hamamatsu festival is not a religious festival but a city festival.
In Japan, May 3 to 5 is a holiday called Golden week.
Golden week is the longest national holiday in Japan.
May 3 is Constitution Memorial Day, May 4 is Greenery Day, and May 5 is Children's Day.
During the festival, people who live in each ward celebrate children, especially baby boys, and local restaurants pray for success and prosperity.
The first Hamamatsu festival was held in 1558 to celebrate the birth of the son of the lord of Hamamatsu castle.
The lord and his close advisers flew a kite with the son's name written on it.
In the middle of the Edo era (1603~1868), not only in Hamamatsu but also all over Japan, it became popular to fly kites on the Children's Day (May 5).
On that day, Japanese people usually celebrate and pray for boys' growth, good health, and bright futures.
Kite festival
The Hamamatsu festival is famous for its large kites.
At 11 am on May 3, more than 100 large kites fly in the sky.
The kite holders stand at the Nakataima Sand Dunes and release them all at the same time, signaled by a trumpet call.
The Nakatajima Sand Dunes, is one of three largest sand dune areas in Japan.
The Nakatajima Dunes overlook Enshu-nada sea, so the place has the strong winds needed for flying kites.
The kites are decorated with baby boys' names and marks or designs of each town (chō).
People believe that the higher the kites fly, the healthier the baby boys grow up.
Participants in each town also fight using the kites: They intertwine the 5 mm thick kite strings and use the friction to cut their opponents' kite strings.
This kite festival is held for three days in the daytime.
At night, there is a parade.
The parade has 83 palace-like parade floats in the center of Hamamatsu.
Parade floats are large, movable carts covered in scenery or sculptures.
Each small town has one float.
Girls ride on the floats and play traditional music using Japanese instruments like taiko drums, shinobue flutes, and bells.
Other children, their families, and people who live in the town also carry a floats around the area.
The audience watches the parade from the side of the road.
Wat yai chai mongkhon is a Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
It is the most important temple in Ayutthaya.
It is a historical landmark and a popular tourist attraction.
Birth of Hyeokgeose
In B.C. 69, six village chiefs gathered with their children and announced that “We have been living disorderly.
It because we do not have a Great Chief on our villages.
So, let’s set someone on the throne who is a virtuous person and found a nation.”
At that time, they found the strange light looked like thunderbolt on Yang-san (양산) .
When they climbed the mountain to observe the light, The light went up to the sky at Najung (난정), the foot of Yang-san.
And They found a white horse that was bowing.
The horse flew up to the sky after it howled a long time.
As soon as it left, they looked through the place and they found a big purple egg.
The people broke the egg, and they reached out one boy who looked nice and beautiful.
When people washed him at Dongchun (동천), his body shines and birds and beasts came to dance and sing.
Also the sky and the earth shook and the sun and the moon became clear.
After then, people named him King Hyeokgeose, meaning bright ruler.
Birth of Queen
When the son of the sky came down to the earth, he suggested that Hyeokgeose has to find good wife for him.
At that time, Gyeryong (계룡), which is a dragon looked like rooster, came down from the sky to Alyeong-jung (알영정) in Sarang-ri (사량리) and bore a beautiful girl who had chicken beak under the dragon’s left rib.
When people moved and washed her at Bookchun (북천) in Walsung (월성), the beak chipped off.
So the people called the place Balchun (발천) and named her Alyeong.
After 61 years from he start to rule the country, he flew up to heaven.
After seven days, the ashes of his body fell to the earth and scattered, and the soul of his queen ascended to join him in paradise.
All the people cried the ashes of their great king and queen.
So they tried to bury them in the same tomb, but a big snake showed up and protected the ashes.
So the royal remains of each were divided into five parts and interred in pairs in the Northern Mausoleum, within the precincts of a temple called Tamom-sa (담엄사).
The people called these the Five Mausoleums, or Sa-ning (Tomb of the Snake;사능).
The Crown Prince succeeded to the throne and was given the title Namhae-wang.
The prince was crowned king with Princess Alyeong.
The country at that time was called Sorabol (서라벌) in native language.
The name Silla was not used until a later time.
during the reign of Kaerim-guk (계림국).
The Great Chief of the Park family founded the kingdom of Silla and ruled over it for sixty-two years
Origin of Family Name, Park
Since the prince had been born from an egg in the shape of the gourd called "park" in the native tongue, they gave him the family name Park (박).
The princess was named Alyeong (알영) after the well where she was born.
Selenocysteine  is the 21st protein-building amino acid.
It is almost the same as cysteine, but a selenium atom replaces the sulfur atom.
Kippel is a municipality of the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Tracks can be fossilized over millions of years.
It is for this reason we are able to see fossilized dinosaur tracks in some types of rock formations.
These types of fossils are called trace fossils since they are a trace of an animal left behind rather than the animal itself.
In paleontology, tracks often preserve as sandstone infill, forming a natural mold of the track.
The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America.
It existed during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Like the United States Congress, the Confederate Congress consisted of two parts.
The upper house was the Senate.
It was made up of two senators from each state who were chosen by their state legislatures.
The lower house was called the House of Representatives.
Its members were elected by the citizens of the individual states.
Three congresses
On February 4, 1861, the Provisional Congress met at Montgomery, Alabama.
Representatives of each state were appointed by their state secession conventions.
The session ended on February 17, 1862 which also ended the Provisional Congress.
On February 18, 1862 the first congress held its first session.
After four sessions, the congress adjourned sine die (without setting a day for another meeting) exactly two years later.
The Second Congress met for two sessions before the end of the war.
Its last session ended on March 18, 1865.
The Confederate States Constitution, however, was not adopted until March 11, 1861.
It was almost the same as the United States Constitution but with a few changes.
These included the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, having a line-item veto.
The president served only one six-year term and could not be voted president again.
Members of the president's cabinet also served as non-voting members of Congress.
The central government of the Confederacy, the president and the Congress, could not make laws that overruled those of the individual Confederate states.
The Confederacy did not have a Supreme Court because no agreement was ever reached on how it would work.
Because the Confederate government was limited, they could not raise much money.
States could and sometimes did refuse to send their militias if they felt they were needed in their own state.
Congress was not able to control inflation and as prices went up drastically there were food riots in the South including the Capital city of Richmond, Virginia.
While during this time the United States Congress made a great number of changes in U.S. law.
At the same time, the Confederate Congress was just trying to keep the Confederacy alive and working.
Of the many acts passed was the first military draft passed in 1862.
They also approved black men as soldiers in March of 1865.
It had been debated for some time as it became apparent the South could lose the war.
About this same time, in 1864, the Confederate Congress was in a near-panic.
The Army needed more soldiers.
Among the resolutions was for members of Congress to join the military and fight.
Another resolution was to exempt men over the age of 50 from military service.
This included most of the members of Congress.
Others wanted to Congress to leave Richmond and find a place of safety.
While the Confederate Congress debated, the Union Army was pushing closer and closer to Richmond.
At the same time, Sherman's March to the Sea was pushing towards Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Bridge is a long poem by American author Hart Crane.
The work was published for the first time in 1930.
It was intended by the poet to be a modern epic poem.
The poem has fifteen parts.
Many of them are about New York City.
The best-known part of the poem is its introductory part named To Brooklyn Bridge.
The Bridge is considered to be Hart Crane's most ambitious undertaking.
It is sometimes, however, called a failure, too.
Hart Crane is a modern poet.
But in this poem he used mostly iambic pentameter.
This iambic pentameter is usually unrhymed (blank verse), but sometimes rhymed.
And Thee, across the harbor, silver paced
As though the sun took step of thee yet left
Some motion ever unspent in thy stride,—
Implicitly thy freedom staying thee!
Hart Crane is known for his attention to the sounds of language.
He used alliteration, rhymes and internal assonance.
The assonance, that is repeating of the same vowel, can be found in this strophe.
The sound [i] occurs in many accented syllables in it.
How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest
The seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him,
Shedding white rings of tumult, building high
Over the chained bay waters Liberty —
O harp and altar, of the fury fused,
(How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!)
Terrific threshold of the prophet’s pledge,
Prayer of pariah, and the lover’s cry,
Percy Hutchinson, Hart Crane's Cubistic Poetry in 'The Bridge'
Pu Zhao, A Short Comment on Hart Crane’s Poem To Brooklyn Bridge
The countries use 4 numbers in their postal code.
The numbers are sorted by location.
21xx - Val de Travers NE, Boudry
22xx - Upper Val-de-Ruz,
23xx - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Franches-Montagnes, Val-de-Ruz
25xx - Region Biel/Bienne, Lake Biel, Grenchen, Courtelary
3xxx - Region Bern/Upper Valais
31xx - Southern agglomeration of Bern
33xx - Region between Bern and Solothurn
80xx - City of Zurich
82xx - Region Schaffhausen, Kreuzlingen, Büsingen am Hochrhein (German enclave)
87xx - Region Right shore of Lake Zurich, Gaster/See (SG), Canton Glarus
89xx - Region Limmattal, Albis, Knonauer Amt, Kelleramt (easternmost Aargau)
1211: Geneva (generic post code for all P.O. Box addresses in Geneva; the address is followed by a number indicating the exact post office in which the box is located, e.g. 1211 Geneva 7: 1 Mont-Blanc, 10 United Nations, 11 Rue du Stand, 12 Champel, 13 Les Charmilles, 14 State Hospital, 16 Grand-Pré, 17 Malagnou, 18 St-Jean, 19 Petit-Saconnex, 2 Cornavin/Swisscom, 20 CIC, 21 Les Pâquis, 22 International Labour Organization, 23 CERN, 24 Les Acacias, 26 La Praille/Military base, 27 World Health Organization, 28 Le Bouchet, 3 Rive, 4 Plainpalais, 5 Main Post Office, 6 Les Eaux-Vives, 7 Servette, 70 CS, 8 Jonction, 84 Voting system, 9 La Cluse)
80xx: The city districts of Zurich were numbered before the Swiss postal codes were introduced; the number of the city district equals the last numbers of the postal code.
The administration of the canton of Zurich has the postal code 8090.
3003 is the postal code of the Federal administration which is located in Bern.
9485: Nendeln
9486: Schaanwald
9487: Gamprin
9488: Schellenberg
9489: Schaan
9490: Vaduz
9491: Ruggell
9492: Eschen
9493: Mauren
9494: Schaan
9495: Triesen
9496: Balzers
9497: Triesenberg
9498: Planken
9499: omitted
Nendeln is a village in Liechtenstein.
It is in the municipality of Eschen.
The village is in north-central Liechtenstein.
It is on the main road Schaan-Schaanwald.
The road links Liechtenstein with Buchs, Switzerland and Feldkirch, Austria.
Schaanwald is a village of Liechtenstein.
It is in the municipality of Mauren.
It is on the main road that links Liechtenstein with Buchs, Switzerland and Feldkirch, Austria.
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Connor McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey centre and captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The American Eskimo dog is a small breed of companion dog originating in Germany.
The hair of American Eskimo dog is snowy white.
Their hair also is long and thick, pure and luster, agile and flexible.
American Eskimo belongs to the Spitz family.
And all these breeds are from German Spitz.
During the First World War, this breed was renamed “American Eskimo Dog.”
There are three sizes of American Eskimo breed: toy, miniature and standard.
The average lifespan of American Eskimo Dog is 12–15 years.
The best living places that are suit for American Eskimo Dog is active singles and seniors, apartments, family with children, houses with yards.
This breed loves playing with human and it is very friendly with the children and stranger.
Also, the nickname of American Eskimo Dog is “Eskie”.
In the mid nineteenth century, the American Eskimo Dog was discovered in German colonial area in the United States.
These dogs belong to the breed of German Spitz that came over from Europe with immigrants.
Their early name is American Spitz.
The American Eskimo Dog was famed in the United States at the end of nineteenth Century.
In 1917, these dogs were renamed from American Spitz to American Eskimo Dog. (
Even though their name does not have connection with American Eskimo culture.)
They used to be watchdogs on farms to protect people's property.
But at the end of nineteenth Century, the American Eskimo Dog prevailed in the circus.
They  attracted a lot of people’ s attention because of their white coat, innate intelligence, trainability and amazing agility.
Later, the American Eskimo Dog has become the first choice for household.
Temperament/Behavior
The American Eskimo Dog is full of vitality.
They can make people who are around them feel happy.
This breed wants to run, play, learn new tasks and solve problems.
They are great watchdog that are always vigilant.
But this breed loves barking.
If you leave your dog at home by itself, it will bark whole day.
Your neighbors may complain because of barking.
You can’t train the barking out of the Eskie, but you can teach them a stop barking command.
American Eskimo Dogs need companionship, and if they stay alone, they will feel very dysphoric.
Exercise requirement
Because this breed likes sports, the dog needs to have plenty of exercise every day.
A lot of exercise can keep their health and make them happy.
The toy and miniature sizes can be fed in apartments, but the standard sizes may need a yard or enough space to run.
Machalilla National Park is an Ecuadorian  park.
It is located in  the Pacific West coast of Ecuador in South America.
It is in the province of Manabí.
Machalilla National Park was declared by Minister of Environment  of Ecuador  as a  park  and natural preserve area on July 26, 1979.
It was officially registered on November 20 of the same year.
In 1990 the Ramsar Convention on Westlands named as a Ramsar site, which is a place where animals come to breed.
The land part  is 56.184 hectares and the water part is 14.430 nautical miles.
Machalilla National Park is located at  the Pacific West coast of Ecuador in South America.
It is in the province of Manabí at the river banks of the Ayampe River.
Nearest towns are Puerto Lopez and Pajan.
Machalilla National Park  has three areas: the north sector, the south area and Isla de la Plata.
The north sector covers  Puerto Cayo area, 3 km parallel to the coast.
The south sector covers Puerto Lopez and Island Salango, and the third  area is The Isla de la Plata.
It  is 40 km offshore from Ecuador continental.
The weather is tropical to subtropical.
It has a very dry climate and there is rarely any rainfall.
It rains an average of 161 mm to 1,120 mm per year.
The temperature varies from 23 °C to 25 °C and remains the same year round.
The diversity within Machalilla National Park includes; sea turtles, fishes, part of the coral reefs ecosystem, dolphins, stingrays and sea lions at “Isla de la Plata”.
Humpback whales visit the coast of Manabi to breed; from June to September.
There are quite rare animals on the Ecuadorian coast as the panthera onca,  monkeys: alouatta palliata,  capuchins,  leopardus spp.
There are also variety of birds: little wood star, colibri, albatrosses, frigates, blue-footed boobies.
Isla de la Plata “ Silver Island”
The Silver Island is 40 km offshore, It is part of Machalilla National Park and part of the Manabi Province.
This natural reserve is home of many animals some of which migrate from Galapagos Islands, it includes blue-footed boodies, albatrasses, frigate birds, seals, iguanas, dolphins, stingrays and reef fishes.
This small island  is uninhabited, the control and conservation for the Island  is promoted by Ecuador’s Minister of Environment and OGN Fundacion Natura.
Agua Blanca
This is a forest preserved area in Machalilla National Park,  There are an interesting  bird wildlife, a sulfur water  lagoon and a museum.
It is 22 kilometers from Puerto Lopez, a small fishing town.
Local people help inside the area.
The Machalilla National Park provides the visitors a good selection of services that include tourist information, hotel guide, maps and attraction.
The major attraction at the  park is to visit Isla de la Plata due to many migrant animals from Galapagos Islands.
There are albatrosses, frigatebirds and blue-footed boodies some seals.
This is the only place where people can appreciate those charming birds.
The activities in the Machalilla National Park year along the: scuba diving, snorkeling, scenic views, eco walking trails, whale watching.
The best Place in the Ecuadorian coast for diving is the Silver Island due to the coral reef that surrounds  it. “
From June to September,”  Manabi is visited for  arctic  humpback whales, every year they come to breed.
In Agua Blanca community there are a sulfur lagoon where visitors like to cover themselves in sulfurous mud from the bottom of the lagoon.
Visit the Agua Clara museum and Salango museum.
Machalilla National Park has many  beautiful beaches to enjoy that are calm and a little deep.
Los Frailes is the most visited beach, and  Salango beach is an   island is surrounded by coral reef.
Respect the facilities of the beaches; Playa Negra beach and Tortuguita bay are pure nature.
you can visit them respecting the rules of conservation.
It is played in many countries by people of all types and ages.
It is played  in gardens, back yards, on the street, in parks, car parks, beaches and other places.
The rules get adapted to local conditions.
They play with bat or bat like wood  and use any kind of ball like plastic, sponge, paper and others.
Street cricket sometimes uses rules from similar games, like baseball.
For example, a batter who is not in a batsman's ground can be touched by an opponent holding the ball to be tagged out, or the opponent might put a foot on the wicket while holding the ball to run out a batter, which is similar to a force out.
South American versions
Bete-ombro is a Brazilian bat-and-ball game very similar to cricket.
The main differences are that there are no 4s or 6s, and only the bat can be used to avoid runouts and stumpings.
The wickets are often bottles.
Bat-en-bal
Synchronized diving (synchro diving) is a sport in which two divers dive at the same time as a team from a three-meter springboard or a ten-meter platform.
It is one type of diving which has belonged to the Olympic games since 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The competition consists of five or six rounds depending on the events.
Divers dive two basic dives during the first two rounds.
Then they dive more complex freestyle dives from the third to the fifth round.
The winners are determined according to total scores from judges.
There are two types of judges.
One is a technical judge who evaluates degree of completion of their dives.
Another is a synchro judge who evaluates the synchronization of two divers. (
synchro)
History of Synchronized Diving
Synchronized diving was internationally introduced at the 1995 FINA world cup.
In 1999, four synchronized diving events were added as the Olympic programme at the IOC Executive Board meeting held in Lausanne.
Then, it became an Olympic sport with its debut at the 2000 Sydney games with three-meter springboard and ten-meter platform events for both men and women.
Type of Dives
Dive Groups
There are six groups of dives.
The first four show the direction the diver rotates.
Forward group: The diver faces the front of the board and jumps toward the water.
Backward group: Backward dives begin on the end of the board with divers back to the water.
Reverse group: Reverse dives begin with the diver facing the front of the board and then  rotates toward the board.
Inward group: these dives begin on the end of the board with divers’ back to the water but then rotates toward the board.
Twisting group: Any dive that uses a twist excluding armstands.
Armstand group: The dives begin with a handstand position on the end of the platform before the dive.
Body Positions
Pike: The legs are straight with the body bent at the waist.
arm placement can be different according to the dives by each diver.
Tuck: The Body is bent at the waist and knees with thighs drawn to the chest.
Heels kept close to the buttocks, and feet should be kept together.
Straight: without bend at the waist or knees.
Arm placement can be varied by diver’s choice or is decided by the dive performed.
Scoring & Judging
While it takes seven judges to score individual events, 11 judges score synchronized diving.
During a synchro event, three judges score the completion of Diver A’s performance, while three other judges score the completion of Diver B’s performance.
The remaining five judges score the synchronization of two divers.
Each judge scores a dive between 0 and 10 points, in half-point increments.
Approach: several steps forward to the end of the board before takeoff.
It should be smooth but forceful with good form.
Takeoff: A diver’s jump from the board prior to execution of the dive.
showing control and balance is important with appropriate angle and distance from the board.
Elevation: The amount of the jump has an effect on the appearance of the dive.
A higher jump allows divers to dive with accuracy and smoothness of movement.
Entry: The entry into the water is important because it’s the last moment the judge watches.
It should be vertical with a minimal amount of splash.
Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800) was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on July 17, 1996.
The aircraft was a Boeing 747-100.
The plane exploded just 12 minutes after takeoff.
It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
The cause was determined to be a spark that ignited the center wing fuel tank.
None of the 230 people onboard survived.
It remains the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history.
Passengers and Crew
The pilots on board TWA Flight 800 were Captain Ralph G. Kevorkian, Co-pilot Steven E. Snyder and Flight Engineer Richard G. Campbell.
All had more than 30 years employment with Trans World Airlines.
There was also a Flight Engineer Trainee on board Oliver Krick, who was starting the sixth leg of his initial operating experience training.
The Crash of TWA Flight 800; YouTube
There are 3 arrondissements in the Haute-Marne department.
1790 : creation of the department with six districts: Bourbonne, Bourmont, Chaumont, Joinville, Langres and Saint-Dizier; the capital was Chaumont.
1800 : creation of three arrondissements: Chaumont, Langres and Wassy.
1926 : the arrondissement of Wassy was eliminated.
1943 : Wassy was made again an arrondissement but the subprefecture was moved to Saint-Dizier.
There are 5 arrondissements in the Marne department.
1790 : creation of the department with six districts: Châlons-sur-Marne, Reims, Épernay, Sézanne, Sainte-Menehould and Vitry-le-François; the capital was Châlons-sur-Marne (now Châlons-en-Champagne).
1800 : creation of five arrondissements: Châlons-sur-Marne, Reims, Épernay, Sézanne, Sainte-Menehould and Vitry-le-François.
1926 : the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould was eliminated.
1940 : Sainte-Menehould was made again an arrondissement.
The 2016 Oakland warehouse fire was a fire in Oakland, California on December 2, 2016.
At around 11:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, a fire started in a warehouse.
The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, had been changed into places for people to live and into an artist collective.
Those changes were done without permits.
At least 36 people died because of the fire.
It was the deadliest building fire in Oakland history.
Oakland warehouse fire
December 2016 events
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region.
Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Châlons-en-Champagne.
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne, with the name Châlons-sur-Marne, was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is the central arrondissements of the Marne department.
It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Reims and, for a short distance, by the Ardennes department; to the northeast by the Sainte-Menehould arrondissement; to the southeast and south by the Vitry-le-François arrondissement; and to the west by the Épernay arrondissement.
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, , and the third in population (103,110 inhabitants) with a population density of  inhabitants/km².
In the arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne, there are six cantons and three of them do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
Argonne Suippe et Vesle (5101) (partly)
Châlons-en-Champagne-3 (5105) (partly)
Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne (5110) (partly)
Vertus-Plaine Champenoise (5122) (partly)
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne has 100 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Aigny (51003)
Athis (51018)
Aulnay-sur-Marne (51023)
Bergères-lès-Vertus (51049)
Billy-le-Grand (51061)
Bouy (51078)
Breuvery-sur-Coole (51087)
Bussy-Lettrée (51099)
Bussy-le-Château (51097)
Cernon (51106)
Chaintrix-Bierges (51107)
Champigneul-Champagne (51117)
Cheniers (51146)
Cheppes-la-Prairie (51148)
Chepy (51149)
Cherville (51150)
Châlons-en-Champagne (51108)
Clamanges (51154)
Compertrix (51160)
Condé-sur-Marne (51161)
Coolus (51168)
Coupetz (51178)
Coupéville (51179)
Courtisols (51193)
Cuperly (51203)
Dampierre-au-Temple (51205)
Dampierre-sur-Moivre (51208)
Fagnières (51242)
Faux-Vésigneul (51244)
Francheville (51259)
Germinon (51268)
Givry-lès-Loisy (51273)
Isse (51301)
Jonchery-sur-Suippe (51307)
Juvigny (51312)
Jâlons (51303)
L'Épine (51231)
La Cheppe (51147)
La Veuve (51617)
Le Fresne (51260)
Les Grandes-Loges (51278)
Livry-Louvercy (51326)
Loisy-en-Brie (51327)
Mairy-sur-Marne (51339)
Marson (51354)
Matougues (51357)
Moivre (51371)
Moncetz-Longevas (51372)
Mourmelon-le-Grand (51388)
Mourmelon-le-Petit (51389)
Nuisement-sur-Coole (51409)
Omey (51415)
Pierre-Morains (51430)
Pocancy (51435)
Pogny (51436)
Poix (51438)
Recy (51453)
Rouffy (51469)
Saint-Germain-la-Ville (51482)
Saint-Gibrien (51483)
Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (51485)
Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand (51486)
Saint-Jean-sur-Moivre (51490)
Saint-Mard-lès-Rouffy (51499)
Saint-Martin-aux-Champs (51502)
Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré (51504)
Saint-Memmie (51506)
Saint-Pierre (51509)
Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole (51512)
Saint-Étienne-au-Temple (51476)
Sainte-Marie-à-Py (51501)
Sarry (51525)
Sogny-aux-Moulins (51538)
Somme-Suippe (51546)
Somme-Vesle (51548)
Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (51553)
Soudron (51556)
Soulières (51558)
Suippes (51559)
Thibie (51566)
Togny-aux-Bœufs (51574)
Trécon (51578)
Vadenay (51587)
Val-des-Marais (51158)
Vatry (51595)
Vaudemange (51599)
Vert-Toulon (51611)
Vertus (51612)
Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny (51627)
Villers-le-Château (51634)
Villeseneux (51638)
Vitry-la-Ville (51648)
Voipreux (51651)
Vouzy (51655)
Vraux (51656)
Vélye (51603)
Vésigneul-sur-Marne (51616)
Écury-le-Repos (51226)
Écury-sur-Coole (51227)
Étréchy (51239)
Chalons-en-Champagne
The arrondissement of Épernay is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region.
Its capital is the city of Épernay.
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Épernay was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Épernay is in the southwest of the Marne department.
It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Reims, to the east by the Châlons-en-Champagne arrondissement, to the southeast and south by the Aube department, to the southwest by the Seine-et-Marne department and to the west by the Aisne department.
The arrondissement of Épernay is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the second in population (109,771 inhabitants) with a population density of  inhabitants/km².
In the arrondissement of Épernay, there are six cantons and only two of them have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
Dormans-Paysages de Champagne (5106) (partly)
Épernay-1 (5107) (partly)
The arrondissement of Épernay has 181 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
Allemanche-Launay-et-Soyer (51004)
Allemant (51005)
Ambonnay (51007)
Anglure (51009)
Angluzelles-et-Courcelles (51010)
Avenay-Val-d'Or (51028)
Avize (51029)
Aÿ-Champagne (51030)
Bagneux (51032)
Le Baizil (51033)
Bannay (51034)
Bannes (51035)
Barbonne-Fayel (51036)
Baudement (51041)
Baye (51042)
Beaunay (51045)
Bergères-sous-Montmirail (51050)
Bethon (51056)
Boissy-le-Repos (51070)
Bouchy-Saint-Genest (51071)
Boursault (51076)
Bouzy (51079)
Le Breuil (51085)
Broussy-le-Grand (51090)
Broussy-le-Petit (51091)
Broyes (51092)
Brugny-Vaudancourt (51093)
La Caure (51100)
La Celle-sous-Chantemerle (51103)
Chaltrait (51110)
Champaubert (51113)
Champguyon (51116)
Champillon (51119)
Champvoisy (51121)
Chantemerle (51124)
La Chapelle-Lasson (51127)
La Chapelle-sous-Orbais (51128)
Charleville (51129)
Châtillon-sur-Morin (51137)
Chavot-Courcourt (51142)
Chichey (51151)
Chouilly (51153)
Clesles (51155)
Coizard-Joches (51157)
Conflans-sur-Seine (51162)
Congy (51163)
Connantray-Vaurefroy (51164)
Connantre (51165)
Corfélix (51170)
Cormoyeux (51173)
Corribert (51174)
Corrobert (51175)
Corroy (51176)
Courcemain (51182)
Courgivaux (51185)
Courjeonnet (51186)
Courthiézy (51192)
Cramant (51196)
Cuis (51200)
Cumières (51202)
Damery (51204)
Dizy (51210)
Dormans (51217)
Épernay (51230)
Escardes (51233)
Esclavolles-Lurey (51234)
Les Essarts-le-Vicomte (51236)
Les Essarts-lès-Sézanne (51235)
Esternay (51237)
Étoges (51238)
Euvy (51241)
Faux-Fresnay (51243)
Fère-Champenoise (51248)
Fèrebrianges (51247)
Festigny (51249)
Flavigny (51251)
Fleury-la-Rivière (51252)
Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy (51254)
Fontaine-sur-Ay (51256)
La Forestière (51258)
Fromentières (51263)
Le Gault-Soigny (51264)
Gaye (51265)
Germaine (51266)
Gionges (51271)
Gourgançon (51276)
Granges-sur-Aube (51279)
Grauves (51281)
Haussimont (51285)
Hautvillers (51287)
Igny-Comblizy (51298)
Les Istres-et-Bury (51302)
Janvilliers (51304)
Joiselle (51306)
Lachy (51313)
Lenharrée (51319)
Leuvrigny (51320)
Linthelles (51323)
Linthes (51324)
Magenta (51663)
Mancy (51342)
Marcilly-sur-Seine (51343)
Mardeuil (51344)
Mareuil-en-Brie (51345)
Mareuil-le-Port (51346)
Margny (51350)
Marigny (51351)
Marsangis (51353)
Mécringes (51359)
Le Meix-Saint-Epoing (51360)
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger (51367)
Mondement-Montgivroux (51374)
Montépreux (51377)
Montgenost (51376)
Monthelon (51378)
Montmirail (51380)
Montmort-Lucy (51381)
Morangis (51384)
Morsains (51386)
Moslins (51387)
Moussy (51390)
Mutigny (51392)
Mœurs-Verdey (51369)
Nesle-la-Reposte (51395)
Nesle-le-Repons (51396)
Neuvy (51402)
La Noue (51407)
Œuilly (51410)
Oger (51411)
Ognes (51412)
Oiry (51413)
Orbais-l'Abbaye (51416)
Oyes (51421)
Péas (51426)
Pierry (51431)
Pleurs (51432)
Plivot (51434)
Potangis (51443)
Queudes (51451)
Reuves (51458)
Réveillon (51459)
Rieux (51460)
Romery (51465)
Saint-Bon (51473)
Saint-Imoges (51488)
Saint-Just-Sauvage (51492)
Saint-Loup (51495)
Saint-Martin-d'Ablois (51002)
Saint-Quentin-le-Verger (51511)
Saint-Remy-sous-Broyes (51514)
Saint-Saturnin (51516)
Saron-sur-Aube (51524)
Saudoy (51526)
Sézanne (51535)
Soizy-aux-Bois (51542)
Suizy-le-Franc (51560)
Talus-Saint-Prix (51563)
Thaas (51565)
Le Thoult-Trosnay (51570)
Tours-sur-Marne (51576)
Tréfols (51579)
Troissy (51585)
Val-de-Livre (51564)
Vassimont-et-Chapelaine (51594)
Vauchamps (51596)
Vauciennes (51597)
Venteuil (51605)
Verdon (51607)
Verneuil (51609)
Le Vézier (51618)
Villeneuve-la-Lionne (51625)
Villeneuve-Saint-Vistre-et-Villevotte (51628)
Villers-aux-Bois (51630)
La Ville-sous-Orbais (51639)
La Villeneuve-lès-Charleville (51626)
Villevenard (51641)
Villiers-aux-Corneilles (51642)
Vinay (51643)
Vincelles (51644)
Vindey (51645)
Vouarces (51652)
Epernay
The arrondissement of Reims is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region.
Its capital is the city of Reims.
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Reims was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Reims is in the northwest of the Marne department.
It is bordered to the north by the Ardennes department, to the east by the Châlons-en-Champagne arrondissement, to the south by the Épernay arrondissement and to the west by the Aisne department.
The arrondissement of Reims is the third arrondissement of the department in area, , but the first in population (296,374 inhabitants), for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.