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A slalom race involves skiing between and around a series of obstacles made of poles which are placed on the snowy slope.
These poles are called "gates".
There are many gates in a slalom run.
Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden, his career 1973-1989) and Vreni Schneider (Switzerland, her career 1984-1995) are the record holder as the most World Cup titles in Slalom discipline.
Stenmark won 8 times and Schneider won 6 times.
Equipment for competition
Racing ski...Its length is different in each event and is fixed by FIS.
(Rules apply to 2012-2013 World Cup and Europe Cup)
Helmet...All of the racers have a duty of wearing a helmet to protect the head.
Especially for SL, racers absolutely need a helmet with a chin guard.
Poles...In SL, racers go through the course knocking down poles with their own hands, so they need poles with punch guards.
Shin guards...To protect racers' shins the same as punch guard.
Blood cancer is a type of cancer or tumor.
Blood cancer hurts the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system.
Sometimes more than one body part is hurt.
The cause is usually different from other types of cancer.
The way to find out if a person has this cancer is also different.
People with blood cancers see a kind of doctor called a hematologist (blood doctor) or oncologist (cancer doctor).
There are other blood problems that are not blood cancers.
A blood doctor also helps people with those problems.
Medical terms
Tumors of the hematopoietic (blood cell forming) and lymphoid tissues are local growths.
Hematopoietic and lymphoid malignancies are cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow, lymph, and lymphatic system.
As the blood and lymph connect through both the circulatory system and the immune system, a disease affecting one will often affect the others as well.
A doctor will do some tests to find out if a person has a blood cancer.
One common test is a complete blood count.
The cells that circulate in the bloodstream are generally divided into three types: white blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (erythrocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).
The relative proportions is what picks up indications of a problem.
Sometimes the doctor will take a very small piece of the body out, to look at it.
This is called a biopsy.
Bone marrow is where new blood is made in the body.
A bone marrow biopsy looks at the blood-making parts to see if they have cancer.
People with blood cancer often take drugs called chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
If the blood cancer is in one place, they may have radiotherapy.
A bone marrow transplant is a difficult way to kill blood cancers.
How many people get it
Thousands of people get blood cancers.
Each year, 30,000 people in the United Kingdom (UK) learn that they have blood cancer.
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society website
is common art in Japan.
Emperors such as Shotokutaishi (聖徳太子) and Shoumu (聖武天皇)　wanted people to copy sutras by hand.
Also, Japanese envoys to Tang Dynasty China took Chinese culture back to Japan.
This affected the way of Japanese Calligraphy.
A picnic is an event to eat outdoors, have a break, enjoy the warm sunshine, and have fun in a free time.
It is usually held in a park or other open places.
People bring the food for picnics in lunch boxes or in picnic baskets.
Food for picnics is prepared on location such as by grilling, or at home.
After the meal, people often play games and sports, for example, playing catch, badminton and Frisbee.
As at other parties, some like to create their own original foods and games.
A lakeside, park or other places with interesting view is perfect for a picnic.
In picnic, we often get the freshness of the nature.
In the 12th century, a picnic was described in the Persian poetry of The Rubaiyat:
"A book of verse beneath the bough,
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness –
Ah, wilderness were paradise enough!"
A famous painting of a picnic is Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass).
It was painted in 1862 by the French artist Édouard Manet.
The Last Emperor received Golden Globe Awards.
1980s epic movies
French biographical movies
Mandarin-language movies
is a Japanese city in Kyoto Prefecture.
It is in western Kyoto in a wide, flat valley.
Kameoka city was built around a castle.
Knittelfeld, Austria - April 14, 1964
Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA - November 3, 1985
Jandira, Brazil - November 3, 1980
Suzhou, China - December 31, 1996
The Kameoka festival is held in the city from October 23rd to 25th every year.
It is called the Gion Festival in Tamba, or Fall festival in Kameoka.
Soft tennis is major sport in Japan.
It is usually played by two players with rackets.
It is similar to normal tennis, but the ball is soft.
In Japan, people were not able to make good hard ball those days.
Imported balls were expensive.
Therefore Japanese people used a rubber ball.
is a Japanese dish made with meat from wild boars.
The name comes from the appearance of the meat as it is arranged before cooking.
It looks like the flower "Botan (牡丹)" (English: peony).
Another name for this food is Inoshishi-nabe (猪鍋).
Tohoku University,  Botan-nabe (wild boar stew) party
A monster is a type of creature in fiction.
They are usually found in legends or horror stories.
They are often ugly and may make people and other creatures scared.
They also eat people sometimes.
A monster could be anything really, like a vampire or a witch or even a werewolf.
Sometimes these creatures aren't bad or monsters as you would say because some protect other people.
Anyhow anything can be a monster or a creature including you.
The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait is an oceanic strait between Greenland (to its northwest) and Iceland (to its southeast).
The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen is northeast of the strait.
It connects the Greenland Sea, an extension of the Arctic Ocean, to the Irminger Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean.
It is  long and  miles wide at its narrowest.
Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada.
It is between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec.
Its eastern entrance is Cape Chidley and Resolution Island.
Its width varies from  at its largest point, to a minimum of .
The strait was discovered by explorer Henry Hudson in the year 1609.
It was long thought to be the fabled Northwest Passage.
The Kara Strait or Kara Gates is a 56 km (35 mi) wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island.
The variable antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family found most in South America.
It is (as its name) arguably the species of antbird with the most variable plumage.
This leads to claims that it includes more than one species, but evidence suggests that this is incorrect.
The Variable Antshrike is about  long.
The Variable Antshrike is found mostly in eastern and southern Brazil.
It is also seen in Pernambuco and Alagoas.
From southern Brazil, its range spreads through Uruguay, Paraguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, and along the eastern slope of the Andes in Peru, as far north as the Amazonas Region.
The Horned lizards (Phrynosoma) are a genus of lizard wlives in dry areas and deserts of North America.
The female horned lizard lays her eggs in a hole in the ground.
The horned lizard has strong armor to protect it from its enemies.
It has pointed scales, as well as horns behind its head.
The White-backed Vulture is a bird of the family Accipitridae which also includes eagles and hawks.
They live in the African grasslands.
They eat the leftovers of big cats.
After their meal, they clean their feathers well so that they are always in good flying condition.
The checker-throated antwren (Epinecrophylla fulviventris), also known as the fulvous-bellied antwren or checker-throated stipplethroat, is a small passerine bird in the antbird family.
As its name, the males have throats with a black and white "checkered" pattern.
The Checker-throated Antwren is the only member of the genus that lives in the west of the Andes.
The species is found from Honduras south to northern Colombia and to western Ecuador.
The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a passerine bird in the antbird family.
It is the only antwren with white flank patches.
Vieillot named the species in 1817.
Because it has a large range, it does not reach the status of vulnerable.
White-flanked Antwren videos on the Internet Bird Collection
Stamps (for Nicaragua) with RangeMap
White-flanked Antwren photo gallery VIREO
White-flanked Antwren Photo ; Article
The black-hooded antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.
It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
As its name, males are mostly black, with three rows of well-marked white spots on the wings.
However, females are usually brown, and only its tail is black.
Thamnophilus bridgesi.
3D is the final studio album by American girl group TLC.
It was released on November 12, 2002 by Arista Records.
This was six months after Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes died.
The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart.
143,000 copies of 3D were sold in the first week of release.
It was then certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipping 1,000,000 copies in the United States.
The album was given two Grammy Awards nominations.
The Top Latin Albums chart is a weekly music chart.
It is published by Billboard magazine.
It lists the top 50 albums released (primarily) by Hispanics in the United States.
Number one albums
For information about every week of this chart, follow this link; in the chart date section select a date and the top ten positions for the week selected will appear on screen, including the number-one album, which is shown in the table above.
2010s albums
Alejandro Fernández () (born April 24, 1971) is a Mexican singer.
He was nicknamed "El Potrillo" (The Colt) by the media and fans.
He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Alejandro is the son of ranchera singer Vicente Fernández.
Alejandro sings Mexican folk music.
These include mariachi and ranchera music.
1992:  Alejandro Fernandez
1993:  Piel De Niña
1994: Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez
1995:  Que Seas Muy Feliz
1996:  Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon
1997:  Me Estoy Enamorando
1999:  Mi Verdad
2000:  Entre tus brazos
2001:  Orígenes
2003:  Niña Amada Mía
2004:  Zapata: El sueño del héroe
2004:  A Corazón Abierto
2007:  Viento A Favor
2009:  Dos mundos: Evolución / Dos mundos: Tradición
1999:  Christmas in Vienna VI
2002:  Un Canto De México
2003:  En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
2005:  México – Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas
2010: '' Dos Mundos: Revolución
Alejandro Fernández at Univisión
Foro Alejandro Fernández at Univisión
Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican band.
The members of the group formed the band in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
In 1989, Banda Los Recoditos wad formed by a group of students.
The band's name came from Banda el Recodo.
This was because they were children of the band members from Banda el Recodo, a Mexican band formed by Cruz Lizárraga.
Lizárraga invited the boys to perform at a birthday party for José Ángel Espinoza Ferrusquilla, a family friend.
After they were done singing, everyone was amazed at their talents.
This helped them realize their love for music.
They started out by singing in celebrations in Mazatlan and other neighborhoods close by.
They began to become popular among the people in the city.
The band recorded their first album A Bailar de Cabllito.
This album helped the band to tour in the United States, where they were asked to play.
After the released, Pancho Barraza, and Alfonso Lizárraga joined Banda el Recodo.
In 1998, the band renamed their name to "Banda Vuelta De Rio".
Alfonso Lopez had wanted to change the name.
They recorded three independent albums.
In 2001, they changed their band's name to "Banda Los RCS" (Banda Ritmo Con Sabor Sinaloense).
However, in 2004, they changed their band name again to their original band name.
Carlos Perez, Luis Angel Franco, and Carlos Sarabia joined the band in 2004.
They began recording Regional Mexican music.
This was popularized by young Mexicans.
In 2005, was given an award "Popular Breakthrough of the Year" at the Premios Oye!.
This was for their third album Si No Existieras.
In 2006, the band recorded an album with their parent's group Banda el Recodo called Dos Generaciones.
In 2010, the band released ¡Ando Bien Pedo!
their first major album.
It reached to number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
The single, which is the same name, reached number one on the Hot Latin Tracks chart as well.
On September 19, 2010, Luis Angel Franco announced that the band is working on a new album.
They released it in 2011 under the title A Toda Madre.
A bailar de Caballito (1990)
Lola la Bailera (1990)
Las rejas no matan (1991)
Tu abandono(1992)
Un Sólo Cielo (1993)
Adiós amor(1994)
Canto Para Tí (1995)
Siempre te voy a recordar (1996)
El Nylon (1997)
Y Todavia Hay Amor (1998)
Como La Primera Vez (2001)
Si No Existieras (2004)
Dos Enamorados (2005)
Vengo a Decirte (2007)
'¡Ando Bien Pedo! (
''A Toda Madre (2011)
1980s establishments in Mexico
Genchū (元中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit.
year name) of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōwa.
This was the last Southern Court era.
This period started in April 1384 and ended in October 1392.
During this time, the monarch in Yoshino until 1392 was ..  Until 1392, the pretender in Kyoto was   After 1392, Go-Komatsu was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Events of the Genchū Era
1391 (Genchū 8): Yamana Ujikyo attacked Kyoto.
1392 (Genchū 9), also known as Meitoku 3: Northern and Southern courts were reunited under Go-Komatsu.
Northern Court  nengō
Shitoku, 1384-1387
Kakei, 1387-1389
Kōō, 1389-1390
Meitoku, 1390-1394
Elmer Figueroa Arce (born June 28, 1968 ) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer.
He is best known by his stage name Chayanne.
He has released 21 studio albums.
He has also sold over 30 million albums worldwide.
Figueroa's nickname "Chayanne" was given to him by his mother.
This was because he liked the 1960s television series Cheyenne.
In the 1970s, Chayanne tried out for Menudo.
The producers told him that he was too young to be in the group.
Because of this, he joined another group called Los Chicos (the guys).
They recorded several hit singles.
These include "Puerto Rico Son Los Chicos" and "Ave Maria", which would later be recorded by Beyoncé Knowles.
After the group separated in 1984, Chayanne started his solo career.
Chayanne signed with RCA Ariola.
He released his first album Chayanne es mi Nombre (1984).
His second album with RCA, Sangre Latina was released in April 1986.
On May 5, 1987, Chayanne switched to Sony Music Latin.
His self-titled album was released in that same year.
The album features "Peligro de Amor" and "Fiesta en América" which ranked on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts.
On Noviember 1, 1988, Chayanne released another self-titled album.
After its release, Pepsi wanted him to be their spokesperson.
On August 7, 1990, his album Tiempo de Vals was given a Grammy Award nomination.
Chayanne has also been in several TV programs since 1984.
2010: Tangled .... Flynn Rider (Voice in Spanish )
2008: Gabriel .... Gabriel Marquez (10 episodes, 2008)
2008: Premios Billboard de la música latina (TV)
2001: Provócame  .... Pedro Balmaceda-Linares Duncan
2001: Ally McBeal .... Sam Adams (2 episodes) "Hats Off to Larry"  "Mr. Bo"
1998: Dance with Me  .... Rafael Infante
1997: Siempre piel canela  (TV) .... Singer
1996: Al compas de un sentimiento  .... Singer
1994: Linda Sara  .... Young Alejandro
1994: Volver a Empezar.... Chayanne (Himself)
2014: En Todo Estaré
2012: A Solas Con Chayanne
2010: No Hay Imposibles
2008: De Piel a Piel
2008: Chayanne: Vivo (live)
2007: Mi Tiempo2005: Cautivo2005: Desde Siempre2003: Sincero2002: Grandes Éxitos
2001: Simplemente1998: Atado a Tu Amor1996: Volver a Nacer1994: Influencias1992: Provócame1990: Tiempo de Vals1988: Chayanne II1987: Chayanne
1986: Sangre Latina1984: Chayanne es mi Nombre''
For the Roman politician, please see Mark Antony.
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer.
He is best known by his stage name Marc Anthony.
Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time.
He has won two Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy awards.
He has also sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
He is best known for his Latin salsa songs and ballads.
Anthony has won many awards.
He won the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Chair's Award.
In 2009, he won the 2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Marc Anthony holds the record for having the most number one singles on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart.
Marc Anthony is also the owner of the Miami Dolphins NFL team.
Anthony worked with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and director-choreographer Jamie King in late 2011 on a Latino talent series created by Simon Fuller, called Q'Viva!
It follows Lopez and Anthony as they travel across 21 countries to find new talent.
He is a philanthropist.
He has won awards for his charitable work.
He raises funds for orphanages in Latin America and for brain cancer.
Marc married former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres on May 9, 2000.
The marriage ended in October 2003.
Anthony married Nuyorican actress and singer Jennifer Lopez on June 5, 2004.
This was less than a week after his divorce.
They had twins in 2008.
Anthony filed for divorce on April 9, 2012.
Anthony is a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Obama's re-election.
1991: When the Night is Over
1993: Otra Nota
1995: Todo a Su Tiempo
1997: Hasta Que Te Conoci
1997: Contra la Corriente
1999: Marc Anthony
2001: Libre
2002: Mended
2004: Amar Sin Mentiras
2004: Valió la Pena
2006: Sigo siendo yo
2007: El Cantante
2010: Iconos
Marc Anthony at Billboard.com
Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer.
Romeo was the lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura.
As part of Aventura, Romeo became an important figure for making Bachata music popular.
His songs were on the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts and the top of music charts in Europe.
In 2002, the band's song "Obsesión" was at number one in Italy for 16 weeks.
Romeo was born in The Bronx, New York.
His father is Dominican while his mother is Puerto Rican.
When he was 12 years old, Romeo was a member of the church choir.
On May 9, 2011, Romeo released his lead single "You" from his first album.
The song debuted at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks and Tropical Songs chart.
The second single, "Promise" a duet with Usher, reached number one on both charts as well.
2011: Formula, Vol.
2012: The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden
2014: Formula, Vol.
2 2017: Golden 2019: UtopíaSingles
Rosen, Jody. "
Crossover Dreams of a Bronx Bachatero".
Arts:Music.
Symkus, Ed. "
Listen to the Tale of Aventura".
The Edge.
The Boston Herald.com'' December 1, 2009
Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.
It was released on June 5, 2001 by J Records.
Alicia Keys was signed with Colombia Records after she graduated high school.
She recorded an album in 1998.
Colombia Records did not like the album and did not release it.
The contract with Colombia Records ended.
This was because of a dispute with the label.
Alicia Keys then signed a contract with Clive Davis.
Keys is a classically-trained pianist.
She used her pianist talents to produce and arrange her music.
The album was named Songs in A Minor.
However, only one song "Jane Doe" is in the key of A minor.
When the album was released, it was given positive reviews from music critics.
Most of the reviews praised Keys mix of old school jazz and contemporary R&B and soul music.
Keys was compared to artists such as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Prince and Lauryn Hill.
The album was given a lot awards.
These include five Grammy Awards.
Songs in A Minor debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
It sold 236,000 copies the first week.
It has sold 6.2 million copies in the United States and 12,000,000 copies worldwide.
Rolling Stone magazine named Songs in A Minor the second best album of 2001.
However, they list it at number 95 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s decade.
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Songs in A Minor: 20th Anniversary Edition
The 20th Anniversary Edition was released on June 4, 2021 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the release of Songs in A Minor.
The album includes four bonus tracks including the previously unreleased "Foolish Heart" and "Crazy (Mi Corazon)".
Songs in A Minor at Discogs
Global dimming is the slow decrease in the irradiance at the Earth's surface.
Irradiance is the power of electromagnetic radiation per unit area.
One of the possible causes of global dimming is pollution.
It affects the water cycle by decreasing evaporation and by decreasing the rain in some areas.
Global dimming also causes the earth to cool down.
This cooling effect may cover the effect of greenhouse gases caused by global warming.
Air pollutants absorb solar energy and reflect sunlight back into space.
The pollutants can also become the core for cloud droplets.
Water droplets in clouds fuse around the pollutants.
More pollutants create clouds with more number of smaller droplets.
The smaller droplets make clouds to reflect more light.
This causes more sunlight to be reflected back into space and less light reaches the Earth's surface.
Clouds stop the heat from both going in and out from the earth.
This process is complex and it changes according to the time, location and the height above the sea level.
During the day, more sunlight stops from going in.
This cools down the Earth.
During the night, the heat in earth stops from going out.
This slows down the heat from going out the earth.
Volcanic ash can also stops the sunlight from going in and out from the earth.
Decreases in the earth's temperatures are observed after large volcanic eruptions.
Some examples are the eruptions of Mount Agung in Bali that erupted in 1963, El Chichon (Mexico, 1983), Ruiz (Colombia, 1985), and Mount Pinatubo (Philippines, 1991).
Even for large eruptions, the ash clouds do not stay for a long time.
Relationship to water cycle
Global dimming is harming the water cycle of the earth.
It reduces the rain, which is very important for the fresh water.
In 2001, researchers did a study at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The research suggested that the pollutants have a bad effect on the water cycle.
Another global dimming event happened in 2006 in northern hemisphere during hurricane season.
The NASA study found that the big dust storms happened in Sahara Desert during June and July cause the dust to go over the Atlantic Ocean.
The dust forms a cover over the ocean and causes it to cool down.
This reduces the hurricanes' development.
Barefoot in the Park is a 1967 American romance comedy movie.
It was directed by Gene Saks, produced by Hal B. Wallis and written by Neil Simon.
It is based on Simon's 1963 play Barefoot in the Park.
It is set in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City.
It stars Robert Redford and Jane Fonda as newlywed couple Paul and Corie Bratter.
Paul is a conservative attorney and Corie is free-spirited.
San Cristóbal is the Spanish name of Saint Christopher.
It is a common geographical name.
It could refer to any of the following:
San Cristóbal, Santa Fe
San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires, a neighborhood or barrio
San Cristóbal - Lipez (Bolivia), a silver, zinc and lead mine
San Cristóbal (Bogotá)
San Cristóbal, Cuba, in the province of Pinar del Río
Havana, founded as Villa de San Cristóbal de la Habana
San Cristóbal Island, an island in the Galápagos
Ciudad San Cristóbal, an important town in the city of Mixco
San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán
San Cristóbal Cucho
San Cristóbal Totonicapán
San Cristóbal Verapaz
San Cristóbal de las Casas, a city in Chiapas
San Cristóbal Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico
San Cristóbal Amoltepec
San Cristóbal Lachirioag
San Cristóbal Suchixtlahuaca
San Cristóbal volcano
San Cristóbal, Panama, a fishing village on Cristóbal Island
San Cristóbal District, Paraguay
San Cristóbal District, Luya, a district in the Amazonas Region of Peru
Makira, also known as San Cristóbal, an island in the Solomons.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, a suburban area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province)
Interior design tries to make interior spaces better to live and work in.
It uses principles of design and organization of interior spaces, color and furnishings.
Goals and planning
The goal of interior design is to create an environment for living that is functional, efficient and aesthetically pleasing for the occupants.
Before starting any old house renovation or construction of a new building, ensure proper planning for that.
Plan and select a budget for renovation first.
Then depending on your budget, choose some designs.
After selecting some designs, discuss with an expert.
These steps are crucial for you and the expert as well.
When the interior designer will know your planned budget for renovation, they will also prepare the steps as per your budget and requirement.
Interior design is universal among people of all times and races.
All known human settlements have shown this.
Ancient Egypt is one example.
Painting interior walls have existed for at least 5,000 years, with examples found as far north as the Ness of Brodgar, as have standardized interiors, as seen in the associated Skara Brae settlement.
Interior designers
Interior designers are people skilled at using the elements of design and organizing interior spaces in functional and aesthetic ways.
They may offer advice on the layout of spaces, building and technical issues such as lighting, sound, and temperature control.
They must have professional knowledge of issues affecting the physical comfort, safety and convenience of an interior's occupants.
Also they must be familiar with local building codes, government regulations and have drawing and presentation skills.
First, designers usually interview the client and ascertain their design preferences, needs and budget.
Then they may do work on feasibility (prospect) studies, space planning and layout, design idea, selection of finishes, furniture, art, accessories, project management and bidding.
Next, the schematic (planning) phase, designers work on the following activities: drawings and sketches (quick drawings) of proposed floor plans, perspectives, elevations and details.
The drawings most often made by interior designers are floor plans, architectural details, lighting and ceiling plans, and furniture layout.
Interior designers discuss all their plans with the client.
Once the plans are approved, the designers can move ahead with a schedule of work and schedule of finishes, ordering furnishings and contacting and/or hiring contractors and subcontractors.
Interior designers help oversee the work that is done and placement of the furnishings.
Designers are expected to keep the client updated about the work done, any changes, budget and time considerations.
Once the job is complete, the interior designers must get final approval and then receive payment.
Photos may be taken for a portfolio and testimonials and/or references requested.
There are specific types of interior design and specializations.
Some types of interior design are residential design, commercial design, hospitality design, healthcare design, universal design, exhibition design, and spatial branding.
Residential design
The designer offers advice and tries to determine what their clients' needs are in their home life, their personality and style preferences, an interview process usually called the client brief.
They may do a lifestyle questionnaire and room condition checklist.
Residential designers seek to make their clients' home more aesthetic, efficient and comfortable.
They discuss any and all proposed changes with the client, show them decorating or remodeling plans, samples and examples of the proposed alterations for approval.
Commercial design
Commercial interior designers design public spaces such as office buildings, community centers, museums, hotels, stores, warehouses, and libraries.
In commercial design the designer has to create an environment that includes function and aesthetics.
A commercial interior designer's work includes selecting paint colors, choosing artwork, accounting for acoustics and lighting, picking appropriate furniture, and placing all these together in the manner most appropriate to the venue.
Recently commercial interior designers have worked with indoor plants and agro-inventions such as the Grofie Greenwall, which allows firms to bring a tropical forest, vegetable or herb garden right into the office, in order to reconnect office workers with nature.
Hospitality design
Hospitality designers design the places which have any relationship between guest and host such as hotels.
This includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers and tourists.
Healthcare design
Healthcare design is related to hospitals and how to make a good space to make the patient and staff very comfortable.
Healthcare designers compare the evidence-based design with evidence-based medicine; that knowledge can help ensures that future healthcare facilities are built to improve clinical outcomes.
In addition, a deeper understanding of the relationship between the built environment and quality of care will help ensure that healthcare facilities are designed to meet the diverse needs of patients, families, and staff.
Exhibition design
There are many different types of exhibit, ranging from museum exhibitions to retail and trades show spaces, to themed attractions, zoos, and visitor centers.
All types of exhibits aim to communicate a message through engaging their audiences in meaningful and compelling interactions.
Use a wide range of technologies and techniques to develop experiences that will resonate with diverse audiences–enabling these targeted audiences to access the messages, stories, and objects of an exhibit.
Space management
Famous interior designers
Early interior designers
Jean-Henri Jansen (1854–1928)
Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950)
Ogden Codman (1863–1951)
Frances Elkins (1888–1953)
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959)
Fritz August Breuhaus (1883–1960)
Stephan Bouldin (1880–1967)
Emilio Terry (1890–1969)
Dorothy Draper (1889–1969)
Modern interior designers
Jean Royere
Jed Johnson
Verner Panton
Kelly Hoppen
Mauro Lipparini
T,  Mar 28, 2010, A Career in Commercial Interior Design: the job description of a commercial interior designer.
McCullough.
C. Evidence-Based Design for Healthcare Facilties.
Sigma Theta International.
Ergonomics and universal design in interior architecture education Olgunturk, N; Demirkan, H (2009)
Joey Harrington (born October 21, 1978) is an American retired football player.
He played as a quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL.
Harrington also played for the Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf.
On the north coast is Iran and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman.
The strait at its narrowest is  wide.
Around 20% of the world's oil passes through the strait.
Operation Praying Mantis
On 18 April 1988, the U.S. Navy had a one-day battle against Iranian forces in and around the strait.
The battle, called Operation Praying Mantis by the U.S. side, was started in retaliation for the 14 April mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) by Iran.
U.S. forces sank one frigate, one gunboat, and as many as six armed speedboats in the engagement and seriously damaged a second frigate.
The downing of Iran Air 655
On 3 July 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iran Air Airbus A300 passenger jet was shot down over the strait by the United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes.
Collision between USS Newport News and tanker Mogamigawa
On 8 January 2007, the nuclear submarine USS Newport News, traveling submerged, hit M/V Mogamigawa, a 300,000-ton Japanese-flagged very large crude tanker, south of the strait.
Tensions in 2008
2008 US-Iranian naval dispute
A series of naval stand-offs between Iranian speedboats and U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz occurred in December 2007 and January 2008.
U.S. officials said Iran was harassing and provoking their naval vessels.
Iranian officials said this was not true.
Iranian defence policy
On 29 June 2008, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Ali Mohammed Safari, said that if Iran were attacked by Israel or the United States, it would close off the Strait of Hormuz.
This would be bad for the oil markets.
The US said that such an action by Iran would be an act of war.
The U.S. would not allow this.
Naval activity in 2008
As of 11 August 2008, more than 40 U.S. and allied ships were on the way to the Strait of Hormuz.
There would be a total of five battle groups, not counting submarines.
Collision between USS Hartford and USS New Orleans
On 20 March 2009, United States Navy   Hartford collided with the  New Orleans in the strait.
The collision slightly injured 15 sailors aboard the Hartford.
It opened a fuel tank aboard the New Orleans, spilling  of marine diesel fuel.
Tensions in 2011–2012
On 7 January 2012, the United Kingdom said that it would be sending the Type 45 destroyer  to the Persian Gulf.
Daring, which is the lead ship of her class is said to be one of the "most advanced warships" in the world.
The ship will have its first mission in the Persian Gulf.
The British Government said that this move has been long-planned, as Daring will replace another Armilla patrol frigate.
By 23 January, a flotilla was made by countries against Iran's threats to close the Hormuz Strait.
These ships were in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea off the coast of Iran.
Geography of the United Arab Emirates
Alan Erwin Ball (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer, movie director and producer.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and is openly gay.
Ball wrote American Beauty, for which he won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
He created, wrote and produced Six Feet Under (for which he won an Emmy Award) and True Blood.
Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983) is an American basketball player.
He played for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers.
Foye was selected with the seventh overal pick in the NBA Draft 2006.
In 2007, Foye was selected for the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Randy Foye at 82games.com
Randy Foye at nba.com
The Korea Strait (, Daehan Haehyeop), also known as the Tsushima Strait, is a narrow body of water between  Japan  and South Korea.
The name is used in two ways.
It identifies the sea between Korea and Tsushima Island; and it is also used generally to describe the wider ocean area between Korea and the island of Kyushu.
The strait links the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Tsushima Island is between the western channel (Korea Strait) and the eastern channel (Tsushima Strait).
The northern shore of the strait is the southern coast of the Korean peninsula.
Depending on usage, the southern shores of the strait may mean the western coast of Tsushima or it may mean the western coasts of Kyūshū and Honshū.
The strait is about  wide and averages about 90 to 100 meters (300 ft) deep.
A warm current (Tsushima-kairyū) runs through the straight from south to north.
Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia.
To the north it joins the Celebes Sea.
To the south it meets the Java Sea.
The city of Samarinda is 48 km (30 mi) from the strait, along the Mahakam.
is an epic account of the struggle between two rival clans at the end of the 12th century.
In the title of this work, the  is one of several ways to describe the  clan.
1818-1821 by Arthur Lindsay Sadler
1956 by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu.
1975 by Hiroshi Kitagawa and Bruce Tsuchida
1988 by Helen McCullough
2012 by Royall Tyler
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The Mozambique Channel is a part of the Indian Ocean.
Its between the Somali Sea to the north, the island nation of Madagascar in the east, and Mozambique in the west.
It was the place of the World War II Battle of Madagascar.
The channel is about 460 km across at its narrowest point between Angoche, Mozambique, and Tambohorano, Madagascar.
The channel reaches a depth of 3,292 m (10,800 feet) about 230 km off the coast of Mozambique.
Islands in the channel
Banc du Geyser
Glorioso Islands
Juan de Nova Island
Europa Island
Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago
The Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea.
It separates Italy from Albania.
Its width at Punta Palascìa, east of Salento is less than .
During World War I, the strait was of strategic importance.
The Allied navies of Italy, France, and Great Britain kept the Austro-Hungarian Navy from freely entering the Mediterranean Sea.
In 1997 and 2004, nearly 100 people lost their lives trying to illegally cross the strait.
This was following the 1997 unrest in Albania and poor economic conditions in the Tragedy of Otranto and the Karaburun tragedy.
In 2006, the Albanian government said that motor-powered sailing boats could not sail on all lakes, rivers, and seas of Albania.
This was to prevent organized crime.
Government owned boats, foreign owned boats, fishing boats, and jet boats are still allowed.
In 2010, the rule was extended for 3 more years, until 2013.
Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay and then with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest.
The strait is  wide.
Several rivers flow into it, including the Vaigai River of Tamil Nadu.
The strait is named after Robert Palk.
He was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the Company Raj period.
On the southern end  of the strait is a chain of low islands and reef shoals.
These are called Adam's Bridge.
This chain goes between Dhanushkodi on Pamban Island and Mannar Island in Sri Lanka.
Sinergia is a experimental music band, formed in 1994 in Santiago, Chile.
The band released five studio albums, one DVD, thirteen music videos, two extended plays and one demo.
The Sinergia's music experiments alternative rock, avant garde metal, funk rock, funk metal, ska, alternative metal, progressive rock, electronic rock, nu metal, and also punk rock, rockabilly and folk rock in their music.
Rodrigo Osorio - lead vocals (since 1994)
Pedro López - guitar (since 1994)
Pedro González - bass (since 2010)
Bruno Godoy - drums (since 1999)
Paul Eberhard - turntables, samples, percussion (since 1994)
Jaime García - turntables, keyboards, synthesizers (since 2003)
Alexis González - bass (1994-2010)
Luis Silva - drums (1994-2000)
Sinergia (2001, La Oreja/Sello Azul)
Procésalo todo (2004, La Oreja)Delirio (2007, La Oreja)El imperio de la estupidez (2009, Oveja Negra)Aquí Nadie Debería Ser Pobre (2012, Oveja Negra)
EPsApoyando la demencia (Self-released Demo 1998)Canciones de cuando éramos colegiales (2005, La Oreja)Vamos con todo (2010, Oveja Negra)
DVDsImperdible'' (2008, La Oreja)
El Copihue de Oro (Mejor Banda)
Festival de Viña del Mar 2008:
Antorcha de Plata
Antorcha de Oro
Gaviota de Plata
Premio Altazor 2008 (Mejor banda de Rock)
Premio Altazor 2010 (Mejor banda de Rock)
Premio Altazor 2012 (Mejor banda de Rock)
Chilean entertainers
1994 establishments
Byron is a city in Peach County, Georgia, United States.
A small part of the city goes into Houston County.
The population was 2,887 at the 2000 census.
Byron is home to the Middle Georgia Raceway.
The racetrack was host to the Atlanta International Pop Festival in 1970.
The festival was the largest gathering in Georgia history until the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Peep Show is a British television sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
It ran from 19 September 2003 - 16 December 2015.
It was created by Andrew O'Connor, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain.
It was written by Armstrong, Bain and Simon Blackwell.
Mitchell won a BAFTA Award for his role.
Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan, Webb plays Jeremy Usborne.
They are two young men who share a flat in Croydon, London.
They are friends despite being very different to each other.
Much of the show's humour is about the difference between the two central characters.
Mark is conservative, studious, intelligent, hard-working, frugal, socially awkward  and loves history.
He is a loan manager for the first five series.
Jeremy is unemployed, irresponsible, dishonest, lazy, promiscuous bisexual and hedonistic.
From series 1 - 7 he attempts to become a professional musician.
In series 8 and 9 he is a life coach.
Is the first fan-club of cars Porsche.
It was founded on May 26, 1952 in Westphalia.
Chinoiserie refers to elements in European art that are influenced by Chinese arts.
Some of the most prominent examples of Chinoiserie can be found in royal palaces in Europe, such as the Drottningholm Palace in Sweden and Tsarskoye Selo in Russia.
Chinoiserie from Getty Museum
Chloroacetic acid is an organochloride which results from replacing one hydrogen atom of acetic acid with one chlorine atom.
Chloroacetic acid is used in industrial chemical processes, for example in the production of dyes.
It was used as poison gas in the First World War, as a so-called Yellow Cross agent.
It is still used to treat warts today.
Chloroacetic acid is a very strong acid that causes immediate damage to the skin.
Exposing between 5% and 10% of the skin to a solution of 80% chloroacetic acid will lead to death.
Wester Ross is part of the Scottish county of Ross and Cromarty.
It is in the northwest highlands.
It has some of the most spectacular scenery in Great Britain, and is a tourist attraction.
Wester Ross is geographically the western watershed of Ross-shire.
Administrative and political boundaries have been changed a number of times.
The mountains are made of a very old Precambrian rock known as the Torridonian sandstone formation.
It was laid down in the Neoproterozoic era.
Tourism portal
Desertion is a military word which means a soldier has left his position without permission.
The soldier does not plan on returning.
The term Absence Without Leave (AWOL) can also be used, but is usually used where the soldier does intend to return.
Usually a soldier who has been AWOL for more than 30 days is listed as a deserter.
Deserting is treated as a serious offense; military law usually provides for the death penalty.
The last United States soldier executed for desertion was Eddie Slovik in 1945.
No U.S. soldier has been given more than 18 months in prison for desertion during the Iraq War.
Missing movement  from About.com
Memorial to German World War II deserters in Ulm, Germany at the Sites of Memory webpage
Memorial to all deserters in Stuttgart, Germany at the Sites of Memory webpage
AWOL Information
The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) is an English translation of the Holy Bible.
It was released in 1989 in the United States.
It is a revision of the Revised Standard Version.
It is a formal translation and its editors tried to make it accurate.
There are several editions of the NRSV.
These include editions with the Apocrypha, Catholic editions, and Anglicized editions which use British spelling and grammar.
The Torridonian is a sedimentary sandstone which sits on top of the earliest rocks in Scotland.
The map shows the sandstone as orange: it is on the western edge of the mainland, and on part of Skye.
Geographically, this is part of the district of Wester Ross.
The sandstone is the earliest sedimentary rock in this part of the world.
Under it lies much older gneiss known as the Lewisian complex.
All the rock under the sandstone is igneous and metamorphosed igneous rock.
The sandstones are red beds laid down by rivers and lakes in a landscape of low rocky hills.
A great thickness of red sandstone, brought in by rivers, buried the old hills.
This took place in the Proterozoic, 1,200 to 544 million years ago (mya).
There are older and younger sandstone groups, with a long period between them.
The lower sandstone is a breccia, with broken fragments of earlier rocks.
Henry John Hill Jr (June 11, 1943 - June 12, 2012) was an American mafioso.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City.
His mother was Sicilian and his father was Irish.
Hill was a member of the Mafia from 1955 until he went into the Witness Protection Program in 1980.
He later left the Program.
He was a violent robber, extortionist and drug dealer.
He was a compulsive gambler and drug addict who served prison sentences.
He married Karen (née Friedman) in 1965.
The couple had a son and daughter and divorced in 2002.
Hill died in hospital in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, aged 69.
Hill's children survive him.
Hill's life was the basis of Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy.
This was later used as the basis for movie Goodfellas, in which Ray Liotta played Hill.
Zheng Zhihua (, born 14 November 1961 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese singer.
His songs were very popular in both mainland China and Taiwan during 1990s.
His most famous song are "Seaman" () and "Stars lamps" ().
Knife Party is an Australian electronic dance music duo.
Their first EP was 100 % No Modern Talking, which was released on December 12, 2011 through Beatport.
Knife Party was founded by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen from the band Pendulum.
On May 28, 2012, Knife Party's second EP, Rage Valley was released.
Their single Antidote (Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party) was their most successful release so far.
It debuted at Number 4 in the UK Singles chart.
Discgography
Abandon Ship (2014)
100% No Modern Talking (2011)
Rage Valley (2012)
Haunted House (2013)
"Antidote" (Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party) (2012)
"Resistance" (2014)
"Begin Again" (2014)
"Boss Mode" (2014)
Musical groups from Western Australia
is a Japanese town in Shiga Prefecture near Lake Biwa.
The town is known for the ruins of Azuchi Castle.
The castle was built by Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century.
The castle was destroyed after Nobunaga's death by Akechi Mitsuhide in 1582; and only ruins remain.
Photoguide.jp Azuchi Castle
Raymond Allen Liotta (born December 18, 1954) is an American actor and movie producer.
He was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.
He was adopted when he was six months old.
His movie roles include: Ray Sinclair in Something Wild, Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams, Henry Hill in Goodfellas, Officer Pete Davis in Unlawful Entry and Detective Lieutenant Henry Oak in Narc.
He won an Emmy Award for his role in ER.
One of Liotta's earliest roles was as Joey Perrini on the soap opera Another World.
He appeared on the show from 1978 to 1981.
In his first movie he infamously sexually assaulted Pia Zadora with a garden hose in the cult classic The Lonely Lady.
In 1987, he earned his first Golden Globe nomination for Something Wild.
In 1989, he costarred, along with Kevin Costner, in the fantasy/drama movie, Field of Dreams.
Liotta was Shoeless Joe Jackson, the ghost of the famed baseball player.
In 1990, Liotta was real-life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's movie Goodfellas.
In 1992, he costarred, along with Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe, in the thriller Unlawful Entry as a psychopathic cop.
He also had a leading role in Sci-Fi/Action movie No Escape.
Liotta earned more praise for James Mangold's movie Cop Land, starring alongside Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.
In 1998, he received praise the crime movie Phoenix.
In addition to his movie roles, Liotta was singer Frank Sinatra in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack.
He received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for this role.
He provided the voice of Tommy Vercetti for the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards nomination for Best Supporting Male for the movie Narc.
He then reunited with director James Mangold in 2003 alongside John Cusack and Alfred Molina in the dark horror-thriller Identity.
He also narrated Inside the Mafia for the National Geographic Channel in 2005.
He appeared with John Travolta in the movie Wild Hogs and with Johnny Depp in the 2001 movie Blow.
In 2011, he starred in The Son of No One, opposite Channing Tatum and Al Pacino.