title: Diocese of Västerås

paragraphs: The Diocese of Västerås () is a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in the 12th century. Spanning across the Swedish historical provinces of Dalarna and Västmanland, it uses the Västerås Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Uppsala

paragraphs: The Diocese of Uppsala () is the archdiocese of the Church of Sweden, established in the 11th century. Spanning across Gävleborg County, Stockholm County and Uppsala County, it uses the Uppsala Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Lund

paragraphs: The Diocese of Lund () is a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in the 11th century. Spanning across the Swedish historical provinces of Blekinge and Skåne, it uses the Lund Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Strängnäs

paragraphs: The Diocese of Strängnäs () a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in the 12th century. Spanning across the Swedish historical provinces of Närke, Södermanland and Västmanland, it uses the Strängnäs Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)

paragraphs: The Diocese of Stockholm () a diocese of the Church of Sweden. It was established on 1 July 1942. It spans across the Swedish historical provinces of Södermanland and Uppland. The diocese uses the Stockholm Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Linköping

paragraphs: The Diocese of Linköping () a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in the 12th century. Spanning across Jönköping County, Kalmar County and Östergötland County, it uses the Linköping Cathedral cathedral as its seat.


title: Guimbal Cabri G2

paragraphs: The Guimbal Cabri G2 is a light twin-seat civilian helicopter. It is built in France. It is used for training and transport. When used for transport, it can carry only one passenger.


title: Ransäter

paragraphs: Ransäter is a minor locality in Munkfors Municipality in central Sweden. It is the birthplace of Erik Gustaf Geijer and Tage Erlander. In 2010, 114 people lived there.


title: Ransäter Church

paragraphs: Ransäter Church () is a wooden church building in Ransäter in Sweden. Belonging to Forshaga-Munkfors Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Candlemas Day 1986, following a 6 December 1983 fire destroying the old church.


title: Gustav Adolf Church, Habo Municipality

paragraphs: Gustav Adolf Church () is a church in Habo Municipality in Sweden. Belonging to Gustav Adolf Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was moved from Fiskebäck in the year of 1780.


title: Kalmar Cathedral

paragraphs: Kalmar Cathedral () is a cathedral in the town of Kalmar in Sweden. Belonging to Kalmar Cathedral Parish of the Church of Sweden, it served the old Diocese of Kalmar, and was opened in 1682.


title: Mariestad Cathedral

paragraphs: Mariestad Cathedral () is a cathedral in the town of Mariestad in Sweden. Belonging to Mariestad Parish of the Church of Sweden, it served the old Diocese of Mariestad, and was opened in 1625.


title: Diocese of Kalmar

paragraphs: The Diocese of Kalmar () was a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in 1603, and disestablished in 1915, becoming a part of the Diocese of Växjö. Covering circa half of Kalmar County, it used the Kalmar Cathedral as its seat.


title: Diocese of Mariestad

paragraphs: The Diocese of Mariestad () was a diocese of the Church of Sweden, established in 1580, and disestablished in 1646. It was disbanded following the establishment of the Diocese of Karlstad. Spanning across the Swedish historical provinces of Värmland and northern Västergötland, it used the Mariestad Cathedral as its seat.


title: Provinces of Sweden

paragraphs: The Provinces of Sweden () are the 25 histrocial regions of Sweden. Back in the Middle Ages, Swedish provinces would have their own laws, but in 1634, the counties of Sweden were established, and the historical provinces are no longer around when it comes to administration or politics. However, they still play an important part within culture and regional identity.


title: Yurt (newspaper)

paragraphs: Yurt (English: "The Homeland") is a Turkish nationwide daily newspaper based in Istanbul. It was founded on January 29, 2012 by Republican People's Party politician Durdu Özbolat. Editor of the "Yurt" is Merdan Yanardağ.

paragraphs: "Yurt" supports Kemalism and secularism, especially Republican People's Party politics.


title: Mike Mills

paragraphs: Michael Edward "Mike" Mills (born December 17, 1958) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of the alternative rock band, R.E.M.. Although he usually plays bass guitar, the piano and sings, he also plays keyboards, accordion and percussion instruments. He helped write many of the band's songs.

paragraphs: Mills was born in Orange County, California. He grew up in Macon, Georgia. He went to college at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. While living in Athens, he met the other musicians who later became R.E.M.

paragraphs: Mills is the main composer of many of R.E.M.'s songs, including "Nightswimming", "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?".

paragraphs: He has also played on recordings by the Indigo Girls, Warren Zevon, the Smashing Pumpkins, Jason Ringenberg and The Troggs.

paragraphs: Mills is a member, along with songwriters Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Linda Pitmon, of The Baseball Project.

paragraphs: In 2007, Mills was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with the other members of R.E.M.


title: That Evening Sun (movie)

paragraphs: That Evening Sun is a 2009 movie based on a 2002 short story "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down" by William Gay. The movie is produced by Dogwood Entertainment. It stars Hal Holbrook as Abner Meecham and is directed by Scott Teems who also wrote the screenplay. Dixie Carter and Mia Wasikowska are also in the cast. The movie received positive reviews and many enjoyed Holbrook's performance.


title: Into the Wild (movie)

paragraphs: Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical drama survival movie. It was written and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name by Jon Krakauer.

paragraphs: It is about living without money. It is very sad at its end.

paragraphs: It stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless with Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents and also features Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook. The movie received many positive reviews. Holbrook was nominated for an Academy Award for his role.


title: Aérospatiale SA-360 Dauphin

paragraphs: The Aérospatiale SA-360 Dauphin is a French helicopter. It is a single-turboshaft aircraft. It can hold eight passengers. Some were used by militaries, but most of them are civilian. It is the basis of the famous Aérospatiale SA-365 Dauphin 2.


paragraphs: The Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism is the central university for architecture and urban planning of Romania. It is in Bucharest. It was started in 1952.


title: University of Bucharest

paragraphs: The University of Bucharest is the central university of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.


title: Götaland

paragraphs: Götaland is the southernmost region of Sweden. It consists of the historical provinces of Blekinge, Bohuslän, Dalsland, Gotland, Halland, Skåne, Småland, Västergötland, Öland and Östergötland.


title: Östergötland

paragraphs: Östergötland is a historical province in southern Sweden. It's dominated by plainlands known as "Östgötaslätten" ("Östgöta Plains").


title: Västergötland

paragraphs: Västergötland is a historical province in southern Sweden. Several parts of Västergötland are dominated by plainlands known as "Västgötaslätten" ("Västgöta Plains").


title: Närke

paragraphs: Närke is a historical province in central Sweden. The older spellning, Nerike, is still around in the name of local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda.


title: Swedish Lapland

paragraphs: Swedish Lapland () is a historical province in northern Sweden. Once covering all of Lapland, the eastern half was lost in 1809, becoming Finnish Lapland.


title: Blekinge

paragraphs: Blekinge is a historical province in southern Sweden. It's famous for the Blekinge archipelago, and referred to as "Sveriges trädgård" (the "Garden of Sweden"). Once part of Denmark, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Halland

paragraphs: Halland is a historical province in southern Sweden. Once part of Denmark, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Bohuslän

paragraphs: Bohuslän is a historical province in southern Sweden. Once part of Norway, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Jämtland

paragraphs: Jämtland is a historical province in northern Sweden. Once part of Norway, after having been an own nation earlier in the Middle Ages, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Härjedalen

paragraphs: Härjedalen is a historical province in northern Sweden. Once part of Norway, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Skåne

paragraphs: Skåne (Scania) is a historical province in southern Sweden. Once part of Denmark, it became a part of Sweden in the 17th century.


title: Medelpad

paragraphs: Medelpad is a historical province in northern Sweden. Major rivers are Ljungan and Indalsälven.


title: Ångermanland

paragraphs: Ångermanland is a historical province in northern Sweden. A major river is the Ångerman River.


title: Norrbotten

paragraphs: Norrbotten is a historical province in northern Sweden. The history as an own province dates back until 1810, following hte establishment of Norrbotten County, and the coat of arms were adopted in 1995.


title: Västerbotten

paragraphs: Västerbotten is a historical province in northern Sweden. Until the Finnish War of 1808-1809, it also consisted of parts of what later would become Finnish Lapland.


title: Dalsland

paragraphs: Dalsland is a historical province in southern Sweden. It's nature is dominated by several lakes.


title: Finnish Lapland

paragraphs: Finnish Lapland is the northernmost region of Finland. Before, it was the eastern half of Swedish Lapland. The region to the south is Northern Ostrobothnia. The largest lake in the region is Inarijärvi. The highest place is Halti hill, in the Enontekiö municipality.


title: Finnish War

paragraphs: The Finnish War (, , ) was a war fought in 1808-1809 between Russia and Sweden. King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden lost, and Sweden lost its Eastern third. The lost land became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.


title: Vänern

paragraphs: Vänern is a lake in southern Sweden. It is the largest lake in Sweden.


title: Urban planning

paragraphs: Urban planning (urban, city, and town planning) is the design of cities and other urban areas. It focuses on the management and use of land, infrastructure, architecture and urbanisation.


title: Aérospatiale SA-365 Dauphin 2

paragraphs: The Aérospatiale SA-365 Dauphin 2 is a French helicopter. It is both a civilian and military helicopter. Mainly used for search and rescue, it is also used for transport and war against submarines. In this last kind it can carry one or two torpedoes. It is a modernized variant of Aérospatiale SA-360 Dauphin, with two turboshafts.

paragraphs: In 1992 after founding of Eurocopter all designations in "SA-" were changed to "AS-". So SA-365N became AS-365N.

paragraphs: Harbin Z-9 is a Chinese variant built under licence, and Eurocopter EC155 is the new one, built at the beginning as AS-365N4.

paragraphs: Militaries and governmental Aérospatiale SA-365N Dauphin 2 were acquired by : Australia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, UK, USA, Uruguay and many others.


title: Creatures (artificial life series)

paragraphs: Creatures is a series of artificial life (alife) computer programs. It was created in the mid-1990s by English computer scientist Steve Grand. It was developed by Millennium Interactive. The game is about raising alien creatures known as Norns. This involves teaching them to , helping them explore their world, ing them against other animals, and breeding them. The player can also teach the creatures to speak a language, and can then tell their creature to do something by typing in instructions.

paragraphs: Between 1996 and 2001, six "Creatures" games were released.

paragraphs: The program was notable for being one of the first commercial products to create artificial-life animals using genetics, biochemistry and neural network brains. This meant that the Norns and their DNA could "evolve" in many different ways. By breeding certain Norns with others, some traits could be passed on to younger generations. The genetics in "Creatures" are slightly different from human genetics; they are haploid.


title: Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin

paragraphs: The Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin is a French helicopter designed and built specially for the United States Coast Guard. It replaced the Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard in the search and rescue mission. A total of 102 examples were built with American avionics. From 2001 some of there are known as MH-65.


title: Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard

paragraphs: The Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard is an American helicopter built by Sikorsky as S-62's model. It was used by the United States Coast Guard between 1961 and 1988 for transport and search and rescue duties. It was replaced by Aérospatiale HH-65 Dolphin. Some were used in Iceland, India, Japan, Philippines and Thailand. Philippines Air Force was the last operator, until 1993.


title: Division of Oxley (1901–34)

paragraphs: The Division of Oxley was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Queensland. It covered the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, including South Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Coorparoo, Bulimba and Maree.

paragraphs: Oxley was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first Federal election in 1901. It was named after explorer John Oxley. It was replaced by the Division of Griffith at the redistribution of 1 August 1934. In 1949, a new Division of Oxley was created in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane, mainly around Ipswich.


title: With Every Heartbeat

paragraphs: With Every Heartbeat (alternate title: Kiss Me) is an erotic Swedish romance movie. It is about an up-and-coming architect who wants to marry her business partner, but later discovers she is really a lesbian. The movie was released in July 2011.


title: Search and rescue

paragraphs: Search and rescue is when people look for a person who is lost or in danger. It is usually carried by ships, helicopters, or land vehicles that are specially equipped. Most of these missions take place at sea or in the mountains. Search and rescue missions are performed by civilian and military rescuers, such as police or firefighters.

paragraphs: Combat search and rescue is a military variant performed by special forces like the United States Navy SEALs on the battlefield.


title: Division of Oxley

paragraphs: The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was created in 1949 and named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley covers the south western suburbs of Brisbane, as well as part of the city of Ipswich. There was an earlier Division of Oxley from 1901–1934, which covered a different part of Brisbane.

paragraphs: Its best-known member was Bill Hayden, the Labor Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983. Hayden became a minister in the Hawke Government and in 1988 was made Governor-General.

paragraphs: In 1996, Pauline Hanson was selected by the Liberal Party to contest the seat. She lost Liberal support because of her views on migration and Aboriginal issues. The Liberal Party were not able to select another person in time, and Hanson was elected as Liberal, but sat in the House of Representatives as an independent. She formed the right wing One Nation party. After a redistribution in 1997, Hanson unsuccessfully contested the Division of Blair at the 1998 election.


title: Carolyn Keene

paragraphs: "Carolyn Keene" is a pseudonym for the authors of the "Dana Girls" and "Nancy Drew" books. The first Carolyne Keene was a journalist, Mildred A. Wirt Benson, who wrote many of the books starting in 1929. Later books were written by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, the daughter of the books' publisher, Edward Stratemeyer. There have also been several other authors writing Nancy Drew books for Stratemeyer.


title: Robyn

paragraphs: Robin Miriam Carlsson (or Robyn; born June 12, 1979) is a Swedish recording artist and musician. She first became well-known worldwide during the late 1990s. She had a quite a few hit songs, including "Do You Know (What it Takes)" from her first record "Robyn is Here". Other singles include "Dancing on My Own", "Be Mine!" and "Crash and Burn Girl". Robyn was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.


title: This Film Is Not Yet Rated

paragraphs: This Film is Not Yet Rated is a documentary movie. It is about discrepancies in the MPAA rating systems. This movie was originally rated NC-17 (no children 17 and under admitted) because of "some graphic sexual content". However, it was released without a rating.

paragraphs: One discrepancy covered in this movie is between the way violence and sexual behaviors are treated. Another is between how homosexual and heterosexual materials are treated in independent movies vs. Hollywood movies. According to some interviewed in this movie, the MPAA often treats homosexual issues in movies much harder than heterosexual content.


title: Brüno

paragraphs: The movie Brüno is a 2009 American mockumentary movie. It is about camp, gay Austrian fashion reporter Brueno. The movie was banned in some countries as a result of its content. The MPAA gave the movie an NC-17, but it was edited and re-rated R. The movie also received an R-rating from Australia at first. This movie got very positive reviews.


title: Urban design

paragraphs: Urban design is a subject of urban planning focusing on design of cities or other urban areas. Whereas architecture focuses on individual buildings, urban design is about the design of whole neighbourhoods and entire cities. It is about making them functional and attractive.


title: Etelä-Suomen Sanomat

paragraphs: Etelä-Suomen Sanomat, nickname "Etlari", is a newspaper published in Finland. It is issued daily. It was first printed in 1914.


title: Solna Municipality

paragraphs: Solna Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in central Sweden. The seat is in Solna.


title: Hjälmaren

paragraphs: Hjälmaren is a lake in central Sweden. It is the fourth-largest lake in Sweden.


title: Storsjön

paragraphs: Storsjön is a lake in northern Sweden. It is the fifth-largest lake in Sweden. According to folklore, there is a monster living in the lake, "Storsjöodjuret" (the "Storsjö Monster").


title: Lycksele

paragraphs: Lycksele is a town in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Lycksele Municipality and is in Västerbotten County.


title: Lycksele Municipality

paragraphs: Lycksele Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Lycksele.


title: Sollefteå Municipality

paragraphs: Sollefteå Municipality () is a municipality in Västernorrland County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Sollefteå.


paragraphs: Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi‐City Biennale of Urbanism & Architecture is an international event that takes place every 2 years in Hong Kong, China. A "biennale" is an event that happens every 2 years. In 2005, the Chinese government decided to dedicate the biennale to Chinese architecture and urban planning to promote city of Hong Kong and the area of Shenzhen.


title: Sollefteå

paragraphs: Sollefteå is a town in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Sollefteå Municipality and is in Västernorrland County.


title: The Ark

paragraphs: The Ark was a rock band from Rottne in Sweden, active between 1991 and 2011. Started up by vocalist and priest-son Ola Salo, the band participated at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "The Worrying Kind".


title: Kent (band)

paragraphs: Kent is a rock band from the town of Eskilstuna in Sweden, started up in 1990.


paragraphs: The Bat-Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism (also called Urban Action) is an international event held every two years in Bat-Yam, Israel. It is dedicated to urban design and landscape urbanism. The event was first held in 2008 as an initiative of the city hall of Bat-Yam.


title: Hep Stars

paragraphs: The Hep Stars was a pop group from Sweden, active from 1963 to 1969.


title: The Book of Tea

paragraphs: The book is written for a Western audience. It was originally written in English. Okakura had been taught at a young age to speak English and was good at communicating his thoughts to Westerners. In his book, he discusses Zen and Taoism, but also the secular (non-religious) aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism (the art of tea) taught the Japanese many things. Most importantly it taught them simplicity. Kakuzō says that this simplicity, inspired by tea, affected arts and architecture.

paragraphs: When tea is more than a drink and the tea ceremony is understood and practiced to foster harmony in humanity, promote harmony with nature, discipline the mind, quiet the heart, and attain the purity of enlightenment, the art of tea becomes teaism. And it can be used to describe tea ceremony as the interests in tea culture and studies and pursued over time with self-cultivation. Teaism is mostly a simplistic mode of aesthetics, but there are subtle insights into ethics, and even metaphysics. Teaism is related to teamind. A sense of focus and concentration while under the influence of great tasting tea. Teaist is a person who performs or enjoys the art of tea and teaism. In Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures, they all have well-developed teaism.

paragraphs: Teaism is a synthesis of Taoism, Zennism, and tea. It is likely that it alludes more to the Taoist influences on Zen, and subsequently the Chado, or the Japanese tea ceremony, as he makes the statement, 'A subtle philosophy lay behind it all. Teaism was Taoism in disguise.' Teaism is brought out for its Taoist origins; but in the second half, it is shown through its manifestations in the Chado and in Japanese culture in general.

paragraphs: In this sense tea is more than a drink and more than an art, it is integrated in the culture and the mind. The term Chinese:chadao or Japanese:chado in English is a difficult translation task. In most common use and easy to express translation is "tea ceremony". A direct translation is "the way of tea" or "the way of tea". The term "teaism" is by some only signifies this with Japanese tea ceremony. Similar terms are "tea arts" and "tea culture". While the word lore is usually not used in this context, another term used is tea lore.


title: Friends (band)

paragraphs: Friends was a dansband from Sweden, active between 1999 and 2002. The band participated at Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Lyssna till ditt hjärta".


title: Ebba Grön

paragraphs: Ebba Grön was a punk rock band from Rågsved in Sweden. It was active between 1977 and 1983. Vocalist and songwriter was Joakim Thåström".


title: Herreys

paragraphs: Herreys was a pop/schlager trio from Sweden, active in the 1980s. The trio performed the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 winning song, "Diggiloo, diggiley".


title: Urban Land Institute

paragraphs: The Urban Land Institute (also called ULI) is a non-profit research organization dedicated to urban planning and urban development. The institute is located in Washington D.C., United States, with branches in London and Hong Kong.


title: Voltage regulator

paragraphs: Voltage regulator is an elecrical component that maintains a constant voltage level. It stabilizes the voltage. For example, when a voltage regulator is fed a voltage that varies betveen 7.5 - 9.0 Volts, the regulator's output stays at exactly 5 Volts. Another way to stabilize voltage is by using a zener diode.


title: Zener diode

paragraphs: Zener diode is like a normal diode, but instead of being destroyed by a big reverse voltage, it lets electricity through. The voltage needed for this is called the breakdown voltage or Zener voltage. Because it can be built with a known breakdown voltage, it can be used to accurately measure voltage.


title: Boxing Helena

paragraphs: Boxing Helena is a 1993 American romantic drama movie. It is about a lonely surgeon from Atlanta who gets obsessed with an accident victim named Helena. Sherilyn Fenn plays Helena. This movie was originally marked NC-17 (no children 17 and under admitted). It was later re-rated R on appeal. The movie performed very badly at the box office. The reviews were very negative. This movie was released in September 1993.

paragraphs: There was controversy with the casting of this movie. Madonna and Kim Basinger were each cast as Helena, but backed out. Basinger was taken to court for leaving the role. She lost, and was ordered to pay 8.1 million dollars. The verdict was later set aside on appeal in 1994, but the actress later settled for $3.8 million.


title: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

paragraphs: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love is a 1996 erotic romance movie. While this movie was being shot in India, the name of the movie was kept secret because the Indian government would not have allowed filming with the name "Kama Sutra". It was instead named "Maya & Tara". When the movie was finished, it was banned in India due to the erotic scenes, especially homosexual scenes.

paragraphs: In the United States, this movie was originally rated NC-17. It was later trimmed and re-rated R.


title: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

paragraphs: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1990 Spanish comedy crime drama movie. The story regards a psychiatric patient who, after being released from a mental ward, kidnaps a porn actress and tries to get her to marry him. Antonio Banderas plays Ricky, the psychiatric patient.

paragraphs: The movie was involved in a legal battle with the MPAA due to their decision to rate the movie X. The distributor, Miramax, filed a lawsuit against the MPAA. They did not win this case, so the movie was released unrated in United States theaters.


title: Breadboard

paragraphs: A breadboard is an electronic tool which can be used to test electrical circuits. Instead of using soldering to connect wires and components together (like on a perfboard or printed circuit board), they can be stuck into the holes of the breadboard. It has metal strips inside that will connect them, and it lets them be removed easily or moved around when testing a circuit.

paragraphs: The rows and columns of holes on a breadboard are usually labelled with numbers and letters. Everything in a row with the same number will be connected, except if the breadboard has a strip down the center. In that case, the metal is split and the row has two separate connections (one on each side). The center strip is also useful when connecting integrated circuits, because they can be pushed in over the top of it and have legs connecting to both sides without overlapping the connections.

paragraphs: 22 or 24 gauge wire usually work best to plug into the holes in a breadboard.


title: Visiting card

paragraphs: A visiting card is a small paper card with a person's name on it. They were used to let someone know that another person had come to their home for a visit. Some visiting cards had just a name on them. Some also had images.

paragraphs: Visiting cards are not used as much as they used to be. Business cards are now used the way visiting cards used to be used.

paragraphs: Before the industrialization visiting cards were hand made. Since the end of the 19th century production has become more and more automated.


title: Excision (movie)

paragraphs: Excision is a 2012 horror movie. The movie is about a high school student who wants a career in medicine. Marlee Matlin has the role of Amber. "Excision" is rated R in Australia and in the United States. It received very positive reviews from the critics.


title: AnnaLynne McCord

paragraphs: AnnaLynne McCord (born 16 July 1987) is an American actress. She plays the roles of vixens in movies. She starred as Suzie Woods in the 2008 supernatural thriller "The Haunting of Molly Hartley". She also starred as Naomi Clark in the show "90210". The actress was born in Atlanta, Georgia.


title: Chained (2012 movie)

paragraphs: Chained is a 2012 Canadian psychological horror movie. It is about a cab-driving serial killer who stalks his victims on the streets. This movie was originally marked NC-17 (no children 17 and under admitted) by the MPAA. It was edited downwards to an R. It was released theatrically in some countries, direct-to-video in the United States.

paragraphs: The movie was first shown at Fantasia International Film Festival.

paragraphs: Additionally, Troy Skog and Shannon Jardine play Bob's parents and Alexander Doerksen plays Colin. Amy Matysio appears as Mary, one of Bob's victims. Director Jennifer Lynch has a cameo as a cooking show host on TV.

paragraphs: Peter Bradshaw from "The Guardian" and Tim Robey from "The Daily Telegraph" both rated the movie 1/5 stars. The earlier called it "a fantastically crass and fatuous-in other words, silly and pointless-serial killer movie." The latter thought that "Chained" was "a lurid disgrace."

paragraphs: On the opposite end, Lauren Taylor from "Bloody Disgusting" rated the movie 4/5 stars. Taylor wrote: ""Chained" takes a typical tale of an abused child and makes something that is Oscar worthy." Rotten Tomatoes has the movie rated near 72% approval.


title: Tech (river)

paragraphs: The Tech () is a river in southeastern France, close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon. Its drainage basin is the river basin of Metropolitan France.

paragraphs: The river gives its name to two "communes" in the department: Le Tech and Arles-sur-Tech.

paragraphs: The source of the Tech is on the eastern side of Roc Colom in the Pyrenees at an elevation of , in the "commune" of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste.

paragraphs: It flows generally from southwest to northeast, first through the valley of Vallespir just to Ceret, and then through the Plain of Rosillon.

paragraphs: The Tech flows into the Mediterranean Sea at the Natural Reserve of Mas Larrieu, also called "Mouth of the Tech", to the north of the town of Argelès-sur-Mer.

paragraphs: The Tech river is long and its drainage basin has an area of approximately . The basin is composed of two areas that are quite different:

paragraphs: The flow of the Tech river was observed over a period of 38 years (1979-2013) in Argelès-sur-Mer, touristic town near the mouth of the river.

paragraphs: The discharge of the river at this location is 8.54 m per second.

paragraphs: Both the valley of the Tech and its mouth are part of Natura 2000, an ecological network of protected areas in the European Union.

paragraphs: The Tech has 22 tributaries; the longest tributaries are:

paragraphs: The Tech is entirely in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It crosses two "arrondissements", six "cantons" and 25 "communes". The two "arrondissements" are Céret and Perpignan.

paragraphs: As for the "cantons", the Tech has its source in the "canton" of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, and then flows through the "cantons" of Arles-sur-Tech, Canton Ceret, Thuir Canton, Canton Elne and finally Argelès-sur-Mer.

paragraphs: The Pont del Diable ("Devil's bridge") or Pont Vieux ("Old bridge") at Céret over the river Tech.


title: Effect pedal

paragraphs: An effect pedal is an electronic device that can change the sound of an instrument or the voice of a person. Typical effects include echo, chorus, distortion, tremolo, reverb and flanger. A potentiometer is one of the electronic parts that effect pedals use to change the sound.

paragraphs: Effect pedals are commonly connected to electric guitars and bass guitars and to amplifiers using a cable, such as a phone connector. The pedal is then put on the floor and controlled using the player's foot. Depending on how the effect works, there are different ways to use the pedal:

paragraphs: Many guitarists like to use different effect pedals with each other. They stick them to a flat surface to make a pedalboard that they can take with them.


title: Dennis Farina

paragraphs: Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor and former Chicago police officer. He was known for his role as Detective Joe Fontana on "Law & Order". Farina was also in "Get Shorty", "Manhunter", "Eddie", and "Saving Private Ryan".

paragraphs: Farina was born on February 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He was of Sicilian descent. Farina was a police officer from 1967 through 1985.

paragraphs: Farina became an actor in 1981 as Carl in "Thief". He would later appear in Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" (as Army Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson), "Striking Distance", "Another Stakeout", "Little Big League", "Snatch", "The Mod Squad", "Big Trouble" and "Out of Sight". He co-starred with Bette Midler in the romantic comedy "That Old Feeling".

paragraphs: The producers of the long-running television series "Law & Order" hired Farina as Det. Joe Fontana after the retirement of Jerry Orbach's character Lennie Briscoe. Farina stayed with the show for two years, but his character was not as popular with viewers as Orbach's Lennie Briscoe had been. As a result, in May 2006, it was announced that Farina was leaving "Law & Order" to work on other projects.

paragraphs: Farina was married to Patricia Farina from 1970 until they divorced in 1980. They had three children. Farina was arrested on May 11, 2008, for carrying a loaded .22 caliber pistol through Los Angeles International Airport security. On July 17, 2009, the judge in his case dismissed the charge and erased it from Farina's otherwise clean record.

paragraphs: Farina died on July 22, 2013 in a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, from a pulmonary embolism. He was 69 years old. Farina is buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.


title: Philip Roth

paragraphs: Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist from Newark, New Jersey. His books include "Goodbye, Columbus" and "The Human Stain".

paragraphs: Roth has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award, and several other awards. He studied at the University of Chicago.

paragraphs: Roth died at a Manhattan hospital of congestive heart failure on May 22, 2018 at the age of 85.


title: Soteira

paragraphs: Soteira (, male Soter, ) is an epithet that was added to the names of gods and goddesses in Greek mythology. It means "Saviour". It expresses the fact that the speaker expects the deity to save them and cleanse them of evil. It has been used with Artemis, Persephone, and Athena.


title: Thomas Middleton

paragraphs: Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) was a Jacobean dramatist. He is believed by some experts to have helped Shakespeare with plays such as Timon of Athens. His own plays include "The Revenger's Tragedy". He also worked with other writers of his day like John Webster.


title: John Webster

paragraphs: John Webster (1580-1634) was an English dramatist. He was perhaps best known for his plays "The Duchess of Malfi" and "The White Devils".


title: Division of Bonner

paragraphs: The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Indigenous Australian elected to the Parliament of Australia. Bonner was a Queensland Liberal Senator. There are only three other divisions named for Aboriginal people, Bennelong in New South Wales, Blair in Queensland and Lingiari in the Northern Territory.

paragraphs: The Division of Bonner covers the eastern areas of Brisbane, including Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum.


title: Neville Bonner

paragraphs: Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 19225 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Indigenous Australian member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a vacancy in the Senate. He later became the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the parliament. Bonner was an elder of the Jagera people.

paragraphs: Bonner was born on Ukerebagh Island, in the Tweed River in northern New South Wales. He never knew his father and had very little education. He worked on a farm, and in 1946 moved to Palm Island, near Townsville, Queensland. He became Assistant Settlement Overseer.

paragraphs: In 1960, he moved to Ipswich, and joined the board of directors of the One People of Australia League (OPAL). This was an indigenous rights organisation. He became its Queensland president in 1970. He joined the Liberal Party in 1967 and held local office in the party. Following the resignation of Liberal Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin in 1971, Bonner was chosen to replace her. He became the first indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament. He was elected in his own right in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1980.

paragraphs: While in the Senate he served on a number of committees. He was never a serious candidate for promotion to the ministry. He rebelled against the Liberal Party policy on some issues. Partly as a result of this, and partly due to pressure from younger candidates, he was dropped from the Liberal Senate ticket at the 1983 election. He stood as an independent and was nearly successful. The Hawke government made him a director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

paragraphs: Bonner was almost unique in being both an indigenous activist and a political conservative. He owed his political career to this combination. Other indigenous activists treated him badly, and they accused him of being a "token" in the Liberal Party.

paragraphs: In 1979, Bonner was jointly named Australian of the Year along with naturalist Harry Butler. In 1984, Bonner was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. From 1992 to 1996, he was member of the Griffith University Council. The university gave him an honorary doctorate in 1993. In 1998, he was elected to the Constitutional Convention as a candidate of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy.

paragraphs: He died in Ipswich in 1999, at the age 76.

paragraphs: The Neville Bonner Memorial Scholarship was set up by the Australian government in 2000. It gives money so that Indigenous Australians can study politics or related subjects at Australian universities.

paragraphs: The Queensland federal electorate of Bonner is named in his honour. A rugby league oval in Ipswich was named the Neville Bonner Sporting Complex in his honour. This oval was the home of an indigenous team, but is now the official home of the Queensland Cup team, the Ipswich Jets. The suburb of Bonner in Canberra, Australia's national capital, also bears his name. The head office of the Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services is named the "Neville Bonner Building".

paragraphs: Bonner was an active boomerang thrower. One of his boomerangs can be seen at the Old Parliament House in Canberra.


paragraphs: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love is a 1995 comedy movie with lesbian themes. It is about high school students who fall into love with one another.

paragraphs: This movie was released in the United States in mid-June 1995. It was released in the United Kingdom in September 1996. The movie got good reviews and publicity in the Sundance Film Festival.


title: Go Fish (movie)

paragraphs: Go Fish is a 1994 American romantic comedy movie. The movie is about young lesbians around Chicago. This movie was released in the United States in mid-June of 1994. The movie received several awards.


title: Turgay Yıldız

paragraphs: Turgay Yıldız (born 1965) is a Turkish theatre actor, director, comedian, playwright and politician.

paragraphs: Turgay Yıldız was born in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Language and History-Geography Department of Theatre in 1987. He worked as playwright, actor and director at theatres. He hosted television programs at TRT, Flash TV, Avrasya TV with his friend Bahadır Tokmak.

paragraphs: Turgay Yıldız was nominated by Democratic Left Party as candidate for Mayor of Çankaya, Ankara in 2009 local elections.

paragraphs: He currently attends EC English language school in Los Angeles, CA pursuing his career as a scriptwriter for Turkish drama and political satire.


title: Girls' Generation-TTS

paragraphs: Girls' Generation-TTS (Hangul: 소녀시대-태티서, also known as TTS, TaeTiSeo, or Girls' Generation-TaeTiSeo), was the subgroup of the girl group Girls' Generation, formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2012. It was composed of three Girls' Generation members: Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun, who the last two left the agency and the group in 2017. The group released their first EP entitled "Twinkle", in 2012. The second EP, "Holler", was released in 2014. Then in December 2015, a third EP entitled "Dear Santa" was released as a Christmas special.

paragraphs: On April 19, 2012, S.M. Entertainment officially announced the formation of the sub-group, affirming in its official press release that the intention was "to gain the attention of fans with all aspects of music, performances and fashion styles." He also hinted at the possibility of other sub-groups. The name "TaeTiSeo" or "TTS" was created by the first syllables of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun.

paragraphs: Compared to the members of Girls' Generation the main focus of TTS is on the vocal ability of each member while the original group places more emphasis in general on songs and group performances.

paragraphs: The single "Twinkle" was released on iTunes for everyone on April 29, 2012, along with a music video on April 30, achieving more than 10 million views on YouTube in just one week. In November 2017, the music video had 78 million views. The mini-album with the same name, "Twinkle", was released digitally on April 30th5 and physically on May 2nd. The next day TTS started their album promotions in various music programs.

paragraphs: They became the first sub-group to achieve a "triple crown" in music shows in South Korea, they reigned in place for three consecutive weeks at No. 1. At that time, "Twinkle" was the album with the highest charts by a Korean artist in iTunes United States and was in the 126th place of Billboard 200. The song received 2,520,485 digital downloads in South Korea in July 2014, and the album sold 144,000 copies in South Korea, and some 28,000 more copies abroad. During the same year, the group also participated in the SMTown Live World Tour III where they presented "Twinkle", as well as a special performance by Usher who sang the song "DJ Got Us Fallin 'In Love" with EXO.During the same year, the group also participated in the SMTown Live World Tour III where they presented "Twinkle", as well as a special performance by Usher who sang the song "DJ Got Us Fallin 'In Love" with EXO.

paragraphs: The group released their second mini-album, "Holler", in September 2014. The album debuted at number one on the South Korea's Gaon Album chart and also on "Billboard" World Albums. Reaching number one on the "Billboard" makes TTS the third Korean artist and the first female group to get more than number 1 on this chart. They previously reached number one, with their debut release, "Twinkle" in 2012. During an interview with Billboard, the three singers said:

paragraphs: They also revealed that Seohyun wrote the lyrics of one of his songs, "Only U" while Tiffany was the visual director of "Holler" music video concept. During the promotions, the three singers performed on the reality show "The TaeTiSeo". The show had on the personal side of Taeyeon, Tiffany and Seohyun, revealing how they live their normal daily life and what they do in their spare time. Several images of the preparation of the album were also shown.

paragraphs: In December 2015, TTS released its third special Christmas EP, entitled "Dear Santa". The album debuted at number two on the weekly Gaon chart of South Korea and has sold at least 60,456 copies to date. Seohyun wrote the lyrics to the title track "Dear Santa". As an effort to support music education for children in Asia, TTS contributed a part of the album's sales profits to a charity called "SMile for U", a campaign held between SM Entertainment and UNICEF.


title: Changmin

paragraphs: Shim Changmin (born 18 February 1988) is a Korean singer, songwriter, model and actor. He was the youngest member of the boy band TVXQ. He started with TVXQ in 2003.

paragraphs: Shim was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea.


title: Hetalia: Axis Powers

paragraphs: Hetalia: Axis Powers () is a Japanese webcomic by Hidekaz Himaruya. It has been made into a manga and anime series. The stories are based on political and historical events. The characters are personifications of countries and that play off both good and bad cultural stereotypes. The main characters include Italy, Germany, Japan, America, England/Britain, France, Russia, and China. The anime has a large fanbase throughout the internet and are known as "Hetalians".

paragraphs: The main events happen in World War II, but many others happen during different time periods. The series uses satire and humour to show events. Interactions between the countries are shown as social and romantic, as well as misunderstandings.


title: MBLAQ

paragraphs: MBLAQ is a South Korean boy band. They have five members: Seungho, G.O., Joon, Thunder, and Mir. The letters MBLAQ is an initialism for Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality.


title: Itä-Häme (newspaper)

paragraphs: Itä-Häme is a newspaper published in Heinola and neighbouring towns in Itä-Häme, Finland. It was established in 1927 in Sysmä.


title: Lowitja O'Donoghue

paragraphs: Dr. Lowitja "Lois" O'Donoghue, (born 1 August 1932) is an Aboriginal Australian woman who worked as an administrator of several Commonwealth organisations. She was the founding chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). She was named Australian of the Year in 1984.

paragraphs: Lowitja O'Donoghue was born at Granite Downs, a cattle station located on the Stuart Highway in northwest South Australia. Her father, Tom O'Donoghue, was a stockman of Irish descent. Her mother, Lily, was one of the native Yankunytjatjara people. Tom and Lily met while Tom was working at Everard Park, another cattle station on the traditional country of the Yankunytjatjara. The couple moved to Granite Downs, known as Indulkana to the Yankunytjatjara, in 1925. Lowitja was born here around 1 August 1932. She was the fifth of six children.

paragraphs: In 1934, members of the United Aborigines' Mission visited the community at Indulkana. They persuaded Lowitja's mother that it would be best for her children to be brought up by the missionaries. There was no school in Granite Downs, and they were concerned about raising their children in such an isolated location. They moved with their children to Oodnadatta, and took them to the mission, which was run by the Baptist Church. Lowitja was baptised at the mission by a pastor. She was taken to be taught at Colebrook Children's Home, an Aboriginal school run by the mission in Quorn. She began learning there at the age of three.

paragraphs: Lowitja was two years old when she was removed from her mother. After she was removed, she did not see her mother again for 33 years. During that time, her mother did not know where her children had been taken. Despite this, Lowitja did not identify as a member of the Stolen Generations. She would later say that she preferred the word "removed" over "stolen" for her personal case. She has said she was happy living at Colebrooke and that she received a good education both there and at the Quorn Primary School. However, it is these sort of assimilation practises by the Churches that Lowitja and many others would eventually work to put an end to.

paragraphs: In 1944, Colebrook Home moved to Eden Hills in the south of Adelaide due to very bad water shortages. This allowed Lowitja to go to Unley High School, a local public school.

paragraphs: In 1979, Lowitja married Gordon Smart, a health care worker at the Repatriation Hospital. She had first met him in 1964. He died in 1991, and was buried at Quorn.

paragraphs: From 1950 to 1953, O'Donoghue worked as a nursing aide in Victor Harbor. The small local hospital did not run a training course. With the help of the matron, Lowitja applied to be a student nurse in Adelaide. The Royal Adelaide Hospital originally rejected her, but shortly afterwards she was offered a position as a student nurse in 1954. She qualified as a nurse and worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital until 1961.

paragraphs: She spent time as a nurse with the Baptist Church working in Assam, in northern India. She replaced missionaries who were taking leave back in Australia. Due to the nearby Sino-Indian War, she was advised by the Australian government to evacuate to Calcutta from where she returned to Australia.

paragraphs: After returning in 1962, she worked as an Aboriginal Liaison Officer with the South Australian Department of Education. She later transferred to the state's Department of Aboriginal Affairs. She worked there as a Welfare Officer based mainly in the north of the state, including at Coober Pedy.

paragraphs: In 1967, Lowitja joined the newly formed Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs, which was in charge of Aboriginal welfare across Australia. She worked in the department's Adelaide office. After eight years, she became the Director of the department's office in South Australia. She was responsible for implementing the national Aboriginal welfare policy in South Australia. After a short while, she left the public service.

paragraphs: Lowitja was a chairperson of the National Aboriginal Congress for a short time in the early 1980s. She was later appointed chairperson of the Aboriginal Development Commission. In 1990, she was appointed chairperson of the newly created Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). In 1991, she, along with Alf Bamblett and Steve Gordon, became the first Aboriginal people to attend a Cabinet meeting. In December 1992, she became the first Aboriginal Australian to address the United Nations General Assembly. She remained as chairperson of ATSIC until 1996. She was replaced by Gatjil Djerrkura, who was considered by the Howard Government to be more moderate.

paragraphs: In 1976, O'Donoghue was the first Aboriginal woman to be inducted into the new Order of Australia. The award was in recognition of her work in welfare. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1983. She was named Australian of the Year in 1984, for her work to improve the welfare of indigenous Australians. She was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1999. O'Donoghue was inducted into the Olympic Order in 2000. She was made Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II in 2005.

paragraphs: O'Donoghue has received honorary doctorates from Murdoch University, the University of South Australia, the Australian National University, the Queensland University of Technology and Flinders University. She was made an honorary professorial fellow at Flinders University in 2000.


title: Eurocopter AS-565 Panther

paragraphs: The Eurocopter AS-565 Panther is a military variant of the AS-365 Dauphin 2's helicopter. It is specially designed for naval missions. But some of them are used by army aviations, like in Brazil.

paragraphs: AS-565 Panther are used in Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.


title: Harbin Z-9

paragraphs: The Harbin Z-9 is a Chinese military helicopter. It is a variant of the French Aérospatiale SA-365 Dauphin 2. Some of them were built for foreign countries.


title: Eurocopter EC155

paragraphs: The Eurocopter EC155 is the third generation of the Dauphin family of helicopters. Built by French and Germans, it is used both by civilian and military operators.


title: Lesbianism in erotica

paragraphs: Lesbianism has been performed in visual arts since the times of ancient Rome. For much of history of cinema and television, lesbianism was regarded as taboo. But since the 1960s, it has increasingly become a theme within its own right. It was first used in softcore movies and erotic thrillers during the 1980s. Acts of lovemaking between women first happened during several movies in the late 1960s: "The Killing of Sister George", "Therese and Isabelle" and "The Fox". Lesbian scenes during movies are always subject to controversy. Many people say that the MPAA has been harsh on movies with homosexual themes. One notable example of this regards the movie "When Night Is Falling", which was given an NC-17. The movie, though, was released unrated.


title: The Killing of Sister George

paragraphs: The Killing of Sister George is a 1964 stage play and 1968 erotic drama movie. The story shows lesbian romances. Sister George is a character in the radio series "Applehurst". The movie of 1968 was rated X by the MPAA because of a graphic lesbian sex scene. It put a limit on movie screenings and its ability to advertise in mainstream newspapers. In the United Kingdom, there were censorship issues. The movie was only passed under an X-rating in the United Kingdom after a part about lesbian sex was removed.


title: Chris Froome

paragraphs: Christopher Froome (born 20 May 1985) is a British road racing cyclist. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya, into a British family. He moved to South Africa when he was 14. He lives in Monaco. He rides for Team Ineos. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, competing for Kenya. He won a bronze medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, competing for Great Britain. He came second in both the 2011 Vuelta a España and the 2012 Tour de France. He won the Tour de France in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.


title: Australian of the Year

paragraphs: The Australian of the Year is an award presented on Australia Day (26 January) every year to an important Australian. The awards began in 1960 and are supported by the Australian government and several major companies. The awards are given by the National Australia Day Council. Over the years it has grown to include the Young Australian of the Year and the Senior Australian of the Year. An award to honor people at a local community level has also been developed as the Asutralian Local Hero. The first Australian of the Year was Nobel Prize winner, Sir Macfarlane Burnet.


title: Inflatable boat

paragraphs: An inflatable boat is a kind of boat which is made from rubber. It is filled with air. In some boats is possible to install outboard motor. Inflatable boats are usually made to fit into small places so they can be moved easily.


title: Mytäjäinen (pond)

paragraphs: Mytäjäinen is a small pond in Lahti, Finland. Its maximum depth is what is quite a lot because pond covers so small area. Some people swim there, including in winter time. The pond is near to "Radiomäki", Lahti city.


title: Joutjärvi

paragraphs: Joutjärvi is a lake in Lahti, Finland. Its maximum depth is .


title: Patricia Rozema

paragraphs: Patricia Rozema (born August 20, 1958) is a Canadian movie director. She is known for directing LGBT movies. She directed "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" in 1987. She also directed "When Night is Falling", which was released in autumn 1995 in the United States.


title: Pikku-Vesijärvi

paragraphs: Pikku-Vesijärvi is a lake in Lahti, Finland. Its maximum depth is (1998).


title: Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom

paragraphs: Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom became legal on 29 March 2014 due to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) act of 2013. This act allows same-sex couples to marry in England and Wales. Scotland introduced same-sex marriage on 16 December 2014 for partners converting civil partnerships into marriage, but for other couples same-sex wedding ceremonies began on 31 December 2014. Northern Ireland, however, is a recent addition to the Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 2019 and took effect on 13 January 2020. The first same-sex marriage ceremony took place on 11 February 2020.. Proposals to change that have failed. Civil partnerships began in 2005 across the UK, permitting benefits similar to marriage for same-sex couples.


title: Rogliano

paragraphs: Rogliano is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.


title: Vesijärvi

paragraphs: Vesijärvi is a lake in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. It covers about . It is next to Lahti, Asikkala and Hollola.

paragraphs: The water in Vesijärvi is clear. It contains many kinds of water plants.


title: Emile Griffith

paragraphs: Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was an American boxer. He was the first person from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion in boxing.

paragraphs: Griffith later won the world middleweight title and claimed an early version of the junior middleweight world championship, a claim that has not been universally recognized although some consider Griffith a three-division champion fighter.

paragraphs: Griffith was born on February 3, 1938 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. He was raised in New York City.

paragraphs: In 1971, two months after they met, Griffith married Mercedes (Sadie) Donastrog, who was then a member of the dance troupe "Prince Rupert and the Slave Girls." Griffith adopted Donastorg's daughter. Griffith said he was attracted to men and women.

paragraphs: In 1992, he was beaten and almost killed on a New York City street, after leaving a gay bar near the Port Authority Bus Terminal. He was in the hospital for four months after the assault. It was not clear if the violence was motivated by homophobia.

paragraphs: Griffith died on July 23, 2013 from complications of dementia in a hospital in Hempstead, New York, aged 75.


title: Jokichi Ikarashi

paragraphs: Jokichi Ikarashi (五十嵐 丈吉 Jōkichi Ikarashi; 26 January 1902 – 23 July 2013) was a Japanese farmer and supercentenarian, and the oldest man ever from Niigata Prefecture before 31 August 2018, when Chitetsu Watanabe surpassed his age. He was at the time of his death at age 111 years, 178 days the oldest living Japanese man for less than 6 weeks after Jiroemon Kimura's death on 12 June, and was believed to be the world's oldest living man after Canadian-born Americanman James McCoubrey's death on 5 July. However, two days after Ikarashi's death, the Gerontology Research Group confirmed both McCoubrey and Ikarashi to be younger than Spanish-born Americanman Salustiano Sanchez, who died on 13 September the same year (which would have been McCoubrey's 112th birthday).

paragraphs: Ikarashi worked as a farmer before his retirement. He had 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. He enjoyed singing, ate three meals a day and had never suffered from any severe injury, except falling from a tree and breaking left foot at age 91, and did not drink alcohol and smoke (and believed that to be the secret to a long life). While being Japan's oldest man he was most bedridden. He died of pneumonia on 23 July 2013 aged 111 years, 178 days and was succeeded as Japan's oldest man by Sakari Momoi.


title: Arturo Licata

paragraphs: Arturo Licata (2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014) was an Italian supercentenarian, who at the age of 111, was Italy's oldest living man since the death of Giuseppe Mirabella on 30 March 2012 and Europe's oldest living man since the death of 111-year-old Spanish man Francisco Fernández Fernández on 7 September 2012. Licata was the world's oldest living man since the death of Salustiano Sanchez on 13 September 2013.

paragraphs: Licata was born on 2 May 1902 in Enna, Sicily, Italy. He was born into a family of four brothers and two sisters.

paragraphs: Licata lived in Enna, Sicily, Italy. Aside from poor hearing and eyesight, he remained in good health until May 2013 when his health began to rapidly decline. Since September 2013, he was bedridden.

paragraphs: Licata died at his home in Enna, Italy from natural causes on 8 days before his 112th birthday.


title: Casey Fossum

paragraphs: Casey Paul Fossum (born January 6, 1978) is an American former professional baseball player. He played for the Boston Red Sox (2001–2003), Arizona Diamondbacks (2004), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005–2007), Detroit Tigers (2008), and New York Mets (2009) of Major League Baseball. He batted and threw left-handed.


title: Ted Lange

paragraphs: Theodore William "Ted" Lange (born January 5, 1948) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as the bartender, Isaac Washington, in the 1970s TV series "The Love Boat".

paragraphs: Lange was born on January 5, 1948 in Oakland, California. He studied at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Art. Lange has been married to Mary Ley since 2001.


title: Kazuchika Okada

paragraphs: Kazuchika Okada (born July 13, 1933) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is a former five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

paragraphs: He was trained by Último Dragón at Toryumon professional wrestling school and made his debut on August 29, 2004, against Negro Navarro. He competed in New Japan Pro Wrestling from August 26, 2007 to January 31, 2010. NJPW sent him to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling for a developmental tour in 2010.

paragraphs: He debuted for TNA on February 16, 2010 where he lost to Alex Shelley in a dark match. He competed for TNA from 2010 to 2011 and left to return to NJPW.

paragraphs: On February 12, 2012 at The New Beginning, he defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career. He won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship a second time on April 7, 2013 at Invasion Attack defeating Tanahashi.


title: Livingston County, New York

paragraphs: Livingston County is in New York State. About 65,000 people live there, and it is part of the Rochester metropolitan area.


title: Marshall Field

paragraphs: Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 – January 16, 1906) was an American businessman. He was the founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores.

paragraphs: Field was born on August 18, 1834 in Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He was married two times. Field had two children. He died on January 16, 1906 in New York City, New York from pneumonia, aged 71. He was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Uptown, Chicago.


title: Canigou

paragraphs: The Canigou () or Pic du Canigou is the highest of the mountains in Eastern Pyrenees; it is on the du Canigou, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France.

paragraphs: Because it has sharp sides and is close to the Mediterranean Sea coast, until the 18th century the Canigou was believed to be the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. On 21 July 2019, Abdullahi Abbas was officially the first Nigerian who succeeded climbing to the top of the Canigou.Pablo Bucheli, together with his sherpa Abigail White, was the first Ecuadorian on the top of the mountain.

paragraphs: Canigou is in the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees (; , often shortened as "Parc del Pirineu Català"), close to the eastern border of the park.

paragraphs: The Canigou peak is high. It is on a short mountain range, the Massif du Canigou, which is the eastern end of the Pyrenees. The mountain is the 395th highest mountain in France.

paragraphs: The first writings where the mountain is mentioned date from 949 with "Montis Canigonis" and "Monte Canigone" in Latin. The first written name of the mountain in Catalan ("Canigó") dates back to 1300, and from this comes "Canigou" in French.

paragraphs: The first ascent to Canigou was in 1285 by Peter III of Aragon, King of Aragon. This fact is mentioned in a chronicle written by Fra Salimbene, an Italian monk. It seems that the king did not go to the top of the peak.

paragraphs: Although the dominant climate is largely Mediterranean at its base, the Canigou has several climate zones:

paragraphs: Although variable from one year to the next, snow is generally continuous over , from mid-November to late May. The mean temperature in July is and in January is .

paragraphs: This mountain is a symbol for Catalan people. On its top there is a cross that is often decorated with the Catalan flag.

paragraphs: Every year on 23 June, the night before St. John's day ("nit de Sant Joan"), there is a ceremony called "Flama del Canigó" (Canigou Flame), where a fire is lit at the mountaintop. People spend the night there and take torches lit on that fire in a spectacular torch relay to light bonfires somewhere else. Some estimates conclude that about 30,000 bonfires are lit in this way all over Catalonia on that night.

paragraphs: The "Massif du Canigou" is a mountain range in the Pyrenees in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is the part of the Pyrenees nearest to the Mediterranean Sea.

paragraphs: There are two old monasteries at the foot of the mountain, "Martin-du-Canigou" and "Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa".

paragraphs: On 16 July 2012, the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France named the "Massif du Canigou" as a Grand Site of France.

paragraphs: The main peaks of this mountain range are:


title: Foreign relations of Vanuatu

paragraphs: Vanuatu has diplomatic relations with more than 65 countries. It has a very small network of embassies. Only Australia, France, New Zealand, and the People's Republic of China have embassies, high commissions, or missions in Port Vila. The British High Commission closed in 2005, after having been there for almost 100 years.

paragraphs: The government's main concern has been to improve the economy. It has a strong need for foreign aid, so Vanuatu has joined the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since 1980, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand have provided most of Vanuatu's development aid.

paragraphs: Vanuatu's foreign policy is fairly neutral. It stayed neutral during the Cold War, and has been a member of the Non-Aligned Movement since 1983. However, it has always given strong support for self-determination and decolonisation, especially throughout Melanesia. Vanuatu became independent from France and the United Kingdom in 1980. The first government recognised the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in November of the same year. It recognised the State of Palestine in August 1989. Later governments recognised Kosovo in 2010 and Abkhazia in 2011. Vanuatu has also supported the independence of New Caledonia and East Timor, and it strongly supports the Free Papua Movement in western New Guinea. Its relations with Indonesia have suffered because of this. Relations with Australia and New Zealand are a major focus of Vanuatu's foreign policy.

paragraphs: Vanuatu established diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1983, and Libya in 1986. It established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and the United States in June and September 1986, respectively. Relations with the United States were bad until the late 1980s. Relations with France remained bad throughout the 1980s. Vanuatu under Walter Lini also tried to create strong relations with Asia. By the end of the 1980s, the country had established diplomatic relations with the China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

paragraphs: Australia and Vanuatu have very strong ties. Australia has provided most of the assistance to Vanuatu's military. It is also Vanuatu's largest source of foreign investment, tourists, and foreign aid. Vanuatu also has strong ties to other Pacific countries. It is a full member of the Pacific Islands Forum, and several other regional organisations. It has been a member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie since 1979. It was admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations in 1980 and to the United Nations in 1981. Vanuatu is currently the only Pacific nation that belongs to the Non-Aligned Movement.

paragraphs: List of British High Commissioners in Port Vila:


title: New South Wales Legislative Assembly

paragraphs: The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The upper house is the Legislative Council. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly has 93 members, each elected to a single-member constituency, known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system.

paragraphs: Members of the Legislative Assembly have the acronym MP after their names.

paragraphs: Until 1990, the acronym "MLA" ( Member of the Legislative Assembly ) was used.


title: CNBLUE

paragraphs: CNBLUE is a South Korean rock band formed in Seoul in 2009. There are four members: Jung Yong-hwa (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Lee Jong-hyun (lead guitar, vocals), Lee Jung Shin (bass guitar, vocals) and Kang Min-hyuk (drums, vocals).

paragraphs: They have toured in South Korea and Japan.


title: Hiroto Kōmoto

paragraphs: Hiroto Kōmoto (/, born 17 March 1963) is a Japanese rock singer. He was born in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture. He dropped out of the department of economics in Housei University. He is an executive vice-president of a corporation (HAPPY SONG). He is married. He had sung in many famous rock bands. He sings in The Cro-Magnons these days.


title: Ryo Nishikido

paragraphs: Nishikido was born in Osaka on 3 November 1984. He started as an actor and a singer in 2004. In 2006, Nishikido held his first concert as a solo artist. He also acts in television dramas. His friends are Tomohisa Yamashita, Jin Akanishi and Yu Shirota. They are also actors.


title: Sport in the Czech Republic

paragraphs: Sport is an important part of Czech culture. It is a strong source of patriotism. The two most popular sports in the Czech Republic are football and ice hockey. They both get the most attention from both the media and the public. The many other sports with professional teams in the Czech Republic include basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, floorball and others.

paragraphs: The sporting events considered the most important in the Czech Republic are the Ice Hockey World Championships, the Olympic ice hockey tournament, the European football championship, and the football World Cup. In general, any international match involving the Czech national ice hockey or football team draws attention, especially when played against a traditional rival: Germany and Slovakia in football; and Russia, Finland, Sweden, Canada and Slovakia in ice hockey.

paragraphs: The Czech national ice hockey team is one of the most successful teams in the world. It regularly competes in the World Championships, the Olympic Games and the Euro Hockey Tour. The national team won their first Olympic Gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano. The Czech team won six World Championship medals between 1996 to 2011. The highest-ranking ice hockey competition in the Czech Republic is the Extraliga. Famous Czech players include Jaromír Jágr, Dominik Hašek, Patrik Eliáš, Aleš Hemský, Tomáš Kaberle, Milan Michálek and Robert Lang.

paragraphs: Football has been a popular sport among Czechs for many years. Previously the old Czechoslovakia team were a strong team internationally. In 2006, the Czech national team qualified for their first World Cup since the break-up of Czechoslovokia. More recently players such as Petr Čech, Tomáš Rosický and Pavel Nedvěd have achieved great success at top European clubs and have become national icons.

paragraphs: American football began to be played in the Czech Republic from the 1980s. The Czech Association of American football ("") was created in 1994. Since then it has developed a league system that is divided into two divisions: ČLAF A and ČLAF B. The most successful team is Prague Panthers, whom have won 12 titles.

paragraphs: The A7 series is an independent league. It was created for small and rookie teams. It is 7-on-7 football. The final match of the season is called Rice bowl. A7 series is less expensive than ČLAF so it can play teams from small towns which don't have sponsors.

paragraphs: Shooting is the third most popular sport in the Czech Republic. Winter sports are also very popular. The country has hosted world championship tournaments for Nordic skiing, ski jumping, and luge. Several Czech competitors have won medals in these kinds of sports internationally, including at the Winter Olympics.

paragraphs: The Czech Republic hosts several tennis events each year, including the UniCredit Czech Open in Prostějov and Prosperita Open in Ostrava, the Sparta Prague Open and Strabag Prague Open in Prague. The best Czech tennis players include Tomáš Berdych, Radek Štěpánek, Martina Navratilova and Petra Kvitová.


title: Flash animation

paragraphs: A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated video that is created by Adobe Flash or a similar animation software. The video is usually distributed in the .swf file format. They are often distributed on the World Wide Web, in which case they are often referred to as Internet cartoons, online cartoons, or webtoons.


title: Sexy Zone

paragraphs: Sexy Zone is a Japanese boy band managed by Johnny & Associates. It started in 2011. The five members of the band are Nakajima Kento, Kikuchi Fuma, Sato Shori, Matsushima Sou, and Marius Yo. They were chosen because of their male sexiness.

paragraphs: Sexy Zone first performed at Johnnys Imperial Theatre Special with their first song "Sexy Zone". This was released on November 16, 2011, by Pony Canyon. This song is also the theme song of the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup. They are special supporters of 2011 FIVB World Cup.


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title: Philippe of Belgium

paragraphs: Philippe (, , ; born Castle of Laeken, Brussels, 15 April 1960) is the King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. He is the son of King Albert II and his wife Paola of Belgium. On 21 July 2013, King Philippe I was named king of the Belgians when Albert II abdicated.


title: Lianna

paragraphs: Lianna is a 1983 lesbian-themed drama movie The title character is the wife of a college professor teaching at a University in New Jersey. This woman takes up child psychology with a friend named Sandy.

paragraphs: "Lianna" received several positive reviews from critics. The movie was released January 1983 in the United States.


title: DIP switch

paragraphs: A DIP switch (standing for dual in-line package switch) is a small electric switch, packaged in a dual in-line package as though it were an integrated circuit. It typically has several switches, with each one connection between two opposite pins on the package. One side of the switch is usually marked to be the "ON" side, so that it is clear which way the switches need to be moved to complete the circuit.


title: Time switch

paragraphs: A time switch is an electric switch that switches after the time period that the user has set. It can be mechanical or electrical.


title: William I, Duke of Normandy

paragraphs: William I Longsword (–942) was the second "Duke of Normandy". William added to his father's territories. He also began to expand Norman influence in West Francia (France).

paragraphs: William was born to the Viking Rollo and his Christian wife Poppa of Bayeux. He was born overseas probably in England.

paragraphs: William succeeded his father as leader in 927 Early in his reign he faced a rebellion from by other Normans who did not think he was fit to lead them. The leader of this rebellion was Riouf of Évreux. At this same time William sent his wife Sprota to Fécamp where their son Richard was born.

paragraphs: In 933, William I Longsword swore to Raoul as King of Western Francia. In turn Raoul gave him lordship over much of the lands of the Bretons including Avranches and the Cotentin. But the Bretons fought to keep these lands. They were led by Alan II, Duke of Brittany and Count Berenger of Rennes. It ended shortly with Alan fleeing to England and Beranger seeking to be on friendly terms with the Normans. In 935, William arranged a marriage between his sister Adela and William, count of Poitou with the approval of Hugh the Great. At the same time William married Luitgarde, daughter of count Herbert II of Vermandois. Her dowry gave William the lands of Longueville, Coudres and Illiers l'Eveque.

paragraphs: William Longsword attacked Flanders in 939 and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, and Louis IV, King of France, attacked Normandy because of this. Arnulf captured the castle of Montreuil-sur-Mer defeating Herluin, Count of Ponthieu. Herluin helped William Longsword to take back the castle. William was excommunicated for attacking and destroying lands belonging to Arnulf. William pledged his loyalty to King Louis IV when they met in 940. In return for this he was confirmed in lands that had been given to his father, Rollo. Almost three years later, on 17 December 942 at Picquigny on the Somme, William Longsword was attacked and killed by followers of Arnulf while at a peace conference to settle their differences.

paragraphs: William married secondly Luitgarde, daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois. They had no children.


title: Wall plug

paragraphs: A wall plug (U.K. term), or screw anchor (U.S. term), is a tool for putting a screw into a wall.


title: Prince George of Cambridge

paragraphs: Prince George of Cambridge (or George Alexander Louis; born 22 July 2013) is the son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is third in line to succeed his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, as well as the other 15 Commonwealth realms, following his father and paternal grandfather.


title: Rapcore

paragraphs: Rapcore (also called Punk rap) is a sub-genre of rap rock that fuses hip hop with punk rock.


title: Fred Dretske

paragraphs: Frederick Irwin Dretske (December 9, 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois – July 24, 2013) was an American philosopher. He was known for his works to epistemology and the philosophy of mind.

paragraphs: Dretske was born on December 9, 1932 in Waukegan, Illinois.

paragraphs: His later work centered on conscious experience and self-knowledge. Additionally, he was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 1994. Dretske received his Ph.D from The University of Minnesota and taught for a number of years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before moving to Stanford University.

paragraphs: After retiring from Stanford, he moved to Duke University where he was Senior Research Scholar in Philosophy until his death in 2013. Dretske died on July 24, 2013 from heart failure, aged 80.


title: Tom Corbett

paragraphs: Thomas W. "Tom" Corbett (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician. He was the 46th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2015. He was Attorney General of Pennsylvania before that. His performance had mixed reviews. The popularity of him was very low in the polls. He lost his re-election campaign in 2014 to Tom Wolf.


title: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

paragraphs: Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (born "Prince Louis of Battenberg"; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), known informally as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

paragraphs: In 1979, along with three other people, including a grandson Nicholas, he was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which planted a bomb in his fishing boat, "Shadow V," at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland.


title: Richard Erdman

paragraphs: Richard "Dick" Erdman (June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American actor, movie director and movie producer. He was known for his roles in "Stalag 17", "Cry Danger", "The Men", and in "Anything Goes". He appeared as Leonard Rodriguez in "Community".

paragraphs: Erdman was born on June 1, 1925 in Enid, Oklahoma. He was married to Leza Holland from 1948 until they divorced in 1950. He married Sharon Randall in 1953. They had one daughter, Erica who died in 2010. Erdman died on March 16, 2019 in Los Angeles from dementia-related complications at the age of 93.


title: Ayushita

paragraphs: Ayu Sita Widyastuti Nugraha (born June 9, 1989, Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian pop singer, hip hop dancer, actress, and host.


title: The Butler

paragraphs: Lee Daniels' The Butler is a 2013 American historical drama movie directed by Lee Daniels. It is based on Eugene Allen, who was a White House butler during eight American presidencies from 1952 to 1986. It was the last movie produced by Laura Ziskin.

paragraphs: The fictional Cecil Gaines is based on Eugene Allen who worked at the White House during eight presidential terms from 1952 to 1986. He started as a "pantry man," was promoted to butler, and then Maître d'hôtel.


title: Rosiers-d'Égletons

paragraphs: Rosiers-d'Égletons is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. It is part of the canton of Égletons. The village is named after the Rosier family, which is the family that Popes Clement VI and Gregory XI belonged to. The coat of arms of the commune originally belonged to the Rosier family. People from Rosiers-d'Égletons are often called Rosiérois.

paragraphs: The Rosier (or Roger) family lived in Limousin in central France. Two members of this family became popes:

paragraphs: The exact location where Popes Clement VI and Gregory were born is not known with certainty. We know only that they were baptised in a Church of the Roses ().


title: 42 (movie)

paragraphs: 42 is a 2013 American biographical sports movie written and directed by Brian Helgeland about the life of baseball player Jackie Robinson, who wore jersey number 42. "42" was released in North America on April 12, 2013.


title: Silvio Fazio

paragraphs: Silvio Fazio (April 9, 1952-) is an Italian writer. He was born in Rome, Italy.

paragraphs: Fazio graduated from accounting at the Institute Sandro Botticelli in Rome. He left Italy in 1977 to live in Nice, France. Fazio was the union representative for Workers' Force Ouvrière, from 2002 to 2010. In 2002 he signed the agreement for a reduction in working hours for two hotels on the French Riviera.

paragraphs: In 2006, Silvio Fazio published his first science fiction novel: "Il Segreto della grande porta". In 2010 he wrote the biography of Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, "Il Profeta di Satana". In 2012, the author released "Où les Dieux vont mourir" (French), that challenges the official interpretation given by the FBI after the massacre at Columbine High School and in two documentary films, Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) and Elephant (Gus Van Sant). On April 6, 2009 the writer survives the terrible earthquake in Abruzzo (l’Aquila) and harshly criticized the Italian government for its deficiency of efficacy in the relief efforts for the victims.

paragraphs: The author doesn't like the society gossip column and he declines any International Book Fair that he considers not-literary conventions. Fazio wrote some shorts novels for anthologies for Perrone Publisher and, sometimes, he use pseudonyms. He wrote, also, articles for the Italian web log: Fronte della Comunicazione.


title: Controlled-access highway

paragraphs: A controlled-access highway is a highway designed to allow traffic to safely travel at fast speeds. They are known by various terms around the world. The name motorway is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some other Commonwealth nations. In North America and Australia, the name freeway is used. In Germany, they are called Autobahns.

paragraphs: These kinds of highways have four lanes or more. They carry many vehicles. They have no traffic-lights or ground level intersections. All roads crossing the highway go over a bridge or a tunnel. Ramps connect the highways to smaller roads and other highways. The place where highways meet these roads are called junctions or interchanges. Places where cars can leave or enter the motorway are called exits. Many freeways do not allow slower traffic, such as bicycles and pedestrians, to enter them.

paragraphs: Most controlled-access highways are divided with at least two lanes going each way, but they can be much wider in large cities.


title: North American Aviation T2J Buckeye

paragraphs: The North American Aviation T2J Buckeye is an American training jet aircraft. From 1959 to 1962 it was called T2J but since 1962 it is called T-2. It was one of the major training aircraft of the US Navy. Some were used in Vietnam War for observations flights. A lot of T2J were used in Greece and Venezuela.


title: Art Clokey

paragraphs: Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American animator. He was one of the first people to make stop motion clay animation popular. His work began in 1955 with a short movie called "Gumbasia". Clokey's work was influenced by his professor at the University of Southern California, Slavko Vorkapich. He and his wife Ruth later created the clay character Gumby. Gumby and his horse Pokey became popular characters on television. They first appeared in the "Howdy Doody Show", and later got their own series "The Adventures of Gumby".

paragraphs: Clokey was born Arthur Charles Farrington in Detroit, Michigan. When he was nine years old, his parents divorced. He stayed with his father, Charles Farrington. After his father died in a car accident, he went to live with his mother in California. However, his stepfather refused to raise another man's son, and so Arthur was sent to an orphanage. When he was 11 or 12, he was adopted by Joseph W. Clokey. Clokey was a classical music composer and organist who taught music in Claremont, California. He taught Arthur painting, drawing, and filmmaking.

paragraphs: The name of Gumby comes from Arthur's childhood, when he would play with a clay and mud mixture called "gumbo".

paragraphs: Before he made Gumby, Clokey did a few experiments with clay animation. Most of these were short movies for adults, including his first movie "Gumbasia". Clokey made this in 1953, and released it in 1955. It consisting of animated clay shapes dancing to jazz music. The title "Gumbasia" was named after Walt Disney's "Fantasia". In 1963, he made "The Clay Peacock". This was a reinvention of the animated NBC logo of the time. Clokey's third short movie was "Mandala" (6 minutes, 30 seconds). He made it from 1974-1977, and it was released on August 31, 1977. He described it as a metaphor for the evolving human consciousness. All three of these animations were later released to the public on several collections of "Gumby" television shorts.

paragraphs: "Gumbasia" caught the attention of Samuel G. Engel, president of the Motion Pictures Producers Association. He paid Clokey to make a short pilot for what became "The Gumby Show" (1957). In 1995, Clokey worked with Dallas McKennon to make "", a full-length movie. It was not very successful. In the mid-1990s, Nickelodeon signed a contract with Art Clokey to show every episode of "Gumby". It was on top of their ratings for over three years.

paragraphs: Clokey's second most-famous work was the "Davey and Goliath" cartoon.

paragraphs: Clokey died on January 8, 2010, at his home in Los Osos, California. He was 88 years old. He had been suffering from a infection of the bladder.


title: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

paragraphs: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (often called just Bartlett's) is an American reference book. It is a collection of quotations. The book was first printed in 1855. Its eighteenth edition was published in 2012.

paragraphs: The quotations are listed by the name of the writer. That is different from other books of quotations that list by subject. The writers are listed by date of birth, not alphabetically. Quotations are arranged in order by time within each writer's entry. The book has an index of the main words used in the quotations. It gives the source of each quotation.

paragraphs: John Bartlett ran the University Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. People often asked him for information on quotations. He began a book of them for reference. In 1855, he privately printed his book as "A Collection of Familiar Quotations". This first edition had 258 pages of quotations by 169 authors. Many of the quotations were from the Bible, William Shakespeare, and the great English poets.

paragraphs: The book was a great success. Bartlett issued three more editions before joining the Boston publishing firm of Little, Brown, and Company. Bartlett supervised nine editions of the work before his death in 1905.

paragraphs: The tenth edition (1914) was edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. It began with quotations originally in English. Most of these quotes were from literary sources. After those, there was a section of quotations from politicians and scientists (such as "fifty-four forty or fight!"). After that, there was a section of translated quotations. Those were mostly from the ancient Greeks and Romans. The last section had quotations from the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. Quotations were arranged in a single column.

paragraphs: The eleventh edition (1937) was edited by Christopher Morley (1890–1957) and Louella D. Everett. It had bigger pages and a two-column format. That is more like the format used today. A twelfth edition (1948) was also edited by Morley and Everett.

paragraphs: The thirteenth edition (1955) was called the "Centennial Edition." It was credited to the editors of Little, Brown, but the preface gives special thanks to Morley, Everett, and Emily Morison Beck (1915–2004). This edition included more recent quotations. The two youngest people quoted were cartoonist Bill Mauldin and Queen Elizabeth II. Beck also edited the fourteenth edition (1968) and the fifteenth (1980).

paragraphs: After Beck's retirement, Little, Brown made Justin Kaplan the editor for the sixteenth edition (1993). His book about Mark Twain, "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain", had won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize. Kaplan was criticized for including only three minor Ronald Reagan quotations in this edition, and for saying publicly that he despised Reagan. (Franklin D. Roosevelt had 35 entries and John F. Kennedy had 28.) Kaplan was also criticized for including pop culture material.

paragraphs: The seventeenth edition (2003) had similar criticism. It included entries for the first time from J.K. Rowling, Jerry Seinfeld, and Larry David. Classic quotations were cut, including eleven quotations by Alexander Pope. Kaplan did include six Reagan quotations. He told "USA Today" "I admit I was carried away by prejudice. Mischievously I did him dirty."

paragraphs: The eighteenth edition (2012) was edited by poet, critic, and editor Geoffrey O'Brien. O'Brien is also the editor-in-chief of the Library of America.

paragraphs: "In addition to the prefaces of various editions of" Bartlett's, "the following sources were useful":


title: John Moore (broadcaster)

paragraphs: John Sanford Moore (born 5 June 1966) is a Canadian radio and television presenter. He is also a movie critic, actor, voice actor and comedian. He works on the radio station CFRB 1010 in Toronto. Moore has reported on entertainment on the channel's morning show since 1999. He does reviews of movies. He has also hosted several other shows on the radio, including "The John Moore Show" since 2003, and "Moore in the Morning" since 2009.

paragraphs: Moore was born in Montreal, Quebec. He grew up in a part of the city where the people mostly spoke English, instead of French. His first job in journalism was as a reporter at the radio station CHOM-FM in Montreal. He has also previously worked for Radio-Canada. He also hosted "Mystery Ink", a show about mystery fiction that aired often on the television channel Mystery TV. Moore starts the show by interviewing an author. Next, he may speak with detectives or look at classic movies. The final stage is a crime story or he may speak about untrue facts.

paragraphs: Moore has also been working as a voice actor. He has done voices for the cartoon television series "Ripley's Believe It or Not!", "The Little Lulu Show", "Arthur", "A Miss Mallard Mystery", "Caillou", "Flight Squad", "Jim Button", "Animal Crackers", "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures", "The Triplets", "Team S.O.S." and "Potatoes and Dragons".


title: Better Than Chocolate

paragraphs: Better than Chocolate is a romantic comedy movie from 1999. The subject in this movie is a woman named Maggie who has recently moved out on her own and started an erotic relationship with a woman named Kim. The couple try their best to keep their lesbian affairs secret.

paragraphs: This movie got several awards. It was among the highest-grossing movies in Canada. It was released in February 1999. A poster for this movie was censored by the Hong Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority because of the content. An advertisement regarding the movie which was in the "San Diego Union-Tribute" was taken out because the word "lesbian" was shown on the movie poster.


title: Bell 205

paragraphs: The Bell 205 is a US helicopter. It is the civilian variant of the famous military UH-1D & UH-1H Iroquois. Some were built under licence in Germany, Italy, and Japan. In Italian it is called "Agusta-Bell AB-205".


title: Bell 204

paragraphs: The Bell 204 is a US helicopter. It is a civilian variant of UH-1B Iroquois. Some were built under licence in Italy as "Agusta-Bell AB-204". Bell 205 is a modernized and enlarged variant.


title: Bell 222

paragraphs: The Bell 222 is a US civilian helicopter. It has a retractable landing gear. It was popularized by the US TV series "Airwolf". The Bell 230 is a modernized variant.


title: Great Sasuke

paragraphs: Masanori Murakawa (born July 18, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is better known under the ring name, The Great Sasuke.

paragraphs: He has also wrestled under the ring name, "Masa Michinoku". He adopted the name "Ninja Sasuke" as well as the mask and outfit while on tour in Mexico. He is the founder and the current owner of Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

paragraphs: Michinoku Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation agreed to have The Great Sasuke take part in a tournament to crown the first ever WWF Light Heavyweight Champion in 1997.

paragraphs: Sasuke was being pushed to win the title but word got out to the WWF that Sasuke was bragging to Japanese media about how he would only defend the title in Japan if he won it and would refuse to lose the title on WWF television. The WWF fired him and terminated his working agreement. The tournament and title would eventually be won by Michinoku Pro Wrestling alumni, Taka Michinoku.

paragraphs: Along with Tiger Mask IV he began feuding with the heel clones of their gimmicks: Masked Tiger and Sasuke the Great. He won the NWA World Middleweight Championship in 1999 after he defeated Tokyo Magnum in tournament final to win the championship which was vacated by his old rival Último Dragón.

paragraphs: He swapped the red stripes on his mask for blue stripes and turned into a heel. He also started using the ring name SASUKE for a short time but turned back into a face when Jinsei Shinzaki "brought him back from the dark side" by "exorcising the evil out of him".

paragraphs: He currently competes for Michinoku Pro Wrestling.

paragraphs: He is a member of the rock band Crazy Crew along with fellow professional wrestlers Ricky Fuji and Ken45°.

paragraphs: He ran in a Iwate governor election in 2007. He lost in his bid to become governor of Iwate in a recent election.

paragraphs: He was arrested for assault after kicking a 36-year old man and grabbing him by the shirt collar on February 19, 2009. It was reported that he was angry because his picture was being taken with a cellphone camera. The incident happened on a JR Joban Line train at Minamisenju Station. All of the charges were dropped and he was released from jail on February 21 after he served 40 hours in jail and apologized to the man.


title: Separatism

paragraphs: In a society, certain people may have ideas that are noticeably different from those of the majority. These people are sometimes called hat the majority (for example, the state or a religious group) recognises that their ideas are different. Very often, they also want autonomy, self-determination, and perhaps secession and independence from the main group. People may support separatism because they are of a different culture, ethnicity, religion, race or gender than the majority. It may also be because they have different ideas about governing, laws or religion.

paragraphs: Ethnic separatism is based more on differences in culture and language than religious or racial differences. These may also may exist, however.

paragraphs: Religious separatist groups and sects want to withdraw from some larger religious groups.

paragraphs: The separation of beliefs and/or practices is often followed by a migration. The dissident group may fear sanctions for heresy if they stay in their original homeland.

paragraphs: Racial separatists are against their members marrying with other races. They want separate schools, businesses, churches and other institutions or even separate societies, territories and governments.