title: Jacqueline du Pré

paragraphs: Jacqueline du Pré (26 January 1945 - 19 October 1987) was an English cellist. Today she is thought of as one of the greatest cellists of all time. She is particularly remembered for her performances of the Elgar "Cello Concerto". She was still quite young when she became ill with multiple sclerosis and had to give up playing her cello.

paragraphs: Jacqueline du Pré was born in Oxford, England. Her father came from Jersey. His mother was a talented pianist who taught at the Royal Academy of Music. When she was four Jacqueline heard the sound of a cello on the radio and she told her mother she wanted "one of those." She started with lessons from her mother, who composed little pieces with little drawings. Then, when she was five, she went to the London Violoncello School . Her first teacher was Alison Dalrymple.

paragraphs: Soon she and her sister, who played the flute, were winning local music competitions. Du Pré’s main teacher, from 1955 to 1961, both privately and at the Guildhall School of Music in London, was the famous cellist William Pleeth. She took part in a masterclass with Pablo Casals in Zermatt, Switzerland in 1960, and had some lessons with Paul Tortelier in Paris in 1962, and with Mstislav Rostropovich in Russia in 1966. Rostropovich said that she was the only young cellist who could play better than he could.

paragraphs: In March 1961, when she was 16, du Pré gave her first concert at the Wigmore Hall, London, and she played the Elgar Cello Concerto in 1962 in the Royal Festival Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Schwarz. She performed at the BBC Proms in 1963 playing the Elgar concerto again, with Sir Malcolm Sargent. People liked it so much that she was asked to play it every year for three years. Du Pré performed at the Proms every year until 1969.

paragraphs: In 1965, when she was 20, she recorded the Elgar concerto for EMI with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli. This made her internationally famous. People still judge every cellist’s performance of this work by this recording by du Pré.

paragraphs: She played with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. She regularly performed with conductors such as Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Daniel Barenboim (her husband), Zubin Mehta, and Leonard Bernstein.

paragraphs: There were two cellos that Du Pré usually played. One was a Stradivari cellos, the Stradivarius made in 1673, and the other was made in 1712 and was called the Davydov Stradivarius. Both instruments were gifts from her godmother. She performed with the 1673 Stradivarius from 1961 until 1964 when she got the Davydov. Many of her most famous recordings were made on this instrument, including the Elgar Concerto with Barbirolli, the Robert Schumann Cello Concerto with Barenboim and the two Brahms cello sonatas. From 1969 to 1970 du Pré played a Francesco Goffriller cello, and in 1970 she got a modern instrument from the Philadelphia violin maker Sergio Peresson. It was the Peresson cello that du Pré played for the rest of her career until 1973, including a second, live recording of the Elgar Concerto, and her last studio recording in 1971 of the sonatas by Frederic Chopin and César Franck.

paragraphs: She often played chamber music with her husband Daniel Barenboim and her friends Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, and Pinchas Zukerman. In 1969 a film was made when they played Schubert’s "Piano Quintet ("Trout")". There were also other films made of her playing.

paragraphs: Jacqueline du Pré met pianist Daniel Barenboim on New Year's Eve in 1966. They were married the following June (1967) at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. As her husband was Jewish, she converted to Judaism. They very often performed together, with Baremboim either playing the piano or conducting an orchestra.

paragraphs: Jacqueline’s sister Hilary and her brother Piers later wrote a book about her called "A Genius in the Family". This was made into a film "Hilary and Jackie". In this film it was claimed that Jacqueline had had an affair with Hilary’s husband. They said that this had helped her at the time she was having a nervous breakdown. Hilary’s daughter later criticized the story and said that her father had made Jacqueline have sex with him.

paragraphs: In the early 1980s, Barenboim began an affair with the Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova, with whom he had two sons. This was kept secret from Jacqueline, who was very ill by that time.

paragraphs: In 1971, Jacqueline du Pré’s started to suffer from multiple sclerosis. She began to lose feeling in her fingers, as well as in other parts of her body. She stopped playing for a while. Then, in 1973, she started playing again, but she could not play so well. She performed the "Elgar Concerto" for her last London concerts in February 1973 with Zubin Mehta and the New Philharmonia Orchestra.

paragraphs: Her last public concerts were in New York in February 1973, where she was going to play four performances of the Brahms "Double Concerto" with the violinist Pinchas Zukerman, and Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. Du Pré later said she had difficulty in opening the cello case. She was in the middle of a performance when her fingers could no longer perform. The last performance was cancelled.

paragraphs: In October 1973 it was confirmed that she had multiple sclerosis. During her last years she was in a wheelchair. She sometimes gave some masterclasses. She died of multiple sclerosis in London on October 19, 1987, at the age of 42.

paragraphs: Jacqueline du Pré was given many honours. She was made an OBE in 1976. After her death a rose was named after her by the Royal Horticultural Society. The music building of St Hilda's College, Oxford is named after her. She has left us many recordings of her playing.


title: New Lanark

paragraphs: New Lanark is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

paragraphs: New Lanark is a 18th century village and model industrial community with cotton mill buildings, workers' housing, and school. The small town was built by Robert Owen as an experiment in utopian idealism.

paragraphs: Between 1785 and 1968, some buildings were torn down or burned; and some new buildings were built. However, the overall appearance of the village stayed much like it was in the first half of the 19th century.

paragraphs: In 1975, the New Lanark Conservation Trust was established to prevent demolition of the village.

paragraphs: In 2001, New Lanark was named a World Heritage Site.


title: Master class

paragraphs: A master class is a lesson given by a famous musician or artist to a small group of students. Music students may often have the opportunity to have a masterclass with a famous musician. They will have prepared a piece of music to play to the teacher. There is usually an audience watching at a masterclass.


title: North Medwin River

paragraphs: North Medwyn is a river in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland. The North Medwyn is a tributary of the River Clyde. This means that it flows into the River Clyde.


title: South Medwin River

paragraphs: The South Medwyn is a river in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland. As it flows west it joins the River Clyde. The two rivers join about 1.5 km south of Carnwath.


title: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

paragraphs: Hamilton (, ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the where the council headquarters for South Lanarkshire are situated.


title: Province of Frosinone

paragraphs: The Province of Frosinone () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Frosinone.

paragraphs: The province of Frosinone was created in December of 1926 with territories of the Lazio and Campania regions.

paragraphs: The province of Frosinone has an area of , the third largest province of the Lazio region.

paragraphs: The province is in the southeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Abruzzo region (L'Aquila province), to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the east by the Molise region (Isernia province), to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Latina province.

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is "Monte Meta" or, simply, "La Meta" (), with an altitude of ; it is on the border with the L'Aquila province.

paragraphs: The main rivers in the province are the Liri, long, and its tributary, the Sacco river, long.

paragraphs: There are 493,067 persons living in the province in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the province of Frosinone

paragraphs: There are 91 municipalities (or "comuni") in the province; they are:

paragraphs: The largest "comune" is Veroli, with and the smallest is Vicalvi (). The "comune" with fewest people living in it is Acquafondata with 263 inhabitants.

paragraphs: The following table shows the 10 "comuni" with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.


title: Province of Latina

paragraphs: The Province of Latina () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.

paragraphs: The province of Latina was created in December of 1934 with the name of Littoria.

paragraphs: The province of Latina has an area of , the smallest province of the Lazio region.

paragraphs: The province is in the southwest of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Frosinone province, to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is "Monte Petrella" (), with an altitude of .

paragraphs: In 2017, there are 574,891 persons living in the province, for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the province of Latina

paragraphs: There are 33 municipalities (or "comuni") in the province; they are:

paragraphs: The largest "comune" is Latina, with and the smallest is Ventotene (). The "comune" with fewest people living in it is Campodimele with 622 inhabitants.


title: Province of Rieti

paragraphs: The Province of Rieti () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.

paragraphs: The province of Rieti was created in January of 1927 with parts of the provinces of Rome and L'Aquila.

paragraphs: The province of Rieti has an area of , the second smallest province of the Lazio region.

paragraphs: The province is in the northeast of the Lazio region. It borders to the west, along the Tiber river, with the Viterbo province and the Rome, to the north with the Umbria region (provinces of Perugia and Terni), and to the east by Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, and with the provinces of L'Aquila and Teramo in the Abruzzo region.

paragraphs: The territory of the province is mostly mountainous with the "Monti Sabini" and "Monti Reatini" to the north, on the border with the Umbria region; the "Monti Terminillo" and the "Monti della Laga" to the east; and the "Monti del Cicolano" and "Monti della Duchessa" to the southeast.

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is Monte Gorzano (), in the "Monti della Laga" in the eastern part of the province along the border with the Teramo province, with an altitude of .

paragraphs: There are several artificial lakes; the largest is the "Lago del Salto" with an area of .

paragraphs: , there are 157,429 persons living in the province, for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the province of Rieti

paragraphs: There are 73 municipalities (or "comuni") in the province; they are:

paragraphs: The largest "comune" is Rieti, with and the smallest is Frasso Sabino (). The "comune" with fewest people living in it is Marcetelli with 89 inhabitants.


title: Province of Rome

paragraphs: Rome (or ) is a province in the region of Latium (or ) in Italy.


title: Derren Brown

paragraphs: Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English magician, psychological illusionist, "mentalist", and painter. He was born in Croydon, south London. Brown studied law and German at the University of Bristol. In 1996, he started doing stage shows. He is especially known for "close-up magic", where the subject is, for example, sitting at a table opposite the performer.

paragraphs: "Trick of the Mind", "Trick or Treat" and "The System" are some of his television programmes shown on Channel 4.

paragraphs: Brown is openly gay. He was an Evangelical Christian in his teens, and became an atheist in his twenties. This is discussed by Brown in the "Messiah" special, and in his book "Tricks of the Mind". An interview as part of Richard Dawkins' two-part documentary series "The Enemies of Reason", where Brown explained various psychological techniques used by purported psychics and spiritual mediums to manipulate their audiences, Brown also said he sought to strengthen his belief and provide answers to common criticisms of religion by reading the Bible and other Christian religious texts. He found none of the answers he sought and came to the conclusion that his belief (in Christianity) had no basis.

paragraphs: The psychological element in Brown's scenarios seems clear.


title: Fall of a Kingdom

paragraphs: Fall of a Kingdom is the first book in the "Farsala" Trilogy by American author Hilari Bell. It was previously called "Flame!" It is also called "The Book of Sorahb" in the series.


title: Rise of a Hero

paragraphs: Rise of a Hero is a fantasy book that was written in 2005 by Hilari Bell. It is the second book in the Farsala Trilogy.


title: Forging the Sword

paragraphs: Forging the Sword is a fantasy book that was written by Hilari Bell. It is the third and last book in the Farsala Trilogy.


title: Farsala Trilogy

paragraphs: The Farsala Trilogy is a series of three fantasy books that are written by Hilari Bell. The books follow the story of Jiaan, Kavi, and Soraya as they try to defeat the Hrum Empire.


title: Watchtower

paragraphs: A Watchtower or watch tower is a tower used for surveillance. They were used at city walls to see invaders, when they were far away, so the city could prepare for an attack. A watchtower is also used for watching over people (like a town or a city). Watchtowers were popular in the Middle Ages. They are still often used to watch over prisoners and make sure that they don't escape or leave the area. Forestry uses watchtowers to find fires before they become more dangerous.


title: Hilari Bell

paragraphs: Hilari Bell (born in 1958) is an American fantasy writer. She is the writer of several science-fiction and fantasy books including the "Farsala Trilogy".


title: Argeș County

paragraphs: Argeș () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia. The capital of Argeș County is Piteşti.

paragraphs: This county has a total area of 6,862 km².

paragraphs: The main river that croses the county is the Argeș River. In the south, the main rivers are the Vedea River and the Teleorman River.

paragraphs: The main sights of Argeș County include:

paragraphs: Argeș County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes.


title: Henry A. Wallace

paragraphs: Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–45). He was also the eleventh Secretary of Agriculture (1933–40). In addition, he was the tenth Secretary of Commerce (1945–46). In 1948, he ran for president as a member of the Progressive Party.


title: Cumulonimbus cloud

paragraphs: Cumulonimbus (Cb) is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. When seen in a storm, it may be called "thunderhead". The clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a cold front in a squall line, a line of strong winds. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus clouds (namely from cumulus congestus cloud) and can further develop to a supercell, a severe thunderstorm with special features. Cumulonimbus clouds are the source of most tornadoes.


title: Vertical draft

paragraphs: An updraft or downdraft is the vertical movement of air as weather causes two forces to move.


title: Molecular cloud

paragraphs: A molecular cloud is a kind of cloud in space. It has enough density and size so that molecules can form, usually molecules of hydrogen (H). Molecular hydrogen is not easy to find. Instead astronomers use infrared telescopes and radio telescopes to look for CO (carbon monoxide). This lets them find the hydrogen molecules that are also there.


title: Covasna County

paragraphs: Covasna (, ) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Covasna County is Sfântu Gheorghe.

paragraphs: Covasna County has an area of 3,710 km².

paragraphs: Covasna County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 40 communes. The places have an absolute and relative Hungarian majority, Hungarian names of them are given in parenthesis.


title: Phoenix (spacecraft)

paragraphs: Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars to search water and life there under the Mars Scout Program.It was launched from Florida on 4 Aug 2007 and landed safely on Mars on 25 May 2008.

paragraphs: Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there.


title: Bacău County

paragraphs: Bacău () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Moldavia. The capital of Bacău County is Bacău, with a population of about 130,000 people.

paragraphs: Bacău County has 3 municipalities, 5 towns and 80 communes.


title: Bihor County

paragraphs: Bihor (), in Hungarian: "Bihar" (), is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Crişana. The capital of Bihor County is Oradea.

paragraphs: Bihor County has 4 municipalities, 6 towns and 90 communes.


title: Semi-presidential system

paragraphs: The semi-presidential system is a system of government where both the prime minister and the president run the day-to-day affairs of the state.


title: Unitary state

paragraphs: A unitary state is a state whose three organs of state are ruled constitutionally as one unit, with central legislature. It differs from a federal state, in which the authority is divided between the head (for example the central government of a country) and the political units governed by it (for example the municipalities or provinces of the country), and also granting some degree of autonomy to those political subdivisions (e.g. As the permission to create their own regional laws, for example).


title: Oltenia

paragraphs: Oltenia is a historical province and area of Romania, in the western part of Wallachia. Oltenia includes the counties:


title: Exploration of Mars

paragraphs: The exploration of Mars has been an important part of the space exploration programs of the Soviet Union (later Russia), the United States, Europe, and Japan.

paragraphs: Dozens of robotic spacecraft, including orbiters, landers, and rovers, have been launched toward Mars since the 1960s.


title: Dojo

paragraphs: A dojo (道場) is a Japanese term which literally means "place of the Way". Dojo are sometimes added on to temples.

paragraphs: The term can refer to a training place for any of the Japanese arts but it is considered the formal gathering place for students of a martial arts style to train, take exams and fight.


title: Gorj County

paragraphs: Gorj () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Târgu Jiu.

paragraphs: Gorj county has an area of 5,602 km². The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

paragraphs: Gorj County has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 61 communes.


title: Dolj County

paragraphs: Dolj () is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Craiova (population: 314,437).

paragraphs: Dolj County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 104 communes.


title: Moldoveanu Peak

paragraphs: Moldoveanu Peak (Romanian: "Vârful Moldoveanu") is the highest mountain in Romania. It is in the Făgăraş Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.

paragraphs: The most-used paths to reach Moldoveanu are over the Vistea Mare Peak (2527m), by paths coming from Podragu, Sambata, or by the Vistea Valley.

paragraphs: The closest locality is Victoria, on the north side. On the south side it is accessible from northwest of Câmpulung.


title: Făgăraş Mountains

paragraphs: Făgăraş Mountains are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania. The highest peaks are Moldoveanu (2544 m), Negoiu (2535 m), Viştea Mare (2527 m), Lespezi (2522 m), Vânătoarea lui Buteanu (2507 m), and Dara (2501 m).


title: Southern Carpathians

paragraphs: The Southern Carpathians (), also called the Transylvanian Alps, are a group of mountain ranges. They divide central and southern Romania, on one side, and Serbia, on the other side. They cover part of the Carpathian Mountains that is between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiş and Cerna rivers in the west. To the south they are bounded by the Balkan mountain range of Serbia.


title: Vistea Mare

paragraphs: Viştea Mare is a mountain peak in the Făgăraş Mountains of the Southern Carpathians of Braşov county in Romania. It has an altitude of . It is the third highest peak in Romania.


title: Victoria, Braşov

paragraphs: Victoria is a town in the western part of Braşov County, Romania, near the Făgăraş Mountains. It has a population of about 10,900 people.


title: Câmpulung

paragraphs: Câmpulung, or Câmpulung Muscel, is a city in Argeş County, Romania.


title: Saving

paragraphs: In common usage, saving generally means putting money aside, for example, by putting money in a bank savings account or investing in a pension plan. It involves using less money or not using money at all.

paragraphs: In a broader sense, saving is typically used to refer to economizing, cutting costs, or to rescuing someone or something.


title: Time deposit

paragraphs: A time deposit (also known as a term deposit, particularly in Canada, Australia and New Zealand) is a money deposit at a banking institution that cannot be withdrawn for a certain "term" or period of time.


title: Craiova

paragraphs: Craiova (), the fifth largest Romanian city, is the capital of Dolj County. It is on the east side of the Jiu River. This is in the central part of Oltenia.


title: Târgu Jiu

paragraphs: Târgu Jiu (also spelled Tîrgu Jiu) is the capital of Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is found on the shores of the Jiu River. It has a population of 101,562 people as of the year 2002.


title: Mineral exploration

paragraphs: Mineral exploration is the process undertaken by companies, partnerships or corporations in finding ore (commercially viable concentrations of minerals) for mining. Mineral exploration is intensive, organised and professional mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is much more involved. Work includes finding, testing, and surveying the deposit, and determining the value and cost of exploiting it.


title: Prospecting

paragraphs: Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking or, on a large scale, as mineral exploration.


Searching


title: Cycloalkane

paragraphs: Cycloalkanes are hydrocarbons with the carbon atoms connected in a circle with each atom, in simple forms, connected to two hydrogen atoms.

paragraphs: Here is a list of the first ten Cycloalkanes:


title: Isomer

paragraphs: An isomer in chemistry is a chemical that has the same molecular formula as another, but it has a different arrangement of atoms in space. Different isomers have different chemical properties (that is, they may look, or smell, or taste different from each other).

paragraphs: There are two main categories: stereoisomers and structural isomers. Structural isomers are isomers with the atoms making up the molecule joined together in different ways. Structural isomers can be classified further as chain isomers, position isomers, function group isomers,tautomers,metamers and ring chain isomers.

paragraphs: Stereoisomers have different positions of atoms in space and are much more subtle than structural isomers. See enantiomer for stereoisomers that are related to each other by a reflection: they are mirror images of each other that are non-superimposable.


title: Huitzilopochtli

paragraphs: In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli, also spelled Uitzilopochtli, was a god of war, a sun god, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.

paragraphs: The legend of Huitzilopochtli is recorded in the Mexicayotl Chronicle. His sister, Coyolxauhqui, tried to kill their mother because she became pregnant in a shameful way (by a ball of feathers). Her offspring, Huitzilopochtli, learned of this plan while still in the womb, and before it was put into action, sprang from his mother's womb fully grown and fully armed and killed his sister Coyolxauhqui, together with many of his 400 brothers and sisters. He then tossed his sister's head into the sky, where it became the moon, so that his mother would be comforted in seeing her daughter in the sky every night. He also threw his other brothers and sisters into the sky, where they became the stars.


title: Tezcatlipoca

paragraphs: Tezcatlipoca ( was a central deity in Aztec mythology. He was associated with many concepts. Some of these are the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, , , rulership, divination, temptation, , beauty, war and . His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated as "Smoking Mirror" because of his connection to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were made in Mesoamerica and which was used for shamanic rituals.

paragraphs: He had many names in context with different aspects of his deity: Titlacauan ("We are his Slaves"), Ipalnemoani ("He by whom we live"), Necoc Yaotl ("Enemy of Both Sides"), Tloque Nahuaque ("Lord of the Near and the Nigh") and Yohualli Èecatl (Night, Wind), Ome acatl ("Two Reed"), Ilhuicahua Tlalticpaque ("Possessor of the Sky and Earth").

paragraphs: On pictures he was usually drawn with a black and a yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot replaced with an obsidian mirror or a snake - an allusion to the creation myth in which he loses his foot battling with the Earth Monster. Sometimes the mirror was shown on his chest, and sometimes smoke would come from the mirror. Tezcatlipocas Nagual, his animal counterpart, was the jaguar and his Jaguar aspect was the deity Tepeyollotl "Mountainheart".

paragraphs: The Tezcatlipoca figure goes back to earlier Mesoamerican deities worshipped by the Olmec and Maya. Similarities exist with the patron deity of the K'iche' Maya as described in the Popol Vuh. A central figure of the Popol Vuh was the god Tohil whose name means "obsidian" and who was associated with sacrifice. Also the Classic Maya god of rulership and thunder known to modern Mayanists as "God K", or the "Manikin Scepter" and to the classic Maya as "K'awil" was shown with a smoking obsidian knife in his forehead and one leg replaced with a snake.

paragraphs: Tezcatlipoca was often described as a rival of another important god of the Aztecs, the culture hero, Quetzalcoatl. In one version of the Aztec creation account the myth of the Five Suns, The first creation, "The sun of the Earth" was ruled by Tezcatlipoca but destroyed by Quetzalcoatl when he struck down Tezcatlipoca who then transformed into a jaguar. Quetzalcoatl became the ruler of the following creation "Sun of Water", and Tezcatlipoca destroyed the third creation "The Sun of Wind" by striking down Quetzalcoatl.

paragraphs: In later myths, the four gods who created the world, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli and Xipe Totec were referred to respectively as the Black, the White, the Blue and the Red Tezcatlipoca. The four Tezcatlipocas were the sons of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, lord and lady of the duality, and were the creators of all the other gods, as well as the world and man.


title: Province of Viterbo

paragraphs: The Province of Viterbo () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Viterbo

paragraphs: The province of Viterbo was created in January of 1927 with part of the old "Province of Rome". In March of the same, the comune of Monte Romano.

paragraphs: In 1928, five "comuni" were added: Montalto di Castro, Monterosi, Nepi, Oriolo Romano and Tarquinia.

paragraphs: The province of Viterbo has an area of , the second largest province of the Lazio region.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the northwest with Tuscany (Grosseto and Siena provinces), to the northeast with Umbria (Terni province), to the east with the Rieti province and to the south with Rome. The Tyrrhenian Sea is to the west.

paragraphs: The province is in the northwest of the Lazio region. Most of the territory of the province is flat or with small hills. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimino (), in the southern part of the province, with an altitude of .

paragraphs: The main river in the province is the Tiber that forms the border between the Umbria (province of Terni) and Lazio (province of Viterbo) regions.

paragraphs: There are several lakes; the largest is the Bolsena lake with an area of .

paragraphs: The following shows the "comuni" of the province with more of 9,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).

paragraphs: The largest "comune" is Viterbo, with and the two smallest are Calcata () and Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia (). The "comune" with fewest people living in it is Tessennano with 339 inhabitants.

paragraphs: In 2017, there are 319,008 persons living in the province, for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the Viterbo province


title: North London

paragraphs: North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes.


title: Province of Gorizia

paragraphs: Gorizia is a province in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy.


title: Tezcatlipoca (DC Comics)

paragraphs: Tezcatlipoca is a fictional character who appeared in the DC Comics' series Wonder Woman and is a god from Aztec mythology. Tezcatlipoca II is a character who appeared in the series Green Arrow and is a hybrid of human and jaguar, a werejaguar.


title: Province of Trieste

paragraphs: The Province of Trieste (, ) is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Trieste. It has an area of 212 km², and a total population of 242,235 (2001). It has a coastal length of 48.1 km. There are 6 communes in the province.


title: Province of Udine

paragraphs: The Province of Udine (, "Friulian Provincie di Udin") is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia. Its capital is the city of Udine.


title: Province of Pordenone

paragraphs: The Province of Pordenone () is a province in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Pordenone. Before 1968 it was part of the Province of Udine.


title: Province of Bologna

paragraphs: Bologna is a province in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy.


title: Province of Ferrara

paragraphs: The province of Ferrara () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region in Northeast Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Ferrara.

paragraphs: The province of Ferrara is the most northerly province in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has an area of . The provincial capital, the city of Ferrara, is on a branch of the Po river and at about northeast of Bologna, the capital of the region.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region, to the northwest by the province of Mantua in Lombardy, to the west by the Modena and Bologna provinces, to the south by the province of Ravenna and to the east by the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: The province is completely flat, with an altitude that goes from 0 m to less than high in the west of the province, on the border with the Modena province. Most "comuni" have less of of average altitude; the "comune" with a higher average altitude is Sant'Agostino.

paragraphs: The main rivers in the province are the Po and the Reno. The Po forms the north border of the province with the province of Rovigo. In Ferrara, the river has three main branches: the "Po di Volano", that flows through the city of Ferrara, the "Po di Primaro" and the "Po di Goro".

paragraphs: The Reno river is the longest of the region without being a tributary of the Po.

paragraphs: The main lakes in the province are the "Lago delle Nazioni" ("Nation's Lake), an artificial lake, and the "Lago del Quaternario".

paragraphs: There are 348,362 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the province

paragraphs: The following shows the 23 "comuni" (municipalities) with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Province of Forlì-Cesena

paragraphs: The province of Forlì-Cesena () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region in northeastern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Forlì.

paragraphs: The province was created as "Province of Forlì" with the car plates "FO".

paragraphs: In 1992, the southern part of the province was separated to form the new Province of Rimini and the name of the province was changed to the present of Province of Forlì-Cesena and the car plates were changed in 1999 to "FC".

paragraphs: The ISO 3166-2 of the province was also changed to "FC" in 2010.

paragraphs: The province of Forlì-Cesena has an area of . It is, together with the Rimini province, the most southerly of the provinces in the Emilia-Romagna region; it has a short coast along the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: The provincial capital, the city of Forlì, is along the Montone river and at about southeast of Bologna, the capital of the region.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by the province of Ravenna, to the northwest by the province of Mantua in Lombardy, to the west by the province of Florence province in Tuscany, to the south by the province of Arezzo, also in Tuscany, to the southeast by the Rimini and to the east by the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: In the province there are two main protected areas:

paragraphs: There are 394,067 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: The following shows the 30 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Province of Modena

paragraphs: The Province of Modena () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in northeastern Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.

paragraphs: Modena is a landlocked (it does not border the ocean) province in central Emilia-Romagna. It has an area of .

paragraphs: The provincial capital, the city of Modena, is surrounded by two rivers, both right tributaries of the Po river: the "Secchia" and the "Panaro". The city is at about of Bologna, the capital of the region.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua province), to the east by the Ferrara province and the Metropolitan City of Bologna, to the west by the Reggio Emilia province and to the south by Tuscany (Lucca and the Pistoia provinces).

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cimone (); it is ., the highest mountain in the Emilia-Romagna region and of the northern Apennines. There is a regional park, "Parco regionale dell'Alto Appennino Modenese", around this mountain.

paragraphs: There are 700,862 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: The following shows the "comuni" of the province with more of 10,000 people living in them (1 January 2017).


title: Province of Parma

paragraphs: The Province of Parma () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma.

paragraphs: The province of Parma has an area of . The territory of Parma is divided into three zones from north to south:

paragraphs: The main towns of the "collina" and "montagna" are along the course of the main rivers that flow from the Apennine Mountains in the province and then into the Po river.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua and Cremona provinces), to the east by the Reggio Emilia province, to the south by Tuscany (Massa-Carrara province) and Liguria (La Spezia province and the Metropolitan City of Genoa), to the west by the Piacenza province.

paragraphs: The main rivers in the province are the Taro, Parma and Ceno.

paragraphs: The main lakes in the province are in the mountains; two of them are:

paragraphs: The highest mountains in the province are:

paragraphs: Among the protected areas in the province are the "Parco regionale delle Valli del Cedra e del Parma" (called also as "Parco dei Cento Laghi") and the "Parco nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano".

paragraphs: There are 448,899 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Parma (194,417 inhabitants) and Fidenza (26,826 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Valmozzola, with 533 inhabitants.

paragraphs: The following shows the 45 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Province of Piacenza

paragraphs: The Province of Piacenza () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Piacenza.

paragraphs: The province of Piacenza has an area of . It is the most western of the nine provinces in the region of Emilia-Romagna in northwestern Italy. It is divided in two zones from north to south; the northern part is largely flat (the "Pianura Padana" or valley of the Po river) but the southern two thirds are hilly and gets up the Apennines mountains.

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by the region of Lombardy (Cremona, Lodi and Pavia provinces), to the east by the Parma province, to the south by the region of Liguria (Metropolitan City of Genoa) and to the west by the region of Piedmont (Alessandria province).

paragraphs: The main river in the province is the Po river.

paragraphs: The main lakes in the province are artificial lakes; two of them are:

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is Monte Bue (); it is high.

paragraphs: There are 286,758 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Piacenza (102,355 inhabitants) and Fiorenzuola d'Arda (15,306 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Zerba, with 78 inhabitants.


title: Province of Ravenna

paragraphs: The province of Ravenna () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region in Northeast Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Ravenna.

paragraphs: The province of Ravenna is in the eastern part of the Emilia-Romagna region along the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: It has an area of . The provincial capital, the city of Ravenna, is at about from the Adriatic Sea and at about southeast of Bologna, the capital of the region.

paragraphs: The province borders the province of Ferrara to the north, the Metropolitan City of Bologna to the west, the province of Florence in Tuscany to the southwest and the province of Forlì-Cesena to the south.

paragraphs: The highest point in the province is "Monte Macchia dei Cani" (); it is high.

paragraphs: The area in "Punta Marina Terme" (part of the Ravenna Commune on the coast), at an altitude of about , is characterized by a climate with relatively high temperatures and precipitation throughout the year. The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Punta Marina Terme is a "Humid Subtropical Climate" and of the subtype "Cfa".

paragraphs: The average amount of precipitation for the year in Punta Marina Terme is . The month with the most precipitation on average is November with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of . There is an average of 71.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation days in November with 7.4 days and the least precipitation days in July with 4.4 days.

paragraphs: The average temperature for the year in Punta Marina Terme is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

paragraphs: There are 391,414 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: Evolution of the population in the province

paragraphs: The following table shows the 18 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Crackme

paragraphs: A crackme is a small program designed to test a programmers reverse engineering skills.

paragraphs: They are created to have a legal way to "crack" software.


title: Province of Reggio Emilia

paragraphs: The Province of Reggio Emilia ( or ) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in northeastern Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio Emilia.

paragraphs: Reggio Emilia is a landlocked (it does not border the ocean) province in central Emilia-Romagna. It has an area of .

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by Lombardy (Mantua province), to the east by the Modena province, to the west by the Parma province and to the south by Tuscany (Lucca and the Massa-Carrara provinces).

paragraphs: The highest mountain in the province is Monte Cusna (); it is . This mountain is in the "Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park" (). Other high mountains are Monte Prado, high, and Alpe di Succiso, high.

paragraphs: There are 532,483 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km².

paragraphs: The following shows the 42 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Province of Rimini

paragraphs: The Province of Rimini () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Rimini.

paragraphs: The province of Rimini, with a long touristic tradition, is well known by the beach resorts of Rimini, Riccione, Bellaria-Igea Marina, Misano Adriatico and Cattolica, found over along the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: The province of Rimini was created in 1992 with parts of the former province of Forlì that changed its name to the present province of Forlì-Cesena.

paragraphs: After a referendum in 2006, the municipalities of Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria and Talamello were transferred from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino (Marche) to the Province of Rimini on 15 August 2009.

paragraphs: The province of Rimini has an area of , the smallest province of the Emilia-Romagna. The territory of Rimini is divided into four zones:

paragraphs: The province is bordered to the north by the Forlì-Cesena province, to the south by the Marche (Pesaro and Urbino province) and the Republic of San Marino, to the west by Tuscany (Arezzo province). To the east is the Adriatic Sea.

paragraphs: The main river in the province is the Marecchia, that starts in the Arezzo province and ends in the Adriatic Sea near the city of Rimini after a course of .

paragraphs: There are 336,786 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of inhabitants/km². The communes with more inhabitants are Rimini (148,908 inhabitants) and Riccione (34,965 inhabitants). The commune with fewest people living in it is Casteldelci, with 405 inhabitants.

paragraphs: The following shows the 45 "comuni" with the population, and the area and altitude.


title: Soldering

paragraphs: Soldering is a process in which two or more metal items are joined together. They are heated with a soldering iron. A filler metal called solder, with a relatively low melting point melts and flows into the joint, mixing with and melting a little of the items being soldered. Soft soldering is characterized by the melting point of the filler metal, which is below 400°C. Some metals such as iron are rarely soldered, because their melting point is too high.

paragraphs: Solder used in electronic equipment and for many other purposes has a flux to help clean the material that is soldered. The helping hand tool can make soft soldering easier by holding wires still and close together, and magnifying to see smaller wires or circuit boards.

paragraphs: The process can also be undone, which is called desoldering. This involves removing the solder so that the two items can be separated. This can just be done by touching them with the soldering iron until the solder is liquid, then pulling them apart, but there are a few tools that help when trying to desolder something. Solder wick is made of very thin copper wires woven together into a long strip. When the solder wick is placed between the soldering iron and the solder, the wick absorbs the solder, and the items can be taken apart. A desoldering pump is a long tube that has a small hole on one side and a plunger on the other side that can be pushed down. When the plunger is down, the small hole is placed over the solder, and then the solder is heated with the soldering iron. A button on the side of the desoldering pump can be pushed to make the plunger come back up fast enough that it creates suction that sucks the heated solder off the items and into the pump.


title: Corythosaurus

paragraphs: Corythosaurus is a genus of ornithopod. It was a large plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur. It was about 30–33 feet (9–10 m) long, 6.6 feet (2 m) tall at the hips, and weighed 3-5 tons.

paragraphs: Like other hadrosaurs, it had a hollow, bony crest on top of its long head in the shape of a helmet flattened on the sides (Corythosaurus means "helmet lizard"). Its likely functions were sound projection and recognition. Males had larger crests than females and juveniles.

paragraphs: "Corythosaurus" was like other hadrosaurids, and could move on both two legs and all fours, as shown by footprints of related animals. It had a long tail stiffened by bony tendons that stopped it from drooping. The hands had four fingers, lacking the innermost finger of the hand. The second, third, and fourth fingers were bunched together and bore hooves, suggesting the animal could have used the hands for support. The fifth finger was free and could be used to manipulate objects. Each foot had only the three central toes.


title: Loitering

paragraphs: Loitering means to stand around without doing anything. It can also mean to stop many times, or to wait and procrastinate.


title: Ornithopod

paragraphs: Ornithopods are the infraorder of bird-hipped dinosaurs. They started out as small, bipedal running grazers, and grew in size and numbers until they became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world.

paragraphs: Their major evolutionary advantage was the progressive development of a chewing apparatus that became the most sophisticated ever developed by a reptile. They had beaks, multiple teeth rows, cheek pouches and true chewing. Efficient chewing means faster digestion, as the material is broken into smaller pieces.

paragraphs: They reached their apex in the duck-bills, before they were wiped out by the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event with all other non-avian dinosaurs. Members are known from all seven continents, although the Antarctic remains are unnamed, and they are generally rare in the Southern Hemisphere.

paragraphs: They are the sister group to the horned dinosaurs (Ceratopsia) and the hard-headed dinosaurs (Pachycephalosauria).

paragraphs: Ornithopoda means "bird feet", from the Greek. It refers to their three-toed feet (though many early forms had four toes). They had no armour, a horny beak, and various other features. Some ornithopods and cerapods had thin cartilaginous plates along the outside of the ribs. In some cases, these plates mineralized and so were fossilized. The function of these plates is unknown.

paragraphs: The ornithopods became one of the most successful groups of herbivores in the Cretaceous world, and dominated the landscape. They started out as small, bipedal running browsers, and grew in size and numbers. "Hypsilophodon" from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England, is a typical example. As they grew in size, they could move on four legs but still kept the habit of standing up on their hind legs when needed to reach food or perhaps to defend themselves or to run.

paragraphs: Their success is a perhaps surprising, as they had little obvious defence against theropod carnivores. They could run, and had the usual defences of a herd animal. They had horny beaks and some cartilage rib plates. Iguanadonts, however, could protect themselves. They were very robust (heavy and strong), and armed with a dagger-like thumb.

paragraphs: The early ornithopods were only about 1 metre (3 feet) long, but probably very fast. They had a stiff tail, like the theropods, to help them balance as they ran on their hind legs. Later ornithopods became more adapted to grazing on all fours; their spines curved, and came to resemble the spines of modern ground-feeders like the bison. As they became more adapted to eating while bent over, they became semi-quadrupedal; still running on two legs, and comfortable reaching up into trees; but spending most of their time walking or grazing while on all fours.

paragraphs: Later ornithopods became larger, but never reached the huge size of the long-necked, long-tailed sauropods which they largely replaced. The largest, like "Shantungosaurus", were as heavy as medium sized sauropods, but never grew much beyond 15 metres (50 feet).


title: Millionaire

paragraphs: A millionaire (originally and sometimes still millionaire) is a person whose net worth (or wealth) is at least one million units of a currency (most of the times it will be U.S. dollar). Millionaires are on average 61 years old with $3.05 in value. This includes things like the stock market or real estate, not just money.

paragraphs: In June 2020, there were 13 million people in the world who are classified as U.S.-dollar millionaires.

paragraphs: Another commonly used term is multimillionaire. This is used to call a persona having two or more millions of assets. In financial world the word multimillionaire is used to categorize person with $30 million of assets or more. They are also called high net worth individuals (or HNWIs).

paragraphs: America alone has 4,700,000 million HNWIs, with New York city having the most (an impressive total of 348,000 of them). Geneva has the highest density of super wealthy people per person in the world.

paragraphs: Millionares per country according to Credit Suisse:


Sell


title: Sales

paragraphs: Sales are the activities involved in selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity. A salesman is someone who sells products or services, thus generating sales.


title: Returns (economics)

paragraphs: Returns in economics and political economy, are the distributions or payments awarded to the various suppliers of the factors of production.


title: Mystery play

paragraphs: Mystery plays and Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.


title: Province of Avellino

paragraphs: The Province of Avellino () is a province in the Campania region of Italy.


title: Province of Benevento

paragraphs: The Province of Benevento () is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.


title: Province of Caserta

paragraphs: The Province of Caserta () is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.


title: Province of Naples

paragraphs: The Province of Naples (, Napulitano: "Pruvincia 'e Nàpule") is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 "Comuni of the Province of Naples".


title: Province of Salerno

paragraphs: The Province of Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.


title: Siegmund Nissel

paragraphs: Siegmund Nissel (January 3, 1922 – May 21, 2008) was an Austrian-born British violinist who played second violin in the famous Amadeus Quartet.

paragraphs: Siegmund (Sigi) Nissel was born in Munich to a Jewish family from Vienna. He began playing the violin at the age of 6. His mother died when he was 9. He was taken by his father to Vienna, where his teachers included Max Weissgärber. Soon the political situation became dangerous for Jews in Austria and so, in 1938, the young Nissel was sent from Vienna to Great Britain.

paragraphs: When World War II started Nissel was interned on the Isle of Man. There he met the violinist Peter Schidlof and later Norbert Brainin. They played a lot of music together. Then they were set free because they were talented musicians. They studied with the famous violin teacher Max Rostal. There they met the British cellist, Martin Lovett whose wife was a pupil of Rostal. The four men played string quartets together, with Peter Schidlof now playing viola. At first they called themselves the Brainin Quartet, but then Nissel had the idea of the name Amadeus Quartet (Amadeus being one of Mozart's names).

paragraphs: The Amadeus Quartet (which their friends often called the Wolf Gang), gave its first concert in the Wigmore Hall, London in 1948. The hall was full and hundreds of people were turned away. After this concert they were invited to perform all over the world. They became the most famous string quartet group of their time. They made about 200 recordings. They were especially known for playing quartets by the great classical composers Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms, but they also played works by 20th-century composers such as Bartók and Benjamin Britten (who wrote his third quartet for them).

paragraphs: Nissel was the one who organized all the business side for the group.

paragraphs: When Schidlof died from a heart attack in 1987, the Amadeus Quartet no longer existed. Nissel became a well-known teacher of young quartets at the Royal Academy of Music.

paragraphs: Although he had an operation for a brain tumour in 1960 and also a heart bypass he lived to the age of 86. He was a family man who had a wife, son, daughter and three grandchildren. He had many honours including an OBE (1970), and honorary doctorates from York University and the Royal Academy of Music.

paragraphs: Siegmund Nissel - Obituary: The Independent, 26 May 2008


title: Dong Xian

paragraphs: Dong Xian (; 23 BC(?) – 1 BC) was a Han Dynasty politician. Within a few years, he rose from obscurity as a minor official to being the most powerful official in the imperial administration of Emperor Ai.


title: Emperor Ai of Han

paragraphs: Emperor Ai of Han (27 BC-1 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor Cheng, who was childless, and he reigned from 7 BC to 1 BC.


title: Empress Fu (Ai)

paragraphs: Empress Fu, formally Empress Xiaoai, was an empress during the Han Dynasty. Her personal name is not known. Her husband was Emperor Ai.


title: Empress Zhao Feiyan

paragraphs: Empress Zhao Feiyan (c. 32 BC — 1 BC), formally Empress Xiaochen, was an empress during the Han Dynasty. Zhao Feiyan was an ordinary girl born to a poor family in Suzhou, who just happened to be spotted dancing by the Emperor who took her away to the palace. It was her dancing and beautiful figure that became her legacy.


title: Bypass (surgical)

paragraphs: In medicine, a bypass usually means making another route for the blood to flow. Sometimes an artery, the channel through which the blood flows, becomes blocked up. The patient has a bypass operation. Very often the surgeon will take part of a vein from the patient's leg and move it to the place with the blockage so that the blood can flow round the blocked part.


title: Max Rostal

paragraphs: Max Rostal (born Cieszyn, 7 August 1905; died Bern, 6 August 1991) was a violinist who was a famous violin teacher. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.

paragraphs: He was born in Cieszyn and studied with Carl Flesch. From 1930-33 he taught at the Berlin Hochschule, from 1944 to 1958 at the Guildhall School of Music, London and then at the conservatory in Bern, Switzerland. Many of his pupils became famous players. They include three members of the Amadeus Quartet.

paragraphs: Rostal played a wide variety of music, including many newly composed works such as Violin Concerto no 2 by Béla Bartók.


title: Peter Schidlof

paragraphs: Peter Schidlof (July 9, 1922 – August 16, 1987) was an Austrian-British violist. He played the viola in the Amadeus Quartet.

paragraphs: Schidlof was born in Göllersdorf near Vienna, but had to leave Austria when the Nazis came. He went to Great Britain. Because he was musically talented he won a scholarship to Blundell's School in Devon, but when World War II broke out he was interned. It was in the internment camp that met Norbert Brainin and Siegmund Nissel. They often played music together. When they were freed they became pupils of Max Rostal who persuaded Schidlof to play the viola instead of the violin. Together with Martin Lovett the four men formed a string quartet which at first they called the Brainin Quartet, but they soon changed the name to Amadeus Quartet. The Amadeus Quartet gave their first concert at the Wigmore Hall in 1948. Soon they became world famous, playing in concerts and festivals in many countries.

paragraphs: Schidlof was a calm man who listened very carefully to everything that was going on. The others called him "Eagle ears". The four men played together for nearly 40 years until Schidlof's death.


title: Province of Catanzaro

paragraphs: Catanzaro is a province in the region of Calabria in Italy.


title: Province of Cosenza

paragraphs: Cosenza is a province in the region of Calabria in Italy.


title: Province of Crotone

paragraphs: Crotone is a province in the region of Calabria in Italy.


title: Province of Reggio Calabria

paragraphs: Reggio Calabria is a province in the region of Calabria in Italy.


title: Province of Vibo Valentia

paragraphs: Vibo Valentia is a province in the region of Calabria in Italy.


title: Province of Matera

paragraphs: Matera is a province in the region of Basilicata in Italy.


title: Province of Potenza

paragraphs: Potenza is a province in the region of Basilicata in Italy.


title: Font

paragraphs: In typography, a font or hfount is all the letters or characters of a single size of a typeface. For example, all characters for 9-point Bulmer is a font, and the 10 point size would be another font.

paragraphs: With the increase in the use of personal computers, the definition of font has changed. The term font is now often used as another name for a typeface. The size of the characters has no effect on fonts when using this definition.


title: Lectern

paragraphs: A lectern (from the Latin "lectus", past participle of "legere", "to read") is a reading desk with a slanted top. It is usually placed on a stand some other form of support. Documents or books are often put on top of a lectern to make it easier for someone to read them to other people. For example, for Scripture reading, lectures, speechs or sermons. The height and slant of a lectern can usually be changed to so the person reading can stand properly and make good eye-contact with an audience.


title: Cantor

paragraphs: Cantor is a shortened form of these names and terms:


title: Epistle

paragraphs: An epistle (from the , "epistolē", meaning "letter") is a writing sent to a person or group of people. It is usually written as a formal letter. It was common in ancient Egypt, being taught to scribes. The letters in the New Testament from Apostles to Christians are usually referred to as epistles. Those letters said to have been written by Paul are known as the Pauline epistles and the others as the General epistles.

paragraphs: The epistles of Cicero, and of Pliny the Younger tell a lot about life at the time of the Romans. Ovid produced a number of letters while he was in exile at coast of the Black Sea, Seneca's letters influenced many epistle-writers of later times.


title: Anglo-Saxon architecture

paragraphs: Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon buildings in Britain were generally simple, made from wood with thatch for roofing.

paragraphs: There are few remains of Anglo-Saxon architecture. At least fifty churches are of Anglo-Saxon origin. All surviving churches, except one timber church, are built of stone or brick.


title: Norman architecture

paragraphs: The term Norman architecture is used to categorize styles of Romanesque architecture made by the Normans in the land that was under their control or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.


title: English Gothic architecture

paragraphs: English Gothic is the name of the architectural style that was very popular in England from about 1180 until about 1520. As with the gothic architecture of other parts of Europe, English Gothic is defined by its pointed arches, vaulted rooves, buttresses, large windows, and spires.

paragraphs: The various styles are seen at their best in the cathedrals, abbey churches and college buildings. It is a distinctive characteristic of the cathedrals of England that all but one of them show great stylistic diversity and have building dates that range over 400 years. The exception, Salisbury Cathedral, was built in 38 years.

paragraphs: Examples: Salisbury Cathedral, Whitby Abbey, the nave and transept of Wells Cathedral (1225—1240).

paragraphs: The clearest sign of the Early English period was the pointed arch known as the lancet. Pointed arches were used for nave arcade, the doorways and lancet windows. The windows are narrow by comparison to their height and are without tracery. Lancet arches are a sign of the style.

paragraphs: The Lancet openings of windows and arcades are often grouped in twos or threes. This is seen throughout Salisbury Cathedral where there are groups of two lancet windows lining the nave and groups of three lining the clerestory. At York Minster there are, in the north transept, a cluster of five lancet windows known as the Five Sisters, each fifty feet high and still have their ancient glass.

paragraphs: Romanesque (Norman architecture) builders generally used round arches. Compared with the rounded Romanesque style, the pointed arch of the Early English Gothic looks more elegant and, more importantly, is better at distributing the weight of the stonework above it. This makes it possible to span higher and wider gaps using narrower columns.

paragraphs: Instead of being massive, solid pillars, the columns were often composed of clusters of slender, detached shafts surrounding a central pillar.

paragraphs: By using the pointed arch, walls could become less massive and window openings could be larger and grouped more closely together. This gave a more open, airy and graceful building. The high walls and vaulted stone roofs were often supported by flying buttresses: half arches which transmit the outward thrust of the superstructure to supports or buttresses, usually on the outside of the building.

paragraphs: At its purest the style was simple and austere, emphasizing the height of the building, as if aspiring heavenward.

paragraphs: Examples: the east ends of Lincoln Cathedral and Carlisle Cathedral, and the west fronts of York Minster and Lichfield Cathedral. Much of Exeter Cathedral is built in this style.

paragraphs: Decorated architecture has window tracery. Elaborate windows are subdivided by closely-spaced parallel mullions (vertical bars of stone). The mullions then branch out and cross, intersecting to fill the top part of the window with a mesh of elaborate patterns called tracery. The style was geometrical (more straight lines) at first and flowing (curves) in the later period. This evolution of decorated tracery is often used to subdivide the period into an earlier "geometric" and later "curvilinear" period.

paragraphs: Some of the earliest examples of the "perpendicular period", from 1360, are found at Gloucester Cathedral. The masons of the cathedral seem to be far in advance of those in other towns; the fan-vaulting in the cloisters is particularly fine. Also noteworthy are the Quire and tower of York Minster (1389–1407); the nave and western transepts of Canterbury Cathedral (1378–1411). Bath Abbey, Eton College Chapel and King's College Chapel, Cambridge (1446–1515) are also examples.

paragraphs: Calle perpendicular because of its emphasis on vertical lines. This is particularly obvious in the design of windows, which became very large, sometimes of immense size, with slimmer stone mullions than in earlier periods. This allowed more scope for stained glass craftsmen. Buttresses and wall surfaces are likewise divided up into vertical panels. Another major development of this period was fan vaulting.

paragraphs: Some of the finest features of this period are the magnificent timber rooves. Hammerbeam rooves, like those of Westminster Hall (1395), and Christ Church Hall, Oxford, appeared for the first time. In areas of southern England elaborate decoration in flint was used, especially in the wool churches of East Anglia.


title: Salisbury Cathedral

paragraphs: Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The main body was completed in only 38 years, starting in 1220. It is considered to be one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.

paragraphs: The cathedral has the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom (123m/404 ft). Visitors can take the 'Tower Tour' where the interior of the hollow spire, with its ancient wood scaffolding, can be seen. The cathedral also has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral precinct ('close') in Britain (80 acres). The Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386). It also has one of the four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta (all four original copies are in England).

paragraphs: Although commonly known as Salisbury Cathedral, the official name is the Cathedral of Saint Mary. In 2008, the cathedral celebrated the 750th anniversary of its consecration in 1258. It is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt. Revd. Nick Holtam (bishop since 2011).

paragraphs: The whole of Salisbury Cathedral (except the tower and spire) is in the Early English style. Slim, pointed, vertical 'lancet' windows are used throughout. The image is simple and pure. There is little or no embellishing, and less detailed tracery than would be used in later buildings. This is characteristic of the Early English style, roughly 1190 to 1310. The building period of less than forty years resulted in this consistency of style.

paragraphs: The Diocese of Salisbury had an earlier cathedral at Old Sarum a few miles away but this was replaced by the present cathedral when the bishops had moved to Salisbury. The foundation stone was laid on 28 April 1220. Due to the high water level in the new location, the cathedral was built on only four feet of foundation. By 1258 the nave, transepts and quire (choir) were complete. The west front was ready by 1265. The cloisters and chapter house were completed around 1280. Because the cathedral was built in only 38 years, Salisbury Cathedral has a single consistent architectural style, English Gothic architecture.

paragraphs: The only major parts of the cathedral built later were the Cloisters, Chapter House, tower and spire (1320), which at 404 feet (123 metres) dominates the skyline. Whilst the spire is the cathedral's most impressive feature, it has also proved to be troublesome. Together with the tower, it added 6,397 tons (6,500 tonnes) to the weight of the building. Without the later addition of buttresses, bracing arches and iron ties, it would have fallen down, as spires on other great buildings have done. Instead, Salisbury is said to be the tallest surviving pre-1400 spire in the world. To this day the large supporting pillars at the corners of the spire are bent inwards under the stress.

paragraphs: The Chapter House is notable for its octagonal shape, slender central pillar and decorative mediæval frieze. The frieze circles the interior, just above the stalls. It shows scenes and stories from the books of Genesis and Exodus. The chapter house displays the best-preserved of the four surviving original copies of Magna Carta. This copy came to Salisbury because Elias of Dereham was present at the meeting with King John at Runnymede in 1215. He was given the task of distributing some of the original copies. Later, Elias became a Canon of Salisbury and supervised the construction of Salisbury Cathedral.


title: Fan vault

paragraphs: A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Perpendicular Gothic style. All its ribs are of the same curve and spaced the same.

paragraphs: This beautiful and elegant Gothic style of architecture, at its earliest appears in 1351.


title: Gert Fram

paragraphs: "Gert Fram" is a short story that was written by Orson Scott Card in 1977. It is in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror". This short story was the first story Card wrote. It first came out in the July 1977 fine arts issue of "Ensign" magazine under the pen name Byron Walley.


title: Vezina Trophy

paragraphs: The Vezina Trophy is awarded every year to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is chosen as the best goaltender. At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team during the regular season. Before 1981, it was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season; now, the William M. Jennings Trophy is awarded under this previous definition.

paragraphs: The Vezina Trophy was named for Georges Vézina, a very good goaltender with the Montreal Canadiens. Vezina was ill with tuberculosis. He felt sick during a game in 1925. When Vezina died, the trophy was given to the League by the former owners of the Montreal Canadiens, Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau and Joe Cattarinich. It was first awarded at the end of the 1926-27 NHL season.

paragraphs: Until the 1980–81 season, the trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the team that gave up the fewest goals during the regular season. However, this system often meant the trophy went to the goaltender of the better team rather than the individual. A change was made to offer the William M. Jennings Trophy to the goaltender(s) playing for the team with the fewest goals against. Since 1981, the Vezina Trophy has been awarded by the NHL General Managers to the most outstanding goaltender. Billy Smith of the New York Islanders was the first winner of the Vezina under the current system.

paragraphs: There have been numerous instances of players receiving the trophy many times in different years. Players have also tied for the trophy. Jacques Plante holds the record for winning the most Vezinas with seven. Bill Durnan and Dominik Hasek both of who have won six. Hasek has won the most under the current system of honouring the best individual goalie. Players for the Montreal Canadiens have won the Vezina 28 times.

paragraphs: Under the original definition, there would often be multiple winners from the same team during one season. In the 1973-74 NHL season, Tony Esposito of the Chicago Black Hawks and Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers finished tied for the fewest goals against, the only time that there would be a tie between two players from different teams.

paragraphs: There are only three players that have won both the Vezina and Hart Memorial Trophy for the same season: Jacques Plante, who won both trophies for the 1961–62 season; Dominik Hasek who won both for the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons; and Jose Theodore, who won the Vezina and Hart for the 2001-02 NHL season. Two other Vezina winning goaltenders have also won the Hart Memorial Trophy: Roy Worters and Al Rollins. Chuck Rayner was the only goaltender to win the Hart Memorial Trophy, but never the Vezina.

paragraphs: The voting is conducted at the end of the regular season by the 30 general managers of the teams in the National Hockey League. Each individual voter ranks their top three candidates on a 5-3-1 points system. Three finalists are named. The trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the playoffs.

paragraphs: When introduced, the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender, or goaltenders, of the team that gave up the fewest goals in regular season play.

paragraphs: The NHL adopted the current criteria for the Vezina Trophy beginning in 1982. The William M. Jennings Trophy was created as a new award for the goaltender(s) of the team that surrenders the fewest goals in regular season play.


title: The Memory of Earth

paragraphs: The Memory of Earth (1992) is the first book of the "Homecoming Saga" by Orson Scott Card. The "Homecoming Saga" is a fake story about the first 100 years in the Book of Mormon.


title: The Call of Earth

paragraphs: The Call of Earth (1992) is the second book in the Homecoming Saga by Orson Scott Card.


title: The Ships of Earth

paragraphs: The Ships of Earth (1994) is the third book in the Homecoming Saga. It was written by Orson Scott Card in 1994.


title: Homecoming Saga

paragraphs: The Homecoming Saga is a science fiction series by Orson Scott Card. The series is patterned on the Book of Mormon. Some of the names also come from the Book of Mormon.


title: Earthfall

paragraphs: Earthfall (1995) is the fourth book of the Homecoming Saga. It was written by Orson Scott Card in 1995.


title: Earthborn

paragraphs: Earthborn (1995) is the fifth book of the Homecoming Saga. It was written by Orson Scott Card, and is the last book in the Homecoming Saga.


title: Tor Books

paragraphs: Tor Books is an American book publishing company. It is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy books. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and some military history books under its Forge imprint. Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, was formed by Tom Doherty in 1980, and sold to St. Martin's Press in 1986. Along with St. Martin's Press, Henry Holt, and Farrar Straus Giroux, it is now part of the Holtzbrinck group.


title: King's College Chapel, Cambridge

paragraphs: King's College Chapel is the chapel to King's College of the University of Cambridge. It is one of the finest examples of Gothic Perpendicular architecture. It is the home of the famous King's College Choir.


title: Christopher Wren

paragraphs: Sir Christopher Wren (20 October 1632 – 25 February 1723) was a 17th century English architect, designer, astronomer and geometer. He designed 51 churches in London after the Great Fire of London, including St. Paul's Cathedral.

paragraphs: Wren was born on 20 October 1632 in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England. He was educated at Westminster School and Oxford University. He showed an early talent for mathematics. He invented an instrument for writing in the dark and a pneumatic machine. In 1657, Wren was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College in London. Four years later, he was appointed professor of astronomy at Oxford. In 1662, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Society.

paragraphs: Wren developed an interest in architecture following his studies of physics and engineering. In 1664 and 1665, Wren designed the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and a chapel for Pembroke College, Cambridge. Thereafter, architecture became his main focus. In 1665, Wren visited Paris. He studied French and Italian baroque styles.

paragraphs: In 1666, the Great Fire of London destroyed much of the medieval city. Wren produced ambitious plans for rebuilding the whole area. His plans were rejected, partly because property owners insisted on keeping the sites of their destroyed buildings. Wren did design 51 new city churches, including a new St Paul's Cathedral. In 1669, he was appointed surveyor of the royal works. This gave him control of all government building in the country. He was knighted in 1673.

paragraphs: In 1675, Wren was commissioned to design the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. In 1682, he designed a hospital in Chelsea, London for retired soldiers, and in 1696 a hospital for sailors in Greenwich. Other buildings include Trinity College Library in Cambridge (1677 - 1692), and the facade of Hampton Court Palace (1689 - 1694). Wren often worked with the same team of craftsmen, including master plasterer John Groves and wood carver Grinling Gibbons.

paragraphs: Wren died on 25 February 1723. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. His gravestone features a Latin inscription which translates as: 'If you seek his memorial, look about you.'


title: Coventry Cathedral

paragraphs: Coventry Cathedral, also known as St. Michael's Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral. It is in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

paragraphs: In fact, the city has three cathedrals. The first was St. Mary's, a monastic building, only a few ruins of which remain. The second was St Michael's, a 14th-century Gothic Cathedral, which was largely destroyed by a bombing raid in the Second World War. The cathedral was bombed on 14 November 1940 by the German Luftwaffe, which destroyed much of central Coventry. Nails found in the ruins were formed into a cross and consecrated in the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.

paragraphs: The third cathedral is the new St Michael's Cathedral, built to replace the bombed cathedral. It is an important example of 20th century architecture.

paragraphs: The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry. The Right Reverend Dr. Christopher Cocksworth is the current Bishop of Coventry. He is the 9th Bishop of Coventry.


title: World Ocean

paragraphs: The World Ocean, or global ocean is a term used to define all the world's oceans as one large interconnected ocean.

paragraphs: It is divided into the standard oceans: the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the proposed Southern Ocean and ocean round the Antarctic.

paragraphs: The 'World Ocean' is centered on the southern oceans. The Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans can be seen as bays or lobes going northward from the Southern Ocean. Farther north, the Atlantic opens into the Arctic Ocean, which is connected to the Pacific by the Bering Strait:

paragraphs: The approximate shape of the 'World Ocean' can for most purposes be treated as constant, although in detail it is not. Climate change continually changes its structure, and continental drift does so over a much longer timescale.


title: Bering Strait

paragraphs: The Bering Strait (Russian: Берингов пролив) is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point (169°43' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales on the edge of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, the westernmost point (168°05' W) of the North American continent, with latitude of about 65° 40' north, slightly south of the Arctic Circle. The strait was made around 40,000 years ago, when an old landmass between Asia and America known as Beringia was flooded at the end of the last ice age.. The strait is passed through by the international date line, making from the view of the Russian side from the Alaskan side like looking at tomorrow.

paragraphs: The Bering Strait is 82 km at its narrowest point, and 90 meters deep at its deepest point (with an average depth of 50 meters), making the strait rather shallow. There are three small islands located in the strait. There are the two Diomede Islands in the middle of the strait, and a small rock (or islet) known as Fairway Rock southeast of the Diomede Islands.

paragraphs: There have been ideas of building a bridge or tunnel to link Alaska and Russia, where cars and trains could cross the strait. The crossing would have three parts, one connecting Big Diomede Island to Russia, one connecting Small Diomede with Alaska, and a final link between the islands. This would link the North American road system with the connected road systems of Asia, Europe, and Africa. There have not been any physical work done on such a crossing, mostly due to the remoteness of the strait, and the little demand for it. There are no major highways or railroads that connect the Bering Strait to the rest of Asia or America, so if either a tunnel or bridge was built across the strait, new connections to the rest of the highways and railways would have to be made for cars or trains to get there. The crossing might become more useful in the future however.


title: Monolophosaurus

paragraphs: Monolophosaurus was a medium-sized theropod from China that lived during the Jurassic period.

paragraphs: It had one feature not found on any other meat-eating dinosaur a long, bony ridge that went from its nose back to the top of its head. The area where "Monolophosaurus" was discovered showed signs that it was sometimes covered with water, so it is possible that this dinosaur lived on the shore of a lake or sea.

paragraphs: The remains of the type of "Monolophosaurus" preserve a complete skull and partial postcranium. In fact, these remains are amongst the most complete from the Middle Jurassic of China. The dinosaur was probably a basal tetanuran.


title: Hart's Hope

paragraphs: Hart's Hope (1983) is a fantasy book that is written by Orson Scott Card.


title: Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador

paragraphs: Twillingate is a town that can be found on the Twillingate Islands off the coast of Newfoundland. About 2500 people live in the town. It is known for its scenic landscape and friendly hospitality. Twillingate is about an hour and a half north of Gander and an hour north of Lewisporte.

paragraphs: Twillingate's economy is based around the fishery.


title: Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

paragraphs: Gander is a town of almost 10,000 people in the central region of Newfoundland, Canada. It is home to the Gander International Airport, which used to be an important point for aircraft to refuel on long flights. Most of the streets in Gander are named after famous aviators, including Amelia Earhart, Alcock and Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Marc Garneau and Chuck Yeager.


title: Trireme

paragraphs: A Trireme is an ancient oar-driven warship powered by about 170 oars men. It was long and slender, had three tiers of oars and one sail. On the bow was a battering ram that was used to destroy enemy ships. The tip of the ram was made of bronze and could easily slice through the side of a wooden ship.

paragraphs: The Trireme was used by people of the Mediterranean Sea from the 7th to the 4th century BC and gets its name from its three rows of oars on each side, manned with one man per oar. The rowing men were not slaves, but were free men who were paid to row. In Ancient Greece, soldiers (called Hoplites)) had to buy their own armour and weapons so men too poor to afford them became trireme rowers in wartime. They had to have a lot of practice at rowing as, during a battle, the ship had to be able to stop, start and turn very quickly.

paragraphs: As well as the rowing men, there were 30 others on a trireme. Some of these were sailors who worked the sail, others were soldiers who shot arrows and tried to get onto enemy ships, to attack their crews with swords and spears. The man who steered the trireme was called a "kubernete" by the Greeks. From this we get the English word Governor, for a person who leads a state.

paragraphs: Because there were many men crowded onto a small ship, triremes could not stay at sea very long. Often, they came to land each evening. The crew would pull the trireme out of the water and then sleep next to it on the beach.

paragraphs: Before a battle, the mast and sail were taken off and left on the shore. In battle, triremes would attempt to ram or board each other. Some triremes had catapults and ballistas on them, but they were hard to use in battle. Many ancient sea battles involved hundreds of triremes. In the Battle of Salamis, there were around 360 ships on the Greek side and 600 to 800 ships on the Persian side.


title: Fabrosauridae

paragraphs: Fabrosauridae is a proposed family of primitive ornithischian dinosaurs from late Triassic and Jurassic. The proposed "Fabrosaurs" descended from a "Lesothosaurus"-like animal. The group is not established; it appears to be polyphyletic, and its members may come from several other better-known groups.


title: A Planet Called Treason

paragraphs: A Planet Called Treason (1979) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. After being changed, the book was renamed Treason (1988).


title: Saints (book)

paragraphs: Saints (1983) is a historical fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. Saints tells about the fictional character named Dinah Kirkham, from Manchester, England, who goes to the United States and becomes one of the multiple wives of Joseph Smith, who is founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

paragraphs: "Saints" was originally named "Woman Of Destiny", even though Orson Scott Card was against this.


title: Hot Sleep

paragraphs: Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle (1979) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. Although it is now out of print, Card's book "The Worthing Chronicle" (1983) has some of the same story.


title: The Worthing Chronicle

paragraphs: The Worthing Chronicle (1983) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. This book is out of print, but it was released again in a collection of short stories called "The Worthing Saga" in 1990.


title: Wyrms (book)

paragraphs: Wyrms (1987) is a science fiction book that was written by Orson Scott Card. The story looks at desire, wisdom, and human will.


title: 2008 WWE draft

paragraphs: The 2008 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Draft was the fifth yearly (and sixth overall) Draft held by WWE. The Draft was held on June 23, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas from the AT&T Center. The Draft took place live for three hours on WWE's flagship program, "Raw", which aired on the USA Network.

paragraphs: The Draft was announced by WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon on the May 26 2008 episode of "Raw". During the announcement, he stated that every WWE Superstar, Diva, and Commentators were eligible to be drafted.


title: Poplar Forest

paragraphs: The Poplar Forest is the retreat home of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States of America near Lynchburg, Virginia.

paragraphs: His wife inherited the 4,819 acre plantation and he built an octagonal retreat home there which was basically complete in the year 1812. The home contains a central dining room in the shape of a cube, measuring 20 feet on all sides and lit from a skylight above. Currently under restoration, the building gives a fascinating glimpse of how things were built in those days, as well as showing off a few of Jefferson's inventions such as the triple sash window. Jefferson used the property as a respite from the busy Monticello, which was always welcoming visitors, and spent most of his time there only with close family members. He had a library containing 700 volumes and he used his time there to communicate with his 'absent friends', in other words, to catch up on his written correspondence.


title: Interstate 8

paragraphs: Interstate 8 or I-8 is an Interstate Highway that runs from Interstate 10 near Casa Grande, Arizona to San Diego, California. The route is long.


title: Regis Philbin

paragraphs: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; August 25, 1931 – July 24, 2020) was an American media personality, actor and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s. Sometimes called (alternatively attributed to James Brown) "the hardest working man in show business", he held the world record for the most time spent in front of a television camera. He was most widely known for "Live! with Regis and Kelly" (previously "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee"), "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", "Million Dollar Password", and for hosting the first season of "America's Got Talent".

paragraphs: Philbin was born in the Bronx, New York City. His father, Francis "Frank" Philbin, a U.S. Marine who served in the Pacific, was of Irish ancestry. His mother, Filomena "Florence" (nee Boscia), was of Arbëreshë ancestry. They lived in the Van Nest section of the Bronx. Philbin was raised Roman Catholic. He was supposedly named "Regis" because his father wanted him to attend the prestigious Regis High School. It was long believed that Philbin was an only child, but on the February 1, 2007, broadcast of "Live with Regis and Kelly", Philbin announced that he did have a brother, Frank M. Philbin (March 1, 1951 – January 27, 2007), who had died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma several days earlier. Philbin said his brother had asked to not be mentioned on television or in the press.

paragraphs: Philbin attended Our Lady of Solace grammar school in the Bronx, and graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx in 1949 before attending the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated in 1953 with a sociology degree. He later served in the United States Navy as a supply officer, then went through a few behind-the-scenes jobs in television and radio before moving into the broadcasting arena.

paragraphs: Philbin filled in for Dick Clark for the 2004 edition of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" after Clark suffered a stroke.

paragraphs: On November 18, 2011, Philbin aired his final episode of "Live! with Regis and Kelly."

paragraphs: On July 24, 2020, Philbin's family released a statement that he had died at the age of 88, one month before his 89th birthday. "TMZ" reported that Philbin had died at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut of heart disease. "The Blast" revealed that he had died after having a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease.


title: Bill Moggridge

paragraphs: William (Bill) Moggridge, (25 June 1943 - 8 September 2012) was a British industrial designer and co-founder of the Silicon Valley-based design firm IDEO. He helped design what was arguably the first laptop computer, the GRiD Compass. He was in favour of user-centered design process in product development cycles and also worked towards popularizing interaction design as a mainstream discipline.

paragraphs: Moggridge was the author of "Designing Interactions", published in October 2006.

paragraphs: He was also involved in design education in the United Kingdom and the United States; teaching at the Royal College of Art, the London Business School and Stanford University.


title: Before I Self Destruct

paragraphs: Before I Self Destruct is 50 Cent's fourth album. It was released in 2009.

paragraphs: On the track "The End of My Career", on one of 50 Cent's mixtapes, he said that he has already recorded 12 tracks for the album.


title: Udanoceratops

paragraphs: Udanoceratops had a very large skull (1.5 times the size of the next largest protoceratopid Montanoceratops) with no nasal horn. It most resembles Leptoceratops but with larger nasal apertures, less teeth in the upper jaw and more in the lower jaw - there are also differences in its teeth and skull bones. It has a mixture of advanced and primitive features and may turn out to be a ceratopsid.


title: Antonio Pappano

paragraphs: Antonio Pappano (born December 30, 1959 in Epping) is a British conductor and pianist of Italian origin. He is the conductor of the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, and l'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

paragraphs: Pappano was born in England, but his family had come from Italy. When he was 13 years old, he moved with his family to Connecticut, in the United States. There he had his musical training, learning to play the piano as well as composition and conducting. He became a rehearsal accompanist at the New York City Opera.

paragraphs: Pappano is the youngest conductor to lead the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in London, accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet. He is also an excellent piano accompanist.


title: Boris Berezovsky (pianist)

paragraphs: Boris Berezovsky (Russian: Бори́с Вади́мович Березо́вский; born Moscow, 4 January 1969) is a famous Russian pianist. Berezovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1988 he became well known in the West when he gave a recital in the Wigmore Hall in London. Two years later he won the Gold Medal at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

paragraphs: Boris Berezovsky gives concerts all over the world. He plays concertos with many of the great orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Monnaie, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Hamburg, Hessischer Rundfunk, New Japan Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mikhail Pletnev and Antonio Pappano. Berezovsky has also made many recordings.

paragraphs: Berezovsky has a daughter, Evelyne Berezovsky (born 1991), who is also a pianist. He now lives in Brussels. Boris is an excellent jazz pianist and performs with his trio in Russian clubs.


title: Balto

paragraphs: Balto was the name of a Siberian Husky, born in 1923 and died 1933. He was a back up dog after TOGO. Balto received an outsized portion of the fame from the journey, including more acclaim than Togo. Hence, Seppala bred, named, raised and trained Balto but did not race with him. In a 1927 New York Times article, he claimed that a forgotten dog named Fox has been co-lead with Balto on Kaasen’s team.

paragraphs: In January 1925 Nome, Alaska needed medicine for a diphtheria epidemic. First, a ship tried to bring the medicine but ice was closing into the Bering Sea. The ship could not get to Nome. Next, they tried to bring the medicine by airplane. They could not because there was a blizzard (snow storm). The winds were too strong for the plane. So the medicine was sent by train from Anchorage, Alaska to Nenena, Alaska. Then sled dogs took turns carrying the medicine to Nome. The dog which ran the longest was Togo. Balto was the final dog. He lead the team into Nome. The medicine saved many children (Almost all of the children). Balto, the other dogs and the men who carried the medicine were given a hero's welcome. A few months later in New York City a statue of Balto was placed in Central Park. It is still there today.

paragraphs: In January 1925, doctors realized that a diphtheria epidemic was likely to sweep through Nome's young people. It could kill many people. The only serum that could stop it was in Anchorage. Anchorage was almost away. The only aircraft that could get the medicine to Nome was taken out of winter storage, but its engine was frozen. It would not start. Officials chose to move the medicine by sled dog. The serum was transported by train from Anchorage to Nenana. At Nenana the first "musher" began the trip as part of a relay to deliver the serum to Nome. More than 20 mushers took part. They had to deal with a blizzard with temperatures and strong winds. News coverage of the race was worldwide.

paragraphs: On December 22, 1995, Universal Pictures released the animated movie "Balto". The movie was based on the events of the 1925 serum run, although there are big differences. They also made a 2nd and 3rd movie to the original.