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International broadcasts and voting Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

1 international broadcasts , voting 1.1 voting , spokespersons 1.2 commentators 1.2.1 participating countries 1.2.2 non-participating countries international broadcasts , voting the order in each country announced votes in order of performance. details of running order published ebu on 15 november 2015. spokespersons shown below alongside each participating country. voting , spokespersons commentators the contest broadcast online worldwide through official junior eurovision song contest website junioreurovision.tv , youtube. online broadcasts featured commentary in english junioreurovision.tv editor luke fisher , 2011 bulgarian junior eurovision song contest entrant ivan ivanov. participating countries non-participating countries the following non-participating countries sent commentators bulgaria radio, television , online broadcasts of contest.

Participating countries Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

^ fisher, luke james (7 october 2015). australia joins make super 17 @ junior eurovision in sofia! . junioreurovision.tv. european broadcasting union. retrieved 7 october 2015.  ^ granger, anthony (15 november 2015). jesc 15: running order announced . eurovoix.com. eurovoix. retrieved 15 november 2015.  ^ junior eurovision song contest 2015: participants . junioreurovision.tv. european broadcasting union. 7 september 2015. retrieved 7 september 2015.  ^ cite error: named reference scoreboard invoked never defined (see page). ^ granger, anthony (28 september 2015). belarus: changes made jesc 2015 entry . eurovoix.com. eurovoix. retrieved 28 september 2015.  ^ original lyrics mishela rapo – dambaje – albania 2015 . eurovision.tv. retrieved 5 november 2015. 

Elections and voting Government of India

india has quasi federal form of government, called union or central government, elected officials @ union, state , local levels. on national level, head of government, prime minister, appointed president of india amongst party won majority seats in lok sabha. members of union legislature, parliament, directly elected. elections in india take place every 5 years universal adult suffrage through first-past-the-post voting system . india largest democracy in world, around 834 million eligible voters, of 2014.

Religion Inca Empire

diorite inca sculpture amarucancha inca myths transmitted orally until spanish colonists recorded them; however, scholars claim recorded on quipus, andean knotted string records. the inca believed in reincarnation. death passage next world full of difficulties. spirit of dead, camaquen, need follow long road , during trip assistance of black dog see in dark required. incas imagined after world of european notion of heaven, flower-covered fields , snow-capped mountains. it important inca not die result of burning or body of deceased not incinerated. burning cause vital force disappear , threaten passage after world. obeyed inca moral code – ama suwa, ama llulla, ama quella (do not steal, not lie, not lazy) – went live in sun s warmth while others spent eternal days in cold earth . inca nobility practiced cranial deformation. wrapped tight cloth straps around heads of newborns shape soft skulls more conical form, distinguishing nobility other social classes. the incas made human sacrifi

Spanish Civil War, Francoism era Spain

they shall not pass!... madrid graveyard of fascism. fascism on rise in europe during spanish civil war. the spanish civil war broke out in 1936. 3 years nationalist forces led general francisco franco , supported nazi germany , fascist italy fought republican side, supported soviet union, mexico , international brigades not supported western powers due british-led policy of non-intervention. civil war viciously fought , there many atrocities committed sides. war claimed lives of on 500,000 people , caused flight of half-million citizens country. in 1939, general franco emerged victorious , became dictator. francisco franco , dwight d. eisenhower (madrid 1959) in context of cold war. spain entered in united nations in 1955. the state established under franco nominally neutral in second world war, although sympathetic axis. legal party under franco s post civil war regime falange española tradicionalista y de las jons, formed in 1937; party emphasised falangism, form of fascism emphasis

Description Circaea lutetiana

circaea lutetiana showing growth form , flowers circaea lutetiana perennial herbaceous plant opposite, simple leaves, on slender, green stems. flowers white, borne in summer. grows 20 cm 60 cm, 75 centimeters high. the leaves rounded or notched @ base, narrow gradually pointed tip , not toothed, have sinuate edges. leaf stalks equally hairy round. the flower has 2 notched petals, 2 stamens , 2-lobed stigma. open flowers spaced along stalk , there no bracts @ base of individual flower stalks. fruit consists of 2 equal cells, , sets seed. flower stalks become angled downwards before fruiting. fruit small bur 3.5-5mm aids plant s dispersal via zoochory. in winter aerial parts die off leaving underground rhizome. circaea alpina hybridize circaea lutetiana producing sterile offspring persists in vegetative colonies.

Career after the independence of Macedonia Esma Redžepova

redžepova during eurovision performance in 2013. her best known single, Čaje Šukarije, feature song on 2006 borat movie soundtrack, claims used without permission. naat veliov kočani orkestar sued producers of film 800,000 euro (usd 1,000,000). afterwards, redžepova won €26,000 compensation, since turned out cohen got permission production house take song, not notified about. esma particularly upset because song used illustrate backwardness, fought. however, borat contributed towards expansion of fame internationally. esma redžepova selected vlatko lozanoski represent macedonia in eurovision song contest 2013. song, imperija , unveiled in march 2013, caused controversy in country clip featured many monuments of controversial project skopje 2014. song viewed nationalist act. macedonian radio-television requested singers write new song. eventually, pred da se razdeni released month later. song failed advance second semi-final of competition on 16 may 2013, placing 16th in field of 17

Car No. 7 history JR Motorsports

danica patrick driving no. 7 in 2012 sargento 200 the no. 7 car joined in 2008 no. 5 part of merger hendrick motorsports nationwide teams. driven jimmie johnson, dale earnhardt jr., martin truex jr., mark martin, landon cassill, ron fellows , adrian fernandez, sponsorship lowe s (johnson , fernandez), national guard (truex, earnhardt jr , cassill), delphi, (martin) , godaddy.com (earnhardt , fellows). no. 5 car won 2 races in 2008, martin @ las vegas , ron fellows in montreal, first nascar race run in rain. regan smith @ road america in 2014. the 5 car returned in 2009 sponsorship fastenal, godaddy.com, unilever , delphi. team s best finish third earnhardt @ atlanta. team changed numbers no. 5 no. 7 danica patrick driving 12 races jr motorsports in godaddy.com sponsorship in 2010, schedule filled out scott wimmer, dale earnhardt jr., landon cassill, steve arpin, josh wise , j. r. fitzpatrick. patrick ran 12 races godaddy, best finish of 4th @ las vegas. wise returned team few races, r

In Jainism Karma

types of karmas per jain philosophy in jainism, karma conveys totally different meaning commonly understood in hindu philosophy , western civilization. jain philosophy oldest indian philosophy separates body (matter) soul (pure consciousness). in jainism, karma referred karmic dirt, consists of subtle particles of matter pervade entire universe. karmas attracted karmic field of soul due vibrations created activities of mind, speech, , body various mental dispositions. hence karmas subtle matter surrounding consciousness of soul. when these 2 components (consciousness , karma) interact, experience life know @ present. jain texts expound 7 tattvas (truths or fundamentals) constitute reality. these are: according padmanabh jaini, this emphasis on reaping fruits of 1 s own karma not restricted jainas; both hindus , buddhist writers have produced doctrinal materials stressing same point. each of latter traditions, however, developed practices in basic contradiction such belief. in additio

Interwiki links Wikipedia:Namespace

wikimedia inter-language or interwiki prefixes not define namespaces, point pages in other wikimedia projects, outside en.wikipedia.org website. mentioned here because use namespace-like prefix technique linking. default, unless combined in-project namespace prefix, link main namespace of related project. examples of such prefixes include m: (or meta:) meta, mw: mediawiki, wikt: wiktionary, fr: french wikipedia, de: german wikipedia, etc. for example, m:meta:babel , meta:meta:babel both link babel page in project namespace (second prefix) of meta-wiki project (first prefix). example: wikt:fr:discuter:pied/fusion daf links pied/fusion daf page in talk namespace (3rd prefix) of french (2nd prefix) wiktionary (1st prefix). when making links other language wikipedias, remember add initial colon if link intended appear inline. interwiki prefixes not wikimedia projects. example, dictionary: interwiki link dict.org (the dict development group). complete list of interwiki prefixes, see int

Aliases and pseudo-namespaces 2 Wikipedia:Namespace

aliases , pseudo-namespaces not namespaces in themselves; main role provide handy ways link actual namespaces, providing shortened links. the main difference between them being way work purpose; while aliases directly link namespaces, pseudo-namespaces can link other namespaces using specialist redirect pages in main namespace called shortcuts. while aliases used shortcuts, isn t necessary if pagename not shortened. pseudo-namespaces reside in main namespace; pseudo-namespaces called transwiki: exists pseudo-namespace before being moved namespace. aliases wp:alias there 6 aliases defined namespaces, of case-insensitive: if link made page title beginning 1 of these strings, or if such title entered in search box or used in url, alias automatically replaced true namespace prefix. hence entering wp:linking or project:linking equivalent entering wikipedia:linking, , wt:linking equivalent wikipedia talk:linking. an alias cannot used actual namespace in page title. example, cannot create pag

Archbishop Gerard (archbishop of York)

thirteenth-century manuscript illustration of henry i gerard secured papal recognition of york s metropolitan see scots. subsequently consecrated roger bishop of orkney, refused consecrate thurgot see of st andrews because thurgot not recognise primacy of york. gerard gave generously monasteries of diocese; medieval chronicler hugh chantor stated thomas ii, gerard s successor, accused gerard of having dissipated diocese s endowment. king olaf of man , isles wrote g , archbishop of york, asking consecration of our bishop york, not appear have taken place under gerard or successor. during first 4 years of henry s reign gerard 1 of king s chief advisors, along robert of meulan, count of meulan in normandy , later earl of leicester. gerard 1 of henry s greatest supporters among bishops during investiture crisis. in 1101 gerard witnessed treaty between henry , robert, count of flanders, sought far possible distance robert future conflict between henry , elder brother robert curthose, or

Arts and literature 1946 in New Zealand

1 arts , literature 1.1 music 1.2 radio 1.3 film arts , literature see 1946 in art, 1946 in literature, category:1946 books music see: 1946 in music radio see: public broadcasting in new zealand film see: category:1946 film awards, 1946 in film, list of new zealand feature films, cinema of new zealand, category:1946 films

DUP Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016

^ cite error: named reference campbellto invoked never defined (see page). ^ dup man moutray step down assembly - belfast newsletter . newsletter.co.uk. 7 december 2015. archived original on 13 june 2016. retrieved 14 may 2016.  ^ clarke, liam (19 november 2015). dup s peter robinson: m standing down within weeks . belfast telegraph. retrieved 14 may 2016. 

Discography David Friedman (percussionist)

with chet baker peace (enja, 1982) with tim buckley dream letter: live in london 1968 (enigma retro manifesto, 1968) happy sad (elektra, 1969) blue afternoon (straight, 1969) with joe chambers the almoravid (muse, 1974) with george benson good king bad (cti, 1975) with billy joel orchestral chimes , percussion on until night on joel s album 52nd street (1978) with dino saluzzi rios (intuition, 1995)

History Mineral processing

a set of cornish stamps before advent of heavy machinery raw ore broken using hammers wielded hand, process called spalling . before long, mechanical means found achieve this. instance, stamp mills used in samarkand 973. in use in medieval persia. 11th century, stamp mills in widespread use throughout medieval islamic world, islamic spain , north africa in west central asia in east. later example cornish stamps, consisting of series of iron hammers mounted in vertical frame, raised cams on shaft of waterwheel , falling onto ore under gravity. the simplest method of separating ore gangue consists of picking out individual crystals of each. tedious process, particularly when individual particles small. comparatively simple method relies on various minerals having different densities, causing them collect in different places: metallic minerals (being heavier) drop out of suspension more lighter ones, carried further stream of water. process of panning , sifting gold uses both of these me

Luther and Calvin Problem of evil

both luther , calvin explained evil consequence of fall of man , original sin. calvin, however, held belief in predestination , omnipotence, fall part of god s plan. luther saw evil , original sin inheritance adam , eve, passed on mankind conception , bound of man serving sin, god s nature allowed consequence distrust, though god planned mankind s redemption through jesus christ. humans may not able understand , explain plan.

Career Stig Van Eijk

van eijk @ melodi grand prix show may 8, 2010. van eijk known eurovision career. in 1999 won norwegian final of melodi grand prix song living life without , wrote , performed dancer , singer belinda braza. in european final of eurovision song contest in israel, came in 14th, after gaining 35 points. first ever black man represent norway. the album, belong, released same year, went platinum (over 30,000 copies) , reached number 6 on vg-list top 40 in norway. in 2000, named year s male artist (hit awards). in 2001, made colombianske fredslåten, constructors of peace . in 2001 van eijk opened «b: underground club» in bergen. club live concept house band playing reggae, soul , funk, , guest appeared. in 2003, made song once in lifetime won idol in south africa, performed heinz winckler. song hit in south africa , became double platinum (100,000 copies). stigi, call himself now, known front figure in reggae band soul express orchestra . released debut album time change produced isa

Phases Oshara Tradition

^ gibbon, guy e., , kenneth m. ames. (1998). archaeology of prehistoric native america: encyclopedia. new york: taylor , francis. p. 798. isbn 0-8153-0725-x. ^ stiger, mark. (2008). hunter-gather archaeology of colorado high country. boulder: university press of colorado. pp. 28-29. isbn 0-87081-612-8. ^ gibbon, guy e., , kenneth m. ames. (1998). archaeology of prehistoric native america: encyclopedia. new york: taylor , francis. p. 640. isbn 0-8153-0725-x. ^ gibbon, guy e., , kenneth m. ames. (1998). archaeology of prehistoric native america: encyclopedia. new york: taylor , francis. p. 799. isbn 0-8153-0725-x. cite error: there <ref group=nb> tags on page, references not show without {{reflist|group=nb}} template (see page).

Cause célèbres List of British Bangladeshis

former guantanamo bay detainee, ruhal ahmed altab ali – factory garment worker murdered 3 teenagers in racially motived attack on 4 may 1978. dr humayra abedin – national health service doctor of medicine parents tried force marriage , held captive until freed court order in 2008. rubel ahmed – bangladeshi immigrant britain died in morton hall immigration detention centre on 5 september 2014 under controversial circumstances. ruhal ahmed – former guantanamo bay detainee depicted in film road guantanamo. shabina begum – student involved in leading house of lords case ukhl 15 r (begum) v governors of denbigh high school (2006) on legal regulation of religious symbols , dress under human rights act 1998. shahara islam – 1 of victims killed during 7 july 2005 london bombings. youngest , 1 of 3 muslims killed during attacks. syed talha ahsan – poet , translator won 2012 platinum , bronze koestler award poetry. on 19 july 2006, arrested in response request u.s under extradition act 2003 , de

History Principality of Sedan

inside fortifications of château de sedan. the protestant church in sedan, later catholicized , re-dedicated charles borromeo. the history of sedan begins in 1424, when eberhard ii von der mark (1364–1440) (son of eberhard von der mark , grandson of engelbert ii of mark, ruler of county of mark) began construction of château de sedan in vicinity of benedictine abbey of mouzon. erard ii von der mark first ruler style himself lord of sedan (fr.: seigneur de sedan). in following years, town of sedan grew in area between château de sedan , meuse. in wake of protestant reformation, henri robert de la marck , wife françoise de bourbon-vendôme attracted huguenot movement. in 1560, declared sedan s independence kingdom of france. particularly in wake of 1562 massacre of vassy, sedan became 1 of leading refuges french speaking protestants. academy of sedan, founded in 1579, became 1 of chief huguenot academies. with death of guillaume robert de la marck in 1588, principality passed daughter, ch

Career in drag Paul O'Grady

1 career in drag 1.1 lily savage , drag circuit: 1978–84 1.2 residency in vauxhall: 1984–92 1.3 mainstream success: 1992–98 career in drag lily savage , drag circuit: 1978–84 — paul o grady, 2008. while working camden social services, o grady made first attempt @ putting drag act, creating character of lily savage; later related wanted there larger life, creature more cartoon human. wasn t sure yet. debut on afternoon of 7 october 1978 @ black cap gay pub in camden, act involved miming words barbra streisand s nobody makes pass @ me show pins , needles. following holiday poland, visited ex-boyfriend in manila in philippines; found manila culture shock , briefly worked barman , waiter @ brothel known gussie s bar. returning london, o grady moved purley , streatham drag act, glamazons. 1 of them, nicknamed hush , founded two-man drag mime act, playgirls, although found little work in london. agreeing tour of north of england, moved slaithwaite, yorkshire, accepting month s work @ c

History Word processor

1 history 1.1 ibm selectric 1.2 mainframe systems 1.3 effect on office administration 1.4 dedicated models 1.5 software models 1.6 wysiwyg models history word processors descended friden flexowriter, had 2 punched tape stations , permitted switching 1 other (thus enabling called chain or form letter , 1 tape containing names , addresses, , other body of letter sent). did not wrap words, begun ibm s magnetic tape selectric typewriter (later, magnetic card selectric typewriter). ibm selectric a 4-user astrotype system using dec pdp minicomputer , ibm selectric terminals. the ibm selectric typewriter highly successful model line of electric typewriters introduced in 1961. expensive typewriter, written , improved between 1961 , 1962 steve piner , l. peter deutsch, text editing program ran on dec pdp-1 computer @ mit. since drive ibm selectric typewriter (a letter-quality printer), may considered first word processing program, term word processing introduced, ibm s böblingen laboratory i

Basic principles of partitioning ARINC 653

1 basic principles of partitioning 1.1 arinc 653 platform 1.2 initialization 1.3 error handling 1.4 mode management 1.5 processes of partition basic principles of partitioning arinc 653 platform an arinc 653 platform contains: a hardware platform allowing real-time computing deterministic services. an abstraction layer managing timer , space partitioning constraints of platform (memory, cpu, input/output). an implementation arinc 653 services (the apex api). an interface able configure platform , domain of use. various instrumentation tools. initialization initialization of arinc 653 partition creates resources used partition. resources creation (process, event, semaphore...) performed calling api services named create_xxxx. error handling the process error handler preemptive process of highest priority dedicated handle partition exceptions. created service create_error_handler during partition initialization. the api allows error handler stop faulty process (stop_self). in case, rtos

New York Demographics of Filipino Americans

in 1970s , 1980s, filipinos in new york , new jersey had higher socioeconomic status filipinos elsewhere, more half of filipino immigrants metropolitan area healthcare professionals or other highly trained professionals, in contrast established working-class filipino american populations elsewhere. high percentage of healthcare professionals continues, in 2013, thirty percent of filipinos nurses or other professionals in healthcare industry. in 1970, new york metropolitan area had largest concentration of filipinos (12,455) east of rocky mountains, , fifth largest population of filipinos of metropolitan areas in united states. in 1990, more filipinos lived in urban new york (60,376), in suburban new york (44,203).table 1a in 2008, new york tri-state metropolitan area home 215,000 filipinos. in 2010, according 2010 united states census, there 217,349 filipino americans, including multiracial filipino americans, living in new york-northern new jersey-long island, ny-nj-pa metropolitan ar

Fictional character biography Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)

1 fictional character biography 1.1 before films 1.2 dead man s chest 1.3 @ world s end 1.4 dead men tell no tales fictional character biography before films davy jones, human , great sailor, fell in love calypso, sea goddess. entrusted him task of ferrying souls of died @ sea next world. calypso gave him flying dutchman accomplish task. swore after ten years, meet him , spend 1 day before returned duties. however, when jones returned shore after ten years, calypso failed appear. believing calypso had betrayed him, heartbroken , enraged davy jones turned pirate brethren against her, saying if removed world, able claim seas themselves. assembled in first brethren court , jones taught them how imprison human form. despite betraying her, jones still loved calypso, , in despair , guilt had done, carved out own heart , placed in dead man s chest . chest sealed , placed within larger wooden chest, along jones numerous love letters calypso , other items having her, except matching musical l

Medieval period Walton Castle, Suffolk

1623 plan of walton castle the fort subsequently reused normans used bailey castle built there 1 of bigod earls, roger bigod died in 1107. castle strengthened hugh bigod, roger s son, confiscated , garrisoned henry ii in 12th century, following hugh s involvement in revolt of 1173–1174. in 1175-6 castle dismantled henry , used in construction of orford castle. walls of roman fort survived demolition, , plan of 1623 shows ruins in northeast corner presumably remains of castle.

Consumer xenocentrism Xenocentrism

grace susetyo suggests idea foreign cultures , elements superior local causes crisis of cultural identity among western-educated indonesians , problem needs eradicated. george balabanis , adamantios diamantopoulos further defined consumer xenocentrism multi-dimensional construct explain consumer affinities foreign products. define consumer xenocentrism rooted in 2 concepts, perceived inferiority of domestic goods , aggrandized perception of foreign products. the academy of international business studying out of group favoritism , in-group derogation consumer effect in chinese consumer market. measurement of consumer xenocentrism lawrence uses definition of xenocentrism, conceived kent , burnight, describe propose potential scale, cxeno, predict how xenocentric views of non-domestic goods affects consumer behavior. proposed scale quantity xenocentric consumer tendencies, xscale, includes both instances of social , consumer xenocentrism. economists have begun include consumer xenocen

Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer

1 governor of new york 1.1 legislative measures supported 1.2 roadblocks reform 1.3 proposal legalize same-sex marriage 1.4 controversy on use of state police surveillance / troopergate 1.5 controversy on plans issue driver s licenses illegal immigrants 1.6 approval rating governor 1.7 prostitution scandal 1.8 resignation - march 2008 governor of new york during traditional midnight ceremony on january 1, 2007, spitzer sworn in governor of new york. public ceremony held @ 1 p.m. on same day featured brass , percussion players empire state youth orchestra. bucking tradition, ceremony held outdoors – first outdoor inauguration ceremony in new york on century. after taking oath of office, attended concert @ times union center in honor, headlined james taylor , natalie merchant. legislative measures supported jonathan s law - in may 2007 governor spitzer signed legislation concerning parental , guardian access files , records concerning children , child abuse investigations. roadblocks re

Demographics Demographic estimates of the flight and expulsion of Germans

1 demographics 1.1 expulsion area 1.2 post-war germany , austria 1.2.1 german naturalisation of foreign ethnic german refugees , expellees 1.3 religious demographics 1.4 germans remaining in central europe in 1950 1.5 method of counting confirmed deaths 1.5.1 research german church search service 1.5.2 1974 german federal archive report 1.6 method of using population balance 1.6.1 estimates compiled in 1950s 1.6.2 schieder commission 1.6.3 west german government demographic study of 1958 1.6.4 study gerhard reichling 1.6.5 federation of expellees estimates 1.7 allied strategic bombing 1.8 estimates concerning czech republic only 1.9 tracing fates of individuals in yugoslavia 1.10 estimates concerning poland only 1.10.1 poland expulsions , deportations 1.10.2 germans remaining in poland demographics german expellees in northwestern germany, 1948 expulsion area the federal expellee law (bvfg) defines expulsion area (einheitliches vertreibungsgebiet; i.e. uniform territory of expulsion)