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Myosotis ( ; from the Greek : `` mouse 's ear '' , after the leaf ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots . | Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots . |
Newell Convers Wyeth ( October 22 , 1882 â `` October 19 , 1945 ) , known as N.C. Wyeth , was an American artist and illustrator . | Newell Convers Wyeth ( October 22 , 1882 -- October 19 , 1945 ) was an American painter and book illustrator . |
Bernhard `` Bernd '' Georg Josef FÃ rster ( born 3 May 1956 ) is a former German footballer , who played as a defender . | Bernd FÃ rster ( born 3 May , 1956 ) is a former German football player . |
Esperanto was conceived as a language of international communication , more precisely as a universal second language . | The goal was , giving an international communication language , that is , as a universal ( world ) second language , not to replace national languages . This goal was widely shared with Esperanto speakers in the early years of the Esperanto movement . |
Esperanto has native speakers , that is , people who learned Esperanto from their parents as one of their native languages . | This goal was widely shared with Esperanto speakers in the early years of the Esperanto movement . After that , Esperanto speakers began to see the language and the culture that was shared is owned by themselves , even if Esperanto is never chosen by the United Nations or other international organizations . |
Those who focus on the intrinsic value of the language are commonly called raÅ mistoj , from Rauma , Finland , where a declaration on the near-term unlikelihood of the `` fina venko '' and the value of Esperanto culture was made at the International Youth Congress in 1980 . | The Boston Globe , 12 May 1999 Those who focus on the basic value of the language are commonly called raÅ mistoj , from Rauma , Finland , where a statement on the near-term ( not far from today ) not believing in the `` fina venko '' and the value of Esperanto culture was made at the International Youth Congress ( meeting ) in 1980 . |
Every year , 1,500 â `` 3,000 Esperanto speakers meet for the World Congress of Esperanto ( Universala Kongreso de Esperanto ) . | The largest is the Universala Kongreso de Esperanto ( Universal Congress of Esperanto ) , held in a different country each year . |
This goal was widely shared among Esperanto speakers in the early decades of the movement . | This goal was widely shared with Esperanto speakers in the early years of the Esperanto movement . |
Those Esperanto speakers who want to see Esperanto adopted officially or on a large scale worldwide are commonly called finvenkistoj , from fina venko , meaning `` final victory '' , or pracelistoj , from pracelo , meaning `` original goal '' . | Those Esperanto speakers who want Esperanto to be chosen by organizations or used worldwide are commonly called finvenkistoj , from fina venko , meaning `` final victory '' , or pracelistoj , from pracelo , meaning `` original goal '' . |
It was to serve as an international auxiliary language , that is , as a universal second language , not to replace ethnic languages . | The goal was , giving an international communication language , that is , as a universal ( world ) second language , not to replace national languages . |
Zamenhof 's name for the language was simply La Internacia Lingvo `` the International Language '' . | At first the language was named `` La Internacia Lingvo , '' which means `` The International Language . '' |
This system replaces each diacritic with an x after the letter , producing the six digraphs cx , gx , hx , jx , sx , and ux . | Since x is not used in Esperanto , those letters can be written as : cx gx hx jx sx ux . |
Zamenhof , the inventor of Esperanto , created an `` h-convention '' , which replaces Ä , Ä , Ä , Ä , Å , and Å with ch , gh , hh , jh , sh , and u , respectively . | Those letters Ä Ä Ä Ä Å Å are usually not found on mobile phones or keyboards . |
The Prague Manifesto ( 1996 ) presents the views of the mainstream of the Esperanto movement and of its main organization , the World Esperanto Association ( UEA ) . | The Prague Manifesto ( 1996 ) presents the ideas of the ordinary people of the Esperanto movement and of its main organization , the World Esperanto Association ( UEA ) . |
Later , Esperanto speakers began to see the language and the culture that had grown up around it as ends in themselves , even if Esperanto is never adopted by the United Nations or other international organizations . | After that , Esperanto speakers began to see the language and the culture that was shared is owned by themselves , even if Esperanto is never chosen by the United Nations or other international organizations . |
Crucified Barbara started out in 1998 as a punk rock band , but they speedily shifted their style to heavy metal . | Crucified Barbara started out in 1998 as a punk rock band , but they speedily changed their style to heavy metal . |
Crucified Barbara is a Swedish all-female metal band , formed in Stockholm in 1998 . | Crucified Barbara are a Swedish all-female band , formed in Stockholm in 1998 . |
It was released on 8 December 2005 and went straight to # 8 on the Swedish music charts . | It was released on December 8 2005 and went straight to no. 8 on the Swedish Hitlist . |
The video to accompany it was recorded and produced by M Industries . | The video was recorded and produced by M Industries . |
Their music may best be described as a cross between heavy metal , and rock 'n' roll . | Their music can be described as a mix between heavy metal and rock 'n' roll . |
Their advance debut single from their first album In Distortion We Trust , was `` Losing the Game '' . | The single , for the debut album In Distortion We Trust , was ` Losing The Game ' . |
The Freeview service is available via satellite throughout New Zealand . | Freeview is free television service in the New Zealand , It is sent to people 's home using a digital signal by either over the air or by satellite . |
The name `` Iran '' is a cognate of `` Aryan '' , and roughly means `` land of the Aryans '' . | Iran means `` Aryan '' in Persian . |
The name `` Iran '' has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935 , before which the country was known to the western world as Persia . Both `` Persia '' and `` Iran '' are used interchangeably in cultural contexts ; however , `` Iran '' is the name used officially in political contexts . | Iran used to be called Persia ( for a long time by people outside of Iran ) . |
A Java Virtual Machine ( JVM ) enables a set of computer software programs and data structures to use a virtual machine model for the execution of other computer programs and scripts . | A Java Virtual Machine ( JVM ) is a set of computer software programs and data structures which use a virtual machine model for the execution of other computer programs and scripts . |
JVM is a crucial component of the Java platform , and because JVMs are available for many hardware and software platforms , Java can be both middleware and a platform in its own right , hence the trademark write once , run anywhere . | The JVM is an important component of the Java Platform . Because JVMs are available for many hardware and software platforms , Java can be both middleware and a platform in its own right -- hence the expression `` write once , run anywhere . '' |
From the point of view of a compiler , the Java Virtual Machine is just another processor with an instruction set , Java bytecode , for which code can be generated . The JVM was originally designed to execute programs written in the Java language . | Java Virtual Machines operate on Java bytecode , which is normally ( but not necessarily ) generated from Java source code ; a JVM can also be used to implement programming languages other than Java . |
Swat was part of the Mughal Empire ruled by local rulers known as Akhwand . | Swat was part of the Mughal Empire ruled by local rulers known as Akhoond or Akhwand . |
It lay to the north of the modern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan until it was dissolved in 1969 . | It lay to the north of the modern North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan until it was dissolved in 1969 . |
Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( born April 30 , 1982 ) is an American actress , model , and singer . | Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( born April 30 , 1982 ) is an American actress , famous for her roles in Interview with the Vampire , The Virgin Suicides , Marie Antoinette , and Bring It On , as well as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man film series . |
A graveyard with the statue of the Commendatore . | In a graveyard there is now a statue of the Commendatore . |
She leaves with Zerlina . | Giovanni then flirts with Zerlina . Elvira arrives and warns Zerlina about how bad Giovanni is . |
The Commendatore , Anna 's father , appears and challenges Giovanni to a duel while Donna Anna flees for help . | He fights Giovanni with a sword and the Commendatore is killed . Donna Anna 's fiancà , Don Ottavio promises Donna Anna that he will find the man who killed her father . |
Before Giovanni can complete his seduction of the maid , Masetto and his friends arrive , searching for Giovanni and intending to kill him . | Masetto and his friends arrive , looking for Giovanni . |
Seeing an opportunity for a game , Giovanni hides and sends Leporello out in the open dressed as Giovanni . From his hiding place Giovanni sings a promise of repentance , expressing a desire to return to her , while Leporello poses as Giovanni and tries to keep from laughing . | Giovanni and Leporello arrive and hear her . |
Wanting to seduce Elvira 's maid , Giovanni persuades Leporello to exchange cloak and hat with him . | Leporello throws off Giovanni 's cloak and hat so that everyone realizes who he is . |
When she leaves , a marriage procession with Masetto and Zerlina enters . | Zerlina tries to tell Masetto she is innocent . |
Donna Anna 's room . Ottavio pressures Anna to marry him , but she thinks it inappropriate so soon after her father 's death . | In Donna Anna 's room Ottavio asks Anna to marry him , but Anna wants to wait because it is so soon after her father 's death . |
Giovanni ( dressed as Leporello ) convinces the posse that he also hates Giovanni , and joins the hunt . | Giovanni ( dressed as Leporello ) pretends that he , too , wants Giovanni dead and joins the hunt . |
Elvira comes to her window . | Elvira comes down to the street . |
Donna Anna appears , chasing Don Giovanni , who is masked . | Suddenly Donna Anna appears , chasing Giovanni who is wearing a mask so that she does not know who she is . |
After cunningly dispersing Masetto 's friends ( Giovanni aria : `` Metà di voi qua vadano â `` Half of you go this way '' ) , Giovanni takes Masetto 's weapons away , beats him up very badly , and runs off , laughing . | After getting the crowd to separate Giovanni beats up Masetto and runs away laughing . |
Masetto 's trust evaporating in an instant , he hides , resolving to see for himself what Zerlina will do when Giovanni arrives . Zerlina tries to hide from Don Giovanni , but he finds her and attempts to continue the seduction , until he stumbles upon Masetto 's hiding place . | Zerlina arrives and comforts Masetto . |
Since Giovanni is dead and the conflict is over , Anna and Ottavio choose to wait until Anna 's year of grieving is over before marrying ; Elvira will spend the rest of her life in a convent ; Zerlina and Masetto will finally go home for dinner ; and Leporello will find a new master ( a better one , hopefully ) at a tavern . | Anna and Ottavio promise to marry after a year . Elvira will spend the rest of her life in a convent , Zerlina and Masetto will finally go home for dinner , and Leporello will find a new master . |
Leporello invites three masked guests to the party ( the disguised Elvira , Ottavio , and Anna ) who plan to catch Giovanni red-handed , if possible . | Elvira , Ottavio and Anna are masked so that people do not recognize them . They are trying to catch Giovanni and prove that he is bad . |
Leporello threatens to leave Giovanni , but his master calms him with a peace offering of money . | Leporello threatens to leave Giovanni , but Giovanni calmly offers to pay him more money . |
But the servant is not amused , suggesting it could have been his wife , and Don Giovanni laughs aloud at his servant 's protests . | Leporello is not amused , and Don Giovanni just laughs . |
Leporello abandons Elvira . | In a dark courtyard , Leporello leaves Elvira . |
Just as Leporello is about to slip through the door , which he has difficulty finding , Zerlina and Masetto open it and , seeing him dressed as Giovanni , catch him before he can escape . | Zerlina and Masetto open the door and catch Leporello . |
As he tries to escape , Ottavio arrives with Anna , consoling her in her grief . | As he tries to escape , Anna and Ottavio arrive . |
Don Giovanni and Leporello arrive soon after . | Masetto and his friends arrive , looking for Giovanni . Giovanni ( dressed as Leporello ) pretends that he , too , wants Giovanni dead and joins the hunt . |
Zerlina follows the jealous Masetto and tries to pacify him . | Zerlina tries to tell Masetto she is innocent . Masetto tries to see whether she means it . |
Giovanni is immediately attracted to Zerlina , and he attempts to remove the jealous Masetto by offering to host a wedding celebration at his castle . On realizing that Giovanni means to remain behind with Zerlina , Masetto becomes angry ( Masetto aria : `` Ho capito ! | There is a lot of confusion , and Giovanni gives Zerlina back to Masetto . |
Leporello , Don Giovanni 's servant , is keeping watch outside Donna Anna 's house . | In the Commendatore 's garden Leporello is standing guard while Don Giovanni is making love to Donna Anna . |
Leporello tells Don Giovanni of his brush with danger , and Giovanni taunts him , saying that he took advantage of his disguise as Leporello , by trying to seduce one of Leporello 's girlfriends . | Leporello tells Don Giovanni how he was nearly killed . |
Ottavio and Anna enter , plotting vengeance on the still unknown murderer of Anna 's father . | Ottavio and Anna appear . |
Nuneaton has two non-league football teams of note : Nuneaton Town who play in the Conference North and Nuneaton Griff who play in the Midland Combination Premier Division . There is also a thriving Sunday League football scene in the town , with teams from Nuneaton , Bedworth and North Warwickshire competing in the Nuneaton & District Sunday Football League ( NDSFL ) . | Nuneaton also has a football team called Nuneaton Town . |
Nuneaton has two non-league football teams of note : Nuneaton Town who play in the Conference North and Nuneaton Griff who play in the Midland Combination Premier Division . | Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire . Nuneaton is famous for the novelist , George Eliot , who was born on a farm outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in Nuneaton during her early life . ) |
Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot , who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life . | Nuneaton is famous for the novelist , George Eliot , who was born on a farm outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in Nuneaton during her early life . ) |
Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire . | Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire . |
The subsolar point on a planet is where its sun is perceived to be directly overhead ( in zenith ) . | The subsolar point on a planet is when its sun looks like it is directly overhead ( in zenith ) . |
For planets with an orientation and rotation similar to the Earth 's , the subsolar point will move westward , circling the globe once a day , but it will also move north and south between the tropics over the course of a year . | For planets with a rotation like the Earth 's , the subsolar point will move westward , circling the globe once a day . |
After Christian is relieved of his burden , he is greeted by three shining ones , who give him the greeting of peace , new garments , and a scroll as a passport into the Celestial City â '' these are allegorical figures indicative of Christian Baptism . | There his burden falls off his back , so he is very relieved . Three shining ones give him the greeting of peace . |
As he leaves this valley the sun rises on a new day . | The sun rises as he leaves . |
Because of its explicit English Protestant theology The Pilgrim 's Progress shares the then popular English antipathy toward the Roman Catholic Church . | Because of its explicit English Protestant theology The Pilgrim 's Progress shares the feeling of most English , in the 17th century , against the Roman Catholic Church . |
To Christian 's query about relief from his burden , Good Will directs him forward to `` the place of deliverance . '' | To Christian 's query about relief from his burden , Goodwill directs him forward to the ` place of deliverance ' . |
The English text comprises 108,260 words and is divided into two parts , each reading as a continuous narrative with no chapter divisions . | The book is divided into two parts , and is 108,260 words long . Each part is a continuous narrative , with no chapter divisions . |
In the morning they are captured by Giant Despair , who takes them to his Doubting Castle , where they are imprisoned , beaten and starved . | They are captured by Giant Despair , who takes them to Doubting Castle , where they are imprisoned , beaten and starved . |
On the way , Christian and Hopeful meet a lad named Ignorance , who believes that he will be allowed into the Celestial City through his own good deeds rather than as a gift of God 's grace . Christian and Hopeful meet up with him twice and try to persuade him to journey to the Celestial City in the right way . | On the way , Christian and Hopeful meet a man called Ignorance . |
Faithful is put on trial , and executed as a martyr . | Faithful is put on trial , and executed . |
Just outside the Valley of the Shadow of Death he meets Faithful , also a former resident of the City of Destruction , who accompanies him to Vanity Fair , where both are arrested and detained because of their disdain for the wares and business of the fair . | Just outside the Valley of the Shadow of Death he meets Faithful , who also used to live in the City of Destruction . They go together to Vanity Fair , where they are both arrested because they do not like the kind of business which is being done at the fair , all based on greed . |
The giant wants them to commit suicide , but they endure the ordeal until Christian realizes that a key he has , called Promise , will open all the doors and gates of Doubting Castle . | The giant wants them to commit suicide , but they refuse . Suddenly Christian realizes that a key he has , called Promise , will open all the doors and gates of Doubting Castle . |
Samuel Johnson said that `` this is the great merit of the book , that the most cultivated man can not find anything to praise more highly , and the child knows nothing more amusing . '' | Samuel Johnson said that `` this is the great merit of the book , that the most cultivated man can not find anything to praise more highly , and the child knows nothing more amusing '' . |
The explicit Protestant theology of The Pilgrim 's Progress made it much more popular than its predecessors . | The explicit Protestant theology of The Pilgrim 's Progress made it popular . |
Hopeful , a resident of Vanity , takes Faithful 's place to be Christian 's companion for the rest of the way . | Hopeful , who lives in Vanity , takes Faithful 's place as Christian 's companion for the rest of the way . |
On his way to the Wicket Gate , Christian is diverted by Mr. Worldly Wiseman into seeking deliverance from his burden through the Law , supposedly with the help of a Mr. Legality and his son Civility in the village of Morality , rather than through Christ , allegorically by way of the Wicket Gate . | He must go to the Wicket Gate . |
In the Second Part , Good-will is shown to be Jesus himself . | In the Second Part , Goodwill is shown to be Jesus himself . |
Christian has a rough time of it , but Hopeful helps him over ; and they are welcomed into the Celestial City . | Christian and Hopeful eventually reach the Celestial City . |
He kills four giants and participates in the slaying of a monster that terrorizes the city of Vanity . | He kills four giants , including Giant Despair , and helps to kill a monster that terrorizes the city of Vanity . |
The Second Part appeared in 1684 . | Part Two was published in 1684 . |
The Second Part of The Pilgrim 's Progress presents the pilgrimage of Christian 's wife , Christiana ; their sons ; and the maiden , Mercy . | The Second Part of The Pilgrim 's Progress presents the pilgrimage of Christian 's wife , Christiana ; their sons and the maiden , Mercy . |
Alexander M. Witherspoon , professor of English at Yale University , writes in a prefatory essay : Part II , which appeared in 1684 , is much more than a mere sequel to or repetition of the earlier volume . | Expert critics think the second part is important , and brings in more ideas : `` Part II , which appeared in 1684 , is much more than a mere sequel to or repetition of the earlier volume . |
At the Wicket Gate begins the `` straight and narrow '' King 's Highway , and Christian is directed onto it by the gatekeeper Good Will . | At the Wicket Gate the gatekeeper , Goodwill , tells him to keep to the straight path . |
When Christiana 's party leaves Gaius 's Inn and Mr. Feeble-mind lingers in order to be left behind , he is encouraged to accompany the party by Greatheart : But brother ... I have it in commission , to comfort the feeble-minded , and to support the weak . | When Christiana 's party leaves Gaius 's Inn , Mr. Feeble-mind lingers in order to be left behind . He is encouraged to come with the party by Greatheart : But brother ... I have it in commission , to comfort the feeble-minded , and to support the weak . |
They visit the same stopping places that Christian visited , with the addition of Gaius ' Inn between the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair ; but they take a longer time in order to accommodate marriage and childbirth for the four sons and their wives . | They visit the same places that Christian visited , but they take a longer time . This is because the story includes the marriage of his sons , and children for the four sons and their wives . |
Other connections are suggested in books not directly associated with either John Bunyan or The Pilgrim 's Progress . | The Pilgrim 's Progress is an English language book written by John Bunyan . |
It was published over the years of the Popish Plot ( 1678 â `` 1681 ) and ten years before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , and it shows the influence of John Foxe 's Acts and Monuments . | It was published over the years of the Popish Plot ( 1678 â `` 1681 ) and ten years before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , and it shows the influence of John Foxe 's Foxe 's Book of Martyrs . |
When he is in the middle of the valley amidst the gloom and terror he hears the words of the Twenty-third Psalm , spoken possibly by his friend Faithful : Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me . | He is not afraid because his friend Faithful reminds him of the words of Psalm 23 : Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me . |
Ignorance persists in his own way that leads to his being cast into hell . After getting over the River of Death on the ferry boat of Vain Hope without overcoming the hazards of wading across it , Ignorance appears before the gates of Celestial City without a passport , which he would have acquired had he gone into the King 's Highway through the Wicket Gate . | A ferryman called Vain Hope ferries Ignorance across the River of Death , but Ignorance is turned away from the gates of Celestial City and thrown into hell . |
Gernicourt is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France . | Gernicourt is a commune . It is found in the region Picardie in the Aisne department in the north of France . |
The album reached # 21 on the Billboard 200 chart , and is on the list of the top 100 best-selling albums of the 1980s . | The album reached # 21 on Billboard 's Pop Albums chart , and is on the list of the top 100 best-selling albums of the 1980s . |
The tracks `` Crazy Train '' , and `` Mr. Crowley '' were released as singles . | The tracks Crazy Train and `` Mr. Crowley '' were released as singles . |
Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by British singer\/songwriter Ozzy Osbourne , recorded in Surrey , UK and released on September 20 , 1980 in the UK and on March 27 , 1981 in the U.S. . | Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne , recorded in Surrey , UK and released on September 20 , 1980 in the UK and on January 15 , 1981 in the U.S. . |
A regatta is a series of boat races . | A regatta is a term used to describe either a boat race , or series of boat races . |
Although regattas are typically amateur competitions , they are usually formally structured events , with comprehensive rules describing the schedule and procedures of the event . | Although regattas are typically amateur competitions , they are usually very highly organized , formally structured events , with complex rules precisely describing the schedule and procedures of the event . |
Prior to signing with WWE , Rosser wrestled under several ring names , including Frederick of Hollywood , Fred Rosser , and `` Bonecrusher '' Fred Sampson . | Before signing with WWE , Sampson wrestled under several ring names , including Frederick of Hollywood , Fred Rosser , and `` Bonecrusher '' Fred Sampson . |
He previously appeared on the first season of WWE NXT in early 2010 before a stint on the Raw brand . | He was in the first season of WWE NXT in early 2010 . |
Frederick `` Fred '' Rosser ( born November 2 , 1979 ) is an African American professional wrestler . | Frederick `` Fred '' Rosser ( born November 2 , 1979 ) is an American professional wrestler . |
He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he is appearing on the fifth season of WWE NXT under the ring name Darren Young . | He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he wrestles on the Raw brand as Darren Young . |
From 1954 to 1957 , Annan attended the elite Mfantsipim school , a Methodist boarding school in Cape Coast founded in the 1870s . | In 1954 , Annan attended Mfantsipim School , an Methodist boarding school in central Ghana . |