We are pleased to announce our English and Journalism Departmental Scholars for Spring 2006.
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Beckenbauer, 70, captained and coached Germany to the 1974 and 1990 World Cup titles respectively and was head of the organising committee for the 2006 finals. He has repeatedly denied both that any votes were bought and that he is guilty of any wrongdoing.
As horrific as present-day events are, such sadism would be unthinkable today in most of the world. This is just one example of the most important and under appreciated trend in the history of our species: the decline of violence. My optimism lies in the hope that the decline of force over the centuries is a real phenomenon, that it is the product of systematic forces that will continue to operate, and that we can identify those forces and perhaps concentrate and bottle them. Simon Baron-Cohen Director of the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge I remain optimistic that for a good proportion of them [people with autism], it has never been a better time to have autism. Because there is a remarkably good fit between the autistic mind and the digital age.
The Wikipedia of the most widespread language in Africa, Arabic , has 21,177 articles and 44,655 registered users. One year ago, the article count for the african origin language Wikipedias was 772, the Afrikaans Wikipedia 4,439 and the Arab Wikipedia 10,247. Together they had just above 15,000 articles, while today they have passed 36,000. The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006. Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly.
No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles. The total article count was 918. There is still no Wikipedia in any Australian aboriginal language. East Asia competes with Europe and America as a developed Wikipedia area.
Chinese passed 100,000 articles. One year ago, the total article count was 238,190. European languages still dominate the Wikipedia system. English has 1,560,143 articles, more than the total number of articles for Wikipedias in languages of all continents outside of Europe. English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed.
But historically, the relative weight of the English Wikipedia is going down. The percentage of english Wikipedia articles seems to be roughly similar to the percentage of native english speakers on the Internet. One year ago they had 2,747,489 articles. With less than one thousand: Romansh state language in Switzerland. One year ago such Wikipedias had 74,392 articles.
Of the 97 Wikipedias listed above, 1 has more than 1,5 million articles, 1 more than 500,000, 8 have more than 100,000, 27 more than 10,000, 35 more than 1,000, and 17 more than 100. One year ago 1 had more than 500,000, 6 more than 100,000, 20 more than 10,000, 31 more than 1,000, and 11 more than 100. The 7 wikipedias have 3,803 registered users, of which Esperanto alone has 2,662. Including these, planned languages on the Meta page have 84,213 articles. The 9 Wikipedias in historical or «dead» languages have 14,537 articles and 3,327 registered users.
The borderline Wikipedia in Simple English , arguably a language without native speakers, has 13,124 articles and 7,195 users.
Police blame Kurdish rebels. Russia officially recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. India becomes the fourth nation to reach the moon. November 2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India, killing 195 people and injuring 290 more.
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Previous London, United Kingdom (2006). The latest UK and world news, business, sport and comment from The Times and The Sunday Time. Select a month of the year 2006. Houston Community News >> Top 10 World News in 2006. Houston Community News >> Top 10 World News in 2006.
February 2006 in Britain and Ireland
Get the latest breaking news, analysis and opinion from NZ and around the world, including politics, business, sport, entertainment, travel and more. ANDRIAN KREYE, from 1987 to 2006, was the US cultural correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (currently the largest German-language daily). Events from the year 2006 in the United Kingdom.
What Happened in 2006 Major News Events, Popular Culture, History Prices
July — European heat wave affects the UK. The 60,000-seat stadium is the largest club stadium to have been built in English football since Maine Road , which was home of Manchester City from 1923 to 2003. August 1 August — Steve McClaren is officially appointed as manager of the England national football team.
As horrific as present-day events are, such sadism would be unthinkable today in most of the world. This is just one example of the most important and under appreciated trend in the history of our species: the decline of violence. My optimism lies in the hope that the decline of force over the centuries is a real phenomenon, that it is the product of systematic forces that will continue to operate, and that we can identify those forces and perhaps concentrate and bottle them. Simon Baron-Cohen Director of the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge I remain optimistic that for a good proportion of them [people with autism], it has never been a better time to have autism. Because there is a remarkably good fit between the autistic mind and the digital age.
The Wikipedia of the most widespread language in Africa, Arabic , has 21,177 articles and 44,655 registered users. One year ago, the article count for the african origin language Wikipedias was 772, the Afrikaans Wikipedia 4,439 and the Arab Wikipedia 10,247. Together they had just above 15,000 articles, while today they have passed 36,000.
The pacific language Wikipedias remained small during 2006. Polynesian language Wikipedias grew most, while the rest advanced slowly. No Wikipedia reached 500 articles. One year ago, 3 had reached 100 articles. The total article count was 918. There is still no Wikipedia in any Australian aboriginal language. East Asia competes with Europe and America as a developed Wikipedia area. Chinese passed 100,000 articles. One year ago, the total article count was 238,190. European languages still dominate the Wikipedia system.
English has 1,560,143 articles, more than the total number of articles for Wikipedias in languages of all continents outside of Europe. English passed the milestones of 1 million and later 1,5 million articles in 2006, fortifying the position of the English Wikipedia as the greatest one-language encyclopedia that ever existed. But historically, the relative weight of the English Wikipedia is going down. The percentage of english Wikipedia articles seems to be roughly similar to the percentage of native english speakers on the Internet. One year ago they had 2,747,489 articles. With less than one thousand: Romansh state language in Switzerland. One year ago such Wikipedias had 74,392 articles. Of the 97 Wikipedias listed above, 1 has more than 1,5 million articles, 1 more than 500,000, 8 have more than 100,000, 27 more than 10,000, 35 more than 1,000, and 17 more than 100. One year ago 1 had more than 500,000, 6 more than 100,000, 20 more than 10,000, 31 more than 1,000, and 11 more than 100. The 7 wikipedias have 3,803 registered users, of which Esperanto alone has 2,662.
Including these, planned languages on the Meta page have 84,213 articles. The 9 Wikipedias in historical or «dead» languages have 14,537 articles and 3,327 registered users. The borderline Wikipedia in Simple English , arguably a language without native speakers, has 13,124 articles and 7,195 users.
One year ago 1 had more than 500,000, 6 more than 100,000, 20 more than 10,000, 31 more than 1,000, and 11 more than 100. The 7 wikipedias have 3,803 registered users, of which Esperanto alone has 2,662. Including these, planned languages on the Meta page have 84,213 articles. The 9 Wikipedias in historical or «dead» languages have 14,537 articles and 3,327 registered users. The borderline Wikipedia in Simple English , arguably a language without native speakers, has 13,124 articles and 7,195 users. Together, the 20 Wikipedias or online lexicons without native speakers registered on the Meta page have 111,874 articles. The 17 active wikipedias have 14,326 registered users, 7,113 excluding Simple English.
The Japanese Wikibooks has reached 1,000 book modules. The Latin Wikipedia has reached 10,000 articles. The Yoruba Wikipedia has reached 500 articles. The Zamboanga Chavacano Wikipedia has reached 100 articles. The Sicilian Wikipedia has reached 500 registered users. The Nahuatl Wikipedia has reached 1,000 articles. The Malayalam Wikipedia has reached 1,000 registered users. The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 50,000 articles. The Amharic Wikipedia has reached 5,000 articles, one day after reaching its 1,000th article. The Turkish Wiktionary has reached 60,000 entries.
The Romanian Wikipedia has reached 25,000 registered users. The Amharic Wikipedia has become the fourth Semitic language to reach its 1000th article. The first was Hebrew, followed by Arabic and Maltese yesterday. All official languages of European states have now passed this benchmark. The Hebrew Wikipedia has reached 30,000 registered users. The Czech Wikisource has reached 1,000 text units. The Japanese Wikipedia has reached 100,000 registered users. The Greek Wiktionary has reached 75,000 articles. The Vietnamese Wikipedia reaches 60,000 pages total.
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The Dechatu River in Ethiopia floods, killing over 200 people. BBC Reuters Fifteen local employees of the French charity organisation Action Against Hunger are found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the center of heavy fighting between Tamil rebels and government forces. Both sides have denied involvement in the killings. Chad had recognized the Republic of China Taiwan from 1997-2006. Chadian diplomats cited the prospects of greater financial investments and the PRC status in the United Nations Security Council as the principal factors motivating the diplomatic shift.
Three people are killed in an explosion near milwaukee. Officials from the islamic courts union, which is in control in bulo burto in somalia, state that all citizens must pray five times per day or face execution.
To mark the 50th anniversary, hundreds of thousands of dalits hold a massive rally in mumbai. After spending 11 days in wilderness, james kim is found dead at oregon. Nasa provides "compelling evidence" that liquid water has flowed on mars recently.
July — European heat wave affects the UK. The 60,000-seat stadium is the largest club stadium to have been built in English football since Maine Road , which was home of Manchester City from 1923 to 2003.
August 1 August — Steve McClaren is officially appointed as manager of the England national football team.
Russian cosmonaut hit a golf ball in space for an estimated 2. Western Union sent their last telegram in 2006.
Bambi and Bambi II hold the record for the longest gap in between movie sequels, the first being released in 1942 , the second being released 64 years later in 2006. The first female space tourist was Iranian Anousheh Ansari. In 2006 they fell on hard times and were absorbed into a larger company.
On Domino Day, November 13, 2009 , a total of 4,491,863 dominos were toppled — the record as of this writing… In October 2000, Heinz introduced colored ketchup products called EZ Squirt, which eventually included green 2000 , purple 2001 , mystery pink, orange, or teal, 2002 , and blue 2003. The products were discontinued in 2006. Tests conducted in 2006 revealed that they came not from Joan of Arc, but an Egyptian mummy.
Круглые сутки на весь мир о России по-английски. Репортаж о новой телекомпании
Между выпусками новостей - интервью в прямом эфире, спортивные и биржевые сводки. Идея англоязычного российского телевизионного канала появилась, когда стало ясно, что зарубежный зритель или вообще ничего не знает о событиях в современной России, или знает очень мало. Новости из России и о России. Из сегодняшнего выпуска новостей зарубежные телезрители могли узнать о переговорах между Газпромом и Минском о цене на газ, о том, погода в декабре выдалась необычно теплой и как москвичи собираются встречать Новый год. Беспристрастно и объективно - но это не значит холодно и отстраненно, говорят на канале. Russia today - это пристальный взгляд на развитие современной России, в которой успехи чередуются с проблемами. Играть на одном информационном поле с такими признанными лидерами, как CNN и BBC - задача трудная, но, как оказалось, выполнимая. У англоязычного российского телеканала получилось самое трудное - стать своим среди чужих.
Маргарита Симоньян: "Недавно пришло письмо - мы очень порадовались… от помощников арабского шейха.. Мы конечно все сделали...
It was Speed of Sound by Coldplay.
We only have 8 planets in the solar system instead of 9, because in 2006 a panel of 424 astronomers in a meeting of the International Astronomical Union IAU in Prague has demoted and reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. Russian cosmonaut hit a golf ball in space for an estimated 2. Western Union sent their last telegram in 2006.
Bambi and Bambi II hold the record for the longest gap in between movie sequels, the first being released in 1942 , the second being released 64 years later in 2006. The first female space tourist was Iranian Anousheh Ansari. In 2006 they fell on hard times and were absorbed into a larger company.
On Domino Day, November 13, 2009 , a total of 4,491,863 dominos were toppled — the record as of this writing… In October 2000, Heinz introduced colored ketchup products called EZ Squirt, which eventually included green 2000 , purple 2001 , mystery pink, orange, or teal, 2002 , and blue 2003.
As of late February 2010, the death toll is expected to rise. Three million people were made homeless. Posted by.
India becomes the fourth nation to reach the moon. November 2008 Mumbai attacks, a series of ten coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai, India, killing 195 people and injuring 290 more. This mission will enable Hubble to last for approximately 5 to 10 years. The 6-minute suborbital flight was the only flight of the Constellation program that was supposed to replace the Space Shuttle fleet in the next decade.
February 2006 in Britain and Ireland
ANDRIAN KREYE, from 1987 to 2006, was the US cultural correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung (currently the largest German-language daily). In 2006, Facebook became open to any over age 13 and was launched. This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 2006.
2006 English football corruption investigation
Germany defeated Portugal 3—1 to finish in third place. This made them the second most successful World Cup team ever. England has one of the worst record for penalty shoot-outs in international football competitions - could purposeful practise end this? Explore with our article Can you train for penalty shootouts?
YouTube now has 1 billion unique users using the service every month. Starting from 2010 Alexa a commercial web traffic data and analytics service ranked YouTube as the third most visited website on the Internet after Google and Facebook - this still continues today. This led to many wildlife areas being cordoned off and the population questioning if they could still eat chicken and wondering if their budgie would survive the outbreak.
Take a look at the flu virus, infection, replication, mutation, immune responses, pathology, surveillance, diagnosis and treatment in our free course Influenza: A case study. Check out some of our listicles below to enjoy even more free learning! Explore more "10" listicles OpenLearn was born in 2006 but unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your point of view some things ended this same year.
We look back as part of our ten year anniversary celebrations.
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If youve never tried it then I suggest downloading the demo immediately, and then paying your money to buy the full version. It is a fantastic orienteering simulation, with a huge range of maps and courses to try out, plus a world-wide ranking system and on-line competitions. Don miss downloading the World Championships maps and courses from Japan 2005, Sweden 2004 and Switzerland 2003. The main feature of the new release provides a va… 2.
The Power of World of O — 2006-09-08 My website normally goes along averaging about 200 hits a day. So why did I suddenly get 10 times the traffic on Wednesday? Because Mike Eglinski wrote something in his OKansas blog that was reported on World of O and lots of people found it.
Housing Bubble? The real estate market may be slowing. He pointed out that the vacancy rate in Alexandria was lower than the national average, creating a strong economy in the city that has been pushing up housing prices. He said that the past few years have seen a shift in the city — with new condominiums now outnumbering new apartments. As supply catches up to demand, Jinks estimated that the housing market would cool.
Superintendent Rebecca Perry credited the improvement to the dedication of teachers, parents and students. So this is a huge improvement. She was a long-time community activist and volunteer who was known for her work at the Nancy Flemming Dress Shop, her involvement in the local Republican Party and the nursery that she ran out of her Lee Street house in the 1930s and 1940s. Jack Dahlinger, 75, died July 12. From 1965 to 1989, he was the band director at T. Williams High School, introducing generations of students to new forms of music. Dahlinger was a trumpet player, a lover of jazz and a talented teacher. He was a husband, father, Navy captain, underwriter, restaurateur, businessman, coach and director of Camp Alleghany for Girls in Lewisburg, W.
He was also the great-grandson of Confederate Gen. He brought a human touch to Jewish life for generations at Beth El Hebrew Congregation on Seminary Road, serving as senior rabbi from 1969 to 2002.
2006 Newspapers
7.1.2006Current EventsPaolo Perego and Paola Ronconi. Если не терпится поскорее начать читать новости на английском, а знаний не хватает, можно потренироваться в разделах News Review и Words in the News на BBC Learning English, где предлагаются короткие новостные заметки с несложными конструкциями и словарем. Your source for breaking news, photos, and videos about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more.
What Happened In History Year 2006
This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 2006. This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 2006. This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 2006.