Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. It tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, who, together with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), turns to a life of crime, producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family’s financial future before he dies.
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8th Nov 2015
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A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially (and originally) tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks.
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20th Oct 2012
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The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled,[4] 4-wheel-drive (8×4), armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: Pfc Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II and Spc4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.[5]
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31st Oct 2011
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The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), better known as the Humvee, is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by smaller Jeeps such as the M151 1⁄4-short-ton (230 kg) MUTT, the M561 “Gama Goat”, their M718A1 and M792 ambulance versions, the CUCV, and other light trucks. Primarily used by the United States Armed Forces, it is also used by numerous other countries and organizations and even in civilian adaptations. The Hummer series was also inspired by the HMMWVs.
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16th Oct 2011
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The A9 autoroute (La Languedocienne/La Catalane) is a motorway in southern France. The road forms part of the European route E15, as does the Scottish “A9” (see A9 road). The road runs between Orange and Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales at the frontier with Spain where it becomes the Autopista AP-7.
The route passes the following major towns and cities Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), Narbonne (Aude), Béziers and Montpellier (Hérault), Nîmes (Gard) and Orange (Vaucluse) before joining the A7 autoroute (Marseille to Lyon). The route is 3×3.
The A9 autoroute is operated by the Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF). The cost of travelling the whole road through the Languedoc-Roussillon region in a car is 19,20 euros (23 November 2005).
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19th Jun 2011
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A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially (and originally) tillage but nowadays a great variety of tasks. Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised. Another common use of the term, “tractor unit“, describes the power unit of a semi-trailer truck (articulated lorry).
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10th Mar 2011
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The fire service in France is known as Sapeurs-pompiers, except in Marseille, where naval “sailor-firefighters”, marins-pompiers, provide fire and rescue services.
There are approximately 250,584 fire service personnel in France operating 15,000 emergency vehicles out of 10,238 emergency centres.
Pompier (firefighter) etymologically comes from the concept of pumping (water) and refers to the manual pumps that were originally used. Sapeur means “sapper” and refers to the first official firefighting unit created by Napoleon I which was part of the military engineering arm.
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6th Mar 2011
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In France, the National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie nationale) is a paramilitary force in charge of public safety, with police duties among the civilian population. It is also a military police / provost force. It has a strength of more than 105,975 persons (in 2007).[2] The Gendarmerie works with the other national law enforcement agency, the Police nationale.
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3rd Mar 2011
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The Peugeot Partner is a van and leisure activity vehicle made by the French car manufacturer Peugeot. The van is named Partner and the leisure activity vehicle Partner Combi. In Italy it is known as the Peugeot Ranch.It is nearly identical to the Citroën Berlingo. Both the Berlingo and Partner have been produced in CNG and electric versions, all with four-cylinder engines.
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3rd Mar 2011
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