Species (Elops saurus, family Elopidae) of primarily tropical coastal marine fish. The ladyfish is slender and covered with fine silver scales; the dorsal and anal fins can be depressed into grooves. A predatory fish, it has small, sharp teeth and a bony throat plate between its mandibles. It is up to 35 in. (90 cm) long and weighs up to 30 lbs (14 kg). The young are transparent and eel-like.
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Volcanic region, southern Alaska, U.S. Located in Katmai National Park and Preserve, the valley covers 56 sq mi (145 sq km). It was created in 1912 when the eruption of the Novarupta and Mount Katmai volcanoes covered the valley in a flow of lava. When an expedition visited the site in 1916, it discovered tens of thousands of fissures known as fumaroles spouting smoke, gas, and steam in the valley floor. The largest was 150 ft (46 m) in diameter; some had temperatures as high as 1,200 °F (649 °C). About 60 years later there were fewer than 12 fumaroles left. In the 1960s U.S. astronauts used the scarred region to train for Moon landings.
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List of religious precepts sacred in Judaism and Christianity. They include injunctions to honour God, the Sabbath, and one's parents, as well as bans on idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery, theft, false witness, and covetousness. In the book of Exodus, they are divinely revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai and engraved on two stone tablets. Most scholars propose a date between the 16th and 13th century BC for the commandments, though some date them as late as 750 BC. They were not regarded with deep reverence by Christians until the 13th century.
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch) or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French, usually shortened to Saint-Josse) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality had a total population of 23,785. The total area is 1.14 km² which gives a population density of 20,664 inhabitants per km². With only 1.14 km², Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is the municipality with the smallest territory in Belgium.
| Citizenship | 1979 | 1995 | 2007 |
| Belgium | 12,222 (54.5%) | 9,231 (42.1%) | 14,656 (61.6%) |
| Turkey | 2,304 (10.3%) | 3,904 (18.1%) | 1,527 (6.4%) |
| Morocco | 2,664 (11.9%) | 3,761 (17.5%) | 1,482 (6.2%) |
| France | ... | ... | 674 (2.8%) |
| Italy | 1,661 (7.4%) | 785 (3.6%) | 458 (1.9%) |
| Congo (DRC) | 198 (0.9%) | ... | 453 (1.9%) |
| Poland | ... | ... | 432 (1.8%) |
| Romania | ... | ... | 387 (1.6%) |
| Spain | 840 (3.7%) | 443 (2.1%) | 317 (1.3%) |
| Bulgaria | ... | ... | 251 (1.1%) |
| Total population | 22,409 | 21,522 | 23,785 |
source : Institut National de Statistiques
While foreigners were a majority in 1995, nowadays most of the population has Belgian citizenship, which has resulted in a sharp increase of municipal councillors with a foreign background, benefitting from the open proportional electoral system: from 0 in 1988 to 2 (from Morocco) in 1994, a near majority of 13 (7 from Morocco, 5 from Turkey) out of 27 in 2000 (including 3 aldermen) and a majority of 20 out of 27 in 2007 (including 6 aldermen out of 9 ) .
From: "Histoire de Saint Josse Ten Noode et de Schaerbeek - VAN BEMMEL - 1869" and other sources available at the local public library.