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About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.

La Réunion volcano: Eruption alert.

Posted on April 3, 2018 by bill

Piton de la Fournaise : alerte, éruption probable ou imminente ! Imminent. Les séismes se multiplient, la partie sommitale du piton de la Fournaise se déforme. Ces signes annoncent une éruption possible dans les prochaines heures. En conséquence, le préfet … Continue reading →

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French Alps avalanche near Chamonix: Emmanuel Cauchy lost.

Posted on April 2, 2018 by bill

L’urgentiste et spécialiste du secours en montagne Emmanuel Cauchy emporté par une avalanche près de Chamonix, trois personnes blessées Un groupe de quatre randonneurs a été emporté par une avalanche dans le massif des Aiguilles rouges, près de Chamonix (Haute-Savoie), … Continue reading →

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80th human body organ identified.

Posted on March 29, 2018 by bill

C’est quoi l’interstitium, présenté comme “le 80e organe” du corps humain ? What is interstitium? Des chercheurs américains affirment avoir identifié un nouvel organe, dont la connaissance pourrait permettre de mieux comprendre la propagation de certains cancers. Mais d’autres scientifiques se … Continue reading →

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SNCF train late due still on winter time.

Posted on March 26, 2018 by bill

Picardie : un train part en retard car le conducteur a “oublié le passage à l’heure d’été”. Driver “forgot that summer time was in”. Le train, parti de Laon vers Amiens, a accusé lundi un retard de plus de 50 … Continue reading →

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TGV forgot to stop at station due driver on mobile telephone.

Posted on March 21, 2018 by bill

Bas-Rhin : occupé au téléphone, le conducteur du TGV oublie un arrêt Selon un journaliste de “L’Alsace”, le train qui reliait Paris à Colmar n’a pas desservi la gare de Sélestat. En route from Paris to Colmar, the train missed … Continue reading →

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Saint Patrick’s Day parade 2013. Chez moi.

Posted on March 19, 2018 by bill

https://www.facebook.com/bill.nelson.14268/videos/10200777449777725/?t=115

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Russian Elections: Gerard Depardieu votes in Paris.

Posted on March 18, 2018 by bill

Présidentielle en Russie : Gérard Depardieu a voté à Paris (et ce n’est pas si étonnant que ça). (This is not surprising.) Le comédien français, qui est également citoyen russe depuis 2013, a voté dimanche matin pour l’élection présidentielle en … Continue reading →

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Chinese space station; Could it crash to earth uncontrolled?

Posted on March 18, 2018 by bill

Station spatiale Tiangong-1 : faut-il (vraiment) s’inquiéter de sa chute vers la Terre ? Mis en orbite en 2011, le laboratoire expérimental Tiangong-1 semble désormais hors de contrôle. La station est suivie de près par les agences spatiales, qui tentent … Continue reading →

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Rugby six nations: One change on Irish XV for English match on St Patrick’s Day.

Posted on March 15, 2018 by bill

Iain Henderson | AFP Tournoi : Henderson, seul changement pour une Irlande en quête de Grand Chelem. Henderson the only change for Saturday. Publié le 15/03/2018 à 17:08 , modifié le 15/03/2018 à 17:49 L’Irlande a rappelé le deuxième ligne … Continue reading →

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Oskar Groning, the accountant of Auschwitz dies

Posted on March 12, 2018 by bill

Oskar Gröning, le “comptable d’Auschwitz”, est mort Cet ancien nazi avait été condamné en 2015 à quatre ans de prison pour complicité dans la mort de 300 000 juifs. This former nazi was sentenced to four years in prison for complicity … Continue reading →

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