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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.

New exoplanet: Surface temperature 4,300degC

Posted on June 7, 2017 by bill

KELT-9b : l’exoplanète géante tellement chaude qu’elle pourrait exploser. Huge exoplanet hot enough to explode. Cette planète a été découverte en dehors de notre système solaire, à 650 années-lumière de notre Terre. This planet, discovered outside our solar system is at … Continue reading →

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France Info: Who is Leo Veradker?

Posted on June 3, 2017 by bill

Jeune, métis, homosexuel… Qui est Leo Varadkar, le futur Premier ministre irlandais ? Young, half-cast, homosexual…Who is the next Irish PM? Lorsqu’il deviendra Premier ministre, le 12 juin, Leo Varadkar sera à la fois le chef de gouvernement le plus … Continue reading →

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Merkel: 1, France: 4.

Posted on May 15, 2017 by bill

Chirac, Sarkozy, Hollande et Macron : les présidents français passent, Angela Merkel reste.

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French presidential: Alexis Kohler, the new Elysée secretary general and Edouard Philippe the PM.

Posted on May 14, 2017 by bill

Qui est Alexis Kohler, le nouveau secrétaire général de l’Elysée ? Alexis Kohler était le directeur de cabinet d’Emmanuel Macron lorsqu’il était ministre de l’Economie. Alexis Kohler was the Emmanuel Macron’s chef de cabinet while he was the minister of … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up the oceans: Dutch make the running.

Posted on May 12, 2017 by bill

Pays-Bas : un projet qui entend nettoyer les océans des déchets en plastique sera lancé d’ici à un an Le projet “The Ocean Cleanup” entend se servir des courants marins pour collecter les déchets en plastique qui dérivent dans les océans. … Continue reading →

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French presidential elections: Macron’s figures.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by bill

Quatre chiffres qui montrent que l’élection d’Emmanuel Macron n’est pas si écrasante Derrière la victoire sans appel d’Emmanuel Macron au second tour de l’élection présidentielle se cachent des chiffres beaucoup moins flatteurs pour le nouveau chef de l’Etat. Emmanuel Macron … Continue reading →

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French presidential: Macron 65.1%, LePen 34.9%

Posted on May 7, 2017 by bill

Allez Macron! Emmanuel Macron estime qu’“une nouvelle page se tourne”, celle de “l’espoir et de la confiance retrouvés”. Résultats présidentielle : Emmanuel Macron remporte largement l’élection avec 65,5% des voix face à Marine Le Pen, selon une estimation Ipsos/Sopra Steria … Continue reading →

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France presidential: Polls open for second round.

Posted on May 7, 2017 by bill

Présidentielle : Emmanuel Macron a voté au Touquet et Marine Le Pen à Hénin-Beaumont Plus de 47 millions de Français sont appelés aux urnes, dimanche 7 mai. Vincent MatalonViolaine JaussentPierre GodonFrance Télévisions Mis à jour le 07/05/2017 | 11:27 publié … Continue reading →

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France: Anti-terrorist arrests made in France today, 2 May.

Posted on May 2, 2017 by bill

Opération antiterroriste : cinq personnes interpellées, quatre armes lourdes retrouvées. Five people questioned, four heavy arms discovered. Une opération antiterroriste menée dans plusieurs villes de Seine-Maritime, du Nord et de la Loire a permis d’interpeller cinq personnes et de de … Continue reading →

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WW1 Ship Derrymore sunk by German Uboat

Posted on May 1, 2017 by bill
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