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A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent ___MASK51___ state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - ___MASK51___ or formerly ___MASK51___ political division , or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless of the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK50___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . German  occupied Europe or Nazi Europe refers to the ___MASK51___ countries of Europe which were occupied by the military forces of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945 and administered by the Nazi regime . Celia Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian soap ___MASK87___ " Home and Away " played by Fiona Spence . She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 26 January 1988 . The character is portrayed as a gossiping busybody and spinster who occupies her time with the Presbyterian church . In her early appearances , she formed an alliance with Donald Fisher ( Norman Coburn ) and , though she has conservative views , she is not malicious . After one year as Celia , Spence hoped that she would find romance and change her attire . Producers decided to implement change and added smart outfits to the character ' s wardrobe . Spence decided to leave the series in 1990 and Celia departed the same year . She has since reprised the role on four occasions . After carrying out missionary work in Africa she returned to Summer Bay in 2000 , 2002 and 2005 . In 2012 , it was announced that Spence had agreed to return once again . Originally heralded as the chance for Celia to reconnect with her on - screen brother , Alf Stewart ( Ray Meagher ), it was later revealed that she was hiding a shameful secret . Norman Coburn ( born 6 March 1937 in Sydney ) is an Australian ___MASK25___ character - ___MASK77___ , notable for his roles primarily in soap operas , most especially his long - standing role as Donald Fisher in " Home and Away " between 1988 - 2003 . Home and Away is an Australian ___MASK25___ soap ___MASK87___ . It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988 . Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point , New South Wales , where he noticed locals were complaining about the ___MASK55___ of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area . The soap ___MASK87___ was initially going to be called " Refuge ", but the name was changed to the " friendlier " title of " Home and Away " once production began . The show premiered with a ninety - minute pilot episode ( subsequently in re - runs known as " Home and Away : The Movie "). Since then , each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty - two minutes and " Home and Away " has become the second - longest drama series in Australian ___MASK25___ . In Australia , it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at 7 : 00 pm ( on Thursdays , two episodes are played in a one - hour block ). The Seven Network ( commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven ) is an Australian ___MASK20___ free - to - air ___MASK25___ network . It is owned by Seven West Media Limited , and is one of five main free - to - air ___MASK25___ networks in Australia . The Gestapo , abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei , or the Secret State ___MASK62___ , was the ___MASK99___ secret police of Nazi Germany and German - occupied Europe . Aristotle (" Aristotéls "; 384  322 BC ) was a Greek ___MASK4___ and ___MASK73___ born in the city of Stagira , Chalkidice , on the northern periphery of Classical Greece . His father , Nicomachus , died when Aristotle was a child , whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian . At seventeen or eighteen years of age , he joined Plato ' s Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty - seven ( c . 347 BC ). His writings cover many subjects  including physics , biology , ___MASK33___ , metaphysics , logic , ethics , aesthetics , poetry , theater , music , rhetoric , linguistics , politics and government  and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy . Shortly after Plato died , Aristotle left Athens and , at the request of Philip of Macedon , tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC . Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance . The term comes from a Greek word meaning " action " ( Classical Greek : , " drama "), which is derived from " to do " ( Classical Greek : , " drao "). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy . They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses , Thalia , and Melpomene . Thalia was the Muse of comedy ( the laughing face ), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy ( the weeping face ). Considered as a genre of poetry in ___MASK46___ , the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle ' s " Poetics " ( c . 335 BCE ) the earliest work of dramatic theory . Summer Bay is the fictional town featured in the Australian soap ___MASK87___ , " Home and Away ". Palm Beach , north of Sydney , is used for the show ' s exterior scenes in order to depict the Bay . Between 2010 and 2014 , the Lane Cove River Tourist Park in Macquarie Park was used as the location for filming of scenes involving the Summer Bay Caravan Park . South East England is the most populous of the nine ___MASK99___ regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes . It consists of Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , East Sussex , Hampshire , the Isle of Wight , Kent , Oxfordshire , Surrey and West Sussex . As with the other regions of England , apart from Greater London , the south east has no elected government . Wales is a country that is part of the ___MASK50___ and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . Fiona Spence ( born 10 October 1948 , Kent , England ) , is a British - born stage and ___MASK25___ ___MASK97___ and drama ___MASK40___ . One of the most recognisable Australian ___MASK25___ stars during the early 1980s , she is best known for her small screen roles as Gestapo - like prison officer Vera Bennett in the Australian ___MASK25___ series Prisoner and the unlucky in love spinster Celia Stewart in Home and Away . She has had a successful and long running career in the theatre both in Australia and the UK . Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945 , when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party ( NSDAP ). Under Hitler ' s rule , Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life . The ___MASK99___ name of the state was " Deutsches Reich " from 1933 to 1943 and " Großdeutsches Reich " (" Greater German Reich ") from 1943 to 1945 . The period is also known under the names the Third Reich and the National ___MASK30___ Period ( abbreviated as " NS - Zeit "). The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945 , ending World War II in Europe . Monochrome describes paintings , drawings , design , or photographs in one color or values of one color . A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades of limited colors or hues . Images using only shades of grey ( with or without black or white ) are called grayscale or black - and - white . However , scientifically speaking , monochromatic light refers to visible light of a narrow ___MASK9___ of wavelengths ( see spectral color ). Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north west , Surrey to the west , East Sussex to the south west , and Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north . The county town is Maidstone . A ___MASK40___ ( also called a school ___MASK40___ or , in some contexts , an educator ) is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge , competences or values . The ___MASK50___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK50___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a ___MASK51___ country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another ___MASK51___ statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest ___MASK51___ state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK84___ is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience , or gives pleasure and delight . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience ' s attention . Although people ' s attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in ___MASK84___ , most forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , drama , dance , and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an ___MASK84___ industry that records and sells ___MASK84___ products . ___MASK84___ evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private ___MASK84___ from a now enormous array of pre - recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type of party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . The Isles of Scilly ( or "") are an archipelago off the south western tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain . It is the southernmost location in England and the ___MASK50___ , as well as the most westerly in England . NeWS ( Network extensible Window System ) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid - 1980s . Originally known as " SunDew ", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S . H . Rosenthal . The NeWS ___MASK31___ was based on PostScript ( as was the later Display PostScript , although the two projects were otherwise unrelated ) extending it to allow interaction and multiple " contexts " to support windows . Like PostScript , NeWS could be used as a complete programming language , but unlike PostScript , NeWS could be used to make complete interactive programs with mouse support and a GUI . Raymond Francis " Ray " Meagher ( born 4 July 1944 ) is a veteran Australian character ___MASK77___ . He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid - 1970s , and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role , as Alf Stewart on " Home and Away ", having played the role since the first episode in 1988 . He is the only original ___MASK77___ still with the series as of 2015 . Meagher won the Gold Logie Award for his role in " Home and Away " in 2010 . Meagher has currently played the role of Alf for over 28 years . ___MASK74___ is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . Sponsors of ___MASK74___ are often businesses who wish to promote their products or services . ___MASK74___ is differentiated from ___MASK34___ in that an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i . e ., not directed to a particular individual . ___MASK74___ is communicated through various mass media , including old media such as newspapers , magazines , ___MASK25___ , ___MASK100___ , outdoor ___MASK74___ or direct mail ; or new media such as search results , blogs , websites or text messages . The actual presentation of the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or " ad ". A ___MASK25___ set , more commonly called a ___MASK25___ , TV , TV set , ___MASK25___ receiver , or telly , is a device that combines a tuner , display , and loudspeakers for the purpose of viewing ___MASK25___ . Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form , ___MASK25___ sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form , using cathode ray tubes . The addition of color to broadcast ___MASK25___ after 1953 further increased the popularity of ___MASK25___ sets in the 1960s , and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes . The ubiquitous ___MASK25___ set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s , such as Betamax , VHS and later DVD . It was also the display device for the first generation of home computers ( e . g ., Timex Sinclair 1000 ) and video ___MASK29___ consoles ( e . g ., Atari ) in the 1980s . In the 2010s flat panel ___MASK25___ incorporating liquid - crystal displays , especially LED - backlit LCDs , largely replaced cathode ray tubes and other displays . Alfred James " Alf " Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap ___MASK87___ " Home and Away ", played by Ray Meagher . The character debuted on - screen during the serial ' s pilot episode on 17 January 1988 . Meagher is the only remaining original cast member still present . Meagher has currently played the role of Alf for over 28 years . ___MASK25___ or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a ___MASK25___ set , a ___MASK25___ program (" TV show "), or the medium of ___MASK25___ transmission . ___MASK25___ is a mass medium , for ___MASK84___ , education , news , and advertising . A soap ___MASK87___ , soap , or soapie , is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters , usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama . The term " soap ___MASK87___ " originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past . A performance , in the performing arts , generally comprises an event in which a ___MASK58___ or group of performers present one or more works of art to an audience . Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand . Afterwards audience members often applaud . Secret ___MASK62___ ( sometimes called political ___MASK62___ ) are intelligence services or ___MASK62___ and ___MASK45___ agencies which operate in secrecy . Therefore , they have little to no transparency , accountability or oversight . A secret ___MASK62___ organization is often used beyond the law by totalitarian states to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian ( autocratic ) political regime . Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , ___MASK51___ states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the Schengen Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state of mind rather than state boundaries . Fiction is the classification for any story or universe derived from imagination  in other words , not based strictly on history or fact . Fiction can be expressed in a variety of formats , including writings , live performances , films , ___MASK25___ programs , animations , video games , and role - playing games , though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature ( see " ___MASK19___ " fiction ), including the novel , novella , short story , and play . Fiction constitutes an act of creative invention , so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed ; in other words , fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true . The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation , due to fiction ' s freedom from any necessary embedding in reality ; however , some fictional works are claimed to be , or marketed as , historically or factually accurate , complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non - fiction . Fiction is a classification or category , rather than a specific mode or genre , unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular ___MASK19___ fiction form . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the ___MASK50___ and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . A ___MASK25___ program is a segment of content intended for broadcast on over - the - air , cable ___MASK25___ , or Internet ___MASK25___ , other than a commercial , trailer , or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership . It may be a single production , or more commonly , a series of related productions ( also called a ___MASK25___ series or a ___MASK25___ show ). The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by ___MASK75___ George ' s Channel ; other limits include the Bristol Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay of Biscay , as well as adjacent portions of Wales , Cornwall , Devon , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea .