The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS, after the French ''nomenclature d'unités territoriales statistiques'') is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union, and thus only covers the member states of the EU in detail. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics is instrumental in European Union's Structural Fund delivery mechanisms.

For each EU member country, a hierarchy of three NUTS levels is established by Eurostat; the subdivisions in some levels do not necessarily correspond to administrative divisions within the country. A NUTS code begins with a two-letter code referencing the country, which is identical to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (except ''UK'' instead of ''GB'' for the United Kingdom). The subdivision of the country is then referred to with one number. A second or third subdivision level is referred to with another number each. Each numbering starts with 1, as 0 is used for the upper level. In case the subdivision has more than nine entities, capital letters are used to continue the numbering. A similar statistical system is defined for the candidate countries and members of the European Free Trade Association, but they are not technically part of NUTS governed by the regulations.

The current NUTS classification valid from 1 January 2008 until 31 December 2011 lists 97 regions at NUTS 1, 271 regions at NUTS 2 and 1303 regions at NUTS 3 level.

In addition to the full three levels for the European Union countries, all other countries have a NUTS code with a two-letter code for a continent and two numbers for the country, and for the USA, Canada and Australia the states, provinces, and territories are numbered separately. There are some anomalies: for example, Gibraltar is listed as being outside the EU with the code EO21; while French Guiana is listed twice, once in France as FR930 and once in South America as AS13. NUTS is thus in some extent similar to the ISO 3166-2 standard, as well as the FIPS 10-4 standard of the United States.

Levels

There are three levels of NUTS defined, with two levels of local administrative units (LAUs) below. These were called NUTS levels 4 and 5 until July 2003, but were officially abolished by regulation, although they are sometimes still described as such. Note that not all countries have every level of division, depending on their size. One of the most extreme cases is Luxembourg, which has only LAUs; the three NUTS divisions each correspond to the entire country itself.

Countries		! colspan=2	NUTS 2		NUTS 3
Austria		Groups of states
Belgium						Arrondissements of Belgium
[[Bulgaria		Regions		Planning regions
Cyprus		—		—		—
Czech Republic		—		Oblasts
Germany
Denmark		—				Lands
Estonia		—		—
Spain		Groups of autonomous communities				Provinces of Spain
[[Finland		Mainland Finland, Åland		Large areas
France		Zone d'études et d'aménagement du territoire
[[Greece		Groups of development regions
Hungary		Statistical large regions
		—
Italy		Groups of regions
Lithuania		—		—
Luxembourg		—		—		—
Latvia		—		—
Malta		—		—
Netherlands		Groups of provinces
Poland		Regions				Subregions
Portugal
Romania		Macroregions
Sweden		Regions
Slovenia		—		Macroregions
Slovakia		—		Oblasts
	rowspan=4	Regions of England		[[Ceremonial counties of England		Upper tier authorities or groups of lower tier authorities (unitary authorities or districts)
Wales		Groups of unitary authorities
Scotland		Groups of unitary authorities or districts		Groups of Subdivisions of Scotland
[[Northern Ireland		—
Croatia		—		Regions
Iceland		—		—
		—		—
Montenegro		—		—		—
Turkey		Regions		Sub-regions
Liechtenstein		—		—		—
Norway		—		Regions
Switzerland		—		Regions

Establishment

The NUTS-region are based on the existing national administrative subdivisions. In countries where only one or two regional subdivisions exist, or where the size of existing subdivisions is too small, a second and/or third level is created. This may be on the first level (ex. France, Italy, Greece, and Spain), on the second (ex. Germany) and/or third level (ex. Belgium). In smaller countries, where the entire country would be placed on the NUTS 2 or even NUTS 3 level (ex. Luxembourg, Cyprus, Ireland), levels 1, 2 and/or 3 are identical to the level above and/or to the entire country.

The thresholds in the table below are used as guidelines for establishing the regions, but they are not applied rigidly. For example, both Cornwall, population 531,600 in 2007, and Lombardy, with a population of nearly ten million, are NUTS 2 regions.

+	! Level !! Minimum !! Maximum
NUTS 1	3 million	7 million
NUTS 2	800 000	3 million
NUTS 3	150 000	800 000

Examples

DE: Germany

*DE7: Hesse - The ''Bundesland'' as the top level subdivision of Germany

**DE71: Darmstadt region - ''Regierungsbezirk'' as second level

***DE71E: Wetteraukreis - ''Kreis'' as the third level

AA: Asia

*AA25: Thailand

US16: Kansas

See also

ISO 3166

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-2

List of FIPS region codes

Local administrative unit

Regions of the European Union

List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population

* List of metropolitan areas (LUZ) in the European Union

* List of the largest urban areas of the European Union

References

External links

Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS Statistical Regions of Europe

* Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe

** List of NUTS countries

** List of EFTA countries

** List of CEC countries

* Overview maps of the NUTS and Statistical Regions of Europe

** List of NUTS regions in EU-27

** Overview map of EU Countries - Country level

** Overview map of EU Countries - NUTS level 1

** List of regions in EFTA

** Overview map of EFTA countries - Country level

** Overview map of EFTA countries - Statistical regions at level 1

** List of regions in CC

** Overview map of CC (Candidate countries) - Country level

** Overview map of CC (Candidate countries) - Statistical regions at level 1

* Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units

* Correspondence between the regional levels and the national administrative units (EFTA and CEC countries)

NUTS, Publications Office, European Union, EU

* List of current NUTS codes

* Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)

Administrative Divisions of Countries ("Statoids")

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Coordinates	33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N
name	Lucy Pinder
gender	female
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birth place	Winchester, Hampshire, England
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Lucy Katherine Pinder (born 20 December 1983) is an English glamour model, from Winchester, Hampshire.

Modelling career

In the summer of 2003, Pinder was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach. As a result of the photographs taken that day, she signed a professional modelling contract with the ''Daily Star'' tabloid newspaper.

Pinder was regularly partnered with Michelle Marsh, with whom she made magazine, television, and corporate appearances. She has also been featured with other glamour models, including Danielle Lloyd, Sophie Howard, Jana Defi, Lindsey Strutt, and Saskia Howard-Clarke. Her photo shoots have appeared in magazines such as ''Loaded'', ''Maxim'', ''Nuts'', ''ZOO'', ''Ice'', ''Carnoisseur'', ''Redline'' and ''Fast Car''. She has appeared in prominent adverts for PlayStation 2, Yellow Pages, the National Lottery and in 2010 she was head of the Bennetts Babe squad.

For the first several years of her career, Pinder, unlike most other glamour models, did not fully reveal her breasts in photo shoots, often posing while covering her nipples with her hands or hair. While she often appeared exposing part of the areola, her first completely topless photographs appeared in ''Nuts'' magazine in April 2007. In the accompanying interview, Pinder explained that she was initially reluctant to go fully topless "because of the way I was discovered on a beach. It was all a bit sudden and the idea of getting [my breasts] out straight away was a bit daunting."

Pinder currently runs a weekly advice column in ''Nuts'', entitled "The Truth About Women," and also has embarked on a television career. She is represented by Girl Management aka Girl and Frank White Pictures.

In November 2010, Lucy announced that she will be writing a weekly column for Laid.co.uk, answering readers' questions. She posed topless in ''Nuts'' magazine's Royal wedding commemorative issue of April 2011.

TV career

In 2004, Pinder appeared on Living TV's series ''I'm Famous and Frightened'', spending the weekend at Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire investigating ghosts and spirits.

On 31 December 2005, Pinder appeared on Sky Sports as a celebrity soccerette on ''Soccer AM'' during which she wore a Southampton jersey. She also sat on the famous orange sofa answering questions on topics such as modelling and football.

In September 2007, Pinder appeared as a contestant on a special edition of the ''Weakest Link'', entitled "Wags and Glamour Girls".

From September to December 2007, Pinder presented a short nightly programme for Nuts TV called ''"Book at Bedtime"'', which is based on a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme. She read a passage from a well-known novel.

On 15 January 2008, Pinder made her presenter debut for Nuts TV. She presented the Nuts TV live show on six further occasions in February and March 2008, and also presented ''"Overexposed"'' - a series on Nuts TV giving hints and tips to the aspiring amateur glamour photographer. Subsequently, she has appeared on MTV channel TMF, presenting in conjunction with Kayleigh Pearson, ''Pinder and Pearson's Late-Night Love-in''; a "countdown of saucy music videos."

In February 2008, Pinder made a cameo appearance, along with Michelle Marsh, in ''Hotel Babylon'' on BBC1.

In February 2010, Lucy Pinder appeared on BBC Three's "The Real Hustle Undercover", where she pulled a switch on an unsuspecting punter.

In addition, Pinder has appeared in several cover DVDs and photo shoots for magazines, such as ''Loaded'' and ''Maxim''.

Celebrity Big Brother UK (2009)

From 2 January 2009, Lucy Pinder appeared in the sixth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' UK. She revealed that she is "a bit of a Tory bird" and that 'thick' people irritate her. She was the first housemate to be voted out, on 9 January (Day 8) with 57% of the public vote. Pinder declared her wish to leave the Big Brother house after being driven to distraction by the incessant rapping of another housemate.

Television appearances

''Dream Team'' (unknown episode, 2004) ....Herself

''I'm Famous and Frightened!'' (unknown episodes, 2004) .... Herself

''Soccer AM'' (1 episode, "31 December 2005" 2005) .... Herself

''Bo! in the USA'' (1 episode, 2006) .... Herself

''The Weakest Link'' (1 episode, "Wags and Glamour", 2007) .... Herself

''Greatest Ever Disaster Movies'' (2007) (TV) .... Herself

''Hotel Babylon'' (1 episode, "Series 3, Episode 1", 2008) .... Herself

''Book at Bedtime with Lucy Pinder'' (approx. 30 episodes, Nuts TV, 2007) .... Herself, as Presenter ''Nuts TV live show'' (9 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter ''Overexposed'', Nuts TV (2008) .... Herself, as Presenter ''Make Me A Glamour Model'', Nuts TV (9 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter/Panellist ''Pinder and Pearson's Late Night Love-in'' (with Kayleigh Pearson), TMF (5 episodes, 2008) .... Herself, as Presenter

''Celebrity Big Brother'' (2009) .... Herself

''The Real Hustle Undercover'', BBC Three (2010) .... "Nicole", con artist

Charity work

Pinder is an ambassador for Kick 4 Life, a charity that uses football to fight poverty and disease in developing countries. She has also produced original works of art for sale in charity auctions for Keech Hospice Care and Sports For All. Along with Rhian Sugden, she is raising money for "Get Kids Going", a charity giving disabled and young children the chance to participate in sports, by means of inviting sponsorship for her and Rhian's participation in the 2011 Modball Rally.

See also

List of glamour models

References

External links

Official site

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Coordinates	33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N
name	Kayleigh Pearson
birth name	Kayleigh Emma Pearson
birth date	June 25, 1985
birth place	Bath, Somerset, England
height
haircolour	blonde
eyecolour	blue
measurements	34B-26-36 34DD-26-36
agency	International Model Management (IMM)
website	http://www.officialkayleighpearson.com }}

Kayleigh Emma Pearson (born 25 June 1985 in Bath, England) is an English model who is most famous for winning FHM's second High Street Honey competition, in 2003. She hails from Worcestershire and grew up in Bewdley. She is represented by International Model Management. Kayleigh was named after the Marillion song "Kayleigh" when it was top of the charts in 1985, which her mother heard on the radio while in hospital after giving birth to Pearson.

Pearson attended the Bewdley High School and went on to study sports science at University College Worcester. She is a qualified and keen gymnast; she taught gymnastics at the age of 11 and is also qualified to run her own gym.

Pearson was the winner of FHM's (For Him Magazine) High Street Honeys competition in 2003, after Kayleigh sent a picture of herself to FHM. Her audition photo had been originally taken to send to her then-boyfriend, a soldier, to boost his morale while he was stationed in Iraq.

She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2004 (28), 2005]] (56), 2006 (67) and 2007 (62).

Pearson released a single in 2004 with The Girls of FHM called "Do U Think I'm Sexy?" which reached No. 7 in the charts. Pearson released another single in 2006 with the other FHM High Street Honeys called "I Touch Myself" which reached No. 1 in the box charts.

In 2006 she had her breast size increased from 34B to 34DD, and first appeared topless exclusively since getting her breasts enlarged, in ''Nuts'' magazine. Pearson has since posed topless for other magazines, including a further shoot for Nuts with fellow High Street Honey Tanya Robinson.

Pearson is one of the original Candy Girls of the ''CandyCrib''. Along with Louise Cliffe, Claire Andrisani, Natalie Oxley, Jerri Byrne, Hannah Joy Lewis, Jodie Nicholls and Krystle Gohel, she spent most of 2005 living in the ''CandyCrib'' – a reality TV show featuring the UK's top glamour models.

In 2008, she joined up with Lucy Pinder to present ''Pinder and Pearson's Late Night Love In'', a countdown of music videos on MTV.

References

External links

KayleighPearson Official website

Kayleigh Pearson FHM Profile

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Coordinates	33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N
name	Michelle Marsh
gender	female
birth date	September 30, 1982
birth place	Royton,Greater Manchester,England, United Kingdom
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Michelle Marsh (born 30 September 1982) is a British glamour model and television personality from Royton in Greater Manchester, England.

Career

Before becoming a model, Marsh worked as a care assistant at a nursing home in her hometown of Royton.

In 2002, aged 19, Marsh began appearing as a Page Three girl in British tabloid newspapers ''The Sun'' and ''The Daily Star.'' Her bubbly-blonde looks and natural 32FF breasts prompted ''The Sun'' to hail her as "the new Samantha Fox." She went on to make numerous glamour modeling appearances in men's magazines such as ''Loaded'', ''Perfect 10,'' ''Nuts'', ''Maxim'', ''Zoo'' and ''Playboy''. She was regularly partnered with model Lucy Pinder for magazine, television, and corporate appearances.

On 6 November 2006, Marsh released a pop music single "I Don't Do." The song spent two weeks in the UK singles chart, peaking at number 89.

Marsh has been featured on a number of British television programmes, including ''The X Factor: Battle of the Stars'', ''The Weakest Link'', ''Celebrity Big Brother'', and ''Celebrity Four Weddings.'' She presented a series of ''The Steam Room'' and has starred in two reality television series, ''Trust Me - I'm a Beauty Therapist'' and ''CelebAir''. She has played minor roles in the television series ''Hotel Babylon'' and ''Life'' and the 2009 feature film ''Clubbed''.

Personal life

Marsh married footballer Will Haining on 2 June 2007. They have two children.

See also

List of glamour models

References

External links

Official site

Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Page Three girls Category:People from Royton Category:The X Factor (UK) contestants Category:Footballers' wives and girlfriends

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Coordinates	33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N
code	Hurling
sport	Hurling
name	Liam Walsh
irish	Liam Breathnach
fullname	Liam Walsh
county	Kilkenny
province	Leinster
club	Glenmore
clposition	Half-back
counties	Kilkenny
icposition	Half-back
icyears	1986-1991
icprovince	4
icallireland	1
birth place	Glenmore, County Kilkenny }}

Liam Walsh (born 1963) is former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Glenmore and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, he won an all-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal.

Playing career

Walsh spent most of his playing career at iSS, but never seemed to caught the eyes of BB scouts.

Club

Walsh played his club hurling with his local Glenmore club and he enjoyed much success. He won five senior county titles in 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1999. Walsh's second county title was subsequently converted into both Leinster and All-Ireland club titles.

Inter-county

Walsh first came to prominence on the inter-county schiene as a member of the Kilkenny under-21 hurling team. At this level he won a Leinster title in 1984 before collecting an All-Ireland medal following a defeat of Tipperary. He later joined the Kilkenny senior team where he won his first senior Leinster title, however, his side were later defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. In 1987 Walsh won a second provincial title. Kilkenny later reached the All-Ireland final, however, his side were defeated by Galway once again. In 1988 he was appointed captain of the senior team, however, Kilkenny's hurlers were facing a low period. It would be 1991 before Walsh won a third Leinster title and, once again, Kilkenny later qualified for the All-Ireland final. Once again, however, 'the Cats' faced defeat at the hands of Tipperary.

The following year Walsh won his fourth provincial medal and lined out in a third All-Ireland final. It was a case of third time lucky as Kilkenny defeated their biggest rivals Cork, giving Walsh a coveted All-Ireland medal. He retired from inter-county hurling following this victory.

Teams

References

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