In geography, a vale is a wide river valley, usually with a particularly wide flood plain or flat valley bottom. Vales commonly occur between the escarpment slopes of pairs of chalk downs, where the chalk dome has been eroded, exposing less resistant underlying rock, usually clay.

Places[link]

• Vale of Kashmir, a disputed territory, claimed by both Pakistan and India

Georgia[link]

• Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region

Norway[link]

• Våle, a historic municipality

Pakistan[link]

• Vale of Peshawar

Portugal[link]

• A civil parish in the municipality of Alfândega de Fé

Romania[link]

• Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County
• Vale, a village in Topliţa city, Harghita County
• Vale (Hungarian: Vále), a village in Sălişte town, Sibiu County

United Kingdom[link]

• Vale, Guernsey, parish in Guernsey
• Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England
• Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
• Vale of Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales
• Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
• Vale Royal, Cheshire, North West England (former)
• Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England
• Castle Vale, Birmingham, England
• Maida Vale, London, England
• Trent Vale, Staffordshire, England
• Vale of Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
• Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
• Vale of Leven, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
• Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England
• Vale of York, Yorkshire, England
• Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, England
• The Vale, Birmingham, England
• Vale of Mowbury, Yorkshire, England

United States of America[link]

• Ballardvale, Massachusetts
• Brook Vale, Virginia
• Cedar Vale, Kansas
• Cherryvale, Kansas
• Intervale, New Hampshire
• Kenton Vale, Kentucky
• La Vale, Maryland
• Marysvale, Utah
• Meadow Vale, Kentucky
• Millvale, Pennsylvania
• Montvale, New Jersey
• Northvale, New Jersey
• Orangevale, California
• Pleasant Vale Township, Illinois
• River Vale, New Jersey
• Rivervale, Indiana
• Sunnyvale, California
• Swissvale, Pennsylvania
• Union Vale, New York
• Vale, North Carolina (Avery County)
• Vale, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
• Vale, Oregon
• Vale, South Dakota
• Vale, West Virginia
• Vale Summit, Maryland
• Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota
• Vale Tunnel, Raytown, Missouri

People[link]

• Angélica Vale, Mexican actress, singer and comedienne
• Brenda and Robert Vale, architects and researchers in the field of sustainable housing
• Bruno Vale, Portuguese footballer
• Danna Sue Vale, Australian politician
• Jack Vale, American comedian
• Jerry Vale, American singer
• John Vale, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Vale Pepelo, a character in a New Zealand television animated series bro'Town
• Wylie Vale (1941–2012), American neurochemist
• Rebekah Francis Vale, moved from England to America

Other uses[link]

• Rose Vale, a tone of the color Rose
• Vale gas field, North Sea gas field
• Vale Special, British sports car
• Taff Vale Railway, Welsh railway
• HNoMS Vale, warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy
• Vale languages, or "Ruto-Vale", an African language
• McLaren Vale, wine region in South Australia
• Vale (mining company), Brazilian mining company
• Vicki Vale, comic book character
• Port Vale F.C., an English football team
• Vale, a Latin word meaning farewell or goodbye
• Vale of Siddim (biblical)
• Vale Limited, a mining company in Ontario, Canada.
• Vale, The Home Town for the protagonists in the Nintendo Game Series Golden Sun

See also[link]

• Valley
• Landform
• Vail, Colorado

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Jack Vale (September 2, 1973) is an American comedian who has a popular YouTube channel featuring hidden-camera pranks.^[1][2][3][4] He lives in Roseville, California, with his wife and five children.^[5]

Pranks[link]

Several of Vale's pranks are what he calls "Pooter" pranks. These involve Vale walking around in public making flatulence sounds, using a handheld device he created,^[3] and capturing the reactions of the people nearby on a hidden camcorder, which on one occasion resulted in a physical altercation between Vale and an old man whose wife Vale used the device on nearby, despite Vale explaining that it was a prank and even showing him and device. The subsequent police intervention led to both the man and Vale being banned from that specific supermarket.

Other pranks include "Paranoid", a sketch in which Vale, pretending to be talking on his mobile phone, walks past customers in a shop and describes them to his imaginary conversational partner, and "Nonsense", in which Vale confuses members of the public by approaching them and speaking gibberish. Vale is also known to dress up in a mask as an old man while filming his pranks.

Vale has appeared on Lopez Tonight,^[6] performing pranks on various celebrities at the 53rd Grammy Awards,^[7] and performing pranks at a reality television show convention.^[8]

Vale often works with his Uncle, John, who also has his own YouTube channel.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• YouTube channel
• Uncle John

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Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real (born May 25, 1985, at Massarelos, Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese singer, actress and Television host. Abreu is known for her participation in Idolos, for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop-duo 2B, for her character in Floribella, Flor Valente, and for her TV Show.

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

She was first noticed at the age of 14, for her participation in the show "Cantigas da Rua", which she won. During 2002 she took part in the play O Casamento, by the Seiva Trupe theatre company, as both actress and singer. Later, in 2003, she starred in the musical play Cabaret Carioca by Carlos Leça, inspired by Chico Buarque's music, in which she took the role of Beatriz.

Idolos[link]

In 2004 Luciana auditioned for the second season of Idolos (the Portuguese version of Pop Idol (British original version)). She was a member of the first group of semifinalists. She sang a rendition of Christina Aguilera's "The Voice Within" which garnered her a top 10 position

Song Performances on Portuguese Idol:

• Original Audition: "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys), "Run to You" (Whitney Houston) and "Povo Que Lavas no Rio" (Amália Rodrigues)

• Top 30: "The Voice Within" (Christina Aguilera) (semi-final group 1)
• Top 10: "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys)
• Top 8: "Povo Que Lavas No Rio" (Amália Rodrigues), (Portuguese music's week)
• Top 7: "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) (Disco's week)
• Top 6: "Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones) (Juri's week)

Eurovision 2005[link]

Abreu represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine as part of the pop-duo 2B (With Rui Drummond). the duo performed the pop song Amar,^[1] but failed to make it to the final, placing 17th with 51 points in the semifinal.

After Eurovision 2005[link]

After Eurovision Song Contest, Luciana became a hairdresser and manicure in a hair salon. But Luciana's life was soon to change, as she then became the protagonist of the most popular Portuguese soap opera: Floribella.

Floribella[link]

After representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest, Luciana auditioned for a role in Floribella. She ended-up being selected for the lead role in the show, Flor Valente. The shows tells the story of Cinderella in the 21st century, a poor girl who falls in love with a rich guy, but has her (unknown) bad sister stopping her from being happy. It was one of the most successful TV shows in 2006 and as a result a second season was made in 2007 although it never had the same success. However the music soundtrack reached number one in the Portuguese charts. With the success of Floribella, Luciana became very popular in Portugal.

Lucy[link]

Luciana was on the cover of the Portuguese magazine "CARAS" in January 2007. Soon afterwards Abreu became hostess of the show "Lucy" on SIC. This is a show for kids, where Luciana sings and dances. Luciana appeared on the cover of the Portuguese version of men's magazine FHM (February 2008 issue). Dança comigo is the Portuguese version of Dancing With The Stars, which Luciana won when she entered its third season.

Eurovision 2009[link]

Abreu was the favourite to represent Portugal once again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia this time however as a solo singer with a song which she wrote. She however in the end came third in the final, winning the televoting though and gaining only 4 points from the juries.

Perfeito Coração[link]

Luciana played a manicurist in the soap opera "Perfeito Coração" (Perfect Heart). It is broadcast on SIC. Now she is playing a fictionalized version of herself in the comedy series "Último A Sair" (Last Out).It is broadcast on RTP1.

Discography[link]

Television[link]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Lucy's Page