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Disc 2
 "That's Entertainment!" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:27
 "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 8:11
 "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:56
 "You're Nearer" (Rodgers, Hart) – 1:58
 "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:55
 "If Love Were All" (Noël Coward) – 2:33
 "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" – (J. F. Hanely) – 3:48
 "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 6:45 (performed by Martha Wainwright)
 Medley: "You Made Me Love You" / "For Me and My Gal" / "The Trolley Song"(Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco, Roger Edens) / (George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz) / (Blane, Martin) – 4:37
 "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Fred Schwartz, Joe Young) – 5:45
 "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) – 4:47 (featuring Kate McGarrigle)
 "Swanee" (Irving Caesar, G. Gershwin) – 1:54
 "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 2:57 (featuring Lorna Luft)
 "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 4:30
Bonus track
 "Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) – 3:12 (offered in the UK and on the US iTunes version)

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Loudon Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American singer. He is the father of singers Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche. He is the former husband of Kate McGarrigle.

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Tidal is the 1996 first album by Fiona Apple. Six singles were released from it: "Shadowboxer", "Slow Like Honey", "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal" and "Never Is a Promise". "Criminal" received the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Tidal reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Rolling Stone put it at #83 in their 100 Best Albums of the Nineties.

Track listing
All songs written by Fiona Apple.

"Sleep to Dream" – 4:08
"Sullen Girl" – 3:53
"Shadowboxer" – 5:24
"Criminal" – 5:41
"Slow Like Honey" – 5:56
"The First Taste" – 4:46
"Never Is a Promise" – 5:54
"The Child Is Gone" – 4:14
"Pale September" – 5:50
"Carrion" – 5:43

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When the Pawn... is a 1999 album by Fiona Apple. The following poem is the full title of the album:

"When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing 'fore he enters the ring
There's no body to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo, you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter, cause you'll know that you're right" When it was released it had the world record for the longest album title.

Three singles were released from the album: "Fast as You Can", "Limp", and "Paper Bag". "Paper Bag" was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the 43rd Grammy Awards (2001).

The album got good reviews. Pitchfork gave it a score of 8.0.
Track listing
 "On the Bound" – 5:23
 "To Your Love" – 3:40
 "Limp" – 3:31
 "Love Ridden" – 3:22
 "Paper Bag" – 3:40
 "A Mistake" – 4:58
 "Fast as You Can" – 4:40
 "The Way Things Are" – 4:18
 "Get Gone" – 4:10
 "I Know" – 4:57
The Japanese edition of the album had "Across the Universe" and "Never is a Promise [live]" as bonus tracks.

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Extraordinary Machine is the third album by American singer Fiona Apple. It was released in 2005. Four singles were released from the album: "O'Sailor", "Not About Love", "Get Him Back", and "Parting Gift". Critics generally had positive responses to the album. It was going to be released in 2003.

Track listing
"Extraordinary Machine" – 3:44
"Get Him Back" – 5:26
"O' Sailor" – 5:37
"Better Version of Me" – 3:01
"Tymps (the Sick in the Head Song)" – 4:05
"Parting Gift" – 3:36
"Window" – 5:33
"Oh Well" – 3:42
"Please Please Please" – 3:35
"Red Red Red" – 4:08
"Not About Love" – 4:21
"Waltz (Better Than Fine)" – 3:46

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Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for her movies including Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Her role as Queen Ramonda in the 2022 movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, won her the Golden Globe Award and earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Early life
Angela Bassett was born in Harlem, New York City. Afterwards, she moved to St. Petersburg, Florida and was brought up by her foster mother Betty. She studied of Yale University and got her Bachelor of Arts in African-American history in 1980.

In 1986, she met her future husband Courtney B. Vance in Yale, who studied drama. After graduating, she worked as a receptionist for a beauty salon and as a photo researcher. Bassett married Vance in 1997. They live in California and have twin children since 2006.

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Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American fashion model, actor and producer. She was born in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. Her brother died of leukaemia when she was 10 years old. At age 16 she was scouted by a photographer and entered a "Look of the Year" contest put on by Elite Model Management. She was a runner-up and the agency agreed to represent her. She graduated from DeKalb High School as valedictorian and received a scholarship to Northwestern University. She later dropped out to pursue her modelling career.

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Galmudug is a secular state in the central region of Somalia. The administrative capital is South Galcayo. It is in the southern half of the city and district of Gaalkacyo. To the north is Puntland, to the west is Ethiopia and to the south and east is the rest of Somalia, presently under the control of the Transitional Federal Government  (TFG). The name is a combination of Galguduud and Mudug. Unlike the Somaliland  region in northwestern Somalia, Galmudug is not trying to be accepted as a separate country. It believes itself to be a federal division within the larger federal republic of Somalia, such as defined by the 2004 Transitional Federal Charter (TFG).

States of Somalia
A sketch (from Ancient Greek σχέδιος - schedios "temporary") is a fast freehand drawing that is not supposed to be a finished work. If in oil paint it is called an oil sketch. In general, a sketch is a quick way to practice an idea for later use. Artist's sketches usually serve as a way to try out different ideas and start a painting before starting a more finished work, especially when the finished work is costly and takes up time (as in the case of a large painting or fresco).  Sketching eases an artist's ability to focus on the most important parts of a subject and is a main part of artistic learning for students.

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Yogyakarta Principles, formally The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity is an advocacy document relating to international human rights law on the dignity and asserted rights of LGBT people. It was adopted after an international meeting held by the International Commission of Jurists in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 6 to 9 November 2006. Mary Robinson, a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is one of 29 people who signed the Principles. The Council of Europe esteems these Principles in a document, "Human Rights and Gender Identity". These Principles have also been translated into the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. They have also been translated into other languages.

The Principles also reports that there are refugees from persecution and even honour killings because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
To realize the human rights on sexual orientation and gender identity according to the Vienna Declaration and those Principles, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has made up a document for the 19th sessions of United Nations Human Rights Council. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime also use those Principles for the human treatment of prisoners.

Main contents
The Yogyakarta Principles consist of a Preamble, 29 Principles, and additional recommendations to the United Nations and the international community based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Declaration, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. According to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women they also exist to abolish the stereotyped role on gender. The Yogyakarta Principles affirm international legal standards with which they demand States must comply.
The Preamble tells of human rights violations because of sexual orientation and gender identity and explains what sexual orientation and gender identity are. The Principles affirm human rights, such as civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and demand the prohibition of all discrimination relating to those human rights. Principle 3 demands legal recognition of the sex change of transsexuals without any surgery, including sterilization and sexual reassignment surgery, because the each person's self-defined gender identity is seen as important for the autonomy and dignity of the person. But at the same time, the importance of the rights to undergo body modification on sexual reassignment surgery as a "non-discriminatory treatment" and other health cares without discrimination is emphasized, and must be provided even in prison. The Principles affirm protection by states against all human trafficking, homelessness and violence, hate crimes, harassment and bullying
. They insist that it is important for society to respect the dignity and self-esteem of LGBT people against prejudice and to protect their right to education. The Principles also insist on the prevention of any medical abuse, including the case of the intersex children, and assert that any gender identity is not a disease. They also aim to promote human rights of any kind and say that States must protect LGBT activists from any violence, threat or discrimination against them. Principle 29 affirms that violations of human rights including on sexual orientation and gender identity must be punished.
Criticism
Many radical feminists think the Principles are misguided and a threat to women's rights. Feminist scholar Sheila Jeffreys says "The Yogyakarta Principles do not have any force in law...They arise from a campaign by crossdressing men to protect and promote their masochistic sexual obsession."

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Moorgate station is a central London National Rail and London Underground station in the City of London. It is on Moorgate, north of London Wall. At one time the station was named "Moorgate Street". It is the central London railway terminus for suburban First Capital Connect services from Hertford, Welwyn Garden City and Letchworth. Until March 2009 it was also a terminus for trains on the Thameslink line, also run by First Capital Connect. It is the site of the Moorgate tube crash of 1975 in which 46 people were killed and 74 were injured.

The Underground station is on the Bank branch of the Northern line between  and , and also on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between  and .

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United Nations High Commissiner for Human Rights is an office of the United Nations made in 1993 according to the Vienna Declaration. The end of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is to promote globally the human rights and to consider the treatiess on human rights and humanitarian laws.

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Patrick M. Byrne (born 1962, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States) is the CEO and chairman of Overstock.com. He took control of the company in 1999.

He had previously lead two smaller companies, including one owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

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Overstock.com is an Internet retailer based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, near Salt Lake City. 

It was started in 1997 by Robert Brazell and originally called D2: Discounts Direct. It was an online seller of surplus merchandise which, upon its failure in 1999, was taken over by Patrick M. Byrne, who changed its name to Overstock.com. The company went public in 2002, achieved profits in 2009 and reported its first billion-dollar year in 2010.

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Janusz Marian Palikot, born in Biłgoraj on October 26, 1964, is a Polish politician, activist and businessman known for his controversial remarks.

He was elected to the Sejm twice—on September 25, 2005, when he got over 26,000 votes in 6 Lublin district, running on the Platforma Obywatelska (PO) list and getting over 44,000 votes in 2007.

He left the Civic Platform on October 6, 2010 and started his own party, Modern Poland on October 22.

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In math, the top part of a fraction is called the numerator. If the line part of the fraction is flat, the numerator is on top. If the line part of the fraction is at a slant, the numerator is on the left.  The lower part is called the denominator of the fraction. For example:
 In  the numerator is "3".
 In  the numerator is "76".
 In  the numerator is "(15+6)".
 In (a + b) / 6c, the numerator is "(a + b)".

The numerator can be any real number, including zero. A proper fraction is where the top number is smaller than the bottom number. If the numerator is larger than the denominator, then it is called an improper fraction.

Fractions (mathematics)
In math, the bottom part of a fraction is called the denominator.  A denominator cannot be zero. If the line part of the fraction is flat, the denominator is on the bottom. If the line part is at a slant, the denominator is on the right.The upper part is called the numerator of the fraction. For example:
 In  the denominator is "4".
 In  the denominator is "100".
 In  the denominator is "(35+7)".
 In , the denominator is "(6b + c)".

Fractions (mathematics)
Gary Weiss is an American investigative journalist, columnist and author. He wrote two books about the ethics and morality of Wall Street.

The articles he wrote for Business Week exposed organized crime on Wall Street and the Salomon Brothers bond trading scandal in the 1990s. He also has covered the financial crisis of 2007–2010 and the events caused by it."

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Sam Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American politician. He was the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from February 1, 2018 until January 20, 2021. He served as the 46th Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Before he was governor, Brownback was a United States Senator and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ambassadorship
On July 26, 2017, the White House issued a statement that Brownback would be nominated as the new U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. 

On January 24, 2018, the Senate voted to advance his nomination to the floor, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote. Pence cast another tie-breaking vote to confirm the nomination after the cloture vote. On January 25, Brownback submitted his resignation as governor, effective January 31, 2018.

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Populus section Aigeiros is a section of three species in the genus Populus, the poplars. They are commonly known as cottonwood.

The species are native to North America, Europe and western Asia. The cottonwood is the state tree of Kansas.

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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. State of Kansas.

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Homogenic is an album by Björk.  It was released in 1997. Music critic Sal Cinquemani said that it is the best electronic music album of the 1990s. Pitchfork gave it 9.9 out of 10. Five singles were released from the album. It was nominated in the Best Alternative Music Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

Track listing
 "Hunter" – 4:15
 "Jóga" (Björk, Sjón) – 5:05
 "Unravel" (Björk, Guy Sigsworth) – 3:21
 "Bachelorette" (Björk, Sjón) – 5:12
 "All Neon Like" – 5:53
 "5 Years" – 4:29
 "Immature" – 3:06
 "Alarm Call" – 4:19
 "Pluto" (Björk, Mark Bell) – 3:20
 "All Is Full of Love" – 4:32

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Vespertine is an album by Björk. It was released in 2001. Three singles were released from it. It was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 2002 Grammy Awards.

Track listing
 "Hidden Place" (Björk) – 5:29
 "Cocoon" (Björk, Thomas Knak) – 4:27
 "It's Not Up to You" (Björk) – 5:09
 "Undo" (Björk, Knak) – 5:38
 "Pagan Poetry" (Björk) – 5:14
 "Frosti" (Björk) – 1:59
 "Aurora" (Björk) – 4:39
 "An Echo, a Stain" (Björk, Sigsworth) – 4:04
 "Sun in My Mouth" (Björk, Sigsworth) – 2:40
 "Heirloom" (Björk, Console) – 5:12
 "Harm of Will" (Björk, Sigsworth, Harmony Korine) – 4:37
 "Unison" (Björk) – 6:48
 "Generous Palmstroke" (Japanese bonus track) (Björk, Zeena Parkins) – 4:24

2001 albums
Björk albums
Medúlla is an album by Björk. It was released in 2004. All the music is made with voices and corporal noises, heavily edited with computers. The album got good reviews from critics. Pitchfork gave it 8.4/10. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Four singles were released from the album. It is an a cappella album with a beatbox, electronic music and experimental music influences.

Track listing
 "Pleasure Is All Mine" – 3:26
 "Show Me Forgiveness" – 1:23
 "Where Is the Line" – 4:41
 "Vökuró" (Jórunn Viðar, Jakobína Sigurðardóttir) – 3:14
 "Öll Birtan" – 1:52
 "Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)" – 3:57
 "Submarine" – 3:13
 "Desired Constellation" (Björk, Olivier Alary) – 4:55
 "Oceania" (Björk, Sjón) – 3:24
 "Sonnets/Unrealities XI" (Björk, E. E. Cummings) – 1:59
 "Ancestors" (Björk, Tagaq) – 4:08
 "Mouth's Cradle" – 4:00
 "Miðvikudags" – 1:24
 "Triumph of a Heart" – 4:04

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2004 albums
Björk albums
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was an American talk show host, movie, television, radio, and stage actor. He was the host for The Jerry Springer Show. He served as Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 to 1978 as a Democrat.

Springer was born in February 13, 1944 in Highgate, London to Jewish parents from Germany. He was raised in London until he and his parents moved to New York City and in Chicago, Illinois. He was the Mayor of Cincinnati from 1977 through 1978. He married Vicki Melton in 1973. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and in Chicago, Illinois.

Political career 
After announcing his candidacy, Springer was called to active duty and stationed at Fort Knox. He resumed his campaign after he was discharged.

Personal life 
In 1973 Springer got married to Micki Velton and had one daughter, Katie Springer (born 1976), and got divorced in 1994.
Death 
Springer died on April 27, 2023, at the age of 79, at his home in Evanston, Illinois. A family spokesperson said he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few months before his death.

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Aynişan Quliyeva (born 1992 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a singer. She is the daughter of Azeri singer Aybeniz Hasimova. In 2010 she made it to the Azerbaijani national final for the chance to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 held in Germany. In her semifinal she received 25000 votes, about 10000 more votes then any of the other winners of the semifinals. She is considered favourite to win the national final.

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Audible may refer to:
 Sound that is capable of being heard
 Audible, a tactic used by quarterbacks in American football
 Audible.com, an online audiobook store
The Sea of Monsters is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology. It was written by Rick Riordan and published in 2006. It is the second novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and is the sequel to The Lightning Thief. This book is about the adventures of thirteen-year-old demigod Percy Jackson. It describes how he and his friends rescue his satyr friend Grover from the Cyclops Polyphemus. They also save Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, from a Titan attack. They bring the Golden Fleece from Polyphemus' island which cures Thalia's poisoned pine tree, that protected the camp.

The Sea of Monsters received good reviews and was nominated for many awards such as the 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick  and the 2009 Mark Twain Award.  It sold over 100,000 copies in paperback. It was released as an audiobook on September 6, 2006. The Sea of Monsters is followed by The Titan's Curse, which is the third book of the five in the series.
Plot
Like the first book, The Lightning Thief, this novel is of the fantasy genre. Reviewers have called it a "fast paced" book  with humor and action, which discusses acceptance and family love.

Summary

Percy Jackson is a 13 year-old demigod. He is playing dodgeball against large seventh graders. He discovers they are Laistrygonians (a kind of monster in Greek mythology). They try to kill Percy with explosive fireballs. He is protected by Tyson, a friend. The Laistrygonians' fireballs do nothing to Tyson, which surprises Percy. Annabeth rescues Percy and takes Percy and Tyson to Camp Half-Blood. They find the camp is under attack. This is because Thalia's tree, which protects the camp, has been poisoned by an unknown intruder. Chiron, the activities director, has been sacked. This is because he is suspected to have poisoned the tree. He is replaced by Tantalus, a spirit from the Fields of Punishment.
Percy finds out that Tyson is a Cyclops. Poseidon claims Tyson as his son, making him Percy's half-brother. Annabeth and Percy ask Tantalus to send somebody on to find the Golden Fleece (the wool of a golden-haired sheep in Greek mythology). Tantalus sends Clarisse, the daughter of the god of war, Ares, to get the Fleece. Poseidon gives Percy and his friends three Hippocampi. Together with Annabeth and Tyson, Percy find a cruise ship called the Princess Andromeda. They discover it is owned by Luke. They are captured by Luke in the ship. There, they learn that Luke is trying to reform Kronos. Kronos is an evil Titan lord. They manage to escape from the ship. 

Later, they are saved by Clarisse. Clarisse was traveling on her own boat. Her father, Ares, had given her the boat as a gift. The boat is destroyed when they enter the Sea of Monsters. The book says that mortals know the Sea of Monsters as the Bermuda Triangle.
After this, they reach the island of Polyphemus. Tyson and Clarisse help them save Grover. They also get back the Fleece. Annabeth is injured in the island. But the Fleece helps her to become better. They return to Florida on the hippocampi. Percy sends Clarisse back to camp with the Fleece. Then, Luke captures Percy, Annabeth, Grover and Tyson. Percy manages to contact camp with an Iris-message. In this way, he tricks Luke into saying he poisoned Thalia's tree. Luke almost kills Percy in a fight. Chiron and his relatives, the Party Ponies, save Percy and the others. Chiron becomes the activities director again as everyone knows he is not guilty. The Fleece cures Thalia's tree of its poison. It even makes Thalia live again.

Major characters
Percy Jackson: The protagonist of the story. He is a 13-year-old demigod. In the book, he travels to the island of Polyphemus. The island is in the Sea of Monsters. He goes to save his friend, the satyr Grover. He also gets the Golden Fleece from the island. This helps in saving Camp Half-Blood from being destroyed. Annabeth and Tyson, his half-brother, go with him in this quest.
 Annabeth Chase: A daughter of Athena. She is a 13-year-old demigoddess and a friend of Percy. She goes with him to the island. She helps him in the quest by rescuing Percy from Circe's island. Annabeth is injured by Polyphemus. She becomes better with the help of the Golden Fleece. She goes with Percy to Camp after Chiron rescues them from Luke and the Titan army.
Grover Underwood: A satyr who has been captured by Polyphemus. This was during he was searching for the wild god Pan. Due to his bad eyesight, Polyphemus thinks Grover is a female Cyclops. So, Polyphemus wants to marry him. He is saved by his friends Percy and Annabeth.
 Clarisse La Rue: She is the daughter of Ares. Tantalus gave her the task of getting the Golden Fleece to save the camp. She is successful in her quest. Percy and his friends help her to get the Fleece back. Percy gives her the Fleece that she takes to Camp.
 Luke Castellan: The main antagonist of the book. He is 20-years-old and works for Kronos. He captures Percy and his friends. But, he is defeated by Chiron and the Party Ponies.
Tyson the Cyclops: He is Percy's half brother. He is shown as a homeless child at first. This is before Annabeth tells Percy he is a Cyclops. He goes with Percy and Annabeth to the Sea of Monsters. He becomes friends with a hippocampus. He name it Rainbow. When Clarisse's ship explodes, everyone thinks he is dead. But, Rainbow, the hippocampus, saves him.
The Sea of Monsters received mostly positive reviews. Reviewers praised the plot, the themes and the author's style of writing. Publishers Weekly in their review said the book was better than its prequel, The Lightning Thief. School Library Journal praised the novel's plot and its characters. They said that  Percy was an appealing character and said readers would like the "chilling prophecy" which was a part of the plot. Child magazine also praised the style of the book. They said it was similar to The Lightning Thief, and added that the series would get many new readers. Children's Literature said the writing was "extraordinary" and added, "...[t]his book, sequel to The Lightning Thief, is an amazing mixture of mythology and young adult fiction." Matt Berman, of Common Sense Media, praised the book, saying "The Percy Jackson series continues to be pure fun, with the author doing nearly everything right to produce a book that few kids will be able to resist." Norah Piehl of Kidsreads
.com also gave a positive review. She praised the book's style and said it was similar to the previous book in the series It sold over 100,000 copies in hardcover by the time paperback copies were released in April 2007.
However, Kirkus was not positive about the book, saying that "it's doubtful Percy wouldn't guess Tyson's otherworldly connection (his connection with the world of Greek gods) immediately after the dodgeball game [...] some of the humor will zip over the heads of the target audience" However, they praised the style of the novel, particularly the way in which Percy makes humorous comments.

Awards
 2006 Book Sense Top Ten Summer Pick
 2006 Child magazine Best Book
 2006 Kirkus Reviews Best Fantasy Sequel
 2006 Barnes & Noble Best of 2006 for Kids & Teens
 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Top Shelf Fiction Pick for Middle School Readers
 2007 Cooperative Children's Book Center choice
 2007 Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Book for Young Adults
 2009 Mark Twain Award (Riordan's The Lightning Thief won the previous year)
Audiobook
On September 6, 2006, a seven hour and 54 minute audiobook version of The Sea of Monsters, read by actor Jesse Bernstein was published worldwide by Listening Library. Bernstein had also narrated The Lightning Thiefs audiobook,
AudioFile magazine praised the audiobook. They said that the "[...]action-packed book (second in a series) will delight fans of Percy Jackson, the half-blood son of Poseidon, as Percy once again battles mythical monsters in modern-day settings while on his mission to save the tree that guards Camp Half-Blood." They also praised Bernstein, saying "[n]arrator Jesse Berns helps listeners slip right into the oddly engaging world that Riordan creates, in which contemporary (modern) teen characters and those from classical mythology intermingle (get mixed)." They mentioned that he could successfully portray teenagers, while keeping the pace fast. This allowed to enjoy the book's humor. The magazine Publishers Weekly praised Bernstein's "snappy (quick) delivery and all the right funny touches" that made the "action-packed fantasy such fun."
Film
After the movie Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was somewhat successful, a film of The Sea of Monsters was planned. This was reported in early 2011. In fall 2011, it was confirmed that 20th Century Fox will release the film on March 27, 2013.

Sequel

The novel was followed by The Titan's Curse, released on May 1, 2007. In The Titan's Curse, Percy, Grover, Annabeth and Thalia go to a school to recruit two powerful demigods. Like the earlier two books in the series, this book was well received. Reviewers praised its humorous style and the plot of the story.

Related pages

Mythology
Mount Olympus
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2006 books
Debut is an album by Björk. It was released in 1993. It has sold 4.7 million copies around the world. Five singles were released from it. These were "Human Behaviour", "Venus as a Boy", "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy". Most of the reviews of Debut said that it is a good album. The video for "Human Behaviour" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video at the 1994 Grammy Awards.

Track listing
 "Human Behaviour" (Björk, Nellee Hooper) – 4:10
 "Crying" (Björk, Hooper) – 4:52
 "Venus as a Boy" – 4:42
 "There's More to Life Than This" (Björk, Hooper) – 3:21
 "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen) – 4:33
 "Big Time Sensuality" (Björk, Hooper) – 3:57
 "One Day"  – 5:24
 "Aeroplane" – 3:54
 "Come to Me" – 4:55
 "Violently Happy" (Björk, Hooper) – 4:59
 "The Anchor Song" – 3:32

1993 albums
Björk albums
Debut albums
Dance albums
Off the Wall is an album by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1979. 5 of the 10 songs on the album were released as singles: "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough", "Rock With You", "Off the Wall", "She's Out of My Life", and "Girlfriend". Three of them had videos. It sold over 8 million copies in the United States and 20 million copies around the world. The album got good reviews. Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless, dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder and described his tenor as "extraordinary beautiful".

The first single, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough", reached No.1. It won a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1980. However, Jackson was disappointed at this. He said, "It was totally unfair that it didn't get Record of the Year and it can never happen again".

Off the Wall was Jackson's first album produced by Quincy Jones.

In 2001 a special edition of the album was released by Sony Records with 9 extra tracks.
Rolling Stone put the album at number 68 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003.

In 2008 the album became part of the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Track listing
 "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (Michael Jackson) – 6:05
 "Rock with You" (Rod Temperton) – 3:40
 "Workin' Day and Night" (Jackson) – 5:14
 "Get On the Floor" (Jackson, Louis Johnson) – 4:39
 "Off the Wall" (Temperton) – 4:05
 "Girlfriend"  (Paul McCartney) – 3:05
 "She's Out of My Life" (Tom Bahler) – 3:37
 "I Can't Help It" (Stevie Wonder, Susaye Greene) – 4:29
 "It's the Falling In Love" (featuring Patti Austin) (Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster) – 3:48
 "Burn This Disco Out" (Temperton) – 3:41

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1979 albums
Michael Jackson albums
Disco albums
Funk albums
R&B albums
Epic Records albums
Thriller is an album by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1982 and is the biggest selling album of all time. Seven singles were released from the album. It won eight Grammy Awards, the most anyone has won at once.

In 1979 Jackson released Off the Wall. It was very successful. However Jackson was not happy. At the 1980 Grammys he won one Grammy from the album. It was the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the single "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". Jackson said that "It was totally unfair that it didn't get Record of the Year and it can never happen again". When Jackson made Thriller he wanted it to be more successful than Off the Wall. Thriller won Record of the Year.
 
In October 2001 a special edition of the album was released. It has an extra twelve tracks.
Thriller 25
In 2008 twenty-five years after its release the album was released again as Thriller 25. It had seven extra songs: a new song, "For All Time", five remixes with Fergie, will.i.am, Kanye West, and Akon, and a clip from Vincent Price's spoken bit in the song "Thriller". Jackson was the album's executive producer.
Jackson died in 2009. This made people buy more of his music. In 2009 Thriller sold 1.27 million copies in the US. This made it the 14th best-selling album of the year.

Thriller 25th Anniversary: The Book, Celebrating the Biggest Selling Album of All Time was published.

Singles
"The Girl Is Mine" was released as the album's first single. It reached number two in the Billboard 100. By 1985, it had sold 1.3 million copies.

"Billie Jean" was released as the second single. It was number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Switzerland. It won two Grammy Awards.
The album's third single "Beat It" reached number one in the Billboard 100. It won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. It also won two American Music Awards.

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" reached number five in the Billboard 100. The song was nominated for "Best R&B Song" at the 1984 Grammy Awards. "Billie Jean" won the award instead.

"Human Nature" was released as the fifth single. It reached number seven in the Hot 100.

"P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" was Thriller's sixth single. It reached number ten in the Hot 100.

Track listing
 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Michael Jackson) – 6:02
 "Baby Be Mine" (Rod Temperton) – 4:20
 "The Girl Is Mine" (featuring Paul McCartney) (Jackson) – 3:42
 "Thriller" (Temperton) – 5:57
 "Beat It" (Jackson) – 4:19
 "Billie Jean" (Jackson) – 4:54
 "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) – 4:05
 "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (James Ingram, Quincy Jones) – 3:58
 "The Lady in My Life" (Temperton) – 4:59

References
References

1982 albums
Michael Jackson albums
Pop albums
Funk albums
R&B albums
Grammy Award-winning albums
Epic Records albums
Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom and before the Millennials. Commentators typically use birth years ranging from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.

Many sources describe Generation X as people born between the years 1965 to 1979 (or 1980 in some references). 

Examples of Gen Xers include Chris Pratt, Billy Corgan, Ben Stiller, Scott Weiland, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, Orlando Bloom, Kurt Cobain, Claire Danes, Brooke Shields, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Isla Fisher.

References

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Demography
Bad is an album by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1987 by Epic Records. It is one of the 20 best-selling albums of all time and the ninth best-selling album ever in the UK. 9 out of the 11 songs on the album were released as singles, 10 had music videos, and five reached number one in the US Billboard Hot 100. This was the most number ones an artist had ever had from one album. The album is a mixture of R&B, pop rock and soul. It was produced by Quincy Jones. Rolling Stone magazine put the album at number 202 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album is in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Bad won two Grammy Awards. Jackson wanted the album to have thirty songs on it. Quincy Jones cut this down to ten. The CD release of Bad included "Leave Me Alone" as the eleventh song. Davitt Sigerson, of Rolling Stone wrote that "Bad is a better record than Thriller."
Singles
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was released as the first single from Bad. It is a duet with Siedah Garrett. It reached number one in the US. "Bad" was released as the second single. It also reached number one. The third single was "The Way You Make Me Feel". It was Bad'''s third number one. Bads fourth single "Man in the Mirror" was number one. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. "Dirty Diana", Bads fifth single, was also number one. "Another Part of Me" was released as the sixth single. It was the first single from the album to not be number one. It reached number eleven. "Smooth Criminal" was released as the sixth single. It reached number seven.

Sales
In 1982 Jackson released Thriller. It became the best-selling album ever. Jackson wanted Bad to be even more successful and to sell 100 million copies. Bad was the second best selling album of the 1980s in the United Kingdom. It has sold over 45 million copies worldwide. This makes it the eleventh best selling album ever.
Bad 25Bad 25 was released on September 18, 2012, 25 years after the album's release. It had two CDs, the original album and a second CD with remixes and songs recorded for Bad that were not put on the record. A documentary film about the making of Bad'' was also released in August 2012.

Track listing
 "Bad" (Michael Jackson) – 4:07
 "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Jackson) – 4:57
 "Speed Demon" (Jackson) – 4:01
 "Liberian Girl" (Jackson) – 3:53
 "Just Good Friends" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) – 4:06
 "Another Part of Me" (Jackson) – 3:54
 "Man in the Mirror" (Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard) – 5:20
 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) (Jackson) – 4:11
 "Dirty Diana" (Jackson) – 4:41
 "Smooth Criminal" (Jackson) – 4:17

References

1987 albums
Michael Jackson albums
Pop rock albums
Soul albums
R&B albums
Epic Records albums
Dangerous is the eighth studio album by Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991 on Epic Records. Dangerous has sold over 32 million albums worldwide, 8 million albums were sold in the United States alone. It was his fastest selling album in the US. It was the best selling album in the world of 1992.

Dangerous was the first album to be produced fully by Michael Jackson. Since 1979, Jackson's albums had been produced by Quincy Jones. The album has a new jack swing and R&B sound.

Rolling Stone gave the album four out of five stars. The themes of the lyrics on the album include social justice, lust, romance, and religion.

Singles
9 singles were released: "Black or White", "Remember the Time", "Jam", "In The Closet", Heal the World", "Who Is It", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon". "Dangerous" was going to be released but wasn't because of Jackson's personal problems. The album's singles were more successful in the United Kingdom and other countries than in the United States.
The album's first single "Black or White" went to number one. The second single was "Remember the Time". The music video had Eddie Murphy and Iman in it.

The third single from Dangerous was "In the Closet". It reached number six in the Billboard Hot 100. The black British model Naomi Campbell danced with Jackson in the video.

Dangerous' fourth single "Jam" reached number twenty-six in the Billboard Hot 100. In other countries it was more successful. In Spain it reached number one. Big D rapped on the song.

"Who Is It" was released as the album's fifth single. It reached number fourteen in the Billboard Hot 100.

"Will You Be There" was on the soundtrack of Free Willy. It features The Cleveland Orchestra.

In 2009 Michael Jackson died and lots of people bought his music. "Dangerous" reached number 78 in the Swiss Singles Chart.

Awards
The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards. "Will You Be There" won the MTV Movie Award for "Best Song in a Movie" in 1994.
Track listing
 "Jam" (featuring Heavy D) (Michael Jackson, René Moore, Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley) – 5:39  – Recorded: June 1990 – March 1991, May – October 1991
 "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" (Riley, Bernard Belle) – 5:25 – Recorded: 1991
 "In the Closet" (featuring Mystery Girl) (Jackson, Riley) – 6:32 – Recorded: March – May 1991
 "She Drives Me Wild" (featuring Wreckx-n-Effect) (Jackson, Riley; rap lyrics by Aqil Davidson) – 3:41 – Recorded: 1990
 "Remember the Time" (Riley, Jackson, Bernard Belle) – 4:00 – Recorded: March 1991
 "Can't Let Her Get Away" (Jackson, Riley) – 5:00 – Recorded: 1990 – 1991
 "Heal the World" (Jackson) – 6:25 – Recorded: December 1989 – June 1990, December 1990 – October 1991
 "Black or White" (featuring L.T.B.) (Jackson; rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell) – 4:16 – Recorded: August 1989, June 1990 – October 1991
 "Who Is It" (Jackson) – 6:34 – Recorded: 1989, 1990
 "Give In to Me" (featuring Slash) (Jackson, Bill Bottrell) – 5:29 – Recorded: May – June 1990, November 1990 – October 1991
"Will You Be There" (theme from Free Willy) (Jackson) – 7:39 – Recorded: 1990 – 1991
 "Keep the Faith" (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett, Jackson) – 5:57 – Recorded: 1990
 "Gone Too Soon" (Larry Grossman, Buz Kohan) – 3:24 – Recorded: 1990 – 1991
 "Dangerous" (Jackson, Bottrell, Riley) – 7:00 – Recorded: September 1990 – February 1991
References 

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Michael Jackson albums
Pop albums
New jack swing albums
R&B albums
Epic Records albums
The Governor of the State of Kansas is the head of state for the State of Kansas. Under the Kansas Constitution, the Governor is also the head of government. The Governor is the Commander-in-Chief of the Kansas National Guard when not called into Federal use.

Kansas has had 47 governors since becoming a state.

The current governor is Laura Kelly. She started on January 14, 2019.

Since 1962, the governor lives in the governor's mansion.

List of Governors

Governors of Kansas Territory

Governors of Kansas

References

1861 establishments in Kansas
Grim Adventures of Billy/Mandy is a children's series. It was created by Maxwell Atoms. It was originally shown on the Cartoon Network. It began on June 13, 2003 and ended on October 12, 2008, with the finale "Underfist".

The series is targeted at 9–14 year olds.

The directors of the episodes included Juli Murphy, Robert Alvarez, Brain Sheesley, Shaun Cashman, Eddy Houchins, Sue Perrotto, Randy Myers, John McIntyre, Phil Cummings, Matt Engstrom, Kris Sherwood, and Russell Calabrese.

Writers for the series were Maxwell Atoms, Gord Zajac, C.H. Greenblatt, Vincent Walter, Matt Sullivan, and Chris Reccardi.

It is related to Evil Con Carne.
Characters 
Grim - A hundred 37 thousand year old man with a Jamaican accent. He has a black sheet.
Billy - A boy with a red baseball cap, a blue and white striped t-shirt, denim pants and very comfortable white and red sneakers.
Mandy - A girl with a pink dress with a patch in the shape of a yellow flower, white socks and black brogues.
Irwin - Billy's close friend who wears glasses with yellow t-shirt, green pants, dark red bow tie and black shoes.

Cast  
 Greg Eagles as Grim Reaper
 R.S. Horvitz as Billy
 Grey DeLisle as Mandy
 Vanessa Marshall as Irwin

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Cartoon Network series
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
2003 American television series debuts
2008 American television series endings
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English-language television programs
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Tippi Hedren. She has been in many motion pictures. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 movie Working Girl.

Early life
She graduated from Hollywood Professional School when she was 16 years old.

Griffith began work at nine months old in a commercial.  In Night Moves she did racy nude scenes at age 17.

Personal life

At age 14, Griffith began dating 22-year old actor Don Johnson.  He co-starred with her mother in The Harrad Experiment. Griffith was an extra. They had a six-month marriage in 1976. Tatum O'Neal said in her 2004 autobiography that around that time, she (then 12) and Griffith (then 18) were in an opium-fueled orgy in a Paris hotel room.
In September 1981, Griffith married Steven Bauer. He was her co-star in the TV movie She's in the Army Now. They have a son, Alexander, born on August 22, 1985. The couple divorced in 1987. Griffith later said she had problems with cocaine and liquor after her divorce from Bauer. "What I did was drink myself to sleep at night," she said. "If I wasn't with someone, I was an unhappy girl."

She checked into rehab in 1988. During this time, she got back together with Johnson, became sober and pregnant. They remarried in June 1989. Their daughter, Dakota Johnson, was born on October 4, 1989. They separated in June 1994. They divorced in 1996.
Griffith and Antonio Banderas began a relationship in May 1995 when they began filming Two Much. The couple has been married since May 14, 1996. Their daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith, was born on September 24, 1996. There are reports of trouble in the marriage due to Antonio's closeness to an Indian Actress Mallika Sherawat. In June 2014, Griffith and Banderas stated that they are to divorce. The divorce was finalized in 2015.

Her father, Peter Griffith, died at age 67 on May 14, 2001.

In 1988, Griffith sought treatment for addiction to painkillers and alcohol after the filming of Working Girl. She went into rehab in 2000 for a painkiller addiction. She returned to rehab in August 2009 for substance abuse problems. She left three months later and underwent surgery for skin cancer in December 2009.

Honors
 Named "Star of Tomorrow" by the Motion Picture Booker's Club (1984)
 Taormina International Film Festival — Diamond Award (2000)
 Cannes Film Festival — Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)
Filmography

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