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New Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,881 at the 2010 census. New Fairfield is one of five towns that surround Candlewood Lake, the largest lake in Connecticut.
Raigad Fort
Raigad is a hill fort situated in the Mahad, Raigad district of Maharashtra, India. The Raigad Fort was seized by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and made it his capital in 1674 when he was crowned as the King of a Maratha Kingdom which later developed into the Maratha Empire, eventually covering much of western and central India.
Robert J. Walker
Robert John Walker (July 19, 1801November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. He was in the Democratic Party. He was a senator from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845. He was the Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1849 under President James K. Polk. He was the Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857.
President Polk asked Walker to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Walker was the Treasury Secretary during all of Polk's presidency (from March 8, 1845 until March 5, 1849).
As Treasury Secretary, Walker was responsible for financing the Mexican–American War. However, he did not do a very good job.
In 1853, President Franklin Pierce asked Walker if he wanted to be the United States Minister to China, but Walker said no.
He was chosen to be governor of Kansas Territory on May 27, 1857 by President James Buchanan. However, he quit in December 1857. He quit because of he didn't agree with the Lecompton Constitution. In a to Secretary of State Lewis Cass dated December 15, 1857, he said his reasons for quitting was because clear voting fraud and improper political pressure from Franklin Pierce's administration.
Walker died in Washington D.C. on November 11, 1869. He is buried at Washington's Oak Hill cemetery. His son-in-law Benjamin H. Brewster became Attorney General under Chester A. Arthur. Many of his papers are held by the University of Pittsburgh. The University has put them online them.
Lecompton Constitution
The Lecompton Constitution (1857) was one of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas. It was written by pro-slavery people. It included parts to allow slavery in the state. It also had parts to not include free blacks from its bill of rights. It was defeated on January 4, 1858 by a majority of voters in the Kansas Territory. The rejection of the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas to the Union as a free state, showed the unusual and fraudulent voting practices. These practices had been used in earlier efforts by bushwhackers and border ruffians to create a state constitution in Kansas that allowed slavery.
The Topeka Constitution was written before the Lecompton Constitution. The Leavenworth and Wyandotte Constitutions were written after the Lecompton Constitution. The Wyandotte Consitution became the Kansas state constitution. The document was written in response to the anti-slavery 1855 Topeka Constitution. That constitution was written by James H. Lane and other free-state people. The territorial legislature was filled mostly with slave owners. They met at the chosen capital of Lecompton in September 1857. They met there to write a document that would compete against the other constitutions. Most actual settlers were anti-slavery. They [boycott]ed the vote. Territorial governor of Kansas, Robert J. Walker, was very pro-slavery. However, he was against the obvious unfairness of the Constitution. He quit being governor so he did not have to enforce it.
President James Buchanan was very pro-slavery, so he supported the Lecompton Constitution when it was sent to Congress. The president received the support of the Southern Democrats. However, many Northern Democrats, led by Stephen A. Douglas, voted with the Republicans to be against the constitution.
Dalmatian language
Dalmatian was a Romance language, which was spoken in Dalmatia, on the Eastern Adriatic Sea. The language became extinct in the Middle Ages. In places it was used until the 18th or 19th century. Today, few sources are left. Only the dialect of Veglia (Krk) and Ragusa (Dubrovnik) have enough sources so they can be studied. From the other dialects, there are only isloate words, or short phrases.
In 1897, the scholar Matteo Bartoli, himself a native of nearby Istria, visited postman Tuone Udaina (), nicknamed "burbur" ('barber' in Dalmatian) the last known speaker of any Dalmatian dialect, to study his language. Bartoli wrote down approximately 2,800 words, stories, and accounts of his life, which were published in a book in German ("") in 1906. That book has provided much information on the vocabulary, phonology, and grammar of the language.
One year after the interview, on 10 June 1898, Tuone Udaina was accidentally killed at 74 in a roadwork explosion.
Arhat
An arhat is a type of enlightened person in Buddhism. They have achieved enlightenment by following the teachings of a Buddha. Many of the Buddha's disciples became arhats.
The importance of the arhat is different depending on the Buddhist school.
"Arhat" is a Sanskrit word. It means "someone who deserves to be to honored."
The ultimate goal in Theravada Buddhism is to become an arhat. Someone who becomes an arhat is the same as someone who attains enlightenment. The Buddha is also sometimes called an "arhat."
In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhisattvas are seen as better than arhats. A bodhisattva will eventually become a Buddha, who can teach all living beings. An arhat can teach too, but only achieves enlightenment for him or herself.
Nāga
A naga is a type of deity in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
They are snake gods that live in the ocean and underground in an underworld called "Patala." They can sometimes appear in human form. There are three main forms:
A female naga is called a "nagi" or "nagini". A "nagaraja" is a king of the nagas. They are common in Indian mythology and play an important role in many religious traditions.
"Naga" (नाग; nāga) is a Sanskrit word that means "cobra." The word is sometimes also used to refer to any kind of snake.
Nagas are very common in Hindu mythology and art. They are described as a proud and powerful race of semi-divine beings that can take on many forms. They live in an enchanted underworld filled with jewels, gold and other treasures. This world is called “Naga-loka” or “Patala-loka”. The nagas are guardians of treasure and keepers of magic. They are often seen in bodies of water such as lakes and oceans.
Their power and venom is potentially dangerous to humans. However, many nagas are benevolent, such as in the story called Samudra manthan, where the Nagaraja Vasuki who lays on Shiva's neck becomes a rope used by the gods and asuras for churning the Ocean of Milk.
The nagas’ eternal enemies are the garudas, a bird-like deity.
Vishnu is often portrayed resting under Shesha’s hood or laying on Shesha, but this symbolism can be found among other deities too. The serpent is commonly seen in art featuring Ganesha.
Nagas are a common deity in Buddhism. They usually appear in the form of a giant cobra, with one head or many heads. Sometimes nagas will use their magic powers to transform into human form. They are often called "dragons" in English and are understood across Asia as being the same as dragons. It is believed that nagas live both underground in their own world and in the world of humans. Some live in the earth in places like caves and caverns while others live in water such as oceans and lakes.
The nagas are the followers of Virupaksha one of the Four Heavenly Kings. They are also guardians on Mount Sumeru and protect the devas of Trayastrimsha heaven from the asuras.
There is a story of a naga who appeared in human form so that he could become a Buddhist monk. The Buddha told him that only humans were allowed to become monks. The naga took the five precepts so that he could be reborn as a human in a future life.
There is also an episode in the "Lotus Sutra" where the eight year old daughter of the dragon king transforms into a male bodhisattva and then becomes enlightened. This story may be a reference to the idea that a person must have a male body in order to become a Buddha.
One popular naga in Buddhism is Mucalinda, who is a Naga King and protector of the Buddha. In the Vinaya Sutra, King Mucalinda uses his hood and seven heads to shelter the Buddha from a storm. Then the king takes the form of a young Brahmin and worships the Buddha.
According to tradition, Nāgārjuna was given the Prajñapāramita sutras by nagas who were guarding them after the Buddha left the world.
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra (Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र, "Dhṛtarāṣṭra") or Dhatarattha (Pali: धतरट्ठ "Dhataraṭṭha") is one of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important person in Buddhism.
The name Dhṛtarāṣṭra comes from two Sanskrit words: "dhṛta" (possessing; bearing) and "rāṣṭra" (kingdom; territory).
Dhṛtarāṣṭra is the guardian god of the East. He lives on the eastern part of Mount Sumeru. He is leader of the gandharvas and the pishacas.
He is often shown in art playing a stringed instrument.
In the Pāli writings of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, Dhṛtarāṣṭra is called "Dhataraṭṭha". Dhataraṭṭha is one of the Four Great Kings, each one of which rules over a direction. Vessavaṇa's direction is the eastern quarter of the world.
He has many sons called "Indra." He also has a daughter named "Sirī".
In Japan, Jikokuten (持国天) is often shown wearing a suit of armor. He usually holds a sword and a trident while standing on top of a demon called a "jaki".
Bobby Dillon
Bobby Dan Dillon (February 23, 1930 – August 22, 2019) was an American football defensive back. He played for the Green Bay Packers from 1952 through 1959. Dillon was born in Temple, Texas. In 2011, the Professional Football Researchers Association named Dillon to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2011.
Dillon died on August 22, 2019 in Temple at the age of 89.
Lodewijk Woltjer
Lodewijk Woltjer (26 April 1930 – 25 August 2019) was an Austrian astronomer and editor. He was born in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
From 1964 to 1974 he was Rutherford Professor of Astronomy and Chair of the Astronomy Department at Columbia University in New York. From 1975 to 1987, he was Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). In 1994–1997 he was President of the International Astronomical Union.
He was the first Editor-in-Chief of "The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review" in 1989 and also the Editor of "the Astronomical Journal" in 1967 to 1974.
Woltjer died on 25 August 2019 in Geneva at the age of 89.
Fernanda Young
Fernanda Maria Young de Carvalho Machado (née Leite Young; 1 May 1970 – 25 August 2019), commonly known as Fernanda Young, was a Brazilian writer, screenwriter, television presenter, model and actress. She was born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. She was known for starring and creating "Os Normais" and "Como Aproveitar o Fim do Mundo".
Young died at a hospital in Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais from cardiopulmonary arrest caused by asthma at the age of 49.
Christian Bonaud
Yahya Christian Bonaud (1957 – 26 August 2019), also known as Yaḥyā ʿAlawī (or Yaḥyā Bonaud) was a French Islamologist, philosopher, writer and translator. He was a commentator of the Qur'an in French, and a professor at the Jāmī Theological Center at Al-Mustafa International University in Iran. He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Bonaud drowned after being involved in a boat crash on 26 August 2019 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the age of 62.
Neal Casal
Neal Casal (November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019) was an American rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and photographer. Casal was born in Denville, New Jersey.
He was known as the guitarist for Rickey Medlocke's Blackfoot from 1988 to 1993 and as a member of Ryan Adams' backing band the Cardinals from 2005 until 2009. He played in several groups, including the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players, GospelbeacH and Circles Around the Sun – and released twelve albums as a solo artist.
Casal killed himself on August 26, 2019 at the age of 50.
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian was a 2019 tropical cyclone. The storm hit the British and United States Virgin Islands and nearly hit Puerto Rico. The fourth named storm, second hurricane, first major hurricane, and a first Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.
On August 30, Dorian became a first major hurricane of the season, and then became a Category 4 hurricane from a Category 2 in 9 hours. Dorian later became a Category 5 hurricane, making 2019 the fourth consecutive season to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane (Matthew in 2016, Irma and Maria in 2017, and Michael in 2018). The storm was the second most-intense storm to strike anywhere in the Atlantic basin.
Dorian struck the northwestern Bahamas with 185 mph sustained winds and heavy flooding. This was the most powerful tropical cyclone on the record to hit the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
The cyclone brushed eastern Florida and Georgia. The storm was also expected to move over northeastern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. After that, it transitioned into a category 2 extratropical storm and hit Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Tropical cyclone warnings and watches were put up for areas from the Leeward Islands to Hispaniola. Similar warnings were put up from Florida to Delaware.
Colin Clark (soccer)
Colin Clark (April 11, 1984 – August 26, 2019) was an American soccer player. He was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. Clark played for men's national soccer team in 2009. From 2006 through 2010, he played for the Colorado Rapids and for the Houston Dynamo from 2010 through 2012.
On August 26, 2019, Clark died after suffering a heart attack; he was 35 years old.
Colin Clark
Colin Clark may refer to:
Colin Clark (economist)
Colin Grant Clark (2 November 1905 – 4 September 1989) was a British-Australian economist and statistician. He worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia. He created the use of gross national product (GNP) as the basis for studying national economies. He was on the Council of the Econometric Society from 1948 to 1952.
Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.
Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. (November 8, 1926 – August 27, 2019) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from July 1971 through December 1991. Bryan Jr. was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He was nominated by President Richard Nixon.
Bryan Jr. died of pneumonia in Alexandria on August 27, 2019 at the age of 92.
Jessi Combs
Jessica Combs (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She was known as "the fastest woman on four wheels".
She co-hosted the Spike TV show "Xtreme 4x4" for more than 90 episodes from 2005 to 2009. Other television shows she appeared on included "Overhaulin'", "Mythbusters", "The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die", "All Girls Garage", and Science Channel's "How to Build... Everything" in 2016.
Combs was killed during a land speed record attempt as part of the North American Eagle Project on August 27, 2019, in the Alvord Desert, Oregon at the age of 39.
Donnie Fritts
Donald Ray Fritts (November 8, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an American session musician and songwriter. In 2008, he was added into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. He was known for working with Kris Kristofferson.
Working closely with Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill, Dan Penn, Arthur Alexander, David Briggs, Jerry Carrigan and Norbert Putnam.
In 2014, he appeared on "Country Funk Vol. II", a compilation album from Light in the Attic. In 2015, he signed with Single Lock Records.
Fritts died from heart surgery-related problems on August 27, 2019, at a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama at the age of 76.
Abel González Chávez
Abel González Chávez (July 26, 1943 – August 27, 2019) was a Colombian radio and television host. From 1996 to 2019, González hosted a daily radio program on Emisora Atlántico called "Satélite".
González Chávez died on August 27, 2019 in Barranquilla, Colombia from a stroke at the age of 76.
Paul Meger
Paul Carl Meger (February 17, 1929 – August 27, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Meger played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Stanley Cup in 1953. His career lasted from 1950 to 1955. Meger was born in Watrous, Saskatchewan.
Meger died on August 27, 2019 in Barrie, Ontario at the age of 90.
Nataša Novotná
Nataša Novotná (born October 29, 1977, Opava) is a Czech dancer, choreographer, lecturer, co-founder of 420PEOPLE and founder of Kylián fund in Prague.
Novotná graduated from Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava.
In 1997, Novotná was engaged in the Dutch ensemble Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2) led by Jiří Kylián. Between 2000 and 2002 she danced in the Swedish Göteborgs Operan Ballet. Since 2002 she has been a member of the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT1).
Novotná has collaborated with leading world choreographers, e.g . Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, W. Forsyth, M. Ek, Crystal Pite, Meryl Tancard and others.
Since 2007, Novotná has been working independently, performing contemporary dance, collaborating as a dancer with leading world scenes and choreographers such as the Tero Saarinen Company in Finland, Copenhagen International Ballet, Korzo Theater, Station Zuid and C-scope in the Netherlands, as well with Roberto Bolle, the soloist of the Teatro alla Scala or with the London's Sadler's Wells and Sylvie Guillem.
Together with her former NDT colleague Václav Kuneš and manager Ondřej Kotrč, in 2007 Novotná founded a contemporary dance ensemble 420PEOPLE, and acted as executive director of the ensemble until 2016. The name of the ensemble evokes Czech origin – " 420 " is the telephone prefix for the Czech Republic.
The ensemble performs regularly both abroad (e.g. France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Holland, Finland, Norway, Japan, Great Britain, etc.) and on the Czech stages (among others Czech National Theater, National Moravian-Silesian Theatre).
The ensemble organizes the participation of prominent foreign artists at events in the Czech Republic – such as Ohad Naharin, Abou Lagraa, Jo Strǿmgren, Ann Van den Broek, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and others.
After a decade of working for 420PEOPLE, Novotná founded " Kylián Fund in Prague " in 2017.
Novotná is involved in initiatives to support Czech contemporary dance and is a board member of the Vision of Dance professional organization.
Novotná teaches at dance conservatories, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and in ensembles in the Czech Republic and abroad. She is a lecturer in the Dance Studio of the New Stage, which offers both contemporary and classical dance lessons. Since 2017 she has been certified teacher of the Gaga movement language, developed by world-renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin.
Tahu Potiki
Tahu Potiki (23 December 1966 – 27 August 2019) was a New Zealand Māori leader. He was chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu from 2002 to 2006. Potiki was born in Palmerston, Otago.
Potiki died in Auckland on 27 August 2019, aged 52 from multiple organ failure.
Martin Weitzman
Martin Lawrence "Marty" Weitzman (April 1, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an American economist. He was a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He was among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.
His latest research was largely focused on environmental economics, specifically climate change and the economics of catastrophes.
Donnie Green
Donnie Gerald Green (July 21, 1948 – August 28, 2019) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played for the Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Detroit Lions.
He played college football at Purdue University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1971 NFL Draft. He was born in Washington, D.C..
On August 28, 2019, Green died on August 28, 2019 at the age of 71.
Nancy Holloway
Nancy Holloway ( Brown, December 11, 1932 – August 28, 2019) was an American jazz, pop and soul singer and actress. She was popular during the 1960s in France, where she continued to perform and live. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Holloway was known for singing "T'en va pas comme ça" and for starring in "Seek the idol" and "Man from Cocody".
Holloway died on August 28, 2019 in Paris at the age of 86.
Nicolás Leoz
Nicolás Leoz Almirón (10 September 1928 – 28 August 2019) was a Paraguayan-Colombian sports executive. He was the President of CONMEBOL ("South American Football Confederation") from 1986 to 2013. On April 23, 2013, Leoz resigned from both the FIFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL presidency, citing health issues.
Leoz died on 28 August 2019 of cardiac arrest while under house arrest in Asunción, Paraguay at the age of 90.
Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe
Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (18 November 1954 – 29 August 2019), styled Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford until 1974, was a British aristocrat. He was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and a Freeman of the City of London. He was the Duke of Roxburghe from 1974 until his death. He was also the Premier Baronet of Scotland, and the 30th feudal baron of Innes.
In 2009, Innes-Ker was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He died from the disease on 29 August 2019 at his home in Floors Castle in Kelso, Roxburghshire at the age of 64.
Juhani Kärkinen
Juhani Tapio Antero Kärkinen (28 October 1935 – 29 August 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper. He won a gold medal in the large hill at the 1958 World Ski Championships. He placed eighth in the normal hill at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born in Kotka, Finland.
Kärkinen died on 29 August 2019 in Lahti, Finland at the age of 83.
Veikko Kankkonen
Veikko Kankkonen (born 5 January 1940) is a retired Finnish ski jumper. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill event. He was born in Sotkamo, Finland.
Kankkonen won the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, and Halvor Næs).
Halvor Næs
Halvor Næs (born 19 April 1928) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He competed in the 1950s. His only victory was in 1953 and he finished fifth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He was born in Trysil. Næs was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Georg Thoma).
Georg Thoma (born 20 August 1937) is a retired German Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics, he won a bronze medal and was the Olympic flag bearer for Germany at the opening ceremony. He further won the world championships title in 1966.
Thoma was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1964 (shared with Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, and Halvor Næs).
Thoma was born in Hinterzarten, Germany.
Vladimir Veličković
Vladimir Veličković (; 11 August 1935 – 29 August 2019) was a Serbian painter. He was born in Belgrade, then-Yugoslavia.
In 1987, he won the Herder Prize. In 1985, he became a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2005, he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 2017 he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. His paintings were exhibited in many countries in Europe and Americas starting in 1951.
Veličković died on 29 August 2019 at a hospital in Split, Croatia from congestive heart failure at the age of 84.
Rockerville, South Dakota
Rockerville is a small unincorporated community in Pennington County in the Black Hills of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It originally started as a mining camp. It was named for the "rockers" which were used to separate placer gold from stream gravel.
Rockerville was founded in 1876 as the result of a gold rush.
Alvord Desert
The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County, in southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is roughly southeast of Steens Mountain. The Alvord Desert is a dry lake bed and averages of rain a year.
Two mountain ranges separate it from the Pacific Ocean—the Coast Range, and the Cascade Mountains. The Alvord Desert is at an elevation of about .
PROSOCO
PROSOCO is a national manufacturer of special construction chemical products for cleaning, protecting and maintaining concrete. It was created in 1937. PROSOCO's production and warehouse building, and corporate headquarters are in Lawrence, Kansas; construction on that building started in 1998.
The company has 100-250 employees.
PROSOCO was created in 1937. It was first called the Process Solvent Company. It was first a company in Kansas City that made special cleaning products and engine products for the car and railroad industries. Because the construction industry grew in the 1950s, Process Solvent Company starting making construction and building maintenance products. In 1967, the Process Solvent Company filed to trademark "PSC", which made it shorter to call the company.
PROSOCO has been involved with some famous buildings including the United States Capitol Building.
In 2015, the company received an award Building Green's top-10 products.
PROSOCO has 4 brands: "R-Guard, Sure Klean, Consolideck and Anchoring Systems".
Mortal Kombat series
Mortal Kombat is a series of fighting video games. It is known for having a very high level of violence, blood, and gore. The first game was so violent and bloody compared to other video games at the time that it was one of the games mentioned in the 1993 congressional hearings on video games. This later led to the ESRB rating system. Unsurprisingly, most games in the series are rated M for Mature, which means that the game cannot legally be sold to anyone under the age of 17 in most stores in the United States.
Starting with the 2011 video game, well-known characters serve as guests for the games. Due to legal constraints, they only appear only in one game. There are two guests in MK9, four guests in MKX and five guests in MK11.
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, commonly shortened to Sonic Spinball, is a 1993 pinball video game. It was created by Sega Technical Institute, and it was published by Sega. It is a spinoff of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series. It takes place in the universe of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" animated series. Players control Sonic the Hedgehog, who must stop Doctor Robotnik from enslaving the population in a big pinball-like machine.
"Sonic Spinball" was created by the American staff of Sega Technical Institute. This was because the Japanese staff was busy with making "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and "Sonic & Knuckles". When Sega management realized that "Sonic 3" would not be finshed in time for the 1993 holiday shopping season, they created another "Sonic" game. The game was quickly designed. It had short time constraints. Most of the work happened in two months. "Sonic Spinball" was released for the Sega Genesis in November 1993 and for the Game Gear and Master System in 1994.
"Sonic Spinball" got good and bad reviews. People liked the idea and graphics. They didn't like the controls. A second pinball game, "Sonic Pinball Party", was created in 2003. A Sonic Spinball spinning rollercoaster was built in Alton Towers, a British theme park, in 2010.
The game has been rereleased on 11 different consoles. The Genesis version of the game has been rereleased on the "Sonic Mega Collection" compilation for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PCs, "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection" for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and multiple iterations of the "Sega Smash Pack" series of compilations. The Game Gear version is an unlockable game in "" for the GameCube and PC, as well as "Sonic Gems Collection" for the GameCube and PlayStation 2.
Sega Technical Institute (STI) was an American development division of Sega. It was created by Mark Cerny in 1991. They wanted to combine good Japanese developers, including Sonic Team programmer Yuji Naka and his team, with new American developers. STI created many "Sonic the Hedgehog" games, as well as other games for the Sega Genesis. It closed in late 1996.
Games developed by STI are important in the history of the Genesis, and many were well-received or sold well. Developers have described STI as a unique workplace that did not fit into Sega's corporate structure, and have fond memories of the environment.
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Sean Stephenson
Sean Clinch Stephenson (May 5, 1979 – August 28, 2019) was an American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker. He was born in Chicago with osteogenesis imperfecta. Stephenson stood three feet tall, had fragile bones, and used a wheelchair. He studied at DePaul University. He earned $15,000 to $30,000 per appearance.
His second book, "Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself", was published in 2009. It was a self-help book about his own personal story along with the stories of others, and provided exercises for readers to perform while they read. That same year, Stephenson was the subject of "Three Foot Giant", a television documentary that aired on The Biography Channel in November 2009.
Stephenson died on August 28, 2019 from problems caused by a concussion at the age of 40.
Maria Dolors Renau
Maria Dolors Renau i Manén (15 November 1936 – 29 August 2019) was a Spanish politician. She was a Deputy and a MEP from 1986 to 1987, as well as as president of Socialist International Women (1999–2003). She was born in Barcelona.
Renau died on 29 August 2019 in Barcelona at the age of 82.
Parsnip
The parsnip ("Pastinaca sativa") is a root vegetable.
The parsnip is native to Eurasia; it has been used as a vegetable since antiquity. It was cultivated by the Romans. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar.
The plant is closely related to carrot and parsley; all belong to the family Apiaceae. Its long, tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh. Left in the ground to mature, it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts.
Jim Langer
James John Langer (May 16, 1948 – August 29, 2019) was an American football center. He played for the National Football League's Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings. He was thought to have been among the greatest NFL centers of all time. Langer was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1987. Langer was born in Little Falls, Minnesota.
Langer died on August 29, 2019 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota from heart failure at the age of 71.
Little Falls, Minnesota
Little Falls is a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States. It is the county seat of Morrison County. The population was 8,343 at the 2010 census. Little Falls was the boyhood home of noted aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Coon Rapids is a northern suburb of Minneapolis, and is the largest city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 61,476 at the 2010 census. It is the thirteenth largest city in Minnesota and the seventh largest Twin Cities suburb.
Franco Columbu
Francesco Columbu (August 7, 1941 – August 30, 2019) was an Italian actor, author, champion bodybuilder, powerlifter and "World's Strongest Man" competitor. He was born in Ollolai, Sardinia. He was known for his roles in "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator". Columbu won the Mr. Olympia in 1976 and again in 1981.
Columbu drowned after having a heart attack on August 30, 2019 in San Teodoro at the age of 78.
Dennis Fentie
Dennis G. Fentie (November 8, 1950 – August 30, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2011. He worked on the MLA for Watson Lake from 1996 through 2011.
Fentie died of cancer at the age of 68 on August 30, 2019.
Hans Rausing
Hans Rausing, KBE (25 March 1926 – 30 August 2019) was a Swedish-British businessman. He was founder of Tetra Pak. It is the largest food packaging company in the world. In 1995 he sold his share of the company to his brother, Gad.
In the Forbes world fortune ranking, Rausing was placed at number 83 with an estimated fortune of US$10 billion in 2011. He was the second richest Swedish billionaire in 2013.
Rausing died in London on 30 August 2019 at the age of 93.
Udo Schaefer
Udo Schaefer (October 19, 1926 – August 30, 2019) was a German lawyer and a Bahá'í writer. He was born in Heidelberg, Germany. He was known for his writing "Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture" and "".
Schaefer died on August 30, 2019 at the age of 92.
William Bulger
William Michael Bulger (born February 2, 1934) is an American Democratic politician, lawyer, and educator. He was the President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1978 through 1996, which is the longest in history. He then became president of the University of Massachusetts.
His brother was convicted mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who led the Winter Hill Gang. In 2003 he refused to testify in a congressional hearing about communications he had with his then-fugitive brother. Because of that, he was forced to resign from the presidency of the University of Massachusetts.
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Vincent Waller
Vincent Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American writer, artist, animator, storyboard artist, and technical director. He worked on several animated television shows and movies, his best works being "The Ren & Stimpy Show" and "SpongeBob SquarePants".
Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Louis Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor. He is best known for working with Filmation in the 1970s and 1980s.
His best known roles include Oil Can Harry, Swifty and the narrator on "The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle", Ming the Merciless on "Flash Gordon", the Overlord on "BlackStar", Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Mer-Man from Filmation's 1980's cartoon "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", and the voice of Prime Evil in the 1986 TV series, Filmation's "Ghostbusters".
Recently, he voiced the Scientist in "9" and Old Timer in "Toy Story 4".
Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American computer-animated comedy adventure movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth and final installment of movie in Pixar's "Toy Story" series, follow by "Lightyear" in 2022.
The movie stars the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, and Joan Cusack.
"Toy Story 4" premiered on June 11, 2019 in Los Angeles, California and nationwide on June 21, 2019, in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX. The movie has made $1 billion worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2019. The movie received strong positive reviews. In 2020, it won an Academy Award for best animated movie.
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Alan Silvestri
Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor. He is known for his movie and television scores.
Silvestri was born in New York City to Louis Silvestri and Sophia Phelan. His father is Italian and His mother is Irish.
Silvestri and his wife Sandra live in Carmel Valley Village, California with Joey Silvestri, Alexandra Silvestri and James Silvestri.
France Aviation Civile Services
France Aviation Civile Services, previously DSNA Services, is a consulting company, started by the DGAC and the ENAC in 2013. It gives to clients the expertise of French civil aviation in regulation, security and air navigation.
Its President is Mr Farid Zizi, previous President of the ICAO Air Navigation Commission.
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant commander is an officer rank in several navies.
In the Royal Navy, It is junior to commander and senior to the naval rank of lieutenant. Royal Navy ranks are matched up with Royal Air Force ranks. In this case the equivalent rank would be a squadron leader.
Lieutenant commander (LCDR) is a mid-ranking officer in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and several other public uniformed services.
In the Royal Canadian Navy, the rank of lieutenant commander (LCdr) (French: capitaine de corvette or capc) is the naval rank equal to major in the army or air force. It is the first rank of senior officer.
This rank would be usual for a commander of a minor warship, or an executive officer in a larger ship.
Señorita (Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello song)
"Señorita" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. It is from Mendes' self-titled third studio album. The song was released on June 21, 2019. It was written by the two artists along with its producers – Cashmere Cat, WATT, and Benny Blanco – and British artist Charli XCX, Ali Temposi, Magnus Höiberg, and Jack Patterson of the electronic band Clean Bandit.
The song became Mendes' first number-one hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the US and Cabello's second, after "Havana". Mendes previously reached number two on the Hot 100 with "If I Can't Have You" earlier in 2019.
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II battle. It happened on 5 July to 23 August 1943 in Kursk, Russia.
Berzona
Berzona is a village and former municipality of the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
In 2001 the municipality was merged with the other, neighboring municipalities Auressio and Loco to form a new and larger municipality Isorno.
Knowles, Oklahoma
Knowles is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Kremlin, Oklahoma
Kremlin is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Waukomis, Oklahoma
Waukomis is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Oktaha, Oklahoma
Oktaha is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Muzzano
Muzzano can mean:
Kyivan Rus Park
The Kyivan Rus Park (in Ukrainian: "Парк Київська Русь") is a cultural, commercial and entertainment complex in Kopachiv village, Obuhivskyi raion. 34 km. from Kiev, Ukraine. the park was open in 2008 in a inside a site that restores the Kiev Kremlin that was the Kremlin of Kiev in the 5th to 8th century.
Schulter, Oklahoma
Schulter is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Clow, Arkansas
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Anthoine Hubert
Anthoine Hubert (22 September 1996 – 31 August 2019) was a French professional racing driver. He was born in Lyon and began his kart racing career in 2006 at age nine. In 2018, he became the GP3 Series champion. At the time of his death in 2019, he raced for BWT Arden.
On 31 August 2019, Hubert was involved in a crash during the Formula 2 feature race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. He died of his injuries a short time later. He was 22.
Deaths in September 2019
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in September 2019. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Jukka Virtanen
Jukka Jalmari Virtanen (25 July 1933 – 1 September 2019) was a Finnish entertainer and author. He won the Rose d'Or in 1965 for the entertainment program "Lumilinna". He starred in the movies "Millipilleri", "Pähkähullu Suomi" and "Noin 7 Veljestä". Virtanen was the host of Levyraati from 1980 through 1997. Virtanen was born in Jämsänkoski, Finland.
Virtanen died from prostate cancer on 1 September 2019, aged 86.
Bob Davie (American football)
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Sewickley is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, west northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. The population was 3,827 at the 2010 census.
Midland–Odessa shooting
On August 31, 2019, multiple people were shot from a vehicle traveling between and in the Texas cities of Odessa and Midland.
Odessa police announced five deaths (including the shooter) and 21 injuries (including three police), and described the shooter as a white male in his mid-30s, shot and killed by police outside a movie theater as he fired at them again.
Brad Linaweaver
Bradford Swain Linaweaver (September 1, 1952 – August 29, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was known for directing "The Brain Leeches" and "Jack-O". He also wrote Libertarian-leaning novels such as "The Boneyard Collection" and "Space Babes Meet the Monsters". Linaweaver was born in Washington, North Carolina. His best known novel was "Moon of Ice".
Linaweaver died on August 29, 2019 from cancer at the age of 67.
Washington, North Carolina
Washington, commonly known as The Original Washington or Little Washington (to distinguish it from Washington, D.C.), is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,744 at the 2010 census.
Berthe's mouse lemur
Berthe's mouse lemur or Madame Berthe's mouse lemur ("Microcebus berthae") is the smallest mouse lemur and the smallest primate in the world. Its average body length is and seasonal weight is around .
This primate was found in 1992 in the dry Kirindy Forest in western Madagascar. After its discovery genetic studies showed it was as a new species, "M. berthae".
This lemur is named after the conservationist and primatologist Berthe Rakotosamimanana of Madagascar, who was the Secretary General of the "Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche des Primates" (GERP) from its founding until her death in 2005.
Alec Holowka
Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) was a Canadian indie game developer, co-founder of an independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was known for collaborating with Derek Yu to create "Aquaria" and freeware game "I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator" and with Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry to create "Night in the Woods". He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In early August 2019, Holowka was accused of physical and sexual assault by many women including Zoë Quinn. He killed himself on August 31, 2019, aged 35. According to his sister, Holowka had been "battling mood and personality disorders" through his life but "was a victim of abuse".
Zoë Quinn
Zoë Tiberius Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, writer, and artist.
Quinn, who uses the gender-neutral pronoun "they" , is known for developing the interactive fiction game "Depression Quest". In 2014, a blog post by their ex-boyfriend sparked the Gamergate controversy, in which Quinn was subjected to extensive criticism and harassment.
Anita Sarkeesian
Brianna Wu
Brianna Wu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer. She co-founded Giant Spacekat, an independent video game development studio. She is also a blogger and podcaster on matters relating to the video game industry.
Wu unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Stephen F. Lynch in Massachusetts for the 8th district for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. Wu has begun a second campaign for the 2020 election.
Stephen F. Lynch
Stephen Francis Lynch (born March 31, 1955) is an American politician. He has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts since 2001. He is a Democrat representing Massachusetts's 8th congressional district.
Lynch ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election for the U.S. Senate but lost to Ed Markey.
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist, economic historian and world-systems analyst. His best known works helped developed the world-systems approach. He published bimonthly commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019.
Wang Buxuan
Wang Buxuan (5 February 1922 – 31 August 2019), also known as Bu-Xuan Wang and Pu-Hsuan Wang, was a Chinese thermal physicist and educator. He was known for engineering thermodynamics in China. He created the engineering thermodynamics program at Tsinghua University in 1957. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Ali Wong
Alexandra Wong (born April 19, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, producer, and writer. She is known for her Netflix stand-up specials "Baby Cobra" and "Hard Knock Wife," as well as her television appearances in "American Housewife", "Are You There, Chelsea?", "Inside Amy Schumer", and "Black Box".
She also wrote for the first three seasons of the sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat". In 2019, she starred in "Always Be My Maybe".
Ramona, Oklahoma
Ramona is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Rosston, Oklahoma
Rosston is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is about west of downtown Hartford. The population was 63,268 at the 2010 census.
Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 23,511 at the 2010 census.
Sant'Abbondio (disambiguation)
Sant'Abbondio is the name of two places in Europe:
Terlton, Oklahoma
Terlton is a town in Oklahoma in the United States.
Railroad classes
In the United States, railroads are Class I, II, or III, depending on how big they are. The Surface Transportation Board decides how big the railroads need to be to be in the classes.
There are six US Class I freight railroad companies. Canada has two Class I freight railroads. Both of the Canadian companies have trackage in the US. Mexico has two Class I freight railroads, one with trackage in the US. The national passenger railroads in the US and Canada, Amtrak and Via Rail, are both Class I.
In the United States, the Surface Transportation Board says a Class I railroad is a railroad that gets $250 million or more in revenue every year. It was 1991 when they said it had to be at least $250 million. In 2012, $452,653,248 is how much it would be. In 2011, the Association of American Railroads says that Class I railroads had to get at least $433.2 million.
In Canada, a Class I rail carrier is a company that has earned at least $250 million (CAD) in revenue for each of the previous two years.
Class I railroads are some of the most efficient kinds of transportation. They move a ton of freight almost 500 miles with each gallon of diesel fuel ( to move ).
In 2013, eleven railroads in North America were Class I. In the United States, Amtrak and seven freight railroads are Class I based on 2011 measurements released in 2013.
A Class II railroad in the United States takes freight and is mid-sized in terms of revenue. , a Class II railroad is a railroad with that earns more than $37.4 million but less than $433.2 million in revenue for at least three years in a row. Switching and terminal railroads are can't be Class II railroads.
A Class III railroad earns less than $20 million (1991 dollars) in revenue every year.
University Press of Kansas
The University Press of Kansas is a publisher in Lawrence, KS that represents the six state universities in the US state of Kansas: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University (K-State), Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas (KU), and Wichita State University.
The press was created in 1946. There were big changes in 1967 and 1976. Today, it operates as a consortium with representation from each of the participating universities. The press is on the west part of the KU campus.
The press mostly publishes books about American politics and military history. They also publish books about the region around it.
Shivamogga
Shivamogga is the capital of the Shivamogga district in Karnataka. It was earlier called Shimoga.
It is located in India.
University of Nebraska Press
The University of Nebraska Press, also known as UNP, is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. It was created in 1941. The press is controlled by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system. UNP mostly publishes non-fiction books and academic journals. They publish in both print and electronic editions. The press has strong publishing programs in Native American studies, Western American history, sports, world and national affairs, and military history.
UNP has published more than 4,000 books and 30 journals. They publish more than 150 new titles each year, making it the 12th biggest university press in the United States. Since 2010, two of UNP's books have received the Bancroft Prize, the highest honor given to history books in the U.S.
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