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Because of all the mountains, glaciers, and towns on islands in Southeastern Alaska, almost all the towns except Hyder, Skagway, and Haines have no roads that go to other places. Airplanes and boats are the major means of transport. The Alaska Marine Highway passes through Southeast Alaska.
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965 in Guildford, Surrey, England) is a British journalist and television personality best known as a co-presenter on the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain from 2014 to 2021. Morgan wrote for the "News of the World" from 1994 to 1995 and "Daily Mirror" from 1995 to 2004. He also is known as a judge on the show "America's Got Talent" and was also the winner of "The Celebrity Apprentice". On 17 January 2011, he started a show called "Piers Morgan Live" on the Cable News Network and the show took over the timeslot that was previously taken by "Larry King Live" before Larry King retired. Piers Morgan was fired by CNN President Jeff Zucker in 2014. Piers Morgan's show was cancelled by CNN and the final episode appeared March 28, 2014. A major focus of his program was support for liberal causes, particularly restrictions on gun ownership. He had a feud with his predecessor Larry King. ITV announced that Morgan decided to leave the programme with immediate effect, following negative comments he had made about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in the days after the U.S. airing of the "Oprah with Meghan and Harry" interview. Ofcom received over 57,000 complaints from viewers, including a complaint from the Duchess of Sussex herself.
Nuclear espionage
Nuclear espionage is sharing a country's secrets about nuclear weapons to other countries without permission. Since nuclear weapons have been invented, there have been many cases of known nuclear espionage, and also many cases where it has thought to have happened, but has not been proven. Because nuclear weapons are usually considered the most important of state secrets, all nations with nuclear weapons have strict rules against sharing information about how nuclear weapons are designed, where they are kept, and other things about them. There are also rules that keep countries who have signed non-proliferation agreements (which are meant to stop the spread of nuclear weapons) from sharing information about such weapons with the public.
During the Manhattan Project, which was when the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada worked together during World War II to make the first nuclear weapons, there was much nuclear espionage in which scientists or technicians working for the project sent information about bomb development and designs to the Soviet Union. These people are often called the Atomic Spies, and their work continued into the early Cold War. There has been much disagreement over the exact details of these cases, though some of this was settled when VENONA Project transcripts were made public. These were secret messages between Soviet agents and the Soviet government that were discovered and decoded. Some issues remain unsettled, however.
Some of the most well known of these were :
The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb in 1949. There is disagreement over whether this spying helped the Soviet Union make an atomic bomb faster. While some of the information given, such as information given by Klaus Fuchs, could probably have been very helpful, the way the people in charge of the Soviet bomb project actually used the information has led later scholars to think it did not actually speed up the Soviet Union's process of making bombs much. According to this account, the information was mostly used as a "check" against the Soviet Union's own scientists' work, and little of it was actually shared with the Soviet scientists because neither their scientists nor spies were trusted much. Later scholarship has also shown that the biggest problem with the Soviets' early development was not problems designing the weapons, but rather problems getting the materials.
In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, who had worked at a nuclear facility in Israel, gave information about Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press. People had thought before that Israel had an advanced and secretive nuclear weapons program and collection, but now they knew for sure. Israel has never said that it does or does not have a nuclear weapons program, and Vanunu was kidnapped and smuggled to Israel, where he was convicted of treason and espionage.
Whether Vanunu was technically involved in espionage is debated: Vanunu and his supporters say that he should be called a whistle-blower (someone who was exposing something secret and illegal), while his opponents think that he is a traitor and that what he did helped enemies of Israel. After Vanunu left Israel, he did not give his information right away. He travelled for about a year before doing so.
In a 1999 report of the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China, chaired by Rep. Christopher Cox (called the Cox Report), it was revealed that U.S. security agencies thought there was nuclear espionage going on by the People's Republic of China (PRC) at American nuclear weapons design laboratories. The report said that China had "stolen classified information on all of the United States' most advanced thermonuclear warheads" since the 1970s, including the design of advanced warheads, the neutron bomb, and "weapons codes" which allow for computer simulations of nuclear testing (and allow China to advance their weapon development without doing its own tests). The United States apparently did not know of this until 1995.
The investigations described in the report eventually led to the arrest of Wen Ho Lee, a scientist at Los Alamos, who was at first accused of giving weapons information to China. The case against Lee eventually fell apart, however, and he was eventually charged only with mishandling of data. Other people and groups arrested or fined were scientist Peter Lee (not related to Wen Ho Lee), who was arrested for allegedly giving submarine radar secrets to China, and Loral Space & Communications and Hughes Electronics, who gave China missile secrets. No other arrests from the theft of the nuclear designs have been made.
In January 2004, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, admitted selling restricted nuclear weapons technology to Libya, Iran, and North Korea. According to his testimony and reports from intelligence agencies, Khan sold designs for centrifuges used to enrich uranium and Chinese designs for a nuclear warhead, and sold centrifuges themselves to these three countries. Khan had previously been said to have taken gas centrifuge designs from a uranium enrichment company in the Netherlands (URENCO) which he used to help Pakistan's own nuclear weapons program get started. On February 5, 2004, the president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, said that he had pardoned Khan. Pakistan's government says that they had no part in the espionage, but refuses to turn Khan over for questioning by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Bush airplane
A bush airplane is an aircraft serving far away areas of a country, usually the African, Alaskan, and Canadian tundra or the Australian Outback. They are used where the road system is not good, or where there are no roads. Many planes used as bush planes are made by Cessna, or other makers of small and medium-sized airplanes
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is a museum in Springfield, Illinois. It contains papers and exhibits about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Much of the museum is made of dioramas, or re-creations of scenes from the life of Lincoln. These include scenes of Lincoln in Springfield, Lincoln in the White House, and Lincoln at Ford's Theater. They were designed by Bob Rogers, who used to work for The Walt Disney Company as a designer. Some historians did not like that the exhibits were designed by someone who had worked for Disney. They thought that Disney people do not tell American history the right way. Along with the dioramas are original artifacts of Lincoln, such as the first copy of the Gettysburg Address. The library's founding director was Richard Norton Smith, who wrote several books on American presidents. Its current director is Eileen R. Mackevich.
Run by the state of Illinois, the library opened on April 19, 2005. After three years, it had more than 1.5 million visitors.
Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz (b. September 6, 1944) is an American movie and television actress. She is from Omaha, Nebraska. She began her acting career in the late 1970s. She starred as Alex in the NBC drama "Sisters". Her career has been mainly on television, but Kurtz has had some Hollywood movies.
Fin Fang Foom
Fin Fang Foom is a supervillain that first appeared in 1961 in the #89 issue of Strange Tales. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He has the power to super strength, the ability to fly with his wings at supersonic speeds, and can also spew combustible acid mist from his mouth. Fin Fang Foom also made multiple appearances in the Iron Man comics.
Branchiopoda
Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It is the sister group to the other crustaceans. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus. However, many of the Cladocera are marine.
Branchiopods have gills on most of the animals' appendages, including some of the mouthparts. The name means "gill-foot".
Barbara Mandrell
American Beauty (movie)
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama movie directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena Suvari. Annette Bening stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane. Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature. Academics have described the movie as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; further analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and paternal love, sexuality, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption.
Ball began writing "American Beauty" as a play in the early 1990s, partly inspired by the media circus that accompanied the Amy Fisher trial in 1992. He shelved the play after deciding that the story would not work on stage. After several years as a television screenwriter, Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the movie industry. The rewritten script had a cynical outlook influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took the script for "American Beauty" to the fledgling DreamWorks studio, which bought it for $250,000, outbidding several other production bodies. DreamWorks financed the $15 million production and served as its North American distributor. "American Beauty" marked acclaimed theater director Mendes' movie debut; courted after his successful productions of the musicals "Oliver!" and "Cabaret", Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were considered and several A-list directors reportedly turned down the opportunity.
Spacey was Mendes' first choice for the role of Lester, though DreamWorks urged him to consider better-known actors. Similarly, the studio suggested several actresses for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without the studio's knowledge. Filming took place between December 1998 and February 1999 on sound stages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, California and on location in Los Angeles. Mendes' dominant directorial style was deliberate and composed; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension. Cinematographer Conrad L. Hall complemented Mendes' style with peaceful shot compositions to contrast with the turbulent on-screen events. During editing, Mendes made several changes that softened the cynical tone of Ball's script.
Released in North America on September 17, 1999, "American Beauty" was acclaimed by critics and audiences; it was the best-reviewed American film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide. Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, with particular emphasis on Mendes, Spacey and Ball; criticism tended to focus on the familiarity of the characters and setting. DreamWorks launched a major campaign to increase "American Beauty"'s chances of Oscar success; at the 2000 ceremony the movie won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. The movie was nominated for and won many other awards and honors, mainly for directing, writing and acting.
Alpha and Omega (movie)
Alpha and Omega is a 2010 3D American computer-animated comedy-drama movie. It was produced by Ken Katsumoto, Steve Moore and Richard Rich. It was directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck. The movie was released on September 17, 2010. It was the last movie that Dennis Hopper acted in before he died on May 29, 2010. The movie is dedicated to Hopper. The movie was shot in 3D. A sequel, "" was released on October 8, 2013. It received mixed reviews. A second sequel, "" was released on March 25, 2014. "" was released on September 23, 2014. "" is currently in production.
"Alpha and Omega" received mixed reviews from critics. The Rotten Tomatoes website said "With bland visuals and a dull, predictable plot, Alpha and Omega is a runt in 2010's animated litter." In Metacritic, the movie had a score of 37 out of 100, based on 15 critics. Some critics liked the voice performances by Justin Long and Hayden Panettiere. Other critics said it had a weak storyline, poor animation, and a predictable plot. In Amazon, "Alpha and Omega" received mostly positive reviews, for its animation, voice acting, characters and sense of humor.
"Alpha and Omega" didn't do well at the US box office. It grossed only $25 million. It did much better overseas, grossing $50 million on its $20 million budget. It was a commercial hit. This also made it the highest-grossing animated movie from Lionsgate.
Mount Cayley volcanic field
The Mount Cayley volcanic field is a volcanic area on the south coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is long. The field gets its name from Mount Cayley, the biggest of several active volcanos in the area.
Most of the volcanoes there were created when material from inside the earth spilled onto the surface. Under the earth were layers of glacial ice from the last ice age. There are tuya—steep, flat-topped volcanoes—and lava domes. The first eruptions in the field occurred between 1.6 and 5.3 million years ago, and at least 23 eruptions have occurred in all.
The southern area has the most known volcanoes—11. The center of the field has at least five volcanoes, and the north has two volcanoes.
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (or adult-onset diabetes) is a metabolic disorder where high levels of blood sugar occur. Left untreated, it can cause heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney failure.
Usually, blood sugar levels are regulated by insulin, but in type 2 diabetes this does not work properly. Insulin is a hormone which tells the muscle and fat cells of the body to take up sugar from the blood. If there is too much sugar in the blood for a long period of time, the muscle and fat cells start to ignore insulin. As a result, sugar stays in the blood and is not taken up, leading to a high blood sugar.
This situation is different from diabetes mellitus type 1. In this case, the islet cells, which make insulin in the pancreas, have been destroyed by the body, and as a result there is no insulin. Diabetes type 1 usually occurs in children or young adults, whilst diabetes type 2 usually occurs in older people. However, recently childhood obesity has led to some young adults and teenagers developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes makes up around 90% of cases of diabetes, while type 1 diabetes and other types of diabetes make up the other 10%.
Type 2 diabetes is a result of both genetics and lifestyle. People who have relatives with diabetes type 2 are at an increased risk. They may develop diabetes if they have other risk factors in their lifestyle, for example obesity, or low amount of exercise.
Poorly managed diabetes can lead to heart attacks, strokes, blindness and kidney failure.
Type 2 diabetes can often be treated just by losing weight and exercising more, as these increase the body’s sensitivity to insulin. A medicine called Metformin is often prescribed, which works by helping the fat and muscle cells of the body listen to the signal from insulin to take up sugar from the blood.
Reducing carbohydrate consumption could help with managing type 2 diabetes.
Due Date is a 2010 American comedy road movie. It was produced by Todd Phillips, Daniel Goldberg, and Susan Downey and was directed by Todd Phillips. The movie was released on November 5, 2010. The movie has cameo appearances from "Two and a Half Men" stars Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer.
Architect Peter and wannabe actor Ethan drive from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Los Angeles.
Life as We Know It (movie)
Life as We Know It is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama movie. It was produced by Barry Josephson and Paul Brooks and was directed by Greg Berlanti. The movie was released on October 8, 2010. It received mixed reviews by reviewers.
Two single people in Atlanta raise a baby after her parents are killed in a car accident.
Unstoppable (2010 movie)
The Kids Are All Right (movie)
I Spit on Your Grave (2010 movie)
I Spin on Your Grave is a 2010 American crime horror thriller movie in the rape and revenge genre of movies. It was produced by Lisa M. Hansen, Paul Hertzberg and Meir Zarchi and was directed by Steven R. Monroe. The movie was released on October 8, 2010. The movie is a remake of the 1978 movie, "I Spit on Your Grave". The movie received negative reviews with a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes which is rotten and is also rated as a 27% out of 100% by Metacritic.
Couples Retreat is a 2009 American comedy movie that was produced by Scott Stuber and was directed by Peter Billingsley. The movie was released on October 9, 2009. The movie received negative reviews with a 11% on Rotten Tomatoes which is rotten and is also rated as a 23% out of 100% by Metacritic. Even though the movie was negatively reviewed it became a box office success and was ranked first for its opening weekend grossing $34,286,740.
The Time Traveler's Wife (movie)
Paul (movie)
Megamind is a 2010 animated, science fiction-comedy movie that was produced by Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino. Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld were executive producers. The movie was directed by Tom McGrath. The movie was released in Russia on October 28, 2010 and on November 5, 2010 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews from critics but it was positively welcomed from audience who praised its story, characters, humor, soundtrack, animation, emotional weight and message, even becoming an animated cult during the years. There is also a video game based on the movie with the same name.
Black Swan (movie)
Darren Aronofsky
Darren S. Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American movie director. His best known movies that he has directed are "Requiem for a Dream", "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan". He attended Harvard University where he graduated in 1991 and majored in social anthropology. He is Jewish and has Ukrainian and Russian descent. He will be directing "Bond 25" and it will star Daniel Craig as 007, Clive Owen and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is an Scottish actor, comedian and late night television host. He hosted "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" from 2005-2014 on CBS. He also hosted Shark Week in 2010 on the Discovery Channel. He became an American citizen on 1 February 2008.
He currently hosts "Celebrity Name Game" on Syndication. He also hosts "Join or Die with Craig Ferguson" on History.
Hall Pass (movie)
Hall Pass is a 2011 American romantic comedy movie that was produced by Charles B. Wessler, Bradley Thomas and Benjamin Waisbren and was directed by Farrelly brothers: Bobby & Peter. The movie was released on February 25, 2011. The movie received mixed reviews with a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes which is rotten and Metacritic rated the movie 47% out of 100.
Edgar Martínez
Edgar Martínez (born January 2, 1963) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. Martínez played for 18 years for the Mariners before retiring in 2004.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (simply Indraprastha University or IP) () is a public university, located in Delhi, India. It is a teaching as well as recognising university, which recognises more than 120 colleges of Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) and has 15 schools and centres on its campus. It is one of the best universities of India. This is the only university of India and first in Asia which has received Platinum Technology Award in Geneva, Switzerland presented by association "Otherways Management and Consulting" (OMAC), a Paris based international organisation.
Mechsonic Racing is a student project from HMR Institute of Technology and Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. It has students from different engineering streams. Mechsonic Racing design and build formula type race cars under “college design series”, organized by the “Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE)” to compete in FORMULA STUDENT events worldwide.
Ford's Theater
Vince Prudente
Vince Prudente (born November 18, 1937, Connellsville, Pennsylvania) is an American trombonist, pianist, arranger, composer, and music teacher. He has played with Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Woody Herman.
In April 1972 Prudente joined the Duke Ellington band as a trombone player. He played on a number of Ellington recordings including "Duke Ellington's Third Sacred Concert - The Majesty Of God", recorded in Westminster Abbey in 1973. He played on three songs on the "Ellington Suites", recorded between 1959 and 1972, and released in 1987. He also played on "Mendoza" from the album "Up In Duke's Workshop", recorded in 1972 and released in 1992. In 1973 he played on "Duke Ellington in Sweden".
After Ellington's death in 1974, the Duke Ellington Orchestra continued to play and record under the leadership of Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Prudente played on the Duke Ellington Orchestra's first album without Duke Ellington, "Continuum", recorded in 1974 and 1975. Larry Ridley was also a member of the orchestra, and Prudente played with his jazz sextet in 1994 and 1995.
He has also played trombone on Phyllis Hyman's 1998 album, "One On One". Prudente plays trombone with Jim Hobbs and The Fully Celebrated Orchestra's album,
"Lapis Exilis".
In 2004 Prudente took part in the Ellington Reunion Project, when 18 former members of Ellington's orchestra got together to perform two concerts.
Prudente is also a music teacher and has worked in a number of different universities, including NYU and Chico State, teaching trombone, improvisation, arranging and several other courses in jazz.
In 2007 Prudente made his first album, called "The Treatment" with his quartet, playing both trombone and piano.
Boeing 747-8
The Boeing 747-8 is a jet airliner, and the current production variant of the Boeing 747. It was developed from the Boeing 747-400, with improvements such as more powerful engines, a longer fuselage to hold more passengers, and new wings developed for the Boeing 787. The 747-8 first flew in 2010 and entered service in 2011. It comes in two variants, the 747-8I passenger airliner and the 747-8F freighter.
Anne Heche
Anne Celeste Heche (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress and screenwriter. She starred in the television soap opera "Another World". She received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991. She has starred in many theatrical movies. She is best known for her role in "Six Days Seven Nights", where she starred opposite Harrison Ford.
As Heche was beginning to establish herself in movies during the late 1990s, her career was negatively affected by her highly publicized same-sex relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. This resulted in Heche losing movie offers.
Anne Heche's same-sex relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest. The couple started dating in 1997. At one point, they said they would get a civil union if it became legal in Vermont. They broke up in August 2000. Heche has said that all of her other relationships have been with men.
After the split, Heche began dating cameraman Coleman 'Coley' Laffoon. They married on September 1, 2001. Their son, Homer, was born on March 2, 2002. Laffoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007. Heche lost custody of their son in June 2007.
Sources say Heche left her husband for "Men in Trees" co-star James Tupper. The couple reportedly moved in together in August 2007. On December 5, 2008, it was confirmed by Heche's representative that the actress was pregnant with Tupper's child. Their son, Atlas Heche Tupper, was born on March 8, 2009.
Heche is the youngest of five, but her sister Abigail is her only surviving sibling. Her sister Cynthia died of a heart defect in infancy. Her father Donald died of AIDS aged 45 in March 1983. Her brother Nathan died in a car crash aged 18 in June 1983. Her sister, Susan Bergman, died aged 48 in January 2006. Heche and her mother, Nancy, have been estranged ever since Heche confronted her about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Since her husband's death from AIDS, Nancy Heche has been a Christian therapist and motivational speaker. She lectures on behalf of James Dobson's "Focus on the Family" about "overcoming" homosexuality.
On August 19, 2000, Heche drove from Los Angeles to Cantua Creek, a rural area outside Fresno, California. She parked her Toyota SUV along a dusty roadside. Wearing only a bra and shorts, Heche walked 1½ miles through the desert before knocking on the door of a stranger's ranch house. When the home's resident, Araceli Campiz, opened the door, she knew Heche from the movie "Six Days Seven Nights". Bemused at first, Campiz grew uneasy when Heche showed no sign of leaving. "I didn't know what to do," Campiz said. "So I called the sheriff's department." When deputies arrived, Heche told them that she was "God, and was going to take everyone back to heaven in a spaceship," according to a police report that was aired on NBC. The deputies called an ambulance. Heche went 50 miles to Fresno's University Medical Center, from which she was released after a few hours.
Heche says that she was insane for the first 31 years of her life. She said this was due to the trauma of being sexually abused by her father during her infancy and childhood. As a result of this trauma, Heche also says she had multiple personality disorder. She made an alter ego named "Celestia," an alien from another planet who could speak to God and was the half-sister of Jesus Christ. Heche said that the incident in Cantua Creek snapped her out of her insanity and put her alter ego behind her.
Anna Pavlova (St Petersburg, 12 February 1881 – The Hague, Netherlands, 23 January 1931) was a Russian, and later English, ballerina of the early 20th century.
She is widely regarded as one of the finest classical ballet dancers in history. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev.
Pavlova is most recognised for dancing the rôle of "The Dying Swan". She danced this short ballet (only four minutes) about 4000 times. The choreography was by Mikhail Fokine. Her interpretation influenced the way others danced Odette in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
In the early 20th century, with her own company, Pavlova became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world.
The young Pavlova's years of training were difficult, as classical ballet did not come easily to her. Her severely arched feet, thin ankles, and long limbs clashed with the small, compact body favoured for ballerinas at the time. Her fellow students taunted her with such nicknames as "The broom" and "La petite sauvage" (The little savage). Undeterred, Pavlova trained to improve her technique. She took extra lessons from the noted teachers of the day. She was never a perfect technician, but had delicacy, lightness and grace.
She became "prima ballerina" of the Imperial Ballet in 1906. She worked briefly for Diaghilev, but would not dance in the new avant-garde ballets which were being created, such as "The Firebird". The role was given to the equally good Tamara Karsavina, who became their regular "prima ballerina".
Pavlova lived in London for many years, from 1912 until her death in 1931. After leaving Russia, Pavlova settled in "Ivy House" on North End Road, near Hampstead, where she lived for the rest of her life. While in London Pavlova taught ballet at her home. She was influential in the development of British ballet, and inspired the career of Alicia Markova.
The house had an ornamental lake where she would feed her pet swans, and where there is a statue of the ballerina by the Scots sculptor George Henry Paulin. It is now the London Jewish Cultural Centre but a Blue Plaque marks it as Pavlova's previous home and a site of significant historical interest.
In 1956 a film "The Immortal Swan" included footage of her dancing in the 1920s.
She toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. This was probably how the sticky Australian cake became known as the 'Pavlova'.
Allegheny Mountains
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, known as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, was a German politician. He was born in Munich, Bavaria, on 5 December 1971.
In 2009 he became Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, and after eight months became Federal Minister for Defence on 28 October 2009. He was really popular, but then people found that he cheated during his time at university. The university took away his doctorate, and he decided to resign as a minister on 28 February 2011. On 3 March 2011, he was formally discharged as Minister of Defence and introduced his successor, Dr Thomas de Maizière as the new minister. He resigned as a member of the Bundestag on the same day.
His wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg is a member of the Bismarck family.
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is famous for acting as Laura Ingalls Wilder in "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1984). She has also acted in many other television programs and movies. Gilbert had two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild. On June 9, 2009 her autobiography, "Prairie Tale: A Memoir", was released.
Gilbert was born in Los Angeles. She was married to Bo Brinkman from 1988 until they divorced in 1992. She was married to Bruce Boxleitner from 1995 until they divorced in 2011. She married Timothy Busfield in 2013. They have two children.
Gilbert has battled alcoholism and drug abuse, which she wrote about in her 2009 autobiography. In January 2015 Gilbert decided to have her breast implants surgically removed for health reasons.
For her contribution to the television industry, Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6429 Hollywood Blvd in 1985. Her then-fiance, Rob Lowe, was with her when her star was unveiled. She is one of the youngest actresses to have been honored with a star.
On August 10, 2015, Gilbert announced her intentions to run for Michigan's 8th congressional district. She will be opposing Republican incumbent Mike Bishop.
An expert is an individual recognized as a reliable source of knowledge or skill in a particular field. An expert’s corresponding ability or expertise is, mostly, based on his/her credential, training, education, profession, publication or experience. Historically, an expert was referred to as a "wise old man". Such individual was usually a profound intellectual distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment. In law, an expert witness may contribute specialized knowledge of a field.
Someone who is not an expert may be called a beginner or a novice if they are new to that field.
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Calgary Transit
Calgary Transit is Calgary's public transit system. It operates both buses and light-rail transit trains. Calgary Transit operates about 1,125 buses and trains, and serves Calgary's population of over 1 million. Most Calgary Transit vehicles are designed with three stripes; one light blue, one blue and one dark blue. This design was changed in 2007 to red and grey.
The C-Train runs on two major routes in Calgary; the north-east route, and the north-west to south route. There are currently 45 stations, 26 of which are major with heated areas.
There are three types of C-Train vehicles currently in service.
Calgary Transit currently runs over 160 bus routes, of which 86 are designated as "low access", and are accessible for those who need a wheelchair to move around. Calgary uses buses from four companies; Nova Bus, New Flyer Industries, General Motors Diesel Division and Motor Coach Industries. In 2004, Calgary Transit started a bus rapid transit service along future C-Train routes. The bus rapid transit routes have less stops than other routes, and use articulated buses as of 2007.
Below are the costs of using Calgary Transit as of January 2020.
Saint Vincent (island)
Saint Vincent is an island and is the largest island in the chain of islands called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The largest city on the island is Kingstown. Kingstown has about 25,418 people.
Saint Vincent is a volcanic island. It was disputed between France and the United Kingdom in the 18th century.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Popeyes Louisiana Chicken, known simply as Popeyes, is a fried chicken fast food franchise. The franchise, which used to be called Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, consists of over 2,600 restaurants in over 40 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and over 30 other countries worldwide.
Popeyes was started in 1972, and in 1992 became owned by AFC Enterprises, which until 2004 also owned Church's Chicken. In 2017, the company was bought out by Restaurant Brands International (owned by 3G Capital of Brazil), and Popeyes restaurants are now operated as a subsidiary along with Burger King and Tim Hortons.
Popeyes' headquarters recently moved from Atlanta to Miami.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress. Moss started her career on television, but became famous for her character, Trinity, in "The Matrix" trilogy.
Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. Her parents are Barbara and Melvyn Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss' mother reportedly named her after The Hollies' 1967 hit song, "Carrie Anne", which had been released in May that year. Moss lived with her mother in Vancouver as a child. At the age of 11, she joined the Vancouver children's musical theatre and later went on to tour Europe with the Magee Secondary School Choir in her senior year.
Moss married American actor Steven Roy in 1999, and they have two sons and a daughter. The family resides in Los Angeles.
Fordham University is a private research university in New York City, New York. The university has about 14,544 students. It was founded in 1841. The current president of the university is Reverend Joseph M. McShane S.J..
The athletics teams of the university are called the Rams. They have 22 varsity teams and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for everything but football. In football Fordham competes in the Patriot League.
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private, coeducational university with campuses in Brooklyn and Brookville, New York. The Brooklyn campus is known as "LIU Brooklyn", while the Brookville campus is branded as "LIU Post" (formal name: C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University). The university has about 24,170 students. It was founded at the Brooklyn location in 1926; the Post campus followed in 1954. The current president of the university is David J. Steinberg, Ph.D. .
The athletics teams of the university are called the LIU Sharks. Before the 2019–20 school year, the two LIU campuses operated separate athletic programs. The Brooklyn program, known at various times as "LIU" and "Long Island", and from 2013–14 as "LIU Brooklyn", competed in NCAA Division I under the final name of "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds", with most teams playing in the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Post program, known immediately before the merger as the "LIU Post Pioneers", competed in NCAA Division II, primarily in the East Coast Conference. The university merged the two programs in July 2019, with some sports based in Brooklyn and others at Post. The new Sharks program inherited Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships. All varsity sports that had been sponsored by either campus before the merger continue to be sponsored by the current LIU program, and the university has added several more sports since the merger.
As of the upcoming 2020–21 school year, LIU will sponsor 31 NCAA teams, 12 for men and 19 for women, plus a varsity esports team outside of NCAA control. Most teams compete in the NEC, but LIU has many affiliations outside the NEC in sports not sponsored by that league:
Liberty University is a private, christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia. The university has about 69,214 students. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell. The current chancellor of the university is Jerry Falwell, Jr. .
The athletics teams of the university are called the Flames. They have 18 varsity teams and they compete in the Big South Conference.
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university in Cleveland, Ohio. The university has about 17,204 students. It was founded in 1881 as Fern College and then was later established again in 1964 when it was renamed Cleveland State University. The current president of the university is Ronald M. Berkman.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Vikings. They have 17 varsity teams and they compete in the Horizon League and the Eastern Wrestling League for wrestling.
University of Dayton
The University of Dayton is a private, Roman Catholic university in Dayton, Ohio. The university has about 10,569 students. It was founded in 1850. The current president of the university is Eric Spina.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Flyers. They have 16 varsity teams and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Pioneer Football League for football.
University of Denver
University of Denver is a private university in Denver, Colorado. The university has about 11,644 students. It was founded in 1864. The current chancellor of the university is Robert Coombe.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Pioneers. They have 17 varsity teams, most of which compete in The Summit League.
Some Pioneers teams play in other conferences. The men's ice hockey team plays in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The men's and women's lacrosse teams play in the Big East Conference. The skiing team, made up of both men and women, competes in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association. The women's gymnastics team is a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Horizon League
The Horizon League is a NCAA conference that plays in the NCAA Division I. The conference is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and features universities and colleges from the Great Lakes Region. While it plays many sports, it has never played football.
The Horizon League was founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference (MCC) with six members. None of these schools are in the league now. The school that has been in the league the longest is Detroit Mercy, which joined in 1980 (when it was known as simply "Detroit").
The conference changed its name in 1985 to Midwestern Collegiate Conference. In 1993, the largest conference expansion in NCAA history that did not involve a merger was announced. Six schools left the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as The Summit League, to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference for the 1994–95 school year. In June 2001, the conference changed its name to the current Horizon League to avoid confusion with the "other" MCC (which did not become The Summit League until 2007).
Today, nine of the Horizon League's 12 full members (those playing most, if not all, of their sports in the league) are former members of The Summit League. At this time, the only exceptions are longtime member Detroit Mercy, 2015 arrival Northern Kentucky, and 2020 arrival Robert Morris.
The most recent changes in the conference membership happened in July 2020 when Purdue Fort Wayne and Robert Morris joined.
Currently, the Horizon League has 12 full members.
A total of 14 schools have been full members, but are no longer in the league.
Nicknames are those used when the schools were conference members.
Many NCAA conferences have one or more "associate" members that play only a limited number of sports in the conference, usually one. The Horizon League does not have such a member now, but has had one in the past.
Butler University
Butler University is a private, co-educational university in Indianapolis, Indiana. The university has about 4,512 students. It was founded in 1855. The current president of the university is Bobby Fong.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Bulldogs. They have 17 varsity teams, most of which compete in the Big East Conference. The football team plays in the Pioneer Football League.
University of Detroit Mercy
The University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan. The university has about 5,450 students. It was formed in 1990 with the merger of two Catholic schools in Detroit—the University of Detroit, a Jesuit school founded in 1877 as Detroit College, and Mercy College of Detroit, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1941. The current president of the university is Antoine M. Garibaldi.
Although the current university name has been in place since 1990, UDM kept calling itself simply "Detroit" for sports purposes until 2017, when it added "Mercy" to its sports branding. The teams have been nicknamed Titans since 1919 or 1924, depending on the source. They have 17 varsity teams, almost all of which compete in the Horizon League. The Titans have different homes for the three sports that they play but the Horizon League does not. Fencing, a sport in which men and women compete for a single NCAA team championship (though with all bouts involving only men or women), competes in the Midwest Fencing Conference. Men's and women's lacrosse also compete elsewhere, with men in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and women in the Mid-American Conference.
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a part of the University of Wisconsin System. The university has about 6,549 students. It was founded in 1965. The current chancellor of the university is Dr. Thomas K. Harden.
The university calls itself "Green Bay" for sports purposes, and its teams use the nickname of Phoenix. The school has 16 varsity teams that compete in the Horizon League.
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private, Jesuit university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has about 15,951 students. It was founded in 1870. The current president of the university is Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. .
The athletics teams of the university are called the Ramblers. They have 13 varsity teams, most of which compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The men's volleyball team is a member of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is a public university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and part of the University of Wisconsin System. The university has about 30,455 students. It was founded in 1956. The current chancellor of the university is Michael Lovell.
The university calls itself "Milwaukee" for athletic purposes, and its teams are nicknamed Panthers. It has 15 varsity teams that compete in the Horizon League.
The University of Illinois at Chicago, often called UIC, is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has about 30,000 students. Part of it was founded in 1858, part was founded in 1965. UIC has 15 colleges. Thirteen colleges cover certain fields: Applied Health Sciences, Architecture & the Arts, Business Administration, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, Social Work, and Urban Planning & Public Affairs. Two colleges serve sub-groups of students: Graduate College and (undergraduate) Honors College.
The current chancellor of the university is Paula Allen Mears. UIC is in the same university family as UIUC and UIS. The president of the family is Robert Easter.
The university sports teams are called the Flames. UIC has 14 varsity teams, most of which play in the Horizon League. The gymnastics team plays in Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League.
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso University is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. The university has about 4,061 students. It was founded in 1859. The current president of the university is Mark A. Heckler.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Crusaders. They have 19 varsity teams, 15 of which compete in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The other four teams play sports that the MVC does not sponsor, and compete in other leagues. The football team plays in the Pioneer Football League; the men's swimming and tennis teams play in The Summit League; and the women's bowling team is a member of the Southland Bowling League.
Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering is an important subset of civil engineering dealing with engineering performance of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering uses principles of soil and rock mechanics to determine:
to design:
and to monitor:
Foundations built for above-ground structures include shallow and deep foundations. Retaining structures include earth-filled dams and retaining walls.
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public university in Dayton, Ohio. The university has about 19,793 students. It was founded in 1967. The current president of the university is David R. Hopkins, P.E.D. . The University is named after the Wright brothers.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Raiders. They have 17 varsity teams and they compete in the Horizon League.
Youngstown State University is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. The university has about 15,194 students. It was founded in 1908. The current president of the university is Jim Tressel, better known as a former football coach both at Youngstown State and Ohio State University.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Penguins. They have 16 varsity teams and they compete in the Horizon League and the Missouri Valley Football Conference for football.
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a public university in Houston, Texas. The university has about 11,550 students. It was founded in 1927. The current president of the university is John Rudley. The university is a historically black university.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Tigers. They have 11 varsity teams and they compete in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Allegany, New York. The university has about 2,500 students. It was founded in 1858. The current president of the university is Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF STD.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Bonnies. They have 14 varsity teams and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut. The university has about 6,023 students. It was founded in 1963. The current president of the university is John J. Petillo.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Pioneers. They have 31 varsity teams, most of which compete in the Northeast Conference. The men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
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