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The diameter of the bowl is 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm). The kylix is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The figure is a symposiast playing a party game called kottabos. He is about to fling the last of the wine in his cup at a lamp stand in an attempt to knock the lamp stand's finial off. The winner was he who did so.
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Clyde Holding
Allan Clyde Holding (27 April 1931 – 31 July 2011) was an Australian politician. He was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria for ten years, and was later a federal minister. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Holding was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Richmond in 1962. He was a strong supporter of indigenous Australian rights (including land rights) and national aid for schools. In 1977, he was elected to the House of Representatives as member for Melbourne Ports. When Bob Hawke became Prime Minister in 1983, he put Holding in charge of Aboriginal Affairs. During his term, Holding tried to make federal laws for Aboriginal land rights. But Brian Burke, the Labor Premier of Western Australia, did not want this, because it would have upset the mining and agricultural industries, which were very important to his state. Holding was forced by Hawke to drop the proposal. In 1987, he was moved to the Ministry of Employment Services and Youth Affairs. The next year, he was made Minister for Transport, and then later Minister for Immigration.
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Charlie McMahon
Charlie McMahon (born in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales in 1951) is an Australian didgeridoo player. He was one of the first non-Aboriginal musicians to become a famous player of the instrument. He is probably one of the most famous players of the instrument around the world.
The band in which he became famous was called Gondwanaland. He has toured across Australia, often visiting remote communities in the outback, and also in Europe and the United States. He often played gigs with Midnight Oil. McMahon's style became an influence for many well-known didgeridoo players. He is also the inventor of the "didjeribone", a sliding didgeridoo made of plastic, played in a similar way to the trombone.
Foster Brooks
Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American movie, television, radio, stage actor, singer, entertainer, television personality and comedian. He was known for playing a lovable drunken man in nightclubs and television shows. Brooks is also known for appearing in The Dean Martin celebrity roasts.
Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Brooks was married twice. First to Loretta Brooks from 1933 until they divorced in 1950. And to Teri Brooks from 1950 until his death in 2001. Brooks died on December 20, 2001 from heart failure in his Encino, Los Angeles, California home, aged 89.
Bob Knight
Robert Montgomery "Bob" Knight (born October 25 1940) is a retired American basketball sports coach. He won over 900 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games. Knight is well known as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 1971–2000. He also coached for the Texas Tech from 2001–2008.
Knight was born in Massillon, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University.
He has been praised for having a clean program. None of his teams was ever sanctioned by the NCAA for any recruitment violations. He has, however, attracted some controversy for throwing a chair across the courts during a game. He was once arrested for assault. He was fired from Indiana in mid September 2000.
In April 2015, it was announced that ESPN would not sign Knight's contract for another season.
James Michael Tyler
James Michael Tyler (born May 28, 1962 in Winona, Mississippi) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Gunther in the sitcom series "Friends".
Choi Chang-ik
Choi Chang-ik (hangul:최창익, hanja:崔昌益, 1896-1957), also known as Choe Chang Ik, was a North Korean soldier and politician.
In the early North Korean government, Choi was Deputy Prime Minister from 1952 to 1956.
In a 1956-1957 purge, he was removed from government by forces led by Kim Il-sung. He was expelled from the Korean Workers' Party.
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Kim Tu-bong (March 16, 1886 – 1958) was a Korean linguist, politician, and the first North Korean head of state.
In 1946, Kim became Chairman of the Workers Party of North Korea.
From 1948 until 1958, he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.
Echis
Echis is a genus of venomous vipers found in dry regions of Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka. The name ""Echis"" is a Greek word which means ""viper"". Echis is also known as the ""Saw-scaled Vipers"", or the ""Carpet Vipers"". They are responsible for most of the snakebites and deaths in the world. There is currently eight species found.
The Saw-scaled Vipers are a small group of snakes, with adults growing up to the length of 90 cm (36 in). Its head is short, wide and pear-shaped, its snout is short and round, and it has large eyes.
The Saw-scaled Viper is found in dry regions (like deserts) in Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka.
Not much is known about what the Saw-scaled Vipers eat, but some say they eats beetles, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, other snakes, small mammals and birds.
Most species of the Saw-scaled Viper, like the ones found in Africa, are oviparous meaning they lay eggs, while other species, like the ones found in India, are viviparous meaning they give live birth.
Atheris
Atheris is a genus of venomous vipers found only in rain forest areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. There are currently eight species found. Atheris are commonly known as ""Bush Vipers"". They are all arboreal (meaning they live in trees), but they can sometimes be seen on the ground.
Bush Vipers are small snakes, with adults growing to the size of around 40 to 78 cm. They all have broad, triangular heads with large eyes and a slender body.
The Bush Viper lives in rain forest areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, far from humans, but some Bush Vipers are threatened because of habitat loss.
Bush Vipers eat small amphibians like frogs, and toads, reptiles like lizards and other snakes, rodents and birds. They ambush their prey by hanging on to a branch of a tree, waiting for a prey to come close, then jump on the prey and inject venom, and then swallow it. Some Bush Vipers in zoos only eat mice and small birds, but there have been reports on some eating each other.
All Bush Vipers are viviparous, meaning they give live birth. They mate between September and November, and females give to their young in March or April.
The venom of Bush Vipers is hemotoxic, it causes pain, swelling, and stop blood clotting. There is no antivenom, but there has been reports on Echis antivenom working on some Bush Viper's bites.
Maristes Valldemia
The Maristes Valldemia school (aka: Col·legi Maristes Valldemia, Col·legi Valldemia or Valldemia), is in Mataró, Province of Barcelona - Catalonia (Spain). It is a Catholic school run by Marist Brothers. It is dedicated to Our Lady the Virgin of the Candle. "Fundació Champagnat, Fundació Privada" owns the school.
The school was founded in 1855 by three Piarists related persons: the priest Ermengol Coll de Valldemia, Pelegrí Ferrer and Ramon Cuspinera. Its first name was «Colegio de Cataluña», and it was on the land of a traditional Catalan manor named "Can Miralpeix". The school's aim was to provide a modern and Christian education. After 1858, the school was known as «» (in Catalan) or «» (in Spanish). In 1888 the school was given to the Marist Brothers to run.
The main building was designed by the architect Jeroni Boada, and later improved in 1911 by Josep Goday i Casals (who used to be an student at the school, and founder member of the Alumni Association).
The school received its first international recognition at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a Gold Medal in recognition of quality education. During the convulsive years that marked the Spanish Civil War, Valldemia was converted into a hospital and blood bank.
Today, the school has 1200 students from ages 3 to 18, who are taught by a staff of 90 teachers.
Phil Harris
Phil Harris (June 24, 1904 - August 11, 1995) was an American actor. He was known for being the voice of Thomas O'Malley the Alley Cat in "The Aristocats" in 1970 and Cri-Kee in "Mulan" (1998). He died in 1995 from a heart attack in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 91.
Pierce the Veil
Pierce the Veil is an post hardcore group formed in San Diego, California in 2007. The band consists of frontman Vic Fuentes, percussionist Mike Fuentes, bassist Jaime Preciado, and guitarist Tony Perry. They released their debut studio album "A Flair for the Dramatic" on June 26, 2007 and released the singles "Yeah Boy and Doll Face" and "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides." They released their second full-length album "Selfish Machines" on June 21, 2010 and released the single "Caraphernelia." The band started joining Vans Warped Tour and playing on side stages to promote their music alongside other post-hardcore bands. In 2012, the band prepped their third album "Collide with the Sky", which was released on July 17, 2012, and released the singles "King for a Day" and "Bulls in the Bronx." They started performing live on the main stage at Warped Tour throughout the summer of 2012.
The two leading members of the band were known to be in a band called Before Today before Pierce the Veil was formed with the addition of Tony Perry and Jaime Preciado. Side projects included Mike and Vic Fuentes being in the alternative rock group Isles & Glaciers, which split up in 2010. They released one EP album titled "The Hearts of Lonely People" on March 9, 2010.
The band will be going on a headlining tour with Crown the Empire this fall in the United Kingdom.
Collide with the Sky
Collide with the Sky is the third album by San Diego experimental rock group Pierce the Veil. It was released on July 27, 2012 under Fearless Records in the United States. The album's lead single "King for A Day" was released on June 5, 2012 for digital download and contemporary radio. The single features Sleeping With Sirens singer Kellin Quinn. The second single titled "Bulls in the Bronx" was released on June 25, 2012 for digital download. The band supported the album throughout the 2012 Van's Warped Tour in the summer.
According to Vic Fuentes, "the theme to the album artwork is 'jumping off of the ground that is breaking beneath you'. The idea is to inspire hope amongst the chaos that may be happening around you. If the ground was breaking beneath your feet, your first reaction may be to run and jump to safety, and it's that moment where you are suspended in the air that I am focusing on. A still frame where you're not sure if the person is falling or flying. It's about freeing yourself from the things that are breaking or falling apart in your life, and inspiring a sense of hope from the desperation".
The album has been received rather well by critics. Alternative Press rated the album 4/5 stars saying "Collide with the Sky is PTV's best work to date". They praised the album for the power pop hooks on "Props & Mayhem", saying that you should download "Tangled in the Great Escape". AbsolutePunk commented that the album is "sure to continue Pierce the Veil's steady ascent to the top of their league", concluding that "[it] proves Pierce the Veil are seemingly still one step ahead of everyone else when it comes to concocting energetic slices of post-hardcore and that they won’t be dropping the ball any time soon."
The album was released in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2012. It was released in the United States on July 17, 2012 with the release of the bonus track "Hold On Till May", the acoustic version.
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. (April 6, 1940 – December 26, 2011) was a Mexican actor and television actor.
Armendáriz, Jr. was born on April 6, 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of actors Carmela (née Pardo) and to Pedro Armendáriz, Sr, both Mexican. His grandmother was from the United States. Armendáriz, Jr. was married to Mexican actress Ofelia Medina.
His career began in 1965 and is known for playing a small role with his father Armendáriz, Sr. in "Licence to Kill" (1989). His final role was in the 2012 movie "Casa de Mi Padre".
In November 2011 Armendáriz, Jr. was diagnosed with lung cancer. On December 26, 2011 Armendáriz, Jr. died in a Memorial Hospital in New York City, New York from eye cancer, aged 71. He was later buried in Panteón Jardín, Mexico City.
Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American voice, movie and stage actress and comedian who makes self deprecating jokes about her age and her terrible cooking. She has performed in many movies and television programs.
Diller was born on July 17, 1917 in Lima, Ohio. She was of German and Irish descent. She was educated at Bluffton College, she was the classmate of Hugh Downs.
Diller's career would begin in 1952 and would later appear in almost 100 of movies and television programs, her movie include; "The Fat Spy", "The Boneyard", "Happily Ever After", "Silence of the Hams", and in "A Bug's Life". Her television programs appearances also include; "Alice Through the Looking Glass", "The Pruitts of Southampton" aka "The Phyllis Diller Show", "The Muppet Show", "Hey Arnold!", "The Powerpuff Girls" and as Peter Griffin's mother in "Family Guy".
Diller married Sherwood Anderson Diller from 1939 to 1965. Second and thirdly, she married Warde Donovan from 1965 to 1966, and again they married until they divorced again in 1974. She had a partner Robert P. Hastings from 1985 until his death in 1996. She had six children with her first husband.
Diller died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California on August 20, 2012.
Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor.
Hemsley was born on February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to and was raised in South Philadelphia by his mother, who was a factory worker. He left school to join the Air Force, where he served in for four years. Later he returned to Philadelphia where he worked in a post office during the day and at night he went to acting classes. Later he moved to New York still working for the post office during the day and at night he went to acting classes.
Hemsley's career began when he starred in a 1970 Broadway play in "Purlie" as Gitlow. Hemsley's television career began in 1970 in the television series "All in the Family". And his first movie was in the 1979 movie "Love at First Bite". Hemsley is mostly known as for his role as George Jefferson on the CBS in television series "The Jeffersons", and as Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series "Amen". He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, and a Triceratops in Jim Henson's sitcom "Dinosaurs".
Hemsley was a smoker and never married. Hemsley lived in El Paso, Texas and died there after he was found in his home on July 24, 2012. The cause of his death was a lung tumor caused by Superior Vena Cava Syndrome, aged 74. Hemsley was cremated.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire is a World Heritage Site. The site includes three walls in different parts of Europe. They were part of the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
Limes (plural: 'Limites') is the Latin name of walls at the border of the Roman empire. There were many such fortifications.
The Latin word has a number of meanings, but the most common one is border.
The term "limes" was used by Roman writers to describe paths, walls, boundary stones, rivers marking a boundary, but its meaning was not the same as the modern boundary.
Some notable examples of Roman "limites" are:
Frank Ocean (born October 28, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and photographer. He was born in Long Beach, California and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana when he was five. Ocean made an early career as a ghostwriter for artists such as Brandy, Justin Bieber, and John Legend. In 2010, he became a member of OFWGKTA. His first mixtape, "Nostalgia, Ultra", was released in 2011. Critics liked the album.
In 2012, BBC said that Ocean finished second place in its Sound of 2012 poll. Ocean appeared at Coachella. He was scheduled for Lollapalooza at the end of his 2012 summer tour. His first studio album, "channel ORANGE", was a digital download only on iTunes for one week. Then it was a full release on July 17, 2012. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards.
Ocean won the 2013 Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist.
In October 2013 Ocean said on his Tumblr that he would release new music in summer 2014.
He is also considered to be a global gay icon.
Ocean was one of the first major hip-hop/R&B artists to say that he had a same-sex relationship.
Tom Bosley
Thomas Edward "Tom" Bosley (October 1, 1927 October 19, 2010) was an American actor. Bosley is known for his role as Howard Cunningham in "Happy Days". He also starred in roles in "Murder, She Wrote" and "Father Dowling Mysteries". He starred in the Broadway musical "Fiorello!" that earned him a Tony Award.
Bosley was born on October 1, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dora (née Heyman) and Benjamin Bosley. Although well known for playing a Catholic priest-and numerous Protestants-Bosley was actually Jewish. During World War II, Bosley served in the United States Navy. While attending DePaul University, in Chicago. In 1947 Bosley's stage career began in "Our Town" with the Canterbury Players at the Fine Arts Theatre. Bosley performed at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois, in 1949 and 1950 alongside Paul Newman.
Bosley played the Knave of Hearts in a Hallmark Hall of Fame telecast of Eva Le Gallienne's production of "Alice in Wonderland" in 1955. But his career began in a stage role based on New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the long Broadway musical "Fiorello!" (1959), for which he won a Tony Award. In 1994, Bosley originated the role of Maurice in the Broadway version of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". Bosley also toured as Cap'n Andy in Harold Prince's 1994 revival of "Show Boat".
His first movie role was in 1963, as would-be suitor of Natalie Wood in "Love with the Proper Stranger". Other movies include; "The World of Henry Orient", "Divorce American Style", "Yours", "Mine and Ours", "Gus" and the television movie "The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal". Bosley shared a heartfelt story about his life during the Holocaust in the documentary movie "Paper Clips".
Among his early television appearances was in the 1960 CBS summer replacement series, "Diagnosis: Unknown", with Patrick O'Neal. In 1962, he played Assistant District Attorney Ryan in the episode "The Man Who Wanted to Die" on James Whitmore's ABC legal drama "The Law and Mr. Jones". In 1969, he appeared in a comedy episode from "The Virginians".
Bosley's best known role was the character Howard Cunningham, Richie and Joanie Cunningham's father, in the long running "Happy Days". Bosley was also known for playing Sheriff Amos Tupper on "Murder, She Wrote". He also played Father Frank Dowling in the TV mystery series, "Father Dowling Mysteries". Along the television appearances, one notable early performance was in "Eyes" segment of the 1969 pilot episode of Rod Serling's "Night Gallery", directed by Steven Spielberg and Joan Crawford.
Bosley also starred in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie "Charlie & Me". In 2010, he appeared in "The Backup Plan" starring Jennifer Lopez, which was his last movie before his death.
In 1984, Bosley guest-hosted the "Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" with local newscaster Pat Harper.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Bosley did several commercials for the Glad Sandwich and Garbage Bags.
Bosley did radio commercials for the new Saturn Car Company a "different kind of car company," in 1990.
Later in life he was the television spokesman for SMC (Special Merchandise Corporation), a national wholesaler and dropshipper.
Bosley was also the "face" of LifeBack USA helping bring the benefits of Life Settlements to seniors, having himself sold an unwanted life insurance policy during his later life.
In a 1997 of "The Simpsons", Homer claims to have been the son of Tom Bosley. Homer and Marge are going to their high school reunion:
Homer: It'll be great to see the old gang again. Potsie, Ralph Malph, and the Fonz.
Margie: That wasn't you, that was "Happy Days"!
Homer: No, they weren't all happy days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or the night I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad Tom Bosley had to get it back.
Bosley was married to Jane Eliot from 1962 until they divorced in 1978. Later in 1980 Bosley married Patricia Carr until his death in 2010. Bosley had a daughter Amy Bosley.
Bosley died on October 19, 2010, at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California from heart failure complicated by Staphylococcal infection. He was 83 years old. Bosley had lung cancer. His remains are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.
Dabry's sturgeon
Dabry's sturgeon, also known as the Yangtze sturgeon ("Acipenser dabryanus"), is a member of the family Acipenseridae and the order Acipenseriformes.
The fish is thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs. It may have lived as long as 140 million years ago. Because of that, it is sometimes called a living fossil. It is an animal carefully protected by the Chinese government. It is named a "national treasure" much like the Giant Panda.
The fish can be between in body length. It can weigh on average. A grown-up sturgeon measures up to long, and weighs over . This makes it the third biggest only to the White sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon.
Sturgeon are anadromous. This means they spawn in fresh water and migrate to salt water to mature.
It lives on the main streams of the Yangtze River and coastal regions of Qiantang River, Minjiang River and Pearl River.
Chad Everett
Raymon Lee Cramton or Chad Everett (June 11, 1937 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor. He was known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama "Medical Center".
Everett was born Raymon Lee Cramton on June 11, 1937 in South Bend, Indiana, to Virdeen (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde "Ted" Everett. He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan. Everett was educated at Fordson High School and at Wayne State University.
Everett has appeared in shows including "Cold Case", "Medical Center", "Supernatural", "Malibu", and movies including: "Aiplane II: The Sequel", "The Firechasers", "Made in Paris", and "The Impossible Years".
Everett was married to actress Shelby Grant from 1966 until her death in 2011. Everett had 2 children. Everett died of lung cancer on July 24, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, aged 75.
Luca Signorelli
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Bitis
Bitis is a genus of venomous vipers found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. This group contains the largest and smallest vipers in the world. There are currently 14 species found. Bitis are commonly known as the "African Adders", or the "African Viper".
Both the largest viper, and the smallest viper in the world belong in this group. The largest viper, the Gaboon Viper, grows up to the length of 2 meters, while the smallest viper, the Namaqua Dwarf Adder, grows up to the length of only 28 cm. All African Adders have wide, triangular heads, a large, rounded snout, and small eyes.
The African Adders are found in Africa, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
African Adders are terrestrial (meaning they live and are found on the ground), and ambush their prey. They are slow, and sluggish, but they can bite their prey or enemy with amazing speed. African Adders are known for when being disturbed inflating their body, and hissing loudly. All African Adders are viviparous, meaning they give live birth. They eat small rodents like mice and rats, birds, amphibians like frogs and toads, other snakes
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Benjamin Morrell
Between 1821 and 1823, he made four important trips, especially in the Southern Ocean, the Pacific Islands and the eastern shores of the Americas.
He wrote a memoir about his travels titled ""A Narrative of Four Voyages"" and, following the information provided, earned a bad reputation as a liar, because it contained inaccuracies and also contained a somewhat fanciful way of exposing their experiences.
Donna Lewis
Donna Lewis (born August 6th 1973) is a singer and songwriter who is best known for her hit single "I Love You Always Forever". She released her first two albums under Atlantic Records although she now has an independent label. Lewis was born in Wales.
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Eristicophis
Eristicophis is a monotypic genus made for the venomous viper species ""E. macmahonii"". It is found in the desert areas near the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. There are currently no subspecies recognized. The E. macmahonii is also known as the ""McMahon's Viper"", the ""Asian Sand Viper"", the ""Leaf-nosed Viper"", and the ""Whiskered Viper"".
The McMahon's Viper is a small species of snake, growing up to less than one meter. Males are smaller than females; males can grow up to the length of 22-40 cm, and females can grow up to the length of 28-72 cm. They are reddish-brown or yellowish brown in color.
The McMahon's Viper is found in the desert regions of Balochistan, near the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The McMahon's Viper is said to be nocturnal, but some say it is crepuscular, meaning it is active during the early morning or late evening. It is able to sidewind on loose sand, and sometimes climbs into bushes. It is a aggressive snake, hissing very loudly when disturbed or annoyed, and sometimes it raising its head of the ground and starts striking aggressively. It is able to sink into the sand by moving in a rocking motion. When it sinks into the sand it leaves its eyes and snout sticking out of the sand.
The McMahon's Viper eats small lizards, small rodents like mice, and sometimes birds.
The McMahon's Viper is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs. It lays around a dozen eggs at a time, and these eggs take around 6-8 weeks to hatch. When the eggs hatch the young are about 6 inches (15 cm) long.
Not much is known about the McMahon's Viper venom, but some say it is similar to the venom of the Echis.
Macrovipera
Macrovipera is a genus of venomous vipers, found in semi-deserts of North Africa, Middle East, and Milos Archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Macrovipera are commonly known as the ""Large Palearctic Vipers"". The Large Palearctic Viper is responsible for many bites in Africa and western Asia each year. There are four species currently found.
Besides the Milos Viper, all the vipers in this group grow up to the length 1.5 meters.
The Large Palearctic Viper lives in dry regions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunis in North Africa, east to Pakistan, Kashmir, and India, north to Milos Archipelago in the Aegean Sea, and Armenia and Dagestan in Russia.
LGBT rights in the United States
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in the United States have changed over time, and different states have different rules about them. Sexual acts between adults (depending on the age of consent in each state. This varies from age 16 to 21), and adolescents of an age close to an adult, of the same sex have been legal in the U.S. since 2003.
Family, marriage, and anti-discrimination laws are different in every state. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court said that states could not have laws against same-sex marriage. This decision is called "Obergefell v. Hodges". Before "Obergefell v. Hodges", same-sex marriage was legal in 36 states and in Washington, D.C.
Twenty-one states plus Washington, D.C. have made discrimination because of sexual orientation illegal. Sixteen states plus Washington, D.C. have made discrimination because of gender identity or expression illegal. Hate crimes because of sexual orientation or gender identity can also be punished under Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.
Human Rights Campaign is the biggest LGBT-rights group in the U.S.
Atropoides
Atropoides is a genus of venomous Pit vipers found in Mexico and Central America. There is currently three species found. Atropoides are also known as the ""Jumping Pit vipers"" or the ""Jumping Vipers"".
Jumping Vipers grow up to the length of around 90 centimeters (36 inches), while the longest ever found was 120.2 centimeters (47 in). All of them are thick-bodied, with the Mexican Jumping Pit viper being the thickest, and the Picado's Jumping Pit viper being the slimmest. It has a large head, with small eyes, and a rounded snout, it also has a short tail. They are gray-brown, reddish brown or black in color with brown blotches on them.
The Jumping Vipers are found on the mountains of east Mexico, the lowlands of Central America, and Panama.
Even though this snake is known as the "Jumping Viper" they do not really jump, but some say when they attack an enemy or prey they strike at such a force they actually leave the ground. They are slow moving and are not very aggressive snakes. They are active during both night and day, but those which are found on high altitudes are usually active at day time.
Adult Jumping Vipers eat mainly small mammals and lizards, while young Jumping Vipers eat orthopterans, and skinks.
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Andrea True
Andrea True (born Andrea Marie Truden, July 26, 1943 - November 7, 2011) was an American porn star and a singer from the disco era of the 1970s. She is best known for her single "More, More, More". It was released in 1976. It peaked at #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
True was born in Nashville, Tennessee as Andrea Marie Truden. She moved to New York City during her teenage years. She wanted to seek fame as a movie star or singer. True sang in clubs. She got minor roles in mainstream movies from time to time. She was in movies, such as "The Way We Were". But the fame she sought was fleeting. When some friends asked her to join them in a porn movie, True went along with the idea.
True acted in porn movies in Scandinavia in the 1960s. By the end of the decade, she began appearing in American adult movies. In the 1970s and 1980s, she acted in more than 50 hardcore porn movies in the early New York.
By the time of her singing career, True said she was getting tired of porn.
In early 1977, True released another song, "N.Y. You Got Me Dancing" from her follow-up studio album "White Witch". The song was True's second biggest hit. It reached #27 on the American "Billboard" pop chart.
True's third album, "War Machine" (1980), failed. When that happened, she tried to return to porn. But at almost 40, she was too old to return. She also could not go back to music due to a goiter that had developed on her vocal cords.
Andrea True died of heart failure in Kingston, New York, where she was raised.
Chicago Board of Trade Building
The Chicago Board of Trade Building is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Chicago Board of Trade Building is currently the 37th tallest building in Chicago. It stands 184 meters, 605 feet, and has 44 floors. The building has a faceless statue of Ceres (goddess of agriculture) as a reference to the exchange's heritage as a commodity market.
The Chicago Board of Trade Building was built in 1929 and finished in 1930. It is at 141 W. Jackson Boulevard at the foot of the LaSalle Street canyon, in the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County. It first became a Chicago landmark in May 4, 1977. The building was made a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 1978.
Originally built for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), it is now the primary trading venue for the derivatives exchange, the CME Group, The CME Group was founded in 2007 when the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange merged.
The building has been featured in several movies, such as "", "Batman Begins", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and "The Dark Knight". The building was featured as the outer part of the Daily Planet in the 2013 Superman movie "Man of Steel".
Torrent salamander
The torrent salamander is a species of salamanders. They are also known as Cascade salamanders. They are part of the family Rhyacotritonidae. They live in the Pacific Northwest.
The genus is divided into four species
Wood frog
Desert froglet
Moor frog
The Moor Frog ("Rana arvalis") is a species of frog. They are part of the family Ranidae. They are skinny, reddish-brown and semi-aquatic amphibians.
California tree frog
The California tree frog ("Pseudacris cadaverina") is a species of tree frogs. They often look like stones because of their skin which helps them to camouflage. They have webbed feet and their skin is rough and looks like warts. They can reach up to 2.9 to 5 cm long.
Ensatina
Ensatina is a genus of lungless salamanders. They are a complex of subspecies of "Ensatina eschscholtzii", found in forests in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California and Baja California, Mexico.
Foothill yellow-legged frog
Rana:
Centroleninae
Centroleninae is a subfamily of frogs. There are nine genera.
Dendrobatoidea
Nahomi Kawasumi
Kawasumi was a member of the Japan national team that won the 2011 World Cup. She scored two goals during the tournament.
She played on the women's team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her play was highlighted when she scored a crucial goal in her team's first match in the Olympic tournament.
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS)
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is the name of a disease that normally begins in childhood. It causes Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tics. The symptoms begin very suddenly. If it is not treated at the beginning the disease can be there also in adults. The reason for PANS can be a bacteria called "Group A streptococcus" (PANDAS type) or an immunologic reaction to other pathogens like certain bacteria or viruses. (PITANDS type).
Patients suffering from PANS show sudden begin OCD and/or tics and at least two of these symptoms:
PANS shares symptoms with other diseases. Therefore diagnostic tests must be done to exclude other conditions like Sydenham's chorea, lupus erythematosus, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and Tourette syndrome. Proof of acute rheumatic fever would exclude a PANS classification.
There is no direct treatment for PANS available yet. This means today only some of the symptoms can be treated. But scientists are already working to develop treatments with antibiotics and immune-based therapies that can heal the disease. Nevertheless early and consequent treatment of the symptoms seems to be important. Otherwise the disease can become a lifelong problem.
Cattaro (Italian province)
The Cattaro (Italian province), called in Italian "Provincia italiana di Cattaro" was an administrative section of the "Governorate of Dalmatia", created during World War II by the Kingdom of Italy with "Regio Decreto Legge" of May 18, 1941.
The newly created province had approximately the borders of the Albania veneta, that was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797 in southern Dalmatia.
In the province of Cattaro there were the cities of Cattaro, Perasto, Risan|, Teodo and Castelnuovo di Cattaro. The province had a small territory around the "Bocche di Cattaro" (Boka Kotorska) of 547 km² and nearly 39,800 inhabitants. The island of Saseno in Albania was annexed to the province, after separating it from the province of Zara (since 1920 this little island was part of Italy).
The population was mostly Slav, but there were nearly 3,000 autochthonous Italians, descendants from the Dalmatian Italians since Roman times: they were concentrated in the areas of Cattaro and Perasto.
Italian General Vittorio Ambrosio conquered in a few days all the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, and occupied the area around Cattaro (called "Kotor" since 1919) in April 1941.
The new Italian province of Cattaro was created by order of Italian leader Benito Mussolini the next month, with the "May 19 Treaty between Italy and Croatia". Francesco Scassellati Sforzolini was named "Prefect" of the Cattaro province, serving from June 1941 to June 1943.
The governorship of the Cattaro province (and all the Governorate of Dalmatia) was held by Giuseppe Bastianini until January 1943 when he was recalled to Italy to join the cabinet; his place as governor was taken by Francesco Giunta.
In summer 1941 the Italian government started a policy of Italianization in all the Governorate of Dalmatia. New Italian schools were opened in the "Bocche di Cattaro" (now called Boka Kotorska). Administrative personnel from Italy moved to Cattaro city (nearly 6,700 Dalmatian Italians took refuge in Italy after the creation of Jugoslavia in 1919, and many of them were offered work if they returned to settle with their families in the Governorate of Dalmatia). Bastianini started needed public works, building hospitals, sewage and roads in the area.
Some 500 Jews took refuge in the Cattaro province, after escaping the Ustasha and Nazi German persecution in their areas of former Jugoslavia.
The province was spared the bloody guerrilla, that happened in the rest of Italian-occupied Montenegro, until mid-September 1943 when Germans took control of the area and the Italian province of Cattaro disappeared. The Italian Division "Emilia" of the "XIV° Corpo d'Armata" fought the German occupation of the Province of Cattaro, having 597 deaths e 963 wounded soldiers, from September 9 until September 16, 1943.
These were 15 "comuni" (municipalities) in the Italian Province of Cattaro. The first name is in Italian, the second in Montenegrin-Serbian and the third in Croatian:
A.N.T. Farm is an American sitcom. The first episode played on television on May 6, 2011. It continued as a regular series starting on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "TransplANTed" aired after the last episode of "The Suite Life on Deck". The show was created by Dan Signer. He was a screenwriter and co-executive producer of "The Suite Life on Deck". He also made the YTV series "Mr. Young". Disney Channel approved the show in mid-November 2010. Production began in early 2011. The first promo was released during the premiere of "Lemonade Mouth".
The show takes place in San Francisco, California. The show stars China Anne McClain, Sierra McCormick and Jake Short. They are middle school students in a gifted education program called the "Advanced Natural Talent" (or "A.N.T.") program. On November 30, 2011, "A.N.T. Farm" was accepted for a second season. It started on June 1, 2012. The last show aired on March 21, 2014.
Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare development problem. It is characterized by a distinct "elfin" facial appearance, strong language skills and cardiovascular troubles. There is a degree of low intelligence tied to Williams syndrome. There are also language and motor skills delays.
Aya Miyama
Miyama was a member of the Japan national team that won the 2011 World Cup.
She was named the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Player of the Year in 2011
Miyama was a member of the women's team in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. She was elected captain of the team which won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.Her play was highlighted when she scored a crucial goal in her team's first game.
Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler OBE (born October 30, 1945) is an American movie, television, stage, voice actor, director, producer, and writer. Winkler won two Golden Globe Awards, in 1976 and in 1977, for his role as Fonzie or The Fonz in "Happy Days".
Winkler was born on October 30, 1945 in New York City, New York. His parents were Ilse Anna Maria (née Hadra), and Harry Irving Winkler, a lumber company executive. Winkler's Jewish parents emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939, before the beginning of World War II.
Winkler attended the McBurney School. He received his bachelor's degree from Emerson College in 1967. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1970. In 1978 Emerson College and Austin College gave Winkler an honorary doctorate of humane letters.
Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie (also called The Fonz) on the 1970 American sitcom "Happy Days". Fonzie was a leather-clad greaser and an auto mechanic. The character started as a minor character, but became more important before the show's end.
In October 2008, Winkler appeared in a video with Ron Howard, again playing their roles of Fonzie and Richie Cunningham, trying to make people vote for Barack Obama. The video was called "Ron Howard's Call to Action". It also featured the late Andy Griffith.
As of June 2010, Winkler has appeared on the USA show "Royal Pains".
On June 19, 2010, Winkler appeared on ITV World Cup Live show. Winkler represented the United States in the World Cup Wall Chart.
As of the summer/fall 2010 season, Winkler has joined the cast in the Adult Swim web series "Children's Hospital" playing a hospital administrator.
In late September 2010, Winkler voiced Professor Nathaniel Zib in the Lego Factory mini-series "Rise of the Rookies".
On May 31, 2011, Winkler's book, "I've Never Met an Idiot on the River". It shows Winkler's love of flying and fishing.
In 2011, Winkler guest-starred as Ambush Bug in the series finale of "Batman: The Brave and the Bold".
In the 2013 Broadway season, Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson, Alicia Silverstone, and Ari Graynor are set to star in the David West Read play "The Performers" opening Nov 14, 2012 at The Longacre Theatre.
Winkler appeared in the movie "Here Comes the Boom" (released October 12, 2012), as the music teacher at Wilkinson High School.
In September 2011, Winkler was made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to children with special educational needs and dyslexia in the UK."
Winkler has been married to Stacey Weitzman since May 5, 1978. They have two children; Zoe Emily (b. 1980) and Max Daniel (b. 1983). Winkler also has a stepson from Weitzman's last marriage to Howard Weitzman.
Naomi Judd
Naomi Judd (born January 11, 1946) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.
Naomi is the mother of Christina Ciminella (aka Wynonna Judd) and Ashley. Ashley is an American movie and stage actress. Naomi and daughter Wynonna formed a successful country singing duo called The Judds. That group ended after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1990. Judd is also a writer.
Etsuko Inada
Inada won the Japan Figure Skating Championships seven times.
Inada was a member of the Japan national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics. At age 12, She was the youngest Japanese competitor in all Olympic games.
Farnaz Ghazizadeh
Spear-thrower
Featherfoot
A featherfoot is a sorcerer in Australian Aboriginal spirituality. A featherfoot is usually a bad spirit who kills people. In most traditional Aboriginal beliefs, there is no such thing as a natural death. Every death is caused by evil spirits or spells. It is usually because of an enemy, who wants revenge for something.
A featherfoot is so named because they are believed to have supernatural powers, including the ability to fly. He wears special shoes made of feathers (usually emu) and hair, stuck together with human blood. Scholars say that the shoes leave no tracks (footprints).
South-West of Western Australia, which includes the Noongar people, have a local scary story to tell at night. When the featherfoot is hunting you, it waits till you’re alone or in a small group, at night walking to a destination. The person or the group will start to get a sense of foreboding, followed by a strong sense they are being followed. The featherfoot is close behind, following. Its steps are silent and leave not tracks. The only way to survive a feathfoot attack is to never look behind you until you get back to a light source. Keep walking and don’t look back, it’s when the person looks behind them, is when it attacks. If people dont know why they follow you, it is because you did something wrong like whistle at night or play with sand and dont go in the bush
All is left behind after an attack, is a single large unknown bird feather and a spec of the victims blood.
Mikantji
Mikantji is a waterhole in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is an important sacred site for Warlpiri-speaking Aborigines. The site features in their Dreaming stories. Fire- and rain-making rituals are performed here by the Warlpiri.
Mikantji is located about northwest of Yuendumu, on the road coming north from Papunya.
Milton Teagle Simmons (born July 12, 1948), better known as Richard Simmons, is a fitness guru and actor. He promotes programs aimed towards weight loss. He is known for his eccentric, outgoing, and flamboyant personality.
While growing up, Simmons had asthma. He was obese when he was a teenager. By the time he graduated from high school, he weighed 268 pounds (122 kg). He had tried many failed diets for losing weight.
In the 1980s he had his own fitness show, "The Richard Simmons Show". It lasted four years. The show was a hit. It taught people how to lose weight. It also taught healthy cooking and exercise.
Simmons was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He later moved to Los Angeles.
Gérard Desbois
Gérard Desbois, born in 1958 at Longué-Jumelles is a French flight test engineer and writer. He was member of the crew for the first flight of the Airbus A380 the 27th of April 2005. He is the youngest flight test engineer graduates (29 years old) since the beginnings of aviation.
Graduate from the French Civil Aviation University (1979) and owner of a Commercial pilot licence, he starts his career in 1982 at Aérospatiale.
Under the supervision of Henri Perrier, first Concorde flight test engineer, who was at that time Head of flight test at Aérospatiale, he went to the EPNER school, which he graduates, age 29, the youngest flight test engineer graduate since the beginnings of aviation.
In 1991, he joined Airbus and the Airbus A340 and Airbus A321 flight test teams. Then he is part of the crew for the first flights of the Airbus A319 and Airbus A340-600.
After that, he is nominated flight test engineer responsible of the Airbus A380 aircraft and is member of the crew for the first flight of the aircraft the 27th of April 2005.
Park Jung-yang
Park Jung-yang (, hanja: , May 3, 1872 - April 23, 1959) was a Korean bureaucrat, politician and scholar, popular rights activist and liberalism activist. He lived during the Joseon Dynasty and Japanese rule of Korea. He was an active pro-Japanese collaborator. His pen name was Haeahk (, )·Ilso(일소, 一笑). Another name was Wongeun(, ).
Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961 in Scottsdale, Arizona ) is an American actress. She has performed on television. She may be best known for playing Andrea Zuckerman on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210".
On April 9, 2016, Carteris was elected SAG-AFTRA president.
Calcium hypophosphite
Chiharu Igaya
Igaya was born in Tomarimura, Hokkaidō. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1957.
Igaya was a member of the Japanese team in the 1952 Winter Olympics, in the 1956 Winter Olympics, and in the 1960 Winter Olympics.
In 1956, he won the silver medal in the slalom event. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a medal in a winter sport.
In 1982, Igaya became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After his retirement in 2011, he was granted honorary IOC membership status.
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (), also known as Yael Kushner (; born October 30, 1981), is an American businesswoman, writer, heiress, and former model. Trump was Assistant to the President from March 29, 2017 to January 20, 2021. She is the daughter of former U.S President Donald Trump and Czech model Ivana Trump. She works at The Trump Organization with the company's real estate and hotel management. She also has several other business deals.
On October 25, 2009, Trump married Jewish American businessman Jared Kushner after converting to Judaism earlier that year in July.
In January 2017, it was said that Trump and her husband were buying and moving into a family home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, DC. Federal forms released in 2017 say that Trump and her husband may have assets upwards of $740 million.
Trump is bilingual, speaking English and French. She also has a basic knowledge of her mother's native language of Czech.
Indira (movie)
Tsunekazu Takeda
Takeda was born on November 1, 1947 in Tokyo. He was the third son of Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda and his great-grandfather was Emperor Meiji.
He graduated from Keio University in 1970 with a degree in law.