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Methanogens are microorganisms that make methane as a metabolic byproduct in anoxic conditions. The organisms are archaea, a different domain from bacteria. They are common in wetlands, where they make marsh gas.
Methanogens are also common in the digestive tracts of animals such as ruminants and humans. Methane is often belched out.
In marine sediments methane is produced when sulfates are low. This happens below the top layers. Methanogenic archaea populations play an important role in anaerobic wastewater treatments. Some methanogens are extremophiles, found in environments such as hot springs and submarine hydrothermal vents as well as in the "solid" rock of the Earth's crust, kilometers below the surface.
Methanogens convert acetic acid to methane in a fermentation process. Do not confuse them with methanotrophs, which use up methane for their carbon and energy requirements.
A selfie is a self-portrait photograph. It is typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.
Selfies sono un autoritratto fotografia , tipicamente fatte con una fotocamera digitale o smartphone , che Louis Tomlinson non fa da 109 giorni ( quattro mesi)
One of the first self-portraits was taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius, an American photographer. The term "selfie" was first used by photographer Jim Krause in 2005.
A black crested macaque ("Macaca nigra") stole a camera, and took a photo of herself. The selfie seemed to set a legal precedent when the Wikimedia Foundation rejected a copyright claim. The ground was that a non-human could not own a copyright, and the camera owner had not taken the photo, and so also could not own the copyright. And so, the photo was not under copyright.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse is a city in the southwestern part of Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is there. A 2012 Census estimate had 51,647 people living there.
It is across from Winona, Minnesota. The city was incorporated in 1856.
Concrete pump
A concrete pump is a machine to move liquid concrete by using a pump. The pump uses piston pumps to move the concrete.
Types of concrete pumps:
Chamba State
Chamba State was one of the oldest Princely states in present-day Republic of India. It was founded during the late 6th century. It is situated in the Himalaya mountains.
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876) was a figure in the American Old West. He was also known as "Wild Bill" Hickok. He was a gunfighter, gambler, and lawman.
Hickok was born and raised on a farm in Homer, Illinois (now Troy Grove, Illinois). He went west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice. He worked first as a stagecoach driver, then as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
He fought (and spied) for the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he gained fame as a scout, marksman, actor, and professional gambler. Calamity Jane claimed in her autobiography that she was married to Hickok and divorced him.
Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts. He was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. The card hand he held at the time of his death is known today as poker's "Dead Man's Hand". In 1979, Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
Nick Cvjetkovich
Nicholas "Nick" Cvjetkovich (born August 29, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler, television actor, comic book artist and tattoo artist. Cvjetkovich is best known for his short time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where he wrestled on their "SmackDown" brand under the ring name Kizarny. Cvjetkovich has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Sinn. He currently competes on the independent circuit.
He is childhood friend with Edge and Christian. He is also a close friend and protégé of Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Cvjetkovich married former professional wrestling valet Stacy Carter on August 2, 2010. The later divorced on March 12, 2013.
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Menomonee Falls is a village in southeastern Wisconsin. It is near Milwaukee. About 35,626 people lived there as of the 2010 census.
This village was incorporated in 1892.
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie is a city in northwest Wisconsin. It is near Eau Claire. At the 2010 census, 16,264 people lived there.
The city is in Dunn County.
Tom's Rhinoplasty
"Tom's Rhinoplasty" is the eleventh episode of the first season of "South Park". It was first shown on Comedy Central in the United States on February 11, 1998. The episode was the series' first Valentine's Day episode. It was written by the show's co-creator Trey Parker.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone said that they were originally not happy with the final product and they thought that fans of the show would hate. They were surprised that fans responded positively to it.
When Valentine's Day approaches, Wendy suggests to her boyfriend Stan ways to try and spend time together. After their schoolteacher Mr. Garrison decides to get a rhinoplasty, he introduces their new substitute teacher, Ms. Ellen (voiced by Natasha Henstridge). The boys in class fall in love with her, including Stan, especially when she talks to him. This makes Wendy become incredibly jealous and she warns Ms. Ellen to stay away from Stan, oblivious to the fact that Ms. Ellen does not return Stan's affection.
When Ms. Ellen becomes worried about the student's education, she says that the winner of a spelling test will be bought a dinner. The boys attempt to date Ms. Ellen but Chef tells them that she is a lesbian and that she only likes other lesbians. They don't know what this means and they try to become lesbians themselves to try and attract Ms. Ellen. They try wearing Birkenstocks, listening to an Indigo Girls album and "licking carpet" (they mistake this for literally licking the carpet floor).
Meanwhile Mr. Garrison's gets a nose job that makes him one of the most attractive men in South Park with his face resembling David Hasselhoff. He decides to quit teaching and try to pursue women. Stan is able to win the spelling test and the dinner but he finds out that Ms. Ellen has no attraction or intention of making love with him. The next day, while Ms. Ellen is teaching the class, several Iraqi men burst through the door and say that she is actually an Iraqi fugitive. She resist her arrest but accidentally kills Kenny by impaling him in the face with a sword. They take her into custody and shoot her into the sun with a rocket.
Mr. Garrison later becomes a model with great success, but he finds himself being chased throughout the streets by a large group of women and doesn't want the attention. He returns to Tom's Rhinoplasty and regains his original look. Wendy speaks fluent Arabic to a group of Iraqi men and pays them with with a wad of American money. She then watches happily in the sky as the rocket gets blown up in the sun. Kyle realizes that Wendy hired the Iraqi men to murder Ms. Ellen and Wendy says "I told her: 'Don't... fuck... with... Wendy... Testaburger!'" as the episode ends.
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Princess Athena of Denmark
Princess Athena of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (born 24 January 2012) is a Danish princess. She is the 4th and youngest child and only daughter of Prince Joachim. She is tenth in line of succession to the Danish throne.
Princess Marie of Denmark
Princess Marie of Denmark (born 6 February 1976) is the second wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark. She gave birth in early 2012 to Princess Athena of Denmark.
Princess Marie was born in Paris, France.
Drake Younger
Drake Wuertz (born September 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He competes under the ring name Drake Younger. He is currently signed to the WWE. He is best known for his time in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). He has also competed for IWA Mid-South, EVOLVE, Dragon Gate USA, Chikara, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Younger was known for competing in deathmatches before he retired from them.
On March 4, 2014, Younger signed a contract with the WWE.
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy Snell (or just Maeve Binchy; 28 May 1939 – 30 July 2012) was an Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer. Her novels sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.
Binchy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She died there after a brief illness, aged 73.
Chelsi Smith
Chelsi Smith (August 23, 1973 – September 8, 2018) was a former Miss USA and singer. In February 1995, she was crowned the Miss USA. She competed as Miss Texas. Smith was born in Redwood City, California.
Smith was the first African-American to win Miss Texas USA.
Smith died at the age of 45 on September 8, 2018 of liver cancer in
Apomorphy
An apomorphy in biology is a derived state, or innovation. For example, amongst mammals, babies can digest their mothers' milk. That is something all mammals share. It is an apomorphy unique to mammals, and so is the production of milk by mammalian mothers.
Apomorphies which are found in every species of a group of animals are the basis of taxonomy. If a group of animals all have a unique apomorphy, the most likely reason is that they descended from a common ancestor. When a group of animals share a large number of apomorphies this becomes a near-certainty. Mammals share a long list of characters which are unique to them.
Clades are identified (or defined) by synapomorphies (from syn-, "together"). These are a group of apomorphies which they all have, but other groups do not. For example, the five digits (fingers and toes) like ours is a synapomorphy within the vertebrates. The tetrapods are the first vertebrates with such digits. Snakes and other tetrapods which do not have digits are tetrapods because other characters, such as amniotic eggs and diapsid skulls, show they descended from ancestors that which had digits.
Colin Pillinger
Colin Trevor Pillinger, (9 May 1943 – 7 May 2014) was a British planetary scientist at the Open University. He was the main investigator for the British failed Beagle 2 Mars lander project. He also worked on a group of Martian meteorites. He was born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire.
Pillinger died from a brain haemorrhage on 7 May 2014 at the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. He was 70.
Crappie
The crappies ( or ) are a genus, "Pomoxis", of North American freshwater fish. They are members of the sunfish family Centrarchidae. Both species in this genus are popular game fish. These are the Black crappie and the White crappie. The White crappie is the state fish of Louisiana.
The genus name "Pomoxis" comes from the Greek πώμα (cover, plug, operculum) and οξύς (sharp). The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), comes from the Canadian French "crapet," which refers to many different fishes of the sunfish family. Other names for crappie are papermouths, strawberry bass, speckled bass or specks (especially in Michigan), speckled perch, calico bass (throughout New England), "sac-a-lait" (in southern Louisiana, lit. "milk bag", a rendition of Choctaw "sakli") and Oswego bass.
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
Crappies are both predators and prey. Both species of crappie as adults feed predominantly on smaller fish species. This includes the young of their own predators (which include the northern pike, muskellunge, and walleye). They have varied diets, however, including zooplankton, insects, and crustaceans. By day, crappie tend to be less active and to concentrate around weed beds or submerged objects, such as logs and boulders. They feed especially at dawn and dusk, moving then into open water or approaching the shore.
There are differences between the White and Black crappies. White crappies have 5 or 6 dorsal spines while Black crappies have 7 or 8. White crappies are usually more numerous and tend to be larger. Black crappies appear darker because of the dark spots on its sides. White crappies have black vertical bands on their bodies and are often lighter in color. But the two can be difficult to tell apart unless you count the spines. Crappies are among the most numerous in North American waters. Black crappies begin spawning when the water temperature reaches 60 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit. Females lay between 20,000 and 140,000 eggs. The White crappies begin spawning at water temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees F. The female White crappie lays between 1,000 and 200,000 eggs. Male crappies guard the nest until the eggs hatch, usually in about five days.
The "Pomoxis" species are highly regarded game fishes and are often considered to be among the best-tasting freshwater fish. Because of the variety of their diets, crappies may be caught in many ways. This includes casting light jigs, trolling with minnows or artificial lures. Small spinnerbaits, or using bobbers are also very effective. Crappies are very popular with ice-fishermen, as they are active in winter. The current all-tackle fishing world record for a black crappie is and for a white crappie is .
Angling for crappies is popular throughout much of North America. Methods vary, but among the most popular is called "Spider Rigging," a method characterized by a fisherman in a boat with many long fishing rods pointing away from the angler at various angles like spokes from a wheel. Anglers who employ the Spider Rigging method may choose from among many popular baits, like corn. Many anglers also chum or dump live bait into the water to attract the fish hoping the fish will bite their bait. There are many types of lures that catch crappies. Jigs, especially with a live minnow are very effective. Spoons, Spinners and Crankbaits are all effective at different times.
A commercial fishery for crappies existed at Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee until 2003. It was one of the few commercial fisheries for crappies.
"Killer Queen" is a song by British rock group Queen. It was featured on their 1974 album "Sheer Heart Attack", and also appears on, "Greatest Hits". When released as a single, "Killer Queen" was Queen's breakthrough hit. It reached number two in the United Kingdom and number 12 in the United States.
Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
Princess Estelle of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary; born 23 February 2012) is the oldest child of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Her younger brother is Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne. She is second in line of succession to the Swedish throne.
The princess was born at 04:26 Central European Time on 23 February 2012. She was named the following day.
Katie Cassidy
Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy (also Katie Cassidy; born November 25, 1986) is an American actress. She played Kris Fowles in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (the 2010 movie). She also played Ruby in the series "Supernatural".
Cassidy was born in Los Angeles.
Roma Downey
Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Irish actress. She played the angel Monica in "Touched by an Angel". She also played the Virgin Mary in "Son of God" in 2014.
Downey was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She is currently married to the producer Mark Burnett.
Nazim Al-Haqqani
Mehmet Nazım Adil (April 21, 1922 – May 7, 2014; Sha'ban 23, 1340 AH – Rajab 8, 1435 AH), often called Sheikh Nazim (), was a Turkish-Cypriot Sufi Sheikh. He was the leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order. He was also a poet. He was born in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Nazim al-Haqqani died at the age of 92 in Northern Cyprus from multiple organ failure.
Ryan Higa
Ryan Higa (also known by his YouTube username nigahiga) is an American YouTube celebrity, actor, comedian, and producer. He moved to Las Vegas to study filmmaking at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Higa's videos are either solo efforts or videos with other people. He's known for his YouTube comedy videos. They have been viewed 3.3 billion times. , Higa's YouTube channel has more than 19 million subscribers.
Higa was born in Hilo, Hawaii on June 6, 1990. He holds a black belt in Judo. He also wrestled, and graduated from Waiakea High School in 2008.
Higa and Fujiyoshi Sean started posting YouTube videos of themselves lip-synching to songs in mid-2006 while attending Waiakea High School. They quickly expanded beyond songs, with a variety of other comedic pieces. Occasional guest appearances were made by Enos Tim, Villaruel Ryan, Chun Kyle, and Nago Tarynn.
On Christmas Eve of 2008, Higa and Fujiyoshi's two most popular videos, "How To Be Gangster" and "How To Be Emo", were removed due to copyright violations. On January 21, 2009, the nigahiga account was temporarily suspended and was required to remove more copyrighted videos. Because of this, nigahiga's lip-synching videos were all removed (with the exception of "You're Beautiful", which was audio swapped), along with most of his other videos that included copyrighted music. Since then, Higa started composing the music himself. "How to be Gangster" and "How to be Emo" were put back on nigahiga's channel in late August 2009, only to be removed a few days later, along with "How to be Ninja" and "How to be Nerd". In Spring 2010, "How to be Ninja", "How to be Gangster" and "How to be Emo" were made public once more.
Due to Higa Ryan moving to Las Vegas for college, most of the nigahiga videos are solo efforts. They usually feature collaborations with other users.
The nigahiga YouTube channel was created on July 20, 2006, by Ryan Higa, Sean Fujiyoshi, Tim Enos, and Tarynn Nago (known collectively as "The Yabo Crew"). By December 21, 2010, it had reached 3 million subscribers, the first channel to do so. According to Higa, his channel name is a combination of "Niga", which means "rant" in Japanese, and his last name, "Higa".
He created a second channel, under the name HigaTV, in 2011, where he posts video blogs and behind the scenes movies. In May 2014, it had over 2.1 million subscribers.
In 2012, Higa helped form the YOMYOMF Network, which hosts the online video-making talent competition, "Internet Icon", of which he serves alongside Lakin Christine and DeLaGhetto Timothy as main judges.
In 2008, Vleet Van Richard offered to help them create their first feature-length film. The resulting film, "Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure", was directed by Vleet Van Richard and released on November 14, 2008. It was shown in sold out theaters in Hawaii and California. The DVD was released on July 14, 2009, in the USA.
"Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure" is about a down on his luck movie producer, played by Buckley Michael, who is seeking out famous celebrities in order to make a hit movie in 30 days or risk being fired. He chooses Higa Ryan and Fujiyoshi Sean after discovering the popularity of their YouTube videos. He invites them to Hollywood to make a movie. They accept the offer. They run into some amusing situations on the way.
"Ninja Melk", a short film, was released in August 2009. The plot revolves around a ninja master named Master Ching Ching sending his student Lapchung (played by Murata Bryson) to find a replacement, finding Higa and Fujiyoshi to catch the evil Bokchoy (played by Enos Tim) and his henchwoman, Gina (played by Nago Tarynn).
An independent film he created with Wong Fu Productions called "Agents of Secret Stuff" was uploaded on Higa's channel on November 24, 2010. It features some other popular YouTube users as well as actors such as Aki Aleong. "Agents of Secret Stuff" is about a teenage A.S.S. (Agent of Secret Stuff) (Higa) who is sent undercover to a high school to protect one of the students, a girl named Taylor (Cho Arden) from the A.S.S.'s enemy, the S.I.N.S (Society Involving Not-So-Good Stuff). It included guest appearances from Ian and Anthony of Smosh, D-Trix, KassemG and Hiimrawn. Higa has also starred on an episode of "Supah Ninjas", playing DJ Elephant Head, a master plotter who uses his hypnotizing electronic music to make people fall asleep to commit robberies.
Raúl Baca Carbo
Oswaldo Raul Baca Carbo (June 29, 1931 - May 7, 2014) was an Ecuadorian engineer and politician. He is thought to be a historic leader of the Democratic Party of Ecuador. He was one of the most influential figures in Ecuadorian politics.
He was president of the National Congress on three separate occasions, in addition to being president of the Andean Parliament and the Latin American Parliament.
Carbo was born in Quito, Ecuador. He died in Quito, Ecuador, aged 82.
Ramón Vega Hidalgo
Hidalgo Ramon Vega (February 1, 1934 - May 7, 2014) was a Chilean politician and military personal. He was commander in chief of the Chilean Air Force. In 1998 he was appointed institutional senator, a position he held starting in 1998. He left office in 2006.
Hidalgo was born in Santiago, Chile. He died there from heart failure, aged 80.
Koko (dog)
Koko (9 April 2005 – 18 December 2012) was an Australian Kelpie actor and fundraiser. He is best known for his role as the title character of the movie "Red Dog" (2011). His owner was Nelson Woss, a producer of "Red Dog". He was born in Dunolly, Victoria.
Koko died from heart failure caused by heart disease on 18 December 2012 in Perth, Western Australia. He was 7.
Manuel Jiménez de Parga
Manuel Jiménez de Parga y Cabrera (April 9, 1929 - May 6, 2014) was a Spanish lawyer, politician and diplomat.
He was professor in charge of the department of political law at the University of Madrid (1956) and professor in opposition of the Faculty of Law of the University of Barcelona (1957-1977). He was Dean of the Faculty of Law (1976) and Rector of the University of Barcelona (1976-1977).
de Parga was Minister of Labour (1977-78) and Ambassador-Permanent Representative of Spain to the ILO (Geneva, 1978-1981) and president of the Inter-American Conference of Labour (1980).
He was born in Granada, Spain. de Parga died in Madrid, Spain, aged 85.
Jair Rodrigues
Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira (February 6, 1939 – May 8, 2014) was a Brazilian musician and singer. His career began during the 1950s. He was known for his many albums such as "O Menino da Porteira", "Boi da Cara Preta" and "Majestade o Sabiá". He sang funk and samba music.
Rodrigues was born in Igarapava, Brazil. He died in Cotia, Brazil, aged 75.
Elder abuse
Elder abuse (also senior abuse) is a single or repeated act of abuse towards an elderly person. It can also be when a lack of good care causes harm or distress to an older person. It can be physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse or verbal abuse.
Elder abuse happens when there is an " of trust" by the older person toward their abuser. Usually the abuser is someone the older person knows or with whom they have a relationship. This could be a spouse, partner or family member, a friend or neighbor. It could be a caregiver that the older person depends on for services. Many forms of elder abuse are recognized as types of domestic violence or family violence.
Learn about senior abuse awareness and prevention with this infographicCentrarchidae
Centrarchidae or sunfish are a family of freshwater ray-finned fish. They belonging to the order Perciformes. The type genus is "Centrarchus" (consisting solely of the flier, "C. macropterus"). The family's 37 species include many fish familiar to North Americans, including the rock bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and crappies. All are native only to North America. Family members are distinguished by having from five to 13 dorsal spines number. Sizes of most are in the range. However, some are much smaller, with the black-banded sunfish at just in length, while the largemouth bass is reported to reach almost in extreme cases.
The male of most species builds a nest by hollowing out a depression using his tail, then guards the eggs. Most sunfish are valued for sport fishing. They have been introduced in many areas outside their original ranges, sometimes becoming an invasive species.
Edgar Cortright
Edgar Maurice Cortright (July 29, 1923 – May 4, 2014) was an American scientist and engineer, and senior official at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. His known positions during his career were Director of NASA's Langley Research Center and Chairman of the Apollo 13 Review Board.
He died from a stroke in Palm City, Florida, aged 90.
Oswego bass
The term Oswego bass can refer to one of two species of sunfish:
Alessandro Pertini
Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian journalist and socialist politician. He served as the seventh President of the Italian Republic. He served as President from 1978 to 1985.
Pertini was born in Stella, Italy. He studied at the University of Genoa. Aged 19 when Italy entered World War I on the side of the Entente, Pertini opposed the war, but enlisted in the army where he served as a lieutenant and was decorated for bravery. Pertini was married to Carla Voltolina.
In 1978, the 82-year old Pertini was elected President of the Italian Republic. He played a major role in helping restore the public's faith in the government and institutions of Italy.
He maintained an active schedule of traveling and meeting foreign leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Joseph Broz Tito, and Ronald Reagan.
During the Brigate Rosse terrorism period of the Anni di piombo, Pertini openly denounced the violence. He was also against organized crime in Italy, South African apartheid, Chilean president Augusto Pinochet and other dictatorships. Pertini was as well against the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
In 1985, he stepped down from the presidency. He was soon honored with the position of senator for life.
Pertini became President of the Foundation for Historical Studies of Florence. In December 1988, Pertini was the first person to be awarded the Otto Hahn Peace Award by the United Nations. He lived in Rome, Italy.
Pertini died in Rome, Italy from natural causes, aged 93.
The von Neumann architecture is a model of how computers work. It was developed by John von Neumann, and others in the 1940s. According to this model, a computer consists of two fundamental parts: There is a processor, which loads and executes program instructions, and there is computer memory which holds both the instructions and the data. The von Neumann architecture is probably the most common model that describes how most computers work today. As it was developed at Princeton University, it is also known as Princeton architecture, but that term is less common.
Another very similar architecture is the Harvard architecture, which separates the place where data is held from that where program instructions are held.
The common bus (essentially like a road for data) used by the program memory and data memory creates what is called the von Neumann bottleneck, which is the limit of the data transfer rate between the CPU and memory (think of it like a 100-km road between destinations). Because the program and data cannot be accessed at the same time, the data transfer rate is smaller than the rate the CPU can work, limiting the effective processing speed of the CPU. It is made to wait for the data it needs to be moved to or from memory.
The Von Neumann bottleneck can be avoided if data and program are transferred on separate buses. This is achieved by the .
Alternative workarounds include having a small data cache built into the processor, and using complicated algorithms and logic to predict what will be needed next and get it before it is needed.
These are some examples of von Neumann model computers.
Home for the Holidays (movie)
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 comedy-drama movie directed by Jodie Foster. It tells the story of an unhappy family who are getting together for the Thanksgiving holidays. The comedy scene of the Thanksgiving dinner took more than ten days to make. In all, 64 turkeys, 20 pounds of mashed potatoes, 35 pounds of stuffing, 44 pies, 30 pounds of sweet potatoes, 18 bags of mini-marshmallows and 50 gallons of fake wine were used.
Foster let Robert Downey Jr. improvise some of his role instead of using a script. This got him excited about making movies again. He had been unhappy and tired of acting for a while.
Claudia Larson is a single mom with a teenage daughter. Claudia is an artist who restores paintings. She has just lost her job at a museum because of a lack of money to pay her. Even though she is sick with a cold, she flies from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, Adele and Henry Larson. They still live in the same house in Baltimore, where she grew up with her sister and brother. But her daughter, Kitt will be staying home to be with her boyfriend. Kitt tells her mom on the telephone that she is going to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time.
Claudia's stuck-up and critical sister, Joanne Larson Wedman, is also coming for dinner. She brings her boring husband, Walter, and their two spoiled children. Claudia's gay brother, Tommy, and his new friend Leo Fish show up, along with their eccentric Aunt Glady. Claudia laughs and happily chats with Tommy, but the rest of her family is stressing her out, as usual. Meanwhile, Joanne is strictly trying to keep the holiday celebration under control. Tommy has been the boyfriend of another man, Jack, for a long time. So Claudia is confused because he is at dinner with Leo. But, as Claudia finds out, Leo has come along for the holidays to be introduced to Claudia. In fact, Tommy has just recently married Jack.
The Thanksgiving day has many crazy events, including a loud fight on the lawn in the leaves. The turkey is spilled in Joanne's lap, ruining her fancy dress. Many things are said in anger which can't be taken back and the family seems as divided as ever. So Claudia meets with her family by herself to try to make up.
Even though Claudia is still discouraged, she becomes close to Leo. When she gets on the plane to go home, Leo goes with her.
White Plains is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of 2010, 56,853 people live in White Plains.
White Plains is around 30 to 45 minutes north of Manhattan, depending on what type of train taken. This ideal location adds to the increasing appeal of White Plains.
Elmira, New York
Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, United States. As of 2010, 29,200 people live in Elmira.
Troy, New York
Troy is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of 2010, 50,129 people live in Troy.
Rensselaer, New York
Rensselaer is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of 2010, 9,392 people live in Rensselaer.
Billy Harrell
William "Bill" Harrell (July 18, 1928 – May 6, 2014) was an American sportsman. He played basketball for the Siena Saints. He was best known for his time in the Major League Baseball and played in the league between 1955 and 1961. During his time in the MLB, he played for the Cleveland Indians in 1955 and from 1957 until 1958 and Boston Red Sox in 1961. He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Harrell died on May 6, 2014 at his home in Albany, New York. He was 85.
Lichtenstein Castle
Lichtenstein Castle is a castle near Honau in Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The castle is on a cliff. There has been a castle on this land since around 1200. It was destroyed two times. The first time was in the Reichskrieg's War of 1311. The second time was by the city-state of Reutlingen in 1381. The castle was not rebuilt and became a ruin.
In 1802, King Frederick I of Württemberg built a hunting lodge there. In 1837, the land passed to his nephew Duke Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg. He added the current castle in 1840–42.
Today, the castle is still owned by the Dukes of Urach. It is open to visitors. The castle has a large collection of historic weapons and armour.
Qianzhousaurus
Qianzhousaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. So far only one species has been named: the type species "Qianzhousaurus sinensis". Nicknamed 'Pinocchio rex' for its long snout in comparison to other known tyrannosaurs, it was discovered in southern China and first published in the journal "Nature Communications" in May 2014.
Apart from its signature snout, it also had long, narrow teeth, while "T. rex" had thick teeth and powerful, deep-set jaws. This suggest its feeding method and probably its life-style were quite different from "Tyrannosaurus". The thinner teeth and lighter skeleton of "Qianzhousaurus" suggest it hunted smaller creatures, such as lizards and feathered dinosaurs.
The bones were discovered by workmen at a construction site near the city of Ganzhou, who then took them to a local museum.
The discovery of "Qianzhousaurus", and "Alioramus" from Mongolia, shows that the long-snouted tyrannosaurids were widespread in Asia. Although we are only starting to learn about them, they were apparently one of the main groups of predatory dinosaurs in Asia. Their existence was previously suspected because of various scattered fossil finds. An expert says the find "tells us pretty unequivocally that these long-snouted tyrannosaurs were a real thing. They were a different breed, living right to the end of the age of dinosaurs".
The iPad Mini is a line of mini tablet computers that is designed, made, and sold by Apple Inc.. It is smaller than a full-sized iPad with a screen size of 7.9 inches, compared to 9.7 inches on a regular iPad. The first iPad mini was announced on October 23, 2012, and was released on November 2, 2012, in almost all of Apple's markets. It is similar to the iPad 2.
The second-generation iPad Mini was announced on October 22, 2013, and was released on November 12, 2013. It is the first iPad Mini to have a Retina Display.
The iPad Mini shipped with iOS 6. It can act as a hotspot, meaning that it can share its internet connection over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or USB. It can also access the App Store, where users can buy and install applications for their device. It can run the latest operating system, iOS 7, and this version shipped with the second generation iPad Mini.
Below is a comparison of the two iPad Mini models..
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Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the breasts when a mother feeds her young. It occurs with almost almost all female mammals after the birth of their young. In humans the process is also called "breastfeeding" or "nursing".
In most species, milk comes out of the mother's nipples. The platypus (which is a monotreme mammal) releases milk through ducts in its abdomen. In only one species of mammal, the Dayak fruit bat, is milk production a normal male function.
Milk contains fat, lactose, and protein, as well and vitamins and minerals.
Apart from food nutrients, mothers' milk contains a range of antibodies which protect the baby until it develops its own immune system. When born, a baby has IgG antibodies from across the mother's placenta. Its own immunoglobulin production takes about six months to develop after birth, so meantime the mother's milk supplies IgA as a stop-gap protection.
Milk production requires the hormones prolactin and oxytocin.
The evolution of milk production made use of a feature which was present before modern mammals. The cells which produce milk were developed from the apocrine glands in the skin:
Meaning: since the skin of synapsids had glands in it, the development of milk production was possible.
"Stupid Girl" is a 1996 rock ballad. The song is performed by Garbage. It was released in February of 1996. It was actually recorded in 1994, two years prior to release.
The song has a drum sample of The Clash's single "Train in Vain".
The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
In mathematics, the modulo operation works out the remainder (what's left over) when we divide two integers (whole numbers without a fraction or a decimal) together. For example, 5 modulo 2 is 1, because if we divide 5 by 2, then we get 2 (because formula_1) with 1 left over. Instead of writing modulo, people sometimes write formula_2.
Because computers and calculators store numbers in different ways, they sometimes use different steps to work out the modulus (what we get when we modulo two numbers).
All-female band
The all female band is a musical group made exclusively of female musicians. Such groups include the Go-Go's, Bangles, The Andrews Sisters, The Runaways and 4 Non Blondes.
All-female bands are not restricted by mainstream genres.
Tina Weymouth
Martina Weymouth (also Tina Weymouth; born November 22, 1950) is an American new wave musician. She is related to the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club. She is also the bassist for them.
Weymouth was born in Coronado, California.
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , It rises in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales. It then flows through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, with the county towns of Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester on its banks.The Severn is the greatest river in terms of water flow in England and Wales.
The river is usually considered to become the Severn Estuary after the Second Severn Crossing. The river then discharges into the Bristol Channel which in turn discharges into the Atlantic Ocean. The Severn's drainage basin area is , excluding the River Wye and the River Avon which flow into the Severn Estuary.
Luxembourg (district)
The District of Luxembourg () was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital was Luxembourg City.
The district is to the southwest of the country. It was the second largest district of the three districts, with an area of . It was the district with more people living in it with a population, in 2014, of 401,041 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
When the districts were created on 24 February 1843, Luxembourg was one of the three of the country.
On 30 May 1857, the Mersch canton was taken from the Luxembourg district to made part of the new district of Mersch. on 4 May 1867, the new district was abolished and the Mersch canton was made again a part of the Luxembourg district.
On 2012, the communes of Bascharage and Clemency were combined to make the new commune of Käerjeng. So the number of communes changed from 47 to 46.
The district of Luxembourg is bordered to the north by the Diekirch district, to the east by the Grevenmacher district, to the south by France (the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle "départements") and to the west by Belgium (the Belgian province of Luxembourg).
The Luxembourg district has 4 cantons and 46 "communes".
Division of Hinkler
The Division of Hinkler is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Bert Hinkler, the great pioneer Australian aviator.
The division includes the towns of Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Childers, Gayndah and Monto.
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Matthews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was an American politician. Mathews was a member of the Democratic Party.
Mathews was born in Walker County, Alabama. He studied at the Nashville School of Law. Mathews married Pat Mathews in 1948.
Mathews first served as Tennessee State Treasurer from 1975 to 1987.
Mathews served as the United States senator for Tennessee. He succeeded Al Gore. He served as senator from 1993 to 1994. He was succeeded by Fred Thompson.
After leaving office, Mathews studied law in Nashville, Tennessee. Mathews and his wife had two children.
Mathews died of brain cancer at a hospice in Nashville.
Walker County, Alabama
Walker County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Its name is in honor of John Williams Walker, a member of the United States Senate. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,023. Its county seat is Jasper.
Luxembourg (canton)
Luxembourg () is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Luxembourg.
It is the only canton, other than Mersch, to be entirely surrounded by other cantons, and therefore not to have an international boundary.
With an area of , and a population (2017) of 179,369, the Luxembourg canton has a population density of inhabitants/km².
It is bordered on the north by the Mersch and Grevenmacher cantons, on the southeast by the Remich canton, on the southwest by the Esch-sur-Alzette canton, and on the west by the Capellen canton.
The Luxembourg canton has 11 communes (2017 population)ː
Ned McWherter
Ned Ray McWherter (October 15, 1930April 4, 2011) was an American politician. He worked as the 46th Governor of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995. He worked as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987.
McWherter died of cancer in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 80 years old.
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Alzette
The Alzette (, ) is a river in France and Luxembourg. It is a right tributary of the Sauer river, and so it is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river.
The Alzette river is sung in "Ons Heemecht", the national anthem of Luxembourg (, , ).
The Alzette river has a length of but only of them are in France. Its drainage basin has an area of , most of it in Luxembourg.
The Alzette has its source in France in the territory of the "commune" of Thil in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lorraine), at an altitude of about . It passes through the French "communes" of Villerupt () and Audun-le-Tiche (, .
After a few kilometers, the Alzette enters Luxembourg, flowing through the city of Esch-sur-Alzette (, or "Esch-an-der-Alzig", ). At Lameschmillen (near Bergem) it is joined by the Mess river.
It flows on a wide floodplain before getting into a narrow valley near Hesperange. Then it flows through the Luxembourgish cities of Luxembourg (where it is joined by the Pétrusse river) and Mersch (where is joined by the Mamer and Eisch rivers). It joins, as a right tributary, the Sauer river near Ettelbruck, at about of altitude.
The main tributaries of the Alzette rivers are left tributaries; those that join the river by the right side are very small streams.
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic. He was a major figure of the early modernist movement and free verse. His best-known works include "Ripostes" (1912), "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley" (1920) and the unfinished "The Cantos" (1917–69). He was also one of the important members of the Early Modernist Movement and was known for his support for fascism.
Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho Territory. In the early 20th century he worked in London as foreign editor of several American magazines. He died in Italy from an intestinal blockage, aged 87.
Juan Ponce Enrile
Juan Ponce Enrile, later Juanito Ponce (born Juanito Furagganan on 14 February 1924), is a Filipino politician. He served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Minister. He was Senate President from November 2008 until his resignation on June 5, 2013.
Enrile was born in Gonzaga, Cagayan.
House of the Rising Sun is an action-thriller movie of 2011. This movie is about an ex-cop trying to turn his life around after five years in prison. Amy Smart plays Jenny. Danny Trejo plays Carlos.
The movie was shot in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Abdullah Kobayashi
In mid-2013, Kobayashi took a long break from in-ring action to undergo treatment after he was diagnosed with hepatitis C.
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress, model and voice artist. She played Becky Thatcher in "Tom and Huck" (1995). She played Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999). She played Laura King in the movie "Vampire" (2011).
She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Blonde Ambition is a romantic comedy movie. This is about a small town girl who moves to New York City and becomes a businesswoman. Jessica Simpson plays Katie. Rachael Leigh Cook plays Haley, and Penelope Ann Miller plays Debra.
This movie was released in December of 2007. It did not do well at the box office.
Bob &amp; Carol &amp; Ted &amp; Alice
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is a romantic comedy-drama movie. It is about affairs and swinging Las Vegas and California. Robert Culp plays Bob. Natalie Wood plays Carol. Elliott Gould plays Ted. Dyan Cannon plays Alice.
The movie was rated R for sexual material. This was released in September 1969.
All in a Night's Work
All in a Night's Work is a 1961 American romantic comedy movie. It is about romance and several people in a newspaper department. Dean Martin plays Tony, and Shirley MacLaine plays Katie.
It was released in 1961.
Screwball comedy
Screwball comedies are an American genre of comedy movies. This genre became popular during the Great Depression. It first became popular with "It Happened One Night" in 1934.
The elements of the screwball comedy can be traced back to plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Much Ado about Nothing".
Screwball comedy has farce or slapstick material.
Joe Wilder
Joseph Benjamin "Joe" Wilder (February 22, 1922 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He performed music with people such as Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett. He was honored with the NEA Jazz Masters Award by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008.
Wilder was an African American who was born in Colwyn, Pennsylvania and raised in Philadelphia.
Wilder died from congestive heart failure on May 9, 2014 in New York City. He was 92.
Suddenly I See
"Suddenly I See" is a pop-rock ballad. KT Tunstall sings the song. The song is a strong tribute to female power.
The song was released in August of 2005 in the United Kingdom. It was then released in the America a year later.
The single performed really high in Australia at the #6 spot.
Be Careful With My Heart
Conchita Wurst
Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988), better known as the drag character Conchita Wurst, is a drag singer from Austria. He represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, singing her song Rise Like a Phoenix in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the contest.
Neuwirth is gay.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 – 11 January 1494) was an Italian painter. He painted during the Renaissance (about 1400-1600) in Florence. He was an important painter in the time of the Renaissance. In about 1480, he became the official portrait artist for wealthy people in Florence.
Domenico had a large painting workshop. His brothers David Ghirlandaio and Benedetto Ghirlandaio and his brother-in-law Sebastiano Mainardi worked with him. His son Ridolfo Ghirlandaio also was a painter.
Michelangelo Buonarroti was his most famous apprentice. He started learning in Domenico’s workshop at age 13.
Ghirlandaio died in 1494 of an contagious fever and was buried in Santa Maria Novella. The day and month of his birth and death are not known, but he died in early January of his forty-fifth year. He had been married two times and had six children. One of his three sons, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, also became a noted painter in Florence.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 melodrama and musical movie. It is about three women who perform in a rock band, The Kelly Affair. Dolly Read plays Kelly MacNamara.
The movie was originally rated X. The rating was later changed to NC-17. Roger Ebert co-wrote the movie.
This movie made a lot of money.
Table Rock Lake
Table Rock Lake is an artificial lake, or reservoir, in The Ozarks of southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. The lake was made by the construction of Table Rock dam. This 252 foot high impoundment was constructed in 1954-1958 on the White River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is one of the popular attractions for the nearby town of Branson, Missouri. There are several commercial marinas along the lake, and Table Rock State Park is located on the east side. Downstream from the dam, the Missouri Department of Conservation operates the Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery, which is used to stock trout in Lake Taneycomo. The cold water from the dam creates an ideal environment for Rainbow trout and Brown trout.
The lake area temperature varies according to season:
"Dam and Outlet Measurements"
"Dam elevations above mean sea level"
"Lake elevations above mean sea level"
"Surface area of lake"
"Maximum storage capacity"
"Shoreline length"
"Power generating data"
The original purpose of the reservoir was for flood control on the White River. It also produces Hydroelectric power and provides recreation for southern Missoui and northern Arkansas. The dam had been authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1941. But World War II and the Korean War delayed construction until 1954. The reservoir has a fluctuation of . When the reservoir is above the maximum flood pool, excess water goes over the auxiliary overflow spillway at the north end of the dam. Table Rock is the second of four major reservoirs on the White River before it enters the Mississippi River. The other three are Beaver Lake, Lake Taneycomo and Bull Shoals Lake.