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Hirsch was born on March 15, 1935 in The Bronx, New York. He studied at DeWitt Clinton High School and at the City College of New York. Hirsch was married to Elissa Hirsch from 1956 until they divorced in 1958. Then he was married to Bonni Sue Chalkin from 1992 until they divorced in 2005. He has three children.
Candlemas
Candlemas is the feast of the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is celebrated on February 2. Candles are blessed on this day. Many people celebrate this holiday by eating crepes and tamales.
Kirk Hinrich
Kirk James Hinrich (born January 2, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Chicago Bulls. Hinrich played for the Chicago Bulls from 2003 through 2010, then again since 2012. He played for the Washington Wizards from 2010 through 2011. He played for the Atlanta Hawks from 2011 through 2012.
Hinrich was born on January 2, 1981 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Jar (disambiguation)
A jar is a type of glass container usually used to hold food.
Jar or JAR can also mean other things, such as:
Coleslaw is a salad that uses mostly cabbage and mayonnaise. Cream can also be used as dressing, and vinegar can be added as seasoning.
The word "Coleslaw" came from before 1800 from the Dutch word for cabbage salad.
A Footbridge is a bridge that was built to be mainly used by pedestrians. Some footbridges are also built for bicycle riders, horses or other animals. Footbridges are different from other bridges which are built to carry cars and other vehicles, or to allow a railway to pass.
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
The Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace ("Air & Space Museum") is the main French aviation and space museum. It is inside Paris-Le Bourget international airport.
The Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace has two main sites : the museum itself, located in the old terminal of the airport, and reserves set up outside on the other side of the runway.
The collections of the museum include : Boeing 727,Boeing 747, Concorde, Dassault Mirage III, Dassault Mirage IV, Dassault Mirage 2000A, Dassault Rafale A, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, SNCAN N.2501 Noratlas, Supermarine Spitfire...
National Tsing Hua University
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was founded in 1911 (currently Tsing Hua University). It moved to Hsinchu City in 1955 .
NTHU is one of the four universities of the University System of Taiwan.
National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was founded in 1896 (currently Shanghai Jiao Tong University). It moved to Taipei City in 1958. It moved to Hsinchu City in 1979.
NCTU is one of the four universities of the University System of Taiwan.
National Central University
National Central University (NCU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was founded in 1915 (currently Nanjing University). It moved to Miaoli in 1962. It moved to Taoyuan in 1968.
NCU is one of the four universities of the University System of Taiwan.
National Yang-Ming University
National Yang-Ming University (NYMU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was named after the Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming. The main campus is in Taipei City. It was founded in 1975.
NYMU is one of the four universities of the University System of Taiwan.
Diana Bolocco
Diana Catalina Bolocco Fönck (born 30 July 1977 in Santiago) is a Chilean journalist and television presenter. She is of Italian and German origin. She is the younger sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Minnehaha County is a county in South Dakota in the United States. As of the 2010 census, 169,468 people lived there. It is the most populous county in South Dakota. The county seat of Minnehaha County is Sioux Falls. The county took its name from the Sioux Indian word "Mnihaha" which means "rapid water" or "waterfall." The word is often incorrectly translated as "laughing water." The word was changed to its current spelling to make it easier to pronounce. Minnehaha County is part of the Sioux Falls, SD, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the 1870 census there were 355 people living in the county.
The county has a total area of . Of this, is land and (0.49%) is water. The Big Sioux River flows through the county.
The county is divided into twenty-four townships: Brandon, Benton, Buffalo, Burk, Clear Lake, Dell Rapids, Edison, Grand Meadow, Hartford, Highland, Humboldt, Logan, Lyons, Mapleton, Palisade, Red Rock, Sioux Falls, Split Rock, Sverdrup, Taopi, Valley Springs, Wall Lake, Wayne, Wellington.
Duecento
Duecento is the name of the 13th century in the Italian language. It is related to the culture of the Pre-Renaissance in Italy.
The Duecento is considered the century before the beginning of the Italian Renaissance cultural movement in the Trecento. It is sometimes called "Early Proto-Renaissance".
One of the most important centres of art and architecture in this period is Florence, a political, economical and cultural pole of Italy. Other important cities were Pisa, Siena, Arezzo, Mantua and Perugia, all of them in the area of Tuscany.
In the Duecento Italy developed the music of the so called "Trovatori", including Sordello of Mantua. From them later developed the classical music of the Italian Renaissance.
The main personalities in this century were: Dante Alighieri (considered the "father" of the Italian language); Guittone d'Arezzo; Cimabue; Giotto di Bondone; Guido da Siena; Nicola Pisano; Arnolfo di Cambio and others. Giotto, who was an Italian painter and architect from Florence, is generally thought of as the first in a line of great artists of the Italian Renaissance that stretched until Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
During the Duecento the religious figure of Saint Francis of Assisi dominated the Italian souls. His poem "Canticle of the Sun" is considered a precursor of Renaissance poetry
Michal Rozsíval
Michal Rozsíval (born September 3, 1978, in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech NHL ice hockey defenceman that currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks.
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins with the 105th overall pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Penguins for 4 seasons, the New York Rangers for 6 seasons, and the Phoenix Coyotes for 2 seasons. He also played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Oceláři Třinec and Pardubice HC. He was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Blackhawks to a one-year contract on September 11, 2012. On June 24, 2013, He won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.
Pedra Branca, Singapore
Pedra Branca, also known as Pulau Batu Puteh and Batu Puteh, is a small island at the western edge of the South China Sea. It in the eastern entrance of the Straits of Singapore. It is the easternmost point of Singapore.
Horsburgh Lighthouse was built on the island between 1847 and 1851.
The island was the subject of a dispute between Malaysia and Singapore. In 2008, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Pedra Branca is part of Singapore.
On 2 February 2017, Malaysia applied to the ICJ pursuant to Article 61 of the Statute of the ICJ for the revision of the 2008 judgment on the basis of three documents it had obtained from The National Archives of the UK between August 2016 and January 2017. The documents were internal correspondence of Singapore's colonial government in 1958, an incident report submitted by a British naval officer in the same year, and a 1960s map of naval operations bearing annotations. The Malaysian Government said that these documents indicated that "officials at the highest levels in the British colonial and Singaporean administration appreciated that Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh did not form part of Singapore’s sovereign territory" during the relevant period.
Rosa García Ascot
Rosa García Ascot (8 April 1902, Madrid – 2 May 2002, Torrelaguna, Madrid) was a Spanish composer and pianist. She was the only woman in the well known Group of Eight. The other members were Julián Bautista, Ernesto Halffter and his brother Rodolfo, Juan José Mantecón, Fernando Remacha, Salvador Bacarisse and Jesús Bal y Gay. She married Bal y Gay in 1933. Her more notable compositions include "Suite para orquesta (Suite for orchestra)", "Preludio (Prelude)", and the "Concierto para piano y orquesta (Concerto for piano and orchestra)".
García Ascot is also considered Manuel de Falla's last disciple. Before studying with de Falla in Madrid, she was a studied with Felipe Pedrell and then later with Enrique Granados. She spent 10 years in the early part of her career touring as a concert soloist. After this, she did very few public concerts and always in very special circumstances. She died almost a month after her 100th birthday.
John Carver
John Carver ( 1584 1621) Carver was a passenger on the "Mayflower". He was a leader during the "Mayflower" voyage and signed the Mayflower Compact. He was also the first Governor of Plymouth Colony.
It is believed that Carver was from Doncaster in Yorkshire England. Carver was a Separatist who did not believe in the teachings of the Church of England.
Carver and his first wife Mary were members of the French Walloon church in Leiden, Netherlands. Their religion was also not allowed where they lived. "Mayflower" passenger Francis Cooke and his wife were also members of the French church in Leiden. So was Philip Delano. Delano would arrive in Plymouth in 1621 on the ship "Fortune". Carver was a deacon in Leiden about 1609 at about age 25, and was born sometime before 1584. Leiden church records show that Carver lost his first wife Mary and their child in 1609
Carver then married Katherine White. She was a member of the Separatist church and was originally from Nottinghamshire. Carver became very involved in the Leiden church. He made close friendships with the leaders of the church, especially the pastor John Robinson. He also became friends with Robert Cushman who would play an important part in the plans for the "Mayflower" voyage.
The church members decided to travel to Virginia Colony, a place where they would be allowed to practice their religion.
William Brewster was in hiding from King James I. John Carver and Robert Cushman were chosen to make plans for the voyage. In 1617 Carver and Robert Cushman began talking to officials of the Virginia Company.
These were London businessmen interested in making a profit from the New World. By June 1620, John Carver was in Southampton purchasing supplies for the "Mayflower" voyage, along with Christopher Martin. They agreed to pay for the "Mayflower" voyage.
Carver was very rich and provided much of his money to the church members, and for the Mayflower voyage.
The "Mayflower" left Plymouth, England on 16 September 1620. There were 102 passengers and 30–40 crew. On 19 November 1620, the "Mayflower" reached land at Cape Cod hook. They landed on November 21. They wrote the Mayflower Compact, which made rules on how they would live and treat each other. The "Mayflower" was supposed to land in Virginia Colony, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor.
Carver was very educated and was fair with everyone so the passengers chose him to be their leader on the "Mayflower". When they landed the people chose him to be their first governor.
Carver left the ship and went to the land to find a safe place where they all could live. William Bradford, John Carver, Myles Standish, Edward Winslow, John Howland, Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins and Edward Doty also went. Hopkins was very helpful. He had seen Native Americans during his time at Jamestown. On one trip Bradford said they set off in below freezing weather. Many of the men were ill, and when the set sail the salt spray froze on their coats. They saw Native Americans. They were cutting up a whale which was very large. When they saw the men coming toward them, the Indians ran. At night they tried to protect themselves from the cold and the Indians.
Carver worked very hard with the other men to build houses to keep the people warm. He hunted and fished and helped to plant food.
During that time, a Native American called Samoset paid a visit to Plymouth Colony and then the chief Massasoit also arrived. Governor Carver worked out a peace treaty with them. On March 23, 1621, John Carver was again chosen to be Plymouth governor. The people said that John Carver was a man they well approved of.
In early April 1621, after working in the field on a hot day, Governor Carver complained of a pain in his head. He returned to his house to lie down. Within a few days he died. William Bradford stated that Carver, although a wealthy man had worked hard alongside everyone.
Thomas Weston was one of the men who helped to pay for the Pilgrims trip. He had criticism of the pilgrims for not loading up the returning "Mayflower" with furs and other goods to pay them back. Govenor William Bradford sent a letter telling them of all the troubles they had. He blamed Thomas Weston, and stated that Governor John Carver "had worked himself to death that spring and the loss of him and other industrious men lives cannot be valued at any price".
Carver is buried at Cole's Hill Burial Ground in Plymoth, Massachusetts.
Gulbarga district
Gulbarga () is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Beed district
Bid (Urdu:ضلع بد) is a district of Maharashtra, India.
Hingoli district
Hingoli (Urdu:ضلع ہنگولی) is a district of Maharashtra, India.
Hathras district
Hathras () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district is a part of Agra division.
Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Pratapgarh () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Budaun
Budaun () (also spelled as Badaun) is a city and Vidhan Sabha seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to 2011 Census of India, the population of the city is 159,285 out of 83,176 are males and 76,109 are female. It is 255 Kilometers away from capital of India Delhi.
Kumar Prashant is the current district magistrate of the city, appointed in 2019.
According to Prof. Goti John Budaun city was earlier known as Bedamooth and it is mentioned in an ancient inscription (stone writeup) which is now in Lucknow Museum. At that time this city was known as Panchal. According to a line of that Stone Writeup, there was a village named Bhadaunlak near it.
Geographically Budaun city is located near Holy River Ganga, at Lattitude 28 Degree 02 Minute 30 Second East and Longitude 79 Degree 01 Minute 20 Second North on Globe. The length of the district is 144 Km. & Width is 60 Km.
Sonic Generations
Sonic Generations is a platform video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo 3DS. It was released November 2011. It was developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was released in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the release of the first "Sonic the Hedgehog" game.
The player controls two Sonic the Hedgehog characters: Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic. The player has to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds and stop an unknown villain from creating a time hole that would change history in a bad way. The game features levels that come from a past game in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series. Each level has three stages and two bosses. The stages are Classic, Dreamcast, and Modern. Classic Sonic stages are 2D stages with gameplay in the style of the 2D "Sonic games". Modern Sonic stages are 2D/3D stages with gameplay in the style of 3D "Sonic" games. Each level has an act for both Sonic characters, as well as 10 challenges such as racing an opponent to the goal.
Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Hamirpur () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ambedkar Nagar district
Ambedkarnagar () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kushinagar district
Kushinagar () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Etawah district
Itawa () is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Game Boy Camera is an accessory for the Game Boy line of video game consoles. It was released in Japan, North America, and Europe in 1998. It allows a person to take 256x224 black and white digital pictures. It is meant to be used with the Game Boy Printer, which uses a special kind of paper to print saved pictures. It can be used with all Game Boy consoles except for the Game Boy Micro. It was the only Nintendo product to allow a person to take pictures until the release of the Nintendo DSi console.
Raebareli district
Raibareilly is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Blast injury
A blast injury is a wound caused by direct or indirect exposure to an explosive blast. Physical blast injuries are divided into four categories, with a fifth for secondary illnesses caused by the blast, and a sixth category for the effects of associated post-blast psychological trauma such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The type and severity of injuries caused by an explosion depends on a variety of factors including type of explosion, force of the explosion, environment in which the explosion occurs, and how close to the explosion the person is.
An explosion results from the rapid release of energy. Explosions fall into four general categories:
Chemical:
A chemical explosion is the result of a rapid chemical reaction or change of state which causes the creation of large amount of heat and usually gas. There are various types of chemical explosions including natural gas explosions, dust explosions and those caused by explosives.
Explosives are categorized as high-order (HE) explosives or low-order (LE) explosives and they each cause different injury patterns. Only (HE) explosives produces a shock wave
Electrical
Blast injuries are divided into four classes of physical trauma primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. A fifth category, the quinary injuries, are those caused by toxic substances associated with the blast.
Primary injuries are caused by the explosion's shock waves. Air and fluid-filled internal organs are most commonly affected, but the blast wave may also cause external injuries such as traumatic amputation.
The structures of the internal ears are most often affected by the blast wave, with perforated ear drums the most common injury. The most common fatal injury in victims who survive the initial blast is blast lung. Blast lung can result in pulmonary contusions, bleeding and fluid build-up in the lungs with damage to airways and blood vessels.
Most casualties in an explosion are caused by secondary blast injuries. These injuries may be caused by fragments of the explosive device and other objects within the blast zone being propelled by the force of the explosion. These objects may strike any part of the body resulting in penetrating trauma. The severity of the penetrating trauma depends to a degree on the size of the object, the depth of penetration, and the part of the body hit.
Secondary blast injuries are common in deliberate explosions such as those caused by terrorist bombs. The bombs are often designed with objects such as nails, or ball bearings packed in and around the explosive device to act as shrapnel.
These injuries may also occur in accidental explosions - such as may occur in an industrial accident - when objects in the environment affected by the blast, such as shattered glass take the role of shrapnel.
Displacement of air by the explosion creates a blast wind that can throw victims against solid objects. Injuries resulting from this type of traumatic impact are referred to as tertiary blast injuries. Tertiary injuries may present as some combination of blunt and penetrating trauma, including bone fractures and coup contre-coup injuries.
Young children, because they weigh less than adults, are at particular risk of tertiary injury.
Quaternary injuries, include flash burns, crush injuries from falling debris and inhalation injuries, which may make existing respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD worse.
This category of blast injury has been added fairly recently to classify injuries, which often results in a hyperinflammatory state may due to exposure to the environmental contaminants associated with the various types of explosive blasts including, bacteria, chemicals and radiation ("dirty bombs") as well as adverse tissue reaction to fuel and metals in the blast.
The psychological trauma which may occur in explosive blast survivors includes post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A concussion sustained in a blast may also be a risk factor for developing PTSD independent of a person's psychological reaction to the witnessed event. Psychological trauma may also occur in the complete absence of physical injuries.
Neurotrauma can occur due to the mechanisms of one or more blast injury categories. Bleeding from injured organs such as lungs or bowel causes a lack of oxygen in all vital organs, including the brain. Damage of the lungs reduces the surface for oxygen uptake from the air, reducing the amount of the oxygen delivered to the brain. Tissue destruction initiates the synthesis and release of hormones or mediators into the blood which, when delivered to the brain, change its function. Irritation of the nerve endings in injured peripheral tissue and/or organs also significantly contributes to blast-induced neurotrauma.
Individuals exposed to blasts frequently have loss of memory for events before and after explosion, confusion, headache, impaired sense of reality, and reduced decision-making ability. Patients with brain injuries acquired in explosions often develop sudden, unexpected brain swelling and cerebral vasospasm despite continuous monitoring. However, the first symptoms of blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) may occur months or even years after the initial event, and are therefore categorized as secondary brain injuries. The broad variety of symptoms includes weight loss, hormone imbalance, chronic fatigue, headache, and problems in memory, speech and balance. These changes are often debilitating, interfering with daily activities. Because BINT in blast victims is underestimated, valuable time is often lost for preventive therapy and/or timely rehabilitation.
Sam Raimi
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American movie director, producer, writer, and actor. He directed the "Spider-Man" movie trilogy. He also directed "Oz the Great and Powerful".
Raimi was born on October 23, 1959 in Royal Oak, Michigan to a Hungarian-Russian Jewish family. He was raised in Birmingham, Michigan. He studied at Groves High School and at Michigan State University. Raimi has been married to Gillian Dania Greene since 1993. They have five children.
Men in Black 3 is a 2012 American 3D science fiction comedy movie. It is about stopping aliens from changing the past in 1969, so Agent J travels back in time to stop that from happening. The movie stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin. Movie critic Roger Ebert gave the movie 3 out of 4 stars.
It is a sequel to Men in Black and Men in Black II.
Irán Eory
Irán Eory (born Elvira Teresa Eory Sidi, 21 October 1937 in Tehran - died 11 March 2002 in Mexico City) was a prominent Iranian-Mexican actress.
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.
Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas. He was raised in Vidor, Texas.
Jones was married to Dorothy Bonvillion from 1950 until they divorced. Then he was married to Shirley Ann Corley from 1954 until they divorced in 1968. Then he was married to Tammy Wynette from 1969 until they divorced in 1975. Then he was married to Nancy Sepulvado from 1983 until his death in 2013. He had four children.
Jones died on April 26, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee from respiratory failure, aged 81.
Grandpa Jones
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Jones was born on October 20, 1913 in Niagara, Kentucky. He was raised in Akron, Ohio. He was married to Ramona Riggins from 1946 until his death in 1998. They had three children. Jones died on February 19, 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee from a stroke, aged 84.
Josh Ryan Evans
Joshua Ryan Evans (10 January 1982 - 5 August 2002) was an American actor. He was best known for acting as Timmy in the television series "Passions". He also acted in movies. Due to dwarfism, Josh was only 3 feet 2 inches tall and had the voice of a small child. Evans died from complications due to a congenital heart condition. He was born in Hayward, California and died in San Diego, California.
2013 Savar building collapse
The 2013 Savar building collapse was an incident on 24 April 2013. An eight-story building, the Rana Plaza, collapsed in Savar, a sub-district near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1129 people died. Another one thousand or more received injuries of varying levels.
The building contained clothing factories, other shops and a bank. It collapsed during the morning rush hour. Warnings to avoid using the building because of cracking appearing the day before were ignored, resulting in a tragedy. This was thought to be the worst industrial accident in the history of Bangladesh.
William L. Guy
William Lewis Guy (September 30, 1919 – April 26, 2013) was an American politician who was the governor of the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1961 to 1973. At 93, he was the oldest of the six living current or previous governors of North Dakota.
Guy was born on September 30, 1919 in Devils Lake, North Dakota. He studied at North Dakota State University and at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Guy was married to Jean Guy until his death in 2013. Guy died on April 26, 2013 in his home in West Fargo, North Dakota from Alzheimer's disease, aged 93. His wife June Guy died two months later on July 5, 2013 from a stroke.
Men in Black II
Men in Black II is an American science fiction action comedy movie. It is about aliens trying to take over the world and Agents J and K must stop that from happening before it is too late. Some of the stars include Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Rip Torn. Michael Jackson appears in a cameo when he wants to become Agent M.
It is a sequel to Men in Black and is followed by Men in Black 3.
The movie's ending was supposed to be set at the World Trade Center, but due to the September 11 attacks, it was reshot with the Statue of Liberty.
The movie was #1 at the box office against The Powerpuff Girls Movie but had mixed reviews. People didn't like how it was a rehash of the first movie.
How Do U Want It
"How Do U Want It" (also called "How Do You Want It"), released in 1996, is a rap single from Tupac Shakur. The song contains samples of the song "Body Heat" from Quincy Jones. It was released on June 16, 1996. Three music videos for the single were released alongside it.
Finding Dory is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy adventure movie. It was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a sequel to the 2003 Disney-Pixar movie, "Finding Nemo". Andrew Stanton, who directed the original movie, directed. The movie was confirmed by Walt Disney Pictures in April 2013. The movie was originally scheduled for a holiday 2015 release. Hayden Rolence voiced Nemo the clownfish, because Alexander Gould's voice has suddenly deepened since reaching adulthood.
"Finding Dory" is about Dory, the regal blue tang fish, who forgets things almost instantly. The story is about Dory reuniting with her family. The movie is set off the coast of California.
Calahorra
Calahorra, (), La Rioja, Spain is a municipality in Rioja Baja. It is near the border with Navarre on the river Ebro. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was known as "Calagurris Fibularia".
The city is located on a hill at an altitude of at the confluence of the Ebro and Cidacos rivers. It has an area of . Calahorra is the second-largest city in La Rioja in population and importance. 21,060 people live there.
People have lived in the area that is now Calahorra since the Paleolithic. It has had a stable population since the Iron Age.
Rome took control of the town in 187 BC. They made it more important as an administrative centre for regions near it. Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar gave the city (then named "Calagurris") converted the town into a municipality. They developed its city planning, economy, and politics. Its archeological remains show that it had a circus, baths, an amphitheatre, and other things found in large cities. It minted money and served as a justice administration centre.
After the rule of the Moors in the 9th and 10th centuries the Christian king García Sánchez III of Navarre captured the city in 1045.
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Jean Smart
Jean Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. She acts in television, movies and on stage. She is known mainly for comedy-type roles. She starred as Charlene Stillfield on the show "Designing Women". She has also done dramatic roles, including that of Martha Logan on the series "24". Jean was born in Seattle, Washington. animated roles include, "American Dad", "Big Mouth", "Hey Arnold", "Hercules The Animated Series", "Kim Possible", "Nutri Ventures", "The Powerpuff Girls", "Robot Chicken", "Static Shock", "Tiny Toon", "Spider-Man (2017)", "The Fairly OddParents", etc.
, also known as Iō-tō, is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Volcano Islands. It is south of the Bonin Islands. It is south of mainland Tokyo.
The first recorded mention of Iwo Jima was in 1673.
It was claimed by the Empire of Japan in 1861.
The island is best known as the focus of the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
WBZ-TV
WBZ-TV is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It is owned by CBS. It is received on channel 4 in eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and southern New Hampshire.
WBZ-TV first went on the air on June 9, 1948. It is the oldest television station in Boston. It is also the oldest television station in the New England states. It was originally owned by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The station showed programs from the NBC network when it first went on the air. On January 2, 1995, WBZ-TV stopped showing NBC programs and started showing CBS programs. Before then, CBS programs aired on WHDH-TV, which now airs NBC programs. The reason Channel 4 switched networks is because Westinghouse Electric agreed to merge with CBS, and all Westinghouse channels became CBS stations.
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) or Logan Swanson was an American author and screenwriter. He mostly wrote in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. Two of his books are "I Am Legend" and "Bid Time Return". He wrote several television episodes for "The Twilight Zone".
Matheson was born on February 20, 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey to a Norwegian family. He was raised in Brooklyn, New York. Matheson studied at Brooklyn Technical High School and at the University of Missouri. He was married to Ruth Ann Woodson from 1952 until his death in 2013. They have four children.
Matheson came up with the idea for "I Am Legend" after seeing Tod Browning's "Dracula".
Matheson died on June 23, 2013 in Los Angeles, California from a long illness. He was 87 years old.
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Isaac Blitzer (born March 22, 1948) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He has been a CNN reporter since 1990. He is the senior anchor of all CNN programs currently in production. Blitzer is currently the host of "The Situation Room". He is CNN's lead political anchor.
Blitzer was born on March 22, 1948 in Augsburg, Germany to Polish-American parents. His parents were Jewish refugees. He was raised in Buffalo, New York.
Blitzer studied at Kenmore West Senior High School, at the University at Buffalo, at Johns Hopkins University, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Blitzer has been married to Lynn Greenfield since 1973. They have one daughter, Ilana (born 1981). He now lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
Robert W. Edgar
Robert William "Bob" Edgar (May 29, 1943 – April 23, 2013) was an American politician and administrator from Pennsylvania, and a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania.
Edgar was born on May 28, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Drew University. Edagr died on April 23, 2013 in his home in Annandale, Virginia from a heart attack, aged 69.
Sports agent
Mario Cuomo
Mario Matthew Cuomo (June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978, as the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. His son Andrew Cuomo is the current governor of New York.
Cuomo was born on June 15, 1932 in Queens, New York City to an Italian Catholic family. He studied at St. John's University. Cuomo was married to Matilda Raffa from 1954 until his death in 2015. They have five children.
Cuomo died on January 1, 2015, in his home in Manhattan, New York City at the age of 82 from heart failure only hours after his son Andrew was sworn-in to a second term as governor of New York state. His funeral was held on January 6, 2015 at the Saint Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, New York. He was buried at St. John Cemetery, in Queens, New York.
Memorial for the Jewish Soldiers in the Polish army in World War II
Memorial for the Jewish Soldiers in the Soviet army in World War II
The memorial for the Jewish Soldiers in the Soviet Army in World War II is a memorial dedicated to the Jews in the Red Army who died in World War II. The memorial is in the National Military and Police Cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. It is next to the memorial to those who served in the Polish army. The memorial was started by the Organization of Veterans of the Red Army in World War II. It was built in 1989 with a design of the architect Yizhak Rachelin and the Engineer "Ze'ev Kariv". The memorial is a wall with pink stones and red stones. It has the number "20,000" for the fallen Jews of the Russian army. There is a Hebrew Bible verse inscribed from Judges 3:2: The Lord "did this to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites." In front of the memorial there are stairs going to ceremonial plaza between two boards with the sign of the years "1941" and "1945".
Mount Whymper
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WHDH
WHDH is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It is owned by Sunbeam Television and is an independent television station that used to carry NBC. It is received on Channel 7 in eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and southern New Hampshire.
In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, there was another television station in Boston with the name WHDH-TV. That station aired on Channel 5 and is now called WCVB-TV. There is no relationship between the two stations.
Channel 7 in Boston went on the air June 21, 1948 as WNAC-TV. It is the second oldest television station in Boston, and the third oldest in the New England states. The first owner was General Tire, which later became RKO General. The station showed CBS network programs when it first went on the air. The station also showed some programs from the ABC network. However, when a new TV station in Boston, Channel 5, then known as WHDH-TV but now known as WCVB-TV, started in 1957, Channel 7 dropped all ABC programs, which were then aired on Channel 5. In 1961, Channel 7 and Channel 5 switched networks, and Channel 7 became an ABC station, and Channel 5 became the CBS station for Boston. In 1972, the two channels switched again, and Channel 7 returned to being a CBS station, and Channel 5 an ABC station.
On May 21, 1982, RKO General lost the license to broadcast and Channel 7 was taken over by New England Television on May 22. The channel was renamed WNEV-TV. New England Television bought a radio station known as WHDH in 1989, and in January, 1990, channel 7 was renamed WHDH-TV. On January 2, 1995, Channel 7 stopped showing CBS programs and began showing NBC programs. Before then, NBC programs were shown on WBZ-TV, Channel 4, which now shows CBS programs. The reason for this switch is because WBZ-TV's owners merged with the CBS network.
In 1993, the station was sold to Sunbeam Television. In July, 2010, Channel 7 officially dropped the -TV from its name, becoming just WHDH.
In 2017, the station stopped carrying NBC programming, losing the affiliation to WBTS-CD, and became an independent television station.
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted "The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1955 to 1982. His style came to be known as "champagne music".
In 1996, Welk was ranked #43 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Welk was born in Strasburg, North Dakota. Most people there spoke German, but also knew English. His parents were Ludwig and Christiana (Schwahn) Welk, who were ethnic Germans from Russia. They emigrated to America in 1892 from Selz, Kutschurgan District, in the German-speaking area north of Odessa (now Odessa, Ukraine, but then in southwestern Russia). In North Dakota, the family lived on a homestead.
Welk decided on a career in music and got his father to buy him an accordion from a mail order for $400 (equivalent to $ in ) He promised his father that he would work on the farm until he was 21, to pay his father back for the accordion. Any other money he earned during that time, by doing farmwork or performing, would go to his family.
On his 21st birthday, Welk left the family's farm to start his career in music. During the 1920s, he performed with the Luke Witkowski, Lincoln Boulds, and George T. Kelly bands before he started his own orchestra. He led big bands in North Dakota and eastern South Dakota. These included the Hotsy Totsy Boys and later the Honolulu Fruit Gum Orchestra. His band also played for radio station WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota. In 1927, he graduated from the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During the 1930s, Welk led a traveling big band that played dance tunes and "sweet" music. At first, the band traveled around the country by car. They were too poor to rent rooms, so they usually slept and changed clothes in their cars. At an engagement at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, a dancer said that Welk's band's sound was as "light and bubbly as champagne," which is where the term "Champagne Music" came from. Welk described his band's sound, saying "We still play music with the champagne style, which means light and rhythmic. We place the stress on melody; the chords are played pretty much the way the composer wrote them. We play with a steady beat so that dancers can follow it."
Welk's big band performed across the country but mostly at ballrooms and hotels in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. In the early 1940s, the band started to play at the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago, where they played for 10 years. His orchestra also played at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City during the late 1940s. Welk recorded a version of Spade Cooley's "Shame on You" with Western artist Red Foley in 1945. The record (Decca 18698) was #4 on Billboard's September 15 "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" listing. From 1949 through 1951, the band had its own national radio program on ABC.
Sometimes, Welk's band made recordings in Richmond, Indiana and in Grafton, Wisconsin for the Gennett and Paramount companies. In November, 1928, he recorded for Gennett and in 1931, he recorded for Paramount. These records are very rare.
From 1938 to 1940, he recorded in New York and Chicago for the Vocalion label. He started with Decca in 1941, and recorded for Mercury and Coral before starting with Dot in the early 1950s.
In 1966, his orchestra recorded an album on the Ranwood Records label, with Jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, featuring a number of Jazz standards, including "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Misty" and "Fantastic, That's You". The album has been out of print for many years.
In 1951, Welk moved to Los Angeles. The same year, he began hosting "The Lawrence Welk Show". It was broadcast from the Aragon Ballroom in Venice Beach. The show became a local hit and was picked up by ABC in June 1955.
The show had a "bubble machine." Whenever the orchestra played a polka or waltz, Welk himself would dance with the band's female singer, called a "Champagne Lady" on the show. His first Champagne Lady was Jayne Walton Rosen (her real name was Dorothy Jayne Flanagan). Rocky Rockwell would usually sing novelty songs. Welk would also have one song each show where he would play an accordion solo.
Welk's show would rarely play current music, except as a novelty. On the December 8, 1956 show, the show did play two current songs. They were "Nuttin' for Christmas," and Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel."
The songs on the show were mostly popular music standards, polkas, and novelty songs. Welk often danced with women from the audience.
Welk had very high quality musicians, including accordionist Myron Floren, concert violinist Dick Kesner, guitarist Buddy Merrill, and New Orleans Dixieland clarinetist Pete Fountain. He paid his regular band members very well, and it was common for them to stay with the band a long time. For example, Floren was the band's assistant conductor throughout the whole time the show was broadcast.
The show didn't only play big-band era music. During the 1960s and 1970s, for example, the show played music that was originally by The Beatles, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, The Everly Brothers and Paul Williams and others, but in a style his older viewers would like. The show was originally in black and white. It changed to color in fall 1965.
While it was on network television, "The Lawrence Welk Show" aired on ABC on Saturday nights at 9 p.m. (Eastern Time), but changed to 8:30 p.m. in fall 1963. From 1956 to 1959, it was also known as "The Dodge Dancing Party", because Welk was also hosting another show called "Top Tunes and New Talent" on Mondays. ABC canceled the show in 1971, but it continued on 250 stations across the country until 1982.
Welk was married for 61 years, until he died, to Fern Renner (b. August 26, 1903, d. February 13, 2002). They had three children.
Welk was an excellent businessman. He had investments in real estate and music publishing, and was a general partner in a commercial real estate development.
Welk had four US design patents:
Welk was a Roman Catholic and a daily communicant.
After he retired in 1982, Welk continued to air reruns of his shows. He was also in two Christmas specials in 1984 and 1985.
Welk died from bronchopneumonia in Santa Monica, California, in 1992 at age 89. He was buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Sources: "Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955–2006", "Billboard Top Adult Songs 1961–2006", "Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–2004"
In 1994, Welk was inducted into the International Polka Music Hall Of Fame.
Welk has a star for Recording on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6613½ Hollywood Blvd. He has a second star at 1601 Vine Street for Television.
In 2007, Welk became a charter member of the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in Richmond, Indiana.
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Reuben was the son of Jacob and Leah in the Book of Genesis.
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball is a platform video game. It was developed by Amusement Vision and published by Sega. It was first released in Japan in January 2001 as an arcade game titled "Monkey Ball". It had a joystick in the shape of a banana. It was later released worldwide as a launch title for the Nintendo GameCube. Titled "Super Monkey Ball", it was released in Japan on September 4, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in Europe on May 3, 2002.
"Super Monkey Ball" has three modes of gameplay: Main game, party games and mini-games.
In the main game, the object is to guide a monkey in a hamster ball across a series of platforms in the air and through a goal at the end of the level. Four monkeys are available for the player to play as. Each level is timed; with a level running for either 30 or 60 seconds. The player controls the main game with the GameCube controller's control stick. By moving the stick, the whole level moves, and the ball rolls in the direction that the level moves. Each level has bananas that the player can collect. Bananas give the player points, and collecting a certain amount of them gives the player an extra life. Should the player fall off of the level or the timer reaches zero, the player loses a life. There are three main difficulties: Beginner, Advanced and Expert. Beginner is ten easy levels, Advanced is 30 non-easy levels, and Expert is 50 harder levels. Should the player meet a certain condition after completing a difficulty, they will be able to play the difficulty's "extra" levels. A fourth difficulty level, Master, can be unlocked by completing the Expert and Expert Extra levels without using a continue. Master is the hardest difficulty level, with ten levels.
There are three party games: Monkey Race, Monkey Target and Monkey Fight. In Monkey Race, players race on one of several racing levels, competing for the best rank. In Monkey Target, players roll their monkey down a ramp and open the monkey's ball to fly in order to land on one of several islands. Three levels are available to play on. In Monkey Fight, players punch other monkeys for points. When time runs out, whichever monkey has the most points wins.
There are three minigames that can to be unlocked with points gotten in the main game: Monkey Bowling, Monkey Billiards and Monkey Golf. Each minigame is based on the real life sport.
Prudence Crandall
Prudence Crandall (September 3, 1803 – January 28, 1890) was an American teacher. She was born on September 3, 1803 to Quakers. She went to the New England Friends’ Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. In October 1831, she opened a private girls’ school in Canterbury, Connecticut. In 1833, an African American girl was admitted to the school. The parents of the white girls in the school wanted the black girl expelled. Crandall refused. She opened a school for African American girls in April 1833.
The Connecticut legislature passed the "Black Law". This law made it illegal to open a school that taught African American pupils from a state other than Connecticut. Crandall was arrested, tried, and convicted of violating this law. She was put in jail. A higher court reversed the decision. Crandall was freed, but neighbors harassed her. They smashed the windows in the school. Crandall feared for the students’ safety. She closed the school in 1834.
Crandall married Baptist minister and abolitionist Calvin Philleo. In 1835, the couple and his three children left Connecticut for Philleo’s farm in New York State. They later moved to Illinois. Here Crandall ran a school from her home. She also took part in women’s rights activities. When Philleo died in 1874, Prudence moved to Kansas to live with her brother. In 1886, the Connecticut legislature gave her a pension. Crandall died on January 28, 1890. She was buried in Kansas. Her old school house in Canterbury is now the Prudence Crandall Museum. In 1995, Crandall was named Connecticut's state heroine.
Nicko McBrain
Michael Henry "Nicko" McBrain (born 5 June 1952) is an English heavy metal musician. He is the drummer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
During his early year, McBrain played for a few small pub bands and paid his bills with session work he did when he left school. He has also played in Streetwalkers, Trust and with Pat Travers. He joined Iron Maiden in 1982 and debuted on their fourth studio album, "Piece of Mind".
He currently uses Premier drums and Paiste cymbals. He converted to Christianity in 1999 after he had an experience in the Spanish River Church.
Kataklysm
Kataklysm are a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec.