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Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was known for his fantasy novels which had connections to his Catholic faith. His best known work was "The Book of the New Sun", a collection of four novels. Wolfe won two Nebula Awards and many Locus Awards.
Wolfe was born on May 7, 1931 in New York City, New York. He studied at Texas A&M University and at the University of Houston. He was married to Rosemary Wolfe. He lived in Chicago and in Barrington, Illinois.
Wolfe had double bypass surgery on April 24, 2010. He also had surgery on his right eye in early 2013. He died from heart disease on April 14, 2019 in his Peoria, Illinois home. He was 87.
Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Show, also known as just CES, is a yearly conference for technology held every January at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Technology companies come here to host previews of their products and announce new products. It is not open to the public. Products that were first introduced to the public at a Consumer Electronics Show include the videocassette recorder (in 1970), the camcorder (in 1981), high-definition television (in 1998), the Xbox (in 2001), and the Blu-ray Disc (in 2003). It was first held in June 1967 in New York City.
In 2009, "Jeopardy!" taped the Tournament of Champions and Celebrity "Jeopardy!" at that year's show. It introduced a new set that would become their main set in the fall of 2009.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a reality television program. It is about a 7-year-old beauty contestant named Alana Thompson in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a spin-off of the reality television program "Toddlers & Tiaras". The show has gotten mixed reviews. It began in August 2012. The second season of it started July 17, 2013 and ended on September 11, 2013.
Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir
The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir or IAI Kfir is an Israeli fighter-bomber aircraft. It is based on the French Mirage 5 but with an american turbojet and avionics. It is a single or dual seat.
When Israel stopped using Kfir in 1996, the aircraft was sold to foreign countries. Colombia, Ecuador, and Sri Lanka bought some of them. Between 1985 and 1989, the U.S. Navy rented twenty five single-seat Kfir, as F-21A. American Kfir were used for "dissimilar air combat training", for simulation of Soviet fighter aircraft like MiG-23 Flogger.
Sri Lanka used the Kfir against the Tamils Tigers rebellion.
Lorazepam
Lorazepam (also known as Ativan) is a sedative medicine which was first introduced around 1977 for anxiety treatment. It is also used for muscle relaxation. Unwanted side effects include low blood pressure, hangover effects and confusion.
Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine, and it is widely approved and used for status epilepticus (continuous seizures) and anxiety. Benzodiazepines are central nervous system (CNS) depressants, which are medicines that slow down the nervous system and relieve symptoms of anxiety.
Anterograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia is a kind of amnesia. Amnesia is a problem with remembering things. In anterograde amnesia, people have trouble making memories last - they forget. Amnesia is triggered by an event; people with anterograde amnesia have problems creating new memories after that event. With Anterograde amnesia, the longer-term memories from the time before the event remain intact. The amnesia may be partial or complete.
Very often Anterograde amnesia occurs together with retrograde amnesia. This is the case with conditions such as concussion.
There are different other conditions which can also lead to anterograde amnesia. They include:
Aripiprazole
Aripiprazole (also called Abilify) is an antipsychotic medicine used for treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism and an adjuvant for major depression, which was first approved by Food and Drug Administration of the United States in November 2002. The first approval was for the treatment of schizophrenia. Later approvals were for bipolar disorder and depression. Common side effects include increase of blood sugar, vomiting, nausea and dizziness.
List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom
This is a list of dialling codes for telephones in the United Kingdom. Dialling codes are the basis for the national telephone numbering plan. They are prefixed to all telephone numbers, generally depending on the type of number and its geographic location. The numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom, which is an independent communications authority. This list is based on the official standard, but it also shows older codes and historical changes. Dialling codes do not match any specific political boundaries. For example, the dialling code for Coventry covers a large area of Warwickshire and the Manchester dialling code covers part or all of several neighbouring towns. When dialling a number from within the United Kingdom, all area codes start with a 0. When dialling from outside the country, the prefix is not dialed.
"For an explanation of the two letter STD codes used below, see Introduction of area codes"
01426, 01523 and other non-standard 01 prefixes were briefly used for pagers in the late 1990s and then moved to new 076 prefixes in the Big Number Change in 2000/2001.
The 01632 area code is set aside for use as fictional numbers for drama as are parts of a number of other area codes.
The length of the area code part and the local number part is found as follows:
The number format '2+8' refers to, e.g. London, numbers using the (020) xxxx xxxx format.
The number format '5+4' refers to, e.g. Brampton, numbers using the (0169 77) xxxx format.
In the following area local calls must be dialled using the area code from the date shown.
Unlike the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man which use the UK area codes 01534, 01481 and 01624 respectively, telephone numbers in British Overseas Territories do not come under the UK telephone numbering plan. Some are within the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). These calls are treated as international calls. Below are the access codes for the overseas territories:
Citalopram (better known as Celexa) is an antidepressant used to treat major depression and off-label conditions. This medicine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the 1990s. Adverse affects from this medicine include although are not limited to drowsiness, nausea, vivid dreaming, dry mouth and trembling. Citalopram is also used for anxiety conditions and panic disorder.
Duty Now For the Future is a 1979 album by Devo. It was their second album.
Note: The song "Red Eye" is named "Redeye Express" on most releases by the record company Virgin.
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Anosmia
Anosmia is losing the sense of smell. The word is also used for people who never had this sense. The loss can be temporary, or permanent. The conditions that cause a temporary loss of this sense include:
Smelling things depends on two nerves (Nervus olfactorius and Nervus trigeminus), as well as the part of the brain which processes the information. Damage to this system will affect the sense of smell; permanent damage may lead to a permanent loss of the sense of small.
There are tests that can be done to find the cause of the problem.
The sense of smell also affects the sense of taste. People who cannot small smell have only the basic tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami.
Note also that the sense of smell changes with age. Anosmia can also point to different neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease,
Alzheimer's disease, or Schizophrenia. Certain plants, such as tobacco also contain substances which change olfaction.
In general, anosmia which has its cause in the brain cannot be treated. Anosmia which is caused by blocking the nose can be treated by removing the block. In some cases, accupuncture was successfully used to treat anosmia.
The Boston Post
The Boston Post was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts between 1831 and 1956. It was one of the most popular daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years. The "Post" was founded in November 1831 by two businessmen: Charles G. Greene and William Beals. By the 1930s, "The Boston Post" had grown to be one of the largest newspapers in the country, with well over a million readers.
During the 1940s, the newspaper faced more and more competition from papers published by William Hearst. More people began listening to the news on radio and television, and the paper's business began to suffer. It stopped being published in October 1956. At the time, it was printing about 255,000 copies of its daily issue, and about 260,000 of its Sunday edition.
In the Sunday paper every week was included a weekly magazine. It was originally called "The Sunday Magazine of "The Boston Sunday Post"" and later ""The Boston Sunday Post" Sunday Magazine".
The "Boston Post" Cane was an award given by many New England towns to their oldest citizen. It was originally done in 1909, when the newspaper was owned by Edwin A. Grozier. The newspaper had several hundred ornate, gold-tipped canes made, and then given presented in a ceremony to each town's oldest living man. The custom was expanded to include a community's oldest women in 1930. Many towns in New England still carry on the "Boston Post" cane tradition with the original canes they were awarded in 1909. When a recipient dies (or leaves the community), the cane passes to a successor who is the town's next oldest living resident.
Mike Blunden
Michael Blunden (born December 15, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Montreal Canadiens, and Ottawa Senators.
Before he played in the AHL and NHL, Stanton played 4 seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Erie Otters.
He was drafted 43rd overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks and was signed to a 3-year entry level contract with them on May 24, 2006. He made his debut with the Blackhawks in the 2006–07 NHL season and played 9 games with them but suffered an injury to his shoulder and was ruled out the rest of the season.
On January 10, 2009, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Adam Pineault.
He played a season with the Blue Jackets and was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Ryan Russell on July 7, 2011.
On June 28, 2014, Blunden was signed as a free agent by the Tampa Bay Lightning to a one-year, two-way contract.
Tommy Kirk
Thomas Lee "Tommy" Kirk (born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 10, 1941) is a former actor. He is best known for his work with the Disney Studios.
Kirk's Disney career began in 1956 when he played Joe Hardy in "The Mickey Mouse Club" serial "The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure". The Disney movies "Old Yeller" (1957), "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), and "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960) made him a popular teen star.
The Disney Studios dropped Kirk's contract when a woman complained to the Studio about the young actor's relationship with her 15 year old son. He went to American International Pictures. He appeared in their low-budget teen movies such as "Pajama Party" and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini".
Kirk was arrested for drug possession on Christmas Eve 1964. In 1970, he retired from movies and sought help for his dependency issues. He ran his own carpet and upholstery cleaning business. He wrote, and sometimes acted. Kirk became a Disney Legend on October 9, 2006.
Kirk is openly gay. He was interviewed by the "National Enquirer" of January 2013 and said: "I don't blame anybody but myself and my drug abuse for my career going haywire. I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been, and never will be. For that I make no apologies. I have no animosity toward anybody because the truth is, I wrecked my own career."
Dianna Agron
Dianna Agron (born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the television series "Glee". She has made many movies. She appeared in movies including "I Am Number Four", "The Romantics", "The Hunters", and "The Family". She was born in Savannah, Georgia. She has also appeared in her own cabaret shows at Cafe Carlyle in New York, NY.
Daniella Monet
Michelle Sung Wie (born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA tour. Around age ten, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship.
Wie was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
390 BC
390 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Ambustus, Longus, Ambustus, Fidenas, Ambustus and Cornelius (or, less frequently, year 364 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 390 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" is an operating system made by Apple Inc. for its Macintosh line of computers. It is a version of OS X, and carries the release number 10.9. It was released on October 22, 2013. According to Apple, "Mavericks" contains over 200 changes and improvements since OS X Mountain Lion.
OS X Mavericks was the first OS X major release to be a free upgrade since Mac OS X 10.1 "Puma".
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Sniper team
A sniper team (or sniper cell) is made up of one or more snipers and support personnel such as a spotter. Members can sometimes fulfill several roles. The spotter helps to closely observe the targets and their surroundings. The sniper fires the shots. Sometimes there may be extra members in the team, including someone to secure and the team's position, and to communicate with other teams. This third member is known as the flanker.
The spotter finds, watches, and assigns targets, and also watches to see whether the shot has hit or missed the target. They use a specialised telescope to do this. They also make calculations for distance and angle, and try to read the direction and strength of the wind. This is so that the sniper can make adjustments to the aim to make the shot more accurate.
As well as their long-range rifle, a sniper team is usually armed with a shorter-ranged weapon. This is to defend the team in case enemies come in close contact. Equally important is remaining hidden from view. Teams use camouflage, and choose locations where there is something for them to hide behind.
Fatimah
Fatimah (, born 605 or 615 – d. 633) was the eldest daughter of Muhammad. She is mostly honored by Shia Muslims. The Fatimid Caliphate claimed to be her descendants.
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The Parent Trap (1961 movie)
The Parent Trap is a 1961 Walt Disney Productions movie. It stars Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, and Brian Keith. Mills plays twins trying to get their divorced parents together again. The movie was based on the book "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das Doppelte Lottchen") by Erich Kästner. The movie was nominated for two Academy Awards. It was shown on television. Three television sequels were made. The original movie was remade in 1998 with Lindsay Lohan.
The Parent Trap (movie from 1998) is about twin girls who didn't know they were sisters. Their parents were separated and each one lived with a twin. The girls came across in the campsite and then they knew they were sisters.
After meeting, the girls changed places to meet the mother or the father. They wanted to live together for ever.
2013 Santa Monica shooting
Water for Elephants (movie)
Muslim Patrol
Powhatan
Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Dell Rapids is a city in the eastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is in Minnehaha County, about twenty miles north of Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota. It became a city in 1888, and 3,633 people lived there at the 2010 census.
Rock Me (One Direction song)
"Rock Me" is a song by One Direction. It is a track on their album, "Take Me Home". The song was written by Peter Svensson, Sam Hollander, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter and Allan Grigg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Circut and Kool Kojak. The song includes a mid-tempo beat, with it's clapping riff to be the same as the song "We Will Rock You" by Queen. The song has gotten good reviews from critics. They liked how good the production was and its rock elements. "Rock Me" also made it on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.
"Rock Me" was made in one day by guitar player Peter Svensson of the Swedish band the Cardigans, Sam Hollander, and Allan 'Kool Kojak' Grigg. It was made for One Direction's second album, "Take Me Home". The album was released in November 2012. Grigg started out with making a mid-tempo beat. Svensson has said that Hollander "had an idea for a title that's like 'rock me' instead of ‘rock you,’ and the melody just came." Lukasz 'Dr. Luke' Gottwald and Henry 'Circut' Walter co-produced the song, and they were also credited as on the finished recording too.
"Rock Me" is a mid-tempo pop rock song. Both "Billboard" and BBC Music said that the song went away from One Direction's signature bubblegum pop sound. One Direction's voice ranges from F to C. Instruments like guitar strings, and piano lines also play in the song. The song is in the key of Ab major. The time signature is common time and the tempo is a moderate 84 beats per minute.
Critics have also said that the song has beat and clapping riff, the same as Queen's "We Will Rock You". The song's chorus also references Queen: "I want you to rock me, yeah, I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care." The lyrics has a nostalgic message about a former significant other and a blatant double entendre for sexual intercourse. In the regard to its double entendre, Grigg noted, "but at the same time, there's a vulnerability in it that's, like, so sweet for girls. It's a little self-deprecating. There's not a lot of overt machismo in the song". "I approached it like high school," said Hollander, who wrote lyrics for "Rock Me": "On the first record, they were freshmen, innocent and wide-eyed. Now it's sophomore year, there are parties and driver’s licenses, and the world is theirs for the taking. That's what I wanted to capture."
Alexis Petridis, a writer of "The Guardian", gave criticism for the song as "excruciating". He said that the lyrics are tedious and uninspiring. "The New Zealand Herald" writer Lydia Jenkin deemed "Rock Me" one of "the most banal songs ever written", but noted that the group "know what teenage girls want to hear." Idolator critic Sam Lansky praised the track as "irresistible" and commended its sonic palette as "explosively punchy". Writing for HitFix, Melinda Newman favoured its "nearly hypnotic anthemic" beat, and noted that "Rock Me" seems perfectly tailored to become a live staple. Ben Rayner of the "Toronto Star" thought the song's Queen-references are "clever", assessing: "to show that One Direction’s puppeteers aren't totally operating on autopilot." Robert Copsey from Digital Spy opined that the song's "simple-yet-genius catchiness" is its strongest attribute. "Billboard" reviewer Chris Payne applauded its rock elements, regarding it as "welcome" deviation from "Take Me Home"'s bubblegum pop sound.
In the week of 18 November 2012, "Rock Me" started at number one on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart due to very high digital download sales. As a result of an "end-of-year download rush" in the week ending 30 December 2012, the track made it on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 98. 98 was the song's peak position on the chart.
Ballata
Ballata is a type of music that was popular during the Middle Ages.
Watson (computer)
Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system that can answer questions asked in a natural language. It was made by IBM to compete on the American television game show "Jeopardy!". In February 2011, Watson played as a contestant on "Jeopardy!" against past champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Watson won the first place prize of $1 million. It was named after Thomas J. Watson, who was the chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from 1914 to 1956.
During a game, Watson had access to 200 million pages of content, including the full text of Wikipedia. Sources of information for Watson included encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, news articles, and books. It was not connected to the internet, meaning that it had to use what was in its system to answer clues. For each clue, Watson's three most likely responses were displayed on the television screen along with its amount of confidence in those answers. If its confidence in a response was high enough, it would ring in to give the response.
Pore (skin)
Mil Mi-1
The Mil Mi-1 (Russian: Мил Ми-1; NATO reporting name: Hare) is a Soviet civilian and military helicopter. It was the first one built in a series in the USSR. It was built under licence in Poland as SM-1.
Countries using civilians Mil Mi-1 were: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, and the USSR.
Countries using militaries Mil Mi-1 were : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Iraq, Mongolia, North Korea, Poland, Romania, USSR, Sudan, Syria, and Vietnam.
Melancholic depression
Risperidone
Haloperidol
Haloperidol (also marketed as Haldol) is a dopamine related drug (first generation antipsychotic) used for antipsychotic issues, including borderline personality disorder, Tourette syndrome, autism spectrum conditions and aggression problems. Side effect problems include although are not limited to lethargy or dry mouth.
Madge Bellamy
Madge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American stage and movie actress. She was born Margaret Derden Philpott in Hillsboro, Texas. She came from a good home, but ran away at 17 to become an actress and dancer in New York City.
She was featured in several roles, and made her first movie "Passing Thru" in 1920. After a dispute with Fox Films in 1929, she lost work. She returned to the screen in B-movies in 1932. She is probably best known today for playing Madeline in the horror movie "White Zombie" opposite Bela Lugosi.
In 1943, she was involved in a scandal with a rich married man. She was accused of shooting at him. Charges were dropped but her career was damaged. She made her last screen appearance in "Northwest Trail" in 1945.
The rest of her life was passed mostly in poverty. She sold tools in a store and was an unsuccessful novelist. She died in Upland, California of heart failure. Her autobiography was published shortly after her death. Her only marriage was brief and childless.
Degory Priest
Degory Priest ( 1579–1621) was a passenger on the voyage of the "Mayflower" in 1620. He signed the Mayflower Compact.
The name of Digory Priest or Prust is common in Devon, Cornwall and London England.
Priest was a member of the Separatists church. This religion was not allowed in England and many people moved to Leiden Netherlands Priest was one of those families.
Priest was a hat-maker from London. There are many legal documents in Leiden which show that he was born in 1579. In 1611 Priest married a widow named Sarah Vincent. Sarah was a sister of "Mayflower passenger" Isaac Allerton. Priest's became a citizen of Leiden on November 16, 1615 with Isaac Allerton and Roger Wilson.
On June 28, 1617 Priest asked two men to sign a legal document that said that he had not hit John Cripps but only “touched his Jabot”. This was the frill on the front of his shirt.
Leiden records show that Degory Priest was a witness to a statement signed on January 18, 1618. The statement was signed by Tailor Isaac Allerton. It was about the cost of a crimson coat.
On April 9, 1619, Degory Priest and Samuel Lee signed a document for Nicholas Claverly, a Tobacco pipe maker. This document was a promise for Claverly's good behavior. Claverly had arrived in Leiden about 1615 and lived in a house owned by Degory Priest.
Records show that on May 3, 1619 Degory Priest was a witness to a document signed by Richard Tyrill. Priest said that Nicholas Claverly was not connected with the murder of Tyrill’s brother John Tyrill.
Priest came alone of the "Mayflower". His family came over later in another ship.
Priest 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. Degory was one of the signers. The "Mayflower" was supposed to land in the Colony of Virginia, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor.
William Bradford wrote that seven men died soon after the ship landed. “Digerie Preist” was among them. Bradford said that all these died soon after their arrival in the general sickness. He added that Priest’s had his wife and children were sent for because she was Mr. Allerton's sister.
Degory Priest married Sarah Vincent on November 4, 1611. She was a widow. They had two daughters. Their names were Marah and Sarah. Sarah Priest married a second time. His was also a hat-maker from Leiden. Their burial places are unknown.
Priest died early in the first winter, on January 1, 1621 of the “general sickness”. He was 42 years of age. He was buried in an unmarked grave. This was the custom that first winter of 1620–1621. His name appears on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb, located on Cole's Hill in Plymouth.
John Harron
John Harron (March 31, 1903 – November 24, 1939) was an American actor. He was born in New York City. He died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis when he was 36 years old. He appeared in 167 movies between 1918 and 1940. He is probably best known today for playing Neil Parker in the 1932 horror movie "White Zombie".
Harron married an actress called Betty Westmore in 1929. They had one child.
Har Gobind Khorana (Sindhi: هار گوبند خرانه) (also known as Hargobind Khorana; 9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was a biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley.
He is from part of a poor family in Jaipur. He worked in Madison, Columbia, and Boston.
Their work was on the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids. Each triplet of nucleotides codes for a particular amino acid. Therefore the nucleic acid sequence controls how proteins are built.
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Rogers(1572winter 1620/21) Rogers and his oldest son travelled on the "Mayflower" in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact.
Thomas Rogers was born near Watford, England. He was the son of William and Elanor Rogers.
The family moved to Leiden Netherlands from England after 1613 because they were Separatists areligion which became illegal in England.
Rogers purchased a house and became a citizen of Leiden. He was a merchant of camlet, a luxury fabric made from silk and camel’s hair. The Rogers family were very poor.
Rogers and his 18-year-old son, Joseph 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. Thomas Rogers signed the Mayflower Compact.
The "Mayflower" was supposed to land in the Colony of Virginia, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor.
Rogers and his wife had six children. Theie names were Thomas, Richard and Joseph, John, Elizabeth and Margaret. Thomas and Richard died young. Joseph became a well known person in Plymouth Colony.
Rogers died in the winter of 1620/21. His son Joseph went to live with Governor Bradford and his family. William Bradford wrote: “Thomas Rogers died in the first sickness, but his son Joseph is still living, and is married, and has six children. The rest of Thomas Rogers (children) came over, and now are married, and have many children.”
Rogers was buried in an unmarked grave as were most of the Mayflower passengers who died in the first winter. The name of Thomas Rogers is on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on Cole's Hill.
The Bridgestone Arena is a sports arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The arena opened on December 18, 1996, and is the current home to the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The arena is formerly known as Nashville Arena, Gaylord Entertainment Center, and Sommet Center.
The arena was also home to the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League from 1997 until 2001 when the franchise was sold and was moved to Georgia to become the Georgia Force. The team was reincarnated and played in the Gaylord Entertainment Center from 2005 to 2007.
Aside from sports, the arena has also hosted the CMA Awards and CMT Music Awards.
Bridgestone currently has naming rights for the arena. The arena currently seats 19,395 for basketball and 17,113 for ice hockey. It used to hold 17,298 from 1996 to 1999.
John Billington
John Billington ( 1580September 30, 1630) and his family were passengers on the "Mayflower" in 1620. He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. Billington was hanged in Plymouth Colony in 1630.
The Billington family was from England. He had a wife, Elinor and two sons, John and Francis.
Billington and his family left Plymouth England on 16 September 1620. There were 102 passengers and 30–40 crew. On 19 November 1620, the "Mayflower" saw land. They were supposed to land in the Colony of Virginia, but the ship was damaged so they landed at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor.
They wrote the Mayflower Compact, which made rules on how they would live and treat each other. Billington was a signer to the document.
Shortly after they landed, Francis went exploring and discovered a large body of water that is now called Billington Sea.
The family were Plymouth Colony's troublemakers. Billington's son, Francis, fired a musket on the "Mayflower". In March 1621 Billington was punished because he did not to obey Myles Standish the military leader. He would do this many times. In May 1621 John Billington (the younger) became lost in the woods for many days and was returned home by some Native Americans. In 1625 Governor Bradford wrote a letter to Robert Cushman and said "Billington still says many things against you. He is a bad man, and always will be". In 1636, wife was punished and made to sit in the stocks for saying bad things about John Doane.
Billington was hanged for the murder of John Newcomen in 1630. He was about 50 years old. This was the first execution in Plymouth Colony. His burial place is unknown.
John Crackston
John Crackston ( 1575 – c. 1620/21), also spelled as John Craxston or Crakstone, was an English Separatist from the Netherlands who came with his son John on the voyage of the Pilgrim ship "Mayflower". He signed the Mayflower Compact.
Separatists were people who rejected the Church of England. These other beliefs were not allowed in England.
Crackston's birth year is of about 1575. It is based on a document made when his daughter married. It is believed that he moved to the Netherlands from Colchester in co. Essex, England from another document. In the 1618 Leiden marriage of his daughter Anna, she is said to be from Colchester.
The name of John Crackston, in Leiden Netherlands, first appears in legal documents on June 16, 1616, when, along with fellow Mayflower passenger Moses Fletcher, he witnessed a promise of marriage of Zachariah Barrow.
Crackston’s daughter Anna (Anne) married Thomas Smith in Leiden on December 12, 1618. In the records Anna is described as being a unmarried women from Colchester in England. At her wedding was her friend Patience Brewster. She would also be a "Mayflower" passenger. Patience would die of a fever in Plymouth in 1634 as the first wife of Plymouth Colony Governor Thomas Prence.
In 1620 John Crackston came to the Mayflower with other church members from Leiden and in the company of his son John. It is believed that his wife, name unknown, may have been died. His daughter Anna had married in 1618 and did not accompany them.
William Bradford, wrote in 1651, Crackston and his son John embarked on the Mayflower
John Crackston and his son 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 the Colony of Virginia, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor.
John Crackston was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact. On that document, he signed his name as “John Craxton.” His son John Jr. was apparently not yet twenty-one years of age and did not sign the Compact.
Crackston first wife's name is not known.
Children of John Crackston and his first wife:
John Crackston (Sr.) died in the winter of 1620, wrote Governor William Bradford. Bradford said it was after he got lost in the woods and his feet became frozen and he got a fever. The exact date is unknown. As with most passengers who died that winter, he was most likely buried in an unmarked grave in Cole's Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth. Cractston's name is spelled “John Craxston Sr.” on the Tomb.
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Annie (movie)
Annie is a 1982 movie based on the Broadway musical play of the same name and Harold Gray's 1924 comic strip characters and concepts. The movie stars Aileen Quinn as Annie, Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, and Carol Burnett. The movie received mixed reviews.
The Twelve Imams
The Twelve Imams (, '; , ') are leaders and the sucessors of Prophet Muhammad for the Twelver branch of Shī‘ah Islam.
According to Twelver Shia Muslims these twelve guiders are authorized by Allah for the guidance of Muslims and for protection of Islam and they are infallible (sinless). It is said by Twelver Shia Muslims that the Twelve Imams were foretold in the in the sayings of Muhammad.
It is believed by Twelver Shia Muslims that these Imams have the knowledge of each and every thing which is told them by God. Ali was the first Imam of this line every Imam was the son of the previous Imam, except Husayn ibn Ali who was the brother of Hasan ibn Ali. The last Imam is Imam al-Mahdi, who is alive and will appear in the end times.
Dvergr
Dvergar or Norse dwarves (Old Norse "dvergar", singular "dvergr") are creatures in Norse mythology. They are associated with rocks, the earth, craft and metal work, wisdom, and greed. The dwarves came from maggots that formed on Ymir's skin as he was killed by Odin, Vé and Vili. Odin transformed the maggots into dwarves. It is said that dwarves are blacksmiths and built weapons for war between the gods. Some say that dwarves and elves are the same thing.
Popeye (movie)
Popeye is a 1980 musical movie based on the characters and concepts created in E. C. Segar's "Thimble Theatre" comic strip. The movie starred Robin Williams (his movie debut) as Popeye, Paul Dooley as Wimpy, Paul L. Smith as Bluto, Ray Walston as Poopdeck Pappy, and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. It received mixed reviews.
Hasan ibn Ali
Hassan (born in March 4, 625 CE died in March 9 or 30, 670 CE). was the son of Ali and his wife Fatimah After the death of his father he became the caliph of Muslims. He was also a member of Ahl al-Bayt. Hasan is also highly respected by the Sunni as the grandson of Muhammad.
In Norse mythology, Ymir (also Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn) is the ancestor of all jötnar. He is described in the Poetic Edda and in the Prose Edda. Ymir was killed by Odin, Vé and Vili. From Ymir's body they made seven worlds. Bïfrost and dwarves evolved from maggots by burrowing into Ymir's dead body.From that, dwarves can punch dents and burrow into rock. Upon Ymir's defeat, the three brother's crafted the Earth and Heavens from his body, the oceans from his sweat, (some cases from his blood) the trees were crafted from his hair, his eyebrows were used to make Midgard (one of the nine worlds), his bones made the mountains, his skull is what formed the sky, and from his brains they created the clouds.
Thomas Tinker
Thomas Tinker ( 1581–1620/21) and his wife and son were Separatists from the Netherlands who travelled on the Pilgrim Ship "Mayflower" in 1620. Separatists were people who did not belong to the Church of England.
Most scholars believe that Tinker was born in 1581 in Norfolk England. He moved to Leiden and became a citizen there in the early 1600s. He married in 1609 and had one son.
Tinker, his wife and son 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 the Colony of Virginia, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor. Thomas Tinker was a signer to the "Mayflower Compact".
Bradford wrote they "died in the first sickness". That was in December 1620 or January 1621. Thomas Tinker and his son was buried in Cole's Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, with many passengers who died in the early days. The place of Tinker's wife grave is unknown.
Coat (dog)
A dog's coat is the hair covering its body. A dog can have a "double coat" that has short, soft hair underneath a layer of long, coarse hair, or a "single coat" that has only the long, coarse hair. A dog's coat may also be called hair or fur.
Dog coats can come in many different colors, patterns, lengths, and textures.
Dog coats come in four main colors: black, brown, white, and red. The same main color can have many shades. These shades are sometimes common enough that they are given their own color names, such as gold, yellow, cream, blue, and grey.
There may be several of these colors on one dog.
Dog coats can also have many different patterns based on spots, patches, and mixing colors.
A dog's coat can be long or short. For most dogs, their hair reaches one length and then stops growing, but there are some dogs whose hair will keep growing longer and longer.
Some breeds of dog do not grow hair on parts of their bodies. These dogs are called "hairless". Examples of "hairless" dogs are the Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican Hairless Dog), the Peruvian Inca Orchid (Peruvian Hairless Dog) and the Chinese Crested.
FMA IA-58 Pucará
The FMA IA-58 Pucará is an Argentine military aircraft. It is a twin-turboprops attack aircraft built in all-metal.
Argentina Air Force used the Pucarà for attacks against Port Stanley and the British Army and the Royal Navy. Several of them were shot down by Sea Harrier and British commandos.
Sri Lanka used the Pucarà against the Tamils Tigers.
Argentina, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and Uruguay used this aircraft. Some are enough actives in Argentina in 2013. United Kingdom used one aircraft for trials, it was captured by British commandos.
Orpheus is the god of music in Greek mythology. When he played his harp the world would sway to the music. He was the son of a Muse.
Orpheus was married to a dryad named Eurydice. While trying to get away from a satyr, she was bitten by a snake and went to Hades. Orpheus played sad music and the whole world cried with him. Orpheus decided to ride the ferry across the river Styx. He played his harp to make Cerberus fall asleep. He played his harp for Persephone. She said he could take Eurydice back to the upper world, if he didn't look back at Eurydice until they both got back up to the land of mortals. He did look back when he got to the upper world but his wife was not in the upper world yet so she went back to the realm of Hades forever. He was killed by Maenad.
Some more clarification on the Maenads: They were feral women who ritualistically ripped animals limb from limb, and they did so with Orpheus after trying to kill him with spears and rocks. They cast his head into the sea. It rolled along the waves, singing, "Eurydice, Eurydice". It approached Lesbos and landed there, just to be attacked further by a snake.
Apollo cleared things up, and turned the Maenads into a grove of trees.
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a Russian former gymnast. She won nine Olympic medals for the Soviet Union. She also won the World Championships all-around gold in 1970 and 1974.
She was known for her calmness. In the 1975 World Cup in London, the uneven bars broke and fell as she was landing. She saluted the judges and left the floor without even turning to see the damage. She won all gold medals for the Cup including the all-around medal. Her trainer Vladislav Rastorotsky said about her: "Ljudmila would fight to death in any situation".
Tourischeva was also known for her graciousness. At the 1976 Olympics, she walked around the podium to personally congratulate champion Nadia Comăneci. Tourischeve shook Comăneci's hand before accepting her own medal.
In 1977, she married sprinter Valeriy Borzov. He was a two-time Olympic champion in 1972. Tourischeva keeps involved in gymnastics as a coach and an international judge.
Ludmilla Tourischeva is 1 of only 2 women to win the grand slam of all-around titles: Olympics, World Championships, World Cup, and European Championships. Yelena Shushunova is the other.
In geology, permafrost is soil that stays at or below for two or more years. It is also called cryotic soil. Most permafrost is on land close to the North and South poles. Other permafrost is found in high mountain areas. When permafrost melts, carbon dioxide is released which can be bad for the environment.
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Conair Firecat
The Conair Firecat is a water bomber built in Canada from the American twin-engine Grumman S-2 Tracker. A modernized variant, called Turbo Firecat use two turboprops. This kind of aircraft is still active in 2013 in Canada, France, and the United States.
It can carry 3395 litres of water inside the bomb bay.
Emily Rose
Monal
A monal is a bird of the genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. The type species of this genus is the Himalayan monal ("Lophophorus impejanus").
All the adult males have very atractive and shiny feathers of different colors (colors appearing to be made of a metal). The females and the young males do not have feathers with many colors; they are reddish brown with some white parts.
Their diet consists of insects and plant parts such as roots, tubers, bulbs and seed.
They live in the rhododendron forests in the high altitudes of the Himalayas and of Sichuan (China).
Due to habitat destruction and hunting, they have already become quite rare and threatened in their existence.
There are three species and three subspecies within the genus "Lophophorus":
Channel drift
Channel drift, also called network decay, is when a television channel moves away from its original shows to get a new audience, or to get higher ratings. It often involves a move from shows aimed at viewers that know a lot about the channel's subject to shows aimed at a wider audience. Most examples of channel drift have a channel add infotainment or reality shows to their schedule.
A well-known example of channel drift is MTV. When it started in 1981, MTV was a channel that showed music videos. In the 1990s, it started adding entertainment and reality shows aimed at a young adult audience. This was the start of a move towards the channel's current focus on shows aimed at adolescents and young adults.
Sarah Clara Smith
Sarah Clara Smith (1851–1947) was an American teacher and missionary from New York state. She started Smith Girls' School (now called Hokusei Gakuen Girls Junior High/High School ( "Hokusei Gakuen Joshi Chugaku Koutou Gakkou") in 1887 in Sapporo, Japan.
Smith came to Tokyo in 1880 with her missionary group, Association of Presbyterian Mission International. In 1883, she became sick from the weather, so she went north to Sapporo, Hokkaido. She became healthy again because the weather was like the weather in New York.
Smith wanted to start a Christian school in Sapporo because it was a new town. Sapporo didn't have many churches then. But her group didn't give her money, so she went to Hakodate. Hakodate was bigger than Sapporo. In 1886, she got an English teaching job at the Public Teacher’s College of Sapporo. The next year, she could start a Christian school by herself. It was called Smith Girls' School ( "Sumisu Joshi Gakkou").
In the Meiji Era (1868–1912), Hokkaido was a new land in Japan. Also the land was big, so there were many farms. Most schools were farming schools. Smith Girls' School had some farming and Christian education. In 1890, Smith introduced lilacs to Sapporo from the United States. Now, lilac is the official tree of Sapporo and the city has a lilac festival every year in downtown Odori Park.
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D
This page shows the standings and results for Group D of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F
This page shows the standings and results for Group F of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.
Gastroenterology is a special type of medicine. It is about the digestive system. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are the focus. The tract includes the organs from mouth to anus.
Physicians in this type of medicine are called gastroenterologists.
Great Observatories program
House of Usher is a 1960 American International Pictures horror movie. It stars Vincent Price, Myrna Fahey, Mark Damon, and Harry Ellerbee. The movie was directed by Roger Corman. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson. It is based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.
"House of Usher" was the first of eight Corman movies based on Poe's stories. The movie is also known as "Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Mysterious House of Usher". In 2005, the movie was listed with the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi was an Italian actor, screenwriter and movie director. He was the Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy movies.
Sordi won seven David di Donatello awards. It is Italy's most honorable movie award. He also received a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 1995. He also won a Golden Globe Award.
Jessica Cauffiel
Jessica Cauffiel (born March 30, 1976, Detroit) is an American actress and singer. She works in movies and television. She played Tatiana in the television series "My Name Is Earl". She also played Margot in the comedy movie "Legally Blonde".
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
Annie Parisse
Anne Marie Cancelmi (better known as Annie Parisse; born July 31) is an American television and movie actress. She also does stage plays. She played Alexandra Borgia in the television drama "Law & Order".
Cancelmi was born in Anchorage, Alaska. Some sources say she was born in 1975, though others say 1976.
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Angela Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an African American political activist and author. She first became famous because she was a prominent member of the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and was involved in Black Power movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Since then she has become known for her work as a writer and speaker while teaching at the University of California. She has done research in the areas of feminism and critical theory and is a prison abolitionist.
Davis grew up in Alabama, then went to college at Brandeis University and University of California, San Diego. She was involved in activism from her youth. After becoming a Doctor of Philosophy in Germany, she returned to the US and began teaching as a professor. In 1969, she was fired from teaching for being a member of the Communist Party. A judge decided it was an illegal firing and the school eventually hired her back.