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The name Ptahil is suggestive of the Egyptian Ptah--the Mandaeans believe that they were resident in Egypt for a while--joined to the semitic El, meaning "god".
Why do they believe that?
Some scholars, such as Edmondo Lupieri, maintain that comparison of these different accounts may reveal the diverse religious influences upon which the Mandaeans have drawn
Is this a positive thing?
Mountain Jewish traditions are infused with teachings of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.
Do they have any specific rituals related to this worship?
While Mountain Jews observed the rituals of circumcision, marriage and burial, as well as Jewish holidays, other precepts of Jewish faith were observed less carefully.
Which precepts were not as strictly followed?
The community's ethnic identity remained unshaken despite the Soviet efforts.
Did the soviet union try to dissuade the religion of the mountain Jews?
By 1966, reportedly six synagogues remained; some were confiscated by the Soviet authorities.
Do the six synagogues still remain today?
Originally, only boys were educated through synagogue schools.
what was the language
Mountain Jews speak Judeo-Tat, also called Juhuri, a form of Persian,
what was the literature
The first Judeo-Tat-language newspaper, Zakhmetkesh (Working People), was published in 1928
where did women learn
newly founded elementary schools attended by both Mountain Jewish boys and girls.
who taught the people
Starting from the 1860s, many well-off families switched to home-schooling,
what is important about the mountain jews teachings
Price claimed to have attended a private seance on 15 December 1937 in which a small six-year-old girl called Rosalie appeared.
What did she say or do?
During the seance Price claimed a small girl emerged, she spoke and he took her pulse.
What happened after that?
Price was suspicious that the supposed spirit of the child was no different than a human being
Did it do anything to him?
Price "shaken to the core by his experience."
Did he write about this event?
Price's Fifty Years of Psychical Research (1939) describes his experiences at the sitting and includes a diagram of the seance room.
Was the book well recieved?
Price was most famous for his investigation into the Borley Rectory, Essex.
What happened at the Borley Rectory?
He documented a series of alleged hauntings from the time the rectory was built in 1863.
What type of hauntings were they?
He lived in the rectory from May 1937 to May 1938 and wrote of his experiences in the book.
What were his experiences?
In 1990, the unofficial Welsh championship was replaced by a league structure involving promotion and relegation.
What did the league do after 1990?
1991-92 was possibly the club's worst-ever season, beset with disagreements between coach Alan Phillips and manager John Scott.
What else happened in 1992?
Australian Alex Evans took over at Cardiff as coach for the 1992-93 season,
Did the team turn around after Evans was hired?
Pauling published his Close-Packed Spheron Model of the atomic nucleus in two well respected journals,
Were his publications received well?
For nearly three decades, until his death in 1994, Pauling published numerous papers on his spheron cluster model.
How did Pauling die?
The basic idea behind Pauling's spheron model is that a nucleus can be viewed as a set of "clusters of nucleons".
What else can you tell me about his model?
basic nucleon clusters include the deuteron [np], helion [pnp], and triton [npn].
What did he say about his model?
David Davis was Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department.
What was the leadership contest?
the 2005 Conservative leadership contest,
Did he run against anyone?
former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke
Was there any scandals?
In spite of a strong performance in a BBC Question Time head-to-head debate in the final stage of the leadership contest, Davis could not match his rival's general popularity.
Did he lose the elect
Davis could not match his rival's general popularity.
What happened after that?
Conservative party members voted to elect Cameron the new Conservative leader,
Did he stay in any form of politics after this?
Cameron chose to re-appoint his rival as Shadow Home Secretary following his victory.
What else seems very interesting to you?
In the first ballot of Conservative MPs on 18 October 2005, Davis came top with 62 votes. As this was less than the number of his declared supporters,
What happened with this vote?
the Chinese government, stated that on 5 February 2006, Chen instigated others "to damage and smash cars belonging to the Shuanghou Police Station and the town government"
what became of this?
Chen was removed from his house in March 2006 and was formally detained in June 2006 by Yinan county officials.
why was he detained by Yinan county officials?
He was scheduled to stand trial on 17 July 2006 on charges of destruction of property and assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic,
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
On the eve of his trial, all three of his lawyers, including Xu Zhiyong of the Yitong Law Firm, were detained by Yinan police;
did he face the charges for destruction of property?
On 24 August 2006, Chen was sentenced to four years and three months for "damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic".
did he get out early?
Following the trial, Amnesty International declared him to be a prisoner of conscience, "jailed solely for his peaceful activities in defence of human rights".
was he ever released?
Chen is the youngest of five brothers
where did he go to school?
In 1989, at the age of 18, Chen began attending school as a grade one student at the Elementary School
Is he married?
Chen met his wife, Yuan Weijing,
do they have children?
Their son, Chen Kerui, was born later that year.
DO they have any other children?
In 2005 they had a second child--a daughter named Chen Kesi--in violation of China's one-child policy.
what did he study in school?
specializing in acupuncture and massage
what year did he get married?
The couple eloped in 2003.
anything else interesting during his early life?
a group of "like minded aspiring artisans and tradesmen who hoped to improve themselves while they improved their community.
What is the main aspect of the article?
Franklin conceived the idea of a subscription library, which would pool the funds of the members to buy books for all to read.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
This was the birth of the Library Company of Philadelphia: its charter was composed by Franklin in 1731.
When did this take place?
Warne, who had lost weight over the previous months, took 27 wickets, was named the player of the series,
How was he injured?
Warne missed the entire Australian summer of 2000-01 with a finger injury,
How was it injured?
in an ODI in December 2002, he suffered a shoulder injury.
Did he require surgery?
oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rate for individuals and business;
When was the pledge put in place?
2012
Who passed the pledge?
41 out of 47 Senate Republicans had signed ATR's
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
The November 6, 2012 elections resulted in a decline in the number of Taxpayer Protection Pledge signatories in both the upper and lower houses
Was there anything else significant about the pledge?
Norquist is best known for founding Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)
what did ATR do?
The primary policy goal of Americans for Tax Reform is to reduce government revenues as a percentage of the GDP.
What else is significant about ATR?
As a nonprofit organization, Americans for Tax Reform is not required to disclose the identity of its contributors.
Was this successful?
rehearsing in their parents' basement in 1979,
did school cause the breakup
The brothers began performing live as a bass-and-drums duo in 1981.
Did they ever have dreams of tourning
They were inspired to play punk rock after seeing D.O.A. perform at the University of Victoria.
Were they always into music
younger brother John, eight years his junior, played drums in the school jazz band.
did they have a back up plan if music fell thru
The You Kill Me EP in 1985
What songs were from that album?
exhibited their experimental sound on dark and ponderous songs like "Body Bag" and a "tuneless" cover of "Manic Depression" by Jimi Hendrix.
Did people enjoy their music?
This, along with frequent touring in North America and Europe, helped the band to garner a larger audience.
Did they write their own songs?
their guitarist and vocalist Andy Kerr
What important event happened during those years?
The three also began performing Ramones covers and more traditional punk music as The Hanson Brothers, a side project which would later receive more of their attention.
Where did they play?
Spanish Town,
How many siblings does she have?
The couple already had two children,
Is she the oldest?
The couple already had two children,
Who were her parents?
Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie (nee Williams) and Robert W. Jones,
Did she have a happy childhood?
Marjorie's mother and her new husband, Peart. Jones knew him as "Mas P" ('Master P') and later noted that she "absolutely hated him";
Why did she hate him?
a strict disciplinarian he regularly beat the children in his care, representing what Jones described as "serious abuse".
What type of serious abuse did they receive?
he regularly beat the children
How did she get into modeling?
She moved back to New York at 18 and signed on as a model with Wilhelmina Modelling agency.
What was her first gig?
Yves St. Laurent, Claude Montana, and Kenzo Takada hired her for runway modelling,
What was her big break?
These nearly simultaneous attacks began the Second Seminole War.
What attacks caused it?
On December 28, 1835, Osceola, with the same rifle Thompson gave him, killed Wiley Thompson.
Why did they kill him?
Thompson who had the warrior locked up at Fort King for a two nights until he agreed to be more respectful.
Did the warrior kill him?
Osceola, with the same rifle Thompson gave him, killed Wiley Thompson.
was he arrested?
Osceola and his followers shot six others outside Fort King, while another group of Seminole ambushed and killed a column of US Army,
Was he killed when he was shot?
In order to secure his release, Osceola agreed to sign the Treaty of Payne's Landing and to bring his followers into the fort.
Was the treaty signed?
McCartney, Harrison and Starr originally intended to record some incidental background music, as a trio, for the Anthology project, but later realised,
What did they realized?
according to Starr, that they wanted to record "new music".
What kind of sound is "free as a bird" inspired by
"Free as a Bird" was recorded by Lennon
anything else interesting about this song?
McCartney then asked Ono if she had any unreleased recordings by Lennon, so she sent him cassette tapes of four songs.
what were the four songs
Lennon
Who produce the song?
Lynne
When was the song produced?
February 1994.
Was it an album or a single?
the song
When was the song recorded?
February 1994.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Although Lennon had died in 1980, Starr said that the three remaining Beatles agreed they would pretend that Lennon had "gone for lunch",
Which other names were worth mentioning in this article?
Geoff Emerick and Jon Jacobs
What were their roles in the song?
he was elected to the University of Florida
What did he study in college?
All-America selection in 1970, as well as being the SEC Lineman of the Year, All-SEC, and a finalist for the Outland Trophy.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In 1975, Youngblood was voted to the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
Did he make it?
In 1992, Youngblood was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Did he play any sports in college?
Youngblood was among the first four Gator legends to be inducted into the Florida Football Ring of Honor,
What position did he play?
He was named the Outstanding Lineman of the Game
Did his coach have anything to say about his play style?
Youngblood appeared in two television movies: C.A.T. Squad in 1986 and C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf in 1988.
Did he appear on any television series?
Youngblood was a reporter and co-host for ESPN's NFL GameDay show in 1985 and 1986,
Was he in the NFL ?
Youngblood was a radio analyst for the Los Angeles Rams from 1987-1991, the Sacramento Surge in 1992,
Did he work with any other famous ball players?
Youngblood was also a regular guest on ESPN programs Star-Shot (1988), Sportslook (1984, 1986, 1988) and Great Outdoors (1989) programs.
Was he a success on the great outdoors show?
drawing impressive ratings throughout its 10-year history.
What sort of role did he play in the movies?
Youngblood played a Secret Service agent in the "Counter Assault Technical Squad" named John Sommers who was the "best weapons and munitions man in the business"
any famoud co-stars in the movies?
Greg Macainsh and Imants "Freddie" Strauks both attended Norwood High School in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood and formed Spare Parts in 1966
Did they start the band back then?
Skyhooks formed in March 1973 in Melbourne with Steve Hill on vocals (ex-Lillee), Peter Ingliss on guitar (The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band), Macainsh on bass guitar
Who else was part of the band or the 3 were the only members?
Peter Starkie on guitar and backing vocals (Lipp & the Double Dekker Brothers) and Strauks on drums and backing vocals.
What songs did the band released in their early years?
Two tracks from their live set, "Hey What's the Matter?" and "Love on the Radio"
Were this singles a success, how did the fans react to them?
Two tracks from their live set, "Hey What's the Matter?" and "Love on the Radio" appeared on Mushroom's Highlights of Sunbury '74.
Did the band go on any tours or had any live presentations?
but a poorly received show at the January 1974 Sunbury Pop Festival saw the group booed off stage.
Did this impact the band in a negative way?
After seeing his performance on TV, Hill phoned Macainsh and resigned.
Who replaced Hill after he left?
Wilkins signed for Paris Saint-Germain
How long was his contract at Paris Saint-Germain?
He achieved cult status for his volley in the Old Firm game against reigning champions Celtic
What were his stats in the Old Firm game?
giving Rangers the lead in a 5-1 win against their rivals.
Did he transfer to any other teams during this period?
Despite only playing two seasons for the Glasgow club, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.
What is something interesting I haven't asked about?
Wilkins signed with A.C. Milan in the summer of 1984.
What position did he play with Milan's team?
Slayer's
Can you tell me something interesting about the article?
Press response to the album was mixed,
What record label released the album?
Slayer's
Did any singles make the Billboard Top 200?
South of Heaven
Did Slayer tour for the album?
Slayer returned as a live act in September 1990 to co-headline
Did anyone leave the band from 1988-1993?
In May 1992, Lombardo quit the band due to conflicts
Did they record any songs for films?
Bostaph's first studio effort was a medley of three Exploited songs,
Is there anything else I should know?
the album received virtually no radio airplay, it became the band's first to enter the Billboard 200, debuting at number 94,
who all was involved?
Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin's newly founded Def Jam Records,
when was def jam records founded?
newly founded
who was their main producer?
Def Jam Records,
were they the only producer
Def Jam Records,
what was their biggest hit?
Angel of Death
how do you know?
it became the band's first to enter the Billboard 200, debuting at number 94, and the band's first album certified gold in the United States.
what was their top hit?
A memorial service for Ertegun was held in New York on April 17, 2007.
Who attended the memorial?
other performers included Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Sam Moore, Stevie Nicks, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Phil Collins.
Who were some other attendants?
Wynton Marsalis opened the tribute with the jazz standard "Didn't He Ramble", Eric Clapton and Dr. John performed "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Were there multiple memorial events?
Using his "sparkless" arc transmitter, de Forest first transmitted audio across a lab room on December 31, 1906,
Did he make anything else
On July 18, 1907, de Forest made the first ship-to-shore transmissions by radiotelephone --
Did he go to college to learn about this
Tanacharison and a few warriors east of present-day Uniontown,
What happened after they arrived?
and later he was the Justice of the Westmoreland County Court. In
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, especially from Sulgrave, England. His great-grandfather John Washington
What of his great grandfather?
Washington became the senior American aide to British General Edward Braddock on the ill-fated Braddock expedition.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
He recommended to Braddock that the army be split into two divisions when the pace of the troops continued to slow: a primary and more lightly equipped "
What happen next
Braddock accepted the recommendation (likely made in a council of war including other officers) and took command of the lead division.
How did he do
Skinny Puppy's musical style has encompassed a wide selection of different genres, ranging from ambient music and synthpop, to noise rock and industrial metal.;
was his sound popular
the group is generally considered to be a pioneer of the electro-industrial genre.
what was his most common genre
AllMusic referred to Skinny Puppy's music as "primal" and " Kraftwerk gone netherworld",
what songs were primal or netheworld
Skinny Puppy's musical style
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
the group is generally considered to be a pioneer of the electro-industrial genre. The Village Voice described Skinny Puppy's early work as "dark electro-pop",
did they influence any other bands
People magazine called Ogre's lyrical delivery as "incomprehensible",
did they have any other reviews
Bill Coleman of Billboard magazine described Skinny Puppy as a "moody techno-outfit", going on to report their delivery as "aggravating".
did they have any unfavorable reviews
Skinny Puppy announced that a new album, entitled Weapon, would be released on May 28, 2013.
what was the album about?
The album was inspired by news brought to the band by a former guard at Guantanamo Bay that their music had been used to torture inmates.
Did they have any tours 2013 to present?
Live Shape For Arms Tour, a North American tour starting in January 2014 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA.
what other tours did they have?
tour was renamed Eye vs. Spy, which was a 17-city North American tour between November 28 to December 20, 2014.
What were some of the singles that they produced?
Solvent
did any of their music make it to top of the charts?
Down the Sociopath Too Euro 2017
Where did they go during the international tours?
Puzzle was released in June and helped the band to reach their highest UK Albums Chart position ever, hitting No. 2 in the first week of release,
Did Puzzle hit number 1?
hitting No. 2 in the first week of release, also reaching No. 17 in Ireland, and No. 39 in the overall world charts.
What year did this get released?
Puzzle was voted the best album of 2007 by Kerrang! and Rock Sound.
What songs were on the album
This album is notable for having somewhat more straightforward song structures and a more melodic overall sound than their previous work,
Did they do concerts?
The band also played the Download 2007, Glastonbury 2007, Reading and Leeds Festival and T in the Park for a record seventh time.
What other concerts did they do?
The band opened for Linkin Park during January on their European tour.
Was the band popular during this time
In 2008, the band toured with Queens Of The Stone Age on their European and North American tours for Era Vulgaris,
Is the band still together?
the band's debut album, Blackened Sky,
When did the album release?
2002,
Did this album do well?
was released to generally positive reviews.
What happened after their successful album?
In 2003, the band retreated to the Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford, Milton Keynes, England, to record the follow-up to Blackened Sky.
What did they record?
The band's second album, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June,
Did the new album do well also?
The band's second album, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June, to positive reviews
Did they ever record more music?
On 4 October, the band's third album, Infinity Land was released,
Was this the final album that was released?
O'Neill ultimately faced a severe Parkinsons-like tremor in his hands which made it impossible for him to write during the last
How long did he suffer from this disease?
write during the last 10 years of his life;
Is that what killed him?
problems (including depression and alcoholism)
Was his death caused by health problems or suicide?
O'Neill ultimately faced a severe Parkinsons-like tremor in his hands
What year did he die?
on November 27, 1953, at the age of 65.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
65. As he was dying, he whispered his last words: "I knew it. I knew it.
What was he referring to?
O'Neill was married to Kathleen Jenkins from October 2, 1909 to 1912, during which time they had one son, Eugene O'Neill, Jr.
What else do you know about his wife
In 1917, O'Neill met Agnes Boulton, a successful writer of commercial fiction, and they married on April 12, 1918.
What did he do career wise
devote himself to writing.
What did he write
In 1943, O'Neill disowned his daughter Oona for marrying the English actor, director, and producer Charlie Chaplin when she was 18
What else did he do in the years
He also had distant relationships with his sons. Eugene O'Neill, Jr., a Yale classicist, suffered from alcoholism and committed suicide
When did he die
1987's Music for the Masses saw further alterations in the band's sound and working methods.
what were some of the alterations?
For the first time a producer not related to Mute Records, Dave Bascombe, was called to assist with the recording sessions,
what music did they make?
"Strangelove", "Never Let Me Down Again" and "Behind the Wheel"
did any of these singles chart?
performed well in countries such as Canada, Brazil, West Germany, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland, often reaching the top 10.
did they go on tour?
The Music for the Masses Tour began 22 October 1987.
what was the 101?
It was documented in 101 - a concert film by D. A. Pennebaker and its accompanying soundtrack album.
was it successful?
The world tour ended 18 June 1988 with a concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl with paid attendance of 60,453, the highest in eight years for the venue.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Clarke privately began to voice his discomfort at the direction the band was taking. He later expressed his dissatisfaction, saying "there was never enough time to do anything.
Did he have other negative comments?
Clarke publicly announced that he was leaving Depeche Mode. It was also claimed that Clarke was sick of touring, which Gahan said years later was "bullshit to be quite honest".
Who did they get to replace him?
Alan Wilder, a classically trained keyboardist from West London, responded and, after two auditions and despite being 22 years old, was hired in early 1982,
How did they find Wilder?
In late 1981, the band placed an anonymous ad in Melody Maker looking for another musician: "Name band, synthesise, must be under twenty-one."
Did they audition others besides Wilder?
initially on a trial basis as a touring member. Wilder would later be called the "Musical Director" of the band, responsible for the band's sound until his departure in 1995.
What was unique about his sound?
January 1982, the band released "See You", their first single without Clarke,
Did they release other singles?
Stopes began to write a book about the way she thought marriage should work.
what was the book called?
Married Love was published on 26 March 1918;
how many copies did it sell?