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Pinhead at first has no memory of his human past, though is reminded of it in Hellbound: Hellraiser II,
What kind of powers did Pinhead have?
his powers were apparently expanded beyond their normal limits allowing him to physically warp reality to his will.
What kind of realities did he warp onto himself?
His preferred method of attack is by summoning hooks and chains to mutilate victims, often pulling said victims in several directions to tear them apart.
Were there other ways he liked attacking?
popular R&B and blues styles; then, under the influence of The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" recording, developed louder rock and hard rock sounds
What was their favorite style to perform?
Dave Davies was "really bored with this guitar sound - or lack of an interesting sound" so he purchased "a little green amplifier ...
What did the green amplifier do?
cut round the cone [from the centre to the edge] ... so it was all shredded but still on there, still intact. I played and I thought it was amazing.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
From 1966 onwards, The Kinks came to be known for their adherence to traditions of English music and culture,
Did they have any influences?
styles; then, under the influence of The Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" recording,
Any other influences?
baroque music through use of harpsichord, acoustic guitar, mellotron, and horns, and creating some of the most influential and important music of the period.
Is there any other interesting apsects of their musical style?
"Vogue" is a house song
how was it created?
"deep house groove" and to have a "throbbing beat"
who created it?
Madonna's vocal range spans from C4 to E5.
who was  in the song?
Griffith's early career was as a monologist, delivering long stories such as What It Was, Was Football, which is told from the point of view of a naive country preacher
When did he start acting?
Griffith starred in Ira Levin's one-hour teleplay version of No Time for Sergeants (March 1955) --
What was his role in that teleplay
-- a story about a country boy in the United States Air Force -- on The United States Steel Hour, a television anthology series.
How did he transition into comedy from his monoloques
a story about a country boy in the United States Air Force -- on The United States Steel Hour, a television anthology series.
What did he do after he was on the television anthology series
He expanded that role in Ira Levin's full-length theatrical version of the same name (October 1955) on Broadway in New York City.
How long did the show run on broadway
October 1955
What was the most interesting thing that happened to him in this time period
The role earned him a "Distinguished Supporting or Featured Dramatic Actor" nomination at the 1956 Tony Awards, losing to Ed Begley.
Did he win any other awards
He did win the 1956 Theatre World Award, however, a prize given for debut roles on Broadway.
how old was he when he started on broadway
June 1, 1926
Who was his father ?
Carl Lee Griffith
Who was his mother ?
Geneva (Nunn).
What high school did he attended ?
Mount Airy High School,
Did he go to college ?
He attended the University of North Carolina (UNC)
Was he an only child ?
Music
Did he write any song ?
He also began to write.
What was his first job after graduating from college ?
broadcaster with the CBS Radio network,
What year was this
1930,
What did he do for them
delivering a nightly news and commentary program.
How long did this last
After two years,
What was his next job
switched to the NBC Radio network
how long did this last
1947.
Who did he work for
CBS
Why is this diffrent
In contrast to today's practices, Thomas was not an employee of either NBC News or CBS News.
Who was in charge
he was employed by the broadcast's sponsor Sunoco.
Why did they move
Thomas's most amusing on-air gaffe
What is this
He was reading a story "cold" (going on the air without pre-reading his copy, contrary to his usual practice
WHat did he say
She suffered a near fatal heart attack". The line came out of Thomas's mouth as
What actually came out of his mouth
line came out of Thomas's mouth as "She suffered a near fart ... err fatal heart attack".
What did he do
Realizing instantly what he had said, he tried to continue
What happened
eventually collapsed into gales of laughter, which continued into - and beyond - his announcer's chuckling sign-off for the day.
Who helped him
Thomas' long-time friend and ghostwriter Prosper Buranelli wrote the nightly newscasts.
What did he send him
day's script was sent by teletype to Thomas' home in Pawling, NY
Where did he work from
One evening, Buranelli's final story was about an actress going into a Los Angeles hotel with a Great Dane.
What was the joke
he is more widely known as the supposed inventor of the game of baseball, in Elihu Phinney's cow pasture in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.
How did he invent baseball?
he is more widely known as the supposed inventor of the game of baseball,
When did he invent baseball?
1839.
Who played baseball after Doubleday invented it?
There may have been some relationship to baseball as a national sport and Abner Doubleday.
What happened after he invented baseball?
Abraham G. Mills, the fourth president of the National League, was appointed in 1905 to determine the origin of baseball.
What did Mills say about Doubleday?
the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839."
How did Doubleday describe baseball?
never recalled hearing Doubleday describe his role as the inventor.
who never recalled hearing Doubleday described as inventor?
Chairman Mills
Did anyone else speak of Doubleday in regards to baseball?
Doubleday's division was the second infantry division on the field to
what side did he fight on?
the cavalry division of Brigadier General John Buford.
who were some of his comrades?
Army of the Potomac commander Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
what were some of his victories in the battle?
leading 9,500 men against ten Confederate brigades
did he win the battle?
their line eventually broke
did he kill anyone?
Seven of those brigades sustained casualties
what was the end of the battle like for him?
the corps was essentially destroyed as a combat force for the rest of the battle;
did he receive any medals?
Army of the Potomac commander Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
what was their relationship like?
In the field of epistemology, Putnam is known for his "brain in a vat" thought experiment (a modernized version of Descartes's evil demon hypothesis).
What was Putnam's "brain in a vat" experiment?
if some person, Mary, were a "brain in a vat", whose every experience is received through wiring and other gadgetry created by the "mad scientist
What did the experiment prove?
Putnam has clarified that his real target in this argument was never skepticism, but metaphysical realism.
How did it explain metaphysical realism?
such a scenario is impossible, attempts to show that this notion of a gap between man's concept of the world and the way it is, is in itself absurd.
When was this experiment performed?
Man cannot have a "God's eye" view of reality. He is limited to his conceptual schemes. Metaphysical realism is therefore false, according to Putnam.
Did Putnam originally theorize that metaphysical realism was possible?
implies that any low-level explanation of higher-level mental phenomena is insufficiently abstract and general.
Were there any notable people working on it?
Jerry Fodor, Putnam, and others
Did they differ in opinion?
there are many functional kinds, such as mousetraps, software and bookshelves, which are multiply realized at the physical level.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Putnam cited examples from the animal kingdom to illustrate his thesis.
What were the examples?
mental states were realized by different physical states in different species.
How else did they experiment?
Putnam then took his argument a step further, asking about such things as the nervous systems of alien beings, artificially intelligent robots and other silicon-based life forms.
What did he discover through this?
On October 15, 1938, Snyder detained Myrl Alderman at a local radio station and forced the pianist to take him to his former wife at gunpoint.
What more happened?
Snyder held Etting and Alderman at gunpoint; when told his daughter was in another part of the house, he made Etting call her into the room.
What was the result of this?
quiet. When Myrl Alderman attempted to speak, Snyder shot him. Snyder then told his ex-wife, "I've had my revenge, so you can call the police."
What was the aftermath of the shooting?
Snyder claimed Myrl Alderman pulled a gun and shot at him first and that his ex-wife would not file charges against him because she still loved him.
What legal punishments were given?
". Snyder was accused of attempting to murder his ex-wife, his daughter, and Etting's accompanist, Myrl Alderman, the kidnapping of Alderman,
What were the results of the case?
Etting was born in David City, Nebraska in 1897 to Alfred, a banker, and Winifred (nee Kleinhan) Etting.
Did she have any hobbies or special interests?
Etting was interested in drawing at an early age; she drew and sketched anywhere she was able.
Where did her hobbies and interest take her in her career?
Etting got a job designing costumes at the Marigold Gardens nightclub, which led to employment singing and dancing in the chorus there.
was she successful in her career?
she was successful enough to earn a partnership in the shop through her work.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
While she enjoyed singing at school and in church, Etting never took voice lessons.
Did she ever work with anyone famous?
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, at East 20th Street in New York City.
Who was his mother?
socialite Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch
What type of work did his father do?
businessman and philanthropist
Did Roosevelt have any siblings?
He had an older sister, Anna (nicknamed "Bamie"), a younger brother, Elliott, and a younger sister, Corinne.
What were his interests in his early life?
Roosevelt's youth was largely shaped by his poor health and debilitating asthma.
Did he have any hobbies while growing up?
His lifelong interest in zoology began at age seven when he saw a dead seal at a local market;
Did he ever overcome his asthma and poor health?
Doctors had no cure.
Were there any influential figures in his early life?
Roosevelt's father significantly influenced him.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
after obtaining the seal's head, Roosevelt and two cousins formed what they called the "Roosevelt Museum of Natural History".
What did he do with the seal's head?
Having learned the rudiments of taxidermy, he filled his makeshift museum with animals that he killed or caught;
Did his interest in taxidermy or zoology lead him to do anything else?
Roosevelt was mostly home schooled by tutors and his parents.
Where else did he attend school?
Harvard College
When did he graduate from Harvard?
1880,
Did he received any special achievements?
magna cum laude.
What else is he known for during his education?
Roosevelt was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi literary society, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and the prestigious Porcellian Club;
Did he go to graduate school?
Columbia Law School,
When did he graduate from Columbia?
felt that he had obtained little from Harvard.
Why did he feel that way?
He had been depressed by the formalistic treatment of many subjects, by the rigidity, the attention to minutiae
How did he perform at Columbia?
Roosevelt was an able law student,
What was his time at Columbia like?
he spent much of his time writing a book on the War of 1812.
Was the book published?
Tittle was never able to deliver a title to his team.
What team was he with the longest?
His 36 touchdown passes in 1963 set a record which stood for over two decades
who broke that record?
it was surpassed by Dan Marino in 1984; as of 2016 it remains a Giants franchise record.
Did he play football in college too
A photo of a dazed Tittle in the end zone
What made it so famous?
It is regarded as having changed the way that photographers look at sports,
Was anyone else in the photo?
September 20, 1964,
Was it circulated heavily in newspapers?
1987;
Was it a bill board hit?
The album received much more attention in the indie-rock community than the debut.
Was this their first album?
formed in 1982 while the pair were attending high school in western Massachusetts.
How did they decide on the name?
The band was initially named Mogo, and played their first show on University of Massachusetts Amherst campus
Did they sign onto a label?
golfer
What happen in 2011
Entering the 2011 season, Kaymer turned down a chance to become a full PGA Tour member;
Why did he turn it down
Championship. He stated he would concentrate on the European Tour for 2011, but would play several U.S. events as well.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
After his runner-up finish at the 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Kaymer overtook Lee Westwood as the number one golfer in the world,
What else did he do that stood out
In January, Kaymer claimed his third Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship title in four years and displaced Tiger Woods as number two in the world rankings.
What was some of his scores
Brown's first solo recording did not meet that criterion.
What was the criteria?
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's criterion states that only artists whose first recording had been out for more than 25 years were eligible for induction.
Did many people want to overrule this?
In 2011, a special committee was set up to correct exclusions which might have occurred during the first two years of Rock Hall inductions (
What was the end result?
Bennett, as the Famous Flames' only surviving member, accepted the honor in person in Cleveland on April 14, 2012.
Were they the only ones to bypass the rule through the new committee?
The Famous Flames (Byrd, Bennett, Terry and Stallworth) were inducted in April 2012 alongside other "backing groups
Anything else you found interesting in this section?
In May 2012, the oldies music magazine Goldmine inducted James Brown & The Famous Flames into their first class of The Goldmine Hall of Fame.
Did they receive any other awards?
Smokey Robinson, who did the induction honors for all of the groups,
What is his significance to have such an honor?
The word "Vlach" is etymologically derived from the ethnonym of a Celtic tribe, adopted into Proto-Germanic *Walhaz which meant "stranger", from *Wolka
What is notable or interesting about them?
The root word was notably adopted in Germanic for Wales and Walloon (German: Welsch), and in Poland Wlochy became an exonym for Italians. Via both Germanic and Latin,
What traits do they have?
The term "Vlach" is used in scholarship for the Romance-speaking communities in the Balkans, especially those in Greece, Albania and Macedonia.
What would you want readers to know from the article?
Romans". During the early history of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, there was a social class of Vlachs in Serbia and Macedonia,
What is unique about romance speaking people?
In 1213 an army of Romans (Vlachs), Transylvanian Saxons, and Pechenegs, led by Ioachim of Sibiu, attacked the Bulgars and Cumans from Vidin.
Can you tell me what led to this?
At the end of the 13th century, during the reign of Ladislaus the Cuman, Simon de Keza wrote about the Blacki people and placed them in Pannonia with the Huns.
Was there anything else interesting about that?
Catholic German-speaking settlers from Rhineland and Mosel Valley (known as Transylvanian Saxons) began to settle in the Orthodox region.
What happened after they began to settle in the Orthodox region?
The Orthodox Vlachs spread further northward along the Carpathians to Poland, Slovakia, and Moravia and were granted autonomy under Ius Vlachonicum
Was there any controversy?
In 1285 Ladislaus the Cuman fought the Tatars and Cumans, arriving with his troops at the Moldova River.
Was anyone hurt or killed?
). In 1290 Ladislaus the Cuman was assassinated; the new Hungarian king allegedly drove voivode Radu Negru and his people across the Carpathians, where they formed Wallachia
Anything important that happened after that?
Harris has criticized common usage of the term "Islamophobia". "My criticism of Islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences,
how does he view the peacefulness of islam?
The idea that Islam is a 'peaceful religion hijacked by extremists' is a dangerous fantasy
what happened in 2006?
In 2006, after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Harris wrote, "The idea that Islam is a 'peaceful religion hijacked by extremists' is a dangerous fantasy
does he think muslims are dangerous?
the Muslim world is utterly deranged by its religious tribalism.
what does the news have to say?
The Huffington Post on whether critics of Islam are unfairly labeled as bigots:
what about rights, freedoms, and islam?
The freedom to poke fun at Mormonism is guaranteed [not by the First Amendment but
why does islam have such a bad rap?
Faith, immediately after the September 11
does he know any one that died from that attack?
two.
when was he born?
born on April 9, 1967
where was he born?
Los Angeles,
who is sams father?
actor Berkeley Harris and TV producer Susan Harris (nee Spivak), who created The Golden Girls.
how was sam raised?
He was raised by his mother following his parents' divorce when he was aged two.
has sam ever done drugs?
Harris experimented with MDMA, and has written and spoken about the insights he experienced under its influence.
what did sam major in
on the February 24, 1986
How long did he hold the title?
in mid-1990,
Who did he fight for the title?
Savage started a feud with then Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Tito Santana over that title.
How did the fight go?
Santana beat him on October 19, 1985 at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
What happened after Savage lost?
Savage won the match by countout, but not the title because the title did not change hands by countout).
Who else did Savage fight in his carreer?
Savage wrestled Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome.
And what was the outcome of this fight?
After 19 two-counts, Steamboat pinned Savage
Did Savage fight anyone else after that fight?
Savage was a stickler for detail, and he and Steamboat laid out and rehearsed every spot in the match prior to WrestleMania,
What happened in WrestleMania?
The match was extremely choreographed, as opposed to the "on the fly" nature of most wrestling matches at the time.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Diaphragms were generally unavailable in the United States, so Sanger and others began importing them from Europe, in defiance of United States law.
Why was it against the law?
Nine days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested.
How long did she stay in Jail?
she was sentenced to 30 days in a workhouse.
Did she have to serve the entire 30?
Sanger was offered a more lenient sentence if she promised to not break the law again, but she replied: "I cannot respect the law as it exists today."
How did the law respond to that?
In February 1917, Sanger began publishing the monthly periodical Birth Control Review.
How was that received?
in 1939 as the Birth Control Federation of America.
When was the name changed to Planned Parenthood?
in 1942, more conservative forces within the organization changed the name to Planned Parenthood Federation of America,
Were there any prominent people on the board?
the early 1950s, Sanger encouraged philanthropist Katharine McCormick to provide funding for biologist Gregory Pincus to develop the birth control pill which was eventually sold under the name Enovid.
Did the organization have legal troubles?
The diaphragm was confiscated by the United States government, and Sanger's subsequent legal challenge led to a 1936 court decision which overturned an important provision of the Comstock laws
Were there other legal problems?
He was born on 26 November 1921
Where was he born?
Calicut, Madras Presidency (now Kozhikode, Kerala) in a Syrian Christian family.
Where did he go to school/college?
He schooled at Diamond Jubilee Higher Secondary School, Gobichettipalayam,
Where did he go after Secondary School?
Loyola College, Madras (now, Chennai) at the age of 14, graduating in science with physics in 1940, and then got a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
Did he go to college?
College of Engineering,
What did he do after college?
He lost his father at 22 and his grand-uncle moved his family to his home in Trichur (now Thrissur).
Where did he work after college?
his mother persuaded him to join the Tata Steel Technical Institute,
What was his position there?
During his period in Canada, Sapir came into his own as the leading figure in linguistics in North America.
How did he do that?
substantial publications
What are some other accomplishments?
he laid out an approach to using historical linguistics to study the prehistory of Native American cultures.
What did they find?
Savage returned to WCW on the January 20, 1997 episode of Nitro hijacking the show, claiming to have been "blackballed"
who is randy savage
Savage beat Sting for his third WCW World Heavyweight Championship,
how many championships did savage win
Savage beat Sting for his third WCW World
who is sting
When Hogan failed to recapture his "nWo" title from Sting,
anything else i nee to know
Savage took a hiatus from the company to recover from at least two major knee surgeries.
why did savage have knee surgeries
despite tearing his ACL in his knee during the match.
who was savage fighting when he tore his ACL
Sting
in what year did he tore his ACL
1998,
who else did savage fight
Savage left Sting's side and joined the nWo by helping Hogan defeat Roddy Piper.
who is roddy piper?
CBS after giving up his regular show in the 1970s,
What specials did he do
Honeymooners
What other special did he do
Reginald Van Gleason III
who did he do these specials for
Jackie Gleason
What did he do after that
Honeymooners specials for ABC.
what company was he with
NBC.
did he host for abc
Gleason hosted four ABC specials
what year
mid-1970s.
what where they called
Gleason worked his way up to a job at New York's Club 18,
What got him discovered
Gleason greeted noted skater Sonja Henie by handing her an ice cube and saying,
who discovered him
Jack L. Warner first saw Gleason, signing him to a film contract for $250 a week.
what movie was he in first
Navy Blues
who else was in the movie
Ann Sheridan and Martha Raye
what year was this
1941
what movie came after that one
All Through the Night
what year was it filmed
1941
who was on the film
ethnic Armenian immigrants originally from Iraq.
What year did they immigrate to the US?
on July 18, 1975, in Hollywood,
Who were Malakian's parents?
child to Vartan and Zepur Malakian,
Did he have any siblings?
Daron went to Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School in the Los Feliz side of Hollywood, which his future bandmates Shavo Odadjian and Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian
Did he play any instruments in school?
was playing keyboard for
Was he married?
Malakian co-produced System of a Down's albums with Rick Rubin, as well as albums by The Ambulance and Bad Acid
Who else did he collaborate with?
In 2003, Daron Malakian
How many people were a part of the group?
Scars on Broadway - a band which would include System of a Down bassist, Shavo Odadjian, and himself.
what were some of their songs?
The group released an eponymous album in 2008, which featured the hit single "They Say" (written by Malakian).
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Malakian cancelled all scheduled concert and TV appearances, blaming a lack of enthusiasm and that his "heart wasn't into touring."
How long was he with the band?
In August 2009, Scars on Broadway, minus Malakian, traveled to Iraq for a USO tour across the U.S. army bases.
Did they do any other tours?
On May 2, 2010, Malakian reunited with Scars on Broadway at the Troubadour in West Hollywood.
Did they win any awards?