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The  is a Japanese government honor established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government, It was created on April 10, 1875 by decree of the Council of State.

The modern version of this honor has been given to non-Japanese recipients beginning in 1981.

The awarding of the Order is administered by the Decoration Bureau of Office of the Prime Minister. It is awarded in the name of the Emperor.

Classes 
The Order was awarded in nine classes until 2003. Since then, it has been awarded in seven classes.

Selected recipients
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1st Class, Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon

 Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967)
 Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)

1st Class, Grand Cordon 

 Edmund Barton, 1905
 Sepp Blatter, 2009
 Malcolm Fraser, 2006
 Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
 Lee Kuan Yew, 1967
 Wangari Maathai, 2009
 John McEwen 1973
 Robert Menzies (1894–1978)
 Goh Chok Tong, 2011
 Gough Whitlam, 2006

2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star 

 Momofuku Ando (1910–2007), 2002
 Donald Keene, 1993

3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon 

Clint Eastwood, 2009
 Ian Nish, 1991
Raaj Sah, 2017

4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette 

 Martha Argerich, 2005
 George Takei, 2004
 H. Paul Varley, 1966

5th Class, Gold and Silver Rays 

 Yoshizawa, Akira (1911–2005)

6th Class, Silver Rays 

 Henry Hajimu Fujii (1886–1976)
 Tsuyako Coveney (2017)

7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal 
In 2003, this grade of the Order was abolished.

8th Class, White Paulownia Leaves Medal 
In 2003, this grade of the Order was abolished.

Class unknown 
 Aung San (1915–1947)

References

Further reading
 Peterson, James W., Barry C. Weaver and Michael A. Quigley. (2001). Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States. San Ramon, California: Orders and Medals Society of America.

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 Japan, Cabinet Office: Decorations and Medals
 Decoration Bureau: Order of the Paulownia Flowers
 Decoration Bureau: Order of the Rising Sun
 Japan Mint: Production Process 

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Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican movie, television, stage, voice, and radio actor who is known for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family and in Addams Family Values. He won an Golden Globe Award and an Screen Actors Guild Award in 1994 and an Emmy Award in 1995.

Juliá was born on March 9, 1940 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was raised in New York City, New York. He studied at Fordham University and at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola. 

Juliá was married to Magda Vasallo from 1965 until they divorced in 1969. Then he was married to Merel Poloway from 1976 until his death in 1994. Juliá died on October 24, 1994 from stomach cancer and from a stroke in Manhasset, New York, aged 54.

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Sheldon Leonard "Shelley" Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, writer, teacher, screenwriter, educator, and poet who is known for his roles in The Steve Allen Show and in Divorce American Style. He won a Grammy Award.

Berman was of Jewish descent. He was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois on February 3, 1925. He studied at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He was married to Sarah Herman since 1947. They had two adopted children, one who died from a brian tumor. 

Berman won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recording. The first standup comedian to perform at Carnegie Hall, Berman appeared on numerous television specials and all of the major variety shows of the day.

Berman died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on September 1, 2017 at his home in Bell Canyon, California at the age of 92.

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Ole Kirk Christiansen (April 7, 1891 – March 11, 1958) was the founder of Lego in 1949.

Christiansen was born on April 7, 1891 in Filskov, Denmark. He first worked as a carpenter and later started creating unsuccessful toys for kids in Denmark after his wife's death and had to raise four of his children on his own. He was working as a carpenter until creating Legos in 1949. Christiansen died on March 11, 1958 from a heart attack, aged 66.

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Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American movie, television, stage, voice actor and movie director who is known for his role as Frank Baker in The Fabulous Baker Boys. He has won two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Bridges was born on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California to Lloyd Bridges and to Dorothy Simpson. He studied at the University of Hawaii and the University of California, Los Angeles. Bridges was married to Julie Landfield from 1964 until they divorced in 1984. Then he was married to Wendy Treece since 1984. He has 2 children with Landfield and 3 with Treece. His brother is actor Jeff Bridges.

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Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (born November 14, 1933) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 humans to have flown to the Moon. Having flown on Apollo 13, Haise was to be the sixth human to walk on the Moon, but the mission did not land due to a failure aboard the spacecraft. He was born on November 14, 1933 in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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James Scott "Jim" Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American journalist, politician, and activist. He was an assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Early life
Brady was born in Centralia, Illinois on August 29, 1940 to Harold J. Brady and to Dorothy (née Davidson). He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career
Brady became Ronald Reagan's White House Press Secretary in 1981.

Near death
Brady was nearly killed a few weeks after becoming Press Secretary. On March 30, 1981 John Hinckley tried to assassination President Reagan with a gun. Brady was shot in the head and became disabled.

Gun control
After Brady's near death, he and his wife, Sarah, became a supporter of gun control. He was also an activist for gun control.

Together with his wife, Sarah, who was Chair of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly known as Handgun Control, Inc.), co-founded by N.T. Pete Shields, Brady quickly fought for handgun control and assault weapon restrictions. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known simply as "the Brady Bill", was named in his honor.

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
In 2000, the Press Briefing Room at the White House was renamed after Brady as the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.

Personal life
Brady married Sue Beh in 1961. That marriage ended in divorce in 1968. Brady married Sarah, in 1973; the couple had two children, Scott and Melissa.

Death
Brady died on August 4, 2014 in Alexandria, Virginia, aged 73. His death has been said to be a homicide caused by the gunshot wound he received in 1981, about 33 years before.

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Ann Bradford Davis (May 3, 1926 – June 1, 2014) was an American movie, stage, voice, and television actress. She was known for her role as Alice Nelson, the housekeeper in The Brady Bunch. Her career began in 1953. She retired in 1997. She won two Emmy Awards in 1957 and in 1959. 

Davis was born on May 3, 1926 in Schenectady, New York. She moved to Erie, Pennsylvania when she was three. She studied at Strong Vincent High School and at the University of Michigan. Davis died on June 1, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas from complications from a fall, aged 88.

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Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American movie critic and historian. He wrote several books on cinema and celebrity biographies. He is known for creating the Walt Disney Treasures collections which is made up of classic Disney cartoons. 

Maltin was born on December 18, 1950 in New York City. He was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He studied at Teaneck High School and at New York University. He was married to Alice Tlusty since 1975. They have one daughter.

In July 2018, Maltin announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in early 2015.

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Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor who is known for his role as Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law. He won an Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award, an Saturn Award, and an Screen Actors Guild Award.

Smits was born on July 9, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He studied at Brooklyn College and at Cornell University. Smits was married to Barbara Smits from 1981 until they divorced in 1987. He was partners with Wanda De Jesus since 1986. With Barbara, he has two children.

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This is a list of the United States senators from Connecticut.

United States senators are elected for a six-year term.  The term begins on January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, senators were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly.  Before 1935, their terms began March 4.

Senators are placed in different classes.  This is so both senators for a state are not elected during the same year.



Class 1 
Class 1 senators had elections in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

Class 3 
Class 3 senators were elected in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

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Interair South Africa is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It operates scheduled passenger services from Johannesburg to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base is OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.

Destinations 

Interair South Africa operates services to the following international scheduled destinations at January 2011:

 Cotonou

 Ougadougou

 N'djamena

 Réunion Island
 St Denis

 Libreville

 Antananarivo

 Bamako

 Brazzaville

 Ndola

Fleet
The Interair South Africa fleet includes the following aircraft as of 1 January 2011:

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The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a major university in the town of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was originally founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1875, as the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (better known as MAO College). It became a full university in 1920.

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII donated 5 Lakh Indian Rupees in the  1930's towards this University.

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Steve Tom (born September 20, 1953) is an American movie, and television actor. He has guest-starred in a number of television shows including Major Crimes, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Drake & Josh, ER, NYPD Blue, Sleeper Cell, Two and a Half Men, Prison Break, The West Wing and other television series. For two seasons, he was in Funny or Die Presents. 

He also appeared in some movies The Campaign, The Guilt Trip, Seven Pounds, First Daughter, Disney's The Kid, Pulse, Rendition and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Tom was born on September 20, 1953 in Houston, Texas.

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This is a list of U.S. states sorted by their gross state product (GSP). GSP is similar to a country's gross domestic product (GDP).  This is an overall measure of the states economy. The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis is responsible for finding this number each year.

List 
Map of U.S.states by Nominal GDP in billions USD

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The 67th Punjabis were an infantry regiment of the old British Indian Army.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army in 1922. The 67th Punjabis became the 1st and 10th (Training) Battalions, of the 2nd Punjab Regiment. After independence in 1947 they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.

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Jonathon David Hardwick Jr. (born September 21, 1963) is an American voice actor, comedian, writer and  producer, who is known for the voice of Dale Gribble in King of the Hill.

Hardwick was born on September 21, 1963 in Austin, Texas. He studied at Texas Tech University.

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Darien is a rich town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast".  There were 20,732 people at the 2010 census. Darien was #9 on CNN Money's list of "top-earning towns" in the United States as of 2011.

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The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.

The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the following regiments:

1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
2nd Battalion, from the 69th Punjabis
3rd Battalion, from the 72nd Punjabis
4th Battalion, from the 74th Punjabis
5th Battalion, from the 87th Punjabis
10th (Training) Battalion, formed by redesignation of 2nd Bn, 67th Punjabis

After the independence and partition of India in August 1947,  this regiment became the Punjab Regiment (India).

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Weston is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The population was 10,179 at the 2010 census. About 19% of the town's workforce travels to New York City for work.

Like many towns in southwestern Connecticut, Weston is one of the richest communities in the United States. In 2010 the median household income was US$180,321.

Most of Devil's Den Preserve is in the town.  It is a  nature reserve which gets 40,000 visits a year.

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Pakistan Television or the Pakistan Television Corporation (commonly known as PTV) is the official, state-owned television channel of the Government of Pakistan. It was established in 1964. 

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Wawiriya Burton is an Australian Aboriginal artist. She is known for her acrylic paintings. Her paintings are representations of sacred stories from the Dreamtime. Like other Aboriginal artists, the representations are blurred (or encrypted) for cultural reasons. The full meaning of her artworks can only be understood or deciphered by people who have been initiated. Burton is a ngangkaṟi (traditional healer), so she has more knowledge about sacred traditions than most in her community.

Wawiriya belongs to the Pitjantjatjara. She was born in outback central Australia some time during the 1920s.. She grew up living a traditional, nomadic way of life. Her family lived in her father's homeland, around what is now Pipalyatjara.

Wawiriya lives in Amaṯa, where she began working at the Tjala Arts centre in 2008. Tjala (originally Minymaku Arts) had been set up by the women of the community in 1999. She made wood carvings and baskets from spinifex originally, but later learned to paint from the other women.

Wawiriya's artworks have been displayed in exhibitions in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Alice Springs. Her work is held in the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the Art Gallery of South Australia.

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Gene therapy means putting in a working gene to a person who has a damaged gene. The European Commission has approved this method for one particular treatment. The treatment by the product Glybera uses a virus to infect muscle cells with a working copy of the gene. The European Commission has given Glybera marketing authorisation, which means it can be sold throughout the EU.

One in a million people have damaged copies of the lipase gene needed to break down fats. Fat builds up in their blood; this leads to pain and  inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). It is life-threatening. Up to now, the only way to manage the condition is to have a very low-fat diet.

When used in this way, a virus is a vector. That means it is a carrier; the gene has been inserted into the viral genome, and the virus sticks it into the human cells. The technique is called transfection. This technique is different from the gene knockout technique, which does not use a viral vector.

China 
China was the first country to approve the commercial production of a gene therapy, in 2003. That gene therapy is for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)—a cancer that occurs in 10% of new cancers in China. There are  2.5 million new cancer patients every year in China.

Sold under the brand name Gendicine, the world's first commercial gene therapy also uses a virus to insert the gene into the human genome.

Past 
The possibility of gene therapy was talked about as soon as the roles of DNA and RNA were known about. The first specific publication was in 1972.

Future 
Many more types of gene therapy are in the trial stage. It is clear that a cycle of events will be part of future clinical medicine: DNA sequence analysis > identify defective genes > fix genes with gene therapy or gene knockout. There are sometimes problems of side-effects; these may be discovered at the trial stage. There is now a database which lists all known clinical trials.

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Ruby Tjangawa Williamson is a Pitjantjatjara artist from Amaṯa, in central Australia. She makes acrylic paintings and traditional wood carvings, and is one of the most successful artists from the region. Her paintings have attracted critical acclaim for her unusually modern style. Ruby paints sacred stories from the Dreamtime that have morals or lessons from her people's traditional law. She uses the typical style of the Western Desert, but the techniques and imagery are more modern. Her style is said to be experimental.

Ruby is a member of the Pitjantjatjara nation. She was born about 1940, at a sacred site near Kata Ala, Western Australia. She grew up with her family in the bushland along the western side of the border with South Australia. Her family spent most of their time travelling between her father's homeland near Pukara and her mother's around Mantamaru. When Ruby was a teenager, they followed other Pitjantjatjara families to settle at Ernabella, far to the east. Ruby grew up and went to school at the mission there until she got married.

Ruby's husband was a stockman whose family came from what is now Amaṯa, west of Ernabella. After they got married, they moved north to Areyonga, where he worked on the cattle station. They later moved back to his homeland, where he got a job on the Musgrave Park station. They had five children together, before her husband died in his early 40s.

In 1999, the senior women of Amaṯa, including Ruby, founded Minymaku Arts (it is now called Tjala Arts). Ruby began working there herself in 2000. Her first solo exhibitions were in Hobart in 2003 and 2005, and then in Melbourne in 2008. Her artwork has been shown alongside works by other Tjala artists in every major city in Australia. She has also had her work shown in group exhibitions in Singapore and the United States. Her work is held in the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

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Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland. Pituitary tumors are generally divided into three kinds dependant upon their biological functioning: benign adenoma, invasive adenoma or carcinomas, with carcinomas accounting for 0.1% to 0.2%, appoximately 35% being invasive adenomas and most being benign adenomas. Pituitary adenomas represent from 10% to 25% of all brain tumors and is thought to happen in about 17% to 25% of most people.

Non-invasive and non-secreting pituitary adenomas are considered to be benign [harmless]; but a recent large study (Fernández-Balsells, et al. 2011) has shown there are few studies to prove if this is true or not.

Adenomas that are bigger than  are called macroadenomas, and those smaller than 10 mm are called microadenomas. Most pituitary adenomas are microadenomas. Most pituitary microadenomas often remain undiagnosed and those that are diagnosed are often found as an incidental finding [which means found by chance], and are called incidentalomas.

Invasive adenomas may invade the dura mater, cranial bone, or sphenoid bone. It used to be thought that clinically active pituitary adenomas were rare but recent studies have suggested that they may affect about one in 1000 of the general population.

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Skull bossing is when the bones of the skull become bigger than normal which most often occurs in the frontal bones beneath the forehead. Skull bossing may happen from different medical conditions.

Frontal bossing
Frontal bossing is when the forehead becomes bigger than normal which may also make the brow ridge stick out more. It happens when the frontal bone becomes bigger because of a medical condition. This often happens when other facial bones of the skull become bigger too, as well as the jaw bone and the bones in the hands and feet. Frontal bossing is usually seen in a few rare medical syndromes such as acromegaly - a chronic medical disorder in which the anterior pituitary  gland makes to much growth hormone (GH).

Turricephaly

Turricephaly often called "tower skull", may be caused by different medical conditions. In some cases such as Apert and Pfeiffer syndromes, it is caused when sutures in the skull close before they are supposed to.

Turricephaly is also one of the most common problems which affect the bones of the face and skull in those with Sickle-cell disease.

Medical disorders that may cause skull bossing

Acromegaly
Basal cell nevus syndrome
Congenital syphilis
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Crouzon syndrome
Hurler syndrome
Pfeiffer syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Russell-Silver syndrome (Russell-Silver dwarf)
Sickle-cell disease
Trimethadione (antiseizure drug) use during pregnancy
Beta-thalassemia (due to expansion of bone marrow secondary to increased hematopoiesis)

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Suicide crisis lines are telephone numbers that a person can call if they feel like killing or hurting themselves.

There have been studies in the United States and Australia which show that suicide crisis lines may help people who feel like killing or hurting themselves and may make them feel better.

Crisis line organizations by country

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Lists
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK is a network of help centers in the United States. It tries to stop people from hurting themselves or committing suicide, and help them through counselling. It is made up of 159 crisis centers in the United States. It has a 24-hour telephone number that is free to call for people who feel like killing themselves or have big problems that they need to talk about with someone. After dialing 1-800-273-TALK (8255), the person calling is connected to their nearest crisis center to get immediate counseling and referrals to local mental health services. The Lifeline supports people who call for themselves or someone they care about.

On December 12, 2019, the US Federal Communications Commission approved a rule that will make 988 the official number for the Lifeline. The 988 number is expected to be fully in place by mid-2021.

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Kids Help Phone (), is a Canadian service for children and young people. It provides counselling and information on the phone and the internet to children who may have problems that they need to talk about with someone. The telephone number is free to call or the person may leave a post on the Kids Help Phone website. 

As a charity Kids Help phone relies on the support of community-based volunteers and individual and corporate donors for financial support.

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John Soursby Glover, Jr. (born August 7, 1944) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in RoboCop 2, Scrooged, Batman & Robin, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and in his television role as Lionel Luther in Smallville. He won an Tony Award in 1995.

Glover was born in Kingston, New York on August 7, 1944. He was raised in Salisbury, Maryland. Glover studied at Wicomico High School and at Towson University. Glover is openly gay. He is partners with Adam Kurtzman since 1993.

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Acromegaly is a medical condition that happens when the anterior (rear) pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone (GH), after a person has passed puberty. If this happens before puberty it causes a condition known as gigantism. A number of medical conditions may cause the pituitary gland to make too much growth hormone, but the most common cause is a tumor on the pituitary gland called a pituitary adenoma'

Acromegaly is most commonly diagnosed in middle aged adults, and can result in severe disfigurement, serious complicating conditions, and early death if not treated. Acromegaly is hard to diagnose when it is just beginning. It is usually not found  until 10–12 years after it starts. This is when it causes changes in the way a person looks, especially their face.

Signs and symptoms
Headaches
Vision problems
Hirsutism (in women): the growth of hair on the face.
Frontal bossing: the bone underneath the forehead becomes bigger than normal.
Prognathism: part of the face sticks out more than normal usually the lower jaw.
Fatigue: the person is often tired.
High blood pressure
Skin tags: Small wart-like growth on the skin which is not cancerous.
Hyperhidrosis: when a person sweats too much.
Bromhidrosis: Body odor
Hepatomegaly
Enlargement of hands and feet
Cardiomyopathy
Colonic cancer

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Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane, February 3, 1956) is an American actor and writer who is known for his roles in Mousehunt and in The Lion King. He won three Tony Awards, an Screen Actors Guild Award, an Emmy Award, and an Drama Desk Award.

In television, he is known for his roles in Modern Family, The Good Wife and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

Lane won three Tony Awards for his stage roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers and for Angels in America.

Lane was born on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He studied at St. Peter's Preparatory High School. He is openly gay. In 2015, Lane married Devlin Elliott.

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Tara Lyn Strong (born Tara Lyn Charendoff, born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American voice actress, actress, comedian, clown,   jester, mime and singer. She is known for her role as Ben Tennyson in Ben 10,  Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls, Timmy Turner in The Fairly OddParents, Raven from Teen Titans, Daizy from Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and Switch from Baby Shark's Big Show!.

Early life 
Strong was born on February 12, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario. Her father, who is Protestant, is from Scotland. Her mother who is Jewish, is from Britain of Russian descent.

She is fluent in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Scottish.

Personal life 
She is married to Craig Strong since 2000. They have two sons: Sammy (born 2002) and Aden (born 2004).

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Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal, Jr. (born April 20, 1941) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor who is known for his roles Paper Moon, Barry Lyndon, A Bridge Too Far, and in A Love Story.

O'Neal was born on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the University High School. O'Neal was married to Joanna Cook Moore from 1963 until they divorced in 1967. Then he was married to Leigh Taylor-Young from 1967 until they divorced in 1973. Then he was married to Farrah Fawcett from 1979 until they divorced in 1997. Then they remarried in 2001 until her death in 2009. He has four children, including Tatum O'Neal. He now lives in Malibu, California.

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People from Malibu, California
A skin tag is a small growth on the skin that is usually benign (harmless). It may have a short narrow stalk which connects it to the skin. They are usually small but may grow up to a half-inch long.

Treatment
Skin tags are usually harmless and do not need treatment. A person may decide to have a skin tag removed if it is irritating them or they do not like the way it looks. If so the skin tag may be removed by:

Surgery: removed using a scalpel or surgical scissors. 

Cryotherapy: freezing it.
Cauterization: burning it off.

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Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats too much. It is often caused by overactive sweat glands. People with hyperhidrosis may sweat even when it is cool and they are at rest. The sweat glands on any area of the human body can be affected by hyperhidrosis but it is usually happens more often in the sweat glands of the palms of the hand, the soles of the feet and the armpits.

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Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome (Hb Lepore) is a kind of blood disorder that is caused by a genetic mutation. It was first found in an Italian-American family named Lepore. When a genetic mutation runs in families it is known as a trait.

The Hb Lepore trait is found worldwide and may affect people of various races, however the three main kinds of Hb Lepore, usually affects Caucasians of the Southern regions of Central and Eastern Europe.

There are three main kinds of Hb Lepore are named for the areas they were first found in, with various subtypes, the three main kinds are:
 Washington (Hb Lepore Washington, also known as Hb Lepore Boston or Hb Lepore Washington-Boston);  most common in Italians from Southern Italy
Baltimore (Hb Lepore Baltimore); first described in a family with African ancestry; most common in people from the Balkan countries, Albanians Croats, Serbs, Slovenes and Romanians. It has also been described in Turks and in regions of Spain and Portugal. A rare case of the Baltimore variety was discovered in an African American woman in the Bronx, New York and dubbed Hn Lepore-Bronx and another variety was discovered in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and dubbed Hb E-Lepore Saskatoon
Hollandia (Hb Lepore Hollandia); identified in Papua New Guinea and Bangladesh.

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A silent stroke is a kind of stroke that does not cause symptoms that can be seen in a major stroke such as slurred speech. A person who has had a silent stroke usually does not know it. A silent stroke still causes damage to the brain, and places the person at increased risk for both transient ischemic attack and major stroke in the future. 

These strokes are called "silent" because they typically happen in parts of the brain that do not cause problems that can be seen like those in a major stroke. A silent stroke usually happens in parts of the brain that control different thought processes, mood regulation and cognitive functions and is a leading cause of vascular cognitive impairment and may also lead to a loss of urinary bladder control.

In a big study in 1998, more than 11 million people were thought to have had a stroke in the United States. About 770,000 of these strokes had symptoms which could be seen and 11 million were first-ever silent strokes. Silent strokes usually cause lesions which are found by the use of neuroimaging such as MRI. 

There is more of chance of older people having a silent stroke but it may also happen to younger adults. Women appear to be at higher risk for silent stroke, with hypertension and current cigarette smoking being some of the reasons.

These types of strokes include lacunar and other ischemic strokes and minor hemorrhages. They may also include leukoaraiosis (changes in the white matter of the brain): the white matter is more susceptible to vascular blockage because it has less blood vessels than the cerebral cortex. 

In the Cardiovascular Health Study, a study used 3,660 adults over the age of 65, 31% showed evidence of silent stroke in neuroimaging studies using MRI. These people did not know they had a stroke. It is thought that silent strokes are five times more common than strokes that have symptoms.

A silent stroke is different than a transient ischemic attack (TIA). In TIA the symptoms can be seen and may last from a few minutes to 24 hours before getting better. If a person has a TIA there is a bigger chance they may have a major stroke and silent strokes in the future.

Kinds of silent stroke
Ischemic stroke: occurs when a blood vessel that brings blood to the brain becomes blocked. This type of stroke happens in 87 percent of all stroke cases.
Hemorrhagic stroke: occurs when a blood vessel that brings blood to the brain gets weak and splits open causing bleed to come out of the blood vessel. Usually hemorrhagic stroke is caused by two kinds of problems that cause weak blood vessels: aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Lacunar infarcts (LACI) are small (0.2 to 15 mm in diameter) noncortical (does not happen in the cerebral cortex) stroke caused by the blockage of a single penetrating branch of a larger blood vessel that brings blood to the inside parts of the brain including the  white matter. LACIs are usually happen in cases of white matter lesions (WML) which can be seen using computerized tomography (CT scans).

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Mangaka (漫画家?) is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually means a Japanese comic book. Mangaka means the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese.

Some artists may study at an art college, manga school, or take on an apprenticeship with another mangaka.  They then enter the world of manga as a professional artist. However, there are some artists that just start in manga.  One way to do this is by applying to contests that magazines run. For example, Naoko Takeuchi, author of Sailor Moon, won such a contest sponsored by Kodansha.  Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy, began his career without being an assistant.

Japanese culture
Manga

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Kari K. Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her role as Tigress in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness notable roles in Nickelodeon, Disney, Cartoon Network from various. She has done voices for many video games. Wahlgren was born in Hoisington, Kansas.

Animated television 
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Nutri Ventures -  Additional voices
Puppy Dog Pals - Additional voices 
Animaniacs - Additional voices
The Powerpuff Girls (1998) - Additional Voices
The Powerpuff Girls (2016) - Additional voices
The Loud House - Additional voices
The Super Hero Squad Show - Additonal voices
The Fairly OddParents - Additional voices

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Paul Fussell (March 22, 1924 – May 23, 2012) was an American cultural and literary historian, author, writer, and university professor.

Early life
Fussell was born in Pasadena, California on March 22, 1924. He was the second of three children. His father, Paul Fussell (1895–1973), son of a widowed schoolteacher, became a corporate lawyer in Los Angeles with the firm of O’Melveny & Myers. His mother, Wilhma Wilson Sill (1893–1971), was the daughter of a carriage trimmer in Illinois.

His brother, Edwin Sill Fussell, was an author, poet, and professor of American Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His sister Florence Fussell Lind lives in Berkeley, California.

Education and World War II
Fussell studied at Pomona College and at Harvard University. After he graduated, he served in World War II from 1943 until a year after the war ended in 1946. He was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart. After the war, he taught at Connecticut College (1951–55) before moving to Rutgers University in 1955 and finally the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. He also taught at the University of Heidelberg (1957–58) and at King’s College London (1990–92).

Personal life and death
He was married to Betty Fussell in 1949. The couple had two children, and divorced in 1981. He later was married to Harriette Behringer until his death in 2012. On May 23, 2012, Fussell died in Portland, Oregon of Parkinson's disease at age 88.

Awards and honors
Fussell's 1975 book The Great War and Modern Memory won the National Book Award in category Arts and Letters, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa. It was ranked number 75 in the Modern Library Board's List of the 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century.

In 1977, Fussell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He won the 2005 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for The Boys' Crusade. Fussell was one of the veterans interviewed in the 2007 Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The War, and in the 1999 ABC-produced documentary The Century: America's Time.

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 Obituary from the New York Times

1924 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
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American military people
Educators from Pasadena, California
Purple Heart recipients
Rābia al-Adawiyya al-Qaysiyya (; 717 – 801 AD) was a female Muslim saint and Sufi mystic. She was born in Basra, and is therefore also called Rābia al-Basrī ().

She was the fourth daughter of her family and therefore named Rābi’a, meaning "fourth". Her family was very poor. She was very devoted to God. When Rābia's father died, she became an orphan. She was captured by thieves and sold into slavery. During the day, she worked for her master. During the night, she prayed to God. Once her master learned about her passionate faith, he immediately released her. He decided to serve her instead.

Rābia became an ascetic. Over time, many came to follow her. Even though Rābia did many favors for them and lived in poverty and hardship, she never asked for anything, even from God.

The name Rābia is used to describe women of the highest type of spirituality. She is considered one of the most devoted Sufi saints. She is highly revered.

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Asian Sufis
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A Goofy Movie is a 1995 American animated musical comedy movie.  It was released in theaters on April 7, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. The movie has characters from The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop.

A direct-to-video sequel called An Extremely Goofy Movie was released in 2000.

It was originally set to release in November 1994 but was pushed back to 1995.

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1990s animated movies
1990s musical movies
Disney animated movies
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The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated musical comedy-drama movie adapted from A. A. Milne's funny stories. It is part of the Winnie-the-Pooh series.  The movie has Pooh's friend Tigger in a search for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself.

Cast 
 Jim Cummings as Tigger and Winnie-the-Pooh
 Nikita Hopkins as Roo
 John Fiedler as Piglet
 Peter Cullen as Eeyore
 Kath Soucie as Kanga
 Ken Sansom as Rabbit
 Andre Stojka as Owl
 Tom Attenborough as Christopher Robin
 John Hurt as the narrator
 Frank Welker as the Bees and Frogs (Additional Voices)

Awards 
The movie was nominated for many awards in 2000 including the following:

 Annie Award
 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production"
Jun Falkenstein

 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production"
Richard M. Sherman (music and lyrics)
Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics)
For the song "Round My Family Tree"

 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production"
Nikita Hopkins
As the voice of "Roo".

 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
The Sierra Award for "Best Family Film"

It was also given an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award.

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2000s adventure movies
2000 animated movies
2000 comedy-drama movies
American adventure movies
American animated movies
American comedy-drama movies
American family movies
American musical movies
Buddy movies
2000 comedy movies
Disney animated movies
Movies about animals
Movies based on books
Sequel movies
Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American movie, television, stage, voice actor, movie producer and movie director who is known for being the brother of Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, and William Baldwin. He is also known for his roles in Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (1992), Mulholland Falls (1996), Vampires (1998), The Pandora Project (1998), Stealing Candy (2002), Paparazzi (2004), and Grey Gardens (2009).

Baldwin was born on October 5, 1960 in Massapequa, New York. He studied at from Alfred G. Berner High School and at McKenna Junior High School.

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1958 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from New York
Movie directors from New York
Movie producers from New York