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Rigor mortis

Rigor Mortis, the first sign of post-mortem decomposition, literally translates to ‘stiffness of death’ in Latin. As the name suggest, rigor mortis is the process in which a body stiffens after death. During this process, all the muscles in the body contract, and they do not relax for approximately 36 hours. 

Three to four hours after death, bodies begin to show signs of rigor mortis, and all muscles are fully contracted after 12 hours. 
The use of muscles in everyday actions causes the filaments in our muscles to knit together. When we stop using the muscles, the Adenosine triphosphate (the energy within the cell - ATP) helps untangle the filaments. But when someone dies, their body no longer can create ATP, so the muscles are unable to untangle, so they remain contracted. 
Rigor mortis ends when autolysis (the self-digestion of cells) takes place. Post mortem, the cell digests its own walls, and the muscles break down, meaning they no longer have the strength to remain rigid. 

Death
Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre (or amphitheater)  is a type of structure. It is a flat area, surrounded by an area that ascends gradually. In the ascending area, people can be seated. Today, such structures are used for presentations, but also spectator sports.

In Ancient Rome, these structures were used to entertain the population. Gladiator combats, athletics and executions were staged there.

Natural amphitheatre
A natural amphitheatre is a natural formation of rocks or cliffs, which resemble a man-made amphitheatre.

Related pages
 Stadium
 Arena

References

Other websites

 The Ancient Theatre Archive

Buildings and structures
Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus (translates to biggest round-course) is an ancient hippodrome in Rome. It was built by the Romans. It was used to stage chariot races, but also other uses like gladiator fights. Today it is a park.

Other websites 

 James Grout: Circus Maximus, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
 Circus Maximus  Ipix 360° panorama
 

Buildings and structures in Rome
Take That

Take That are an English boy band from Manchester. They formed in 1989, and between then and 1996, when they broke up, they sold 19 million records.

They reformed in 2006 and went on tour, without Robbie Williams. Williams rejoined the band in 2009, doing the Progress sessions. In 2011 Williams and Take That toured Europe on their Progress Live tour to promote the album.  in October of the same year Williams chose to leave the group again to focus on his solo career, however, in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 Williams has performed with the group occasionally.

Jason Orange left Take That in September 2014 and Take That became a 3 piece band. Take That released their seventh album called III in 2014. The band continued as a 3 piece for Wonderland in 2017 and Odyssey in 2018

Members 
Current
 Gary Barlow (1989–96, 2005–)
 Mark Owen (1989–96, 2005–)
 Howard Donald (1989–96, 2005–)

Former

 Robbie Williams (1989–95, 2009–2014)
 Jason Orange (1989–96, 2005–2014)

Albums 
 Take That & Party (1992)
 Everything Changes (1993)
 Nobody Else (1995)
 Beautiful World (2006)
 The Circus (2008)
 Progress (2010)
 III (2014)
Wonderland (2017)
Odyssey (2018)

Career 
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams were in Take That. Williams left in 1995 after taking drugs and soon the 4 remaining members split up in 1996. Take That returned to the music business in 2005, released their come-back album called Beautiful World and then went on tour in 2006. 2010 saw the return of Williams and in 2011 Take That took a hiatus and Barlow become a judge on the British TV talent show The X Factor UK in that year. Donald then became a judge on the German version of the dancing talent show Got To Dance in 2013. Williams left the band in 2012. Barlow ended his time on The X Factor UK to focus on the group in 2013. In early 2014 it was announced that the band would release their seventh studio album in late 2014. In September 2014 it was announced that Orange had decided to leave the band. The group then became a 3-piece boy band without Orange or Williams. Their seventh studio album called III was released in 2014. Their first single of III called "These Days" was released in November 2014. The second single of III called "Get Ready For It" was released in January 2015 and was also featured in the 2015 film Kingsman: The Secret Service. The third single of III called "Let in the Sun" was released in March 2015.

Other websites 
 TakeThatTV.com  Official website (Polydor)
 TakeThat.com (SonyBMG)
 TakeThat4ever.dk Danish fan website

1990 establishments in England
1990s British music groups
2000s British music groups
2010s British music groups
Brit Award winners
British boy bands
English pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1990
Boy bands
English boy bands
Gan language

Gan is the language of Jiangxi and some others provinces in China.

It is spoken by 20 to 50 million people in southern China.

Gan has 9 dialects, and Nangchang dialect is representative.

Dialects 
 Chang-Jing (昌靖片)
 Yi-Liu (宜瀏片)
 Ji-Cha (吉茶片)
 Fu-Guang (撫廣片)
 Ying-Yi (鷹弋片)
 Da-Tong (大通片）
 Lei-Zi (耒資片）
 Dong-Sui (洞綏片）
 Huai-Yue (懷嶽片）

References

Sino-Tibetan languages
Rock and Roll Over

Rock and Roll Over is the fifth studio album and sixth album overall by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 11, 1976.

Track listing 
I Want You
Take Me
Calling Dr. Love
Ladies Room
Baby Driver
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Mr. Speed
See You in Your Dreams
Hard Luck Woman
Makin' Love

Kiss albums
1976 albums
Hard rock albums
Heavy metal albums
Love Gun

Love Gun is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on June 30, 1977.

Track listing 
"I Stole Your Love"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Got Love For Sale"
"Shock Me"
"Tomorrow And Tonight"
"Love Gun"
"Hooligan"
"Almost Human"
"Plaster Caster"
"Then She Kissed Me"

References

Kiss albums
1977 albums
Hard rock albums
Alive II

Alive II is the second live album and eighth album overall by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 28, 1977. The last five songs are exclusive to (only on) this album.

Track listing 
Detroit Rock City
King Of The Night Time World
Ladies Room
Makin' Love
Love Gun
Calling Dr. Love
Christine Sixteen
Shock Me
Hard Luck Woman
Tomorrow And Tonight
I Stole Your Love
Beth
God Of Thunder
I Want You
Shout It Out Loud
All American Man
Rockin' In The USA
Larger Than Life
Rocket Ride
Any Way You Want It

Kiss albums
1977 albums
Hard rock albums
Heavy metal albums
Gene Simmons (album)

Gene Simmons is a solo album by Gene Simmons, the bass player of the American hard rock/heavy metal band, Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.

Track listing 

Kiss albums
1978 albums
Rock albums
Paul Stanley (album)

Paul Stanley is a solo album from the guitarist of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.

Track listing 
Tonight You Belong To Me
Move On
Ain't Quite Right
Wouldn't You Like To Know Me
Take Me Away (Together As One)
It's Alright
Hold Me, Touch Me (Think Of Me When We're Apart)
Love In Chains
Goodbye

Kiss albums
1978 albums
Hard rock albums
Ace Frehley (album)

Ace Frehley is the first solo album from Ace Frehley, the guitarist of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss. The album was rated 4 out of 5 stars by AllMusic. They said "Of the four Kiss solo albums released simultaneously in 1978, the best of the bunch is guitarist Ace Frehley's".

Track listing

References

1978 albums
Debut albums
Hard rock albums
Heavy metal albums
Kiss albums
Peter Criss (album)

Peter Criss is a solo album from the drummer of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.

Track listing 
I'm Gonna Love You
You Matter To Me
Tossin' And Turnin'
Don't You Let Me Down
That's The Kind Of Sugar Papa Likes
Easy Thing
Rock Me, Baby
Kiss The Girl Goodbye
Hooked On Rock 'N' Roll
I Can't Stop The Rain

Kiss albums
1978 albums
Rock albums
Pop albums
Pop Rocks

Pop Rocks are a kind of candy with carbonation added to make a "popping" feeling in the mouth of the person eating them.

Other websites
 Images of US patent 4289794 for Pop Rocks  from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America's Revolutionary Candy, book detailing the story of Pop Rocks development to Pop Rocks today
 How do Pop Rocks candy work?, an article from HowStuffWorks that explains how pop rocks candy is manufactured and also has links to the original patent

Candy
Dynasty (album)

Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on May 23, 1979.

Track listing 
I Was Made For Lovin' You
2,000 Man
Sure Know Something
Dirty Livin'
Charisma
Magic Touch
Hard Times
X-Ray Eyes
Save Your Love

Kiss albums
1979 albums
Hard rock albums
Disco albums
Master of the Queen's Music

Master of the Queen's Music (or Master of the King's Music when the United Kingdom has a king) is the title given to one chosen composer of classical music; it is a post in the Royal Household of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom.  Only one person holds the title at any one time.  It is very similar to the post of Poet Laureate which is for a poet.

The Master of the Queen's Music is now Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.  Instead of being appointed for life, he was appointed for a ten-year term, starting March 2004.  The change was to give more composers the opportunity to serve.

The Master of the Queen's Music has the job of composing music for special royal occasions such as  anniversaries, marriages and funerals, and for special ceremonies.

The title was created in 1626 by Charles I.  It was spelt Master of the King's Musick and was always spelt that way until the time of Sir Edward Elgar who was Master from 1924 to 1934.
 
Holders of the post have been:

Nicholas Lanier (1625-1649 and 1660-1666)
Louis Grabu (1666-1674)
Nicholas Staggins (1674-1700)
John Eccles (1700-1735)
Maurice Greene (1735-1755)
William Boyce (1755-1779)
John Stanley (1779-1786)
William Parsons (1786-1817)
William Shield (1817-1829)
Christian Kramer (1829-1834)
Franz Cramer (1834-1848)
George Frederick Anderson (1848-1870)
Sir William George Cusins (1870-1893)
Professor Sir Walter Parratt, KCVO (1893-1924)
Sir Edward Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (1924-1934)
Sir Henry Walford Davies, KCVO OBE (1934-1941)
Sir Arnold Bax, KCVO (1942-1952)
Sir Arthur Bliss, CH KCVO (1953-1975)
Malcolm Williamson, CBE AO (1975-2003)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (2004-appointed until 2014)

References

British music
Musicians
British monarchy
Unmasked

Unmasked is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on May 20, 1980.

Track listing 
Is That You
Shandi
Talk To Me
Naked City
What Makes The World Go 'Round
Tomorrow
Two Sides Of The Coin
She's So European
Easy As It Seems
Torpedo Girl
You're All That I Want

Kiss albums
1980 albums
Pop rock albums
Hard rock albums
Music from "The Elder"

Music from "The Elder" is a concept album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 10, 1981.

Track listing 
"Fanfare"
"Just a Boy"
"Odyssey"
"Only You"
"Under the Rose"
"Dark Light"
"A World Without Heroes"
"The Oath"
"Mr. Blackwell"
"I"

Kiss albums
1981 albums
Progressive rock albums
Hard rock albums
Cross-platform

Cross-platform software is a type of software that can run on many different operating systems or computer architectures.  Together, the combination of an operating system and computer architecture is commonly referred to as a platform.

Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, BlackBerry, Linux and Android are five different types of well-known platforms.

Cross-Platform Development is very crucial towards marketing business over different platforms. Nowadays, there are multiple platforms for the customer base to surf the internet. A website has a particular pixel and differs in height and width that may not locate the different screen sizes. With the help of cross-platform development, a developer creates the website to mold to any screen size. 

Developing an application for multiple platforms is very complex, as it needs high-tech backend work to make the app run on different platforms. With the wide range of OS, mainly iOS and Android, the application needs to be developed. However, with a cross-platform, both iOS and Android can install and run the application. It means the business is targeting the world market for enhanced revenues. 
 
Software
Cycas

Cycas is a genus of plants. It is the only genus currently known in the Cycadaceae family. Over 100 species are known. 

Probably the best-known of these is marketed as Sago Palm or King Sago Palm. The plant is not a true palm, however.  The generic name comes from Greek kykas and means "palm tree".

Cycas is native to the Old World; most species are around the equatorial regions. It is native to eastern and southeastern Asia including the Philippines with 6 species (4 of which are endemic), eastern Africa (including Madagascar), northern Australia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. Australia has 26 species, while the Indo-Chinese area has about 30. The northernmost species (C. revoluta) is found at 31°N in southern Japan. The southernmost (C. megacarpa) is found at 26°S in southeast Queensland, Australia.

The plants have often been considered to be a living fossil. The earliest fossils of the genus Cycas appear in the Cainozoic, but Cycas-like fossils occur well into the Mesozoic. Cycas is not closely related to other genera of cycads. Phylogenetic studies have shown that Cycadaceae is the sister-group to all other living cycads.

Other websites 
 Cycad Pages: Cycas
 Singh R. & Radha P. 2006. Cycas annaikalensis, a new species of Cycas from the Malabar Coast, Western Ghats, India. Brittonia 58 (2): 119-123.

Plant families
Gymnosperms
Living fossils
Heliconia

Heliconia is a genus of flowering plants. They are native tropical South America, as well as the Pacific Ocean Islands west to Indonesia. There are between 100 and 200 species in the genus. Other common names include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise. 

The plants have very decorative flowers. For this reason they are often sold decorative plants.

Zingiberales
Screenplay

A screenplay or script is the written instruction about what happens in a play, movie or television program. The screenplay for a movie has everything that happens in the movie. It includes the plot, the dialogue and actions of the characters, and instructions for editing.  The person who writes the screenplay is called a screenwriter. A screenplay for television is called a teleplay.  The script is usually slightly changed or things will be added or subtracted as the directors decide. 

Movie terminology
television
Pope Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII (; 1020–May 25, 1085), born Hildebrand (Italian: Ildebrando di Soana), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 158th Pope from April 22, 1073 until he died in 1085.

Early life
Hildebrand was born in Sovana in Tuscany.  As a youth, he became a Benedictine monk.  

In Rome, Hildebrand became the chaplain of Pope Gregory VI.  When Gregory VI abdicated and went into in exile in Germany, Hildebrand went with him.

Cardinal
Pope Leo IX raised Hildebrand to the rank of Cardinal in 1049.

Pope 
Cardinal Hildebrand was elected pope on April 22, 1073; and he chose to be called Gregory. 

Pope Gregory was involved in Italian and European political disputes.

After his death
Pope Gregory died an exile in Salerno. His last words were: "I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore, I [now] die in exile." ("Dilexi iustitiam et odivi iniquitatem propterea morior in exilio")..  

Gregory was recognized as a saint in 1728..

Gallery

Related pages
 List of popes

References

Other websites

 
   "Gregory VII", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911
  Catholic Hierarchy, Popes in sequence
  Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church,  Cardinal Ildebrando

Italian popes
1020 births
1085 deaths
Benedictines
Excommunication

Excommunication is a religious act used to take off or suspend membership in a religious community.

The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in communion.  In some churches, excommunication includes the belief that the person who was exocommunicated is going to Hell. Sometimes punishment  follow excommunication; these include being banned, shunning, and shaming, depending on the group's religion or religious community.

Related pages 
 Takfiri

References
Encyclopedia of American Religions, by J. Gordon Melton 
 Ludlow, Daniel H. ed, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, 1992.

Other websites 
 De Fide, a non-profit association, uses Canon Law to defend the Roman Catholic Church from Heresy by filing lawsuits in Ecclesiastical Court, seeking the excommunication of impenitent offenders.
 Excommunication, the Ban, Church Discipline and Avoidance (from Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online)
 Catholic Encyclopaedia on excommunication
 The two sides of excommunication 
 Episcopal Church of America excommunication

Christian terminology
Helen Clark

Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1999 to November 2008. She is was later the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2009 to 2017. In 2006, she was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 20th most powerful woman in the world.

Clark is a member of the of Global Commission for the Economy and Climate.

Early life

Clark grew up the eldest of four daughters from a Waikato farming family. Her mother, Margaret, worked as a primary school teacher and her father, George, was a farmer who supported the National Party during the 1981 election.

Clark studied at the University of Auckland, where she graduated with a MA (Honours) in 1974. Her thesis research focused on rural political behaviour and representation.

References 

BBC 100 Women
1950 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Deputy Prime Ministers of New Zealand
Leaders of the Opposition (New Zealand)
Scalable Vector Graphics

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are a type of two dimensional picture that work on vectors, rather than pixels. This means that they can be easily be made bigger or smaller without losing any quality or becoming blurry. SVG is based on XML and created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

History 
The W3C published SVG in September 2001. As of 2018 SVG is widely supported in all modern browsers.

The normal Filename extension is .svg and the MIME-Type is image/svg+xml.

Structure 
SVG uses Extensible Markup Language (XML). So it has a definition of the document type.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
  version="1.1" baseProfile="full"
  width="800mm" height="600mm">
 
 <!-- content of the file -->
 
 </svg>

Difference between bitmap and vector images 

This image shows the difference between bitmap and vector
images. The vector image can be scaled forever, while the bitmap can not.

References

Other websites 
 VectorMagic Online raster to SVG converter

Computer file formats
Computer graphics
Vector graphics
Creatures of the Night

Creatures of the Night is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on October 13, 1982.

Track listing 
Creatures of the Night
Saint and Sinner
Keep Me Comin'
Rock and Roll Hell
Danger
I Love It Loud
I Still Love You
Killer
War Machine

Kiss albums
1982 albums
Heavy metal albums
Full communion

Full communion is a term used in Christian ecclesiology to describe relations between two distinct Christian communities or Churches that recognise that each other shares the same communion and the same essential doctrines. That does not mean that there would be no differences at all between them. 

The meaning of full communion is different in, on the one hand, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian theology, and, on the other hand, in the theology of other Western Christians. 

The Roman Catholic Church (which follows the so-called Latin Rite) is in full communion with the Chaldean Catholic Church, for example. The Chaldean Catholic Church follows the East Syrian tradition. In other words: Both churches celebrate mass differently, but they agree completely on all ideas.
The Roman Catholic Church is in partial communion with the Protestant Churches. There are many things both Churches agree on; but in some things they are different; As an example: a Catholic priest can forgive sins; a Protestant priest cannot.

All the Eastern Orthodox Churches are in full communion
All the Oriental Orthodox Churches are in full communion
All the Churches in the Union of Utrecht are in full communion with the Anglican Church

Related pages
Communion (Christian)

References

Christian terminology
Church organization
Queue area

A queue is a line of people standing behind one another who are waiting for something.  The person at the front of the queue will have his turn next, then the next person and so on.  When someone comes to join the queue they have to go to the back of the queue and wait until it is their turn.  Sometimes people try to "jump the queue" or "push in".  They are usually told off and have to go to the back of the queue.

The word "queue" comes from the French word for "tail", but when talking about a queue of people in English it is pronounced "kyoo" (like "Kew" in "Kew Gardens").  The word "queue" can be a noun ("Please stand in the queue") or a verb ("Please queue over there").

A queue may also be a queue of vehicles waiting to get passed something or to go in somewhere.

People may queue to be served in a shop, or queue for a bus or taxi or to go into something like a museum.  Queueing is much better than pushing one's way in.

Sometimes, in places where a lot of people are queueing, there may be a system of numbered tickets.  When someone arrives, they take a number and wait until their number is shown on a display board.  This system is often used in banks, doctor's surgeries, passport offices, etc.

People waiting in a queue are not always standing around.  There may be people who, for example, are waiting to have an operation, but they have to wait "in a queue" until one day they receive a letter from the hospital telling them when to come in for their operation.

Russians often make jokes about queues because, in the days of the Soviet Union, there was not much in the shops.  When a shop had a delivery there would suddenly be a long queue of people.  People joined a queue even if they did not know what the queue was for.  If they bought something they did not want they could always sell it.

Perhaps the most famous queue in Britain is the queue for promenade tickets (standing places) at the BBC Proms.  People enjoy chatting to one another in the queue.  The people who are at the front of the queue can have the first choice of where to stand for the concert.  The word queue does not have any word families, however, it has many synonyms. Some of these are: Chain, line, row, and series. It only has two antonyms, and they are disorder and disorganized.

References 

Society
Ecclesia (Church)

Ecclesia (or Ekklesia) in Christian theology means both: a particular body of faithful people, and the whole body of the faithful. Latin ecclesia, from Greek ekklesia, where the word is a compound of two segments: "ek", a preposition meaning "out of", and a verb, "kaleo", signifying "to call" - together, literally, "to call out". That usage soon disappeared and was replaced with "assembly, congregation, council", or "convocation".

Christian understanding of 'Church' 

If one speaks of the whole body of Christian faithful, then there are included not only the members of the Church who are alive on earth but all who were members of the church before. Some churches therefore describe the Church as being composed of the Church Militant (Christians on Earth) and the Church Triumphant (Christians in Heaven). In Catholic theology, there is also the Church Suffering (Christians still in purgatory).

The Christian family, the most basic unit of Church life, is sometimes called the domestic Church.

Finally, 'The Church' may sometimes be used, especially in Catholic theology, to speak of those who exercise the office of teaching and ruling the faithful, the Ecclesia Docens, or again (more rarely) the governed as distinguished from their pastors, the Ecclesia Discens.

Related pages
 Church
 Roman Catholic Church
 Eastern Orthodox Church

Notes

Other websites 
 Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium
 The church Alive!
 Ekklesia.co.uk 
 Ekklesia.us 
 Ecclesia.gr
 Reflections on the Church  by Reid Monaghan

Christian theology
Christian terminology
Church organization
Renewable resource

A renewable resource is a resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally. Renewable energy almost never runs out, for example: solar energy is powered by heat from the sun and never runs out. Other examples include oxygen, geothermal power, fresh water, solar energy and biomass. New resources may include goods or commodities such as paper and leather.

Gasoline, coal, natural gas, diesel, plastics are other fossil fuels are not renewable. They take millions of years to be made, and cannot be renewed in a human’s, or even a nation's lifetime. Ways have been developed to make biodegradable plastic and bio diesel and other fuels from renewable resources such as corn, sugar cane, soybeans and canola.

Renewable resource harvesting and use typically do not produce pollution or contribute to global warming. The use of renewable resources and energy sources is increasing worldwide, with certain nations, such as Bhutan, and US states, such as California, beginning to rely entirely on renewable energy. From 2008 to 2012, the U.S. doubled renewable generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources. America and Britain are now home to some of the largest wind and solar farms in the world. There are also things called human resource where human’s waste is turned into energy. There are many other resources such as water power. Renewable resources are basically the opposite of non-renewable resources.

Other websites 
 Alternative Fuels - Beginner's tutorial on using alternative fuels in a diesel engine

References 

Economics
Derek Taylor

Derek Taylor (7 May 1932 – 7 September 1997) was an English journalist and author. He spent most of his career covering popular music and celebrity news. He had a long association with rock band The Beatles, serving at different times as their . He was also a  to The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and co-wrote a  with guitarist George Harrison.

In the mid-1960s, Taylor lived with his family in Los Angeles, California, and had his own  agency. His clients included The Byrds and The Beach Boys. He also gave Harry Nilsson's career a boost, when he sent copies of Nilsson's album Pandemonium Shadow Show to important members of the music industry, including the Beatles. Taylor died of cancer on 7 September 1997.

Sources

1932 births
1997 deaths
Cancer deaths in England
English journalists
The Beatles
Writers from Liverpool
Writers from Suffolk
Diuretic

A diuretic is a chemical substance. This substance is either in a herb (such as dandelions), or it has been separated and made into a drug. Diuretics increase the amount of urine that is secreted from the body. Diuretics are used as a treatment for heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain problems with the kidneys. Diuretics are often abused by people suffering form bulimia nervosa as a way to lose weight. 

Well-known substances that have diuretic properties are tea,coffee and alcohol.

Other websites 
 Diagram at mmi.mcgill.ca 
 Diagram at cvpharmacology.com

Drugs
The Byrds

The Byrds were a popular folk rock band, from California. Their members included Jim McGuinn (who later changed his name to Roger), David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke. Later band members included Gram Parsons, Clarence White, and Gene Parsons.

The Byrds pioneered folk rock, a blend of folk music with rock and roll. Many of their songs were remakes of Bob Dylan's songs, such as "Mr. Tambourine Man", which was their first hit in 1965. They recorded a bright, uplifting version of "Turn, Turn, Turn", which had been adapted by Pete Seeger from Ecclesiastes in the Bible. Other songs were written by band members.

The Byrds recorded "So You Wanna Be a Rock'N'Roll Star?" about the Monkees, not liking the star-making machinery that made the Monkees famous overnight. McGuinn later said the song was about the pop music business, not the Monkees.  They softened their opinions, though, once they'd met the band and saw they had real talent. Members of the Byrds played on Monkees recording sessions, and the later band Crosby, Stills & Nash was formed partly from meetings at Peter Tork's house.

One Byrds song, "You Showed Me", became a hit for The Turtles late in 1968. The Byrds's lineup changed many times, and after the last new lineup disbanded in 1972, the original members reunited to record an album, titled Byrds.

Discography
Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
Fifth Dimension (1966)
Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969)
Ballad of Easy Rider (1969)
(Untitled) (1970)
Byrdmaniax (1971)
Farther Along (1971)
Byrds (1973)

References

Other websites
Hear the Byrds on the Pop Chronicles, 1969. 

1964 establishments in the United States
1960s American music groups
1960s establishments in California
1970s American music groups
1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2000 disestablishments in the United States
American pop music groups
American rock bands
Country bands
Folk music groups
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Musical groups established in 1964
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Meningitis

Meningitis is an infection of certain membranes and tissues of the nervous system. Those are called meninges (singular: meninx). Their function is to protect the central nervous system. Most often, this infection is caused by microorganisms, like viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. The most common cause of meningitis are viruses, followed by bacteria. Meningitis is a life-threatening condition. It affects all age groups.

Some kinds of meningitis are very easy to spread. For this reason, in certain countries, like Germany, doctors have to tell the authorities that someone might have meningitis.

Signs of meningitis 
Some signs  of meningitis can be: high fever, sometimes with chills; very strong headache; nauseas and vomiting; drowsiness or confusion; twitching; sleepiness; sore throat; delirium (especially in children); seizures; and stiff neck (in less than 50% of the cases, but may be a telltale sign).

Types
The two main forms of meningitis are bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis. In bacterial meningitis, most patients die without treatment, whereas in viral meningitis most patients get better on their own. Herpes virus meningitis may respond to an antiviral drug.

Related pages
 Encephalitis, the inflammation (swelling) of the brain

References

Other websites 
 
 WHO: Meningococcal meningitis
 Merck Manual: Central nervous system infections
 Vaccination information from the NHS, UK
 CDC: Meningococcal disease 
 CNN Health Library, Meningitis 
 Information on Meningitis UK and the charity's search for a vaccine
 Information from the Meningitis Trust
 Information from the Meningitis Trust in New Zealand 

Infectious diseases
Mental confusion

Mental confusion (often simply called confusion) is a symptom. People suffering from it have problems finding their way around in the world. They have troubles remembering who they are, where they are, or what time (or day of the week) it is. Additionally, they may have trouble remembering things or memorizing new things. This may be linked to problems focusing their attention. Confusion can also be a sign of someone being sick with various illnesses when it's coupled with things like fever, chills, or exhaustion.

Medical causes of confusion 
Confusion can be caused by many different medical problems.

There are both acute and chronic causes of confusion.

Acute causes of confusion 
Acute causes of confusion usually come on suddenly, and doctors may be able to fix some of them.

In medicine, the acronym AEIOU-TIPS is used to remember the most common causes of confusion that comes on suddenly (over hours or days, not years):
 Alcohol (being drunk) or Acidosis (having too much acid in the blood, which poisons the body)
 Environmental causes (like being very cold) or Epilepsy (being confused after a seizure)
 Infection (like meningitis, an infection of the brain's lining) 
 Overdose (taking too much medicine or too many illegal drugs)
 Uremia (poisons building up in the blood because of kidney problems) or Underdose (not taking enough prescribed medicine)
 Trauma (injury, especially to the head)
 Insulin (confusion because of a blood sugar emergency - blood sugar is either too low or much too high)
 Psychogenic (when mental illness causes confusion)
 Stroke (when not enough blood and oxygen gets part of the brain)

Confusion can also happen when the brain is not getting enough blood and oxygen.  For example, this can happen because of:
 Low blood pressure (when the heart is not pumping hard enough to get blood and oxygen to the brain)
 If the heart is beating too slow, or too fast, or not regularly (making the heart unable to get blood and oxygen up to the brain)
 A breathing problem that makes it impossible to get enough oxygen into the body (like a bad asthma attack, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD))

Chronic causes of confusion
Chronic causes of confusion usually come on less suddenly and last for a long time (months or years).  For example:
 Dementia or Alzheimer's disease can cause a person to be confused most of the time, or all of the time
 Traumatic brain injury, or any other kind of damage to the brain
 A brain tumor

References

Symptoms
Lick It Up

Lick It Up is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1983.

Track listing 
Exciter
Not For The Innocent
Lick It Up
Young And Wasted
Gimme More
All Hell's Breakin' Loose
A Million To One
Fits Like A Glove
Dance All Over Your Face
And On The 8th Day

Kiss albums
1983 albums
Heavy metal albums
Hard rock albums
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University, is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by Methodist leaders and the people of Middletown in 1831. The university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Wesleyan is one of the three small New England colleges that make up the "Little Three" (or the "Little Ivies"): the others are Amherst and Williams Colleges.

History 
Wesleyan was founded as an all-male Methodist college in 1831. In 1872 it became one of the first American colleges to let female students attend. Some of Wesleyan's male alumni did not think that letting women go to the school was a good thing. They believed that it made Wesleyan look bad. Wesleyan stopped letting women got there and from 1912 to 1970 Wesleyan operated as an all-male college. Wesleyan began letting women attend again in 1970. At that time many females had went to the all-female Connecticut College in nearby New London, Connecticut.

Other websites 
 Wesleyan University
 Virtual Wesleyan  - An award-winning, interactive guide to Wesleyan University
 The Wesleyan Connection  - Official newsletter of the University administration
 Wesleyan Student Assembly 

Methodism
Christianity in the United States
Colleges and universities in Connecticut
1831 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Connecticut
Ben 10

Ben 10 is an American animated television show. The first episode was shown on December 27, 2005-present on Cartoon Network. The main character, Ben Tennyson, is a ten-years old boy who can turn himself into many different aliens including 10 original aliens. Ben and his rival girl cousin named Gwen are on summer with their grandpa, Max Tennyson.   The main villains are Vilgax, Kevin Levin and occasionally Charmcaster and the Forever Knights.

Danish Voice Cast 
 Albert Thorup – Ben Tennyson
 Amalie Dollerup – Gwen Tennyson
 Max Hansen – Max Tennyson
 Morten Hemmingsen – Kevin Levin
 Mathias Klenske – Kevin Levin

Additional Voices
 Kristian Holst-White
 Annevig Schelde Ebbe
 Niels Weyde
 Donald Andersen
 Peter Røschke
 Mathias Klenske
 Vibeke Dueholm
 Morten Hemmingsen
 Ole Fick
 Niclas Mortensen
 Søren Thorup
 Oliver Berg
 Thea Iven Ulstrup

Seasons 
Season 01 (2005-2006)
Season 02 (2006-06)
Season 03 (2006-07)                                                                                                                            *Season 04 (2007-08)
Season 05 (2008-08)
Season 06 (2008-09)
Season 07 (2009-2010)
Season 08 (2010-10)
Season 09 (2011-11)
Season 10 (2011-12)
Season 11 (2012-12)
Season 12 (2013-13)
Season 13 (2013-13)
Season 14 (2014-14)
Season 15 (2014-14)
Season 16 (2015-15)
Season 17 (2015-16)
Season 18 (2016)
Season 19 (2017-17)
Season 20 (2018-18)
Season 21 (2019-19)
Season 22 (2020)

References

Channel Links
 
Cartoon Network series
American science fiction television series
2000s American animated television series
2010s American animated television series
English-language television programs
2005 television series debuts
Karol Szymanowski

Karol Maciej Szymanowski (6 October 1882 - 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer. Next to Frederic Chopin, Karol was Poland's most famous composer. He is thought to be one of the greatest Polish composers of the first half of the 20th century.

Early life 
Szymanowski was born on his family's estate in Tymoszówka in what is today Ukraine. He studied in Berlin and Warsaw.

Music 
His music can be divided into three phases.

Early works before World War I showed his repertoire for the works of Frederic Chopin, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

The second phase is influenced by the Orient and Mediterranean cultures. His music during this phase resulted in many of his best known compositions.

The third phase began in 1921. It has much what is similar to Polish folk themes. This work defined Polish themed music and is thought to include his greatest works. Initially, his music was not well accepted in Poland.

Works 
The works of Szymanowski include four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as many piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. His most popular works was his ballet Harnasie and opera King Roger. "Harnasie" was first shown in Prague and later shown at the Paris Opera. It was received with acclamation and enthusiasm,  both by critics and the public. Health and financial problems brought his work to an end in 1934. Szymanowski died after a short stay in a sanatorium in Lausanne, Switzerland.

 Karol Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater". Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. Thomas Dausgaard, conductor. Live concert.

Death 
He died of tuberculosis in Lausanne, Switzerland on 28 March 1937. He was buried on 7 April 1937 at the cemetery for the Polish nobles, in Pauline in Krakow.

References 

20th-century composers
Deaths from tuberculosis
Disease-related deaths in Switzerland
LGBT composers
Polish composers
1882 births
1937 deaths
Animalize

Animalize is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 13, 1984.

Track listing 

1984 albums
Heavy metal albums
Hard rock albums
Kiss albums
Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake (February 7, 1883 or 1887 - February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer. There is some confusion about his birth date. During the latter part of his life he had said that he was born in 1883. However, recently released documents - the 1900 United States census, his World War 1 draft card, his Social Security registration and his passport registration - all say that he was born in 1887. People saying they were born earlier than they actually were ("back dating") was common with musicians from that time. Jelly Roll Morton is another well known example of this. Blake also said that he composed his "Charleston Rag" in 1899. If this was true, he would have been 12 years old at the time. There is no evidence he was composing at that age or at that time. People who study ragtime believe this may be another case of "backdating". Blake was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

American jazz musicians
American composers
American pianists
Writers from Baltimore
Musicians from Baltimore
1887 births
1983 deaths
Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program. He or she is part of a television crew. A television director is different from a movie director. In television the producer usually has creative control. In movies, the director has creative control. Most television directors specialize in directing one type of television program.

Duties
A television director has a complex job that includes approving scripts, setting up camera shots, laying out scenes and deciding on lighting. The director is responsible for directing of live broadcasts, filming programs, post-production editing and mixing. A director also supervises the technical crew. 

A director's duties can be very different depending on the type of program. For example a drama recorded in a studio is different from a live event outside the studio. In a dramatic arts production, the television director's job can be similar to that of a movie director. A director gives cues to actors and directs the camera placement and movement. Often, in a television series, different directors will work on different episodes.

Related pages 
Producer
Screenwriter
Television presenter
Television producer

References

Other websites 
 Television Director at The Museum of Broadcast Communications 

Television directors
Roseanne

Roseanne is an American television sitcom. It was shown on ABC from 1988 to 1997. It stars comedian Roseanne Barr. The series is about a working-class family living in fictional city of Lanford, Illinois. For many years, Roseanne was more truthful than other series of the time in how it showed family life. They dealt with tough subjects, for example poverty, alcoholism, narcotics, sex, first menstrual periods, masturbation, obesity, feminism, domestic violence, nudity and homosexuality. Another important thing in the series was Roseanne's control in raising her children. Her husband Dan (John Goodman) felt as though he had no say in their house. Roseanne was important for women because it was one of the first series to put an overweight, powerful, yet smart woman as the main character.

The series had very high viewing figures from its start. It spent its first six seasons in the top five of the Nielsen ratings. During the seventh season the series dropped some in ratings, but still stayed in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings. However, during its ninth, and final season, the show's ratings dropped much and had fallen out of the top thirty.

Season 10 aired from March 27–May 22, 2018. On March 30, an eleventh season was ordered.

However, on May 29, 2018, the show was cancelled by ABC after Barr tweeted a message about Valerie Jarrett (an aide to President Barack Obama) that was viewed as racist.  Barr wrote:

Comedienne and actress Wanda Sykes, a consulting producer of the reboot, resigned before the show's cancellation due to the tweet.

References

Other websites 

1988 American television series debuts
2018 television series endings
1980s American sitcoms
1990s American sitcoms
2010s American sitcoms
Illinois in fiction
Television series about dysfunctional families
Television series about marriage
Television series about siblings
English-language television programs
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American teen drama/mystery-neo-noir series set in Southern California. It was first shown on UPN on September 22, 2004. The series was shown for its first two seasons on the UPN before moving to The CW Television Network on October 3, 2006. The show stars Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars: a student who also works as a private investigator with the help of her detective father. The series is said to be "a little bit Buffy and a little bit Bogart",. The series has murder mystery, high school and college drama with sarcasm and strange humor.

The show starts with Veronica and her friends in high school. It follows them to college in later seasons of the series.

References

2004 American television series debuts
2007 American television series endings
2000s American television series
American teen drama television series
Mystery television series
Television series set in California
UPN network shows
English-language television programs
Game Gear

The  is a handheld video game system made by the Sega Corporation. It was released in Japan in 1990, and then released later in Europe, the United States and Australia.

The Game Gear has a colour screen, a speaker, and needs six AA batteries (for 4 hours of play-time) to run. It is bigger and costs more money than the Nintendo Game Boy. It also uses more electric power than the Game Boy, so the Game Gear's batteries must be replaced more often.

There are special add-ons for the Game Gear, such as a TV-Tuner that allows people to watch television on it.

References

Notes

Handheld video games
Sega video game consoles
God the Father

In many religions, the deity or God is called the Father.

In Christianity, God the Father is the first person of the Trinity. He is God, just like the Son and the Holy Spirit, but as a person He is different from the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although Jesus had St. Joseph for his human father on earth, Jesus is God, so His father would actually be God the Father.

Related pages 
 God
 Christ
 Jesus

Other websites 

 God the Father at Theopedia

Gods and goddesses