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Matt Vasgersian

Matt Vasgersian (born September 28, 1967) is an American sportscaster. He works for MLB Network. He is the new pregame/postgame show host for MLB on Foxreplacing Chris Rose in the MLB Network studios. He does occasional play-by-play for Fox Saturday Baseball. He is also the lead play-by-play for Thursday Night Baseball for MLB Network. He also called baseball games for the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB on TBS, Tucson Toros, High Desert Mavericks, and baseball & softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics on NBC. His trademark was: Santa Maria! on a walk off hit, a great play, a no hitter, or a perfect game. He is also the host of Baseball IQ, MLB Network's first ever game show. He has also hosted other shows for Fox Sports Net such as Celebrity Blackjack, Sports Geniuses, Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the International World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors. In addition to baseball, poker, and game shows, he has called Olympic games and football. Vasgersian was the announcer for ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC and anchored the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics for the NBC family. Vasgersian called one season for NBC's coverage of the XFL before it folded. He also called BCS games for Fox most notably with Terry Donahue and Pat Haden and sideline reporter Laura Okmin. Vasgersian also called NFL games for Fox from 2005 until 2009 when MLB Network launched. However, he returned for Week 17 of the 2009 NFL season. Vasgersian also called USC Trojans men's basketball for Fox Sports Net and has been a fill-in voice for UFC on FSN when Mike Goldberg was studio hosting for college football.

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Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien is an American sportscaster for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network and ESPN. He is an announcer for college basketball games and Major League Baseball games. He was the play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves, Georgia Bulldogs football and basketball, Miami Hurricanes football and basketball, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets. He also called NBA games and MLB on ESPN Radio postseason games as well. He also called the FIFA World Cup, Major League Soccer, and the National Basketball Association for ESPN.

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Al Michaels

Alan Richard "Al" Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American sportscaster.  He was best known working for ABC Sports for nearly three decades. He is the lead voice of NBC Sunday Night Football.   He was the daytime anchor for two Olympics: 2010 Vancouver Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. He called games for many years for the National Football League games.

Michaels has won many awards during his career, including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-by-Play Host) five times, the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association three times, and "Sportscaster of the Year" once each from the American Sportscasters Association and the Washington Journalism Review. In October 2004, Michaels was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michaels had an acting role in a 1970 episode of Hawaii Five-O.  He has appeared as himself in the movies Jerry Maguire and BASEketball, as well as on several TV shows including Coach and Spin City. His call of the U.S. hockey team's victory in the 1980 Olympics can be heard in the 2004 movie Miracle.

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Dan Shulman

Daniel "Dan" Shulman (born February 9, 1967, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sportscaster currently with ESPN. He currently calls games for MLB on ESPN, MLB on ESPN Radio, College Basketball on ESPN, and NBA on ESPN. He was the TV voice of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Blue Jays. He also called NHL games for The Sports Network, a sister network of ESPN. He was a host of Prime Time Sports, calling games for the Western Mustangs football and basketball before coming to TSN or ESPN. He was also with CTV covering the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1994 World Championships of Basketball.

When Shulman was working at a baseball game in 2011, he announced Osama bin Laden's death.

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named him the "National Sportscaster of the Year" in 2011.

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Sean McDonough

Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American sportscaster.  He works for ESPN.  He worked with CBS Sports before.  He is the son of late Boston Globe sportswriter Will McDonough. 

He has broadcast college basketball (including 10 NCAA tournaments), college football (including the prestigious Orange Bowl game), the College World Series, the NFL, US Open tennis, 3 Winter Olympics, and golf (including 4 Masters and PGA Championships).

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Johnny Holliday

John Holliday Bobbitt (born October 15, 1937), known professionally as Johnny Holliday, is an American sportscaster and former disc jockey. He is a personality with Mid-Atlantic Sports Network and the radio voice of the Maryland Terrapins football and basketball. He did the pregame/postgame show for Washington Nationals telecasts until 2020, and served as a fill-in play-by-play announcer for Bob Carpenter. He also called United States Football League games for ABC Radio. Holliday has also worked for the  Washington Bullets/Wizards, San Francisco Giants, California Golden Bears football and basketball, Washington Senators (as a TV Studio Host), Stanford Cardinal football and basketball, Navy Midshipmen football, and George Washington Colonials. He also covered the Olympics, boxing, and The Masters for ABC Radio. He has hosted pregame/postgame shows for the San Francisco Giants and Washington Redskins for radio coverage.

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin born March 18, 1974 is a sportscaster. He currently calls games for the St. Louis Cardinals and college basketball games for the Missouri Tigers basketball, ESPNU, and Fox Sports Net. He also has called regional college football games for ESPN. McLaughlin was a play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Blues and was a regional NFL play-by-play announcer for Fox in 2006, some involving with the St. Louis Rams. He also calls occasional Cardinals games on Fox.

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Gary Thorne

Gary Thorne (born June 9, 1948, in Bangor, Maine) is an American sportscaster. He works with MASN  calling games for the Baltimore Orioles. He also calls Little League World Series games for ABC and ESPN and some Major League Baseball games for ESPN. His other jobs include:

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Joe Castiglione

Joe Castiglione is a radio announcer currently for the Boston Red Sox. He works with Dave O'Brien. O'Brien is now the lead announcer with Castiglione with secondary. Castiglione has worked with Jerry Trupiano for Red Sox broadcasts for many years. He also has called games for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Massachusetts Minutemen football and basketball, and the Lafayette Leopards football and basketball.

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Dave Sims

Dave Sims (born February 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster.

He is the voice of the Seattle Mariners, College Basketball on Westwood One/Dial Global, and the voice of Sunday Night Football on Westwood One/Dial Global with James Lofton. Sims was a play-by-play voice for the United Football League on Versus.  He hosts "Basketball and Beyond with Coach K". He was a sports anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City. Sims called college football and basketball games for ESPN and ESPN Plus.  He was the preseason announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He called Philip Humber's perfect game on April 21, 2012. He also called Major League Baseball games. Sims called another perfect game in 2012, this time by Felix Hernandez. Vin Scully has called four perfect games in his career.

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Brad Johansen

Brad Johansen  is a sportscaster. He was the voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, but in 2011 replaced Paul Keels as preseason play-by-play announcer which he continues to do. Brad Hoard was hired to replace Johansen in the radio booth. He is also the voice of the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team as well as high school football for Fox Sports Ohio. In 2012, Johansen will call college football games for the CBS Sports Network.

Early Life 
From 1996-2014, he was the sports director at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was announcing Bengals pre-season games. In 2000, Brad moved to the radio booth, replacing Pete Arbogast . On May 4, 2011 Dan Hoard was hired as the new Bengals radio play-by-play announcer replacing Brad Johansen. On July 6, The Bengals announced Johansen was hired to replace Paul Keels as the TV play-by-play announcer for Bengals preseason games.

In 2014, Johansen moved on from being the sports director and a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports Network to anchoring the 4:00 and 5:30 pm newscasts at WKRC.

In April 2018, Johansen left WKRC-TV to join WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina as an evening news anchor and reporter.He was let go Thursday, April 4, 2019 after one year at the station.

On March 6, 2020, Johansen returns to television, as an early evening news anchor and reporter for WCMH-TV in Columbus.

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Bob Lamey

Bob Lamey (born December 23, 1938) is an American sportscaster. He is the radio voice of the Indianapolis Colts. He has been with the franchise since they moved to Indianapolis from Baltimore except for the 1992-1994 seasons. During that time, he was replaced by Joe McConnell. He was also the voice of the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He also called ice hockey games for the Indianapolis Checkers and Indianapolis Racers as well as the voice of the Carolina Cougars of the original American Basketball Association and served as a turn reporter for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network.

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Greg Papa

Greg Papa is the current voice of the Oakland Raiders replacing veteran announcer Bill King. Papa is also the host of Chronicle Live and the co-host of The Wheelhouse with John Lund. He also served as a play-by-play voice for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco/Golden State Warriors, and San Francisco Giants. Papa has called lacrosse games for the San Jose Stealth and the San Francisco Dragons. Papa currently calls college football and basketball games for the California Golden Bears. Outside of the bay area, he called games for the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs. He was also the studio host for Giants telecasts.

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Brad Sham

Brad Sham (born August 16, 1949) is a radio sportscaster currently with the Dallas Cowboys with Babe Laufenberg. He has done freelance announcing for the NFL on Fox and NFL on CBS as well. Sham also called NFL games for Westwood One before returning to the Cowboys. Other football duties Sham called are NFL Europe games for Fox, Texas Longhorns football, College Football on CBS Radio/Westwood One/Dial Global, and the Dallas Desperadoes of the Arena Football League. Sham has also done basketball announcing. He calls college basketball tournaments for ESPN Plus, ESPN, and Dial Global formally Westwood One and CBS Radio. He formally called college basketball games for CBS and the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team as well as the Dallas Chaperalls of the American Basketball Association and called Texas Rangers games. He also called soccer games for the Dallas Burn and the Dallas Tornado.

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Puffball

A puffball is the common name for a member of several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of  Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon. All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus Scleroderma, which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.

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Lycoperdon umbrinum

Lycoperdon umbrinum, better known as the umber-brown puffball, is a species of puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. The species is found in China, Europe, and North America.

Description
The L. umbrinum has a fruiting body, which is shaped like the top of a pear, with a short, slightly buried stipe. It is  tall and  broad. The fruiting body starts as pale, then goes reddish then to a blackish brown. The outer wall has slender, persistent spines, which are up to 1 mm long. The spores are roughly sspherical, and about 3.5–5.5 µm in diameter, with fine warts and a pedicel that is 0.5–15 µm long. It is uncommonly found, although most often found in coniferous woods on sandy soils.

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Agaricomycetes

Agaricomycetes is a class of fungi.   Agaricomycetes include 17 orders, 100 families, 1147 genera, and 20951 species.

All members of this class produce basidiocarps and these range in size from tiny cups a few millimeters across to a giant polypore (Fomitiporia ellipsoidea) greater than several meters across and weighing up to .

The group also includes what are arguably the largest and oldest individual organisms on earth: the mycelium of Armillaria gallica have been estimated to extend over 150,000 square metres (37 acres) with a mass of 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) and an age of 1,500 years.

Nearly all species in the class are terrestrial (although a few are aquatic). They mostly function as decayers, especially of wood. However, some species are pathogenic or parasitic, and yet others are symbiotic. These include the important ectomycorrhizal symbionts of forest trees.

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Stephen Dunham

Stephen Dunham Dowers (September 14, 1964 - September 14, 2012) was an American movie and television actor. He was best known for his roles as Edward Pillows in DAG and as Peter in The Mummy. Bowers was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Bowers was married to Alexondra Lee. He died on his birthday on September 14, 2012 from a heart attack in his Burbank, California home, aged 48.

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Antineutron

Antineutron is the antiparticle of a neutron. Anti-neutrons were found in 1956 at the University of California, Berkeley. They have the same mass and net charge (0) as the neutrons. The only difference is that they have the opposite baryon number, that is, the quarks inside the neutrons have opposite spins to the anti-quarks in the anti-neutrons.

Anti-neutrons annihilate on contact with their antiparticle, neutrons.

Subatomic particles
Antimatter
Alan Ruck

Alan Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American movie, voice, television, and stage actor. He is known for his role as Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He also appeared in Speed and in Twister.

Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 1, 1956. He spent his childhood and teen years in Chicago, Illinois. Ruck was married to Claudia Stefany from 1986 until they divorced in 2005. He has been married to Mireille Enos since 2008. With Stefany he has two children, and with Enos he has one child.

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Scott Graham

Scott Graham is a sportscaster best known for his work for the Philadelphia Phillies; first a TV studio host, then a play-by-play announcer. He was also a fill-in voice for Major League Baseball on Fox. Graham called Penn Quakers football and basketball as a student. He also called the Philadelphia Big 6 and Delaware State Hornets football. He also hosted Baseball This Morning with Buck Martinez. He is the narrator for Inside the NFL and other NFL Films. He calls college basketball for ESPN, Comcast Network, and Westwood One/Dial Global. He is also the studio host for Dial Global. He formally called play-by-play for Fox's coverage of NFL Europe and NFL itself.

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Fredric March

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actor. He was known for his Academy Award-winning role as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He won another Academy Award for his role as Al Stephenson in The Best Years of Our Lives. He also won a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.

March was born on August 31, 1897 in Racine, Wisconsin. March was married to Ellis Baker from 1921 until they divorced in 1927. March was then married to Florence Eldridge from 1927 until his death in 1975. With Eldridge he has two adopted children. March died on April 14, 1975 in Los Angeles, California from prostate cancer, aged 77.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English movie actress and model. She is known for modeling for Victoria's Secret and in Burberry magazine. Her first movie was the 2011 action movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Huntington-Whiteley was born on 18 April 1987 in Plymouth, Devon, England. She has been partners with Jason Statham since 2010.

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Mississippi mud pie

Mississippi mud pie is a chocolate-based dessert pie.  The treat has a gooey chocolate sauce on top of crumbly chocolate. The pie is usually served with ice cream. 

It is popular because of the amount of chocolate in each serving.

The name "Mississippi mud pie" comes from the dense cake which looks like the banks of the Mississippi River.

It is believed that this dish was made by home cooks after World War II.  This is because it was made of simple ingredients that could be found at any supermarket and did not need any special cooking tools.

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Ettore Boiardi

Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985) was an Italian-American chef. He was famous for his brand of food products, named "Chef Boyardee".  He was a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Boiardi was born in Piacenza, Italy. Boiardi was married to Helen Wroblewski from 1923 until his death in 1985. He had a son, Mario Boiardi. Boiardi died on June 21, 1985 in Parma, Ohio from natural causes, aged 87.

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 The Man, The Can: Recipes Of The Real Chef Boyardee, NPR.org
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Tyrese Gibson

Tyrese Gibson (December 30 1978) is an American R&B singer, rapper, actor and model. He has acted in many movies and television series. These include Baby Boy (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious and the Transformers movie series. In 2000, Gibson won the American Music Award for "Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist". He has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

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Milton S. Hershey

Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American confectioner, philanthropist, and the founder of the Hershey's candy company.

Hershey was born on September 13, 1857 in Derry Township, Pennsylvania.

In 1887, Hershey created the Lancaster Caramel Company. He created many kinds of caramels. He began experimenting with chocolates at the Chicago World's Fair.

On March 2, 1903, he began construction on what was to become the world’s largest chocolate manufacturing company, only he didn't know that it would become a large company. In 1935, Hershey established the M.S. Hershey Foundation, a private charitable foundation that provides educational and cultural opportunities for Hershey residents.

Hershey supplied the U.S. armed forces with chocolate bars during World War II. These bars were called Ration D Bars and Tropical Chocolate Bars.

Hershey was married to Catherine Sweeney from 1898 until her death in 1915.  In 1912 Hershey was supposed to go on the RMS Titanic, but business concerns forced him to take an earlier ship from Europe to the United States. Sweeney died three years later.

Hershey died on October 13, 1945 from natural causes in Hershey, Pennsylvania, a town named after him, aged 88 years old.

Hershey started a school for orphaned children. He gave the Hershey Trust to that school. He made a town for his workers. Unlike other worker towns, it was comfortable and not expensive. Among many of the  places he built for his workers to go to in their free time, Hershey built the Hershey Park, now a popular amusement park. Hershey was among the first to use the idea of Taylorism, after Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylorism is the idea that workers who do more should earn more.

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Don Pardo

Dominick George "Don" Pardo (February 22, 1918 – August 18, 2014) was an American radio and television announcer. He was the announcer for Saturday Night Live. He was also the announcer for Jeopardy! when it was hosted by Art Fleming. 

Pardo was born in Westfield, Massachusetts on February 22, 1918. His career began in 1938. He lived in New York City, New York until he moved to Tucson, Arizona. In March 2013, Pardo was hospitalized for a broken hip. 

Pardo died on August 18, 2014 in Tucson, aged 96.

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Dominick Dunne

Dominick John Dunne (October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009) was an American activist, journalist, writer, and actor. He talked about crimes, scandals, or mysteries in his books or his own television show Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice.

Biography

Early and personal life
Dunne was born on October 29, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut. He studied at Kingswood School, Canterbury School, and Williams College. His brother was writer John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003).  

Dunne was married to Ellen Beatriz Griffin from 1954 until they divorced in 1965. Dunne had two sons, actor Griffin (born 1955) and Alexander (born 1957). His daughter was actress Dominique Dunne (1959-1982).

Death
Dunne died on August 26, 2009 in Manhattan, New York from bladder cancer, aged 83.

Movies
The Boys in the Band
The Panic in Needle Park
Play It as It Lays
Ash Wednesday
Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice

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James Woods

James Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles in Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Last Day of Summer and Casino. He was the voice of Hades in Hercules. He played himself in Family Guy.

Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah. Woods was married to Kathryn Morrison from 1980 until they divorced in 1983. Then he was married to Sarah Owen from 1989 until they divorced in 1990.

Woods was a vocal supporter of former U.S. President George W. Bush and the Iraq War, and is a Republican Party. He supported John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Carly Fiorina for the 2008, 2012, and the 2016 presidential elections respectively.

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Martin Mull

Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comedian, painter, recording artist, movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He has appeared in animated shows including American Dad!. He also played Russell the pharmacist in Two and a Half Men. He also voiced Vlad Master in Danny Phantom.

Mull was raised in North Ridgeville, Ohio and in New Canaan, Connecticut. Mull has been married to Wendy Mull since 1982. He has a daughter, Maggie.

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Lloyd Bochner

[[File:Rod Taylor Lloyd Bochner Hong Kong 1961 (cropped).JPG|thumb|right|Bochner in Hong Kong, 1961]]
Lloyd Wolfe Bochner (July 29, 1924 – October 29, 2005) was a Canadian movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his television role as Chief Inspector Neil Campbell in Hong Kong and as the voice of Gotham City's Mayor Hamilton Hill in Batman: The Animated Series and in The New Batman Adventures''. He won an ACTRA Award in 2004.

Bochner was born on July 29, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bochner was married to Ruth Roher until his death in 2005. Bochner died on October 29, 2005 in Santa Monica, California from cancer, aged 81.

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Brock Peters

Brock Peters (born George Fisher, July 2, 1927 – August 23, 2005) was an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He was known for his roles as Fleet Admiral Cartwright in two Star Trek movies and as the voice of Lucius Fox in Batman: The Animated Series.

Peters was born on July 2, 1927 in New York City, New York. Peters was married to Dolores Daniels from 1961 until her death in 1989. Peters died on August 23, 2005 in Los Angeles, California from pancreatic cancer, aged 78.

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Bob Hastings

Robert "Bob" Hastings (April 18, 1925 – June 30, 2014) was an American movie, television, voice, stage, and radio actor who is known for his voice work as Commissioner James Gordon in Batman: The Animated Series.

Hastings was born on April 18, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City. Hastings had been married to Joan Rice since the 1940s. They had four children. His brother was actor Don Hastings.

Hastings died from prostate cancer on June 30, 2014 in Burbank, California, aged 89.

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (November 30, 1918 – May 2, 2014) was an American movie, television, stage, radio, and voice actor. He was known for his roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I.. He is also known for his role as "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick.

His more recent roles included voice acting. He was the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series. He was the voice of Dr. Octopus in the 1994 Spider-Man television series. He was the voice of Justin Hammer in the second season of the Iron Man television series. 

Zimbalist died at his ranch in Solvang, California at the age of 95.

Early life

Zimbalist was born on November 30, 1918 in New York City, New York. His parents were Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. and Alma Gluck. Zimbalist studied at the Fay School and at Yale University.

Career
Zimbalist played private detective Stu Bailey in 77 Sunset Strip. It ran on ABC from 1958 to 1964. The series had over 200 episodes.

Zimbalist played Dandy Jim Buckley in Maverick. He was the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series. He has won a Golden Globe Award.

Personal life
Zimbalist married Emily McNair in 1945. They had two children. They divorced in 1950.

Zimbalist married Stephanie Spalding in 1956. They divorced in 1962. They remarried in 1972. They were married until her death in 2007. They had one child.

Zimbalist lived in Solvang, California. He was a member of the Republican Party.

For his role in the television series The F.B.I., Zimbalist, Jr. was honored by FBI director Robert Mueller as a special member of the FBI.

Death
On May 2, 2014, Zimbalist died in his lawn after watering his plants at his home in Solvang, California. He died of a possible heart attack. He was 95 years old. He was buried at Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Connecticut.

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Keshia Knight Pulliam

Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her television performances. She played Rudy Huxtable in the NBC situation comedy The Cosby Show (1984-1992). Before that, she acted on Sesame Street.

Knight Pulliam was born in Newark, New Jersey.

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Megasthenes

Megasthenes (, ca. 350 – 290 BCE) was a Greek ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He wrote the work Indica. He was born in Asia Minor (now Turkey).

Arrian says that Megasthenes lived in Arachosia, with the satrap Sibyrtius. He visited India from there:
"Megasthenes lived with Sibyrtius, satrap of Arachosia, and often speaks of his visiting Sandracottus, the king of the Indians." Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri 

At the beginning of his Indica, he speaks about the older Indians who know about when Dionysus and Hercules arrived in India. This story was very popular during the Alexandrian period. What he says about the religions of the Indians is important. He mentions the devotees of Heracles (Lord Krishna) and Dionysus (Lord Shiva or King Lord Indra). However, he does not mention Buddhists. This could mean that the religion was not well known before Ashoka took power.

Writers like Arrian, Strabo, Diodorus and Pliny refer to Indica in their works. Arrian said the best things about Megasthenes, but Strabo and Pliny do not treat him with as much respect. 

Megasthenes' Indica is the first well-known description of India by someone from the Western world.

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 Fragments from Megasthenes: Indika  ("From: Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian.  Translated and edited by J. W. McCrindle.  Calcutta and Bombay: Thacker, Spink, 1877, 30-174.")
 Ancient India as described by Arrian  based on accounts by Megasthenes

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Sheldon Brookbank

Sheldon Brookbank (born October 3, 1980 in Lanigan, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, Anaheim Ducks, and the Chicago Blackhawks. His older brother Wade Brookbank was also an ice hockey player and is currently a pro scout for the Chicago Blackhawks.

He began his hockey career when he played with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He later played with the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL, and then played with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. He was signed by the Anaheim Ducks and played for their AHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks for two seasons. The Ducks didn't resign him and he signed a contract with the Nashville Predators where he mainly played on their AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. After he was named the captain of the Admirals he was called up to the Predators. He played 3 games with the Predators before he was signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2007. He was waived by the Blue Jackets and was later claimed off waivers by the New Jersey Devils on October 2, 2007. After playing 44 games with the Devils, he was traded to the Anaheim Ducks on February 3, 2009.

He played 4 seasons with the Ducks before signing a free agent deal with the Chicago Blackhawks on July 1, 2012. On June 24, 2013, He won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals.

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Turkish lira

The Turkish lira (Currency sign:  (until 1 March 2012: TL); ; ISO 4217: TRY) is the currency of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognised only by Turkey). The Turkish lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş.

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Gus Johnson

Augustus Cornelius "Gus" Johnson, Jr. (born August 10, 1967) is an American sportscaster. He is employed by Fox Sports, Showtime, and the Big Ten Network. 

He is well known for his yelling and screaming on exciting plays. He was employed by CBS Sports. He was also a play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He called Big East basketball for ESPN Plus, college basketball and college hockey for ESPN. He hosted Black College Sports Today in 1991. Johnson called Canadian Football League games for ESPN. He also called NFL games for CBS until 2011. Johnson was first paired up with Steve Tasker, then Brent Jones. He got back together with Steve Tasker in 2005 until his departure for Fox Sports in 2011.

He had sports anchor stints on KXXV-TV, WAAY-TV, WXII-TV, and WTTG-TV. He called college basketball tournaments for CBS for many years. He had many partners including Dan Bonner, Len Elmore, and Bill Raftery. He was also the radio voice and back-up television play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks. He was well known for calling Allan Houston's game winning buzzer beater to knock off the top seeded Miami Heat. 

He called boxing for MSG as well as hosting Knicks GameNight and Yankees Scorecard. He was the studio host for New York Rangers telecasts. Johnson was a preseason voice in 2006 for the Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia Eagles. He was the preseason voice of the Detroit Lions for the Detroit Lions Television Network in 2008. 

Johnson replaced Steve Albert as lead play-by-play announcer for Showtime Championship Boxing and called Strikeforce for CBS Sports Spectacular. He also called games for the defunct arena football New York Dragons. He calls NFL and college football games on Fox with Charles Davis. Johnson also calls college basketball games for the Big Ten Network and worked a few road games for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

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Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee (July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster.  He is the current studio host for Fox NFL Sunday with Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson and Jay Glazer. He also called play-by-play for NFL Europe on NFL Network and Fox and regional NFL games for Fox. He also calls Seattle Seahawks preseason games and did the same for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the host of The Curt Menefee Show and Unnecessary Roughness. Menefee was a sports anchor for KTVT-TV, WNYW-TV, and WTLV-TV. He made an appearance with Jose Mota on MLB on Fox on  the May 24, 2008 game between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Chicago White Sox. He also hosted three UEFA Champions League Final matches for Fox; 2010, 2011, and 2012. Menefee also is the host of UFC on Fox. He has also provided play-by-play for TopRank Boxing and ShoBox: The New Generation.

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Charissa Thompson

Charissa Thompson (born May 4, 1982) is an American television host, sportscaster and model. , she worked for ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network). She has worked for Fox Sports, Fox Sports Net, and the Big Ten Network doing sideline reporting for the NFL, the BCS, college football, and college basketball. Thompson was the host of Rockies All Access and WNBA Weekly and covered sports for the Denver Pioneers. Thompson also hosted The 2007 MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade and The Baseball Report. She also hosted BCS Breakdown, Toughest Cowboy, the BCS Show, and Friday Night Tailgate for FSN as well as a co-host for Big Saturday Night for the Game Show Network as well as Big Ten's Best for the Big Ten Network. She also did reporting for Shaq vs. as well as an ice-level reporter for the NHL on Versus with Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk. Thompson hosted NFL Now Updates and Fast Track to Fame. She replaced Michele Breade as co-host of SportsNation with Colin Cowher. after when she left for NBC Sports.

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Eric Clemons

Eric Clemons is a freelance sportscaster. He worked for SportsCenter as an anchor and reporter. His other jobs include:
College Football on Fox Sports Net sideline reporter
NFL on Fox play-by-play
WALA-TV sports anchor/sports reporter
WHDH-TV sports anchor/reporter
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Nick Halling

Nick Halling is a British sportscaster. He used to be an NFL broadcaster. He called NFL Europe and NFL games on Fox, making the first non-American to call an NFL game for an American television network. He also called NFL games for Sky Sports. He also does play-by-play for Channel Five's coverage of the National Hockey League. For Sky Sports, he currently does boxing and ten-pin bowling. He is a narrator for Goalissimo, The Football League Show, and The World's Strongest Man.

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Krista Voda

Krista Voda (born May 31, 1974) is an American sportscaster. She is the pit reporter for NASCAR on Fox. She replaced Jeanne Zelasko. She also is the host for Speed Channel's coverage of the NASCAR Camping Truck Series as well as host of Trackside. She was an anchor for Totally NASCAR as well as NASCAR Nation. Voda has also done sideline reporting for FSN's coverage of college football and basketball as well as Fox's coverage of the BCS and the National Football League. In 2008, she was paired with Chris Rose and John Lynch for Weeks 12 and 17 of the NFL. This included the game between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers.

 

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Frank Glieber

Frank John Glieber (April 5, 1934 – May 1, 1985) was an American sportscaster.  He called college football games for CBS Radio, the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns on CBS, and the Texas Rangers. While working for CBS, Glieber  called National Football League, National Basketball Association, college football, college basketball, soccer, tennis, bowling, and golf. He died of a heart attack in May of 1985.

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Grain elevator

A grain elevator is a machine which carries loose grain such as wheat to higher levels. It is used to get the grain into grain silos. Before grain elevators, the grain had to be carried in sacks. In some parts of the world such as Canada, the term grain elevator means more than just the lifting machine, and includes all the grain handling buildings.

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Whit Watson

Whit Watson (born 1971) is a personality currently with Golf Channel as studio host, play-by-play announcer and reporter/interviewer for the European Tour, LPGA Tour, and PGA Tour. He also worked for Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida as a studio host and sideline reporter for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida State Seminoles and Florida Gators football. He was also the first host of In My Own Words. Watson also called high school football and basketball games for Sun Sports and FSN Florida as well as Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles football and basketball. Watson was a freelance studio host for ESPN Plus as well as anchoring SportsCenter.

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Terry Gannon

Terrance Patrick "Terry" Gannon (born November 1, 1963, in Joliet, Illinois), is an American sportscaster. He works for ESPN/ABC Sports, The Golf Channel and NBC Sports. Gannon's work has included many different sporting events. These include college basketball, figure skating, golf, college football, the WNBA, the NBA, and the Olympics. In 1983, Gannon was a member of the North Carolina State University basketball team which won the national championship. He is the leading 3-point shoot in the history of NC State and lead the country in 3-point shots in 1983

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Gleba

Gleba is the fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of fungi, such as on puffballs or stinkhorns.

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George Sansom

Sir George Bailey Sansom KCMG (November 28 1883 – March 8 1965) was a British diplomat, academic, historian and Japanologist.

Selected works
  Japan: A Short Cultural History, 1931
  A History of Japan to 1334, 1958
  A History of Japan: 1334-1615, 1961
  A History of Japan, 1615-1867, 1963

Honours
 Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG)

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 "East Asian Studies at Columbia: The Early Years" at Columbia.edu 

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