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Macklemore

Benjamin Hammond Haggerty (born June 19, 1983), better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. 

The music video for his song "Thrift Shop" has been viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube. It also reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. He said he was influenced by Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Living Legends, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and Talib Kweli during his earlier years.

Macklemore is in support of gay rights, including same-sex marriage, and sang about it in the song "Same Love" which he also sings against homophobia in mass media, hip hop, and society.

Macklemore was nominated for seven Grammy Awards at the 2014 Grammys. Macklemore and Lewis won Best New Artist, Best Rap Album (The Heist), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance ("Thrift Shop").

Early life 
He was taught at Garfield High School and then Nathen Hale High School. His parents are namend Bill Haggerty and Julie Haggerty. He has one brother named Tim Haggerty. Tim Haggerty sings on few of Macklemore's songs like: "And We Danced" and "American".

Career
In 2005 Macklemore released his first album, The Language of My World. In 2006 he met Ryan Lewis. They released an album together, The Heist. On January 26, 2014, Macklemore performed "Same Love" at the Grammy Awards.

Personal life
Macklemore became engaged to Tricia Davis on January 21, 2013.

Discography

Albums 
 The Language of My World (2005)
 The Heist (2012) (with Ryan Lewis)

References

Other websites
 Official website
 Official Facebook page
 

1983 births
Living people
American LGBT rights activists
American rap musicians
Grammy Award winners
Singers from Seattle, Washington
Public journal

Public journal (official gazette, official journal, or official diary) is the daily record of the work of an official public organization, especially of legislatures of countries and/or its administrative divisions.

Journals of this sort are also often called gazettes (state or government newspapers).

In some countries, the publication in the official journal is a condition for a law to "come into effect" or "come into force" (in which the law becomes a reality), so that people know the law (or treaty) exists, which generally releases it into the public domain. But sometimes a public journal is not always released into the public domain.

Public journal by country 

Albania: Fletorja Zyrtare
Azerbaijan: Azərbaycan
Belgium: Belgian Official Journal
Canada: Canada Gazette
Egypt: Al-Waqa'i'a al-Masriya
Estonia: Riigi Teataja
European Union: Official Journal of the European Union
European Union: Official Journal of the European Patent Office
Finland: Virallinen lehti
France: Journal Officiel de la République Française
Greece: Journal of Government
India: The Gazette of India
Iraq: Official Gazette of Iraq
Ireland: Iris Oifigiúil
Israel: Reshumot
Italy: Gazzetta Ufficiale
Mexico: Diario Oficial de la Federación
Portugal: Diário da República
Romania: Monitorul Oficial
South Africa: Government Gazette of South Africa
Spain: Boletín Oficial del Estado
Sweden: Post- och Inrikes Tidningar
Thailand: Royal Thai Government Gazette
The Czech Republic: Sbírka zákonů
Turkey: TC Resmi Gazete
United Kingdom: London Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette and Belfast Gazette
United States: Federal Register

Publications
Government
Law
Willie O'Ree

Willie Eldon O'Ree, OC (born October 15, 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger that played 45 games in National Hockey League. 

He is known for breaking the black colour barrier in ice hockey and is referred to by the media as the "Jackie Robinson of ice hockey". He received the Order of Canada on April 7, 2010 and was also honored with the Hockey Legacy Award by the Boston Sports Museum on June 28, 2011.

References

Other websites

1935 births
Boston Bruins players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey people from New Brunswick
Living people
Order of Canada
Madder Lake (band)

Madder Lake is an Australian rock band. They started out in Melbourne in 1971. They released two studio albums - Stillpoint, and Butterfly Farm. And one compilation album (an album with songs from their other records) - The Best of Madder Lake. Their best known song is "12lb Toothbrush".

Personnel
Mick Fettes — vocals
Jack Kreemers — drums
Brenden Mason — guitar
Kerry McKenna — bass guitar, guitar
John McKinnon — keyboards, vocals
Andy Cowan — keyboards, vocals
Ian Holding — bass guitar
Tony Lake — vocals
Colin Setches — vocals
Luke McKinnon — drums
Andy Burns — keyboards

Discography

Singles
"Goodbye Lollipop" — February 1973 (Mushroom Records, K 4986) No. 31 AUS
"12 LB Toothbrush" — August 1973 (Mushroom, K 5230) No. 35 AUS
"Butterfly Farm" — April 1974 (Mushroom K 5453)
"Booze Blues" — June 1974 (Mushroom K 5516) No. 85 AUS
"It's All In Your Head" — November 1974 (Mushroom K 5732)
"I Get High" — July 1976 (Mushroom K 6425)

Albums
Stillpoint — April 1973 (Mushroom Records, LP MRL 34915) No. 13 AUS
Butterfly Farm — April 1974 (Mushroom L35090) No. 22 AUS
The Best of Madder Lake — May 1978 (Mushroom L36585)

References

Other websites
Official Website 
Myspace Page

Progressive rock bands
Australian rock bands
Musical groups from Melbourne
1970s music groups
Musical groups established in 1971
1970s establishments in Australia
1976 disestablishments
Musical groups disestablished in the 1970s
20th-century disestablishments in Australia
Musical groups established in 1978
1978 establishments in Australia
1979 disestablishments
Musical groups established in 1982
1980s establishments in Australia
Musical groups disestablished in 1982
1980s disestablishments in Australia
Musical groups established in 1996
1990s establishments in Australia
Hamilton (name)

Hamilton is a name that can be given to anyone, a pet, a child, a toy, or just any item.

Given name

Hamilton Harty, Irish composer
Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer
Hamilton Smith, American microbiologist

Hamilton Hill (comics), fictional Batman character

Surname

Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury
George Hamilton (actor), American actor
Ian Hamilton, former English footballer
Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
Lee Hamilton, sportscaster
Lewis Hamilton, British racecar driver
Linda Hamilton, American actress
Margaret Hamilton, American actress
Richard Hamilton (artist), British artist
Richard Hamilton (basketball), American basketball player
W.D. Hamilton, British evolutionary biologist

Emil Hamilton, fictional Superman character

Given names
Surnames
Visual novel

A visual novel is a type of video game. They use mostly static (non-moving) graphics, and usually have anime/manga-styled art. Sometimes they contain video footage. Almost all visual novels are produced in Japan, very few of these are ever sold in the Western market. Examples of popular visual novels are Kanon, Clannad, and Air.

Gameplay
Visual novels are different from other types of video games in that there is not much gameplay, most of the time the player clicks the screen to move through the game, and occasionally choices will come up for the player to make, which will determine what happens in the game. Most visual novels have more than one storyline and ending, the gameplay has been compared to Choose Your Own Adventure books.

Content and genre
Many visual novels are centered around drama, particularly themes involving romance or family, but visual novels centered around science fiction, fantasy fiction, and horror fiction are not uncommon.

Adult content
Many visual novels have sexual or pornographic scenes in the game, even if they are not the whole purpose of the story.

References

Types of video games
 
Video game genres
Fu Jen Catholic University

Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU; ) is a well known university in Taiwan. The main campus is in New Taipei City. It was first started in 1925.  Its first name was Catholic University of Peking (currently Beijing Normal University).  It was started again in 1961.

Fu Jen is the Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese characters 輔仁 (Furen in pinyin), literally meaning "assistance" and "benevolence".

Related pages
Roman Curia
Society of Jesus
Benedictine

References

Other websites

Fu Jen

Colleges and universities in Taiwan
1925 establishments in Asia
1961 establishments in Asia
20th-century establishments in Taiwan
Key (company)

Key is a Japanese company that makes visual novels. They were formed on July 21, 1998 in Kita, Osaka, Japan. In 1999 they released their first visual novel, Kanon. They have created many popular visual novels, many of which have been turned into anime series.

Games
They have created the following games:

Kanon
Air
Clannad
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life
Little Busters!
Little Busters! Ecstasy 
Kud Wafter
Rewrite
Rewrite Harvest festa!

1998 establishments in Japan
Companies of Japan
Appalachian English

Appalachian English is a dialect of the English language. It is spoken in the Appalachian Mountains region. Research suggests it is one of the most unique dialects in the United States. 

Since the 1930s, a lot of research has been done to figure out where the dialect came from. One theory is that the dialect is a remnant of Elizabethan (or Shakespearean) English that had been preserved by the region's isolation. Another theory suggests that the dialect developed out of the Scots-Irish and Anglo-Scottish border dialects brought to the region by some of its earliest British Isles settlers, who were from the border of Scotland and England.  

Recent research suggests that Appalachian English developed as a uniquely American dialect as early settlers adapted English to their unfamiliar frontier environment. This is supported by many similarities between the Appalachian dialect and Colonial American English.

References

American English
Appalachian Mountains
Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic is a medical center in Rochester, Minnesota. It was founded by the Mayo brothers, William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo.
This clinic was founded in 1919.

Rochester, Minnesota
Hospitals in the United States
1919 establishments in the United States
Buildings and structures in Minnesota
20th-century establishments in Minnesota
Denis Thatcher

Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet,  (10 May 1915 – 26 June 2003) was a British businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. He was the first male spouse of a British prime minister.

To this day, Thatcher remains the last commoner awarded a British title that could be inherited; he was granted the Thatcher baronetcy in 1990.

Early life
Thatcher was born in Lewisham, London, the oldest child of a New Zealand-born British businessman, Thomas Herbert (Jack) Thatcher. He studied at the Mill Hill School until he left at the age of 18 to become a businessman.

Personal life
Thatcher was married to Margaret Kempson from 1942 until they divorced in 1948. Then he was married to Margaret Roberts from 1951 until his death in 2003. Thatcher and Margaret had twins: a son, Mark Thatcher, and daughter, Carol Thatcher.

Health
On 17 January 2003, Thatcher underwent a six-hour heart bypass operation. He had been complaining of breathlessness in the weeks before Christmas 2002 and the problem was diagnosed in early January. There, Thatcher was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer along with fluid in his lungs.

Death
Thatcher died in Lister Hospital at Westminster in London, England, from pancreatic cancer, aged 88. His body was cremated at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond, London. His widow, Margaret, died almost 10 years after in 2013.

References

Other websites
 
 BBC photo archive
  His obituary (a life story) and picture gallery on the Telegraph website
 Denis Thatcher's grave

1915 births
2003 deaths
Spouses of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
British military personnel of World War II
Businesspeople from London
Cancer deaths in London
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Margaret Thatcher
Heroes' Cemetery

Heroes' Cemetery () is the national cemetery of the Philippines. It is in Manila. The cemetery was created in 1947 as a military cemetery. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in the center of the cemetery.

Other websites 
 Official webpage from the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office 
Romulo D. Quemado II, Corps Notes, Philippine Marine Corps (archived from the original on 2008-02-13)
 (coordinates)

Manila
National cemeteries
Military monuments and memorials
Buildings and structures in the Philippines
1947 establishments in Asia
20th-century establishments in the Philippines
Carnaval

Carnaval, Op. 9, is a work for piano solo by Robert Schumann. It was written in 1834-1835. Subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes (Little Scenes on Four Notes). the work is a collection of short pieces representing masked revelers at a festival. Schumann, his friends and colleagues, and characters from improvised Italian comedy (commedia dell’arte) are all depicted musically in the work. Carnaval is centered on four notes which had special meaning for Schumann: A, E-flat, C, B - signified in German as A-S-C-H. Each piece has a title, and the work as a whole is a musical representation of an elaborate masked ball during carnival season. Both Schumann and his wife, Clara, thought his solo piano works too difficult for the general public. They were rarely performed in Schumann's lifetime. Franz Liszt however performed selections from Carnaval in Leipzig in 1840.  Today, the work is one of Schumann's most often performed works. The work was orchestrated in the early 20th century for a ballet produced for the Ballets Russes which starred Nijinsky.

References

Solo piano pieces
Compositions by Robert Schumann
Ballets
Symphony No. 1 "Spring" (Schumann)

Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ("Spring")  is the first of Robert Schumann's four symphonies. It was written early 1841. Schumann sketched the symphony in four days from 23 January to 26 January. He completed the orchestration by 20 February. The premiere took place under the direction of Felix Mendelssohn on 31 March 1841 in Leipzig. The symphony was well received. Schumann was largely known for his piano works and for songs at the time. His wife Clara Schumann encouraged him to write symphonic music. Schumann said he was inspired by his Liebesfrühling (spring of love) in the symphony's composition. 

The work has four movements: Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace (B flat major); Larghetto (E flat major; Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I: Molto piu vivace – Trio II (G minor); and Allegro animato e grazioso (B flat major). The orchestration is for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle and strings. Schumann expanded the use of the timpani in this piece.  He made some revisions in the work until the definitive edition was published in 1853.

References

Compositions by Robert Schumann
Symphonies
National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a university in Taiwan. The main campus is in Taipei City. It was founded in 1928.

University presidents

National Taiwan University 
Kuan Chung-ming: since 8 January 2019
 (interim): October 2017 – January 2019
: June 2013 – June 2017
Lee Si-chen : August 2005 – June 2013
Chen Wei-jao: 22 June 1993 – June 2005
: March 1993 – June 1993
: August 1984 – February 1993
: August 1981 – July 1984
Yen Cheng-hsing: June 1970 – July 1981
Chien Szu-liang: January 1951 – May 1970
: December 1950 – January 1951
Fu Szu-nien: January 1949 – December 1950
: June 1948 – December 1948
Lu Chih-houng: August 1946 – May 1948
Lo Tsung-lo: August 1945 – July 1946

Taihoku Imperial University 
Kazuo Ando (安藤一雄): March 1945 – August 1945
: April 1941 – March 1945
: September 1937 – April 1941
: March 1928 – September 1937

Nobel laureates
Dr.Yuan-Tseh Lee (Chemistry)

Other websites
Taida

1928 establishments
Colleges and universities in Taipei
20th-century establishments in Taiwan
National Chengchi University

National Chengchi University (NCCU; ) is a university in Taiwan. The main campus is in Taipei City. It was founded in 1927.

Other websites
 
 

1927 establishments in Asia
Colleges and universities in Taipei
20th-century establishments in Taiwan
National Sun Yat-sen University

National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) is a university in Taiwan, named in honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China. The main campus is in Kaohsiung City. It was founded in 1980.

NSYSU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System.

Other websites

  NSYSU
  Introduce to NSYSU (2018)
  Study in Taiwan NSYSU
  NSYSU Reviews - Kaohsiung, Taiwan Attractions - TripAdvisor

S
1980 establishments in Asia
1980s establishments in Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was named after Koxinga (Wade-Giles: Cheng Ch'eng-kung). The main campus is in Tainan City. It was founded in 1931.

NCKU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System.

Other websites
Chéng Dà

C
1931 establishments in Asia
20th-century establishments in Taiwan
Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon (, , "Mountain of the Chief"; , , "Mount Hermon") is a very high mountain cluster in the Eastern Lebanon Mountain Range. Its summit sits on the border between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. At 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in Syria. The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend into the Israeli part of the Golan Heights. Most of the mountain peaks are snowy in the winter.

References

Other websites 
 Photos of Mount Hermon ski resort (in a snowless season)
 Israeli Hermon sky resort 

Golan Heights
Hermon
Geography of Lebanon
Geography of Syria
Beechwood Cemetery

Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada. It is in Ottawa, Ontario. The cemetery was founded in 1873 and declared a national cemetery in 2009.

Other websites 

Beechwood Cemetery Web site 

Buildings and structures in Ottawa
National cemeteries
1873 establishments in Canada
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Military monuments and memorials
Urbandale, Iowa

Urbandale is a city in central Iowa. It is in Dallas and Polk counties. Urbandale is near Des Moines. Almost forty thousand people live in Urbandale. The city was incorporated during Spring 1917.

References

Cities in Iowa
Annual percentage rate

The term annual percentage rate (APR), also called nominal APR, and the term effective APR, means the interest rate for a whole year, rather than just a monthly fee/rate, as applied on a loan, mortgage loan, or credit card. This rate is useful when buying a car, a house, or any other expensive possession. Since few people are able to afford to pay the full price, many sellers choose to divide the price into monthly payments and a down payment. This makes things easier to buy. Once the buyer pays the down payment, he or she enters into an agreement to pay the remaining months. But since the buyer has not paid the entire amount yet, the seller is essentially lending part of the purchase to the buyer. This is where interest rates come in. The seller charges the monthly payments with a part or a percentage of the remaining amount. This amount gets added onto the monthly payment. Some companies force the buyer to pay the interest first, and the remaining amount pays the original loaned amount, called the principal.

References

Money
Passbook (application)

Passbook is an application in iOS that lets users to keep coupons, boarding passes, event tickets, store cards, 'generic' cards, and other forms of mobile payment. It was made by Apple and announced at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, 2012. The application was released with iOS 6 on September 19, 2012.

Features
The Passbook application shows the following kinds of 2D barcodes: Aztec, PDF417, and QR. Each digital coupon or ticket is called a "pass". When the user starts Passbook for the first time, a short introduction screen will appear with a button inviting users to find applications on the App Store that integrate Passbook. Passes can also be distributed with the internet via Safari or sent to another user using e-mail.

Passes are synced between iOS devices using iCloud. OS X 10.8.2 and newer also support opening passes to be sent to users' iOS devices.
The application is available in iOS 6 or later. It is currently only available on iPhone and iPod Touch, but not on iPad.

Passbook has the following features
 Shows 2D barcodes of following types: Aztec, PDF417, and QR.
 Started by location.
 Started by time of pass.
 Localization of the pass. Up to 35 languages can be stored in each Pass.
 Pass changes can be pushed via the Apple Push Notification Service by the provider of the pass, or manually updated by the user themselves.

Passbook is only officially provided by Apple for iOS. Several third-party developers have created unsupported applications for other operating systems, such as PassWallet for Android, that support importing and viewing Passbook passes.

References

Apple software
Richmond

Richmond might mean:

Australia 
Richmond, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia
Richmond railway station, Melbourne, a railway station there
Richmond, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
Richmond railway station, Sydney, an abandoned government building there

Canada 
 Richmond in British Columbia

England 
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-west London
Richmond, London, a town in the borough
Richmond Park, a park in the borough

Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in North Yorkshire

United States 
Richmond, California, a city in the U.S. state of California
Richmond, Indiana, a city in the U.S. state of Indiana
Richmond, Kentucky, a city in the U.S. state of Kentucky
Richmond, Virginia, a city in the U.S. state of Virginia
Monterey

Monterey might mean:

Monterey, California, a city in the U.S. state of California
Monterey, Kentucky, a city in the U.S. state of Kentucky
Monterey, Virginia, a town in the U.S. state of Virginia

Related pages
Monterrey, a city in Mexico
Jonas Salk

Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first successful polio vaccine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City to a Jewish-Irish family. He studied at the City College of New York and at the University of New York. Salk was married to Donna Lindsey from 1939 until they divorced in 1968. He was married to Françoise Gilot from 1970 until his death in 1995.

He had three children with Lindsey. Salk died on June 23, 1995 in his home in La Jolla, California from heart failure, aged 80. He was buried at El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, California.

References

Other websites

 
 The American Experience: The Polio Crusade  video, 1 hr. by PBS
 "Legacy of Salk Institute", video, 30 minutes, history of Salk vaccine
 "Polio Vaccine" intro., Britannica, video, 1 minute
 The Time 100 Most Important People of the Century 
 Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation
 Jonas Salk Trust

1914 births
1995 deaths
American physicians
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Cardiovascular disease deaths in California
Deaths from heart failure
Jewish American scientists
New York University alumni
Scientists from New York City
Scientists from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Vaccinologists
American virologists
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a platform video game for the Nintendo GameCube game console. It was released in Japan on December 16, 2004, in Europe on February 4, 2005, and in North America on March 14, 2005. It is played with the DK Bongos controller.

The game involves combat, platforming, and counterattacking (attacking enemies after they attack you). Players use the left drum to move left, the right drum to move right, and both drums to jump. Clapping or hitting the sides of the drums causes Donkey Kong to clap. Clapping produces a small small red ring and a bigger green one. Enemies that are in the red ring are usually defeated, and those that are in the green ring are usually stunned. Stunned enemies can be killed by jumping on them and hitting the drums repeatedly. The goal is not just to get to the end of the level, but also to get as many "beats" (points) as the player can. Beats are gotten by grabbing bananas, and lost by being hit or falling. More beats can be gotten by doing combos while grabbing bananas.

The level system involves several "kingdoms." Each kingdom has three platforming levels. At the end of each kingdom is a boss. There are four species of bosses. Each species of boss has different fighting styles and ways of defeating. After a boss is defeated, the number of beats is counted, and the player earns a crest depending on how many were gotten. The crests are as follows:

Under 400: Bronze crest
400: Silver crest
800: Gold crest
1200 and above: Platinum crest

In 2008 and 2009, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was one of the games released as part of the "New Play Control!" series of remade Nintendo GameCube games for the Wii. It features new and changed levels along with more traditional controls that use the analog stick to move and the A button to jump.

References

Donkey Kong
Nintendo GameCube games
Platform games
2004 video games
Matthew Henson

Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an American explorer and assistant of Robert Peary on various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition during which he may have been the first person to reach the Geographic North Pole.

Henson was born on August 8, 1866 in Nanjemoy, Maryland. He was married to Lucy Ross from 1906 until his death in 1955. Henson died on March 9, 1955 in his home in The Bronx, New York from a stroke, aged 88.

References

Other websites

"African-American North Pole Explorer Matthew Henson" in National Geographic
Arlington Cemetery biography 
Matthew A. Henson 
Matthew A. Henson Family Tree
Anauakaq's descendants
National Geographic

 
1866 births
1955 deaths
Deaths from stroke
American explorers
People from Maryland
Robert Peary

Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. Peary's claim was widely credited for most of the 20th century, rather than the competing claim by Frederick Cook who said he got there a year earlier.

Peary was born on May 6, 1856 in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He was raised in Portland, Maine. Peary studied at Bowdoin College. He was married to Josephine Diebitsch from 1888 until his death in 1920. They had two children. Peary died on February 20, 1920 in Washington, D.C. from an illness, aged 63.

References

Other websites

The Race to the North Pole, historical periodicals at the Library of Congress
"Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years",  New York Times, April 6, 1909
"A Clash of Polar Frauds and Those Who Believe", New York Times, September 7, 2009
Works by Robert E. Peary at Project Gutenberg
Audiobook "The North Pole"
Peary at Findagrave

1856 births
1920 deaths
American explorers
People from Portland, Maine
People from Pennsylvania
Star Fox (video game)

, known as Starwing in Europe, is a video game that was developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo.

Super Nintendo 
It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the first game in the Star Fox series.

It was the first three-dimensional Nintendo video game. It was released in Japan on February 21, 1993, in North America on March 23, 1993, and in Europe on June 3, 1993.  It uses the Super FX chip, which improves the graphics display. The story involves Fox McCloud and his Star Fox team defending their home of Corneria from Andross, the game's main villain.

The gameplay involves guiding Fox's spacecraft, an Arwing, through stages while destroying enemies. Power-ups are placed in stages to help the player.

The player must also defend their teammates from enemies. At the end of each stage is a boss. After completing a stage, the player is given a score based on how many enemies they destroyed and how well they defended their teammates.

Development 
The game was released in the spring of 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and quickly became a phenomenon. Before it was even released, preorders exceeded 1.7 million copies. In order to keep up with the preorder demand Nintendo shipped a million game cartridges on the game's opening weekend, some dropped by parachute to stores such as Sears.

To promote the game, Nintendo created Star Fox-themed kiosks which loosely resembled an Arwing and sent them to Sears stores. A TV with a VCR stood next to the kiosk, and if one sat in a chair inside the kiosk then it would rumble in response to the actions on-screen. Another game promotion was the Super Star Fox Weekend competition, in which specially rigged Star Fox game cartridges set to time themselves for four minutes were played. The objective of the competition was to get the highest score by shooting down the most enemies within the time limit. Prizes included a free trip to one of four locations around the globe, along with flight pins, flights jackets and other assorted winnings.

References

1993 video games
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development games
Star Fox
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Grady Hatton

Grady Edgebert Hatton Jr. (October 7, 1922 – April 11, 2013) was an American baseball player, coach, manager and executive. Although the bulk of his playing career was as the third baseman and second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, he also played for the Chicago Cubs and with the Chicago White Sox.

Hatton was born in Beaumont, Texas. He was raised in Houston, Texas. Hatton studied at the University of Texas at Austin. Hatton died on April, 11, 2013 in his home in Warren, Texas from natural causes, aged 90.

References

1922 births
2013 deaths
Baltimore Orioles players
Boston Red Sox players
Chicago Cubs players
Chicago White Sox players
Cincinnati Reds players
Deaths from natural causes
People from Beaumont, Texas
St. Louis Cardinals players
National League All-Stars
Star Fox: Assault

is a video game that was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on December 16, 2004, in North America on February 14, 2005, and in Europe on April 29, 2005.

The game has three types of gameplay, including thw Arwing, Landmaster, and on foot. Arwing gameplay is similar to Star Fox and Star Fox 64, where players guide Fox McCloud's Arwing spacecraft through stages. The player shoots down enemies and has to defend their teammates. Power-ups are placed on stages to help the player. In some stages, the player may hop out of the Arwing. In Landmaster gameplay, the player guides a tank called the Landmaster. Players shoot or run over enemies, and help their teammates when they need help. On foot gameplay is similar to a traditional third-person shooter video game. The player starts with a blaster gun, and they can get stronger weapons, such as machine guns and sniper rifles.

Multiplayer can be played with up to four players. They can play on foot or in vehicles. New characters, weapons, items and maps can be unlocked in the game.

2004 video games
Nintendo GameCube games
Star Fox
Namco video games
Ralph Kiner

Ralph McPherran Kiner (October 27, 1922 – February 6, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player and was an announcer for the New York Mets since the team's beginning. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975. Kiner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946 through 1953. Then he played for the Chicago Cubs from 1953 through 1954. Then he played for the Cleveland Indians for a few months in 1955.

Kiner was born on October 27, 1922 in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He was raised in Alhambra, California and was of Dutch, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.

Kiner died on February 6, 2014, aged 91, in Rancho Mirage, California.

References

Other websites

Ralph Kiner official site (CMG Worldwide) 
Famous Kiner quotes (Baseball Almanac)
Statistics at Rotowire

1922 births
2014 deaths
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Chicago Cubs players
Cleveland Indians players
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National Chung Hsing University

National Cheng Hsing University (NCHU; ) is a university in Taiwan. It was name "Chung Hsing (中興)" meaning "Chinese national revival". The main campus is in Taichung City. It was founded in 1919.

NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System.

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20th-century establishments in Taiwan
National Chung Cheng University

National Chung Cheng University (CCU) is a university in Taiwan. It was named after Chiang Kai-Shek (Wade-Giles: Chiang Chung-cheng). The main campus is in Chiayi. It was founded in 1989.

CCU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System.

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Ice core

An ice core is a long piece of ice taken from a glacier. The ice is drilled very deep, so that the ice core goes back to old ice at the bottom of the glacier. Usually, ice cores are taken from Antarctica, Greenland or very high mountains.

Snow falls on ground and accumulates (gets deeper). As more snow falls, the bottom layers get compacted (thinner) because of the weight on top. In the end, only ice remains, and all air goes away. The deeper the ice, the older it is. Ice cores can be dated by looking at the layers: often every season can be seen in the ice core because it forms a layer. At other times it is more difficult to find out how old the ice is. Other methods can be used, like measuring conductivity or making mathematical models.

Scientists study ice cores to find out how the climate was in the past. The ice keeps information like gases, particles, ash from volcanoes. The type of water that forms the ice can be used to calculate the temperature of Earth.

Ice cores help us know what the temperature was on the planet in the past 800 thousand years. We know more about ice ages that happen periodically. This is a helpful addition to our knowledge about global warming.

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Climate change
Rumaithiya

Rumaithiya is an area in Hawalli governorate in Kuwait. About 58,000 people live there.

Origin of the name 
It is believed that the name of the area comes from a plant called Haloxylon. In the Arabic language, the plant is called Rumth. The area used to have this plants in it. Rumaithiya literally means something related to Rumth.

Places 

There are 14 masjids in Rumaithiya
There are more than 70 Husayniyas in Rumaithiya
There are 12 branches for Rumaithiya Co-Op society
There is an area for sports
There are 2 public parks
There are 13 schools in Rumaithiya without private schools and children's schools (kindergartens)

Sources 

Kuwait
Milutin Milanković

Milutin Milanković  (28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, civil engineer and writer. Milanković made two fundamental contributions to science. 

The first contribution was the "Canon of the Earth’s insolation", which explained the climates of the planets of the Solar system. He founded cosmic climatology by calculating temperatures of the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere as well as the temperature conditions on planets of the inner Solar system, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and the Moon, as well as the depth of the atmosphere of the outer planets. 

The second contribution was his explanation of how the Earth's long-term climate changes are caused by changes in Earth's spin and orbit around the Sun. These are now known as Milankovich cycles. They explain the ice ages which occurred in the geological past of the Earth, and predict climate changes on the Earth which may be expected in the future. 

The explanation is not entirely accurate, so no doubt there are other factors also at work. These other factors would be such things as how much oxygen and carbon dioxide are in the atmosphere, the position of the continents, the amount of volcanic action, and so on. However, the cycles of climate do seem broadly to go as Milankovic predicted. Geological evidence from rhythmical features in sedimentary rocks are common.

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1879 births
1958 deaths
Astronomers
Science writers
Theoretical physicists
Serbian scientists
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British movie. It was directed by Hugh Hudson. It was based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes (1912). Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan (though the name Tarzan is never used in the film's dialogue) and Andie MacDowell as Jane. The cast also includes Sir Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, James Fox, Cheryl Campbell, and Ian Charleson.

The movie received Academy Award nominations for "Best Supporting Actor" (Richardson), "Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best Makeup".

Cast
 Christopher Lambert - John Clayton / Tarzan
 Tali McGregor - Infant Tarzan
 Peter Kyriakou - One Year Old Tarzan
 Danny Potts - Five Year Old Tarzan
 Eric Langlois - Twelve Year Old Tarzan
 Ralph Richardson - Earl of Greystoke
 Ian Holm - Capitain Philippe D'Arnot
 James Fox - Lord Charles Esker
 Andie MacDowell - Jane Porter
 Glenn Close - Jane Porter (voice, uncredited)
 Cheryl Campbell - Lady Alice Clayton
 Ian Charleson - Jeffson Brown
 Nigel Davenport - Major Jack Downing
 Nicholas Farrell - Sir Hugh Belcher
 Paul Geoffrey - Lord John 'Jack' Clayton
 Richard Griffiths - Capitain Billings
 Hilton McRae - Willy
 David Suchet - Buller
 John Wells - Sir Evelyn Blount
 Paul Brooke - Rev. Stimson

Ape Puppeteers
 John Alexander - White Eyes
 Christopher Beck - Droopy Ears
 Ailsa Berk - Kala
 Peter Elliott - Silverbeard
 Mak Wilson - Figs

Reception
The movie received a mixed-to-postitive reaction, scoring a 60% "Fresh" Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It scored lower with audiences with a score of 53%.

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British movies
Warner Bros. movies
Tarzan movies
English-language movies
Brooke Adams

Brooke Adams (February 8, 1949) is an American actress.

Selected Filmography

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Actors from New York City
American movie actors
1949 births
Living people
Royal Rumble (2006)

Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV event held by WWE at the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, on January 29, 2006. It was sponsored by Sony Entertainment and The Con.

Qualification matches
Chavo Guerrero  defeated Rob Conway – Raw, January 9
Shelton Benjamin defeated Val Venis – Raw, January 9
Kane defeated Snitsky – Raw, January 9
Sylvan defeated Scotty 2 Hotty – WWE Velocity, January 15 (aired January 21)
Trevor Murdoch defeated Antonio Thomas – WWE Heat, January 16 (aired January 20)
Viscera defeated Lance Cade, Gregory Helms and Tyson Tomko in a Battle Royal match – WWE Heat, January 16 (aired January 20)
Jonathan Coachman defeated Jerry Lawler – Raw, January 23
The Mexicools (Psicosis and Super Crazy) defeated The Dicks (Chad and James) and The Full Blooded Italians (Nunzio and Vito) in a Triple Threat tag team match – SmackDown!, January 24 (aired January 27)

Results

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar, blue ██ and "SD!" indicates a SmackDown! superstar. A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.

References

Royal Rumble
Sports in Miami, Florida
2006 in American television
2006 in professional wrestling
2000s in Florida
21st century in Miami, Florida
George Steele

William James Myers (April 16, 1937 – February 17, 2017), better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele, was a former American professional wrestler and actor. Steele's career lasted from 1967 until 1989.

He also played Swedish wrestler/actor Tor Johnson in Ed Wood.

George Steele, who was a Baptist, died on February 17, 2017 under hospice care in Cocoa Beach, Florida from kidney failure, aged 79.

References

Other websites

WWE Hall of Fame profile
Interview with Steele about his career (from Legends of Wrestling 2)
May 19, 2011 Interview with George "The Animal" Steele (on Roundtable Wrestling Radio)

1937 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Detroit, Michigan
American Baptists
American professional wrestlers
Deaths from renal failure
Disease-related deaths in Florida
Former WWE wrestlers
Sportspeople from Detroit, Michigan
WWE Hall of Fame
Kirby's Pinball Land

Kirby's Pinball Land is a pinball video game that was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo in 1993. It is for the Game Boy game console. It is the first spin-off game in the Kirby series. It was later released for the Virtual Console service on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.

The game features three pinball tables. Each table has three floors. The player earns points by bouncing off of walls and bumpers, and by defeating enemies. Players can also earn Maxim Tomatoes, which stops the player from losing a ball for a short amount of time. On the middle and top floors is a Warp Star. If the player takes the Warp Star on the middle floor, the player can play a minigame to earn extra points and multipliers. The Warp Star on the top floor takes the player to the boss of the table. After defeating a boss, the player can earn another life by spelling out the word "Extra" with the letters that appear on the table selection screen. After the player plays all three tables, they face against King Dedede. Defeating King Dedede allows the player to play the tables again for a higher score.

Kirby
Pinball video games
Game Boy games
1993 video games
Virtual Console games
Video game spin-offs
Kirby's Dream Collection

Kirby's Dream Collection is a 2012 compilation video game for the Wii game console. It was developed and published by Nintendo. It was made to honor the 20th anniversary of the Kirby series. It includes six games in the Kirby series, along with a booklet about the history of Kirby games and a soundtrack. It was released in Japan on July 19, 2012 and in North America on September 16, 2012. It includes the following games:

Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby Super Star
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

The game includes challenge stages based off of those seen in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It also includes a museum that shows every title in the Kirby series and has three episodes from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, an anime based off of the Kirby series.

Kirby
Wii games
2012 video games
Compilation video games
Chris Cooper

Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his role as John Laroche in the 2002 movie Adaptation for which he won an Academy Award and an Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

Cooper was born on July 9, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was raised in Houston, Texas. Cooper studied at Stephens College and at the University of Missouri. 

He was married to Marianne Leone since 1983. They had one son, Jesse Cooper who died in 2005 from SUDEP. Cooper now lives in Kingston, Massachusetts.

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1951 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Kansas City, Missouri
Actors from Houston, Texas
Academy Award winning actors
Golden Globe Award winning actors
John Mutton (politician)

John Mutton (born August 5, 1966) is the founder of Municipal Solutions, an international business development firm.[1] John Mutton was the Mayor of the Municipality of Clarington and elected from 1997-2006. Mutton also held the positions of Durham Region Finance Chair, Chair of the Ganaraska Conservation Authority, Chairman of Veridian Corporation and Chairman of the Association of Nuclear Host Communities.

Early Life
John Mutton was born and raised in Bowmanville, Ontario. He graduated from Bowmanville High School, Ontario. He received a BSc from the State University of New York, USA, and a Masters Certificate, Municipal Management from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario.

Political Career 
John Mutton was elected Mayor of Clarington in 2000 at the age of 34. He is the youngest person to become mayor of Clarington and was one of the youngest Mayors in Canada. Mutton held office for 6 years (2000 – 2006).

He began his political career in 1997 as a Regional and Local Councillor of Clarington.

While in office, Mutton focused on greater accountability in regional government, urban development and nuclear power expansion for Clarington.

He is credited with pioneering a method to finance new construction or major additions of buildings through issue of debentures by municipal government. First employed in 2001 to fund the South Courtice Arena and Recreation Complex, it is viewed as a cost-effective method to undertake large scale publicly funded projects.

Mutton was part of the Canadian bid to become the site of the new International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in 2003. Regretfully the project was not successful. However, Mutton remained a championed for Darlington Nuclear Generating Station to become the site of a new nuclear facility in Ontario.

Mutton returned to municipal politics in 2010 in a bid for appointment of Durham Regional Chair. He would later lobby for and supported the campaign to reform the position from an appointment to one that is elected. A referendum was held in the 2010 election and 80% of voters were in favour of the reform. Durham Region Council passed By-law No. 19-2012 to change the selection method to election by general vote in 2012. Commencing in 2014, voters will elect the position. Durham Region was the second region in the Greater Toronto Area to adopt the reform.

Achievements
• Established the Clarington Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
• Newsmaker of the Year, 2006, Durham Region Metroland Newspapers.
• Received the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty and the Government of Canada in 2013 for his years of service to Canada.

Sports Achievements

 Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight Las Vegas Open Gold Medal.
 Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight Miami Open Gold Medal.
 Won the 2017 Rickson Gracie Superheavyweight Gold Medal in New York.
 Won the 2017 IBJJF Superheavyweight World Bronze medal.
 Won the 2018 IBJJF Superheavyweight Los Angeles Open Gold Medal.

Electoral results

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1966 births
Living people
Canadian mayors
Politicians from Ontario
Nagisa Oshima

Nagisa Oshima (March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese movie director and screenwriter. His movies include In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.

Oshima was born on March 31, 1932 in Kyoto. He studied at Kyoto University. Oshima was married to Akiko Koyama from 1960 until his death in 2013. Oshima died on January 15, 2013 in Fujisawa, Japan from pneumonia, aged 80.

References

Other websites

 Profile at Japan Zone
 Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database

1932 births
2013 deaths
Japanese movie directors
Japanese screenwriters
Deaths from pneumonia
People from Kyoto Prefecture