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Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes is an animated cartoon series produced by Warner Bros. It was Warner Bros.' first animated cartoon series, preceding the Merrie Melodies series. The name of the series is a variation on Silly Symphonies, the name of Walt Disney's concurrent series of music-based cartoon shorts. From 1942 until 1969, Looney Tunes was the most popular series of cartoon shorts in theaters, even more popular than any Disney films.

The first Looney Tunes cartoon short, Sinkin' in the Bathtub, was released in 1930. Since then, the series has become a worldwide franchise. It has been shown on television from the 1960s until the present day. When shown on television, it is changed to get rid of heavy violence, smoking, alcohol, and racist stereotypes, but those parts were put back in on home video releases, but with a warning that the cartoons were made in a different time. There have been several TV series, full-length films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides based on these shorts.

The Looney Tunes originally showcased Warner-owned musical compositions through the adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and Buddy. Later Looney Tunes shorts featured characters who have gone on to become some of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in history, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Marvin the Martian, the Tasmanian Devil, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, and many others. Many of the characters have made cameo appearances in television shows, films and advertisements.

Danish Voice Cast
 Dennis Hansen – Snurre Snup & Pelle Gris
 Henrik Koefoed – Daffy And
 Vibeke Dueholm – Pip & Bedste
 Peter Zhelder – Sylvester
 Lasse Lunderskov – Elmer Fjot
 Ole Fick – Onkel Hans & Speedy Gonzales
 Thomas Mørk – Pepé Le Puh
 Lars Thiesgaard – Marvin & Taz & Grimm E. Ulv

References 

Looney Tunes
Animated television series
Sadness (video game)

Sadness is a cancelled video game that was going to be released on the Nintendo Wii. It was being made by Nibris, which is a company in Poland. It was going to be created for the Wii.

The story of the game takes place in Ukraine, during the time before World War I. The main character is Maria Lengyel, a woman who has to protect her son Alexander from monsters.

References

Wii games
Cancelled video games
This Is the Life (song)

"This is the Life" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is the theme song in the gangster comedy movie Johnny Dangerously. It was also re-released for Yankovic's album Dare to be Stupid.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1984 songs
Like a Surgeon ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)

"Like a Surgeon" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Like a Virgin" by Madonna. It was released for the album Dare to be Stupid in 1984.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1985 songs
I Want a New Duck

"I Want a New Duck" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "I Want a New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News. It was released on Yankovic's album Dare to be Stupid in 1984.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1985 songs
One More Minute

"One More Minute" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is done in the style of doo-wop and Elvis Presley. It is about how the singer would rather cause harm to himself rather than "spend one more minute" with his former girlfriend. It was released in his 1984 album Dare to be Stupid.

References

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1985 songs
Dare to Be Stupid (song)

"Dare to Be Stupid" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is done in the style of the band Devo. It is the title track for his album Dare to be Stupid. 

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1986 songs
Living with a Hernia

"Living with a Hernia" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Living in America" by James Brown It was released in 1986 for the album Polka Party!. It is about the pain a hernia causes.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1986 songs
Christmas at Ground Zero

"Christmas at Ground Zero" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is done in the style of a Christmas carol. It describes a situation where the world is going to end around Christmastime.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1986 songs
Fat (song)

"Fat" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic.  It is a parody of "Bad" by Michael Jackson. It was released for the album Even Worse in 1988. It describes the obesity of the singer and the situations it causes.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1988 songs
Lasagna (song)

"Lasagna" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "La Bamba", a traditional song popularized by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos. It was released in 1988 for the album Even Worse.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1988 songs
The Dilemma

The Dilemma is a 2011 American comedy-drama movie. It was produced by Ron Howard, Vince Vaughn and Brian Grazer. It was directed by Howard.

Plot
Ronny Valentine (Vince Vaughn) who catches his best friend's wife, Geneva (Winona Ryder) cheating on him with another man, Zip (Channing Tatum) and does not know whether he should tell him.

Cast 
Vince Vaughn as Ronny Valentine
Kevin James as Nick Backman
Jennifer Connelly as Beth Backman
Winona Ryder as Geneva Backman
Channing Tatum as Zip Hanson
Queen Latifah as Dana Coleman
Chelcie Ross as Thomas Fern
Amy Morton as Diane Tutin
Clint Howard as Plant Specialist

Other websites 
 Official website
 
 

2011 buddy movies
2011 comedy-drama movies
Adultery in movies
American comedy-drama movies
English-language movies
Movies directed by Ron Howard
Movies set in Chicago, Illinois
Alaska Railroad

The Alaska Railroad is the main railroad in Alaska. It is owned by the state government of Alaska.  It connects Alaska's two largest cities, Anchorage and Fairbanks. It also goes to Denali National Park, home of the tallest mountain in North America. There are short spur lines that go to North Pole, military bases, and through a tunnel to Whittier. It is not connected to any other railroads but it does go to the seaports in Seward, Anchorage, and Whittier and the big airport in Anchorage. Most railroads haul either people or freight, but the Alaska Railroad does both.

Transport in Alaska
Rail transport in the United States
I Think I'm a Clone Now

"I Think I'm a Clone Now" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic.  It is a parody of "I Think We're Alone Now", which was originally recorded by Tommy James & The Shondells. Yankovic's parody seems to have been based more on the 1987 cover by Tiffany. It was released on the 1988 album Even Worse.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1988 songs
UHF (song)

"UHF" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic.  It is a style parody of themes that are played to advertise television stations. It was the theme of the movie UHF. 

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1989 songs
Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a system used in telecommunications to give telephone numbers to customers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan imposes a fixed length to numbers, such as in North America (10-digit). An open numbering plan may have telephone numbers that vary in length.

A dial plan establishes the type of telephone number in a given area.  This includes country codes, access codes, area codes and all combinations of digits dialed. For instance, the North American public switched telephone network (PSTN) uses a phone numbers with a 3-digit area code and a 7-digit telephone number.

Telephone numbers
Telecommunications
Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*

"Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic.  It is a parody of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits and a cover of The Beverly Hillbillies theme song. It was featured in the film UHF.

References

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1989 songs
Isle Thing

"Isle Thing" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Wild Thing" by Tone Lōc. It appeared in the film UHF.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1989 songs
Smells Like Nirvana

"Smells Like Nirvana" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. It was released on the album Off the Deep End in 1992. It pokes fun at how people often cannot understand Nirvana's lyrics.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1992 songs
You Don't Love Me Anymore

"You Don't Love Me Anymore" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released for Off the Deep End in 1992. It is written as a soft ballad, but describes Yankovic and an unnamed girl's relationship. The couple were in love, but the girl has tried to kill Yankovic many times. She had done things like poison his coffee, leaving him for dead in a ditch, and put a cobra in his underwear drawer. The humor in this song is the lyrics and the delivery.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1992 songs
Taco Grande

"Taco Grande" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of Gerardo's song "Rico Suave". It is about the singer wants Mexican food and his visit to a fake Mexican restaurant. It was released in the 1992 album Off the Deep End.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1992 songs
Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), formerly Air Command (AIRCOM), is the air force of Canada and is often called the Canadian Air Force. It is part of the Canadian Forces. Canada also has an army and a navy.

The air force operates all aircraft of the Canadian Forces, including the helicopters of the army and the navy. The air force is made of fighter jets, cargo planes and helicopters.

Other websites
Official website

Military of Canada
Canada
Canadian Army

The Land Force Command (LFC) is the army of Canada and is often called the Canadian Army. It is part of the Canadian Forces. It is made of 19,500 full-time soldiers and 16,000 part-time soldiers. Canada also has an navy and an air force.

The army has infantry, artillery and tanks.

Military of Canada
Jurassic Park (song)

"Jurassic Park" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "MacArthur Park" by Jimmy Webb (as performed by Richard Harris). It is a humorous retelling of the plot in the novel and film Jurassic Park. It is on the album Alaplooza released in 1993.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1993 songs
Homer, Alaska

Homer is a city on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It is known for being "the end of the road." There are signs that Native American people lived in the area as early as 6000 BC, there are now about 5,500 people living in Homer. The most notable feature of Homer is the Homer Spit, a  finger of land sticking out into Kachemak Bay. The town's harbor and many of its fishing and tourism-related businesses are on the Spit.

References

Cities in Alaska
Bedrock Anthem

"Bedrock Anthem" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is about the narrator who desires to live in Bedrock, the setting of the cartoon The Flintstones. It states several reasons referring to the show. It was released on the 1993 album Alpalooza.

References

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1993 songs
David Johnston

David Lloyd Johnston, CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic and author. He was the Governor General of Canada from October 1, 2010 to October 2, 2017.

Style and titles
 June 28, 1941– October 1, 2010: Mister David Lloyd Johnston
 October 1, 2010–: His Excellency the Right Honourable David Lloyd Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada

The Governor General's style and title in full is, in , and in .

Career 
Before becoming he Governor General of Canada Johnston was the president of the University of Waterloo and a tenured faculty member in the school of computer science.

References 

1941 births
Living people
Canadian academics
Canadian writers
Governors General of Canada
Order of Canada
University of Waterloo
Achy Breaky Song

"Achy Breaky Song" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus. It described how the singer was fed up with listening to the original song and things he would rather do. It was released on the 1993 album Alpalooza.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1993 songs
Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti Conservateur du Canada) is a political party in Canada. The party is considered to be on the center-right to right of the Political spectrum, unlike the Liberal Party of Canada, Bloc Québécois or the New Democratic Party. The party is the successor to the numerous right-wing parties, mainly the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Right now, the interim leader of the party is Candice Bergen, who is also the Leader of the Official Opposition.

The party won a minority government in the 2006 and 2008 elections and a majority government in 2011 election under the leadership of Stephen Harper, who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Following the loss of the 2015 election falling to second place, Harper resigned as leader and was filled in by interim leader Rona Ambrose until the next leadership election, which Andrew Scheer won.

References

Other websites
 Official website

Political parties in Canada
Conservative parties
2003 establishments in Canada
Headline News (song)

"Headline News" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Crash Test Dummies's song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". It describes current events at the time in a humorous way. It was released on the 1994 album Permanent Record: Al in the Box.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1994 songs
Teddy Bears' Picnic

"Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a very popular song about teddy bears.  The tune was composed by John Walter Bratton in 1907.  The words were added by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy in 1932.  Since then it has always been extremely popular as a children's song,.  Many musicians have made recordings of it.  A particularly famous recording was made in 1932 by Henry Hall.   For more than 30 years this recording was used by BBC audio engineers to test audio equipment.

Other websites
 lyrics and audio from the BBC 
 
 The original BBC recording along with information on Val Rosing, vocalist 
  

Children's songs
Eddie (movie)

Eddie is a 1996 sports comedy movie that was produced by Mark Burg and David Permut and was directed by Steve Rash.

Plot
The plot of the movie is about Edwina "Eddie" Franklin (Whoopi Goldberg) who wins a chance to be an honorary head coach of the New York Knicks and trys to turn around a struggling Knicks team.

Cast 
Whoopi Goldberg as Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin
Frank Langella as William 'Wild Bill' Burgess
Dennis Farina as Coach John Bailey
Richard Jenkins as Carl Zimmer
Lisa Ann Walter as Claudine
John Salley as Nate Wilson
Mark Jackson as Darren (Preacher) Taylor
Malik Sealy as Stacy Patton
Dwayne Schintzius as Ivan Radmonovich
Rick Fox as Terry Hastings

Other websites 
 

1990s sports movies
1996 comedy movies
American sports comedy movies
Movies directed by Steve Rash
English-language movies
New York and New Jersey Campaign

The New York and New Jersey Campaign was a series of battles between the British forces and the Continental Army that decided who would take control of New York City and the U.S. state of New Jersey in the American Revolutionary War and were mostly British victories. One British purpose was to finish smashing the Rebel army after the Battle of Long Island. The battles happened near the end of 1776. The Continentals won the two small battles of Trenton and Princeton at the end of the campaign, and spent the winter in Morristown, New Jersey. The British controlled the area for most of the rest of the war. 

1776 in New York City
1777 in New York (state)
American Revolutionary War
18th century in New Jersey
Amish Paradise

"Amish Paradise" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio. It was released in 1996 on the album Bad Hair Day.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1996 songs
Gump (song)

"Gump" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "Lump" by the Presidents of the United States of America. It was released on the album Bad Hair Day in 1996. The song is a humorous retelling of the film Forrest Gump.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
Parodies
1996 songs
Spy Hard (song)

"Spy Hard" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a comedic song in the style of spy songs such as James Bond. It was used in the film of the same name.

"Weird Al" Yankovic songs
1996 songs
Malt

Malt is cereal grain that is sprouted and then dried by hot air. It is sometimes used in brewing. Malt is high in sugar because when the grain sprouts, much of its starch changes to sugar.  If the malt is dried with fire, it can have a smoky flavor.  The sugar from the malt can be fermented into beer and whisky.

Sweeteners
Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada () is a political party in Canada. The party is considered to be centre to centre-left. The party was the Official Opposition after it lost the 2006 election, until the NDP became the Official Opposition in 2011. They won the election in 2015.

The current party leader is the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Provincial and territorial parties
Every provinces and one territory in Canada have its own Liberal Party. However, only the parties in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are part of the federal Liberal Party. Some of the other provincial parties might have very similar political ideologies but they are different political parties. These parties might have different members and different funding.

Notes

References

Other websites
Official website

Political parties in Canada
1867 establishments in Canada
Liberal parties
Christogram IHS

The Christogram IHS is a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ.

From Greek it is an abbreviation of the name ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Jesus).

In Eastern Orthodox Church the Christogram is composed with letters X, P, I and X arranged into the cross. They are the first letters of one from two words in Greek language: Christ and Jesus Christ.

In the Western culture there exist the compositions: "IHS" and also "IHC" being the first letters (iota-eta-sigma) of the name Jesus in Greek alphabet: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Ίησοῦς or ΙΗϹΟΥϹ with lunated sigma). The abbreviation in form "IHS" appeared in first time on the coins of Justinian II on the turn of the 7th and 8th centuries.

The order of Jesuits, in other words the Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu), adopted IHS as its fixed emblem - the symbol in 17th century. There appeared also Latin interpretations of the abbreviation IHS, among others:
 Iesus Humilis Societas - Humble Society of Jesus,
 Iesus Hominum Salvator - Jesus, Savior of men,
and also:
 In hoc signo vinces- By this sign you shall conquer.

These developed inscriptions were most likely formed because in the Middle Ages people mistakenly read the letter E as H. 

According to a legend, this inscription with the cross was seen by emperor Constantine the Great in his sleep before the battle against Maxentius in 312 on the Ponte Milvio.

Commentators unfriendly to the Catholic Church sometimes interpret the abbreviation IHS as derived from the solar idols of the Egyptian mythology: Isis, Horus and Seth. Nevertheless, present scientific knowledge does not confirm such interpretations.

References 

Jesus Christ
Christian symbols
Meet the Parents

Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy movie. It was produced by Robert De Niro, Jay Roach, Jane Rosenthal and Nancy Tenenbaum and was directed by Jay Roach. Meet the Parents is a remake of the 1992 movie of the same name. There were two sequels to Meet the Parents. The first sequel was Meet the Fockers, which was released in 2004. The second sequel was Little Fockers, which was released in 2010.

Cast 
Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes
Ben Stiller as Gaylord "Greg" Focker
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes
James Rebhorn as Dr. Larry Banks
Jon Abrahams as Denny Byrnes
Phyllis George as Linda Banks
Kali Rocha as Flight Attendant
Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Robert "Bob" Banks
Nicole DeHuff as Deborah "Debbie" Byrnes
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley

Release Dates

Other websites 
 Meet the Parents' Official website 
 
 

2000 comedy movies
American comedy movies
American movie remakes
English-language movies
Movies directed by Jay Roach
Movies shot in Chicago, Illinois
Movies set in Chicago, Illinois
Movies set in New York
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy movie set in Chicago, Illinois. It was produced by John Hughes and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Hughes. It was very successful at the box office and has since become a cult classic.

Release dates

Cast 
Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller
Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye
Mia Sara as Sloane Peterson
Jeffrey Jones as Edward R. Rooney, Dean of Students
Jennifer Grey as Jeanie Bueller
Lyman Ward as Tom Bueller
Cindy Pickett as Katie Bueller
Edie McClurg as Grace the secretary
Ben Stein as the Economics teacher
Del Close as the English teacher
Charlie Sheen as Garth Volbeck, the teenage boy in police station
Richard Edson as the Parking Garage Attendant
Kristy Swanson as Simone Adamlee the Economics Student
Johnathan Schmock as the snooty waiter
Virginia Capers as Nurse Florence Sparrow

TV show
There was a TV show on NBC in 1990 called Ferris Bueller, which was a prequel to the movie. Charlie Schlatter played Ferris Bueller; Jennifer Aniston played his sister and also featuring Samantha Robson in her first starring role. The Bueller family lived in Los Angeles instead of Chicago.

Other websites 
 Ferris Bueller's Day Off at the Internet Movie Database

1986 comedy movies
1980s coming-of-age movies
1980s high school movies
1980s teen comedy movies
American coming-of-age movies
American high school movies
American teen comedy movies
Coming-of-age comedy movies
English-language movies
Movies directed by John Hughes
Movies produced by John Hughes
Movies set in Chicago, Illinois
Movies shot in Chicago, Illinois
Screenplays by John Hughes
Paramount Pictures movies
Movies adapted into television series
Anthoxanthum

Anthoxanthum, the vernal grasses, is a large genus of true grass with a wide distribution. A. odoratum is a common species of acidic grassland and bogs in northern Europe.

The genus Hierochloe is included in Anthoxanthum by some. Hierochloe is a genus or subgenus known generally as sweetgrass. These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found in temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere. These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits.

References 

Poaceae
Inflorescence

An inflorescence is a flowering stem. The term is most used for a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem. An inflorescence is the reproductive portion of a plant; each plant bears its flowers in a specific pattern.

Sometimes it is just a close bunch of flowers (e.g. Antirrhinum) on a spike. Sometimes the inflorescence is so tight it looks like one single flower. What you see as a single daisy is actually made of several hundred tiny flowers packed together. This kind of inflorescence is called a pseudanthium ("false flower").

Advantages 
The advantages of the inflorescence mode is all about reproduction compared to a single primitive flower of the Magnolia type.

Numbers There may be dozens or even hundreds of flowers in an inflorescence, with many seeds or fruits for each flowering.
Pollination Increased pollination is an important bonus. Massing flowers together makes them more visible to pollinating insects and birds.
Seed or fruit dispersal Dispersal by wind or animals is improved by having the flowers at the top end of a stem.

Related pages
 Multiple fruit

References 

Wilhelm Troll: Die Infloreszenzen; Erster Band. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1964
Wilhelm Troll: Die Infloreszenzen; Zweiter Band, Erster Teil. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart 1969

Plant anatomy
Flowers
Donald Adamson

Donald Adamson (born 30 March 1939 at Culcheth, Lancashire) is a British historian, philosophical writer and literary critic.

He is the author of Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist and Thinker about God (1995), a book detailing the  concept of the existence of God and a study of Pascal’s Wager.

Adamson has written on French history, and histories of the City of London, a ducal family, travel, finance, and art.  He also wrote about the novels of Honoré de Balzac. He has translated many short stories of Guy de Maupassant into English words.  
 
Adamson aids the cause of museums and libraries in the UK.  From 1983 to 1992 he served as a Justice of the Peace for the City of London.

Adamson studied at the University of Oxford.  He taught at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, as well as Paris and London Universities. He also is a member of a Cambridge College where he conducts research.

2012-13 Donald Adamson was Master of the Curriers’ Company, a London Livery Company. He established a Curriers' Co. biennial award for graduates of British universities to write an essay on the history of London, as well as sixteen annual prizes in mathematics and history for pupils aged 14 to 15 at four London Academies.

Fellowships and honours 
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes académiques
Knight of Justice, Order of St John of Jerusalem
Service Medal, Order of St John (with Bar)
Cross of Merit, Order Pro Merito Melitensi

JP for the City of London, later Cornwall.

References 

1939 births
Living people
English writers
British historians
British linguists
Hesperornis

Hesperornis  is an extinct genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived during the Upper Cretaceous (89–65 million years ago).

Hesperornis was an important early find in the history of avian paleontology. It was discovered by the paleontologist O.C. Marsh in the late 19th century Bone Wars.  

Famous locations for Hesperornis are the Upper Cretaceous marine limestones from Kansas and the marine shales from Canada. The genus probably had a Holarctic distribution.

Anatomy and life style 

Hesperornis was a large bird, reaching up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in length. It had virtually no wings, and swam with its powerful hind legs. 

Like many other Mesozoic birds such as Ichthyornis, Hesperornis had teeth in its beak which were used to hold prey (most likely fish).

Hesperornis hunted in the waters of such contemporary shelf seas as the North American Inland Sea, the Turgai Strait and the prehistoric North Sea, which then were subtropical to tropical waters, much warmer than today. They probably fed mainly on fish, maybe also crustaceans, cephalopods and mollusks, as do the diving seabirds of today. Their teeth were helpful in dealing with slippery or hard-shelled prey.

On land, Hesperornis species may or may not have been able to walk. They certainly could not stand upright like penguins as in the early reconstructions. Their legs attached far at the back and sideways, with even the lower leg being tightly attached to the body (see photo of skeleton). Thus, they were limited to a clumsy hobble at best on land and would have been more nimble if they moved by sliding on their belly or galumphing. The leg skeleton of Hesperornis was so thoroughly adapted to diving that their mode on land, and their egg-laying and parental care, is a matter of speculation.

Young Hesperornis grew fairly quickly and continuously to adulthood, as is the case in modern birds. More young birds are known from the fossil record of the more northerly sites than from those further south. This suggests that at least some species were migratory like today's penguins, which swim polewards in the summer.

Hesperornis was preyed upon by large marine carnivores such as mosasaurs. A Tylosaurus specimen contains the bones of a Hesperornis in its gut area.

References 

Cretaceous birds
Flightless birds
Nissan Primera

The Nissan Primera was an automobile produced by Nissan. It replaced the Nissan Bluebird in 1990 and was produced in three generations produced until 2006. The first generation was made from 1990 to 1996. The second generation was made from late 1996 to early 2002 with a facelift in 1999 for European markets. The third generation was made from late 2001 to 2006 and was effectively replaced with the Qashqai crossover model in early 2007. It was also offered in the US market as the Infiniti G20 sold over two generations with only a sedan model available coming from the factory in Japan between the 1991 and 2002 model years. It is available as a 4-door sedan, 5-door hatchback and 5-door station wagon bodystyles with 4-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. The model was produced in Japan and the UK.

Gallery 

Primera
Front wheel drive vehicles
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
Charles M. Schulz

Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.

Schulz died of colorectal cancer in Santa Rosa, California.

1922 births
2000 deaths
American cartoonists
American comics artists
Cancer deaths in California
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Deaths from colorectal cancer
People from Minnesota
The Littlest Hobo

The Littlest Hobo was a Canadian children's show directed by Charles R. Rondeau. It was based on a movie and is about a German Shepherd that wanders from town to town, helping people in need. The TV series ran from 1963-1965 and was later revived by CTV from 1979-1985.

Other websites
  (movie)
 
  (1960s series)
  (1970s revival)

1958 movies
1960s television series
1970s television series
1980s television series
Canadian television series
English-language movies
Fictional dogs
Movies about dogs
Luke Ridnour

Lucas Robin "Luke" Ridnour (born February 13, 1981 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) is an American basketball player that currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. He went to University of Oregon for college where he played for the Oregon Ducks basketball team. Ridnour has also played with the Seattle SuperSonics from 2003-2007 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 2008-2010.

Other websites
Luke Ridnour at NBA.com

1981 births
Living people
American basketball players
Milwaukee Bucks players
Minnesota Timberwolves players
Seattle SuperSonics players
Sportspeople from Idaho
Binge eating

Binge eatingis a disease characterized by episodes of compulsive overeating. 

It has the following characteristics:
People eat too much. This is known as overeating. When this happens, they often lose control, and cannot stop.
Very often, they eat more food than other people in the same time.
People feel very painful and distraught while they eat or after eating.
People want to make up the consequences of binge eating by some inappropriate and unhealthy ways.

The vicious cycle of binge eating

It can make people feel satisfied for a while, but after that, they will feel guilty and they will regret eating so much. People overeat to feel better, but they actually feel worse, and go back to overeating for relief, forming a vicious cycle.

Other characteristics:
If binge eating becomes a pattern, this is an eating disorder. People who suffer from this have a high risk of weight gain. They may feel ashamed of their eating habits and become depressed. People who binge and then purge, (usually by vomiting), have a different eating disorder called bulimia. People with anorexia may also binge and purge.

References

Eating disorders
Conway Twitty

Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins; September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was an American country music singer.

Twitty held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until 2006 when George Strait broke his record.

Twitty is a former member of the Grand Ole Opry and was inducted into the Country Music and the Rockabilly Halls of Fame.

He died on June 5, 1993 at Cox House Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, as a result of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Related pages

List of country musicians from Mississippi

Other websites 
 Conway Twitty's Official Website

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Musicians from Arkansas
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Matchbox

A matchbox is a box that contains safety matches. Usually, they are made of wooden sticks or cardboard. Matchboxes commonly have the dimension 5 x 3,5 x 1,5 cm.  Matchbooks have replaced matchboxes for some applications. 

ContainersThe roaring, blinding flames lie undisturbed in an enchanted sleep. The disguised flames lay enclosed and protected in a rectangular enclosure and they wait, like a dying plant desperate for a drop of water, for the moment when they will awaken from their sleep and sizzle to life.
A matchbox is an object we use and see in our everyday life. Therefore we may take its value and importance for granted. But fire is no ordinary discovery. It can perhaps be called ancient mans greatest discovery.

A matchstick is a thin, smooth slice of wood, delicately cut into a rectangular stick. The tip of this stick however, is covered with a charcoal like black substance. This is the resting place of the birth of the flames. These flames will only awaken from their deep slumber when they are scratched along the side of their rectangular enclosure.

The matchstick scratches itself along the side of the matchbox in a swift movement and then all at once, as if by magic, a mesmerizing flam of crimson yellow and blood red appears. The flame is not tame and will not stay obediently at the tip of the matchstick. It slowly and threateningly makes its way down the thin slice of wood until eventually it reaches the end of the stick where it meets its fate. All too soon, the flame disappears as quickly as it appeared, leaving no trace that it ever existed.

In a traditional fairy tale, the sleeping princess is locked away in an eerie and irksome tower of a castle in a land far away from civilization.  In a similar manner the matches are forever locked away in a dismal prison- a cardboard box. This prison can range in all shapes and sizes just like in a fairy tale.  However, no matter what the size, what the shape, its properties are still the same.

The smell of a match box remains a mystery to all for it has to particular smell. The mystery of the fell of the matchsticks has been uncovered. The wooden stick is smooth but the black tip is a sharp contrast for it is rough.

The matchbox has clearly found its place in our lives. Its importance is unimaginable and we are ignorant creatures if we fail to recognize this.
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command

The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) (french:Commandement des forces d'opérations spéciales du Canada) is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for special operations. 

The command is composed of four units : 
 Joint Task Force 2
 Canadian Special Operations Regiment
 427th Special Operations Aviation Squadron
 Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit

Military of Canada
Joint Task Force 2

Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2) (French: Deuxième Force opérationnelle interarmées) is the main counter-terrorism and special forces unit of Canada. JTF2 is part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military of Canada
Canadian Special Operations Regiment

The Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) (french:Régiment des opérations spéciales du Canada) is one of the two special forces unit of Canada. CSOR was created in 2005. Its role is to support the Joint Task Force 2, but it is also capable of conducting its own operations. The regiment is part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military of Canada
No. 427 Squadron RCAF

The 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427SOAS') (french:427e Escadron d'opérations spéciales d'aviation) is a helicopter squadron of Canada responsible to provide support to the Joint Task Force 2 and the Canadian Special Operations Regiment. It operates the CH-146 Griffon. The squadron is part of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military of Canada
Logistics

Logistics is the term which generally means the management of transportation of information, from one place to another. Logistics involves  things like transportation, inventory, packaging, supplies and sometimes, social security and warehousing.

There are many types of logistics, for example : military logistics, business logistics and production logistics and marketing logistics.

Trade
Canadian Expeditionary Force Command

The Canadian Expeditionary Force Command was the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for military deployments and operations outside Canada.  It was formed in 2006.  In 2012 it was joined with Canadian Joint Operations Command.

Military of Canada
2006 establishments in Canada
Canada Command

Canada Command is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for national security, emergency management and domestic operations inside Canada.

Military of Canada
Oath of office

An oath of office is an oath a person gains a higher position, usually in government or within a religious body. There are other positions in which people are supposed to take oaths as well, like in the military. When someone makes an oath, they make a promise to follow certain rules and guidelines of the position that they are taking. Some oaths of office are a statement of loyalty to a constitution or other legal text, to a person or other office holder. Under the laws of a state it may be considered treason or a high crime to betray a sworn oath of office. Oaths of office can be a public ceremony, like in the United States with presidential inauguration, or private.

Ceremonies
Canadian Operational Support Command

The Canadian Operational Support Command is the branch of the Canadian Forces responsible for logistics, engineering and health services.

Military of Canada
Duke of York

The Duke of York (sometimes shortened to DOY) is a title of nobility and royalty in the United Kingdom. Dukedom is the highest ranking of royalty before monarch. The wife of the Duke of York is the Duchess of York. The current Duke is Prince Andrew, Duke of York. The first one was Edmund of Langley, who founded the House of York and served as the duke from 1385 until his death in 1402. Since the 15th century, the title has usually been given to the second son of the reigning monarch. Since the second creation, not one of the holders of the title has ever passed it on: they either died without male heirs or became King themselves.

British royalty
Lamborghini Gallardo

The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sportscar that has been built by Lamborghini since 2003 and is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date. The Gallardo is named after a type of fighting bull. Later, at the Geneva Motor Show 2014, the Gallardo was replaced by the Lamborghini Huracán. There are also police car models of the Gallardo for countries like Italy and England. The Gallardo's superior is the Lamborghini Murciélago. The Lamborghini V10 engine was reused in the Audi R8.

Other websites
http://www.lamborghini.com/en/masterpieces/gallardo/

References

2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles
Coupes
Gallardo
Roadsters
Brian Boucher

Brian Boucher (born January 2, 1977 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is a professional American ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. Boucher was drafted into the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers with the twenty-second overall pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

Boucher has also played for many other teams in the NHL: Phoenix Coyotes for 3 seasons, Calgary Flames for 1 season, Chicago Blackhawks for 1 season, Columbus Blue Jackets for 1 season and the San Jose Sharks for 2 seasons.

Career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

International

Other websites

 
 Brian Boucher's profile at Hockey Goalies

1977 births
American Hockey League players
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Chicago Blackhawks players
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Sportspeople from Rhode Island
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Tri-City Americans players
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Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut ("sour herb") directly translated from German or "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid that forms when the bacteria ferment the sugars in the cabbage. It is therefore not to be confused with coleslaw, which receives its acidic taste from vinegar. It has its roots in cole flower marinated in honey and fluid from your belly.

History 

Conservation of legumes with lactic acid has a long history. It was known and used both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It was common to eat conserved cabbage during the winter months.

References 

German food
Vegetables
Pickles
Federal Hall

Federal Hall was the first capitol building of the United States, and was the site where George Washington was inaugurated as America's first president in 1789.  In 1700, it was built on Wall Street and named New York City Hall.  It was renamed to Federal Hall when it became the capitol under the new United States Constitution.

In 1812, the building was demolished.  A new customs house replaced it in 1842.  In 1882, a bronze statue of President Washington was made and put in front of the steps.  The new building officially became a landmark according to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on 21 December 1965.

History of the United States
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Cline

In biology, a cline, or 'ecocline', describes a series of connected populations in a species. These populations show a continuous gradient of traits and genetics.  The term was coined by the English evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley in 1938. He defined a cline as a species whose members fall into a series of sub-species with continuous change in characters over a geographical area.

Introduction
Clines consist of forms of a species that show gradual phenotypic and/or genetic differences over a geographical area. 

The reason for these differences is that the environment is somewhat different in different parts of the range. Populations become adapted to the situation in their areas, but this adaptation is limited by gene flow between neighbouring sub-species.
 
Genetically, clines result from the change of allele frequencies within the gene pool of the species in question.

References 

Evolutionary biology
Classical genetics
Precancerous condition

A precancerous (or premalignant) condition is not malignant. However, it has the potential to become cancer if proper treatment is not taken in time.

A premalignant lesion is a visually (morphologically) altered tissue in which cancer is more likely to occur than its normal counterpart.

The condition was named in 1875 by Romanian physician Victor Babeş.

Cancer
Nasi lemak

Nasi lemak is a commonly found food in Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. It is also an unofficial national food in Malaysia. It is traditionally wrapped up in banana leaves. The rice is usually cooked in coconut cream. Sometimes spices such as ginger are added for their aroma (good smell).
Nasi lemak is sold in hawker centres in Singapore and other ingredients like fried egg, fried chicken wings and belacan chilli (made from chilli and shrimp) are added.

References

Other websites 
 How to find the best Nasi Lemak 

Singaporen foods
Rice
New York Provincial Congress

The New York Provincial Congress was an organization that was started by rebels in 1775 during the American Revolution as a replacement for the Province of New York Assembly. It was a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred. There were three provincial congresses until the first Constitutional Convention was founded. The New York Provincial Congress was replaced in 1777.

American Revolutionary War
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1777 in New York (state)
Battle of Fort Washington

The Battle of Fort Washington was one of the early battles fought in the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. It took place on 16 November 1776. The British won the battle.

After winning against the Continental Army (commanded by George Washington), the British army (commanded by William Howe) wanted to capture Fort Washington, the last American stronghold in Manhattan. Washington had thought of leaving the Fort and moving its military camp of 1400 men to New Jersey, but had been convinced by General Nathaniel Greene to fight for it. The garrison was expanded to 3,000 men.

On 16 November, Howe attacked the fort. The assault came from three different directions: the north, east and south. The attack was put off for a short time because of the tides in the Harlem River that stopped some of the troops from landing. When the attack did begin, the southern and western American defenses fell quickly. In the North there was better defense against the attack, but they eventually weakened as well. With the fort surrounded by land and sea the Fort's commander, Robert Magaw, chose to surrender the fort rather than try to hold out. A total of 59 Americans were killed and 2,837 became prisoners of the British. After this defeat the main American army under George Washington was chased across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania, setting the stage for the battles of Trenton and Princeton.

1776 in New York City
Fort Washington
History of Manhattan
November events
Great Fire of New York (1776)

The Great Fire of New York was a large fire in New York City. It burned through the night of September 21, 1776 on the west side of the former boundaries of New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan.  It started when the British Army took control of the city during the American Revolutionary War. Many think that Washington's men started the fire due to a recent loss against the British in an attempt to halt their shipping of materials. Others believe that the British Army started the fire in an attempt to burn Whitehall.

The fire destroyed 10 to 25% of the city. Some of the unburned parts of the city were ransacked.  Many people thought that someone started the fire on purpose, for different reasons.  British leaders accused American rebels, who had recently lost the Battle of Long Island, of starting the fire. No one really knows who started the Great Fire of New York but historians have their own guesses.

1776 in New York City
American Revolutionary War
Fires in the United States
History of Manhattan
Cinematography

Cinematography  is the recording of photographic images for cinema.  Like other still photography, it includes making lighting and camera choices. However, the pictures move. A person who specializes in cinematography is called a cinematographer.

Entymology
The word cinemetography come from the Greek words kinema - κίνημα, meaning "movement" and graphein - γράφειν meaning "to write".

Uses
Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects. This light makes an image that is used by an image sensor or a light-sensitive material inside a movie camera. These images are created one after another and saved for later processing and viewing as a motion picture. When using and electronic image sensorm the image creates an electrical charge for each pixel in the image. These are processed and stored in a video file. This file can later be processed or shown. Images captured with photographic emulsion creat a series of invisible images on the film stock. Chemicals are used to "developed" this into visible images. The images on the film stock are projected for viewing the motion picture.

Cinematography is used in many fields of science and business as well as for entertainment and mass communication.

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Cameraman

Movie industry