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Call of Duty: Ghosts

Call of Duty: Ghosts is Infinity Ward's 5th Call of Duty video game.  It was first sold for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and the Xbox 360 on November 5, 2013. It was released for the PlayStation 4 on November 15, 2013 and for the Xbox One on November 22, 2013.

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Parícutin

Paricutin is a volcano in Mexico in the state of Michoacán. It is the youngest volcano in the western hemisphere, born in 1943. It is now 1,353 feet (424m) above the valley, and 9,186 feet (2,800m) above sea level.

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Ice sheet

An ice sheet is a large mass of glacier ice that covers an area of more than . It may also be called a continental glacier. There are two ice sheets in the world at the moment: in Antarctica and Greenland.

Ice sheets are larger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 km2 are called ice caps. The ice in an ice cap usually comes from a series of glaciers that drain into it.

The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million km2 and contains 30 million km3 of ice. Around 90% of the fresh water on the Earth's surface is held in this ice sheet. If all of it were to melt, it would cause sea levels to rise by 58 metres. The ice sheet first formed in the early Oligocene. It retreated and advanced many times until the Pliocene, when it came to occupy almost all of Antarctica.

The Greenland ice sheet covers about 82% of the surface of Greenland. Satellite images from NASA show that it is melting at a rate of about 239 cubic kilometres (57.3 cubic miles) each year. If all of it melted, it would cause sea levels to rise by 7.2 metres. The ice sheet did not develop at all until the late Pliocene, but apparently developed very quickly. This had the unusual effect of allowing fossils of plants that once grew on present-day Greenland to be much better preserved than with the slowly forming Antarctic ice sheet.

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John Davis (sealer)

John Davis (born in 1784 in Surrey) was an American ship captain from New Haven, Connecticut. He is thought to have been the first to land on mainland Antarctica. He is one of four explorers who share this claim. In February 1821 he may have landed a boat at Hughes Bay. The Davis Strait which separates Baffin Bay from the Labrador Sea was named by William Baffin in 1916. He probably named it after John Davis. 

On March 20, 1820, Davis left New Haven, Connecticut for a trip to the Pacific Ocean. He had received news of the discovery of the South Shetland Islands while he was anchored at the Falkland Islands. Learning there were large numbers of seals there, he and another ship captain sailed their vessels to Greenwich Island. But it was too late in the season and other sealers were there before them. So Davis took his ship, named Cecilia, in search of seals further south. Finding many seals at Low Island he continued southwards. He probably came upon Hughes Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula. His ship's log records he found "a large body of land." He sent a boat to shore to look for seals but found none. He also wrote "I think this southern land to be a continent". He also wrote in the log the latitude was 64°01'S (sixty-four degrees, one minute, south). Davis continued his journey back to Greenwich Island arriving there on 10 February, 1821. He wintered at the Falkland Islands and returned to seal hunting the following season. It remains impossible, however, to prove he was the first to reach Antarctica.

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Superman suit

The Superman suit is the costume of the fictional comic-book character Superman, a superhero appearing in DC Comics.

Superman
Clothing
Winti

Winti is the Afro-Surinamese traditional religion. It is about believing in a god called Anana Kedyaman Kedyanpon.

Afro-American religion
Suriname
Sonkajärvi

Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality was founded in 1922. In August 2013, 4,596 people lived there.

Other websites
 The official Sonkajärvi page , in Finnish

Municipalities of Northern Savonia
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1920s establishments in Finland
Bob McDonnell

Robert Francis "Bob" McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American politician. He was the 71st Governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. He was on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association. He succeeded Rick Perry of Texas.

McDonnell was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1993 to 2006. McDonnell was the Attorney General of Virginia from 2006 to 2009.

Personal life
McDonnell was born on June 15, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Notre Dame University, at Boston University, and at Regent University. McDonnell is married to Maureen Gardner. They have five children.

Corruption charges
On January 21, 2014, McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were accused on federal corruption charges.  They were convicted of most charges by a federal jury on September 4, 2014.  McDonnell is the first Virginia governor to be indicted – and the first Virginia governor to be convicted of a felony. McDonnell was sentenced on January 6, 2015 to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.

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Governor Bob McDonnell official state site

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Governor of Virginia

The Governor of Virginia is the chief executive of the state of Virginia for a four-year term. Glenn Youngkin is the current governor since 2022. The governor lives in the Executive Mansion of Virginia. 

The most recent election took place on November 2, 2021.

Living former Governors of Virginia
, there are nine former Governors of Virginia currently living, the oldest being Chuck Robb.

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Official site for the Governor of Virginia
Jackie Jackson

Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer. He is the second child of Katherine and Joe Jackson. He was a member of The Jackson 5. The band has sold 150 million records around the world. They had four number one singles in the United States. The group released their first album Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 in 1969. The group released nine more studio albums on Motown. In 1976 they left the label. They were signed to Epic Records. The Jackson 5's name changed to The Jacksons. They released six albums.
He released two solo albums, Jackie Jackson (1973) and Be the One (1989). He lives in Las Vegas. He runs two record companies, Jesco Records and Futurist Entertainment there.

Personal life
He has two children with his first wife Enid Adren Spann. She divorced him after catching him cheating with Paula Abdul. . In 2001 Jackson married his second wife Victoria Triggs.

1951 births
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African American musicians
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Tito Jackson

Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (born October 15, 1953) is an American singer and guitarist. He is the third child of Joe and Katherine Jackson. He is a member of the pop band The Jackson 5, who reformed in 2012. With The Jacksons he has had four US number one singles. He has three sons, Taryll, TJ, and Taj. They make up the pop band 3T. He recorded five songs for a solo album but it was never released. But in 2011 he released a single, "We Made It". He was in the 2009 TV series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty with his brothers Jermaine, Jackie, and Marlon.

Early life and career
Jackson's father Joe bought him a guitar when he was 8 years old. Joe made Tito and his brothers Jackie and Jermaine into a group called The Jackson Brothers. Later Marlon and Michael joined. The group's name was changed to The Jackson 5. They were signed to Steeltown Records. The label released the group's first single "Big Boy". They were signed to Motown Records in 1968. Their first single on the label, "I Want You Back", reached number one in the United States. The band went on to sell 150 million records.

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Evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration is the movement of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. 

Evaporation is the movement of water to the air from the ground or bodies of water (such as lakes). Transpiration is a process that happens in plants, in which water is lost through stomata in the leaves and becomes vapour in the air. Together, these form an important process in the water cycle.

Ecology
Water
Defend Your Castle

Defend Your Castle is a series of video games made by XGen Studios. In the games, players have to kill enemies heading towards the player's castle before it is destroyed. There are different ways that the player can do so, such as by picking up enemies or by attacking them with weapons. Weapons can be bought with points that the player gets in levels.  Players can also use points to repair their castle or put walls around it.

The game was originally a Macromedia Flash-based browser game. Versions of the game were later released for the WiiWare service on Nintendo's Wii console and for iOS.

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 Defend Your Castle - Link to flash game.

2008 video games
Wii games
Central Development Region, Nepal

Central Development Region (Nepali:मध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र - Madyamānchal Bikās Kshetra) is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is in the east-central part of the country with headquarters at Hetauda.

Geography
The Central Development Region has the Eastern Development Region to the east, the India to the south, the Western Development Region to the west and the People's Republic of China to the north.

It is the fourth largest Development Region of Nepal with an area of  but first in population with 9,656,985 people living there; its population density is the highest of all regions with 352.3 persons/km2.

Part of this region is in the Kathmandu Valley with an area of ; it is  long from east-west, and  long from north to south.

The most important river in the Central Development Region is the Bagmati, tributary of the Kosi river. It flows through the Kathmandu Valley and is part of the Ganges watershed. The Bagmati is considered a holy river by Hindus and Buddhists.

Other rivers of this region are Kamala, Lakhandei and Bisnumati; these three small rivers are tributaries of the Bagmati.

Cities
The major cities of this region are Kathmandu, Patan, Bharatpur, Bhaktapur, Bhairawa, Lalitpur, Nagarkot and Janakpur. Other notable places are Khokana, Hetauda, Harisiddhi, Godavari, etc.

Administrative subdivisions
The region has 3 Zones with a total of 19 Districts:

Related pages
Development Regions of Nepal
Districts of Nepal
Zones of Nepal

References

Other websites
 Administrative Division of Nepal - Geonames
 Madhyamāñcala
 Friends of the Bagmati
 UNESCO - Kathmandu Valley

Subdivisions of Nepal
The Narrative (band)

The Narrative is an American indie rock band formed in 2006 in Long Island, New York . At first there were 3 members, Suzie Zeldin, Jesse Gabriel and Charilie Seich. Now there are 2 members, Suzie Zeldin (vocals and keys) and Jesse Gabriel (vocal and guitar). They are related to Lydia and Dashboard Confessional. They have released one studio album: The Narrative and 4 EPs: Just Say Yes, Nothing Without You, Kickstarter and B-Sides and Seasides.

Biography
The band was formed in 2006 in Long Island, after Suzie Zeldin answer the announce of Jesse Gabriel on Craigslist, looking for musicians. Jesse and Suzie studied at the same school in Bellmore, but never met.

Member

Current Member
Jesse Gabriel - Guitar and Vocals
Suzie Zeldin - Keys and Vocals

Tour Support
Jay Scalchunes - Drum
Ari Sadowitz - Studio/live bass

Past Member
Charles J. Seich - Drums (2008-2011)

Discography
The Narrative (2010)

EPs and Digital Release
Just Say Yes (EP) (2008)
Nothing Without You Tour EP (2010)
Kickstarter Tour EP (2011)
B-Sides and Seasides (2012)

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2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

Castlereagh (born in Dublin; 1769–1822) was a British politician. He became a Viscount when his father was made Earl of Londonderry. He became British Foreign Secretary but killed himself.

Other websites
Castlereagh at Westminster Abbey website

British politicians
1769 births
1822 deaths
British Viscounts
People who committed suicide
Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bambi Meets Godzilla is a two-minute short cartoon created by Marv Newland in 1969. It features the characters Bambi and Godzilla. It is ranked as #38 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons, written in 1994.

Two sequels were later made that were not created by Newland: Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla and Bambi's Revenge.

Plot
In the opening credits, Bambi is seen grazing while Call to the Dairy Cows from Gioachino Rossini's opera William Tell (1829) plays in the background. After the credits, Bambi looks up to see Godzilla's foot coming down on him, crushing him (set to "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles). After this, the closing credits play over an image of Godzilla's foot.

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Social drinking

Social drinking is the name for the consumption of alcoholic drinks in a social setting; people who are social drinkers do this with friends. Many cultures frown upon isolating people because they drink alcohol, and because they may have a problem with alcohol dependence. People meet to celebrate an occasion, which also permits them to drink alcohol without being frowned upon.

Alcohol drinking habits
Leisure
Western Development Region, Nepal

Western Development Region (Nepali:पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र - Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is in the west-central part of the country with headquarters at Pokhara.

Geography
The Western Development Region has the Central Development Region to the east, the India to the south, the Mid-Western Development Region to the west and the People's Republic of China to the north.

It is the second largest Development Region of Nepal with an area of  and the third in population with 4,926,765 people living there; its population density is of 167.6 persons/km2.

Some of the highest mountains of the world are found in this region, in the Himalayas of the Dhawalagiri and Gandaki zones. Among them are Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Manaslu (8,156 m) and Annapurna (8,091 m).

The most important river in the Western Development Region is the Gandaki, left tributary of the Ganges river.

Cities
Some cities of this region are Pokhara, Baglung, Butwall, Sandhikharka, Tansen, Tilaurakot, etc.

Administrative subdivisions
The region has 3 Zones with a total of 16 Districts:

Related pages
Development Regions of Nepal
Districts of Nepal
Zones of Nepal

References

Other websites
 Administrative Division of Nepal - Geonames
 Paścimāñcala

Subdivisions of Nepal
Star Fox 2

Star Fox 2 is a cancelled video game that was going to be released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was going to be the second game in the Star Fox series and the sequel to Star Fox. It was going to be released in the summer of 1995. The game was cancelled because the Nintendo 64 was going to be released the following year.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Star Fox is very different from the first Star Fox game. Instead of going on a path with the same missions each time, the player moves freely on a map screen of the Lylat system. When the player's ships hit an enemy, the screen switches to an action screen with gameplay like the first Star Fox game. Once the player completes what they have to do, they are taken back to the map screen to go to another area.

The player's goal is to destroy all of the enemies on the map while defending Corneria (seen in the lower left corner of the map). The player has to stop Corneria's damage level from reaching 100% from enemy attacks.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Jimmy Waite

James Dean Waite (born April 15, 1969 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender.

He was drafted with the 8th overall pick in the 1987 NHL draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1989, he played for the Indianapolis Ice and they won the Turner Cup. He played in the NHL for 11 years with the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks and Phoenix Coyotes. He has also played in the DEL for the Essen Mosquitoes, Iserlohn Roosters, ERC Ingolstadt and Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers.

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Mike Veisor

Michael David "Worm" Veisor, Sr. (born August 25, 1952 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender.

Career
He was drafted with the 45th overall pick in the 1972 NHL draft by the Chicago Black Hawks. He played 62 games during his 6 six years with the Black Hawks and then played for the Hartford Whalers. He played 3 seasons with the Whalers and went on to play for the Winnipeg Jets. His time with the Jets was shorts and he only played 8 games with them. He then returned to the Whalers and played 4 games for them before retiring in 1984.

Personal life
Veisor is Jewish. He said that he wanted to be the first Jewish goalie in NHL history but he was preceded by Ross Brooks.

His son, Michael David Veisor, Jr., was drafted in the 12th round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues but he never played in the NHL.

He is currently the rink manager of Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut.

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Ontario Hockey League players
Central Professional Hockey League players
Star Fox Command

Star Fox Command is a video game for the Nintendo DS game console. It is the fifth game in the Star Fox series. It was developed by Q-Games and published by Nintendo EAD Group No. 2. It was released in Europe on July 19, 2006, in Japan on August 3, 2006, in North America on August 28, 2006,  and in Australia on September 21, 2006. It is the first Star Fox game to be released on a handheld video game console. It is also the first Star Fox game to have online play with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Gameplay
The game features two types of gameplay: a map mode, and a battle mode. In the map mode, the player takes control of several ships. The player can control up to four ships at a time. The player's goal is to stop enemy ships from reaching the Great Fox. When the player meets an enemy or missile, the gameplay switches to the battle mode.

Battle mode has gameplay that is similar to past Star Fox games. The player can move freely around the level, like some bosses and levels in Star Fox 64. The player has to destroy a base ship, defeat all of the enemies, or collect a number of cores. Once the player completes what they have to do, the game goes back to the map screen. As the player plays further in the game, they will be able to take different routes when they complete some levels. Each route has different planets that the player can visit depending on what route they choose.

Multiplayer
Multiplayer can be played with up to six players in DS Download Play, and with up to three players in Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection play. The goal is to destroy the ships of the other players and collect stars that they leave behind. Players can collect stars from opponents that were not killed by the player. Nintendo Wi-Fi play ranks a player from Z to A, with Z being the lowest and A being the highest. Every time a player wins a match, they get an amount of percent. When the player reaches 100%, they move to the next letter.

References

2006 video games
Nintendo DS games
Star Fox
Matt Underhill

Matthew Joseph Underhill (born September 16, 1979 in Campbell River, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender.

Career
Before playing hockey professionally, Underhill played in college for Cornell University for 4 years. He was drafted with the 170th overall pick in the 1999 NHL draft by the Calgary Flames. Even though he was drafted by the Flames, he did not play a game for them. The only game the Underhill played in the NHL was during the 2003–04 NHL season for the Chicago Blackhawks.

He spent most of his playing career in the AHL and ECHL. He won the ECAC’s Ken Dryden Award in 2002. He played 18 games in the AHL for the Providence Bruins, Manchester Monarchs, Norfolk Admirals and St. John's Maple Leafs. In the ECHL, he played 4 seasons with the Pee Dee Pride, Florence Pride, Mississippi Sea Wolves and Alaska Aces. He retired in 2006 after his season with the Aces.

He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame on November 3rd, 2012.

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Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Chicago Blackhawks players
Ice hockey people from British Columbia
Living people
American Hockey League players
ECHL players
Jocelyn Thibault

Joseph Régis Jocelyn Thibault (born January 12, 1975) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

Career
Before playing in the NHL, Thibault played 2 seasons with both the Trois-Rivières Draveurs and Sherbrooke Faucons of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

He was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 1993 NHL draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He played two seasons with the Nordiques and then one season with the Colorado Avalanche when the Nordiques moved to Colorado. In 1995, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens with Martin Ručínský, and Andrei Kovalenko in exchange for Patrick Roy and Mike Keane. The trade was known as known in French as 'Le Trade' which was in reference to 1988's 'The Trade' of Wayne Gretzky. He played 4 seasons with the Canadiens and was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks on November 16, 1998. He played with the Blackhawks for 5 seasons and then was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a fourth-round selection in 2006 draft on August 10, 2005. He injured his hip and lost twelve of thirteen starts. He was replaced as the starter by Marc-André Fleury in late November and was then put on waivers. The Buffalo Sabres signed Thibault as an unrestricted free agent on July 5, 2007 and he played as the backup to Ryan Miller for one season. He was not re-signed afted the season and retired from professional hockey in 2008.

He was the winning goaltender of the last game at the Montreal Forum, Maple Leaf Gardens and the Capital Centre.

Personal life
He is married and has three daughters Noemie, Zoe and Annabel who all play hockey. Thibault and his family live in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

He helped bring an expansion team in the QMJHL to Sherbrooke. The Sherbrooke Phoenix started playing during the 2012–13 season.

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American Hockey League players
Buffalo Sabres players
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Chicago Blackhawks players
Colorado Avalanche players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Living people
Montreal Canadiens players
People from Montreal
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Quebec Nordiques players
Sherbrooke Faucons players
Trois-Rivières Draveurs players
Rob Tallas

Robert Wayne "Robbie" Tallas (born March 20, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender.

Career
Before he played in the NHL, he played 2 seasons in the WHL with the Seattle Thunderbirds. He played a total of 99 games in the NHL with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks. He retired from professional hockey in 2005.

In August 2009, he was hired as the goaltending consultant for the Florida Panthers. He came out of retirement for one game during the 2012-2013 NHL season as a back up goalie for the Florida Panthers.

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American Hockey League players
Boston Bruins players
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Chicago Blackhawks players
Florida Panthers players
Ice hockey people from Alberta
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Seattle Thunderbirds players
Sportspeople from Edmonton
ECHL players
International Hockey League (1945–2001) players
Doug Stevenson

Douglas Leonard Stevenson (April 6, 1924 – November 9, 1975) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.

Stevenson played eight games in the NHL; 4 games with the New York Rangers and 4 games with the Chicago Blackhawks. Stevenson played most of his hockey career in the Pacific Coast Hockey League with the Tacoma Rockets. He died on November 9, 1975 in Massachusetts.

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Chicago Blackhawks players
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New York Rangers players
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Eastern Hockey League players
Christian Soucy

Christian Soucy (born September 14, 1970 in Gatineau, Quebec) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender.

Career
Before he played in the NHL, he played 2 years at the University of Vermont where he is ranked as the third all-time in save percentage (.908) and fifth all-time in goals against average (2.99). He only appeared in three minutes of one NHL game with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1993–94 NHL season. During that time, he did not face a shot and in doing this he was rendered as the NHL's comparable version to Major League Baseball's legendary Moonlight Graham. He played most of his 10-year career in various minor leagues, which includes the International Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and Central Hockey League as well as others.

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Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Chicago Blackhawks players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Living people
American Hockey League players
ECHL players
International Hockey League (1945–2001) players
Prayer in Christianity

Prayer in Christianity is seen by most Christians as a way of communicating with God. Prayer is seen as being therapeutic by many Christian leaders. 
The Lord's Prayer, which Jesus taught his disciples, was important as an example in the early churches. The prayers in the Old Testament and New Testament have also influenced Christian thought.

References

Other websites
Prayers  at christianity.about.com

Christian worship and liturgy
Christian terminology
Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal

Mid-Western Development Region (Nepali:मध्य पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र - Madhya Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is in the west-central part of the country with headquarters at Birendranagar, Surkhet.

Geography
The Mid-Western Development Region has the Western Development Region to the east, Uttar Pradesh (India) to the south, the Far-Western Development Region to the west and the Tibet Autonomous Region (People's Republic of China) to the north.

It is the largest Development Region of Nepal with an area of  but the fourth in population with 3,546,682 people living there; its population density is the lowest of all the regions, with 83.7 persons/km2.

The most important river in the Mid-Western Development Region is the Karnali or Kauriala, known as Ghaghara in India. It is an important left tributary of the Ganges river.  With a length, in Nepal, of  is the largest river of the country.

Some of the tributaries of the Karnali are the Humla Karnali , west Rapti, Tila karnali, Bheri

The biggest lake of Nepal, Lake Rara, is in this region, in the Mugu district of the Karnali Zone.

Cities
Some cities of this region are Birendranagar, Chinchu, Babiyachour, Tribhuvannagar (Ghorahi), Nepalgunj,Tulsipur, etc.

Administrative subdivisions
The region has 3 Zones with a total of 15 Districts:

References

Related pages
Development Regions of Nepal
Districts of Nepal
Zones of Nepal

Other websites
 Administrative Division of Nepal - Geonames
 Madhya Paścimāñcala

Subdivisions of Nepal
Bill Young

Charles William "Bill" Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was the U.S. Representative for , serving in Congress since 1971.

Early life
Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on December 16, 1930. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother and was wounded in a hunting accident.

Career
He was a member of the Republican Party, and was at the time of his death the longest-serving Republican member of Congress. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations from 1999 to 2005 and sat on the Committee until his death.

Young served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission from 1965 to 1967.  He was also a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1984.

Personal life
In 1985, Young divorced his first wife, with whom he had three children, and married his current wife, Beverly. They have had two children together, Billy, and Patrick, and the couple raised Beverly's son, Robbie, from her first marriage.

Health
On October 17, 2013, Young's family told the Tampa Bay Times that Young was continuing medical treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center but his "condition turned for the worse overnight and he is gravely ill. Earlier that day, several news sources erroneously reported that Young had died.

Death
On October 18, 2013, Young died at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland from multiple myeloma. He had been hospitalized for almost two weeks with back problems that resulted from injuries he sustained in a small plane crash in 1970. He was 82 and is survived by his wife and five children.

References

Other websites

Congressman C.W. Bill Young  official U.S. House site
Bill Young for Congress 
C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program DoD Bone Marrow Donor website

1930 births
2013 deaths
American Methodists
American military people
Deaths from multiple myeloma
Politicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States representatives from Florida
US Republican Party politicians
Tom Foley

Thomas Stephen "Tom" Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Washington. He served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Early life
Foley was born in Spokane, Washington. In 1946, he graduated from the Jesuit-run Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane.
 He went on to attend Gonzaga University in Spokane and the University of Washington in Seattle, the latter awarding him a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951. In 1957, he earned a law degree from the same university.

Career
He was the 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995.

Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign for Congress. He served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1997 to 2001 under Bill Clinton.

He is sometimes viewed as a political casualty of the term limits controversy of the early 1990s. President Bill Clinton attributed his defeat to his support for the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994.

Personal life
Foley was married to Heather Strachan until his death in 2013.

In 1997, Foley was appointed as the 25th U.S. Ambassador to Japan by President Bill Clinton. He served as ambassador until 2001.

Foley was a Washington delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

On July 9, 2003, Washington Governor Gary Locke awarded the Washington Medal of Merit, the state's highest honor, to Foley.

He was North American Chairman of the Trilateral Commission.

Death
Foley died at his home in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2013, following months of hospice care from complications from a stroke, aged 84. Speaker John Boehner, and Nancy Pelosi, who also served as Speaker, issued statements honoring Foley.

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Bruce McGill

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and television.  He is perhaps best known for his role as Jack Dalton on the television series MacGyver and as Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in  National Lampoon's Animal House.

McGill was born on July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin. McGill has been married to Gloria Lee.

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Arianna Huffington

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou,  ; on July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known for her news website The Huffington Post. She was a one-time liberal democrat. She later became a  popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, after which she adopted liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s. She is the former spouse of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.

Political career 
In 2003, she ran as an independent candidate for Governor in the California recall election.

Personal life 
Huffington was born Ariánna Stasinopoúlou in Athens, Greece on July 15, 1950. She studied economics at Girton College, Cambridge. Huffington was married to Michael Huffington from 1986 until they divorced in 1997. She became an American citizen in 1990.

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 Column archive at AlterNet
 
 Campaign contributions made by Arianna Huffington 

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Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is a World Heritage site.  It is often called Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. The site covers  of ocean waters that includes ten islands and atolls.  The size is larger than the country of Greece.

The area was made a national monument by U.S. President George W. Bush on June 15, 2006. It became a World Heritage site on July 30, 2010. 

Papahānaumokuākea supports 7,000 species.  One quarter of the species are endemic.

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 UNESCO: World Heritage Site profile: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
 USFWS: Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge
 USFWS: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Catherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is a former Russian residence of the 
Russian Imperial family.  It is in the town of Pushkin, Saint Petersburg. 

The Palace's town was called Tsarskoye Selo which means Tsar's village in English.  In 1918 the Bolsheviks changed the name to Detskoye Selo. In 1937 the town was renamed to Pushkin to honor Alexander Pushkin.

History 
Catherine I of Russia began the building of the palace in 1717. She hired the German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to create the summer palace. In 1733, Empress Anna added to the palace.  Then in 1752 Empress Elizabeth had the palace torn down.  It was rebuilt in a Rococo style.  More than 100 kilograms of gold were used.  Many statues on the roof were covered in gold. 

Catherine the Great thought the palace was old-fashioned.  She employed Scottish architect Charles Cameron.  He made one wing into the Neo-Palladian style.  He also changed the personal apartments of the Empress.

After Catherine's death the imperial family began using Pavlovsk Palace and Alexander Palace.  The palace was destroyed during World War II.  Restoration began soon after the German forces left. Now the palace is mostly restored and is open for tours.

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Ed Lauter

Edward Matthew "Ed" Lauter II (October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013), known as Ed Lauter, was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was known for his roles in Family Plot, Cujo, Death Wish III, Born on the Fourth of July, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Number 23, and in Trouble with the Curve.

Lauter was born on October 30, 1938 in Long Beach, New York. He studied at Long Island University. Lauter was married four times. His last marriage was to Marchell Doreen Williams from 2005 until his death in 2013. He had four children. Lauter died on October 16, 2013 in Los Angeles, California from mesothelioma, aged 74.

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Hans Riegel

Johannes Peter "Hans" Riegel (10 March 1923 – 15 October 2013) was a German entrepreneur who owned and operated the confectioner Haribo since 1946.

Riegel was born on 10 March 1923 in Bonn, Germany. He was the oldest son of the company's founder Hans Riegel Sr., who invented the gummy bear in 1922. He studied at the University of Bonn.

Riegel owned the Jakobsburg Hotel and Golf resort near Boppard in the Rhine Valley in Germany. Riegel died on 15 October 2013 from heart failure after a surgical procedure was made to remove a brain tumor in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was 90 years old.

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Würstelstand

The Würstelstand ("sausage stand") is the Austrian type of the take-away. These stands are very common in Vienna. Usually, they sell different kinds of sausages. It is not unusual for the people in Vienna to grab a pair of sausages after a performance at a theatre or opera house. In addition, a Würstelstand traditionally also sells Leberkäse. As a side dish, different chile peppers, gherkins and other pickled vegetables are available.

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Jan Steen

Jan Havickszoon Steen (born c. 1626 in Leiden, buried 3 February 1679, also in Leiden) was a Dutch painter. He is mostly known for his genre paintings today. He lived during the Dutch Golden Age period. 

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Respiratory failure

Respiratory failure is a medical condition which affects respiration. It means the alveoli in the lung are not getting enough oxygen. Because of this, gas exchange in the blood is reduced. Respiratory failure will lead to a person's death. For this reason, it is a medical emergency. Emergency treatment of respiratory failure is very similar to that of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Classification
Respiratory failure has been classified by its cause:
 In obstructive respiratory failure, there is a mechanical problem that blocks or tightens the passage of the air. Examples of conditions that can produce this include Asthma and Cystic fibrosis. 
 In restrictive respiratory failure, the volume of the person's rib cage is reduced. An example for this is Scoliosis.
 In traumatic respiratory failure, the air that is breathed takes the wrong route. Examples are Pneumothorax and Hemothorax.
Also, respiratory failure can be classified by the speed at which it happens:
 Chronic respiratory failure develops at slow speed over time.
 Acute respiratory failure develops rapidly

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Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a World War I battle fought in 1917 near Arras in northern France. From the fall of 1914 until 1917 the German army held this eight kilometre-long ridge. From there they could see the Allied trenches for miles in all directions. Several times the Allies tried to take it from the Germans without success. On 9 April, 1917 they attacked again. Four divisions of the Canadian Corps attacked nineteen divisions of the German 6th Army defending the ridge. The Battle was won by the Canadians on Easter Monday, 1917. It was the first time that Canadians had attacked as a national unit. However it cost the Canadians 10,602 casualties.

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Far-Western Development Region, Nepal

Far-Western Development Region (Nepali:सुदुर पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र - Sudur Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) is one of Nepal's five development regions. It is at the western end of the country with headquarters at Dipayal Silgadhi.

Geography
The Far-Western Development Region has the Mid-Western Development Region to the east, Uttar Pradesh (India) to the south, Uttarakhand (India) to the west and the Tibet Autonomous Region (People's Republic of China) to the north.

It is the smallest Development Region of Nepal with an area of  and also with the lowest population with 2,552,517 people living there; its population density is the second lowest of all the regions, with 130.6 persons/km2.

The highest mountain in the region is the Api Peak, with  high; it is in the Darchula district. Other high mountain is Saipal,  high, in the Bajhang district.

The most important rivers in the Far-Western Development Region are the Seti and the Mahakali (Sharda in India) rivers; both rivers are tributaries of the Karnali river.

Cities
The main city in the region is Mahendranagar, the eighth largest city of the country, at about  from the border of India.

Other cities of this region are Dipayal Silgadhi, Dhangadhi, Baitadi (Khalanga, Baitadi), etc.

Administrative subdivisions
The region has 2 Zones with a total of 9 Districts:

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Oarfish

An oarfish is a kind of very long, flat fish. "Oarfish" is another word for fish in the Regalecidae family. There are four species of oarfish in the world. The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) is the longest bony fish alive in the world today. It can grow up to  long.

Oarfish live in the pelagic zone. This means that they live in water that is not near the shore and not near the bottom of the ocean. They live in all temperate and tropical oceans. Oarfish are also very rare. They are usually only seen when a dead one washes onto the shore. When oarfish are sick or dying, they swim up near the surface of the water. This behavior means that oarfish are probably the "sea serpents" in legends.

There are two ideas about why these fish are called "oarfish." One idea is that their bodies look like oars because they are very long and flat. The other idea is that some people used to think that oarfish swam by moving their fins like the oars of a row boat. We now know that this "rowing" idea wrong. The family name Regalecidae comes from a word in , which means "royal".

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Naked Cowboy

Robert John Burck (born December 23, 1970), better known as the Naked Cowboy, is an American street performer who performs in Times Square in New York City. He wears only cowboy boots, a hat, and underwear, playing a guitar over his underwear to look like he is nude. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Burck began performing in 1997 in Venice Beach, Los Angeles. He became popular when a friend suggested that he dress only in his underwear to earn more money. He is currently best-known for performing in Times Square. Tour guides on passing buses point him out, and he gets a lot of attention from tourists who stop and take pictures with him.

Because of his popularity, Burck has appeared on television shows, in music videos, and other mass media. He tried out for American Idol in its first season, but did not move on to the next round. He also tried out for Australian Idol and Star Search, with the same result.

On October 6, 2010, Burck announced that he was running for President of the United States in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, representing the Tea Party movement.

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Fable (video game)

Fable is a role-playing game made by Big Blue Box and Lionhead Studios for the Xbox, Windows and Mac OS X. The game was released on September 14, 2004 in North America and an extended version of the game called Fable: The Lost Chapters, was released for Xbox and Microsoft Windows in September 2005.

Fable was originally called Project Ego in early development and took around four years to create, with a team of around 70 developers working on it. The theme music for Fable was composed by Danny Elfman. The game won over fifty awards and was the Xbox's fastest-selling game at that time.

Gameplay
In the game, the player controls the main character, The Hero of Oakvale. The player can interact with people and can battle foes. To further the game's plot, the player must complete missions known as quests and can also complete side quests.

The player can choose to either be good or evil. Completing good deeds will award the character good points and will produce a positive alignment and committing evil acts will add evil points and produce a negative alignment. The character's appearance will also change if the player makes the character's alignment strong enough. If the character has a strong enough positive alignment, a halo will appear above the character's head and if the character has a strong enough negative alignment, a red haze will rise from around his legs, he will draw flies, and will have glowing red eyes and horns.

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Adagio for Strings

Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber. It is his most well known work. It was made for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11. Barber finished the Adagio for Strings in 1936. It was the same year that he wrote the quartet. It was conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

It was performed for the first time in 1938, in a radio broadcast from a New York City studio. It was attended by an invited audience, conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Toscanini also took the piece on tour to Europe and South America. 

Its reviews was generally positive, with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is "full of pathos and cathartic passion" and that it "rarely leaves a dry eye." The music is the setting for Barber's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei. Adagio for Strings can be heard in many TV shows and movies.

In 2004, listeners of the BBC's Today programme voted Adagio for Strings the “saddest classical” work ever.

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 NPR 100: Barber's Adagio
 The Impact Of Barber's Adagio by All Things Considered
 Special on the selection of the 1938 broadcast debut of Adagio for Strings to the 2005 National Recording Registry

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Paleography

Paleography is the study of ancient handwriting. Using paleography, it is possible to understand communication between people.

Science
Writing