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Writer's block is when a writer loses the ability to write new material. Some people may not write anything new for years. Writer's block has been a problem through history, but people started paying more attention to it in the 20th century. Writer's block may have several causes. An author may run out of ideas of what to write about. Pressure to work may lead to the problem. It may also come from intimidation. There are several forms of writer's block.
Constance Vera Browne (or Sally Gray; 14 February 1916 – 24 September 2006) was an English actress during the 1930s and 1940s. She did mostly melodrama movies. She played herself in "Cheer Up" (1936). She also played Carole in "Dangerous Moonlight". Gray was born in London. She died there.
iOS 5 is the fifth major version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS. It came after iOS 4, and was replaced by iOS 6, which was released on September 19, 2012. The current version of iOS 5 is iOS 5.1.1. History. iOS 5 was announced during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011. Support was dropped for the iPhone 3G and the iPod Touch (2nd generation), and devices that are supported are the iPhone 3GS and later, the iPod Touch (3rd generation) and later, and the first generation iPad and later. When the iPhone 4S was announced on October 4, 2011, the release date for iOS 5 was also announced. iOS 5 was released on October 12, 2011. The iPhone 4S already had iOS 5 installed on it, but other devices had to have the update installed through iTunes. At first, many people could not install iOS 5 because they got error messages when they tried to download it. This was because Apple's servers could not keep up with the number of people who are downloading the update. Features. iCloud. Apple's cloud-based service, iCloud, came as part of the iOS 5 update. This feature allows users to sync their music, pictures, videos, and more across all of their devices that have iCloud on them. Each user is given 5 gigabytes of storage for free, but they are allowed to sync unlimited amounts of music, apps, books, and photos. New apps. A new feature called iMessage, built into the Messages app, allows anyone with an iOS device to send unlimited messages to people with iOS 5. It also allows iPhone users to send text messages to people who don't have an iOS device. The Messages app used to be only on the iPhone, but iOS 5 brought it to the iPod Touch and iPad. The Reminders app allows users to make lists and alerts that can be based on a date or a location. The Newsstand app is not a real app, but it is a folder that shows the newspapers and magazines that the user is subscribed to
Trailways Transportation System, or Trailways, is an American group of bus companies. It is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.  The predecessor to Trailways was founded on February 5, 1936 by Burlington Transportation Company, Santa Fe Trails Transportation Company and other travel companies. Its closest competition is Greyhound Lines. Trailways members are spread across North America. They provide bus tours, charter bus service and route scheduling services.
Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981) was an American actress and dancer. She danced with Fred Astaire, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly and several others. She played Princess Maria in the movie "Call Me Madam". She also played Judy Haynes in the movie "White Christmas". She was born in Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. She died from cancer at age sixty.
Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor. He co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. He was known mostly for Broadway stage plays.  Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died from asthma at sixty-four.
Gourdon () is a commune in southern France in the region of Occitanie. It is the "sous-prefecture" (capital) of the "arrondissement" and "canton" of the same name in the Lot department. The town is on a hill, like an acropolis; from here, it is possible to see for about the landscape of the surrounding region. Geography. Gourdon is the capital of the Bouriane (a sandy natural region of southwestern France) which is part of the Quercy and that goes up to the Dordogne river and that is next to the Périgord, which is a natural region and old province of France. The town is in the middle of the "commune", above the right side of the Bléou, a stream tributary of the Céou river, which forms most of the commune's southern border. The "commune" has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The "commune" is at of Cahors and is surrounded by the "communes" Payrignac, Anglars-Nozac, Le Vigan, Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet, Saint-Clair, Concorès, Dégagnac and Léobard. Climate. The climate of Gourdon, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. The average amount of precipitation for the year in Gourdon is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of . There are an average of 168.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 17.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 10.0 days. The average temperature for the year in Gourdon is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of . Population. The inhabitants of Gourdon are known, in French, as "Gourdonnais" (women: "Gourdonnaises"). With a population of 4,297, Gourdon has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Gourdon Sister cities. Gourdon is twinned with:
James Patrick "Jim" Brosnan (October 24, 1929 – June 28, 2014) was an American baseball and writer. He played Major League Baseball from 1954 and 1956 through 1963. He was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox.  Brosnan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on Black Thursday, the beginning stage of the stock market crash. Brosnan died on June 28, 2014 in Morton Grove, Illinois, aged 84.
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American novelist. He wrote children's books and young adult literature. He wrote over one hundred books including picture books and non-fiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His works included "Hoops" (1983), "Fallen Angels" (1988) and "Monster" (1999). Myer was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He was raised in Harlem, New York City. Myers died from a short illness on July 1, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey, aged 76. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.
Emilio Álvarez Montalván (31 July 1919 – 2 July 2014) was a Nicaraguan diplomat and politician. He served as the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nicaragua from 1996 until 2001. He was an ophthalmologist, medical doctor and writer. Álvarez was born in Managua. He was married to Carmen Guerra. They had six children.  Álvarez died from a heart attack on 2 July 2014, aged 94.
Samuel Henry "Errie" Ball (November 14, 1910 – July 2, 2014) was a Welsh-American professional golfer. He played at the first Augusta National golf tournament in 1934 (now known as the Masters Tournament). He was the last living person to play in the first Masters. He was an active golfer between the 1930s and the 1970s. Ball was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, north west Wales. During his 20s, he moved to the United States, under the request from his uncle. He turned 100 in November 2010. He was married to Maxie for 78 years until his death. Maxie was 99 when Ball died. They had a daughter named Leslie. Ball died from natural causes on July 2, 2014 in Stuart, Florida, aged 103. His wife and their daughter outlived him.
In medicine, compliance or adherence refers to the fact that a patient follows the advice of the doctor, and takes the prescribed drugs in the quantities prescribed. Compliance is important for the treatment of chronic diseases. Worldwide, non-compliance is a major obstacle to the effective delivery of health care. In 2003, the World Health Organization estimated that only about half the patients with chronic diseases living in developed countries follow treatment recommendations. In particular, low rates of adherence to therapies for asthma, diabetes, and hypertension are thought to contribute substantially to the human and economic burden of those conditions. Compliance rates may be overestimated in the medical literature, as compliance is often high in the setting of a formal clinical trial but drops off in a "real-world" setting. Some drugs are difficult to take, because they must be taken at a specific time or interval; sometimes, several drugs must be taken together. This is seen as a major obstacle to compliance. Other factors that may adversely influence compliance are that many patients do not understand the benefits of being treated, or they see side-effects that they were not told about, the drugs costing a lot of money, poor communication or lack of trust between the patient and their health-care provider. Efforts to improve compliance have been aimed at simplifying drug packaging, providing effective medication reminders, improving patient education, and limiting the number of medications prescribed at the same time.
Jean Garon (May 6, 1938 – July 1, 2014) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, academic and economist. He was a member of the Parti Québécois. He was Minister of Agriculture and Education, Quebec MNA from 1976 until 1985. He was also Mayor of Lévis from 1998 until 2005. Garon was born in Saint-Michel, Quebec. He graduated from Université Laval in 1960. Garon died on July 1, 2014 in Quebec City, aged 76.
Dagen is a Christian daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue was published on 1 November 1945. Lewi Pethrus, leader of the pentecostal movement in Sweden was its founder and its chief editor until his death in 1974. Circulation. As of 2017, Statista estimates its current circulation to be in 15,700.
The Supreme Court of Sweden (, abbreviated "HD") is the highest lawcourt of Sweden. It is the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in Sweden. All judicial authority had previously been held by the monarch, but in 1614 Gustavus Adolphus established the Svea Court of Appeal and gave it the authority to impose punishments in his name. The Justice Department of the Privy Council (in Swedish: Justitierevisionen), a committee of that council, handled appeals, and those who were dissatisfied with sentencing might appeal directly to the monarch.  The Union and Security Act, which was added to the 1772 instrument of governance by the Riksdag of the estates, led to the suspension of the noble Privy Council in 1789 during the reign of King Gustav III. On May 15, the King established the King's Supreme Court (Swedish: Konungens högsta domstol) to address legal issues following the dissolution of the Riksdag. Twelve judges were present for
The glaucophytes are a small group of freshwater microscopic algae. Together with the red algae (Rhodophyta) and green algae plus land plants (Viridiplantae or Chloroplastida), they form the Archaeplastida. The glaucophytes are of interest because they may be similar to the original algal type that led to green plants and red algae. The relationships between these groups are not yet clear, and the glaucophytes in particular need more study. Characteristics. The chloroplasts of glaucophytes are known as 'cyanelles'. Unlike the chloroplasts in other organisms, they have a peptidoglycan layer, like bacterial cell walls. This is thought to be a relic of the endosymbiotic origin of plastids from cyanobacteria. Glaucophytes have the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll a. They harvest light with the same type of pigment molecules as do cyanobacteria and red algae. Green algae and land plants have lost that pigment, which is known as phycobiliprotein. Glaucophyte mitochondria and flagella (if present) are similar to forms found in some green algae. Classification. Only 13 species of glaucophytes are known, none of which is particularly common in nature. There are three genera. The glaucophytes were previously placed in the order Chlorococcales.
The arrondissement of Castres is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Tarn "département". Its capital is the city of Castres. History. When the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800, Castres was one of them in the Tarn department. Geography. It is the southernmost "arrondissement" of the department, with an area of . It is also the "arrondissement" with more people living there, with 194,373 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km². The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Albi, to the northeast by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the east by the Hérault (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Aude (Occitanie) department and to the west by the Haute-Garonne (Occitanie) department. Composition. Cantons. After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements". That is the case of the Le Haut Dadou and the Les Portes du Tarn cantons where some "communes" are in the "arrondissement" of Castres and others in the "arrondissement" of Albi. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements": Communes. The "arrondissement" of Castres has 151 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes): The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Castres () is a commune in the region of Occitanie, in southwestern France. It is the "sous-prefecture" (capital) of the "arrondissement" of the same name in the Tarn department. Castres is (after Toulouse, Tarbes and Albi) the fourth largest industrial centre of the mainly rural Midi-Pyrénées "région" and the largest in that part of Languedoc between Toulouse and Montpellier. History. The name of the town comes from Latin "castrum", and means "fortified place". Castres grew up round the Benedictine abbey of Saint Benoît. Castres became an important stop on the international pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela in Spain because its abbey-church, built in the 9th century, was keeping the relics of Saint Vincent, the renowned martyr of Spain. It was a place of some importance as early as the 12th century, and ranked as the second town of the Albigeois behind Albi. Geography. Castres is in southern France, in the southwestern part of the Tarn department, to the north of the Montagne Noire, a mountain range in central southern France. Castres is crossed from north to south by the Agout river, a tributary of the Tarn. The "commune" has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . Castres is at southeast of Albi and at east of Toulouse. Climate. The climate of Castres, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with temperate summers. Population. The inhabitants of Castres are known, in French, as "Castrais" (women: "Castraises"). The city of Castres has a population, in 2014, of 41,382; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Castres Administration. Castres is a subprefecture of the Tarn department and the capital of the arrondissement of Castres in the same department. It is also the capital of three "Cantons": It is part of the intercommunality "Castres - Mazamet" (). Sister cities. Castres is twinned with:
Black Lake is a reservoir located between Creston and Campti in North Louisiana. Water feeds into Black Lake from Black Lake Bayou, a watershed that extends from north of Gibsland in Bienville Parish and south to Clarence in Natchitoches Parish through the parishes of Claiborne, Webster, Bienville, Red River and Natchitoches. The elevation of the lake is . Louisiana Highway 9 runs across Black Lake. On the west side of Highway 9 the body of water is called Black Lake — the east is called Clear Lake or Clear Lake Bayou. The Clear Lake side is near another body of water: Saline Lake. Between Clear Lake and Saline Lake is the Alan Chiverly Dam, constructed in 1934. Road 1226 also extends between the lakes. Residents about Black Lake use the Campti and Clarence ZIP Codes, 71411 and 71414, respectively. They are zoned to Lakeview Junior/Senior High School. There are boat launches and campgrounds for fishing and boating. Bell's Camp, founded in 1936 by the late Albert and Eva Bell, is still operated by their daughter, Joy Bell Wimberly (born 1924). Nearby is a catfish and steak restaurant known as Sea and Sirloin, which opened in 1983. Landscape. Black Lake is wide in some places such as at the Hwy 9 bridge and tight in other places because of the growth of cypress trees. There are channels cut into the lake that allow clearance for boats. Boats stay in the channels or risk grounding the bottom of the boat on tree stumps. The aquatic vegetation such as moss, seaweed and algae are visible at surface level. Geography. The latitude and longitude coordinates for Black Lake are 31.9574, -93.0466 and the altitude is 102 feet (31 m).
Extradition is how someone who has committed a crime, or is suspected to have committed a crime, is handed from one jurisdiction to another. Usually, the country that wants the person makes a formal request to the other. Under international law, there is no obligation to extradite a person. There is a web of treaties, which state under what conditions extradition is possible. In general: People who move to a different location to escape legal charges are called fugitives. Examples. In 2019 protestors in Hong Kong demonstrated against a new extradition law proposed by the government of mainland China.
The Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers. They are low-cost, high-performance and the size of a credit card. The Raspberry Pi was developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi Foundation's goal is to "advance the education of adults and children, particularly in the field of computers, computer science and related subjects." Many people have used Raspberry Pis to make things like cameras, video game consoles, robots, web servers and media centres. Versions. There are lots of different versions of the Raspberry Pi, and each has different features. All of the versions use a Broadcom 'system on a chip' (SoC) which contains an ARM-compatible central processing unit (CPU), random-access memory (RAM) and a graphics processing unit (GPU). All versions use an SD card or MicroSD card for the operating system and file storage. They also have a 40-pin General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) connector, which can be used for controlling other electronics. Some versions of the Raspberry Pi have an ethernet connector for connecting to the internet. Some versions can also use Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. The Raspberry Pi comes in three different sizes. The 'standard' size is used for all Model B versions, and is 85.6 mm x 56.5 mm (3.370 in × 2.224 in). The 'compact' size is used for all Model A versions, and is 65 mm × 56.5 mm (2.56 in × 2.22 in). The 'zero' size is used for all Raspberry Pi Zero versions, and is 65 mm × 30 mm (2.56 in × 1.18 in).
Newsboys is a Christian rock, pop, and worship band that started in Australia in 1985. Since then, the band has released 16 studio albums and received numerous awards. The current lead singer, Michael Tait, was once a part of the hit Christian rock/rap 90's band DC Talk. History. The band started with Peter Furler, George Perdikis, John James, Sean Taylor, and Corey Pryor as "The News," which was later changed due to conflicts with a band by a similar name.
Hurricane Arthur was a 2014 tropical cyclone. The hurricane developed on July 1 not far off the eastern coast of Florida. Arthur became a hurricane early on July 3. The storm was expected to either just miss or hit the Cape Hatteras and Outer Banks area of North Carolina. Hurricane or tropical storm notices were in effect for areas between northeastern South Carolina and Nova Scotia in southeast Canada.
Chad Lewis Brown (August 13, 1961 – July 2, 2014) was an American actor, poker player and color commentator. He was sponsored by PokerStars. He co-hosted the NBC television series "Caesars Challenge" during the early 1990s. Brown was born Manhattan, New York City and was raised in the Bronx. He lived in the Los Angeles, California. He married French-American poker player Vanessa Rousso. They separated in early 2012. In February 2011, Rousso reported on her Twitter account that Brown had a ten-pound malignant tumor removed from his abdomen. This was a rare form of sarcoma called liposarcoma. He died from liposarcoma on July 2, 2014 in New York City, aged 52.
Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II prisoner of war survivor, motivational speaker and track and field athlete. Biography. Zamperini was a long-distance runner at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Nazi Germany. During World War II, Zamperini was a soldier on a bomber airplane in the Pacific War. After the plane crashed, he and his crew survived 47 days in a lifeboat in shark infested water before being captured by the Japanese army. After the war, he became a motivational speaker. In 2010, Laura Hillenbrand published Zamperini's biography "", which became a bestseller. In 2014, actress Angelina Jolie directed the movie "Unbroken", based on the biography. The movie was released on December 25, 2014. In May 2014, he was chosen to be the 2015 Rose Parade grand marshal. Personal life. Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrant parents. He and his family moved to Torrance, California, at a young age. He did not speak English until school and was bullied because of this. He was married to Cynthia Applewhite from 1946 until her death in 2001. They had two children, Luke and Cynthia. Zamperini died from pneumonia on July 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. He was 97.
Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi (August 28, 1924 – July 3, 2014), also known as Reb Zalman, was an American rabbi and educator. He was one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement. He was committed to the Gaia hypothesis, to feminism, and to LGBT people within Judaism. Schachter-Shalomi was born in Zhovkva, Poland (now Ukraine) and raised in Vienna, Austria. He and his family fled the rising power of Nazi Germany for the United States in 1941. He was married to Eve Ilsen. Schachter-Shalomi died after a long illness on July 3, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado. He was 89.
Unikonts are one of the five superkingdoms in the classification of eukaryotes. They are part of the taxonomy system of Thomas Cavalier-Smith. The term is no longer used. It is replaced by the term Amorphea. Clade. The group is claimed to be a clade. It includes eukaryotic cells that: The unikonts include opisthokonts (animals, fungi, and related forms) and Amoebozoa. By contrast other well-known eukaryotic groups are often referred to as bikonts. Bikonts include Archaeplastida (plants and relatives), Excavata, Rhizaria, and Chromalveolata. These groups may have two flagella (although there are many exceptions). Characteristics. The unikonts have a triple-gene fusion that is lacking in the bikonts. The three genes code for enzymes which make pyrimidine nucleotides. This must have involved a double gene fusion, a rare pair of events, which supports the shared ancestry of Opisthokonta and Amoebozoa.
Giovanni Colmo (1867 – 1947) was an Italian painter. He was born on May 13, 1867 in Turin, He died on April 24, 1947 in Turin. Biography. Self-taught his style of painting comes from the frequentation of the masters of the time: Lorenzo Delleani and Andrea Tavernier. His painting is related to the "Piemontese Landscaping" of the nineteenth century The artist has produced over 5,000 works.