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Eddie Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), better known as Ed Asner, was an American actor, voice artist and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. Early life. Asner was born Eddie Asner in Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 1929. as the voice of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur, Diamantinasaurus. He was the president of Screen Actors Guild. He was best known for his Emmy Award winning role Lou Grant on both the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Lou Grant". In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar movie "Up". In 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in "Working Class", the first original sitcom on cable CMT. He is currently starring in a Canadian television series "Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays", on CBC Television. Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Asner was married to Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988; they have four children. He married Cindy Gilmore from 1998 to 2007. California Governor Gavin Newsom is his nephew by marriage.  Asner died of natural causes on August 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 91.
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and voice actor. Ermey served with the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam and was retired in 1971. He was the voice of Sarge in "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", and "Toy Story 3". Ermey was born on March 24, 1944 in Emporia, Kansas. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket". Ermey was married to Nila Ermey from 1975 until his death in 2018; they had 4 children. Ermey retired as a Staff Sergeant but was later given the honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant. Ermey died on April 15, 2018 of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in Santa Monica, California at the age of 74.
Jack Angel (October 24, 1930 – October 18, 2021) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian. He was known for his many voice roles in children's shows and movies. He provided "Rocky Gibraltar" in the "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" and Chunk in "Toy Story 3". Career. He provided additional voices for "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo", "The Dukes", "Snorks", "Dino-Riders", "The Smurfs", "Asterix and the Big Fight", "The Little Mermaid", ', "Land of Enchantment", ', "Aladdin", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Hercules", "Mulan", "The Iron Giant", "Monsters, Inc.", "Lilo &amp; Stitch", "Treasure Planet", ', "Gothic 3", "Horton Hears a Who", ', "The Darkness II", "The Lorax", "Monsters University" and "Despicable Me 2". Early life. Angel was born and raised in Modesto, California on October 24, 1930. Personal life. Angel has been married twice. He was first married to Barbara Angel and they divorced in 1980. In 1984 he married his second wife, talent agent and agency owner Arlene Thornton. The couple has three children. They lived in Studio City, California and Malibu, California. Angel died at his Malibu home on October 18, 2021 at the age of 90.
Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher. He published "Hustler" magazine. In 1978, Flynt was shot in an assassination attempt by Joseph Paul Franklin. That left him paralyzed from the waist down. Flynt had a golden wheelchair. Franklin was executed in November 2013 by lethal injection. Early life. Flynt was born on November 1, 1942 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. Marriages. Flynt was married several times. He was married to Mary Flynt from 1961 until they divorced in 1965. He was married to Peggy Flynt from 1966 until they divorced in 1969. He was married to Kathy Flynt from 1970 until they divorced in 1975. He was married to Althea Leasure from 1976 until her death in 1987. He was married to Elizabeth Berrios from 1998 until his death. Health and death. Flynt had said that he has bipolar disorder. Flynt died from heart failure in Los Angeles on February 10, 2021, at the age of 78.
George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American historian and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Early life. McGovern was born in Avon, South Dakota on July 19, 1922. He studied at Dakota Wesleyan University and at Northwestern University. Career. McGovern was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st district from 1957 through 1961. After that he was the Senator of South Dakota. In 1968, McGovern decided to run for President because Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. McGovern was the Democratic presidential nominee for the 1972 presidential election. His running mate was Sargent Shriver. He lost to Richard Nixon. Later he was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 1998 through 2001. Personal life. McGovern was married to Eleanor Stegeberg from 1943 until her death in 2007. McGovern is survived by his 4 daughters. His son (July 27, 1952 - July 27, 2012) was an alcoholic. Death. McGovern died on October 21, 2012 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from natural causes, aged 90.
Timothy MacKenzie Gunn (born July 29, 1953) is an American fashion consultant, television personality, actor, voice actor and author. He served on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative officer.  Over 16 seasons Gunn has become well known as the on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program "Project Runway". Gunn's popularity on "Project Runway" led to two spin-off shows, Bravo's "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" and Lifetime's "Under the Gunn", as well as five books.  In addition to being an executive producer, Gunn has served as mentor for the teen designers on "". He also provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward in the Disney Junior television show "Sofia the First" and narrated the sitcom "Mixology". Gunn is asexual.
Canada is a parliamentary democracy that includes ten provinces and three territories. Each province and territory has a head of government. Those people are called "Premiers" to avoid confusion with the federal Prime Minister. All but five of the Premiers are men. The longest-serving Premier is Dalton McGuinty of Ontario, who has held the position since October 23, 2003; the newest Premier is Pauline Marois of Quebec, who assumed office on September 17, 2012. The oldest premier, Pauline Marois of Quebec, was born in 1949; The youngest Premier, Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island, was born in 1974. There are thirteen incumbent Premiers, of which three are from a Liberal Party, three are from a Conservative Party, two are from the New Democratic Party, one is from the Parti Québécois, one is from the Saskatchewan Party, one is from the Yukon Party, and two are non-partisan.
Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in Copeland, Cumbria, England. In 2001 there were 6,939 people living in Cleator Moor.
Josh Lewin (born October 25, 1968) is an American sportscaster currently calling games for the New York Mets and formally with the Texas Rangers with Tom Grieve. Lewin also called baseball games with the Rochester Red Wings, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and Major League Baseball on Fox. Outside of baseball, he is the radio voice of the San Diego Chargers with Hank Bauer. He was the play-by-play announcer for the NFL on Sports USA and the NFL on Fox. He did some hockey games for the Dallas Stars (substituting for Ralph Strangis who was injured in a car accident), NHL on Fox, and Fox Sports Detroit's coverage of CCHA Hockey. He also handles various collegiate assignments. The Big Ten Network added Josh Lewin for their coverage of college football. Lewin also calls college basketball games for Fox Sports Net and Sports USA. Lewin has done play-by-play for Sports USA's coverage of college football. Lewin formally called play-by-play for basketball games for the Michigan State University and Southern Methodist University. Josh was the host of The Josh and Elf Show until being replaced by Jane Slater, as the Elf and Slater show, since Lewin was hired by the New York Mets replacing Wayne Hagin.
Craig Minervini is an American sportscaster. He is host of "Marlins Live" and "Panthers Live".  He called Florida Panthers games for the radio. He calls select Florida Marlins play-by-play when Rich Waltz is on MLB Network. He was sports anchor for WNBC-TV and WTVJ-TV sports anchor. He also has done play-by-play for various other sports include Notre Dame Football on NBC, CBS Sports Spectacular, College World Series on ESPN, Major League Soccer, XFL on TNN, Boxing on TNN, Mixed Martial Arts on TNN, Syracuse Chiefs, and Syracuse Orangemen, football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer. Minervini currently hosts Panthers Live.
Jon "Boog" Sciambi (born April 11, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American sportscaster for ESPN. He currently calls Major League Baseball games for ESPN Radio and formerly did television work for ESPN. He also calls college basketball for ESPN, ESPNU (occasionally), and ESPN Radio. He was a play-by-play announcer for the Florida Marlins and Atlanta Braves as well as ESPN Little League World Series. Sciambi's nickname "Boog," is because he looks like former major league player Boog Powell.
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), also known as lipoglycans, are large molecules made of a lipid and a polysaccharide joined by a covalent bond. They occur in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, and act as triggers for the innate immune system. Their presence is sensed by toll-like receptors on dendritic cells. This causes a strong immune response in animals.
Ernest Johnson, Jr. (born November 5, 1956) is a sportscaster for Turner Sports coverage on TNT, TBS, truTV and CBS Sports.  He calls play-by-play for Golf on TNT and MLB on TBS. He is also the studio host for the NBA on TNT and college basketball tournaments for Turner Sports and CBS Sports. Johnson called Atlanta Braves games from 1993-1996 and again in 2010. He was also the studio host for TNT's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships. He also worked on Olympic Games and Goodwill Games for Turner Sports. He was a co-host for Charles Barkley's talk show "Listen Up". Johnson also called weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics for NBC. Johnson has called occasional NBA games for TNT. Johnson is the son of the late pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves Ernie Johnson Sr.
Craig Graham Sager, Sr. (June 29, 1951 – December 15, 2016) was a Turner Sports personality. He was the lead sideline reporter with Marv Albert, Reggie Miller, and Steve Kerr for the NBA on TNT and the lead field reporter for MLB on TBS with Ernie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, and John Smoltz. He also did college basketball tournaments with Albert and Kerr for CBS and Turner Sports as the #2 team. Career. He was sports director for two television stations: WINK-TV and KMBD-TV. He was a sports anchor for two other television stations: WTSP (also a sports reporter), and WXLT-TV. He was an anchor for CNN Sports Tonight, College Football Scoreboard and an anchor for the defunct television network CNN Sports Illustrated. While at Kansas City, he provided play-by-play for the Kansas City Kings, Kansas City Royals spring training, and Kansas City Chiefs preseason.  He also was on the fields and sidelines reporting for the Goodwill Games on TBS, TNT World Cup, Golf on TNT, Tennis on TNT, college football on TBS, and TNT Sunday Night Football where he also was the studio host for college football on TBS. Sager called Nordic Skiing and Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics for TNT. He was a sideline reporter for other basketball tournaments for TNT and has been the Olympic Basketball sideline reporter for NBC since 2008.  While at NBC, he was also a sideline reporter for the 1999 National League Championship Series, 1999 World Series, and Notre Dame Football on NBC. Illness and death. Sager was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2014. On December 15, 2016, Sager died from the disease in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 65.
Matt Vasgersian (born September 28, 1967) is an American sportscaster. He works for MLB Network. He is the new pregame/postgame show host for MLB on Foxreplacing Chris Rose in the MLB Network studios. He does occasional play-by-play for Fox Saturday Baseball. He is also the lead play-by-play for Thursday Night Baseball for MLB Network. He also called baseball games for the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB on TBS, Tucson Toros, High Desert Mavericks, and baseball &amp; softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics on NBC. His trademark was: Santa Maria! on a walk off hit, a great play, a no hitter, or a perfect game. He is also the host of Baseball IQ, MLB Network's first ever game show. He has also hosted other shows for Fox Sports Net such as Celebrity Blackjack, Sports Geniuses, Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the International World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors. In addition to baseball, poker, and game shows, he has called Olympic games and football. Vasgersian was the announcer for ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics for NBC and anchored the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics for the NBC family. Vasgersian called one season for NBC's coverage of the XFL before it folded. He also called BCS games for Fox most notably with Terry Donahue and Pat Haden and sideline reporter Laura Okmin. Vasgersian also called NFL games for Fox from 2005 until 2009 when MLB Network launched. However, he returned for Week 17 of the 2009 NFL season. Vasgersian also called USC Trojans men's basketball for Fox Sports Net and has been a fill-in voice for UFC on FSN when Mike Goldberg was studio hosting for college football.
Alan Richard "Al" Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American sportscaster. He was best known working for ABC Sports for nearly three decades. He is the lead voice of NBC Sunday Night Football. He was the daytime anchor for two Olympics: 2010 Vancouver Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. He called games for many years for the National Football League games. Michaels has won many awards during his career, including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-by-Play Host) five times, the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association three times, and "Sportscaster of the Year" once each from the American Sportscasters Association and the Washington Journalism Review. In October 2004, Michaels was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Michaels had an acting role in a 1970 episode of "Hawaii Five-O". He has appeared as himself in the movies "Jerry Maguire" and "BASEketball", as well as on several TV shows including "Coach" and "Spin City". His call of the U.S. hockey team's victory in the 1980 Olympics can be heard in the 2004 movie "Miracle".
Daniel "Dan" Shulman (born February 9, 1967, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sportscaster currently with Sportsnet and ESPN. He currently calls games for MLB on ESPN, MLB on ESPN Radio, College Basketball on ESPN, and NBA on ESPN. He was the TV voice of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Blue Jays. He also called NHL games for The Sports Network, a sister network of ESPN. He was a host of Prime Time Sports, calling games for the Western Mustangs football and basketball before coming to TSN or ESPN. He was also with CTV covering the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1994 World Championships of Basketball. When Shulman was working at a baseball game in 2011, he announced Osama bin Laden's death. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named him the "National Sportscaster of the Year" in 2011.
Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American sportscaster. He works for ESPN. He worked with CBS Sports before. He is the son of late "Boston Globe" sportswriter Will McDonough.  He has broadcast college basketball (including 10 NCAA tournaments), college football (including the prestigious Orange Bowl game), the College World Series, the NFL, US Open tennis, 3 Winter Olympics, and golf (including 4 Masters and PGA Championships).
Dave Sims (born February 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster. He is the voice of the Seattle Mariners, College Basketball on Westwood One/Dial Global, and the voice of Sunday Night Football on Westwood One/Dial Global with James Lofton. Sims was a play-by-play voice for the United Football League on Versus. He hosts "Basketball and Beyond with Coach K". He was a sports anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City. Sims called college football and basketball games for ESPN and ESPN Plus. He was the preseason announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He called Philip Humber's perfect game on April 21, 2012. He also called Major League Baseball games. Sims called another perfect game in 2012, this time by Felix Hernandez. Vin Scully has called four perfect games in his career.
Brad Johansen is a sportscaster. He was the voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, but in 2011 replaced Paul Keels as preseason play-by-play announcer which he continues to do. Brad Hoard was hired to replace Johansen in the radio booth. He is also the voice of the Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team as well as high school football for Fox Sports Ohio. In 2012, Johansen will call college football games for the CBS Sports Network. Early Life. From 1996-2014, he was the sports director at WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was announcing Bengals pre-season games. In 2000, Brad moved to the radio booth, replacing Pete Arbogast . On May 4, 2011 Dan Hoard was hired as the new Bengals radio play-by-play announcer replacing Brad Johansen. On July 6, The Bengals announced Johansen was hired to replace Paul Keels as the TV play-by-play announcer for Bengals preseason games. In 2014, Johansen moved on from being the sports director and a play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports Network to anchoring the 4:00 and 5:30 pm newscasts at WKRC. In April 2018, Johansen left WKRC-TV to join WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina as an evening news anchor and reporter.He was let go Thursday, April 4, 2019 after one year at the station. On March 6, 2020, Johansen returns to television, as an early evening news anchor and reporter for WCMH-TV in Columbus.
A puffball is the common name for several groups of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. Puffballs include the genera of "Calvatia", "Calbovista" and "Lycoperdon".  All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. The genus "Scleroderma", which has a young purple gleba, should be avoided.
Lycoperdon umbrinum, better known as the umber-brown puffball, is a species of puffball mushroom in the genus "Lycoperdon". The species is found in China, Europe, and North America. Description. The "L. umbrinum" has a fruiting body, which is shaped like the top of a pear, with a short, slightly buried stipe. It is tall and broad. The fruiting body starts as pale, then goes reddish then to a blackish brown. The outer wall has slender, persistent spines, which are up to 1 mm long. The spores are roughly sspherical, and about 3.5–5.5 µm in diameter, with fine warts and a pedicel that is 0.5–15 µm long. It is uncommonly found, although most often found in coniferous woods on sandy soils.
Agaricomycetes is a class of fungi. Agaricomycetes include 17 orders, 100 families, 1147 genera, and 20951 species. All members of this class produce basidiocarps and these range in size from tiny cups a few millimeters across to a giant polypore ("Fomitiporia ellipsoidea") greater than several meters across and weighing up to . The group also includes what are arguably the largest and oldest individual organisms on earth: the mycelium of "Armillaria gallica" have been estimated to extend over 150,000 square metres (37 acres) with a mass of 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) and an age of 1,500 years. Nearly all species in the class are terrestrial (although a few are aquatic). They mostly function as decayers, especially of wood. However, some species are pathogenic or parasitic, and yet others are symbiotic. These include the important ectomycorrhizal symbionts of forest trees.
Antineutron is the antiparticle of a neutron. Anti-neutrons were found in 1956 at the University of California, Berkeley. They have the same mass and net charge (0) as the neutrons. The only difference is that they have the opposite baryon number, that is, the quarks inside the neutrons have opposite spins to the anti-quarks in the anti-neutrons. Anti-neutrons annihilate on contact with their antiparticle, neutrons.
Alan Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American movie, voice, television, and stage actor. He is known for his role as Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". He also appeared in "Speed" and in "Twister". Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 1, 1956. He spent his childhood and teen years in Chicago, Illinois. Ruck was married to Claudia Stefany from 1986 until they divorced in 2005. He has been married to Mireille Enos since 2008. With Stefany he has two children, and with Enos he has one child.
Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actor. He was known for his Academy Award-winning role as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". He won another Academy Award for his role as Al Stephenson in "The Best Years of Our Lives". He also won a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. March was born on August 31, 1897 in Racine, Wisconsin. March was married to Ellis Baker from 1921 until they divorced in 1927. March was then married to Florence Eldridge from 1927 until his death in 1975. With Eldridge he has two adopted children. March died on April 14, 1975 in Los Angeles, California from prostate cancer, aged 77.
Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English movie actress and model. She is known for modeling for Victoria's Secret and in "Burberry" magazine. Her first movie was the 2011 action movie "". Huntington-Whiteley was born on 18 April 1987 in Plymouth, Devon, England. She has been partners with Jason Statham since 2010.
Mississippi mud pie is a chocolate-based dessert pie. The treat has a gooey chocolate sauce on top of crumbly chocolate. The pie is usually served with ice cream.  It is popular because of the amount of chocolate in each serving. The name "Mississippi mud pie" comes from the dense cake which looks like the banks of the Mississippi River. It is believed that this dish was made by home cooks after World War II. This is because it was made of simple ingredients that could be found at any supermarket and did not need any special cooking tools.
Ettore "Hector" Boiardi (October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985) was an Italian-American chef. He was famous for his brand of food products, named "Chef Boyardee". He was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Boiardi was born in Piacenza, Italy. Boiardi was married to Helen Wroblewski from 1923 until his death in 1985. He had a son, Mario Boiardi. Boiardi died on June 21, 1985 in Parma, Ohio from natural causes, aged 87.
Tyrese Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American R&amp;B singer, rapper, actor and model. He has acted in many movies and television series. These include "Baby Boy" (2001), "2 Fast 2 Furious" and the "Transformers" movie series. In 2000, Gibson won the American Music Award for "Favorite New R&amp;B/Soul Artist". He has also been nominated for two Grammy Awards.