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Kathleen Ferrier (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto singer. She got an international reputation for being a concert, stage and recording artist.  Ferrier was born in Higher Walton, Lancashire. Ferrier was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1951. She died aged 41 at University College Hospital, London.
Edward Cary Hayes (February 10, 1868 – 1928) was a pioneer in American sociology. He was a founder and president of the American Sociological Association. He was born in Lewiston, Maine. Hayes died in Urbana, Illinois, aged 60.
Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva ( "Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova", née Titarenko, Титаре́нко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet activist and philanthropist. She was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbacheva was the First Lady of the Soviet Union from October 1988 to December 1991. Gorbacheva suffered from a stroke in October 1993. She was diagnosed with leukemia and died on 20 September 1999 at Münster University Hospital in Germany, aged 67.
Vanderhoof is a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Vanderhoof is found near the geographical centre in the Interior Plateau region. The population of Vanderhoof was 4,346 in 2021. The mayor of Vanderhoof is Kevin Moutray. Vanderhoof is known for their bird sanctuary which is found along the Nechako River. During their yearly migration, the river is passed through by Canada geese, swan, as well as other birds.
Silvio Peter "Tino" Insana (February 15, 1948 – May 31, 2017) was an American actor, producer, writer, singer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his roles in "Barnyard", "Back at the Barnyard", "Bubble Guppies", "Bobby's World", and "". On May 31, 2017, Insana died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 69. Early life. Insana was born Silvio Peter Insana in Chicago, Illinois on February 15, 1948. Death. On May 31, 2017, Insana died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 69.
Barry Gordon (born December 21, 1948) is an American movie, television and voice actor and political talk show host and producer. He was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, having served from 1988 to 1995 (one year longer than either Charlton Heston or Ronald Reagan). Gordon is known for voicing the character Donatello in the 1987 cartoon "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".
Gary Owens (May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey and voice actor. He is known for his roles in "Rowan &amp; Martin's Laugh-In", "The Gong Show", "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder", "Midnight Cowboy", and in "Roger Ramjet". Owens was born in Mitchell, South Dakota. Owens died February 12, 2015, from complications due to type 1 diabetes, a condition he had experienced since childhood.
Tofino is a district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Tofino is found on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. It is at the western terminus of Highway 4, it is on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, and is at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound. The population of Tofino was 2,516 in 2021. The mayor of Tofino is Josie Osborne. Tofino is a popular spot for surfers, campers, fishermen, nature lovers, and whale watchers during the Summer. Tofino is named in association with the Tofino Inlet. In 1792, the Tofino Inlet was named by the Spanish commanders Galiano and Valdés to honour Admiral Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel y Wanderiales.
Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Wells is in the Cariboo District. It is on Highway 26, is 74 km away from Quesnel and is 8 km before the highway's terminus at Barkerville. The town gets most of its income and jobs from tourists that travel through the town on their way to the Bowron Lake Provincial Park and Barkerville. During its highest point in popularity in the 1940s, the town had 4500 people. The town was first run as a company town and was managed by Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine. The town was featured on the historical documentary television series "Gold Trails and Ghost Towns" during the 13th episode of the 3rd season.
Surya is an important god in Hinduism as he is the Sun god. The word "Sūrya" comes from the Sanskrit word for the Sun (सूर्य).
Yama is the god of death in Hinduism and Buddhism. In Japan he is called "Enma" and "Great King Enma". His name is related to Ymir, the ancestor of the jötnar in Norse mythology, whose body became the universe. The dwarf planet Pluto was named after the god of death in Roman mythology, similar to Yama. This means Pluto is called "Yama" in the Hindi language.
Sag DEG is a small loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It is known by other names, such as the Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy or the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. It consists of four globular clusters. The main cluster having been discovered in 1994. Sag DEG is about 10,000 light-years in diameter, and is about 70,000 light-years from Earth.  It moves in a polar orbit (i.e. an orbit passing through the galactic plane) at a distance of about 50,000 light-years from the core of the Milky Way (about 1/3 the distance of the Large Magellanic Cloud). In its looping, spiralling path, it has passed through the plane of the Milky Way several times in the past. Sag DEG should not be confused with the Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy, or the Sag DIG, a small galaxy 3.4 million light-years distant.
Messier 54 (or M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1778. Later, he included it in his catalog of comet-like objects. M54 was thought to belong to our Milky Way galaxy, but in 1994 it was discovered that M54 belongs to the Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy ('Sag DEG').  M54 is some 87,000 light-years from us, and has a radius of 150 light-years across. It is one of the most dense globulars. It shines with the luminosity of roughly 850,000 times that of the Sun and has an absolute magnitude of −10.0. M54 is easily found in the sky, being close to the star ζ Sagittarii. Individual stars cannot be seen with amateur telescopes. It is on or near SagDEG's center. Some authors think it actually may be its core; but others do not. In July 2009, a team of astronomers found evidence of a medium-sized black hole in the core of M54.
Reached is the last book in a dystopian trilogy by Ally Condie. It was published in 2012. It takes place a few weeks after the first two books, "Matched" and "Crossed". "Reached" finishes the story of Cassia Reyes in a five-part triple narrative split between Cassia, her boyfriend Ky Markham, and her best friend/match Xander Carrow.
Ally Condie (born November 2, 1978) is an American writer. She is best known for the "Matched" trilogy ("Matched, Crossed" and "Reached"). She also wrote the "Yearbook" Trilogy ("Yearbook, First Day" and "Reunion"). She also wrote "Freshman for President", "Being Sixteen" and "Atlantia". Condie lives with her husband and three children in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In geometry, a line segment is a line between two different endpoints. It is represented by a line above the symbols of the two endpoints (such as formula_1). Unlike a line, a line segment does not extend beyond the endpoints. An example of a line segment is a side of a triangle. If the endpoints are on a curve, like a circle, then the line segment is called a chord.
Wabamum Lake is a lake in Alberta, Canada. It is 65 kilometres (40 miles) west of Edmonton, Alberta. It is 19.2 kilometres (11.9 miles) long and 6.6 kilometres (4.1 miles) wide. It covers 82 square kilometres (32 square miles). It is 11 metres (36 feet) deep at its deepest. The name of the lake comes from the Cree language word for mirror.
The Edmonton Elks, formerly known as the Edmonton Eskimos and briefly as Edmonton Football Team, are a professional Canadian football team. They are based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team plays home games at Commonwealth Stadium. It is part of the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). It was started in 1949. The team has won the league's Grey Cup thirteen times. Only one team has won the cup more often. In the 21st century, the team nickname caused major controversy because the term "Eskimo" is now considered a slur by the Inuit, the indigenous people of Arctic Canada. The team dropped the "Eskimos" name on July 21, 2020, using "Edmonton Football Team" as a placeholder name while a new nickname was chosen. The new name of Elks was announced on June 1, 2021.
Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012) was an American-born printmaker and sculptor. She is best known for black sculptures and prints she made during the 1960s and 1970s. Those prints had political themes. Catlett was born in Washington, D.C.. In 1946 she moved to Mexico, where she lived until her death at age 96. She became a Mexican citizen in 1962.
Pierre D'Archambeau (April 3, 1927 – June 16, 2014) was a Belgian-born American violin virtuoso and pedagogue. He worked with many noted musicians, including Arturo Toscanini, Pablo Casals, Jacques Thibaud, Nadia Boulanger and Fritz Kreisler.  D'Archambeau died on June 16, 2014, in his home in Massachusetts, aged 87.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin (; 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014) was a Russian military personnel. He was the General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia.  He was a General of the Army and former commander of the Russian Space Forces. Popovkin died of cancer on 18 June 2014 in a hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, aged 56.
Kathleen Nolan (born September 27, 1933) is an American actress. She was known for her role as Kate McCoy, a housewife in the Walter Brennan series "The Real McCoys". Nolan was born Jocelyn Schrum in St. Louis, Missouri. Nolan became the first female President of the Screen Actors Guild (1975–1979, two terms). She is a life member of the Actors Studio.
Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American movie actor. He was one of the most famous Hollywood actors during the 1940s. He was known for his role in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). Andrews died from pneumonia and heart failure caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 83.
Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American movie actor. He has appeared in more than 80 movies during his career. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Masur sits on the Corporate Board of the Motion Picture &amp; Television Fund. Masur was born in New York City, New York.
Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor. From 2005 to 2009, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. Rosenberg is known for voicing Boba Fett in "". Rosenberg was born in Passaic, New Jersey to a Jewish family.
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American activist, poet, and actress. She is most well known for her work as a key member of the feminist movement. She is most well known for organizing the 1968 Miss America Protest in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Early life. She attended The Wetter School in Mount Vernon, and graduated in the year 1956. Although, after finishing her high school degree, her mother did not let her attend a formal university. Instead, she had a private tutor teach her college level courses and took some classes from Columbia University as a part-time student there. Career. Her career started very young as a child model and actress. In 1945, she had her own radio show called "The Little Robin Morgan Show""." At that same time, she appeared multiple times as a consistent guest star on "Juvenile Jury". Her best known work as an actress was on "Mama," where she was one of the main characters for 7 years.  Then, at age 14 she decided to switch her focus to her writing. Starting in the 1950s, she published her poems and other writing pieces. In the 1960s, she also worked as a literary agent and freelance editor in New York City. In 1968, she helped to organize the Miss America Protest in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This protest fought to end the Miss America annual beauty pageants because they enforced sexist beauty standards. This work spurred her on to join more committees and have a larger voice in the feminist movement as well as other activist movements. From 1989 to 1994 she was the editor-in-chief of Ms. Magazine, the first national liberal feminist news magazine.  She did most of her activism work during the late 1900’s and early 2000’s. She has protested both nationally and globally. Her other work nationally includes protesting against pornography in the media, unequal pay, sexual harassment and assault, and many more feminist issues. Globally she traveled all around the world (especially in the late 1980’s) to fight for women's rights, racial equality, and more. Her career started as a child
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Howard, Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in "1776" and as basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show "The White Shadow". He was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in September 2009 and elected to a second term in September 2011. Howard died in Santa Clarita, California on March 23, 2016 of pneumonia complicated by shingles and prostate cancer five days before his 72nd birthday.
Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American movie and television actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's "Nashville", Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series "Deadwood" and FBI agent Frank Lundy in "Dexter". In 1976, Carradine won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I'm Easy". That song was in the movie "Nashville".
Horace Silver (born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Silver is known for his humorous and funky playing style and his hard bop music. He was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and sometimes the soul jazz genre.
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas. As of the 2020 census, College Station had a population of 120,511. College Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&amp;M University. Oftentimes it is called "CS" by students.
The June 16–18, 2014 tornado outbreak was an incident in which several strong tornadoes cut through Nebraska. Other tornadoes also affected Wisconsin, Montana, Ontario and South Dakota. A preliminary rating of the strongest tornadoes was EF4 (winds between 166 and just under 200 mph). There were two deaths from the tornado incident, both in Nebraska. 16 people were critically injured in the storms.
Beatrice Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American actress. She played Dr. Lesh in the 1982 movie "Poltergeist". She also played Louise in the 1976 movie "Network". She also acted on television and on stage. Straight was born in Old Westbury, New York. She died from Alzheimer's disease in Los Angeles.
Jacqueline Wells (later Julie Bishop (August 30, 1914 – August 30, 2001) was an American actress. She appeared in over 80 movies between 1923 and 1957. She also acted on television. She began her career as a child actress. She played Myrtle Reed in the movie "Lady Gangster". She played a stewardess in "Princess O'Rourke". Bishop also acted on stage. The actress was born in Denver, Colorado. She died in Mendocino, California on her 87th birthday from pneumonia.
The muskellunge ("Esox masquinongy") is a freshwater game fish. It is the largest member of the Esox (Pike) family. The muskellunge is also called the muskie or maskinonge (Canada). It is native to northern and eastern North America. Muskies have been introduced into other U.S. states.. Muskies are carnivorous and eat other fish. They are ambush feeders who will attack anything that moves in or on the water. Subspecies. Currently there are three recognized subspecies of Muskellunge. There is also a hybrid called the Tiger muskellunge (or Tiger Muskie). It is a cross between the Muskellunge and the Northern pike ("Esox lucius"). They are smaller than true muskies but can grow up to 1.5 times faster in the first year. They are almost always sterile and cannot reproduce. Physical descriptions. True muskies have light colored bodies. They can be silver, light green, or light brown. They usually have dark bars on their sides. This is the opposite of the Northern pike which Muskies are sometimes confused with. Northern pike (northerns) have dark bodies with light colored bars on the sides. Muskies also have scales only on the upper half of the cheek. The best way to tell the two apart is the pores under the jaw. Northerns have five or less; muskies have six or more. Males are always smaller than females. Tiger muskies look like both muskies and northerns. Their "tiger" stripes are more distinctive than the true musky. Where both species live in the same waters, tiger muskies occur naturally. But they are never in large numbers. Once biologists realized that tiger muskies were a hybrid, they began raising them in hatcheries. There are no size differences between male and female tiger muskies. Habitat and forage. The muskie is a very efficient predator. It lays in wait near the shoreline often in shallow water. It hides in weeds, near or under logs and rocks. In the summer as the water warms
Maudie Prickett (October 25, 1914 – April 14, 1976) was an American actress. She was on ABC's "Bewitched" in various roles. She also played on "The Jack Benny Program" on CBS. Prickett was born in Portland, Oregon. She died from renal failure in Pasadena, California, aged 61.
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She played Anita Alvarez in "Swing High, Swing Low". She also played Norma Malone in the movie "St. Louis Blues". Lamour was born in New Orleans. She died in Los Angeles at age 81 after a heart attack.
A galaxy group is a group of galaxies made up of less than 50 or so members and bound by gravity. Collections of galaxies larger than groups are called galaxy clusters or superclusters. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is in the Local Group of more than 40 galaxies. Galaxy groups are the smallest groups of galaxies. They usually have no more than 50 galaxies. The group in a diameter of 1 to 2 megaparsecs (about 4 to 8 million light-years). Their mass is about 1013 solar masses. This is just a guide, because larger and more massive galaxy systems are sometimes called galaxy groups.
Superclusters are large collections of smaller galaxy groups and galaxy clusters. They are one of the largest known structures in the cosmos. Superclusters show that the galaxies in the universe are not evenly distributed. Most, perhaps all, are in groups and clusters. Groups have some dozens of galaxies, and clusters up to several thousand galaxies. Those groups and clusters plus more isolated galaxies form even larger collections called superclusters. Superclusters themselves form even larger structures, called "filaments", "complexes", "walls" or "sheets", like the Great Wall. These may span between several hundred million light-years to 10 billion light-years, and cover more than 5% of the observable universe. Superclusters suggest something about the initial condition of the universe when these superclusters were formed. The directions of the rotational axes of galaxies within superclusters may also tell us about the formation of galaxies early in the history of the Universe. Inside superclusters are large voids of space in which few galaxies exist. Superclusters are often subdivided into groups of clusters called "galaxy clouds".
Ronald Balfour Corbett CBE (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish comedian, writer, actor, and broadcaster. He was a member of the Corbett family. He was best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show "The Two Ronnies". Early life. Ronald Balfour Corbett was born at Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital and Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh, Scotland on 4 December 1930. He was the son of William Balfour Corbett (1898–1974), a master baker, and his London-born wife Annie Elizabeth Corbett (née Main; 1900–1991). He had a brother, Allan, and a sister, Margaret. Personal life. Corbett married the actress and dancer Anne Hart at Brixton registry office on 30 May 1966. The couple had two daughters, Emma and Sophie. Their first child, Andrew, had a heart defect and died when he was six weeks old, at St Thomas' Hospital, in London. He had four grandchildren, including Dylan Corbett-Bader. Corbett and Hart first met during the late 1950s. He was an up-and-coming comedian and she was working as a dancer at Winston's, Hanover Square, a club owned by Danny La Rue. The couple were married for 49 years until his death on 31 March 2016. Corbett and Hart lived in a seven bedroom property named Fairways in Addington, London from 1970 to 2003. The couple also owned a Scottish home named Muirfield Wood located in Gullane, East Lothian. Death. Corbett died at Shirley Oaks Hospital in Shirley, London, England on 31 March 2016, surrounded by his family. He was 85. He had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2015. Corbett's funeral was conducted by Canon Arthur Quinn at St. John the Evangelist near his home in Shirley on 18 April 2016. Mourners included Sir Michael Parkinson, David Walliams, Jimmy Tarbuck, Barry Cryer
Bernard Cribbins, OBE (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian. His career spanned over seventy years. Cribbins was known for his role as Wilfred Mott in "Doctor Who". He was also known for being the narrator of "The Wombles". Cribbins died on 27 July 2022, aged 93.
The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States (the head of state and head of government), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments. The Constitution of the United States provides for a separation of powers among three branches. The executive branch is mostly about the President and is independent of the legislature. Legislative power is in the two chambers of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The judicial branch (or judiciary), made of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, focuses on the judicial power (or judiciary). The judiciary's main focus is to interpret the meaning of the United States Constitution and federal laws and rules. This includes solving problems between the executive and legislative branches. Political parties. Two political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have been the main participants in American politics since the American Civil War. There are also smaller parties like the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, and the Constitution Party. The Whig Party, the Federalist Party, and the Democratic-Republican Party were important many years ago.  Political differences. There are major differences between the political system of the United States and that of most other developed democracies. These include greater power in the upper house of the legislature, a wider scope of power held by the Supreme Court, the separation of powers between the legislature and the executive, and the dominance of only two main parties. Third parties have less political influence in the United States than in other developed country democracies. The federal object created by the U.S. Constitution is the main feature of the American governmental system. However, most people are also subject to a state government, and all are subject to various units of local government. The latter include counties, municipalities, and special districts. The federal government was created by the states, which as colonies were established separately and governed themselves independently of the others. Units of local government were created by the colonies to carry out various state functions. As the country expanded, it admitted new states modeled on the existing ones. State leaders. The USA is a federal union of fifty states. They have governors and legislatures to govern and make their laws. Each state