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Lorne Greene (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987), was a Canadian actor and singer. Career. Greene was born on February 12, 1915 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His first movie was "Churchill's Island" (1941), as narrator. He was in films such as "The Silver Chalice" (1954), "Autumn Leaves" (1956), with Joan Crawford, "Peyton Place" (1957), with Lana Turner, "The Buccaneer" (1958), with Yul Brynner, and "Earthquake" (1974), with Charlton Heston. Greene also had roles in some low-budget westerns, including "The Last of the Fast Guns" (1958), "The Hangman" (1959),  He also worked on the Japanese film "Nippon chinbotsu" (1974). Bonanza. Greene gained fame in 1959 starring in the NBC western "Bonanza". He played role of Ben Cartwright, the owner of the Ponderosa Ranch in Virginia City. Also in the series were Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright, Michael Landon as Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright, and Dan Blocker as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright.  The series was a success and lasted for 14 seasons between 1959 and 1973. Television. In the early years of Greene's career, he made guest appearances on television shows including "Ford Television Theatre" (1953), "Producers' Showcase" (1955), "General Motors Presents" (1955), "The United States Steel Hour" (1956), "Kraft Television Theatre" (1957), "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958).  In 1955, he starred in his first series "Sailor of Fortune", as Capt. Mitchell. The series was co-produced by Canada and Britain television, and lasted one season. He was also a detective in "Griff" (1973-1974) created by Larry Cohen. Greene played Wade Griffin, a police officer with many years of service who
David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. McCallum was best known for playing Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and Dr Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS". Career. McCallum's first movie work was in "Ill Met by Moonlight" (1957), followed "The Secret Place" (1957). Later, he worked in "The Long and the Short and the Tall" (1961), "Billy Budd" (1962), and "Freud" (1962). McCallum played a role in the movie "The Great Escape" (1962), with Steve McQueen and directed by John Sturges. In 1965, he worked in the in biblical movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965). In this movie he played Judas. In 1966, he co-starred in "Around the World Under the Sea" (1966), with Lloyd Bridges. He had a strong performance in first lead role in a movie in "Mosquito Squadron" (1969), directed by Boris Sagal. In 1970s, McCallum acted in movies as "Dogs" (1976), "The Kingfisher Caper" (1976), Television. Most of his career has been in television. He has worked for over fifty years in television both in the United States and the United Kingdom. His first appearances were in British television in "Our Mutual Friend" (1958), "The Eustace Diamonds" (1959), "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1959) and "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960). In 1964, he played the role of Illya Kuryakin in the American TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". McCallum played the character for 114 episodes. For this series McCallum was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes. David McCallum also had success in British series "Colditz" (1972–1974),
Memorial Stadium was a stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The stadium was home to the National Football League (NFL) team, the Baltimore Ravens from 1996 to 1997 and was also home to the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball from 1954 to 1991, as well as the Baltimore Colts from 1954 to 1983, and the Baltimore Stallions from 1986 to 1987. The stadium was demolished in 2001. In 2010 a new baseball field was built on the same site of the Memorial stadium and Cal Ripken was at the ribbon-cutting. It was nicknamed "The Old Grey Lady of 33rd Street" and "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum", for the infamous fan noise. The stadium eventually lost teams because it could not compete with other newer stadiums. There was a plaque on the stadium honoring allied soldiers in World War II. A replica now sits outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the new home of the Orioles. The Ravens now play in M&amp;T Bank Stadium.
Sumac, also spelled sumach, is a flowering plant. Sumacs are small trees. The leaves are arranged like spirals. The flowers are in spikes. Each flower is very small, greenish, creamy white or red, with five petals. The fruits form clusters of reddish drupes called "sumac bobs".
Cubeb ("Piper cubeba"), also known as tailed pepper or Java pepper, is a plant in genus "Piper" is used for its fruit and essential oil. It is usually found in Java, and so it is sometimes called Java pepper. The fruits are gathered before they are ripe, and dried carefully. The seed of the plant is white, hard and oily. Cooking. In Europe, cubeb was one of the valuable spices during the Middle Ages. It was used in sauces. An old recipe includes cubeb in making "sauce sarcenes", which consists of almond milk and a few spices. As a good-smelling snack, cubeb was often candied and eaten.
Electronic commerce more well known as e-commerce consists of the buying or selling of products via electronic means such as the internet or other electronic services. This type of trade has been growing rapidly because of the expansion of the Internet. Types of commerce include online retail, electronic markets, and online auctions.  The need for electronic commerce emerged from the need to use computers more efficiently in banks and corporations. With the increasing competition there was a need amongst organizations to increase customer satisfaction and information exchange. Electronic commerce started with the introduction of electronic funds transfer (EFT) by banks. Over time many variants of EFTs within banks were introduced like debit cards, credit cards, and direct deposits.
John Stewart Bell (28 June 1928 – 1 October 1990) was a Northern Irish physicist who made great contributions to quantum physics, and especially to the question of what Heisenberg's uncertainty principle really tells us about the world. http://www.ffn.ub.es/luisnavarro/nuevo_maletin/Bell%20(1964)_Bell%27s%20theorem.pdf
Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (German: "Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie Herzogin zu Mecklenburg"; 10 March 1776 – 19 July 1810) was Queen consort of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William III. After her husband's ascension, Louise developed many ties to senior ministers and became a powerful figure within the government as she began to command universal respect and affection. The queen always tried to stay informed of political developments at court, and from the very beginning of his reign the new king consulted Louise on matters of state. Though Prussia had not fought in a war since 1795, its military leaders were confident that they could win against Napoleon's troops. After a small incident concerning an anti-French pamphlet occurred, King Frederick William was finally pressured by his wife and family to break off his uneasy peace and enter the war against the French emperor. Prussian troops began mobilizing, culminating in the October 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt, which was a disaster for Prussia, as the ability of its armed forces to continue the war were effectively wiped out. The king and queen had accompanied their troops into battle at Jena (with Louise apparently dressed "like an Amazon"), but had to flee from French troops. Napoleon himself occupied Berlin, and the king, queen and the rest of the royal family had to flee, despite Louise's illness, in the dead of winter to Königsberg in the easternmost part of the kingdom. On the journey there, there was no food or clean water, and the king and queen were forced to share the same sleeping arrangements in "one of the wretched barns they call houses", according to one witness traveling with them. Napoleon demanded, from a highly superior position, peace terms in what was to be called the Peace of Tilsit (1807). In the midst of these negotiations, the emperor agreed to keep half of Prussia intact. Louise reluctantly agreed to meet the emperor at Tilsit, but only to save "her Prussia." She tried to use her beauty and charm to flatter him into more favorable terms. Before
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ("On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres") is great work of the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, offered proof that the Earth went round the Sun, and not vice versa, as had been thought.  This was an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's Earth-centered system, which had been accepted since ancient times. Copernicus had worked his ideas out many years before, however he did not publish until right before his death because he himself did not truly believe it and only proposed the idea as a philosophy experiment.  Contents. In its standard English edition, the book contains 330 folio pages, 100 pages of tables, and over 20,000 tabulated numbers. The book is dedicated to Pope Paul III in a preface that argues that mathematics, not physics, should be the basis for understanding and accepting his new theory.  "De revolutionibus" is divided into six "books" (sections or parts):  This book is often referred to as the start of modern science.
The International Energy Agency (IEA; ) is an autonomous intergovernmental organization created in 1974 after the 1973 oil crisis. It is based in Paris.  On 1 September 2015, Fatih Birol succeeded the 2011 Executive Director of the IEA, Maria van der Hoeven.
Lee Majors (born April 23, 1939) is an American actor. Career. Majors began his career in small roles for movie and television. One role was in "Strait-Jacket" (1964), with Joan Crawford. In 1965, he got the role of Heath Barkley on the ABC series "The Big Valley", with Barbara Stanwyck as the owner of the ranch, and mother of three of the Barkleys. Majors played the character for 112 episodes between 1965 and 1969. It was the first hit of his career. After the success of "Big Valley". Major starred in the TV movie "The Ballad of Andy Crocker" (1969). He played a man who, after returning from Vietnam, loses the most precious things in his life. In 1970, he was invited to join the cast of "The Virginian", starring James Drury. In "The Virginian", the role played by Roy Tate, during the 1970-1971 season of the series. In 1971, he played Jess Brandon, assistant attorney, in "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". In 1978, starred in the movie about Vikings "The Norseman". Then came "Killer Fish" (1979) and "Agency" (1980) with Robert Mitchum.  In 1980, he starred in the television remake of "High Noon". In "High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane" (1980), Majors played Will Kane. In this movie were two big western stars David Carradine and Pernell Roberts. In 1981, he returned to television. He was successful in a number of television series. In "The Fall Guy", he played Colt Seavers, a stunt double who worked to solve criminal cases. The series was one of the biggest hits of Majors and remained in the air between 1981 and 1986. In the 1990s, he co-starred in the series "Tour of Duty" and "Raven". He was a guest star on the series "Daytona Beach" (1996
Machel Montano (born 24 November 1974) is a artist from Trinidad and Tobago. He is the lead of the soca band Xtatik. He had his first hit as a youth with "Too Young To Soca". He then won the 1987 Caribbean Song Festival. Biography. Montano was born in Curepe (Northwestern Trinidad), and his family moved to Siparia, (Southwestern Trinidad), when he was very young.[6] He attended Siparia Boys' R.C., then Presentation College, a prestigious secondary school in San Fernando, where he was in the choir led by Mrs Cynthia Lee-Mac.[6] Machel first shot to fame as a nine-year-old boy with the song "Too Young To Soca" while he was still in primary school. In 1984, along with his older brother Marcus and neighbours, the group Pranasonic Express was started and, in 1989, the band became Xtatik. In April, 1986, at the age of 11, Montano appeared on the mainstream television show, Star Search.[7] In 1987, he took part in the Trinidad and Tobago National Song Writers Festival, and placed second with his song "Dream Girl". He also won the Caribbean Song Festival in Barbados. Such a win made Machel the first Trinidadian and youngest contestant to win this competition. Soca. He is the front-man of the soca band The HD Family, and is noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable on-stage performances. In 1987 he was the youngest finalist to ever win the Caribbean Song Festival. His career spans more than 30 years.[2] He now stands as one of the most well-known soca acts in the world, using his leverage as an artist able to sell out shows.[3] Recently he has moved to the Los Angeles area[4] and furthered his pursuit, saying: "I may not be the one to bring it forth, but in the meantime, I have a lot of work to do in order for something to happen." He is very well known in New York City, where he has had sold out concerts in Madison Square Garden many times over.
ASAP is an acronym that means "As soon as possible". This means that something should be done as fast as it is able to be done. ASAP may also mean:
Nelson Frazier, Jr. (February 14, 1971 – February 18, 2014) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring names Mabel, King Mabel, Viscera, Vis, and Big Daddy V. He also wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling under the ring name, Big Daddy V and Big Daddy Voodoo. He was forced to retire from WWE for good as WWE did not want to be responsible for his health problems. Frazier was in the 2009 movie "The Legend of Awesomest Maximus" co-starring Will Sasso and Rip Torn. He also was in the movie "Wrong Side of Town" with fellow wrestlers Dave Batista and Rob Van Dam. On the night of February 18, 2014, it was reported that Frazier had died following a heart attack, four days after turning 43.
Sylvain Grenier (born March 26, 1977 in Varennes, Québec) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is known for wrestling for the tag team, La Résistance along with Rob Conway and René Duprée. Championships. Grenier held many championships during his professional wrestling career:
William Theodore Mueller (born September 10, 1980) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and competes under the ring name Trevor Murdoch.  He is also known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). While in WWE as Trevor Murdoch, he was known for his tag team with the late Lance Cade. In ECW and NWA:TNA, he went by the ring name Stan Dupp and was a member of the stable, The Dupps. In TNA, he used the ring name Jethro Holiday. He is a two-time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and a three-time WWE World Tag Team Champion with Cade.
Lovage ("Levisticum officinale") is a tall perennial plant. Uses. Lovage leaves can be used in salads or to make soup, and the roots can be eaten as vegetable or grated for use in salads. Lovage seeds can be used as a spice. In the UK, lovage cordial was traditionally mixed with brandy as a winter drink.
White mustard is an annual plant. Uses. Cooking. The yellow flowers of the plant make seed pods, with each pod having a half dozen seeds. These seeds are harvested just before the pods become ripe. White mustard seeds are hard and round, usually around 1 to 1.5 millimetres, with a color forming from beige or yellow to light brown. In Greece, the plant's leaves can be eaten during the winter, before it blooms. Greeks call it "vrouves" or "lapsana". The blooming season of this plant (February–March) is celebrated in the Mustard Festival.
Tiffany Dawn Thornton (born February 14, 1986 in College Station, Texas, U.S.) is an American actress, comedian and singer, best known for her co-starring role as Tawni Hart on the Disney Channel Original Series, "Sonny with a Chance." Career. Thornton made her television acting debut on the pilot episode of the Fox sitcom, "Quintuplets". She then went on to guest star on "8 Simple Rules", "American Dreams", "The O.C.", "Desperate Housewives", "That's So Raven", "Jericho", "Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Hannah Montana".  In 2009, she began her role as Tawni Hart on the Disney Channel Original Series, "Sonny with a Chance" and then went on to play a part in the Disney Channel Original Movie, "Hatching Pete". Personal life. Thornton became engaged to her boyfriend of one year, Christopher Carney, a court officer, in December 2009. She has openly stated, "I am a Christian. I would have nothing without my faith."
Clarene LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. Acting career. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.. His first roles were the villain Jack Colby in the western classic "High Noon" (1952) with Gary Cooper, and the sci fi movie "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) as Corp. Stone. Other classic western movies, he played a minor role in "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), as Ed Bailey, and "The Tin Star" (1957), as Ed McGaffey.  Lee Van Cleef jumped to fame in the spaghetti westerns, directed by Sergio Leone, "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (1966), with Clint Eastwood in the title role.  He had great success in European cinema in Italy is the protagonist of Spaghetti Westerns: "The Big Gundown" (1966) - "Death Rides a Horse" (1967) - "Day of Anger" (1967) - "Beyond the Law" (1968) - "Sabata" (1969) - "Return of Sabata" (1971) - "Bad Man's River" (1971) - "The Grand Duel " (1972) - "Mean Frank and Crazy Tony" (1973) - "The Stranger and the Gunfighter" (1974) - "Take a Hard Ride" (1975) - "God`s Gun" (1976). In the United States, Van Cleef also starred in some western movies such as "Barquero" (1970), by Gordon Douglas, and "The Magnificent Seven Ride!" (1972) by George McCowan In the early 1980s he worked in the film "The Octagon" (1980), with Chuck Norris, "Escape from New York" (1981), directed by John Carpenter, and "Armed Response" (1986), with David Carradine
Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released November 12, 2010. This record produced several hit songs, including number one hits "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?" and "S&amp;M". The album received mostly positive reviews from the music critics. The album has sold over 3 milion copies and was fifth on the "Billboard" 200. The album was more upbeat and happy compared to 2009's "Rated R" and features a more dance-pop, hip hop and R&amp;B sound. The album also marks a return to Rihanna's early reggae sound from her first two albums. Several rappers made an appearance on the album including Eminem, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Personnel. Credits for "Loud" adapted from Allmusic.
David Soul (August 28, 1943 – January 5, 2024) was an American actor, director, and singer. Career. His career began with small roles in television series such as "Flipper" (1967), "I Dream of Jeannie" (1967), and "Star Trek" (1967) as Makora.  In 1968 he played the role of Joshua Bolt on the television comedy "Here Come the Brides". In the early '70s he continued to work as a guest actor in shows and series for television such as "The Young Rebels" (1970), "Dan August" (1971), "Ironside" (1971), "All in the Family" (1972), "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972), "The F.B.I." (1972), "Ghost Story" (1973), "Cannon" (1973).  He also got two small roles in the films "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), and "Magnum Force" (1974, with Clint Eastwood), Soul plays of role Officer John Davis one of the members of the death squad. In 1974 he co-starred with Glenn Ford in the television film "The Disappearance of Flight 412" directed by Jud Taylor. In 1979, Soul starred in "Salem's Lot", a horror movie about vampires The decade of the 1980s brought a lot of work television to Soul. He got starring roles in "Swan Song" (1980), "Rage!" (1980), "Homeward Bound" (1981), "World War III" (1982), and "Through Naked Eyes" (1983). One of his best films was "In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders" (1988), directed by Dick Lowry. He plays a criminal who, with an accomplice, committed a long string of crimes in the state of Florida. they meet in a bloody shootout with FBI members. In the 1990s Soul worked on the big screen with Dolph Lundgren in "Pentathlon" (1994),
Morning glory is a family of common flowering plants known as Convolvulaceae which includes bindweed. Behaviour. Most morning glory flowers curl up and close during the warm parts of the day, and are wide open in the morning, like their name. On a cloudy day, the flower may last until night. The flowers usually start to fade a few hours before the petals start curling. They prefer full sun throughout the day. Some morning glories - such as "Ipomoea muricata -" are night-blooming flowers. Cooking uses. "Ipomoea aquatica" (known as "water spinach", "water morning-glory", "water convolvulus", "Ong-Choy", "Kang-kung", or "swamp cabbage") is used as a green vegetable.
Edelweiss is a well-known Europe mountain flower. Description. Leaves and flowers are covered with white hairs and look woolly. Each Edelweiss bloom has five to six small yellow flower heads surrounded by leaflets in a star shape. The flowers are in bloom between July and September. Range. The Edelweiss prefers rocky limestone places. It has been used traditionally in folk medicine. The hair on the flower protect the Edelweiss from cold.
Borage, also known as starflower, is an annual herb. The flowers are perfect with five narrow, triangular-pointed petals. Flowers are most often blue in color, although pink flowers are sometimes examined. White flowered types are also grown. Cooking. As a fresh vegetable, borage, with a cucumber like taste, is often used in salads or as a garnish. The flower, which has the non-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid thesinine, has a sweet honey-like taste and as one of the few truly blue-colored eatable things, is often used to decorate dessert.
Garden cress ("Lepidium sativum") is a fast-growing eatable herb that is related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery taste and aroma. Garden cress is usually grown in England, France, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. Cookery. Garden Cress is added to soups, sandwiches and salads for its tangy taste. It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning. In England, cut cress shoots are used in sandwiches with boiled eggs, mayonnaise and salt.
The tonka bean is the seed of "Dipteryx odorata", a species of flowering tree in the pea family Fabaceae. They are black and wrinkled and have a smooth brown center. Uses. Tonka Beans had been used as a vanilla substitute, as a perfume, and in tobacco before being banned in some countries. They are used in some French cuisine (particularly, in desserts and stews) and in perfumes. Today, main producers of the seeds are Venezuela and Nigeria. The beans were also spelled as "Tonquin" and "Tonkin", although it has no link with Tonkin, now part of Vietnam.
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town. It was completely destroyed when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, 79 AD. Herculaneum was covered by volcanic mud during the eruption, which quickly hardened to a semi-rock material. Herculaneum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Unlike Pompeii, the deep pyroclastic material which covered it preserved most objects in its path. Archaeologists have recovered wooden and other objects such as rooves, beds, doors, and food. Some 300 skeletons were discovered along the sea shore. It was thought until then that the town had been evacuated by its inhabitants. Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii, however it was not as famous after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. It had many fine houses with a lavish use of coloured marble cladding, mosaics and wall paintings.