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Richard Christopher "Rick" Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is a British rock musician. Wakeman was born in Perivale, Middlesex. He has been a keyboardist with Yes and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. He is the father of musicians Oliver Wakeman and Adam Wakeman.
Luxor Hotel Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel has 30 storys. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It has a casino. It has over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games. During the renovation in 2009, the hotel was modernized. It was give a newer design. The hotel has 4,400 rooms. There are also 442 suites. All the rooms line the inside walls of a pyramid style tower. Twin 22-story ziggurat towers were built as later additions. The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. Luxor is the second largest hotel in Las Vegas. The largest is the MGM Grand). It is also the eighth largest in the world. As of 2010, the Luxor has a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, which test hotel operations.
Ewa Bożena Kopacz, born Ewa Bożena Lis (born 3 December 1956) is the Prime Minister of Poland since 22 September 2014. Previously, she was the Speaker of the lower house of parliament. From 8 November 2014 she was the leader of the Platforma Obywatelska (Civil Platform) party. Her nomination for Prime Minister position is connected with Donald Tusk's election for the President of the European Council position. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lublin. On 12 November 2015 she submitted the resignation of her own government. In July 2019, she became the Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Katherine Mari Stevens (born December 8, 1992) is an American television actress. She starred in a television show called "Faking It" between 2014 and 2016. The show aired on the MTV network. Katie Stevens started acting and singing at age three. She went to Broadway camp during her childhood. Later she acted in local theatere shows. Stevens appeared in the 2009 season of American Idol. She lives now in Los Angeles, California.
Papa Don't Preach is a pop single by American singer Madonna.  Overview. Papa Don't Preach deals with abortion and pregnancy. It was released in Madonna's third studio album "True Blue" (1986), which was also recorded in her album "The Immaculate Collection" (1990). The song ranked No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for two weeks.
La Isla Bonita is a 1986 Latin and pop song performed by Madonna. The song is about a beautiful island called La Palma in the Canary Islands in Spain.  Charts. "La Isla Bonita" achieved popularity all across the world. It reached #1 in the United Kingdom. It also hit #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. This song was released in February of 1987 off her album "True Blue".
"Into the Groove" is a 1985 pop single by Madonna. The song talks about dancing on the dance floor. It has sexual innuendos in it. The song became very popular in the mid-1980s. This song was released on July 23, 1985.
"Freak on a Leash" is the fifth single off American nu metal band Korn's third studio album "Follow the Leader". The song was released on May 25, 1999.  "Freak on a Leash" originally had an instrumental part of the song that was described as a "noisy guitar break". The part was taken after fans requested it not be put in. The music video for the song features a mix of animation and live performances. It was directed by Todd McFarlane. The music video debuted on "Total Request Live" and was released on February 5, 1999. The music video won MTV Video Music Awards for Best Editing and Best Rock Video in 1999 and also won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is the first single off Italian group Eiffel 65's debut studio album "Europop". The song was released in July 1998.  "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is the group's most popular song. It was able to peak at #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States. It was also able to peak at #1 in many other countries such as Canada, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, France, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In 2001, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards but it lost to "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men.
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the first production commercial jetliner. The Avro Tudor and Vickers VC.1 Viking was fitted with Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets. It had flown earlier but were experimental models. The jet was made by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom headquarters. The prototype first flew on 27 July 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wings. It had a pressurised fuselage. The jet had large square windows. It showed signs of being a commercial success at its 1952 debut. The original Comet was about the length of the later Boeing 737-100. It carried fewer people in a more comfortable environment. For the era, it offered a relatively quiet passenger cabin. The Comet had passengers like Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Flights on the Comet were faster than on other advanced aircraft. In August 1953 BOAC scheduled nine-stop London to Tokyo flights by Comet for 36 hours. Other aircrafts took more than 86 hours. A special order Comet for the exclusive use of King Saud bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia was described as "the world's first executive jet".  In 1954, the Comets began suffering problems, with three of them breaking up during mid-flight in accidents. During its service, the Comet was involved in 13 fatal crashes which resulted in 426 fatalities. On 10 January 1954, the first Comet produced broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Mediterranean. All 35 persons on board died. On 8 April 1954, a Comet on charter to South African Airways crashed in the Mediterranean near Naples. All on board died.  The Comet was removed from service and tested to discover the cause. Design flaws, including dangerous stresses at the corners of the square windows were noted. As a result, the Comet was redesigned into models 2, 3, and in 1958 the Comet 4. But meanwhile other aircraft designers had their own jets, the Boeing 707 in 1957 and in
Margaret Scafati "Marge" Roukema (September 19, 1929 – November 12, 2014) was an American politician. She represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years as a Republican from 1981 to 2003. On November 12, 2014, Roukema died at Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, New Jersey from Alzheimer's disease, aged 85.
Warren Alan James Clarke (26 April 1947 – 12 November 2014) was an English actor from 1964 to 2014. He was known as Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel in the TV series "Dalziel and Pascoe" and as Dim in the movie "A Clockwork Orange". Clarke's first marriage ended in divorce. His second marriage ended in his death. He had a son by his first wife and a daughter by his second. On 12 November 2014, Clarke died in his sleep, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, aged 67.
Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress. She was best known for being the voice of recurring unseen character Mrs. Wolowitz on the television series "The Big Bang Theory". On November 11, 2014, Susi died of cancer of unknown primary origin in Los Angeles, California, aged 62.
Michelle MacPherson (born May 11, 1966) is a Canadian retired swimmer. She was a backstroke and butterfly stroke swimmer.  MacPherson competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was able to win a bronze medal for Canada in the 4×100 m medley relay with Anne Ottenbrite, Reema Abdo, and Pamela Rai. She set a Canadian record in the 200 m individual medley that year. She also won three silver medals for Canada at the 1983 Pan American Games in the 100 m butterfly, 200 m medley, and the 4x100 m medley relays, as well as a bronze medal in the 400 m medley. MacPherson currently resides in Chandler, Arizona. She also coaches at the Arizona Aquatic Club. She is married to John Hojnacki and they have four sons Zachary, Dylan, Hunter and Skyler. Her husband is also a coach at the Arizona Aquatic Club. She was inducted into the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 1995 and was inducted into the James P. Kelly Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Genesis is the twelfth studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis. The album was released on October 3, 1983 through Atlantic Records. Track listing. All music written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford. Lyricists specified below. "It's Gonna Get Better" contains a sample of the opening cello part of a ballet suite written by Aram Khachaturian.
The Walter Pyramid, also known as the Long Beach Pyramid, is a 5,000 seat indoor multi-purpose arena on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach, California. History. The Walter Pyramid opened on November 30, 1994. It hosted a Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball game against University of Detroit Mercy. The game aired live on ESPN. A standing-room only crowd of 5,021 saw Long Beach win with a final score of 71-64 The Walter Pyramid was designed by Don Gibbs. It was built by the Nielson Construction Company of San Diego. The building of Walter Pyramid cost approximately $22 million dollars. Each side of the perimeter of Walter Pyramid measures , making it a mathematically true pyramid. It is one of only three true pyramid-style buildings in the United States. The others are the Luxor Hotel Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The Walter Pyramid rises 18 stories above the Long Beach skyline. Its exterior is clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum. Name change. On March 5, 2005, Long Beach State renamed The Pyramid to Walter Pyramid in honor of Dr. Mike and Arline Walter. The Walters were given this recognition for a $2.1 million donation given to the university. In addition to being the vice-president of Levi Strauss &amp; Co., Dr. Mike Walter was also a dean for Long Beach State's College of Business Administration from 1993 to 2000. The Walter Pyramid also hosts the World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships or, in Portuguese language, "Mundiais". The Walter Pyramid is also home to the Los Angeles Reign of the National Pro Grid League.
Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer and percussionist. He became well known in the 1960s. He was a member of a number of famous English bands: the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer, and Asia. Palmer was added into the "Modern Drummer" Hall of Fame in 1989.
The London Array is a turbine offshore wind farm located neat Kent, United Kingdom. At the time of its construction, it was the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The phase 1 of the wind farm construction began in March 2011 and was completed by mid 2013, being oficially opened by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, on 4 July 2013. The second phase of the project was cancelled because of possible harming the sea birds. The turbines were supplied by Siemens Wind Power.
True Blue is a 1986 studio album by Madonna. The album had several songs released from it. The songs included "La Isla Bonita", the title song and several others. "Papa Don't Preach" was also on the album. "True Blue" reached #1 in many countries worldwide, including Australia, United States and United Kingdom.
Like a Prayer was the fourth studio album by singer Madonna. Songs from the album include the title track, "Cherish" and "Express Yourself". The album was #1 on the "Billboard" 200 for just over a month. The album was released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records.
Colin Rand Kaepernick ( ; born November 3, 1987) is an former American football quarterback. He played the position quarterback. Kaepernick played for the San Francisco 49ers from 2011-2016. He is currently a free agent. He played college football for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack. In the 2011 NFL Draft the 49ers drafted Kaepernick in the second round with the 36th overall pick. They were reluctant but needed a quarterback. Saints pulled the trigger and called upon Kyle. With a $20,000,000 three year contract Kyle takes the offer. In 2016, Kaepernick became a national figure because he knelt on one knee during the United States national anthem, which is being played before every NFL game. He did this to protest police brutality and racism against African Americans in the United States. At first, Kaepernick sat down while the anthem was played, but a former United States Army Green Beret named Nate Boyer told him to kneel on one knee instead because this is what soldiers do at the graves where dead soldiers are buried and because Boyer thought it was more respectful than sitting down. Kaepernick became a national activist with support of many other professional athletes, but many teams did not want him with them because the fans did not like the protest. Kaepernick also refused to vote in the 2016 United States presidential election.  In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, National Football League Comissioner Roger Goodell said on Twitter: "we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the NFL, believe Black Lives Matter."
"Like a Prayer" is a 1989 gospel-themed pop rock ballad from the singer Madonna. The song comes from her album of the same name. The single reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and on charts in many other countries. The song was released in March 1989.
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Career. Before the band was started, lead vocalist and guitarist Chris DeMakes, drummer Vinnie Fiorello, and bassist Shaun Grief all led a local band called Good Grief while they were attending high school in Port Charlotte, Florida. When DeMakes decided to move north and attend the University of Florida, the band broke up. Less Than Jake was formed on July 13, 1992. The band got their name from Fiorello's dog, Jake, who was usually treated better than the rest of the household, so everything was "less than Jake". The band released their debut studio album, "Pezcore" on August 22, 1995 through Dill Records. Their eighth studio album "See the Light" was released on November 12, 2013.
In longwave refers to parts of the broadcasting spectrum that has longer wavelengths. These are typically kilometer-sized or greater. This was when the broadcasting spectrum was considered to consist of long, medium and short wavelengths. For broadcasting is it until 300 kilohertz. Longwave is used to broadcast signals for date en hour. The clock Junghans Mega can receive such signals. Longwaves have the advantage that diffraction helps them travel far.
Halton Moor is a neighbourhood in Leeds, in England. The neighbourhood is made up of about 1000 homes. Some of the homes are used as council housing.  There are two primary schools in Halton Moor: Meadowfield and Corpus Christi.
Breakbeat (literally break beat as to interrupt a beat) (also called breaks or breakbeats) refers to two things. It is both an electronic music genre and the distinct percussive rhythm from which this genre takes its name. Early history. As a musical device, breakbeats have been known and used for almost a hundred years. The name and modern meaning of the term traces its origins to the rise of hip hop in the United States during the 1980s. The electronic music genre is widely regarded as coming from the United Kingdom's early rave music. Breakbeats were added to the music to form what became known as breakbeat hardcore. However, breakbeats had been used by American hip hop DJs and turntablists in instrumental sets well before the advent of rave in the UK. It could be argued that the two scenes developed in parallel. Today, breakbeat lives on in the form of strong regional scenes in the US and UK. Breakbeats are frequently used in the production of such diverse music genres as hip hop, jungle or drum and bass, hardcore, UK garage (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep). Since the 1990s, breakbeat has been used as background music to TV adverts. It also has been used in action film soundtracks. Etymology. The most likely origin of the word "breakbeat" is the fact that the drum loops that were sampled occurred during a "break" in the music. a In the early 1990s, acid house artists and producers started using breakbeat samples in their music to create breakbeat hardcore. This was also calledrave music. The hardcore scene then diverged into sub-genres like jungle and drum and bass, which generally had a darker sound and focused more on complex sampled drum patterns. An example of this is Goldie's album "Timeless". Evolution. In the 1980s, breakbeat became an essential feature of many genres of breaks music which became popular within the global dance music scene, including big beat, nu skool breaks, acid breaks and Miami bass. DJs from a variety of genres work breaks tracks into their sets. This may occur because the tempo of breaks
Rebbeca Oswald is a noted pianist. She is also an award winning composer. Early works. Oswald has a wide body of work. Her work includes concert music for chamber ensembles, chamber orchestras, full orchestras, and single instruments of many kinds. She has also composed music for some choral ensembles. Career. Oswald has written and produced music for two video games. She also has composed and produced music for a three-hour documentary. She also writes in the classical and popular genres. Oswald advanced to the finalist category level of the American Prize in Composition in the choral category. Reviews. Kathy Parsons in a review at MonthlyPiano.com states while reviewing the piece, "Whereas", "I heard some of these pieces live a few months ago, but even that didn’t prepare me for the soulful beauty of the recording." Parsons also stated in the review that, "The thirteen original piano solos are Oswald’s creative response to a gift of unpublished personal poems that express “the joy of unity, the sorrow of separation, the desire to know and be known, the bliss of loving and being loved. (as she quoted from the liner notes.) Brett Campbell from the Eugene Weekly CD Review stated the following: "Eugene-based composer Rebecca Oswald has two of the loveliest pieces on this disc of modern symphonic works performed by several orchestras, in this case the Moravian Philharmonic. Movie directors take note: “Finding the Murray River” could work as a film soundtrack behind on a long pastoral shot of a carriage riding down a country road."
Harold K. Lonsdale (January 19, 1932 – November 11, 2014) was an American scientist, businessman, and former politician. A Democrat, he ran for United States Senate in the U.S. state of Oregon three times, losing twice in the primaries and once as the Democratic candidate, losing in the 1990 general election to incumbent Mark Hatfield. Lonsdale died in Indio, California from heart failure, aged 82.
Manoel Wenceslau Leite de Barros (December 19, 1916 – November 13, 2014) was a Brazilian poet. He has won many awards for his work, including twice the Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize"), the most important literary award in Brazil.  Barros was born in Cuiaba. He is thought by his critics as one of the greatest Brazilian poets to had ever lived. The poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade said that Manoel de Barros is the biggest poet of Brazil. In the year 1998 the poet was rewarded with the "National prize of Literature of the Ministry of the Culture from Brazil". de Barros died in Campo Grande, Brazil, aged 96.
No Fear is an American lifestyle clothing brand. No Fear was created in 1989 by Mark Simo, Brian Simo, and Marty Moates. Their products are sold at many different store as well as many company owned store. The shirts that the company sells usually have a existential slogan or a quote that advertises the qualities of extreme sports. Their brand was popular in the mid-1990s. Aside from clothing, the company also sells energy drinks. They sponsor mixed martial artist Urijah Faber and were the official drink of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) before they merged with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). On February 25, 2011, No Fear filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Rebekah Gibbs (17 March 1973 – 12 November 2014) was an English television and musical theatre actress. She was known for her role as Nina Farr in the television series "Casualty". Gibbs was born in Torquay, Devon, England. Gibbs died in Pembury, Kent, England from breast cancer, aged 41.
Alvin Ralph "Al" Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox", was an American baseball player. He was a shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball and played for five National League teams from 1946 to 1960.  Dark was born in Comanche, Oklahoma. He was raised in Louisiana. Dark studied at Louisiana State University and at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Dark played for the Boston Braves, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and for the Milwaukee Braves. Dark managed the San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, and the San Diego Padres.  Dark died in Easley, South Carolina from Alzheimer's disease, aged 92.
Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) was an American actress of stage and television. She was best known for her role as Weeping Wanda on the sitcom "Good Times" and as Pearl Shay on the sitcom "227". Martin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Martin died of a heart attack on March 25, 2000 in Monterey, California, aged 90.
Endicott Peabody (February 15, 1920 – December 1, 1997) was an American politician. He was the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts from January 3, 1963 to January 7, 1965. Peabody was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Peabody ran for the United States Senate of Massachusetts, but lost to Edward Brooke. He then ran for Vice President of the United States in 1972, but lost to Edmund Muskie. He then moved to New Hampshire where he ran for other political offices there, but always lost. Peabody died in Hollis, New Hampshire from leukemia, aged 77.
The Stoa of Eumenes was a stoa on the Acropolis of Athens. The building was a gift to the city in about 160 BC, by Eumenes II of Pergamon. Today there are ruins of the stoa at the south part of the Acropolis, between the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and the Theatre of Dionysus. The stoa was found by the "Archaeological Society of Athens" in the years 18771878. The building. The stoa is 163 meters (535 ft) long today. New findings suggest that it was about 190 meters (623 ft) long in the past. About 160 BC part of the stoa was destroyed to build the Odeon of Herodes. The stoa was then connected to the Odeon. Vitruvius said that it was there to protect the viewers that waited outside the theater and to store things of the theater. The stoa was built like other buildings of Pergamon. The main material was marble from Asia Minor. Its parts were first built in Pergamon. Then they were transported to Athens. It had doric columns in the ground floor and ionic in the top floor. The columns inside were ionic and pergamine in both floors. The power and wealth of Eumenes' kingdom was growing. Eumenes was trying to expand his influence in the greek cities. So he gave gifts to Greek cities. One of them was his stoa in Athens. Attalus was the brother of Eumenes. He gifted a similar building to Athens, called Stoa of Attalus.