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Walter and Tandoori (also known as Walter or Walter's World) is a Canadian animated children’s series created by Sylvain Viau and by Image Entertainment Corporation. The show has 104 episodes running from 2009-2010 Plot. The series centres on Walter, an inventor and fix-it specialist, and his friend Tandoori, a hyperactive chicken, who live together in the village of Trois-Montagnes (in the French version) or Hart's Landing (in the English version), and embark on various adventures designed to teach children about the environment and ecology  Walter and Tandoori's Christmas. "Main Article": Walter &amp; Tandoori's Christmas A 2011 Christmas themed Thriectal Production running of 85 Minutes in November 2011 The Movie is Image Entertainment Corporation Inc. First Film and Thriectal Film. The Film is distributed by Alivance Film.  The film also received a limited theatrical release outside of Canada, including a screening at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur in September 2012 and a brief run in Los Angeles in December of that year in an unsuccessful attempt to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.  Episodes. "Main Article": List of Walter &amp; Tandoori Episodes Walter &amp; Tandoori series produced a number of 104 episodes that were each 13 minutes long produced by Image Entertainmet Corporation Inc.. Broadcast. The series has since aired on a number of other broadcast networks, including Ici Radio-Canada Télé, Télé-Québec, Vrak.TV and Cartoon Network Latin America.  Awards. The Series won a Prix Gémeaux for Best Animated Program or Series in 2011.
Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen; September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), also called Mama Cass, was an American singer. She was a member of the musical group The Mamas &amp; the Papas. She released five solo albums after the group split. Elliot was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She died in London, England from a heart attack.
Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 – 14 June 2014) was a British movie and television actor. He was best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC series Paul Temple and for voicing Captain Scarlet in "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons". He died on 14 June 2014 at the age of 86.
Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 12,029 at the 2020 census.
"Torn" is a song written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley for their band Ednaswap. It became famous when it was covered by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia for her debut album "Left of the Middle". Imbruglia got a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance fot the track, losing to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". Music video. The music video, directed by Alison Maclean shows Imbruglia singing along with the song are interspersed with footage of her and Jeremy Sheffield engaging in a romantically conversation. These couple of scenes turn out to be B-roll footage. During the last chorus, the apartment walls start wobbling and the crew comes to dismantle it. Imbruglia begins to dance during the finishing guitar solo as her "world" crumbles around her. The video of the song was rated the second best video of all time by MTV Italy. Chart performance (Sale). The physical single of Imbruglia's version of the song has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, including more than 1 million copies in the UK alone. In the UK, it is the 85th biggest selling single of all time. The track peaked at #2 for three weeks, being held off the top spot by Aqua's "Barbie Girl" and then dropped to #4. As a result, the song is the second biggest-selling single in history not to have topped the UK Singles Chart. On 24 September 2007, Natalie Imbruglia's version of the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #70, on the strength of digital sales after her greatest hits album was released. In the Flanders region of Belgium, the single peaked at a number one for 7 weeks and charted for 22 weeks. As of 2011, "Torn" holds the record for most played song on Australian radio since 1990, played more than 300,500 times since its 1998 release. In the United States, the song peaked at #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 11 consecutive weeks. In 2003,
Maureen Connolly (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969) was an American tennis player. She won nine Grand Slam singles titles in the 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win all four Grand Slam titles in the same year. Connolly was born in San Diego, California. She had to retire from tennis at age 19 because she was injured in a horseback riding accident. She was married to Norman Brinker from 1955 until her death. The couple had two daughters. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1966. It spread to her stomach. She died in of the disease in Dallas aged thirty-four.
Nellie Elizabeth McCalla (also Irish McCalla; December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002) was an American actress and artist. She was best known for playing the title character in "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". She also played Marie Baron in "The Beat Generation". She was born in Pawnee City, Nebraska. She died from a stroke and brain tumors, age 73.
Barbara Ann Stuart (née McNeese; January 3, 1930 – May 15, 2011) was an American actress. She played Marianne Danzig in "Our Family Honor". She also played Alice in "Pete and Gladys" Early years. Stuart was born Barbara Ann McNeese in Paris, Illinois, which is the seat of Edgar County in eastern Illinois. Death. On May 15, 2011, Stuart died in St. George, Utah, at the age of 81. She was survived by a brother and three stepchildren.
Silvana Mangano (21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian actress. She was born in Rome to an English mother and an Italian father. She played Silvana in "Bitter Rice". She also played the title character in "Anna" (1951). Mangano was born in Rome. She was married to Dino De Laurentiis from 1949 until they divorced in 1988. She died from lung cancer in Madrid, age fifty-nine.
TeenNick is an American pay television channel. The channel broadcast programs for teenagers. It is named after the "TEENick" block on Nickelodeon. TEENick started in 2001. TeenNick replaced Nick GaS and The N programming block on Noggin. Programming block. The TEENick block first broadcast on March 4, 2001. It lasted until February 1, 2009. The block aired on Sunday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. ET/PT. In 2005, it was rebroadcast on Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT. It replaced the SNICK block that started in 1992. Saturday night editions were broadcast as "TEENick Saturday Night" until 2007. At that time, the name was changed to "TEENick" for both broadcasts. The first host was Nick Cannon. The next host was Jason Everhart, also known as "J. Boogie". A block also aired on January 16, 2007 until May 12, 2007. It returned on March 1, 2008. The block included shows such as ', "iCarly", "Goat Simulator and Friends", "The Mercy and DJ show", "Final Space", "Power Rangers", "Danger Force", "Tyler Perry's Young Dylan", "Miss Farah", "All That", "The Amanda Show", "Drake &amp; Josh", "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", "Unfabulous", "Mr. Meaty", "Zoey 101", and '.
Mary Downing Sheldon Barnes (September 15, 1850 – August 27, 1898) was a historian and teacher from the United States. She taught her students how to use primary sources and problem-solving to do their research in college. Anna Strunsky was inspired by Sheldon's work. Early life. Mary Downing Sheldon was born in Oswego, New York. She had four siblings. She was the oldest of them all. Her mother was named Frances Stiles. Her father was Edward Austin Sheldon. Her father founded Oswego State Normal and Training School. Sheldon would go to school there. She graduated in 1869. She worked there as a teacher for two years. She then went to school at the University of Michigan. She graduated in 1876 with a degree in classics. She went back to Oswego State Normal and Training School where she taught for two years. She taught history, Latin, botany, and Greek. She stopped work at Oswego and started working at Wellesley College in 1876. She worked there for two and a half years. She used case methods in her teaching. She quit working there in 1879 because she was sick and also had problems with the people who worked there. After she quit, she relaxed so she would feel better, and then traveled for fun. In 1882, she went back to work at Oswego. She wrote a book while she was there, called "Studies in General History". It was published in 1885. Teaching and writing career. On August 6, 1885, Sheldon got married. She married a man named Earl Barnes. She met him when he was a student of hers, and he was 11 years younger than her. He became the head of the education department at Stanford University in 1981. Sheldon moved with him and also worked at Stanford. She researched and taught classes about the History of Europe and the Pacific Slope areas. Sheldon and Barnes wrote a book together in 1891. It was called "Studies in American History." They also wrote another book in 1896, together. She wrote another book of her own, too. It was called "Studies of Historical
A vehicle fire (or car fire) is an uncontrolled burning of an automobile. It is one of the most common causes of property damage by fire. Motor vehicles have quite a few flammable parts and liquids, including gasoline and oil. They also have parts that can start fires, including air bag detonators and hot exhaust systems. Some car fires are arson.
Raymond Lee Fox, Sr. (May 28, 1916 – June 15, 2014) was an American engine builder, NASCAR car owner and NASCAR engine inspector. His cars won fourteen NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) events and sixteen pole positions. He was inducted in many halls of fame, including the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Fox died died on June 15, 2014 of pneumonia at Daytona Beach, Florida, aged 98.
Ningali Cullen (1942-2012) was an Aboriginal activist. She was also the co-chair of the National Sorry Day Committee.  Early life. She was born in Ooldea, South Australia in 1942. When she was four years old, she was taken away from her family, with her brother and a sister. Cullen and her brother were taken to the Koonibba Lutheran Mission Home near Ceduna, South Australia. She went to school at Concordia College. She was the first female Aboriginal student who had ever gone there. Working as a nurse. After she graduated college from Concordia, she became a nurse. She worked at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, and other places. She moved to Port Augusta in 1964. She saw a lot of discrimination against Aboriginal people when she worked in hospitals. It made her very angry. She married Lawrie Kinnear while she was a nurse. She had three children with Kinnear. Working as an activist. It had been a very long time since she had seen her mother, May Cobby. She found out where her mother was living and she visited her. In 1965, Cobby disappeared. She was taken while waiting at a restaurant with her daughter Mabel, who was the only child out of the four who was not taken from her when they were little. The police were called by the staff who worked at the restaurant. The police were asked to ask May and Mabel to leave the area. Mabel was arrested and May was left at the restaurant. Cullen asked for information on her mother's arrest and the police refused to give her any information. No one could find May. Cullen became an activist after her mother disappeared. She worked to get more healthcare for Aboriginal people. She also helped people to stop using drugs and alcohol. She worked for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) in 1990. In 1992, she moved to Canberra, where she worked in healthcare for ATSIC. She did a lot of work with organizations helping to locate people who were missing from the Aboriginal communities. She helped found National Sorry Day and was a member of the Stolen Generation. She worked with families and people involved in that group. Later life and death. In 2003, Cullen married for a second time. She married a man named Derick Cullen. She died on May 10, 2012.
Robert Lebeck (21 March 1929 – 14 June 2014) was an award-winning German photojournalist. Lebeck was born in Berlin. He became well known in 1960 after his report on the independence of the Congo "Afrika im Jahre Null" ("Africa in Year Zero"). This included a photo of an African boy standing next to the steel scabbard of Belgian King Baudouin. That picture remains his "calling card". Lebeck died in Berlin, Germany, aged 85.
María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón (; born 4 February 1931), better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón or Isabel Perón, is a former President of Argentina. She was the third wife of the former President, Juan Perón.  During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, Isabel served as both vice president and First Lady. Following her husband's death in office in 1974, Isabel served as president from 1 July 1974 to 24 March 1976. She was arrested near her home in Spain on 12 January 2007 over the forced disappearance of an activist in February 1976.
Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California that is owned by . Since Cedar Fair bought it the number of people who visited the park has increased. According to the 2013 Global Attractions Attendance Report, it is the 13th most visited theme park in North America. The park has 40 rides, including roller coasters, family rides, children's rides, water rides, and historical rides, and there are plans to make the park bigger in the future. The theme park sits on what used to be a berry farm that was built by Walter Knott, Cordelia Knott, and their family. Starting around 1920, the family started selling berries, berry preserves, and pies from a roadside stand. In 1934, they started selling fried chicken dinners inside a tea room that is on the farm. They later built shops and other attractions to entertain visitors. In 1940, Walter Knott built a ghost town on the farm, and added other attractions over many years. In 1968, Knott's Berry Farm started to charge people to visit the park. In 1983, the park added Camp Snoopy. In the 1990s, the Knott children sold the family business after Walter and Cordelia Knott died. The theme park was sold to and the food business was sold to ConAgra Foods, which was later sold to The J.M. Smucker Company. Cedar Fair continued to make the park bigger in 1999 by adding Knott's Soak City. They also added more rides to Knott's Berry Farm. History. In the 1950s Walter Knott opened a "summer-long county fair". In 1968, for the first time people had to pay get into the park - 25 cents. The Calico log ride was added in 1969. On April 12, 1974, Cordelia Knott died, and Walter turned his attention toward political causes. Sky Tower was built to support two attractions, the Parachute Sky Jump (now closed) and the Sky Cabin. Parachute Sky Jump had one or two standing riders looking forward to the thrill of the drop into
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (15 July 1926 12 January 2003) was an Argentine general and politician. He served as President of Argentina from 22 December 1981 to 18 June 1982. This was during the last military dictatorship (known officially as the National Reorganization Process). He was removed from power soon after the British retook the Falkland Islands, whose invasion he had ordered. Early life. Galtieri was born in the Buenos Aires area. He entered the Argentine Army, and studied engineering. He was a skilled engineer, and he rose quickly through the ranks of the Argentine military. In 1975, he became the head of the Engineering Corps of the army.  When Jorge Rafael Videla took power a year later, Galtieri supported him. Videla was a brutal dictator, and thousands of people were murdered under his rule.  Presidency. In 1981, Videla stepped down. Galtieri took power late that year after removing Roberto Viola in a coup d'état. Although not as brutal as Videla, he continued the "Dirty War." The United States supported Galtieri. He was a strong anti-communist. Because of this, the United States saw Argentina as an ally against the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Soon after Galtieri took power, the Argentine economy was about to fall apart. Inflation, the rate at which new money is put into the economy, was as high as 130%. Unemployment was very high, and the state oil company lost six billion dollars in a matter of months. This is the worst loss of money any corporation has had in all of history.  Galtieri allowed people to disagree with him more than the leaders who came before him. Protests against his dictatorship became common. Invasion of the Falkland Islands. By 1982, Galtieri's popularity was low. He wanted more people to support him. He also wanted to increase Argentine patriotism. For many years, Argentina had said the Falkland Islands (a British territory) was actually theirs. The British did not see Argentina as a war threat, and didn't heavily defend the islands
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer, politician and statesman. He served as the President of Argentina from December 10, 1983, to July 8, 1989. Alfonsín was the first democratically elected president of Argentina following the military government known as the National Reorganization Process. He was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation in 1985, among numerous other such recognitions. Alfonsín died from lung cancer in Buenos Aires, aged 82.
Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean (11 November 1926 – 2 September 1987) was an Argentine Army major general and politician. He served as President of Argentina in 1982.  Having been appointed Interior Minister in 1981 by Leopoldo Galtieri, he briefly served as President of Argentina from 18 June 1982 to 1 July 1982, during a period of military rule.  Saint-Jean's brief period as President in June and July 1982 ended when he was succeeded by General Reynaldo Bignone.
Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in "The Silence of the Lambs" and as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series "Monk". In 2018, he starred as Ken Wheatley in '. He is the voice of Monstar Bang in '.
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. Early life. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), in Le Claire but he grew up for several years in his father's hometown in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Career. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven after his father's death. He became a rider for the Pony Express at age 14. During the American Civil War, he served from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout to the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal of Honor in 1872. One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill became famous for the Wild West shows he organized with cowboy themes, which he toured in Great Britain and Europe as well as the United States. Death. Cody died of kidney failure on January 10, 1917, surrounded by family and friends at his sister's house in Denver. Cody was baptized into the Catholic Church the day before his death by Father Christopher Walsh of the Denver Cathedral.
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (February 28, 1923 – June 7, 2014) was a Polish-American philosopher and writer. She was one of the most important and most active contemporary phenomenologists. She was a founder and president of the World Phenomenology Institute. She had also been the editor of the book series "Analecta Husserliana" since the late 1960s. Life. Tymieniecka was born in Marianowo, Poland to a Polish-French family. She was married to Dutch-American economist Hendrik Houthakker for 52 years until his death in 2008. They had three children; Louis, Jan and Isabelle. Tymieniecka died on June 7, 2014 in Pomfret, Vermont, aged 91.
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as The Chicago World's Fair) was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492. Chicago won the honor of hosting the fair and defeated New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis of hosting the fair. The fair was an influential social and cultural event. At the fair many inventors such as Thomas Edison, Milton S. Hershey, Nikola Tesla, George Ferris, and Marshall Field were there. Many other famous people were there too such as President Grover Cleveland, Mark Twain, Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, Scott Joplin, Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr., and Daniel Burnham. The exposition was where many famous inventions were first presented and many modern items such as the Ferris wheel, Quaker Oats, Hershey's, the Frontier thesis was presented, and the United States Mint, in the United States of America, offered its first commemorative coins.
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (January 15, 1869 – November 22, 1896) was an American engineer. He is most known for creating the original Ferris wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
Hendrik Samuel "Henk" Houthakker (December 31, 1924 – April 15, 2008) was a Dutch-American academic, economist and academic. He taught at Stanford University from 1954 to 1960. He then completed the rest of his career at Harvard University. He also served on President Richard Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers from 1969 to 1971. Houthakker was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a Jewish family. During World War II, he and his family were sheltered by Roman Catholics. After the war, he graduated from the University of Amsterdam in 1949. He was married to Polish-American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, the founder of the World Phenomenology Institute, for 52 years until Houthakker's death. They had three children; Louis, Jan and Isabelle. Houthakker died from problems caused by myasthenia gravis on April 15, 2008 in Lebanon, New Hampshire, aged 83.
Mortal Kombat X is a fighting video game. It was developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the tenth main game in the "Mortal Kombat" series. The game was released on April 3, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. On April 7, 2015, an iOS version was released. "Mortal Kombat X" became the fastest-selling game in the "Mortal Kombat" franchise. Creator Ed Boon said it was "the biggest launch in Mortal Kombat history". Development. Like the last game, The energy meter returns to allow the player to use techniques like the brutal X-Ray moves, with some refinements made to their system. Players can also now interact with the environment, like bouncing off areas to reposition themselves or being able to use parts of the environment as weapons. Fighters have three different types of fighting variations. The makers are planing on having a fully-connected online functionality. There have been four new fighters that have been announced for the game so far: D'Vorah, a woman who controls insects; Ferra/Torr, a pairing consisting of a small girl and a giant masked brute; Cassie Cage, the daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade; and Kotal Kahn, a character that have not been described yet. According to series creator Ed Boon, the game's main villain will be a "surprise returning character." Reception. Game Informer rated the game a 9.25 out of 10. Brian Shea of "Game Informer" said that the game was "more than the continuation of NetherRealm’s successful vision for the franchise; it’s one of the best fighting games in years". The Escapist rated the game 4.5 out of 5 stars. Joshua Vanderwall of "The Escapist" said that he liked the gameplay and the roster. He called the options "exquisite fighting-game experiences". Vanderwall also said that the story mode was "the best story mode I've ever personally seen in a fighting game".