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Charles Louis Brown (aka Chuck Brown; August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American musician and guitarist. He performed R&amp;B and funk music. He was with the group Soul Searchers. That group had several notable songs. The song "Ashley's Roachclip" has a drum break which was sampled in the songs of others, including Milli Vanilli, PM Dawn and Duran Duran. Brown was born in Gaston, North Carolina. He died of serious heart issues and multiple organ failure at 75.
Maria Louise Joensen (also known as Aura Dione; born January 21, 1985) is a Danish musician and recording artist. She has several hit songs, like "I will Love You Monday (365)" and "Friends". Dione was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has French and Spanish ancestry. She now lives in Los Angeles.
The Roman emperor Nero committed suicide near the villa of his freedman Phaon in June of 68 AD. Between the autumn of 69 AD and the reign of the emperor Domitian, some people appeared and claimed they were Nero. These impostors were known as Pseudo-Nero. Most scholars believe there were either two or three Nero impostors. St. Augustine wrote of the popularity of the belief that Nero would return in his day, which is known as the Nero Redivivus legend. Suetonius writes that imperial edicts were forged in the name of dead Nero. These edicts encouraged his followers and promised that he would soon return to avenge himself on his enemies. One of the things that led to the belief that Nero survived was the fact that he died in a location that was not well known. Suetonius wrote that Galba's freedman Icelus saw the dead emperor's body and reported back to his master. Nero was also denied the lavish burial that was accorded to popular emperors and members of the imperial family. This may have left those plebeians who loved him dissatisfied and suspicious. Furthermore, he was not buried in the Mausoleum of Augustus with the other Julio-Claudian emperors, but in a tomb on the Pincian Hill at the family burial place of the Domitii Ahenobarbi. Many Roman plebeians though Nero was very popular after his death, and so they laid flowers at his tomb. After Nero's death, there were prophecies that predicted he would regain his kingdom in the East. These prophecies possibly inspired people to impersonate him. One version placed his reappearance at Jerusalem. The prophecies have been tied to Nero's natal chart, which has been interpreted as pointing to a loss of his patrimony and its recovery in the East. Tacitus may have been referring to such prophecies in veiled language when he wrote of the rumors that circulated about Nero after his death, which had contributed to the belief that he had survived. The return of Nero may have inspired the author of the Book of Revelation when he wrote about the eschatological
"Drive" is a 1984 song performed by The Cars. It was from their "Heartbeat City" album. The song came out in March 1984. It is a sad song. This song was the highest charting single by The Cars. It hit #3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It hit #5 in the United Kingdom.
Pavla "Paula" Gruden (14 February 1921 – 26 January 2014) was a Slovenian and Australian poet, translator and editor. Her best known works were "Svobodni Razgovori" (1982), "Snubljenje duha" (1994) and "Ljubezen pod džakarando" (2002). Her writings were in both English and her native Slovenian. She was a member of the Slovene Writers' Association.  Gruden was born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) during World War II. She was sent to Nazi Germany for forced labour. In 1948, she immigrated to Australia. Gruden died from natural causes on 26 January 2014 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was 92 years old. She was outlived by her son, Danny.
The American Cordillera is a chain of mountain ranges. It is the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica. It is also the volcanic arc that forms the eastern half of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The ranges begin with the Alaska Range and the Brooks Range in Alaska and run through the Yukon into British Columbia. The main belt of the Rocky Mountains along with the parallel Coast Ranges of mountains and islands continue through British Columbia and Vancouver Island. In the United States, the cordillera branches to include the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and the Cascades and Coast ranges of Washington, Oregon, and California. In Mexico, the cordillera continues through the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental, as well as the backbone mountains of the Baja California peninsula. The ranges of the cordillera from Mexico northwards are called the North American Cordillera or Western Cordillera in the United States and Canada, and the Canadian Cordillera or Pacific Cordillera in Canada. The cordillera goes on through the mountain ranges of Central America in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. It becomes the Andes Mountains of South America. The Andes with their parallel chains and the island chains off the coast of Chile continue through Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile to the very tip of South America at Tierra del Fuego. Also, the range may be followed through the South Georgia Ridge across the Southern Ocean to the mountains of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Causation. The cause of this remarkable geographical feature was the movement of the Americas away from the supercontinent of Pangaea. This began 200 million years ago. The movement also explains the low-lying swamp features on the Eastern side of the two continents (most notably in in Miami and Brazil). This great feature is sometimes called the Continental Divide of the Americas. This refers to the drainage basins of the two continents. The Nazca plate. This oceanic tectonic plate sits east of South America and is moving under it. It is mainly responsible for the Andean mountain range. The subduction of the Naz
Nakba or Al Nakba (Arabic: النكبة) (meaning “disaster ” or “catastrophe” in Arabic, and called the Palestinian Catastrophe in English) happened in 1948, during the 1947–1949 Palestine war, in the newly founded State of Israel.  During the Nakba, Jewish militia forces (who later became the Israeli army) depopulated over 500 Arab-majority towns and villages. Around 750,000 people - half of Palestine's previous Arab population - fled from their homes or were forced by Zionists out of historic Palestine and the State of Israel. In addition, thousands of Palestinians were killed and injured during the Nakba. Palestinians who were displaced now live in the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and neighbouring Arab states.  Historical context. During the early decades of the 20th century, there were major changes in the Middle East. A massive immigration of Zionists occurred after the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which was drafted by Great Britain during World War I. They wanted to settle in Palestine and found a Jewish state.  The surrounding countries and the indigenous Arab populations of Palestine resisted this mass immigration. This resulted in a heavy dispute between the Zionists and Arabs in Palestine.  After years of conflict, the British government demanded that the United Nations formulate a solution for the situation in Palestine. The plan to divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states was rejected by Arab leaders, who refused to compromise.  Throughout the negotiations, the Palestinian Arabs lacked effective leadership. Additionally, the disorder intensified when David Ben-Gurion announced Israel's independence on May 14, 1948. The British ended their mandate over Palestine on May 15, 1948. Palestinian vs Israeli point of view. Up to the present day, Palestinian and Israeli people have differing perspectives about the Nakba. Both sides have experienced the historical events differently, which continues to cause conflict. Palestinian perspective. Palestinians often see the Nakba as a terrible event in the history of the state of Palestine. From their point of view, Palestinians view themselves as the victims of Israeli aggression in their country. They accuse Israel of forcing the
Lorna Ann Casselton (18 July 1938 – 14 February 2014) was a British academic and biologist. She was Professor Emeritus of Fungal Genetics in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Oxford. She was also the Foreign Secretary for The Royal Society from 2006 until 2011. She was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2008. Casselton was born in Rochford, Essex. She was married to Peter Casselton until their divorce. In 1981, she married William Joseph Dennis "Bill" Tollett. Casselton died on 14 February 2014 at the age of 75.
The Palace of Caserta is a palace in Italy. It is near Naples. The palace was built by King Carlo VII of Naples. It was one of the largest buildings built in Italy in the 8th century. It was mainly used as a summer home of the royal family of the Two Sicilies. In Italian, it is known as the Reggia di Caserta. The palace has about 1,200 rooms. These include two dozen state apartments and a large theatre modelled after the Teatro San Carlo of Naples. It is often compared to the Palace of Versailles and is called the "Italian Versailles". In 1997, the palace was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The nomination said it was "the swan song of the spectacular art of the Baroque, from which it adopted all the features needed to create the illusions of multidirectional space". The king wanted a magnificent new royal court and administrative center for the Kingdom in a place protected from sea attack. The palace was used during the filming of ' and '
Warren Lamb (28 April 1923 – 21 January 2014) was an English management consultant, teacher and lecturer. He was a pioneer in the field of nonverbal behavior, doing significant work in Laban Movement Analysis. He also created Movement Pattern Analysis. He was born in Wallasey, Lancashire (now Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside). Lamb died on 21 January 2014 in Claremont, California in the United States. He was 90 years old. He was outlived by his second wife and four children.
A blazar is a very compact quasar (quasi-stellar radio source). They have a presumed supermassive black hole at the center of an active, giant elliptical galaxy. Blazars are among the most energetic phenomena in the universe and are an important topic in astronomy. Blazars are one of a group of active galaxies that host active galactic nuclei (AGN). An AGN is a region at the centre of a galaxy which has a much higher than normal luminosity over some or all of the electromagnetic spectrum.  The name "blazar" was originally coined in 1978 by astronomer Edward Spiegel. Blazars are AGN with a relativistic jet which is pointing in the general direction of the Earth. We observe "down" the jet, or nearly so. Many blazars have apparent superluminal features within the first few parsecs of their jets, probably due to relativistic shock fronts. The blazar at the centre of galaxy M87 is fuelled by a black hole with a mass of about three billion solar masses within ten light years of the galaxy centre.
Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 18 August 1972) is a British journalist, television presenter and poker player. She was born in Hammersmith, London and raised in Cricklewood, London. She gained a first-class degree in English from St John's College, Oxford. She is the daughter of Alan Coren and sister of Giles Coren.  She presented "Balderdash and Piffle". She presents "Only Connect". She married David Mitchell on 17 November 2012. The couple's daughter was born in May 2015.
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock singer. He made music with many bands. He was known for his stage antics that often featured transgressive acts. This included coprophagia, self-mutilation, and attacking audience members. He was called "the most spectacular degenerate in rock &amp; roll history" by G4TV's "That's Tough". Early life. Allin was born at Weeks Memorial Hospital. On March 2, 1962 Allin's name was originally Jesus Christ Allin, but was changed to Kevin Michael Allin by his mother. Career. Allin's first solo album "Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be" was released in 1980. Behavior. Allin had convictions, including assault. He was diagnosed with a mixed personality disorder with borderline, narcissistic and masochistic features. Death. Allin died on June 28, 1993 from a heroin overdose. He was 36 years old.
A unit vector is any vector that is one unit in length. Unit vectors are often notated the same way as normal vectors, but with a mark called a circumflex over the letter (e.g. formula_1 is the unit vector of formula_2.) To make a vector into a unit vector, one just needs to divide it by its length: formula_3. The resulting unit vector will be in the same direction as the original vector. Standard basis vectors. Three common unit vectors are formula_4, formula_5 and formula_6, referring to the three-dimensional unit vectors for the x-, y- and z-axes, respectively. These vectors are called the standard basis vectors of a 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. They are commonly just notated as i, j and k. They can be written as follows: formula_7 For the formula_8-th standard basis vector of a vector space, the symbol formula_9 (or formula_10) may be used. This refers to the vector with 1 in the formula_8-th component, and 0 elsewhere.
BASE jumping is a fringe sport in which a person jumps from a fixed place and uses a parachute to slow down before the ground is reached. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for each of the four jump location categories: from buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and the earth. This last is similar to "jumping off a cliff". BASE jumping is an extreme sport. This means it involves speed, height, danger or spectacular stunts.  History from skydiving. The idea for BASE jumping came from skydiving. BASE jumping is much more dangerous than skydiving from aircraft.  BASE jumps are usually made from much lower altitudes than skydives. Also, the jumper leaps closer to the platform or standing space. BASE jumpers fall through the air at slower speeds than skydivers, because they begin the jump closer to the ground. As a skydiver falls, he accelerates while falling and gains speed with each second. So a BASE jumper does not always reach terminal velocity. Because faster speed while falling through the air gives jumpers more control of their bodies, and a quicker parachute opening, the longer the delay in the air, the safer. Another danger is that most BASE jumpers have very small areas in which to land. A beginner skydiver, after the parachute opens, may have about three minutes or more of a parachute ride to reach the ground. A BASE jump from 500 feet will only have a parachute ride of 10 to 15 seconds. Deaths. BASE jumping has a death rate averaging about one fatality for every sixty jumpers. It is one of the most dangerous sporting activities in the world. It has a fatality and injury rate 43 times higher than parachuting from a plane.  As of the end of July 2015, at least 264 people have died during a BASE jump. Dean Potter and Graham Hunt were killed in a BASE jump attempt at Yosemite National Park in California on May 16, 2015. Potter was a well known rock climber. They jumped at dusk from about 3000 feet up. They both quickly smashed into the rocks of the cliff on the way down. Neither jumper used a parachute that
John Anderson Jr. (May 8, 1917 – September 15, 2014) was an American politician. He was the 36th Governor of Kansas. He served from 1961 until 1965. Anderson was born near Olathe, Kansas. Anderson died in Olathe, Kansas at the age of 97.
Edgar Doud Whitcomb (November 6, 1917 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician. He was the 43rd Governor of Indiana. He served from 1969 to 1973. Whitcomb was born in Hayden, Indiana. Whitcomb died February 4, 2016 at his home in Rome, Indiana from heart failure at the age of 98.
Patrick Joseph Lucey (March 21, 1918 – May 10, 2014) was an American politician. He served as the 38th Governor of the US state of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he was appointed ambassador to Mexico by President Jimmy Carter. He was an independent vice-presidential candidate in 1980 with John Anderson. Lucey was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aged 96.
Marvin Mandel (April 19, 1920 – August 30, 2015) was an American politician. He was the 56th Governor of Maryland. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was governor from 1969 to 1979. Mandel was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
David Penrose Buckson (July 25, 1920 – January 18, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Governor of Delaware. He served as governor from 1960 to 1961. He was a member of the Republican Party. Buckson was born in Townsend, Delaware. He died at a retirement home in Milford, Delaware on January 18, 2017, aged 96.
John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He was the 44th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama. He served as governor from 1959 to 1963. Patterson was a member of the Democratic Party.  Patterson ran with the support of the Ku Klux Klan when he won the Governorship of Alabama in 1958. Patterson was born in Goldville, Alabama. He died on June 4, 2021 in Goldville, aged 99.
William Grawn Milliken (March 26, 1922 – October 18, 2019) was an American politician. He served as the 44th Governor of Michigan from January 22, 1969 to January 1, 1983. He was a member of the Republican Party.  Milliken was born in Traverse City, Michigan. He died on October 18, 2019 in Traverse City at the age of 97.
Rose Perica Mofford (June 10, 1922 – September 15, 2016) was an American civil servant and politician. Mofford was the first female Secretary of State of Arizona serving from 1977 to 1988. She then became the first female Governor of Arizona serving from 1988 to 1991. Mofford was a member of the Democratic Party. Mofford was born in Globe, Arizona. She died on September 15, 2016, from complications from a fall while under hospice care in Phoenix, aged 94.
Sarah Lynne Marshall (25 May 1933 – 18 January 2014) was an English actress. Her television credits include: "The Twilight Zone", "F Troop", "Get Smart", and "" and "Daniel Boone". She was born in London, the daughter of actors Herbert Marshall and Edna Best. Marshall died from cancer of unknown primary origin on 18 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California in the United States. She was 80 years old. She was outlived by her husband and son.
"True" is a 1983 pop ballad from British group Spandau Ballet. The song was released in April 1983. It was a worldwide hit. It hit #1 on many charts. It hit #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It was #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for one week. There are several versions of this song. One lasts six and a half minutes.
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (, tr. "Yevgeniy Maksimovich Primakov"; 29 October 1929 – 26 June 2015) was a Russian politician and diplomat. He was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. Primakov was born to a partly Jewish family (his mother was Jewish) in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union now Ukraine.
Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov () (2 November 18617 March 1925) was a Russian diplomat and politician. He was the first post-imperial Prime Minister of Russia. He served as Prime Minister from 15 March to 21 July 1917. Lvov was born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation. Lvov resigned in July 1917 in favor of his Minister of Justice, Alexander Kerensky. Lvov was arrested when the Bolsheviks seized power later that year. He escaped and settled in Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. Lvov died in Paris, aged 63.
Victor Alexeevich Zubkov (; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian politician and businessman. He served as the Prime Minister of Russia twice: from September 2007 to May 2008. He was Vladimir Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister during the Presidency of Dmitri Medvedev. Zubkov was born in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (; 30 March 1895 – 24 February 1975) was a famous Soviet politician. He served as Minister of Defence (1953–55) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955–58). He worked for Vladimir Lenin from 1917-1924 in the RSFSR,and the Soviet Union and later worked for Joseph Stalin from 1924-1953 and later Georgy Malenkov in 1953 and later Nikita Khrushchev from 1953-1960. He died in 1975 when the Soviet Union was led by Leonid Brezhnev from 1964-1982.
Dario Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish racing driver. He is best known for winning the IndyCar Series championship four times (in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011). He won the Indianapolis 500 three times. He most recently drove for Chip Ganassi Racing. He won three of his four championships while driving for that team. Franchitti has also driven in NASCAR and sportscar races. In 2013, he retired from racing after he was hurt in a crash during a race. Biography. Franchitti was born on 19 May 1973 in Bathgate, Scotland. He began racing as a young boy. In 1996, he ran in the DTM series for Mercedes-Benz. He moved to CART racing in 1997. He drove for Hogan Racing in 1997. Franchitti finished a strong second place in 1999. In 2000, he thought about moving to the Jaguar Formula One team, but stayed in IndyCar racing. At this time he was driving for Andretti Autosport. In 2003, Franchitti moved to the Indy Racing League (now IndyCar). He had to miss much of the year after he was injured in a motorcycle accident. Dan Wheldon replaced Franchitti at a race in Japan. 2007 was Franchitti's most successful season so far. He won the Indianapolis 500 and the series title. Franchitti spent 2008 in NASCAR with Chip Ganassi Racing. He had some strong results, but he had a difficult season and decided to return to IndyCar. (IndyCar had merged with ChampCar in 2008.) He drove for Ganassi's IndyCar team, where he replaced Wheldon. The 2009 season was very successful for Franchitti. He won the title over his teammate Scott Dixon and Penske driver Ryan Briscoe after winning the final race in Miami. In 2010, Franchitti had a long battle with Australian driver Will Power. Franchitti won his second straight title. Franchitti won again in 2011 after another battle with Power.
"Baby Don't Forget My Number" is a popular dance hit song by the music group Milli Vanilli. It was released in December 1988. It was the first of Milli Vanilli's three #1 hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 between 1988-1990. The longest cut is eight minutes and 20 seconds.