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Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician who is the senior U.S. Senator from Maine since 1997. She is a moderate in the Republican Party. Collins was elected to the Senate in 1996. The Senator was born December 7, 1952. On February 13, 2021, Collins was one of seven Republican senators to vote Donald Trump guilty of starting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol attack in his second impeachment trial.
The frilled lizard ("Chlamydosaurus kingii") has a large reptile, thin frill around its head, which it displays in order to frighten enemies. To appear even more impressive, it also opens its mouth wide and often rears up on its hind legs. When frightened, this lizard will run away, using its back-legs only, earning it the nickname, the "bicycle lizard."  Description. These lizards spend most of their life in trees (they are primarily arboreal). They live in the north of Australia and in New Guinea. They inhabit moist tropical and warm-temperate forests and in woodlands with shrubby understory. When displayed, the frill is 9.5-14 inches (24-34 cm) wide. When the lizard is at rest, the frill folds down on its shoulders. Adults are over 8 inches (20 cm) long.  Diet. Frill-necked Lizards are carnivorous (meat-eaters). They eat bugs (like cicadas, ants, spiders, termites) small mammals, and small lizards. They hunt in trees and on the ground.  Reproduction. Females lay 8 to 23 small eggs in an underground nest. These lizards hatch with the ability to be fully independent, hunt and to use their frill.
Shad Gaspard (January 13, 1981 – May 17, 2020) was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He teamed with JTG and they formed the tag team, Cryme Tyme. Gaspard later began an acting career which he stated in an interview for Right After Wrestling. He starred in "Get Hard". Gaspard was born in New York City. Gaspard married his longtime girlfriend Siliana Gaspard in 2009, together the couple had a son, in April 2010. On March 5, 2011, Gaspard was arrested by police in Columbus, Ohio for having allegedly refused the commands of a police officer and then resisting arrest for jaywalking. He was later cleared of all charges in July 2011. On May 17, 2020, Gaspard was caught in a strong rip current at Marina del Rey beach in Venice Beach, California. On May 20, 2020, his body was found washed up in Venice Beach, California, three days after he had gone missing and identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. He was 39 years old. On April 1, 2022, Gaspard was posthumously awarded with the Warrior Award at the WWE Hall of Fame.
Yogyakarta is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. Yogyakarta was the capital city of Indonesia from 1947 to 1948. The city is near two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Borobudur temple and Prambanan temple. Education. Yogyakarta is a major center of education in Indonesia. Public universities in the city include: Private universities include:
is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for wrestling in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He is currently wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling and was a member of the stable, Voodoo Murders. He was often managed to the ring by his real-life wife, Hiroko Suzuki.
is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu. Its capital is the city of Gifu. Gifu is part of the Tōkai region. Shirakawa in Gifu is a UNESCO's World Heritage Site. History. In the Meiji period, Gifu Prefecture was created by merging several old provinces, including Hida Province and Mino Province. "Gifu" may have been named by Oda Nobunaga. Geography. Gifu shares borders with seven other prefectures: Aichi Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture. Special products. National parks. National parks cover about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture. Otaki Limestone Cave. Otaki Limestone cave is one of the biggest limestone caves in Japan. There is no daylight inside, so you may feel that the air in there is very still. If you go there in summer, you may feel cool, and if you go there in winter, you may feel much warmer than outside of it. The walls are made of limestone and look milky white. Shrines and temples. "Hidaichinomiya-Minashi jinja" is the main Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") in the prefecture.
Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he competes on the Raw brand under the ring name Xavier Woods. He is a member of The New Day stable with Kofi Kingston and Big E. He is a 12-time tag team Champion and the 2021 King of the Ring. He has also wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2007 to 2010 under the ring name Consequences Creed and won the TNA World Tag Team Championship one time with Jay Lethal. As Austin Creed, he is also famous for his gaming channel on YouTube, called "UpUpDownDown". It has more than 2 millon subscribers and more than 500 million views on YouTube. It won a Guinness World Record in August 2018 for Most Subscribed-to Celebrity Video Gaming Channel.
Douglas Clayton Durdle (born 1 September 1972) is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time working in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He was known under the ring name, Douglas Williams.
Philidor's defence, usually called "the Philidor", is one of the basic chess openings. It was used often by the 18th century master François-André Danican Philidor, and he published analysis about it in his textbook "L'Analyse du jeu des échecs" (1849). 1.e4 e5  2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 or 5...g6 followed by 6...Bg7 Variations. Transposition. Black can reach a line called the Hanham variation by transposing from the Pirc defence: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5
Robert Boyle FRS (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was a 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor and founding member of the Royal Society. Boyle was born in Ireland to a titled Anglo-Irish family. He was the fourteenth child of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, who had arrived in Ireland in 1588. Career. Robert Boyle is best known for Boyle's law. When Robert Hooke was young, Boyle employed him as an instrument-maker and assistant. They continued to cooperate when Hooke took charge of experiments at the Royal Society. Scientific research was the main focus of Boyle's life. He joined other like-minded men in a group which called itself the "Invisible College". He was part of the group which founded the Royal Society in 1660. Boyle was an alchemist, but also the first modern chemist. His 1661 book, "The Sceptical Chymist", is important in the history of chemistry. Religious interests. As a director of the East India Company Boyle spent large sums in promoting the spread of Christianity in the East. He contributed liberally to missionary societies and to the expenses of translating the Bible or portions of it into various languages. Boyle supported the policy that the Bible should be available in the language of the people, in contrast to the Latin-only policy of the Roman Catholic Church at the time.
Myrtillocactus is a genus of plants in the family Cactaceae. All of these plants are succulents. The plants grows in Mexico and Guatemala. In total, there are 4 species: Flowers are white or yellowish, its length is appr. 2.5 cm. Some species of Myrtillocactus are popular houseplants.
The USS "Nimitz" (CVN-68) is a supercarrier of the United States Navy. Starting in late 2011, The USS "Nimitz" will be stationed at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington. It is named after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. It is set to replace the USS "Abraham Lincoln". Its length is an amazing 1063 feet or 333 meters. It has four steam catapults that can speed up a 100,000 pound plane to 160 mph in 100 meters. It can launch early warning planes, F/A-18 hornets and Super Hornet fighter-bomber aircraft. It is powered by two nuclear reactors and can stay at sea for 24 years without refueling although refueling needs to be done carefully and only in special naval bases. It weighs 100,000 tons. It carries a maximum of 130 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets or 85-90 other planes.
Emma Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is a British singer-songwriter and television promoter. She was a member of girl group the Spice Girls. She gained her nickname "Baby Spice" from being the youngest member of the group.  She was a contestant in the 2006 series of "Strictly Come Dancing". She is also the host of the Heart FM Saturday evening show from 4pm to 7pm. On 12 August 2012, the Spice Girls performed a medley of "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life" at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. They got back together just for the event. Their performance was the most tweeted moment of the Olympics closing ceremony with over 116,000 tweets on Twitter per minute.  Personal life. Bunton's long-term partner since 1998 is singer Jade Jones. The couple have two children: Beau Lee Jones and Tate Lee Jones. She is also a godmother to Geri Halliwell's daughter Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, alongside Victoria Beckham.
A barred spiral galaxy is a big group of stars shaped like a spiral, and which has a long, straight bar also made up of stars across its middle. Imagine it like a pinwheel firework with a stick going through it. Our home, the Milky Way, is one of these galaxies and has its own bar. Edwin Hubble made a list of all the galaxies he could find and put them into groups according to their shapes. He noticed that some of the spirals have tight arms, some have loose arms, and others are somewhere in between. He even made a category for those with a straight bar and no spiral arms. Bars in galaxies act like nurseries for stars. They help bring gas toward the center, where new stars are born when there is enough gas and dust around. But the bars don't last forever; over time, they might change, and the galaxy becomes a more typical spiral.  Scientists think that this whole process takes about two billion years. They've found evidence that even in the early days of the universe, some galaxies already had these bars. Barred spiral galaxies are like big whirlpools of stars with a straight bar made of more stars in the middle. It's like a special phase in a galaxy's life, and it takes a long time for them to go from being just a spiral to having a bar.
Kenneth Anderson (born March 6, 1976) is an American professional wrestler. Anderson is known for his time working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2009 under the ring name Mr. Kennedy. He has also wrestled in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Mr. Anderson from 2010 to 2016. He is currently signed to Top Rank Boxing as their announcer. Anderson is a former WWE United States Champion, Money in the Bank winner, and two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion. He is known for peforming his ring announcements himself.
South Sudan is a country in East Africa. Its official name is the Republic of South Sudan. It was part of Sudan until 2011. A civil war began in 2013. The landlocked country is bordered by Ethiopia to the east; Kenya to the southeast; Uganda to the south; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest; the Central African Republic to the west; and the Republic of Sudan to the north. South Sudan includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd formed by the White Nile, locally called the "Bahr al Jabal". History. What is now South Sudan was once part of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This part of the British Empire became the Republic of Sudan when independence was achieved in 1956. After the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon developed and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. Later that year, the Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan was formed. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011 at midnight local time, after a referendum held in January 2011. In the referendum, nearly 99% of voters wanted to separate from the rest of Sudan. The United Nations Security Council met on 13 July 2011 to formally discuss membership for the Republic of South Sudan. The next day, 14 July 2011, South Sudan became a United Nations member state. South Sudan has also applied to join the Commonwealth of Nations, the East African Community, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. The country was declared eligible to apply for membership in the Arab League as well. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, one athlete from South Sudan competed under the flag of the International Olympic Committee. In 2013 a civil war broke out. Geography. Its capital is Juba. Between eight and twelve million people live there. Over 200 languages are spoken, but the official language is English. Arabic is also spoken by many people. The main religion is Christianity, practised by nearly 78% of the population. Another 20% practise
S Club, formerly S Club 7 are a British pop band. They formed in 1998 in London and split up in 2003. The band members were Jo O'Meara, Bradley McIntosh, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens, Hannah Spearritt, Jon Lee and Tina Barrett. The group reunited in 2008 with Jo O'Meara, Bradley McIntosh and Paul Cattermole and was renamed S Club. Iconic songs of S Club. Some iconic songs from S Club includes 'Never Had a Dream Come True', 'Don't Stop Movin', 'S Club Party', 'Reach' and 'Bring It All Back'.
"The New York Times" Best Seller list is a list of best-selling books in the United States that has been published weekly on Sundays by the "New York Times", a New York City based newspaper since 9 April 1942. It is also released a stand-alone publication, meaning it is sometimes published separately outside of the newspaper, and can also be found online. The list is usually split into fiction and non-fiction sections; each contain ten to twenty titles. It has been accused of being easily manipulated, so it may not actually list the best sellers.
Muskmelons ("Cucumis melo") are a type of melon. Cantaloupes are a popular type of muskmelon, but there are other types like the Honeydew Melon. They come from Persia (Iran) and nearby countries. They were transported west to Europe near the time of Christ's birth. The name Cantaloupe comes from the italian town they were cultivated in: "Cantalupo" "nel Sannio" The name of the muskmelon comes from the words "musk," which means "perfume" in Persian and "melon," which is French and comes from a Latin word melonem (melo in the accusative form - direct object function in a sentence) that means "fruit of a cucurbit." History. Muskmelons are native to Iran, as well as parts of India and Afghanistan. The first known mention of the muskmelon was in Greece in the 3rd century BC. There is an old Egyptian painting that shows a fruit some people think was a muskmelon. In the first century AD, Romans knew about the muskmelon, and both the Greeks and Romans found that it could be used as medicine or to eat. At about this time, China also found out about the muskmelon. During the Middle Ages the muskmelon spread across Europe to as far west as Spain and Christopher Columbus brought seeds of it to the Caribbean in 1494. In the 1600s it was being grown across North America by the Spanish, the English and Native Americans. By 1650 the muskmelon was being grown in Brazil. Taste. Muskmelons can widely vary in taste, depending on each fruit: some are sweet and some more closely resemble their cucurbitaceae cousin, the cucumber, in taste. In 1513, a Spanish writer said of the muskmelon that "the good [muskmelons] are like good women, and the bad like bad women." Maybe expecting all melons to be sweet, which is not the case as mentioned earlier.
The 2006 Hengchun earthquake happened on Tuesday December 26, 2006 at 12:25 UTC (20:25 local time) near Taiwan. On the surface the center of the earthquake was about 22.8 km west southwest of Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The center of the earthquake underground was 21.9 km deep in the Luzon Strait (). Reports of the strength of the quake do not all agree. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau reported 7.0 ML The United States Geological Survey estimated the quake to be 7.1 Mw The Hong Kong Observatory and the Japan Meteorological Agency said 7.2 Mw. Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that it was the strongest earthquake to hit Hengchun in one hundred years. The earthquake hurt and killed many people and damaged many buildings. It also damaged several undersea cables. The broken cables were a problem for telecommunication services in parts of Asia. The date of the earthquake was unusual. The earthquake happened exactly two years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that caused terrible damage to the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia. It was also exactly three years after the 2003 earthquake that almost destroyed the southern Iranian city of Bam. Tsunami warning. Taiwan. This earthquake was the first time Taiwan detected a tsunami. The water level changed only 25 cm and did not damage anything. Warning from agencies in other areas. An early tsunami warning came from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). They reported that the earthquake caused a 1-meter tsunami. It was moving towards the east coast of the Philippines. The Hong Kong Observatory also reported a tsunami that would probably not affect Hong Kong.
Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" LaValle (née Polizzi; born November 23, 1987) is an American reality television personality, television host, author, professional wrestler, and dancer. She is best known for being a cast member of the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" and starring in "Snooki &amp; Jwoww" and "". She earned $150,000 per "Jersey Shore" episode by the last season.  She also appeared as the guest hostess for "WWE Raw" in 2011 and competed at WrestleMania XXVII that year. Early life and education. Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile. She was adopted when she was six months old and was raised by Italian-American parents, Andy and Helen Polizzi. Polizzi’s father is a volunteer firefighter and auto-salvage supervisor, and her mother is an office manager. Polizzi was given her nickname, Snooki, in middle school, her friends named her after "Snookie", a male character in "Save the Last Dance", because she was the first of her friends to kiss a boy. She grew up and went to school in Marlboro, New York, where she was a cheerleader. During high school, she suffered from an eating disorder and weighed .  Snooki went to Marlboro High School in Marlboro. After graduating, she went to Brookdale Community College in Middletown Township, New Jersey, where she studied to become a veterinary technician.
Vincent "Vinny" Guadagnino (born November 11, 1987) is an American reality television personality. He is best known for his time on MTV's" Jersey Shore". In the November 8, 2011 episode of "90210", he played a small role that he reprised in the episode titled "O Holly Night".  MTV has also produced Guadagnino's own talk show, "The Show with Vinny", which debuted in May 2013.
Michael Sorrentino (born July 4, 1982), also known as The Situation, is an American television personality. He appeared on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" in all six seasons from December 2009 through its final episode in December 2012. On January 19, 2018, Sorrentino pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. On October 5, 2018, Sorrentino was sentenced to 8 months in prison, 2 years of supervised probation, and 500 hours of community service.
Jennifer Lynn "Jenni" Farley (born February 27, 1986), also known as JWoww, is an American television personality. She is known for being one of the eight main cast members in the MTV reality series "Jersey Shore", and is a main cast member of its spin-off, "Snooki &amp; Jwoww".
Ronald J. Ortiz-Magro Jr. (born December 4, 1985) is an American television personality. He is best known as one of the eight main cast members in the MTV reality series "Jersey Shore". He was born in The Bronx, New York City. In 2017, Ortiz-Magro appeared in the second season of the E! reality series "Famously Single."  In 2018, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro became part of the main cast in the MTV reality television series "".
Deena Nicole Buckner (born Deena Nicole Cortese; January 12, 1987) is an American reality television personality. She appeared on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" from 2010 to 2012. In November 2016, Cortese became engaged to Christopher Buckner. They were married on October 28, 2017.
Paul DelVecchio Jr. (born July 5, 1980), publicly known as DJ Pauly D, is an American television personality and disc jockey. He is best known for being a housemate on MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore". He is the first of the "Jersey Shore" cast to get his own spin-off show, "The Pauly D Project".
Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for his conservative religious and political beliefs. He is the youngest of the Baldwin brothers. He was a housemated in the 2010 series of Big Brother (UK). References. &lt;br&gt;
The Pirc defence is one of the asymmetrical hypermodern defences, usually to 1.e4. It is similar to the Modern defence, but reserves the decision as to whether to fianchetto the g8 bishop. Because it is so flexible it lends itself to transpositions. This is one of the main lines: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Na6 7.0-0 c5 A completely different idea is: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 which is a transposition into Philidor's defence. Another idea is: 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 which is called Wade's defence.
Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage when it reached the Australian coast at about midnight on Wednesday 2 February 2011. The storm which started in the Coral Sea, destroyed hundreds of homes in the northern Queensland towns of Tully, Mission Beach, Innisfail and Cardwell. Yasi was a Category Five storm, the highest level, with winds of about 300 km/h. It was the biggest storm in Queensland's history, with more than 10,000 people moved from their homes. The storm passed between the two big cities of Cairns and Townsville which only suffered minor damage. Early estimates of damage put the cost at about AU$100 million. Cyclone Yasi did not cause the damage that government expected as it missed major cities. It did however destroy 30% of the houses in Tully. At least 75% of the banana crop was destroyed, and damage to the sugar cane farms is expected to cost about AU$500 million. One person died when they were poisoned by fumes from a portable generator. Damage to power lines left 150,000 homes without electricity. The rainforest around Mission Beach was flattened by the cyclone. This meant that most of the food and shelter needed for the wildlife has been destroyed. The Southern Cassowary, a large endangered bird, will need help to survive in the forest. After Cyclone Larry in 2006 it is thought that about one third of the cassowaries at Mission Beach died from starvation. A group, called Rainforest Rescue, is going to set up feeding areas in the forest for the birds.
Fianna Fáil is an Irish political party. It was founded in 1926 by Éamon DeValera and Constance Markievicz, . Its leader is Micheál Martin, who has also been Taoiseach since 2020. It was a faction of Sinn Fein - another Irish political party alongside Fine Gael - before splitting to become its own political party in 1926. Its name is translated from Irish as 'Soldiers of Destiny' but literally means 'Warriors of Fál' (Fál was the name of Ireland in legends).  The party is part of a coalition government with Fine Gael and the Green Party, with Fianna Fáil being the largest party in the Dáil Éireann. Presidents/Leaders. There have been eight leaders of the Fianna Fáil since its creation in 1926. Youth Wing. The Youth Wing of Fianna Fáil is the Ógra Fianna Fáil, which was created in 1975 to get younger people to vote and support the party.