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Sant Alban was the first British Christian martyr. He was a Roman soldier who converted to Christianity. His home town of Verulamium is now is named St Albans after him. A priest was being chased by the Romans and Alban swapped clothes with the priest so he could escape. When they found out, the Romans ordered Alban to be killed. As he was a fine soldier, he was allowed to be beheaded by the sword than by the axe, because it was more honourable. When they cut off St. Alban's head, the executioner's eyes fell out into his hand, and he was blinded. The bones of Alban were kept in a shrine in St Albans Abbey. They were stolen during the 19th century.
Pope Innocent VIII (; 1432 – July 25, 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cibo, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 214th Pope from 29 August 1484 to his death, in July 1492. Early years. In 1432, Giovanni Battista Cybo was born in Genoa, the son of Arano Cybo and wife Teodorina de Mari. His father was from an old Genoese family of Greek ancestry, a viceroy of Naples and then a senator in Rome under Pope Calixtus III. Giovanni Battista's early years were spent at the Neapolitan court. While in Naples he was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral of Capua, and was given the Priory of Santa Maria d'Arba in Genoa. After the death of King Alfonso (1458), friction between Giovanni Battista and the Archbishop of Genoa induced him to resign his canonry, and to go to Padua and then to Rome for his education. Early career. In Rome he became a priest in the retinue of Cardinal Calandrini, half-brother to Pope Nicholas V (1447–55). In 1467, he was made Bishop of Savona by Pope Paul II, but exchanged this see in 1472 for that of Molfetta in south-eastern Italy. In 1473, with the support of Giuliano Della Rovere, later Pope Julius II, he was made cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV, whom he succeeded on 29 August 1484 as Pope Innocent VIII.' Bishop. Pope Paul II made Cibo the Bishop of Savona in 1467. He was made Bishop of Molfetta in 1472. Cardinal. In 1473, Pope Sixtus IV raised Cibo to the rank of cardinal. Pope. Cardinal Cibo was elected pope on August 29, 1484; and he chose to be called Innocent VIII. Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes. Other websites.
Lō'ihi Seamount, also known as Loihi or Lōihi, is an submarine volcano (seamount) in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. It lies in the Pacific Ocean south of the island of Hawaii.  Lōihi is an active volcano. Hawaiian name. In 1995, the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) changed a longtime policy and is now using the Hawaiian okina and kahakō in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). After 1995, Loihi seamount was officially identified as Lōʻihi. Seamount. Lōihi seamount is 32 miles from the peak of Mauna Loa. This small volcano is in on the slopes of the larger and older one. Lōihi Seamount is over 3,000 meters above the sea floor. It is as tall as the volcano Mount St Helens was before it erupted.  In 2012, the top of this volcano was determined to be one kilometer below the sea. Island. Lōihi is predicted to grow until it is an island, thousands of years from now.
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949 in Glasgow) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. Knopfler is best known as the founder of the British rock band Dire Straits which formed 1977. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler continued to record and produce albums as a solo artist and has played in other groups including The Notting Hillbillies. Knopfler has worked with many other music artists such as: Bob Dylan,Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins. Knopfler is a respected finger-style guitarist and was ranked #27 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits have sold in excess of 120 million albums. Knopfler was born to an English mother and Jewish Hungarian father. Knopfler moved to Blyth, Northumberland at age seven. He has a brother, David Knopfler (born 1952) who has also been a member of Dire Straits.
Bear worship (also known as the Bear Cult or Arctolatry) is the religious practice of the worshiping of bears. Many North American and North Eurasian ethnic arctic religions include the worship of bears in their beliefs. These include the Sámi, Nivkhs, Ainu, and pre-Christian Finns. There are also a number of deities from Celtic Gaul and Britain similar to the bear. The bear is also featured on many totems throughout northern cultures that carve them. Bear worship may have been practiced as far back as the Middle Palaeolithic time period amongst Neanderthal societies.(Wunn, 2000, p. 434-435)
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an American guitarist and record producer. He helped create a smooth country music style known as the "Nashville Sound." His guitar picking style was inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt and Les Paul and brought him admirers both in the United States and internationally as well as earning him the nickname "Mister Guitar." Chet Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed and Waylon Jennings along with many others. Chet Atkins received many honors including 14 Grammy Awards as well as the "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award." He won nine Country Music Association "Instrumentalist of the Year" awards, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He died from cancer on June 30, 2001, at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2002, Atkins was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The following year, Atkins was ranked #28 in CMT's "40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
Clodovil Hernandes (17 June 1937 – 17 March 2009) was a Brazilian fashion designer, television host and politician. A designer in the '60s and '70s, he was invited to work in television, where he hosted numerous programs on several stations. He launched congress election in 2006 and became the third most voted congressman in the country, with 493,951 votes or 2.43% of valid votes. Once, when he was asked about running in the municipal elections for São Paulo Mayor position, he changed the subject and did not answer the question. He was known mainly for his controversial statements, deemed inappropriate or rude, often directed at other famous personalities. Among other problems, he was accused of racism and anti-Semitism.
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country singer-songwriter and guitarist. Jennings first became famous as a member of Buddy Holly's backing band. On February 3, 1959, while playing shows with Holly, he gave up his airplane seat J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. The airplane crashed after it took-off killing Richarson, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly. Jennings claimed that in the years afterward he felt severe guilt over the crash. By the 1970s, Jennings had become associated with a country music scene known as outlaw country. Jennings recorded a series of albums with Willie Nelson in the late 1970s which increased the popularity of the outlaw country sound. In 1979, he recorded the theme song for the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. Jennings also became the narrator of the show for all seven seasons. In the 1980s he formed the group The Highwaymen along with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. In 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. On February 13, 2002, Waylon Jennings died in Chandler, Arizona from health complications due to diabetes.
Michael René Grabner (born October 5, 1987 in Villach, Austria) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey player who is with the New York Islanders, a team in the National Hockey League (NHL). Grabner plays right wing for the Islanders, a team he first joined in 2010 after being with the Vancouver Canucks, who selected him in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Before that, Grabner played for EC VSV, a team from Austria who play in the Austrian Hockey League, and the Manitoba Moose, who play in the American Hockey League. As well as those teams, Grabner played for the Spokane Chiefs, a junior team with the Western Hockey League. He is a fast skater who has a quick shot. His first game with the Canucks was on October 14, 2009, and scored his first goal with them on October 21. He was traded to the Florida Panthers, along with Steve Bernier and a first round draft pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, on June 25, 2010 for Keith Ballard and Victor Oreskovich. When the Panthers tried to send Grabner to their AHL team, the Islanders claimed his rights.
Dargai is a big village in district Charsadda. It is the oldest village in the Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mr jehangir khan dagwal was first man, who shifted from dagbehsud and start living in dargai. later on more people also came and took shape of village. during Sikh invasion, Mr jehngir family faught with Sikhs but Sikh over powered and jehangir family ran to skhakot. when British took control and defeated Sikh, Mr jehngir khan family came back to dargai charsadda. Sikhs set on fire to the village and was completly burned. six tribes, Dagwal the biggest tribe of Dargai ,lodies ,Sipah, Khattak and Kashmiryans and Awan live in Dargai. this village people played very important role for freedom from British.
Naofumi Yamamoto (born August 1, 1977 in Gifu, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler and retired boxer. He is currently signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and is one-half of the All Asia Tag Team Champions with Atsushi Onita. He competes under the ring name Yoshitatsu which is a tweaked version of his former ring name. He is best known for his time working with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and the WWE. During his time in the WWE, he competed under the ring name Yoshi Tatsu. He has challenged Christian in the past for the ECW Championship and has also challenged for the Unified Tag Team Championship with Goldust but came up short in capturing the titles. New Japan Pro Wrestling. He traveled to Los Angeles and trained at the local NJPW dojo. He debuted for the promotion in a match against Wataru Inoue at the Korakuen Hall on October 12, 2002. He started out working on the lower card to gain experience. He lost to Ryusuke Taguchi on December 27, 2003 in a chance to compete at the January 4 Dome Show. He defeated Hirooki Goto, Aikya Anzawa, and Hiroshi Nagao in the 2004 Young Lion Cup and earned six points but it was not enough to qualify in the finals. Yamamoto also competed in the 2005 Young Lion Cup where he only won one match when he defeated Yujiro. In 2006, he competed in his first G1 Climax tournament but lost all four matches. He competed and teamed with Manabu Nakanishi in the 2006 G1 Tag League and they defeated Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko to earn their only win in the tournament. During the Summer of 2007, he teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi in a team called "New Japan Dragons" in a number of matches. Yamamoto and Tanahashi challenged then-champions Bernard and Tomko for the IWGP Tag Team Championship but lost. His last match in NJPW was on November 2, 2007 where he teamed with Yuji Nag
Long John Silver's is a fast food restaurant that sells mainly seafood.  It was created in 1969 in Lexington, Kentucky. The name for the restaurant is named after Long John Silver from the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. They used to be a private owned company but they went bankrupt in 1998.  Their parent company Yum! sold Long John Silver's to LJS Partners LLC and A&amp;W Restaurants to A Great American Brand LLC in September 2011 to focus on expanding in China. The restaurant chain has many restaurants world-wide. Toys. Lost in Space Pull Backs
Yoshikiyo Kuboyama (born 21 July 1976) is a former Japanese football player. Club career statistics. 199||34||23||8||36||11||2||0||260||53 199||34||23||8||36||11||2||0||260||53
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Patrick Sharp (born December 27, 1981) is a Canadian color commentator, studio analyst and former professional ice hockey centre. He played 3 seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers,11 seasons for the Chicago Blackhawks, and 2 seasons for the Dallas Stars. Sharp played college hockey with the University of Vermont's Catamounts. Career. On June 9, 2010, Sharp won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks contributing 11 goals and 11 assists in the playoffs. On June 24, 2013, He won his second Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks after they defeated the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. On July 10, 2015, the Blackhawks faced salary cap issues and they traded Sharp along with Stephen Johns to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Trevor Daley and Ryan Garbutt. On July 1, 2017, Sharp signed a one-year contract to return to the Blackhawks. He retired at the end of the season. Broadcasting. On September 25, 2019, Sharp became a full-time studio analyst for NBC Sports Chicago. In 2021, he replaced Eddie Olczyk as the Blackhawks' TV color commentator for NBC Sports Chicago working on their telecasts alongside Troy Murray.
Desertification is the expansion of desert into the surrounding areas. The desert area in the world is getting bigger. Desertification usually happens on the edge of deserts. It is caused by a variety of factors. Causes. There are many causes of desert spreading:
Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American actor and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE. Johnson is also the co-owner of United Football League (UFL) and is on the board of directors for TKO Group Holdings, the parent company for both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE. A third generation wrestler, he is part of the Anoa'i Family. He is the father of Simone Johnson, better known as NXT General manager Ava. His popularity in wrestling led to a sucessful acting career. Early life. Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. His father, WWE Hall of Fame Rocky Johnson, was of Black Nova Scotian and Irish descent and his mother is Samoan. Professional wrestling. Johnson began his career as a football player. He played in the Canadian Football League. This only lasted a couple of months before he was let go. He then chose to become a professional wrestler like his father, Rocky Johnson, and grandfather, Peter Maivia. He began working for the WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation) and became very well known. He is one of the most popular wrestlers ever. He has won 16 championships. These include both alone and in a tag team. He has also won the Royal Rumble. He was the sixth person to win WWE's "Triple Crown". This means he won all three of the main championships - the WWE Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the World Tag Team Championship. Johnson also has many nicknames to his Rock resume: “The Great One”, “The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment/Sports Entertainment”, “The Brahma Bull”, “Rocky”, and “The People’s Champ/Champion”. One of his most popular feuds during his career was against Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was also one of the most popular feuds in the Attitude Era. On February 14, 2011, The Rock was announced as the host of WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, 2011, appearing live on "Raw" for the first time in almost seven years.
Shaquille Rashaun "Shaq" O'Neal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American retired professional basketball player. He had a 19 year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. He is often considered one of the most well-known players in the history of the NBA. He stands at and weighs , making him one of the heaviest players to ever play in the NBA. He has recently gotten his jersey retired by the Orlando Magic, making him one of the only players to have 3 jerseys retired.  Basketball career. Before playing in the NBA, O'Neal played college basketball at Louisiana State University. Throughout his 18 year career, O'Neal has used his size and strength to help him play well. O'Neal won a scoring title, an MVP and three championships with the Los Angeles Lakers; he later won a championship with the Miami Heat. He first played for the Orlando Magic and later for the Phoenix Suns. O'Neal won a gold medal with the 1996 Dream Team. O'Neal is currently the oldest player in the NBA and is the only one of the 50 Greatest NBA players, as chosen in 1996, to still be playing in the NBA. He has scored the most points of anyone still in the NBA, and the fifth-most of any NBA player ever. He also one of the best shooters in the history of the NBA, and has led the league in that category ten times. He has been named All-NBA and an All-Star quite a few times. He retired from the NBA on June 1, 2011 and held a press conference on June 3, 2011 to officially announce his retirement. After Shaq's college career he had 1 child. Music, TV and movie career. O'Neal has appeared in several films and music videos, often as himself. As an actor, O'Neal starred in movies such as Blue Chips and Kazaam. As a rapper, he released five studio albums and 1 compilation album. His first album, Sha
Left 4 Dead is a first-person shooter video game made by Valve Corporation for Mac computers, Windows PCs, and the Xbox 360. It was released in North America and Australasia on October 18, 2008, and on October 21, 2008 in Japan and Europe. There are four game modes available: a single-player mode, where the player controls one character and the 3 other characters are controlled by the game; a four-player, co-op campaign mode; an eight-player online versus mode (4 humans and 4 mutated zombies/"Special Infected"); and a four-player survival mode. Left 4 Dead was named the Best Multiplayer Game of 2008 by IGN, GameSpy, BAFTA, Spike TV, and NoFrag. The sequel, Left 4 Dead 2 was released on November 17, 2009.  Characters. There are four characters to choose from (gameplay is not affected with character choice):  Plot. The Green Flu, a virus that turns victims into rabid zombie-like beings called the Infected, breaks out in the USA. Some Infected mutate into stronger Special Infected. The 4 characters try to reach a rescue vehicle throughout each campaign, except in the final campaign The Sacrifice.
Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970) is an American musician. He is best known for being a member of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo plays electric and acoustic guitar. He also knows how to play drums, bass guitar, clarinet, harmonica, keyboards, trumpet and piano. In 2007 he released an album on his own called "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo". It is a collection of eighteen demos he made between 1992 and 2007. Personal life. Cuomo married Kyoko Ito on June 18, 2006.
Pau Gasol i Sàez (born July 6, 1980 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish former basketball player. Gasol played for the Portland Trailblazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2008 to 2014. He also played for the, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, And Milwaukee Bucks. He has won an NBA championship with the Lakers. He played with the Spanish basketball team at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in 2008 and 2012. Before playing with the Lakers, he played in Spain and for the Memphis Grizzlies. He wore #16 for the Lakers, and played both forward and center. He is tall and weight and has a younger brother named Marc Gasol who plays for the Toronto Raptors. He went to the NBA All-Star more than 3 times and was eventually considered to be one of the very best of the Los Angles Lakers from the years 2008 straight until 2014.
Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō) (born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a retired Japanese player in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, respectively the top pro leagues in Japan and the United States. He is generally referred to by his given name; for most of his NPB career and all of his MLB career, his uniform used "Ichiro" instead of "Suzuki". He is the first MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and has won a Gold Glove award in each of his first ten years in the major leagues. He spent most of his carrier with the Seattle Mariners but also played for the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins. In 2025, Ichiro became the first Japanese player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, falling one vote short of unanimous selection.
The 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting was a School shooting at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio on October 10, 2007. 14 year old Asa H Coon shot 2 students and 2 teachers injuring them before committing suicide in a classroom on the fourth floor of the building. Asa Coon, a student at the school, entered the school shortly before 1pm armed with two revolvers and three tactical folding knives. After being punched in the face for bumping into Michael Peek, Coon shot Peek in the abdomen around 1:03pm as he walked away. He walked through the school's halls shooting at another student, Darnell Rodgers, but the bullet just scratched Rodgers, hurting his elbow. Then Coon went to a social studies class where he shot the teacher Michael Grassie in the chest. Another teacher, David Kachadourian, was shot in the shoulder while helping his students get to a safe place. A 14-year-old student, Trinnetta McGrady, had knee and back injuries from being stepped on in a hallway by students who were trying to get away. The shooting ended when Coon walked into a empty classroom and fatally shot himself in the right side of his head. A controversial crime scene photo taken of Coon after his suicide was leaked to the public from a radio disc jockey from the Rover's Morning Glory show. A Cleveland police officer Walter Emerick, who took the picture using his camera phone was suspended from his job for eight days for sending the photo to other people, eventually leading to it being leaked on the Internet.
Hideaki Tominaga (born 27 August 1976) is a former Japanese football player.
Graham Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is a former Australian soccer manager and former player. He has played for Australia national team. Honours. Player. Individual Manager. Central Coast Mariners Sydney Individual Australia (Assistant Manager) Australia U23 Record
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic gold medalist and former collegiate wrestler. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation/WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Angle won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, winning with a broken neck. He is the first Olympic gold medalist in professional wrestling history. He wrestled for the WWF/E from 1998 to 2006. During this time he became a six-time world champion (along with many other championships) and won the King of the Ring tournament in 2000. In 2006 he signed a contract to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he was the first TNA World Champion, a title he would also hold six times. Angle is also a two-time winner of the King of the Mountain ladder match. He competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) because of their partnership with TNA. There he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. His TNA contract expired in September 2014. Angle returned to WWE on April 3, 2017, as the general manager of Raw and wrestled on occasions. He retired on April 7, 2019 after WrestleMania 35. He is in many of wrestling Hall of Fames, most notably the WWE, TNA, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fames. He is the only wrestler to have won the WWE, WWE's World Heavyweight, the WCW Championship, TNA World Heavyweight and the IWGP Heavyweight Championships, in addition to an NCAA wrestling championship. World Championships/Olympic Games matches. !Res. !Record !Opponent !Score !Date !Event !Location ! style=background:white colspan=7 | ! style=background:white colspan=7 |