William Baker Rock (August 5, 1872 - June 27, 1922) was a vaudeville comedian and dancer. He was a partner with Maude Fulton in the vaudeville act of Rock and Fulton. He later was a partner with Frances White (1898-1969) as Rock and White.
He was born on August 5, 1872 in Evansville, Indiana to William Beverly Rock and Matilda Baker. He married Jane Ryder on October 5, 1905 in Manhattan, New York City. He married Gladys Tilbury of Brighton, England. On July 6, 1921 he married Hiler Eby of Altoona, Pennsylvania. She appeared with him in "Hitchy-Koo". On July 13, 1921 he was hospitalized and had one-third of his stomach removed. He died on June 27, 1922 at the National Stomach Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of cancer of the stomach. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a number given to an item in the Library of Congress. It is used to identify items in the Library's collection. Each number is issued as part of a series. It is not based on a classification system. The numbering system began in 1898, and it was called the Library of Congress Card Number.
The Library made cards for its library catalogue, and they also made cards which could be sold to other libraries. They introduced the number to identify the sets of cards.
Librarians around the world still use the number, especially when identifying books published in the United States.
The number has two parts; the first is a two digit number based on the year, and the second is the next number in the series, written as a six digit number. Since 2001, the year has been written as a four digit number.
Terry Jones (pastor)
Terry Jones (born October 1951) is the pastor of Dove World Outreach Center, a small nondenominational Christian church located, until July 2013, in Gainesville, Florida, USA. He is the President of a political group, Stand Up America Now. He is listed to be running for president in 2016. He ran in 2012, but lost. He and his church have received many death threats.
Bright Lights (Matchbox Twenty song)
Bright Lights is the third Single from Matchbox Twenty's third album, More Than You Think You Are. The song proved to be a moderate hit for the band. It peaked at 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is written by lead singer Rob Thomas. It is about a girl who leaves her hometown looking for . Throughout the song, he lets the girl know she can come home if things don't work out.
Unwell
Unwell is the second single from Matchbox Twenty's third album, "More Than You Think You Are". It was written by Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas. It was very successful on the radio, and spent 20 weeks at the top of the U.S. Adult Top 40 charts. The song is about a person who claims to not be crazy even though they're suffering from various occurrences that could lead them to be labeled as such. Rob Thomas states on the live DVD "Show" that he wrote the song to be a metaphor for humanity in general, a song for people who are "fucked up and feel alone like that. We all feel a little fucked up sometimes... you're not alone." This song is a staple of adult contemporary stations even years after its release. The song also was the second most played song in the United States for 2003 according to Billboard.
Phyllis Tickle
Phyllis A. Tickle (March 12, 1934 – September 22, 2015) was an American writer and educator. Her main field was spirituality and religion issues. She was best known for writing "The Divine Hours" series of books. She was a member of the Episcopal Church and wrote around forty books. She started off serving as the founding editor of the religion department at "Publishers Weekly". Tickle had been quoted by many different media outlets, including "Newsweek", "Time", "Life", "The New York Times", "USA Today", CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, The History Channel, the BBC and VOA.
Tickle was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. She married her husband Samuel Tickle, Sr. in 1955. He died on January 2, 2015. They had seven children.
Tickle died from lung cancer on September 22, 2015 in Millington, Tennessee. She was 81.
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in the counties of Washington, Carter, and Sullivan in Tennessee, United States. As of 2015, 65,813 people live in Johnson City.
Millington, Tennessee
Millington is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. As of 2010, 10,176 people live in Millington.
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the Washington, D.C. area in the United States. It has the second busiest rapid transit system in the United States. The New York City Subway is the busiest.
There are six lines in this system:
The first part of the metro system opened on March 27, 1976. The rail system was completed on January 13, 2001.
Brigham Young University–Idaho
Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho or BYU–I) is a private university in Rexburg, Idaho. It was founded in 1888. The university is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). BYU-Idaho changed from a junior college to a four-year university in 2001. For most of its history it was known as Ricks College.
BYU-Idaho offers programs in liberal arts including the sciences, engineering, agriculture, management, and performing arts. The university is organized into six colleges. Its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Utah and Hawaii. The university's focus is on undergraduate education. It offers 18 associate and over 70 bachelor's degree programs. BYU-Idaho operates using a three-semester system also known as "tracks".
Students at BYU-Idaho are required to follow an honor code. About 99 percent of the university's students are members of the LDS Church. A significant percentage of the student body take an 18- (women) or 24-month (men) break from their studies to serve as missionaries. A BYU-Idaho education is generally less expensive than similar private universities. This is due to a significant help by LDS Church tithing funds, helping keep tuition rates low.
Firooz Bahram High School
Firooz Bahram High School () is one of Tehran's oldest high schools.
The architecture of the building belongs to Qajar era of Iran. It is a historical place of Tehran.
This school was built in 1932, on Zoroastrian land. The school was named after an Iranian Zoroastrian named Firooz. He died in the Mediterranean Sea in World War I.
The school's establishment was supported by Keikhosrow Shahrokh, the Zoroastrian representative in Iranian Parliament.
Pakistan Super League
Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament in Pakistan. Organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the first season of PSL took place between February 4 and 24 in 2016. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament has five franchise teams: Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators. Each playing side has a mixture of seven Pakistani players and four foreign players from around the world.
The fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League will take place in February / March 2019. The tournament is scheduled to start on February 14 2019 and the final would be held on March 17 2019.
The editions with the winning team are listed below:
Source: https://www.cricingif.com/news/26618/Pakistan-Super-League
Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American baseball catcher, manager, and coach. He played almost his entire career for the Major League Baseball (MLB) team New York Yankees (1946–1963). He played for the New York Mets in 1965, and also coached the team. He won a record 13 World Series, as a player and coach.