Kasich was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. His mother was of Croatian ancestry while his father was Czech. Kasich attended The Ohio State University and graduated with a degree in political science. While he was in college, he met US president Richard Nixon in the Oval Office after he wrote to the president.
He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Kasich became known for his role in the balanced budget of the 1990s. He was an advocate of cutting spending to make government work better for less money.
In 1998, he was the main force behind the balanced budget that was signed by President Bill Clinton. After a short lived campaign to be president, he left politics in 2001 and hosted a TV show on Fox News for a time. He also worked in banking.
He came back to politics in 2010 and won the election to be governor of Ohio and defeated Ted Strickland.
After taking office he passed a law restricting the power of trade unions. This proved to be unpopular and it was repealed in an election, and it hurt Kasich's popularity. However, after this, he passed a balanced budget in Ohio, and his policies helped the state's economy greatly. He did this while cutting taxes.
Kasich became a very popular governor and won reelection by a huge margin in 2014.
In April, he announced the formation of his New Day For America PAC, which is the first step for a presidential run.
In May 2015, sources close to him said he was "virtually certain" to run for the Republican nomination for President.
Kasich announced his candidacy for president on July 21 at Ohio State University. He suspended his campaign on May 4, 2016.
He is married to his wife Karen and has two daughters. Kasich is a Christian, and has been one since his parents were killed in a car crash in 1987. He lives in Westerville, Ohio, near Columbus, with his family.
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley (born January 18, 1963) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. O'Malley was once a City Councilman and the Mayor of Baltimore. He is a member of the Democratic party. When he was governor, he passed laws legalizing same-sex marriage, saw violent crimes drop by 40%, and dealt with immigration issues.
O'Malley publicly announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election on May 30, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland, and filed his candidacy form seeking the Democratic Party nomination with the Federal Election Commission on May 29, 2015. He suspended his campaign on February 1, 2016 after poor polling numbers and poor polling in the Iowa caucuses.
O'Malley was born in Washington, D.C. to Barbara (née Suelzer) and Thomas Martin O'Malley. He studied at The Catholic University of America and at the University of Maryland.
O'Malley decided not to run for governor in 2002 after political issues. In 2005 after much rumours, O'Malley announced his run for governor. He won the election. He was re-elected in a landslide in 2010.
As Governor, in 2011 he signed a law that would make certain undocumented immigrants eligible for in-state college tuition on condition; and in 2012, he signed a law to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. Each law was challenged to a voter referendum in the 2012 general election and upheld by a majority of the voting public.
O'Malley is a Roman Catholic. He married Katie Curran, the daughter of Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., in 1990. They have four children. O'Malley is an avid guitarist.
O'Malley publicly expressed interest in a presidential run in 2016 on multiple occasions. At a press conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at a National Governors Association meeting in August 2013, O'Malley stated he was laying "the framework" for his campaign.
After months of consideration, O'Malley indicated on Twitter that he would announce his candidacy on May 30, 2015, at Baltimore’s Federal Hill Park.
On May 30, O'Malley formally announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination. He dropped out of the race on February 1, 2016 after poor polling numbers.
Frank Shannon
Francis Connolly Shannon (July 27, 1874 - February 1, 1959), better known as Frank Shannon, was an Irish-born stage and movie actor and writer. He made his movie debut in 1913 in "The Artist's Joke". He appeared in dozens of movies through the mid-1920s before returning to the stage.
In 1931, he went to Hollywood. From 1937 to 1939, he played supporting parts, including Captain McTavish in Warner Bros.' Torchy Blaine series. Between 1936 and 1940, he played Dr. Zarkov in the three Universal Pictures Flash Gordon movie serials starring Buster Crabbe.
In the middle 1950s, he wrote for the television series "Tales of the Texas Rangers". Shannon died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California at age 84.
B-movie
A B-movie is usually a low-budget movie crafted by second rate talents and starring lesser-known actors. In the past, these movies were the second feature on a double-bill. Some actors (such as Bela Lugosi) appeared mostly in B-movies. Today, many of these movies are highly regarded. "Detour" starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage, for example, has come to be considered as one of the greatest of film noirs.
Alex Raymond
Alexander Gillespie "Alex" Raymond (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist. He created the comic strip "Flash Gordon" for King Features in 1934. The strip was adapted to other media including three Universal Pictures movie serials between 1936 and 1940 starring Buster Crabbe, Charles B. Middleton, and Jean Rogers. Other comic strips include "Jungle Jim", "Secret Agent X-9", and "Rip Kirby".
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır () is a city in southeastern Turkey. It is one of the largest cities in southeast Turkey and is on the banks of the Tigris river. It has 843,460 people (2010). The city was known as the Diyar Bakr ("landholdings of the Bakr tribe") and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered that the city be renamed "Diyarbakır", which means land of copper in Turkish. It is geographically located in Northern Kurdistan.
Maximum likelihood
Maximum likelihood estimation (or maximum likelihood) is the name used for a number of ways to guess the parameters of a parametrised statistical model. These methods pick the value of the parameter in such a way that the probability distribution makes the observed values very likely. The method was mainly devleoped by R.A.Fisher in the early 20th century. A likelihood estimation, where probabilities are known beforehand is known as Maximum a posteriori estimation.
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 is the tenth season of "America's Next Top Model". This cycle includes 14 contestants. The winner was 20-year-old Whitney Thompson.
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Jungle Man
Jungle Man is a 1941 American jungle adventure movie directed by Harry L. Fraser. It stars Buster Crabbe in his first movie for Producers Releasing Corporation. He is reunited with Charles B. Middleton from the Flash Gordon movie serials.
The story is about an African expedition that battles thick jungle, hostile natives, wild animals, and a deadly epidemic in its search for the fabled City of the Dead. In 1951, the movie was retitled "Drums of Africa" and sold to television.
Fibrinogen
Fibrinogen is the clotting element present in blood. When blood comes out of a wound in a vessel, the fibrinogen is activated and forms fibrin, which clots the blood. Although this is fibrinogen's main job, it also forms bridges between platelets. Fibrinogen is a protein made by the liver. It is a dimer (made up of two similar units). Each unit has an alpha, beta, and gamma chain. The alpha and beta chains have a small peptide called fibrinopeptide.
When fibrinogen is activated to form fibrin, an enzyme called thrombin cleaves the fibrinopeptides off of the alpha and beta chains.