The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1997–98 season, and the culmination of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Western Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals. The winner was the Detroit Red Wings.
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a linguist who examines the relationship between language and identity. He looks at different languages and finds out how one culture influences another culture. He analyses the role of language in politics and nationhood, and the dynamics between language, religion and society. He discovers the origins of words. He figures out how new words enter a language. He investigates words that come .
He is "a leading world expert in language revival". He reclaims languages that are no longer spoken. He believes that reviving languages is good, beautiful and helpful. He suggests that we should compensate people whose mother tongue was "killed". He also believes that we should make indigenous tongues the official languages of their region, and that we should have official signs in several languages at the same time.
He knows a lot about the revival of the Hebrew language. He was interviewed about it by Stephen Fry.
He gives lectures at the University of Adelaide in Australia. He also teaches students from all over the world in an online course that he created on "Language Revival: Securing the Future of Endangered Languages". In this course he had more than 20,000 learners from 190 different countries.
He was born in Tel Aviv on 1 June 1971. He studied at the University of Oxford (St Hugh's College), University of Cambridge (Churchill College), Tel Aviv University and United World College of the Adriatic.
He speaks many languages.
Climax
The climax is the part of a movie or story, with the most suspense or terrifying moment. It may be the main character is about to die or the villain is going to capture the heroes.
Climax is most often used when the author want you to be worried or frightened. They do this to make you continue reading the book or to make you continue watching the movie. Climax is normally found near the end of the story or movie. It is near the conclusion.
Fernando Mazariegos
José Fernando Mazariegos Anleu (21 March 1938 – 2 June 2018), was a Guatemalan inventor. He was known for the creation of the drinking water filter called "Ecofilter", which was developed in 1990 as part of a project of the Central American Institute of Industrial Research and Technology (ICAITI).
Brian Browne
Brian Browne (March 16, 1937 – June 5, 2018) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
Browne began performing in popular jazz venues in Ottawa and Toronto, and appearing in national weekly CBC Radio programs "Adventures in Rhythm", "The Browne Beat", "Nightcap", "Jazz Canada" and others. His group, the Brian Browne Trio, performed as the house band on the CTV musical variety program "The River Inn". In 1969 Browne appeared as one of four featured pianists, including Bill Evans, Erroll Garner and Marian McPartland, on the CBC television special "The Jazz Piano".
Browne has recorded 11 albums on Capitol Records, RCA Victor, CBC JazzImage, and Sea Jam Recordings (now Triplet Records). He died of lung and throat cancer on June 5, 2018.
Denman (horse)
Denman (17 April 2000 – 5 June 2018) was an Irish-bred National Hunt racehorse sired by Presenting. He was known as "The Tank", Denman was widely known for his great rivalry with Kauto Star for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. This large horse with a front-running style won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2008.
Denman was euthanized at Paul Nicholls' Ditcheat stables on 5 June 2018, aged 18.
Tinus Bosselaar
Martinus "Tinus" Bosselaar (January 16, 1936 – June 6, 2018) was a Dutch footballer. He was active as a left winger. Bosselaar was born in Rotterdam. He played for the Netherlands national football team from 1955 to 1962. He also played for Sparta and Feyenoord.
Bosselaar died on June 6, 2018 in Rotterdam of heart failure at the age of 82.
Kira Muratova
Kira Heorhiyivna Muratova (; née Korotkova, November 5, 1934 – June 6, 2018) was a Ukrainian movie director, screenwriter and actress. She was known for her unusual directorial style. Her movies underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union.
In 1994, she was awarded the Leopard of Honour for her life oeuvre at The Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland) and in 2000, she was given the Andrzej Wajda Freedom Award.
Ralph Santolla
Ralph Santolla (December 8, 1969 – June 6, 2018) was an American metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most recently Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (he never recorded any of their albums, but toured with them in 1993 and appeared in "The Philosopher" video), Millenium, Iced Earth, and the Sebastian Bach band. He was well known for his shred guitar playing style.
On May 31, 2018, it was reported that Santolla had suffered a heart attack and fallen into a coma. He was taken off life support and died on June 6, 2018, aged 48.
Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer or Zodiac was a serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. The killer originated the name "Zodiac" in a series of taunting letters sent to the local Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers). Of the four cryptograms sent, only one has been definitively solved.
Suspects have been named by law enforcement and amateur investigators, mainly led by Dave Toschi, but no conclusive evidence has surfaced. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) marked the case "inactive" in April 2004, but re-opened it at some point prior to March 2007. The case also remains open in the city of Vallejo, as well as in Napa County and Solano County. The California Department of Justice has maintained an open case file on the Zodiac murders since 1969.
Although the Zodiac claimed 37 murders in letters to the newspapers, investigators agree on only seven confirmed victims, two of whom survived. They are:
The following murder victims are suspected to be victims of Zodiac, though none have been confirmed:
There is also a suspected third escapee from the Zodiac Killer:
FBI Files:
Wulingyuan
Wulingyuan ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in south-central China's Hunan Province.
The site has over 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks, many over in height. There are many ravines and gorges with attractive streams, pools, lakes, rivers and waterfalls.
There are 40 caves, many with large calcite deposits. There are two natural bridges, Xianrenqiao ("Bridge of the Immortals") and Tianqiashengkong ("Bridge Across the Sky").
The site is between and . This is about to the northwest of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. The park covers an area of 690 square kilometers (266 square miles).
Wulingyuan is part of the Wuling Mountain Range. The scenic area has four national parks. Overall there are over 560 attraction sights to view.
Upland and lowland
Upland and lowland are terms used in ecology, physical geography and geology. They describe the relative height of land above sea level.
Uplands have rivers and streams which are fast-flowing, clear, and with plenty of oxygen. They drain high or mountainous country, and go down into broad plains (where they become lowland rivers. Lowlands usually have warmer, slow-flowing waters carrying lots of sediment and with poor oxygen content.