The Papillon's ancestors can be seen in many 16th century paintings by Old Masters. The earliest pictures containing these toy spaniels are by Tiziano Vecellio. The earliest Continental Toy Spaniels had drooping ears. Near the end of the 19th century the erect butterfly-like ears became popular. They began to call these dogs Papillons. From that time on the dog was available in two nearly identical breeds. The Papillon with its erect butterfly-like ears and the Phalène with its moth-like drop ears. In 1915 the Papillon breed was recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC).
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Typhoon Soudelor
Typhoon Soudelor (also known as Typhoon Hanna) was a western Pacific tropical cyclone in 2015. The storm developed toward the end of July and lasted until mid-August. The storm affected the Northern Mariana Islands. The storm was forecast to also affect Taiwan and China. Soudelor was the most powerful typhoon in 2015.
Viroid
Viroids are the smallest infectious pathogens known. They consist solely of short strands of circular, single-stranded RNA without protein coats. They are mostly plant pathogens (plant diseases), some of which are can cause crop loss. Viroid genomes are extremely small in size. They are about 80 times smaller than the smallest virus. The human pathogen (causes diseases in humans) hepatitis D virus is a defective RNA virus similar to viroids.
Viroids were the first "sub-viral pathogens" discovered and named by Theodor Otto Diener. He was a plant pathologist at the U.S Department of Agriculture's Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, in 1971. The first viroid to be identified was the "Potato spindle tuber viroid" (PSTVd). About 33 species have been identified.
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The Blue Lagoon (1980 movie)
The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romantic adventure drama movie. It was directed by Randal Kleiser and filmed on Turtle Island Fiji. The screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart was based on the novel "The Blue Lagoon" by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The film stars Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins. The movie is a remake of the 1949 movie of the same name. There was also a 1923 silent movie version of the Blue Lagoon directed by W. Bowden.
It is about a boy and girl who are cousins. After escaping a fire at sea they are stranded on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. They are left to survive on their own. The two children learn to live off the island's natural resources. As they become teenagers, the two fall in love.
Roger Ebert called it the "dumbest movie of the year". The nude scenes by then 14-year-old Brooke Shields were artfully covered by gluing her hair to her chest and using body doubles. Rona Barrett, a gossip columnist, compared the movie to child pornography. Reviewers were more impressed by the scenery in Fiji than the movie's plot. Janet Maslin of the New York Times said neither Atkins or Shields did much acting. The movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography. Christopher Atkins received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year.
It was followed by "Return to the Blue Lagoon".
Orna Porat
Orna Porat (), born as "Irene Klein", (June 6, 1924 – August 6, 2015) was an German-born Israeli theater actress. She attended drama school and began her stage career at a repertory theater in Schleswig.
She moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1946, and converted to Judaism in 1957.
Porat died at the age of 91 on August 6, 2015.
Johanna Quandt
Johanna Quandt (21 June 1926 – 3 August 2015) was the German widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who saved BMW from bankruptcy. As a result, she was the 8th richest person in Germany, 82nd in the world and 11th richest woman according to Forbes.
As of August 2014, the Quandt family is estimated to be worth $46.3 billion. She died at the age of 89 in her home in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt.
Joe Arpaio
Joseph M. "Joe" Arpaio (born June 14, 1932) is the six-time elected sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. A controversial figure, Arpaio has been accused of abuse of power, misuse of funds, failure to investigate sex crimes, improper clearance of cases, unlawful enforcement of immigration laws, and election law violations, amongst others.
In 2017, Arpaio was found guilty of racial profiling in federal court, however he was later pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Arpaio was an unsuccessful candidate in Arizona's Republican primary election for U.S. Senate in 2018.
Theo van Els
Theodorus "Theo" Johannes Maria van Els (14 May 1936 – 4 August 2015) was a Dutch academic. He was born in Wanssum. He served as Rector magnificus of the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1994 and 2000. He was a professor of applied linguistics.
PyMOL
PyMOL is an open source program for the viewing and manipulation of data from proteins and other biological molecules. PyMOL is written in the Python programming language.
Buddy Roemer 2012 presidential campaign
Former Governor of Louisiana and former U.S. Representative Buddy Roemer of Louisiana began a movement for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States shortly following the 2010 midterm elections.
After he was not added to the nationally-televised Republican debate, Roemer announced on February 22, 2012 that he would instead run on a third-party ticket, specifically the Reform Party and Americans Elect nominations. Shortly after Americans Elect announced they would not be fielding a candidate, Roemer's campaign announced on May 31, 2012 that he was ending his 2012 presidential campaign altogether.
Tahult
Tahult is a locality in Härryda Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden. In 2010, 585 people lived there.
Konrad Juengling
Konrad Juengling is a German-American political activist, gay rights activist, and writer.
Konrad Juengling was born in Salem, Oregon. He was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Juengling family has been characterized as being very involved in the arts.
Juengling attended North Salem High School. While a student he wrote for the student newspaper "The Clarion". After starting at Portland State University, Juengling began writing for their newspaper, the "Vanguard". His first article was titled Ender of the Line. Juengling graduated from Portland State with a bachelor's degree in psychology. He previously worked as a mental health associate before attending Boise State University for grad school, where he earned a Master's in Social Work.
Juengling has advocated for increased literacy in the overall population, and started a queer men's book club in Portland in 2013 through the Cascade AIDS Project. Also in 2013, Juengling advocated against people watching the movie "Ender's Game", citing Orson Scott Card's views on homosexuality and encouraging people to practice queer ethical consumerism. The op-eds he wrote and overall stance "helped to raise GeeksOUT’s profile after their 'Skip Ender’s Game' campaign." Juengling then joined the GeeksOUT team, writing posts about queer-related media for their site.
Citing queer ethical consumerism again, Juengling has taken the position that people should not donate to the Salvation Army based on their policies relating to homosexual people.
In March 2015, Indiana passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In response, Juengling purchased the domain names of six Republican Indiana State House representatives. He linked them to the Human Rights Campaign's Youth Statistics page. He stated the information on the site would educate the lawmakers about a population that "is already disadvantaged and have less accesses to family, community supports, and healthcare." The domain names he purchased were for representatives Dale Devon, Don Lehe, Donna Schaibley, Douglas Gutwein, Kathy Kreag Richardson, and Martin Carbaugh.