James Forrest Kiick (; August 9, 1946 – June 20, 2020) was an American professional football player. He was born in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Kiick was a two-time Super Bowl champion.
Kiick was a running back. He played for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL) from 1968 to 1969 and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 through 1977. From 1976 to 1977, he played for the Denver Broncos. In 1977, he played for the Washington Redskins and retired after one season.
Kiick died on June 20, 2020 in Wilton Manors, Florida from Alzheimer's disease, aged 73.
Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Lincoln Park is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,521.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, commonly called simply Parsippany (), is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 53,238.
Rockaway Township, New Jersey
Rockaway Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 24,156.
Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama movie. It is based on the true story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams.
The movie was directed by Hugh Hudson. Ben Cross and Ian Charleson starred as Abrahams and Liddell. Nigel Havers, Ian Holm, Lindsay Anderson, John Gielgud, Cheryl Campbell, and Alice Krige star in supporting roles.
It was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
The movie's title was inspired by the line, "Bring me my Chariot of fire!", from the William Blake poem adapted into the British hymn "Jerusalem". The original phrase "chariot(s) of fire" is from 2 Kings and in the Bible.
Ben Cross
Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020), known professionally as Ben Cross, was an English actor. He was best known for his role as the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire" and as Sarek in the 2009 reboot movie "Star Trek".
Cross was born in London. He was educated at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Art. Cross died of cancer on 18 August 2020 in Vienna, Austria, aged 72.
Ian Charleson
Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish actor and singer. He was best known for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire". He was also well known for his role of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning movie "Gandhi". He was born in Edinburgh.
Charleson died on 6 January 1990 in London from AIDS, aged 40.
Alice Krige
Alice Maud Krige (; born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress and producer. She is best known for her role in "Chariots of Fire" (1981) as the Gilbert and Sullivan singer Sybil Gordon. She played the dual role of Eva Galli/Alma Mobley in "Ghost Story", and the Borg Queen in the "Star Trek" franchise.
Divergent series
In mathematics, a divergent series is an infinite series that is not convergent, meaning that the infinite sequence of the partial sums of the series does not have a finite limit.
If a series converges, the individual terms of the series must approach zero. Thus any series in which the individual terms do not approach zero diverges. However, convergence is a stronger condition: not all series whose terms approach zero converge. A counterexample is the harmonic series
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The divergence of the harmonic series was proven by the medieval mathematician Nicole Oresme.
Eric Liddell
Eric Henry Liddell (; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a British Olympic gold medalist runner, Scottish rugby union international player, and Christian missionary. He was born in China to Scottish missionary parents.
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Liddell refused to run because they were held on a Sunday. Instead he competed in the 400 metres held on a weekday, a race that he won. He returned to China in 1925 to be a missionary teacher.
Liddell's Olympic training and racing, and the religious convictions that influenced him, are shown in the Oscar-winning 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire", in which he is played by Ian Charleson.
Liddell died from brain cancer on 21 February 1945 at the Japanese run Weixian Internment Camp in Weifang at the age of 43.
Weifang
Weifang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 9,086,241 at the 2010 census.
Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE (15 December 1899 – 14 January 1978) was an English track and field athlete. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint. His victory at the 1924 Olympics is shown in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire" where he is played by Ben Cross. Abrahams was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
Abrahams died on 14 January 1978 in London at the age of 78.
Ederson Moraes
Ederson Santana de Moraes (born 17 August 1993), commonly known as Ederson, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for the Brazil national football team and Premier league club Manchester City as a goalkeeper.
Ederson was born in Osasco, São Paulo and started his footballing career at the local club São Paulo at the age of seven. After a season, he was signed by S.L. Benfica Juniors and remained there for 2 seasons. He eventually moved on to the Portuguese team Ribeirão in 2011 and Rio Ave in 2012. After delivering several good performances with Rio Ave, he attracted the interest of the Portuguese superpower Benfica who then signed him in 2015 with a release clause (the fee that any team would be required to pay before the player's contract expires) of €45 million. His time at Benfica proved to be successful as he won 4 titles in 2 seasons with them.
Meanwhile Pep Guardiola, upon his selection as a manager at Manchester City, made many transfers including the buy of Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. Due to dissatisfaction with the performances of Bravo and promising career of Ederson at Benfica, Guardiola decided to replace Bravo after just one season by buying Ederson for a €40 million fee. The transfer made Ederson the second-most expensive goalkeeper of all time (currently 4th), behind only Gianluigi Buffon.
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The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous is a 1992 Australian drama movie directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox, Miranda Otto, Lex Marinos. It was distributed by Fine Line Features.
Kadosh
Kadosh () ("lit." Sacred) is a 1999 Israeli French drama movie directed by Amos Gitai and starring Yaël Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Meital Barda, Uri Klauzner, Yussuf Abu-Warda. It was distributed by Ocean Film.
Els Verwer
Els Verwer is a Dutch sitting volleyball player. She played at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal.
Bear Island (movie)
Bear Island is a 1979 British Canadian adventure movie directed by Don Sharp and based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Alastair MacLean. It stars Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges, Bruce Greenwood, Candace O'Connor and was distributed by United Artists. It was a box office flop.
Tunnel Vision (movie)
TunnelVision (also known as Tunnel Vision) is a 1976 American comedy movie directed by first time director Neal Israel and starring John Candy, Chevy Chase, Roger Bowen, Betty Thomas, Al Franken, Ron Silver, Laraine Newman, Phil Proctor. It was distributed by World Wide Pictures.
Bad News Bears (1976 movie)