"The Sámi languages ... are sometimes considered dialects of one language", says Encyclopædia Britannica; those who speak one Sámi language, [mostly] do not understand other Sami languages; "[t]he Sámi languages share many features (or things,) with the Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, etc.)," but "they cannot be closely related to any of these"... "[T]heir grammars are similar to that of Finnish, although their syntax has been influenced by the Scandinavian languages."
Among the Sámi languages are
James G. Blaine
James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was a United States Representative. He was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a U.S. Senator from Maine. He was the Secretary of State twice. He was also nominated to be President.
Blaine was born on January 31, 1830 in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He was the third child of Ephraim Lyon Blaine and his wife Maria Gillespie Blaine. He was educated at Washington College and later met his wife Harriet Stanwood. They married in 1850 and they had seven children.
Blaine was a Republican. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1869 until 1875. He was chosen by the 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant.
Blaine would later served as the Senator from Maine from 1876 through 1881. Secondly he served as the Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district from 1863 until 1876. Then as the 28th and 31st United States Secretary of State from 1881 through 1881 and then again in 1889 through 1892.
On July 2, 1881, Blaine and President James A. Garfield were walking in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C. when Charles J. Guiteau shot Garfield in the back. Blaine resigned as Secretary of State several months later.
The Republicans nominated Blaine for President in 1884 but Grover Cleveland won the election.
Blaine died just 4 days short from his 63rd birthday on January 27, 1893 in his Washington, D.C. home from a heart attack, aged 62. He was later buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. and was later re-buried in Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine, in 1920. Blaine was hypochondriac.
Okinawa (disambiguation)
Okinawa is one of Japan's southern prefectures.
Okinawa may also refer to:
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and music producer. He wrote many hit songs. Some songs were written specifically for the singers who originally recorded them. Some of his songs were:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress. She was born in Redruth, Cornwall. She received international praise in the 1990s for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "The English Patient". She has acted in many other movies during her career.
Her sister, Serena Scott Thomas (born 1961), is also an actress.
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, television, stage, voice, movie actor, and artist. Winters had appeared in several television shows and in movies. He was recently known for voicing Papa Smurf in the 2011 movie "The Smurfs". In "", he was replaced by Jack Angel.
Winters was born Jonathan Harshman Winters III in Dayton, Ohio on November 11, 1925. He is of Irish-Scottish-English descent. During his senior year at Springfield High School, Winters quit school to join the United States Marine Corps and served two and a half years in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After his return, he attended Kenyon College. He later studied cartooning at Dayton Art Institute, where he met Eileen Schauder, whom he married on September 11, 1948. He was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Lambda chapter).
Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also had comedy albums released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations during his career, and winning the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996.
In 1957, he was the first comedian in the United States to be on color television, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums.
Winters has also appeared in hundreds of television show episodes/series and movies combined, including eccentric characters on "The Steve Allen Show", "The Garry Moore Show", "The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters" (1972–74), "Mork & Mindy", "Hee Haw" and in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".
After voicing Grandpa Smurf on "The Smurfs" (1986–89) and Papa Smurf in "The Smurfs", Winters's final feature movie was "The Smurfs 2" in 2013, which will be dedicated in his memory.
Winters was originally cast in "Big Finish" (2014), during pre-production. It's an upcoming comedy set in a retirement home. His scheduled role was to appear alongside Jerry Lewis and Bob Newhart.
Winters only had three influences Irwin Corey, Groucho Marx, and Charlie Chaplin. He had influenced George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Jim Carrey, Conan O'Brien, Patton Oswalt, and Frank Caliendon. He worked with Robin Williams on many television shows including "Mork & Mindy". When Winters died Williams remarked that "First he was my idol, then he was my mentor and amazing friend. I'll miss him huge. He was my Comedy Buddha. Long live the Buddha."
In 1991, Winters earned an Emmy Award for his supporting role in "Davis Rules". In 2002, he earned an Emmy nomination as a guest star in a comedy series for "Life With Bonnie". In 1999, Winters was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2008, Winters was presented with a Pioneer TV Land Award by Robin Williams. Winters received 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations during his career, and won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for "Crank(y) Calls" in 1996.
Winters lived near Santa Barbara, California and was often seen browsing or "hamming" for the crowd at the antique show on the Ventura County fairgrounds. He often entertained the tellers and other workers whenever he visited his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. Plus, he spent his time painting and attended many gallery showings, even presenting his art in one-man shows.
In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Winters reported that he suffered a nervous breakdown and spent 8 months in a private mental hospital in the late 1950s. Despite not being given a diagnosis in the hospital, he was diagnosed with manic depression later on (known today as bipolar disorder). Winters referred to this incident obliquely in his stand-up act, most famously on his 1960 comedy album "The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters". During his classic "flying saucer" routine, Winters mentions that if he wasn't careful, the authorities might put him back in the "zoo", referring to the institution.
On January 11, 2009, Winter's wife Eileen died at the age of 84 after a 20-year battle with breast cancer.
Winters died April 11, 2013, in Montecito, California of natural causes, aged 87.
He is survived by his two children: Jay Winters, and Lucinda Winters.
At the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, Robin Williams honored the career and life of Winters.
Michael Wallis
Michael Wallis (born October 7, 1945) is an American historian, writer, journalist, movie, and voice actor. He is known for his voice role as Sheriff in the animated movies "Cars" and "Cars 2". He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 7, 1945. He studied at the University of Missouri. Wallis is married to Suzanne Fitzgerald-Wallis.
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