Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. He was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1998 to 2006 and played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on "30 Rock". In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX series "Archer", Jerry Smith on Adult Swim's "Rick and Morty" and the narrator on the PBS series "WordGirl". He also voices "The Progressive Box" in a series of advertisements by the Progressive Corporation.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens is a 2015 American epic space opera movie made by Lucasfilm and Bad Robot Productions. It was distributed by Disney. It is the seventh movie in the "Star Wars" movie series. It was directed by J. J. Abrams and written by George Lucas.
Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher play the roles they played in the original movies. The movie score was composed by John Williams. The movie was released on December 18, 2015. In November 2014, the title of the movie was announced as "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".
The story is set about thirty years after "Return of the Jedi" and the death of Darth Vader and the Emperor. It is about three young people and characters from the previous movies.
Additionally, Kenny Baker and Tim Rose reprise their roles as R2-D2 and Admiral Ackbar, respectively, from previous films. Gwendoline Christie stars as Captain Phasma, an officer in the First Order, and Kiran Shah stars as Teedo, a scavenger on Jakku who rides a semi-mechanical Luggabeast. Additionally, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Christina Chong, Miltos Yerolemou, Greg Grunberg, Warwick Davis, Billie Lourd, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Cecep Arif Rahman, Amybeth Hargreaves, Leanne Best, Jessica Henwick, and Simon Pegg were cast in minor roles. Daniel Craig has a cameo appearance as a Stormtrooper. Ewan McGregor voiced Obi-Wan Kenobi in a scene.
The movie was released on December 18, 2015 on IMAX.
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers (Jenkins, Kentucky August 17, 1929 – Los Angeles, California, August 1, 1977) was an American pilot. He was known for piloting a Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane which was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union. This caused the 1960 U-2 incident, and played a large role in the Cold War.
Powers was held as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. On February 10, 1962, Powers was exchanged in a spy swap in Berlin. The exchange was for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher, known as "Rudolf Abel", who had been caught by the FBI and tried and jailed for espionage. Powers credited his father with the swap idea. When released, Powers's total time in captivity was 1 year, 9 months, and 10 days.
Powers died in Los Angeles County, California in a helicopter crash, aged 47.
Awards for mathematics
Awards for mathematics is a list of prizes for mathematicians.
"You can choose the order of the list by clicking on the Prize, Organize, Value, etc.."
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Black Coal, Thin Ice is a Chinese melodramatic thriller movie of 2014. The story is about events in 1999 and 2004. The movie is in Chinese.
In 2014, the movie won the Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
ECW Heat Wave
ECW Heat Wave was a professional wrestling event that was produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). ECW began making it a pay-per-view starting in 1998. It ran from 1994 to 2000.
Heat Wave 1994 took place on July 16, 1994 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Heat Wave 1995 took place on July 15, 1995 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the second Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Heat Wave 1996 took place on July 13, 1996 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the third Heat Wave event that ECW produced. The event was internet available only.
Heat Wave 1997 took place on July 19, 1997 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fourth Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Heat Wave 1998 took place on August 2, 1998 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. It was the fifth Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Heat Wave 1999 took place on July 18, 1999 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. It was the sixth Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Heat Wave 2000 took place on July 16, 2000 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. It was the seventh and final Heat Wave event that ECW produced.
Stuart Hall (presenter)
James Stuart Hall Jr. (born 25 December 1929) is a British former radio and television presenter. He is a sex offender who is in prison.
Hall was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England. He was raised in Hyde, Cheshire and Glossop, Derbyshire. He studied at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Hall presented light entertainment show "It's a Knockout" as well as sport coverage and news on the BBC. He is a lifelong Manchester City F.C. supporter.
In April 2013, Hall was arrested and charged with having indecently assaulted 13 girls aged between 9 and 17, between 1967 and 1986. He was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. His trial began at Preston Crown Court on 6 May 2014 for 15 counts of rape and five of indecent assault against two girls that allegedly happened from 1976–1981. He was convicted of two counts of indecent assault but was acquitted of all the other charges.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a type of legal conservation given to an area in the United Kingdom. They are sites of biological or geological interest, or both.
Any activity which might affect an SSSI is illegal unless the appropriate planning body gives permission. Owners of land must do what needs to be done to protect an SSSI which sits on their land. There may be grants available to help owners look after the site.
Identity politics
Identity politics is politics that focuses on the problems of groups based on identity. Examples of identity politics include Black nationalism, fat acceptance, feminism, and Nazism. "Identity politics" is often used as a negative term.
Hip hop has expressed Black and Chicano nationalist identity politics. Homo hop expresses queer identity politics. Krip hop expresses disability identity politics.
White power rock music, also known as Rock Against Communism, often has lyrics about white pride and white separatism.
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Courtney Barnett
Courtney Barnett (born c. 1988) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Melbourne. Barnett was born in Tasmania. Barnett started playing guitar when she was 10. Barnett starts a UK tour in May.
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Russell was born in Winder, Georgia. He studied at University of Georgia School of Law.
Russell was the 66th Governor of Georgia. He served as governor from 1931 to 1933. He then served as the United States senator of Georgia. He served as senator from 1933 to 1971.
Russell was the President pro tempore of the United States Senate. He served as president pro tempore from 1969 to 1971. Russell ran for President of the United States in 1948. He lost the primary to Harry S. Truman.
Russell was never married and had no children. Russell died in Washington, D.C. from emphysema, aged 73.
Dean Spade
Dean Spade (born 1977) is an American lawyer, writer, and Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law. He started the Sylvia Rivera Law Project in 2002. In 2011 Spade's first book "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law" was published. The book was nominated for a 2011 Lambda Literary Award in the category of Transgender Nonfiction.
Spade is of Jewish descent and is involved in transgender activities.
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