William Camp (born October 13, 1961) is an American actor. He became famous for playing supporting roles in many movies such as "Lincoln" (2012), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "Loving" (2016), "Jason Bourne" (2016), "Molly's Game" (2017), "Red Sparrow" (2018), "Vice" (2018) and "Joker" (2019).
Frances Conroy
Frances Hardman Conroy (born November 13, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series "Six Feet Under". She is also known for playing multiple roles in the "American Horror Story" television series. In 2019, she played Penny Fleck in "Joker".
Frikandel
A frikandel is a Dutch fast food. It is often a snack eaten with French fries. It has the appearence of a sausage with flat ends.
Tobermory, Mull
Tobermory (Scottish Gaelic: "Tobar Mhoire)" is a town on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. It has roughly around 1,000 people. Historically the town was a fishing port.
Tobermory is well known for hosting the children's television show "Balamory".
Jambuda
Jambuda (Gujarati: જાંબુડા, Hindi: जांबुडा) is a small village in the Jamnagar district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The village has communities of Gadhavi, Rajgor Brahmin, Patels, shepherd, Charaniya and Kori.
Jambuda is about away from Jamnagar city, and on the way to Sainik School Balachadi. Historical book Yaduvanshprakash says that Jambuda village is older than 400 years. It is considered that the village was named as "Jambuda" due to the large number of Java plum tree, and the heavy production of Java plum fruits. karsan pala paliya was notable personality in village.
John Ross Robertson
Former NHL goalie who was inducted to the hall of fame in 1947. Played for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Toronto St. Patricks.
Multiplayer online battle arena
MOBA is an abbreviation for "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena". Vainglory is an example of a MOBA.
Nikolai Durov
Founded Telegram messaging service with brother Pavel Durov.
Russian born.
Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. Previously the pair founded the Russian social network VK, which they left when it was taken over by the Mail.ru Group. Nikolai Durov created the MTProto protocol that is the basis for the messenger, while Pavel provided financial support and infrastructure through his Digital Fortress fund with partner Axel Neff joining as a second co-founder.
Truncus arteriosus
Truncus arteriosus is a stage in the development of the heart. It is the arterial trunk that starts from both ventricles of the heart. Later it divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
"Failure of the truncus arteriosus to close results in the condition known as persistent truncus arteriosus", a rare congenital heart defect. It is a type of heart disease.
People are born with this condition. There are no cures. If not operated on at an early age people may die from this condition.
Nash equilibrium
In game theory, the Nash equilibrium is a proposed solution of a non-cooperative game having two or more players in which each player knows the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no player can gain anything more by changing only their own strategy.
If each player has chosen, and no player can win anything more by choosing a different strategy for themselves, then they have a Nash equilibrium.
General Order No. 11 (1863)
General Order No. 11 is the name of a Union Army order given on August 25, 1863 during the American Civil War. It forced people from rural areas in four counties in western Missouri to leave. The order, given by Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., affected all rural people regardless of whether they liked the Union or the Confederacy. Those who could prove their loyalty for the Union were allowed to stay in the affected area. However, they still had to leave their farms and move to towns near military outposts. Those who could not show prove their loyalty had to leave the area.
More than 140 years later, towns affected by General Order No. 11 are still less developed than their neighbors.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine and publisher. It was created in 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, and it was called The Atlantic Monthly, which was a literary and cultural commentary magazine that published famous writers' opinions on the abolition of slavery, education, and other important issues in politics. Its creators included Francis H. Underwood and famous writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier. James Russell Lowell was its first editor. It was also known for publishing literary works by leading writers.
In 2016, the editorial board endorsed a presidential candidate, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, for the third time since the magazine's creation. This was to rebuke Republican Donald Trump's candidacy. After the election, the magazine has become a strong critic of President Trump. The March 2019 cover article by editor Yoni Appelbaum formally calls for the impeachment of Donald Trump: "It's time for Congress to judge the president's fitness to serve."
Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash are a British rock band. They started in Torquay, England in 1969. They were most popular in the 1970s. The first and main members were Martin Turner (bass and vocals), Steve Upton (drums), Andy Powell (guitar and vocals) and Ted Turner (guitar and vocals). After Ted Turner left the group in 1974, Laurie Wisefield became the new guitarist. Since then, the group have had many different members. Only Andy Powell is still in the band.
They are well known as one of the first bands to use two lead guitars in hard rock. This inspired bands like Iron Maiden. Their most popular album is "Argus" (1972), which got up to number 3 on the UK Albums Chart in 1972.
Michael Finnegan
Michael Kwame Finnegan (born Michael Myvett; ) is a Belizean politician and hoster. He is a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP). He is currently Minister of Housing and Urban Development in Prime minister, Dean Barrow's Cabinet since 14 February 2008.
James Blanchard
James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American politician. He is a Democrat. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 through 1983, as the 45th Governor of Michigan from 1983 through 1991, and as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 through 1995.
David Weisman
David Weisman (March 11, 1942 – October 9, 2019) was an American movie director, producer, author, and graphic artist. He was known for directing the movie "Ciao! Manhattan" and for producing "Kiss of the Spider Woman". Weisman was born in Binghamton, New York.
Weisman died on October 9, 2019 of problems caused by the West Nile virus at a Los Angeles hospital, aged 77.
Bernard Fisher (scientist)
Bernard Fisher, MD, FACS (August 23, 1918 – October 16, 2019) was an American surgeon. He was known for his works in the biology and treatment of breast cancer.
He was Chairman of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His work helped spot that early-stage breast cancer could be treated better by lumpectomy, in combination with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and/or hormonal therapy, than by radical mastectomy.
Göran Malmqvist
Nils Göran David Malmqvist (6 June 1924 – 17 October 2019) was a Swedish linguist, literary historian, sinologist and translator. He worked for seven years at the Australian National University in Canberra during the 1950s.
During the 1970s, he was also working on the translation of the over thousand page picaresque novel "Shui Hu zhuan". The Swedish title is "Berättelser från träskmarkerna" (Tales from the swamps) and the work appeared in four volumes between 1976 and 1979.
Malmqvist was elected to the Swedish Academy on 11 April 1985 and admitted on 20 December 1985.
Nicolás Díaz