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Marc LaBelle

**Marc Labelle** (born December 20, 1969) was an NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars. He played from 1996-1997. He also played for the El Paso Buzzards in the WPHL league. He was born in Maniwaki, Canada and is 44 years old. He shoots left handed. He went undrafted and signed by the Montreal Canadiens in 1991. He wore number 27 jersey for the Dallas Stars.

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **played for**: Dallas Stars
- **position**: Winger (ice hockey), Left Wing
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 2
- **weight lb**: 215
- **shoots**: Left
- **birth place**: Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada
- **draft**: Undrafted
- **career start**: 1990
- **career end**: 2000
Enemy at the Gates

**Enemy at the Gates** is a 2001 American-French war drama movie.The movie is set during the Battle of Stalingrad, a pivotal and brutal conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany during World War II. The story follows two snipers on opposing sides of the conflict. Vassili Zaitsev, a skilled Soviet sniper played by Jude Law, becomes a hero and symbol of hope for the beleaguered Soviet forces as he racks up impressive kills against the Germans. Major Erwin König, a highly skilled German sniper portrayed by Ed Harris, is sent to Stalingrad to eliminate Zaitsev and demoralize the Soviet troops. The film combines elements of war, suspense, and psychological drama as it explores the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Zaitsev and König. Amid the chaos and devastation of Stalingrad, a love triangle forms between Vassili, a political officer named Danilov (played by Joseph Fiennes), and a female soldier named Tania (played by Rachel Weisz). "Enemy at the Gates" provides a gripping portrayal of the horrors of war, the tension of sniper warfare, and the resilience of those caught in the midst of the battle. It also delves into themes of heroism, sacrifice, and the human cost of war. The film is based on real events but takes creative liberties for dramatic effect.

## Other websites

- Enemy at the Gates on IMDb
Conker: Live & Reloaded

***Conker: Live and Reloaded*** (originally known as ***Conker: Live and Uncut***, but it was actually more censored) is a platform game on the original Xbox. The game is a remake of the N64 game _Conker's Bad Fur Day_.

The game has much better graphics, thanks to the Xbox's superior hardware. It has new enemies. It has a few changes in design. It has an improved multiplayer mode which supports System Link as well as Local Play and Solo with bots. It also supported Xbox Live before the original Xbox lost support for Xbox Live.

The game does not have some profanity that was in the original game.

## Infobox (video game)

- **title**: Conker: Live & Reloaded
- **developer**: Rare
- **publisher**: Microsoft
- **series**: _Conker series, Conker_
- **platforms**: Xbox (console), Xbox
True Lies

***True Lies*** is a 1994 action movie. The movie is about a computer salesman who does covert missions for the United States government. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Harry. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Harry's wife Helen. Tom Arnold plays Harry's collegue and friend Albert. Eliza Dushku plays Harry's daughter Dana.

This movie got positive movie reviews from the movie critics. It made a lot of money at the box office. _True Lies_ was the first movie made with a budget of over $100 million dollars.

## Cast

- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Harry Tasker
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen Tasker
- Tia Carrere as Juno Skinner
- Tom Arnold as Albert "Gib" Gibson
- Bill Paxton as Simon
- Art Malik as Salim Abu Aziz
- Eliza Dushku as Dana Tasker
- Grant Heslov as Faisil
- Charlton Heston as Spencer Trilby
- Marshall Manesh as Jamal Khaled
- Ofer Samra as Yusif
- John Bruno as High-Rise Custodian
Madis Kõiv

**Madis Kõiv** (5 December 1929 – 24 September 2014) was an Estonian writer and physicist. His first published work was a play called _Küüni täitmine_ (_Filling the Hay Barn_). Kõiv was also the author of several novels. _Widow_ and _Aporia of Attica, Tragedy of Elea_ are two of his best known works. He was born in Tartu, Estonia.

Kõiv died in Tallinn, Estonia, aged 84.

## Other websites

- Estonian Literary Magazine
Stephen Sykes

**Stephen Whitefield Sykes** (1 August 1939 – 25 September 2014) was the Church of England Bishop of Ely and held professorial chairs in divinity at both Durham University and Cambridge University.  He retired as Principal of St John's College, Durham at the end of August 2006.
Heavy Heavy Low Low

**Heavy Heavy Low Low** is an American mathcore band formed in 2004.

## Discography

- Studio albums
- _Courtside Seats..._ (2005)
- _Everything's Watched, Everyone's Watching_ (2006)
- _Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock_ (2008)
- _Pain Olympics_ (2025)

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Heavy Heavy Low Low
- **landscape**: Yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: San Jose, California, United States, US
- **genre**: Mathcore, deathcore
- **years active**: 2004–2012, 2019–present
- **label**: Twelve Gauge, Ferret
- **current members**: Robert Smith
Danny Rankin
Andrew Fritter
Christopher Fritter
Ryan Madden
- **past members**: Matthew Caudle
Riley McTeague
Robbie Dalla
Sam Pura
Dorothy Tyler-Odam

**Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler**  (née **Odam**; 14 March 1920 – 25 September 2014) was a British athlete. She competed mainly in the high jump. She won two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games. One at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, and the other at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London. She was the first British woman to win an Olympic athletics medal herself. She later went on to win a gold medal at two British Empire Games; one in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1938), and the other in Auckland, New Zealand (1950). In 2012, she was a starting runner at the London Marathon.

Tyler-Odam was born in Stockwell, London. In 2009, at the age of 89, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

Tyler-Odam died after a long illness on 25 September 2014, aged 94.

## Other websites

- Dorothy Tyler-Odam  at Sports-Reference
Rudolf Kortokraks

**Rudolf Kortokraks** (8 July 1928 – 11 September 2014) was a German-Austrian painter. His work mainly featured still life (most often flowers), landscapes, cities and portraits.

## Career

He held exhibitions between 1949 and 2014. His first one-man exhibit took place in 1951. During his art career, he worked in mainly Germany and Austria, as well as the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Mexico. In 2012, a documentary movie about Kortokraks was released in Austria.

Kortokraks was born in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. He studied in Graz in 1941, before moving to Austria. He lived and worked in Salzburg.

Kortokraks died on 11 September 2014 in Hallein, Salzburg. He was 86.

## Infobox (artist)

- **name**: Rudolf Kortokraks
- **image**: Photo of Artist Rudolf Kortokraks by Stefan Zenzmaier.jpg
- **birth date**: 8 July 1928
- **caption**: Rudolf Kortokraks in 2005
- **birth place**: Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate
National Archaeological Museum, Naples

The **Naples National Archaeological Museum** (_Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli_, **MANN**) is a museum in Naples. The museum has a large display of Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum.  The display has works made in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times. It is known as the most important Italian archaeological museum.

## Building

Charles III of Spain started the museum in the 1750s.  The building was used to house soldiers in the 18th century.

## Other websites

- http://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/ Official website - Naples National Archaeological Museum

## Infobox (museum)

- **name**: Naples National Archaeological Museum
- **native name**: _Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli_
- **image**: Natmuseumnaples.jpg
- **caption**: Naples National Archaeological Museum
- **type**: archaeology
- **location**: Piazza Museo, Naples  Italy
- **website**: [http://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/ Official website]
The Battle Hymn of the Republic

"**The Battle Hymn of the Republic**" (also known as "**Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory**" outside of the United States) is a song by American writer and poet Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910).

## History

Howe's lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in _The Atlantic Monthly_ in February 1862. She was paid $4.00 for the song. It is based on the music from the song "John Brown's Body". It was made famous by Charles Cardwell McCabe, a Union Army chaplain during the American Civil War. He sang it in front of President Abraham Lincoln who stood and asked to hear it a second time. It quickly became the unofficial anthem of the Union. Since then, it has become a popular and well-known American patriotic song.

## Lyrics

- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
- He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
- He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
- His truth is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - His truth is marching on.

- I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
- They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
- I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
- His day is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - His day is marching on.

- I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
- "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal";
- Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
- Since God is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Since God is marching on.

- He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
- He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat:
- Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
- Our God is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Our God is marching on.

- In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
- With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
- As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
- While God is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - While God is marching on.

- He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
- He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave,
- So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave,
- Our God is marching on.

- (**Chorus**)
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    - Glory, glory, hallelujah.
    - Our God is marching on.

## Other websites

- YouTube: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- YouTube: John Brown's Body - The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Meaning
House of the Faun

The **House of the Faun** (), was built in the 2nd century BC. It was a large private home in Pompeii, Italy. It has many great works of art. It is a fancy aristocratic house from the Roman Republic. The house shows the time period better than most archaeological things in Rome itself.
Łobez

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**Łobez** (German: _Labes_) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland. It has 10,066 inhabitants (2019). Situated on the Rega river, it is the capital of Łobez County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

## Mayor

|1632 – Carsten Beleke||1809 – Johann Georg Falck|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1670 – Bernd Bublich||1823–1840 – Johann Friedrich Rosenow|
|1700 – Paul Belecke||1842–1844 – Adolf Ludwig Ritter (privremeno)|
|1702 – Theele||1844–1845 – Albert Wilhelm Rizky|
|1723 – F. C. Hackebeck||1846–1852 – Heinich Ludwig Gotthilf Hasenjäger|
|1734 – F. W. Weinholz||prije 1859. Hasenjaeger|
|1736 – Schulze||1852–1864 – Carl Albert Alexander Schüz|
|1732 – Hackenberken||1921 – Willi Kieckbeusch|
|1745 – M. C. Frize||1945 – Hackelberg, Teofil Fiutowski, Stefan Nowak, Feliks Mielczarek|
|1746 – Johann Friedrich Thym||1946 – Władysław Śmiełowski|
|1752 – Johann Gottsried Severin||1948 – Tadeusz Klimski|
|1753? – J. F. von Flige||1949 – Ignacy Łepkowski|
|1757 – Johann Friedrich Thym||1972-1990 - Zbigniew Con|
|1757 – Heller||1990–94 - Marek Romejko|
|1767 – Gottlieb Timm||1994–1998 - Jan Szafran|
|1775 – Johann Gottfried Severin||1998–2002 - Halina Szymańska|
|1790 – Jahncke||2002–2006 - Marek Romejko|
|1805 – Heinrich (?) Falck||2006–2014 - Ryszard Sola|
|1806 – Zuther (drugi dan 1712)||2014 - Piotr Ćwikła|
|1806 – Nemitz|||

## Other websites

- www.lobez.pl
- BIP Łobez
- Tourist Information
Philoxenos of Eretria

**Philoxenus of Eretria** () was a painter from Eretria in the 4th century BC. He was the student of Nicomachus of Thebes. Philoxenus copied his speed in painting. He found new and fast ways of painting. Pliny said a picture Philoxenus painted was the best painting. It was of a battle of Alexander the Great with Darius. He painted it for King Cassander. The same subject was used in the Alexander Mosaic in the House of the Faun, in Pompeii.
Darius III

**Darius III** (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named **Artashata**. He was called **Codomannus** by the Greeks. Darius III was the last Persian Shah (_king_) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. Artashata took _Darius_ as his dynastic name.

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Darius III
- **image**: Darius III of Persia.jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Detail of Darius III from the Alexander Mosaic.
- **reign**: 336–330 BC
- **house**: Achaemenid Dynasty
- **birth date**: c. 380 BC
- **birth place**: Persia
- **death date**: July 330 BC (aged 50)
- **death place**: Bactria
- **burial place**: Persepolis
- **religion**: Zoroastrianism
Carlotta Ikeda

**Sanae** "**Carlotta**" **Ikeda** (; 19 February 1941 – 24 September 2014) was a Japanese butoh dancer. She started her career in the early 1960s. She first became a member of the butoh group Dairakudakan in the early 1970s. She founded the Ariadone Company, an all-female butoh dance troupe, with Kô Murobushi in 1974.

Ikeda was born in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. At the age of 19, she graduated from a dance school in Tokyo. Her stage name was in honour of Italian ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. In the 1980s, she moved to Paris, France.

Ikeda died from liver cancer on 24 September 2014 in Bordeaux, aged 73.
Anarkali

**Anarkali** (meaning Pomegranate blossom) was the name of a legendary dancing girl. She is said to have lived in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in the time of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. She fell in love with prince Selim (who later became the Emperor Jahangir) but was punished by his father, Akbar. She is supposed to have died in Lahore and it is said her grave is also there. The famous Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore was named after her.

## In literature and film

- The famous Urdu play _Anarkali_ (1922) by writer Imtiaz Ali Taj is about the love story of Anarkali and Selim.

- A number of movies or films have been made about her, in both Bollywood (in India) and Lollywood (in Pakistan). The most famous is probably _Mughal-i-Azam_ (1960).
Imtiaz Ali Taj

**Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj** (; ; 1900–1970) was a dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language. He is specially famous for his play _Anarkali_ (1922) about the life and love of the dancing-girl of Mughal times, Anarkali. This play was later adapted and made into a number of films about the story of Anarkali.
Anna (Disney)

**Anna** is a princess from Disney's movie, _Frozen,_ and its sequel, _Frozen II_. For most of the movie, she is voiced by Kristen Bell. However, **"Young Anna"** is voiced by Livvy Stubenrauch. **Anna** has an older sister named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), who can create anything with snow and ice.

## About

This is what the official _Frozen_ website says about Anna:
"Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) is more daring than graceful and, at times, can act before she thinks. But she's also the most optimistic and caring person you'll ever meet."

## Appearances

In the movie, Anna meets a prince named Hans. She wants to marry him.  Then, even though it is summer, Elsa freezes everything. Anna has to find Elsa and make her bring back the summer. Soon she meets another man named Kristoff who likes ice and helps Anna find Elsa. Anna is also in the sequel of _Frozen, Frozen II._

## References

- "Frozen."  Yahoo Movies Canada. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.
- "21 'Frozen' Facts That Make Us Ready for Winter." Yahoo Movies. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.
Aruviyodu Village

**Aruviyodu Village** is a hilly hamlet near the river Neyyar in India. It is down south in Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram. It comes under Kunnathukal Panchayath. It belongs to South Kerala Division. It is located  east of the district headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram. It is  from Perumkadavila.

Aruviyodu is surrounded by Neyyattinkara Taluk towards the west, Parassala towards the south, Melpuram Taluk towards South, Munchira Taluk towards the south. This Place is in the border of the Thiruvananthapuram District and Kanniyakumari District.

## Short Information

|Taluk Name|Perumkadavila|
| --- | --- |
|District|Thiruvananthapuram|
|State|Kerala|
|Division|South Kerala|
|Language|Malayalam and English, Tamil, Hindi, Tulu, Konkani|
|Code / Std Code|0471|
|Pin Code|695504|
|Post Office Name|Karakonam|
|Main Village Name|Kunnathukal|

## Transportation

The Dhanuvachapuram Railway Station and Amaravila Halt Railway Station are near Aruviyodu. The Trivandrum Central Railway Station is major railway station 26 km from Aruviyodu.
Château de Meudon

The **Château de Meudon** was a former royal residence in France.  It is most commonly associated with the _Grand Dauphin_ the only son of Louis XIV who made it his personal residence. However, on the death of the Dauphin the property reverted to the crown and  was used by the famous Duchess of Berry (a granddaughter of Louis XIV) and was later ignored under Louis XV and Louis XVI, but became the official residence of the King of Rome from 1812, and was occupied by Jérôme Bonaparte under the First Empire. The main building was largely destroyed in a fire in 1871, and it is now the site of the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.

## History

There was originally a small manor on the site which was given to the Duchess of Étampes, a mistress of Francis I of France. The family remodelled the building in around 1540 when the property was given to the _Cardinal de Lorraine_. At the Cardinal's death in 1574, Meudon reverted to the House of Guise until 1654. In 1679, the château was sold by Servien's heir to Louvois, the minister of Louis XIV, who continued to improve it inside and out, until his death in 1691. Above all, he commissioned André Le Nôtre to construct grand gardens and fountains fed by elaborate hydraulic works. In June 1695, Louis XIV purchased Meudon from the widow of Louvois, with the intention of installing his only legitimate child le Grand Dauphin in the premises. A brilliant period followed. The Dauphin employed _Jules Hardouin-Mansart_. Following the death of the Dauphin the property was briefly used by his son Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France. It was then later given to the Duchess of Berry in 1718.

Louis XV employed Meudon as a hunting lodge. Although his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, was installed in the nearby Château de Bellevue, Meudon was eclipsed in his favour by the Château de Choisy. Meudon declined further under Louis XVI, the parterres overgrown, the basins emptied, the park let piecemeal to tenant farmers.

In 1870, the terraces of Meudon were part of the strategic defenses of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, and the château, damaged by shelling,[6] was occupied by Prussian forces. Forty-eight hours after the signing of the armistice, in January 1871, Meudon caught fire. It burned for three days, until only some exterior walls were left standing
Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign

**Ronald Reagan**, the 33rd Governor of California, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979. On July 17, 1980, he became the nominee of the Republican Party for the 1980 presidential election. William J. Casey managed Reagan's campaign.

The slogan of his campaign were _"Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"_ and _"Make America Great Again"_.

After winning the Republican nomination, he selected one of his opponents in the primary elections, George H. W. Bush, to be his running mate (vice president candidate).

On November 4, 1980, Reagan won 44 states and 489 electoral votes to win the election. Jimmy Carter, the then-current president, carried six states, as well as Washington, D.C., and won 49 electoral votes. Reagan won 50.7 percent of the popular vote, Carter took 41 percent, and Independent John B. Anderson (a liberal Republican) received 6.7 percent.

Reagan's election as President was completed with the meeting of the Electoral College on December 15, 1980, and with the college's vote by the Joint session of Congress on January 6, 1981.

Reagan was inaugurated on January 20, 1981.
Reagan Democrat

**Reagan Democrat** is an American political saying that was used by analysts showing how Democratic voters would support Republican President Ronald Reagan rather than Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale. This was said during both the 1980 and 1984 elections. It is also used for George H. W. Bush in the 1988 election.
Thomas Starr King

**Thomas Starr King** (December 17, 1824 – March 4, 1864) was an American Unitarian minister. Many people think he influenced California politics during the American Civil War. He was a Freemason. Starr King spoke in favor of the Union.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Thomas Starr King
- **image**: Thomas Starr King.png
- **birth date**: 17 December 1824
- **birth place**: New York City
- **death date**: 4 March 1864 (aged 39)
- **death place**: San Francisco, California
- **death cause**: Pneumonia
- **occupation**: Minister, orator
Bruce Rauner

**Bruce Vincent Rauner** (born February 18, 1957) is an American businessman and politician. He was the 42nd Governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. He defeated Pat Quinn on November 4, 2014. Rauner is the Chairman of R8 Capital Partners and the former Chairman of the private equity firm GTCR. Rauner ran for re-election in the 2018 election, but lost to Democrat billionaire JB Pritzker.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Bruce Rauner
- **image**: Bruce Rauner 2016 cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Rauner in 2016
- **order**: 42nd
- **office**: Governor of Illinois
- **term start**: January 12, 2015
- **term end**: January 14, 2019
- **lieutenant**: Evelyn Sanguinetti
- **predecessor**: Pat Quinn (politician), Pat Quinn
- **successor**: JB Pritzker
- **birth place**: Chicago, Illinois
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **spouse**: (1) Elizabeth Rauner (1980-div. 1993)
(2) Diana Rauner
- **alma mater**: Dartmouth College
Harvard Business School, Harvard University
- **website**: [http://www.brucerauner.com Official website]
Rifai

The **Rifai** Sufi order or _Tariqah_ was established by Hazrat Sheikh Ahmed Ar-Rifai in Iraq. Later on, it spread to other parts of the world. It has a big presence in Turkey and Eastern Europe today.
Ahmed Ar-Rifai

Hazrat Sheikh **Ahmed Ar-Rifai** (1118-1182) was a Sufi master and saint. He founded the Rifai Sufi order.

He was born in the Hasen region of Iraq. He died and was buried in Northern Iraq near Tal Afar. His shrine is respected by most Muslims, Shia or Sunni. However, in 2014, this shrine was destroyed by the ISIS terrorists.
West (disambiguation)

**West** is a compass direction. It might also refer to:

- Western world
- Western civilization
- American Old West

## Related pages

- Western
Fakir Family

The **Fakir Family** or **Fakir Khana family** is an old family of Lahore, now in Pakistan. They are famous for having made the Fakir Khana Museum in the old walled city of Lahore.

The family is of Syed origins. They first became famous in the Mughal times. Later, two members Fakir Syed Azizuddin and Fakir Syed Nooruddin were ministers of the Punjab government in the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. They were also respected by the British rulers.
James Traficant

**James Anthony** "**Jim**" **Traficant, Jr.** (May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. He represented the 17th Congressional District from 1985 until 2002. He was a member of the Democratic Party from 1981 until 2010, and was independent from 2010 until his death.

He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988.

Traficant was arrested and imprisoned. He was convicted of taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and Washington, D.C. houseboat. He was released on September 2, 2007, after serving seven years.

Traficant was born in Youngstown, Ohio. He was raised in a Roman Catholic family. He was of mostly Italian and Slovak ancestry. He was married to Patricia "Tish" Choppa Traficant.

Traficant died after suffering a heart attack caused by a tractor accident on September 27, 2014 at his home in Youngstown. He was 73.
Eugie Foster

**Eugie K. Foster** (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor. She won the Nebula Award in 2009. Her works have been added into a number of magazines and book anthologies. These include _Fantasy Magazine_, _Realms of Fantasy_, _Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show_, and _Interzone_. Some of her short stories, _Returning My Sister's Face_ and _Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice_, was published in 2009.

Foster was born in Urbana, Illinois. She was married to Matthew M. Foster.

Foster died from respiratory failure caused by lymphoma on September 27, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was 42.
Ewan Davies

**David Evans George "Ewan" Davies** (23 June 1887 – 2 September 1979) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He won two caps for the Wales national rugby union team. He played club rugby for Cardiff RFC and London Welsh RFC. He also played county rugby for Middlesex. Later he was a solicitor and a businessman. Davies owned a chain of movie theatres.

## Personal history

Davies was born in Cardiff in 1887. He went to Cardiff High School. He went to Llandovery College and the University College London. He studied law. He became a solicitor. He owned a group of movie theatres. In 1931, he built the Plaza Cinema in Swansea. It was the biggest movie theatre in Wales.

Davies wanted to be a politician. He ran twice as a Liberal candidate. He did not win. He owned land in Pembrokeshire. He raised Hereford cattle.

## Rugby career

Davies played rugby in high school. He joined the first class Welsh team Cardiff RFC during the 1910-11 season. He stayed with the club for three seasons. He played 37 games. He played wing at Cardiff. He scored 27 tries.

Davies was picked for the Wales national rugby union team at the 1912 Five Nations Championship. He played wing in the game with England at Twickenham. Wales lost the match 8-0. He was not picked for the next two games. He was picked again for the last match of the championship. It was a home game with France at Rodney Parade in Newport. His team was losing the game 6-8 down at half-time. They played well in the second half. Davies team won the game 14-8. Davies scored two of the four tries. It was his last international game.
Michael McCarty

**Michael McCarty** (September 7, 1946 – September 26, 2014) was an American movie, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles in _Casper_ (1995), _Dead Man_ (1995), and in _The Legend of Bagger Vance_ (2000). He was born in Evansville, Indiana.

McCarty died in Santa Barbara, California from heart failure after traveling there for a stage production. He was 68 years old.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Michael McCarty
- **birth place**: Evansville, Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, United States, U.S.
- **death place**: Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actor
- **spouse**: divorced
- **years active**: 1975-2014
Sam Hall (writer)

**Sam Hall** (born **Allison Samuel Hall**, March 11, 1921 – September 26, 2014) was an American screenwriter. He is known for his work in daytime soap operas. He wrote for _Dark Shadows_ (from 1967-1971) and _One Life to Live_ (from 1978–84). Hall was born in Carrollton, Ohio.

Hall is married to actress Grayson Hall. She was nominated for an Academy Award. She appeared on both daytime shows. She was Dr. Julia Hoffman on _Dark Shadows_. She played Euphemia Ralston on _One Life to Live_.

Sam Hall died on September 26, 2014 after a short illness of pneumonia. He was 93 when he died.
Mario Maurer

**Mario Maurer** (, ,  born December 4, 1988) is a Thai model and actor. He started modeling at age 16. He got fame for his acting in the 2007 film, _The Love of Siam_ and the 2010 sleeper hit, _First Love_. He was the lead star of Thailand's highest grossing movie of all time.

## Personal life

Maurer's interests include skateboarding, hip-hop, and cars. He is of Thai Chinese and German descent. He cannot speak German. He only understands some Mandarin. He is a native speaker of Thai. He speaks English well. He converted to Roman Catholicism from Buddhism. On June 27, 2011, his father Roland died of a heart attack resulting from diabetes. He is close to his older brother. His brother is a hip-hop artist and actor. He was in a relationship with actress Gubgib Sumontip. They ended their nine year relationship in January 2013.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Mario Maurer
- **caption**: Mario Maurer in 2013
- **birth place**: Bangkok, Thailand
- **occupation**: Actor
 Model
 Singer
- **alma mater**: Ramkhamhaeng University
- **years active**: 2004–present
- **website**: http://www.ohohmario.com/
Colisée Pepsi

The **Colisée Pepsi** (English: Pepsi Coliseum), formerly the **Colisée de Québec** (English: Quebec Coliseum) was a multi-purpose arena in Quebec City, Quebec. The arena opened on December 8, 1949, and was formerly home to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). It was also the home of the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) from 1972 until 1995 when they relocated to Denver, Colorado to become the Avalanche.

The 1971 Memorial Cup championship series was hosted at the arena and saw the Remparts defeat the Edmonton Oil Kings two games to none. The first game of the 1974 Summit Series between the Canadian WHA all-stars and the Soviet national team was held at the Coliseum, as well as one game in each of the 1976 and 1991 Canada Cups.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (stadium)

- **stadium name**: Colisée Pepsi
Pepsi Coliseum
- **image**:
- **location**: ExpoCité
 250 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel, Quebec City, Quebec G1L 5A7
- **broke ground**: May 24, 1949
- **opened**: December 8, 1949
- **closed**: September 14, 2015
- **expanded**: 1981
- **owner**: Quebec City
- **operator**: ExpoCité
- **surface**: Multi-surface
- **construction cost**: Canadian dollar, C$3,000,000
- **architect**: Robert Blatter
Bouchard & Rinfret
- **former names**: Colisée de Québec (1949-99)
- **tenants**: Quebec Aces (Quebec Senior Hockey League, QHL)/(American Hockey League, AHL) (1950-1971)
Philadelphia Flyers (National Hockey League, NHL) (5 games in 1968)
Quebec Nordiques (World Hockey Association, WHA)/(National Hockey League, NHL) (1972-1995)
Quebec Rafales (International Hockey League (1945–2001), IHL) (1996-1997)
Quebec Remparts (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, QMJHL) (1969-1985)
Quebec Radio X (Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, LNAH) (2004-2007)
Quebec Citadelles (American Hockey League, AHL) (1999-2002)
Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) (1999-2015)
- **seating capacity**: 15,176
Takako Doi

was a Japanese politician. She was active from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She also worked at National Parliament for Japan to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. She was the Chair of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 until 1991. On 6 August 1991, she became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the Chair of the Social Democratic Party from 1996 until 2003.

Doi was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. She graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law.

Doi died from pneumonia on 20 September 2014 in Hyōgo Prefecture, aged 85.

## Other websites

- Takako Doi at Encyclopædia Britannica
Jackie Cain

**Jacqueline Ruth** "**Jackie**" **Cain** (May 22, 1928 – September 15, 2014) was an American jazz vocalist. She known for being one half of the Jackie and Roy duo with her husband Roy Kral for over fifty years. The group was active from 1946 until Kral's death in 2002. The released a around 35 albums between 1949 and 1999. The group was described as "the most famous vocal duo in jazz history" by Douglas Martin of _The New York Times_.

Cain was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She married Kral in 1949. They had two daughters: Niki, who died in a car accident in 1973, and Dana.

Cain died from stroke-related problems on September 15, 2014 in Montclair, New Jersey. She was 86.
Petr Skoumal

**Petr Skoumal** (7 March 1938 – 28 September 2014) was a Czech musician and composer. He was best known for composing for many movies and television shows. He started his career in 1971 and his last credit was in 2013. He worked on animation shorts such as _Pat & Mat_ and _Maxipes Fík_.

Skoumal was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was the son of translator Aloys Skoumal.

Skoumal died after a long illness on 28 September 2014 in Prague. He was 76.
Hamish McHamish

**Hamish McHamish** (1999 – 11 September 2014) was a Scottish celebrity ginger cat. The cat lived in the town of St Andrews, Fife, where he was an icon. He came to national and international fame after the book _Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town_ was published. The cat was owned by Marianne Baird, a retired BBC producer. He had a Facebook and Twitter page, where he gathered tens of thousands of follows.

Hamish McHamish died from a chest infection on 11 September 2014 in St Andrews. He was 15.
Montserrat Abelló i Soler

**Montserrat Abelló i Soler** (1 February 1918 – 9 September 2014) was a Spanish Catalan poet and translator. She translated works of literature from English to her native Catalan, and from Catalan into English.

## Early life and education

Abelló i Soler was born in Tarragona, in the Province of Tarragona. During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.

### From English to Catalan

She translated works by American novelist Sylvia Plath, Welsh novelist Dylan Thomas, English writer E. M. Forster, Irish-born British author Iris Murdoch and Iranian translator Mohsen Emadi

### From Catalan to English

She translated works by writers Salvador Espriu, Mercè Rodoreda, Maria Àngels Anglada, Maria Mercè Marçal and Olga Xirinacs Díaz.

## Writing

She published works of poetry in Catalan.
- 1963 - _Vida diària_ ("Daily life")
- 1981 - _Vida diària: Paraules no dites_ ("Daily Life: Words not said")
- 1986 - _El blat del temps_ ("The Wheat of Time")
- 1990 - _Foc a les mans_ ("Fire in Hand")
- 1995 - _L’arrel de l’aigua_ ("The Root of Water")
- 1995 - _Son màscares que m’emprovo_ ("Masks of Sleep that I Try")
- 1998 - _Dins l’esfera del temps_ ("In the Sphere of Time") which won the Gold Critica Serra prize in 1999
- 2004 - _Asseguda escrivint_ ("Seated Writing")
- 2006 - _Memoria de tu i de mi_ ("Memories of You and Me")

In 2002, her poetry was compiled in _Al cor de les paraules: obra poètica 1963-2002_ ("In the Heart of Words: Poetic Works 1963-2002"), which in 2003 won several Catalan literary prizes.

She has also contributed to anthologies (collections) of writing and poetry:

- 1993 - _Cares a la finestra: 20 dones poetes de parla anglesa del segle XX_ ("Faces in the Window: 20 English Women Poets of the 20th century")
- 1998 - _Cartografies del desig: Quinze escriptores i el seu món_ ("Cartography of Desire: Fifteen writers and their world")
- 1999 - _Memoria de l’aigua: Onze escriptores i el seu món_ ("Memories of Water: Eleven writers and their world")
- 1999 - _Paisatge emergent_ ("Emergent Landscape")

## Death

Abelló i Soler died on 9 September 2014 in Barcelona, aged 96.

## Other websites

- Montserrat Abelló i Soler at the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC)
Philip Somerville

**Philip Douglas Frank Somerville** (12 February 1930 – 14 September 2014) was an English milliner (hat maker). He was best known for making hats for members of the British Royal Family, including Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He also created headgear worn by two James Bond female villains. For his work, he was given a Royal Warrant by the Queen.

Somerville was born in Winchester, Hampshire. He was an actor in Australia with little success. When becoming a milliner, he was partly trained in Auckland, New Zealand.

Somerville died on 14 September 2014 at the age of 84.
Lorna Thomas

**Lorna Thomas**  (1 December 1917 – 17 September 2014) was an Australian female cricket player and team coach. She played from 1936 until 1949. She also coached from 1963 until 1978. She played for Australia against England, New Zealand and many other countries. She later coached Australia with success.

Thomas was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970s.

Thomas died from natural causes on 17 September 2014 in Sydney, aged 97.

## Other websites

- Lorna Thomas scrapbook (1936–1949)  at the State Library of New South Wales
- Lorna Thomas at ESPNcricinfo
Diffuse axonal injury

**Diffuse axonal injury** (often shortened to DAI) is one of the most common forms of traumatic brain injury. In traumatic brain injury, the damage is focused to one area of the brain, in diffuse axonal injury, the damage occurs over a larger area of the brain. DAI mainly damages white matter, which makes it one of the major causes of unconsciousness and persistent vegetative state after head trauma.  It occurs in about half of all cases of severe head trauma.

Frequently, people suffering such damage fall into a coma; Over 90 percent of the patients with severe DAI never regain consciousness.  Those who do wake up often remain significantly impaired.

Other authors state that DAI can occur in every degree of severity from (very) mild or moderate to (very) severe.  Concussion may be a milder type of diffuse axonal injury.
Timecop

***Timecop*** is a 1994 American science fiction action movie. It is about a federal agent who travels in time. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Max Walker. Mia Sara plays Melissa.

_Timecop_ got mixed reviews from critics. It made a lot of money at the box office.
Silent Fall

***Silent Fall*** is a 1994 drama and mystery movie. The movie is about a boy with autism who sees a murder. Linda Hamilton plays Karen. Liv Tyler plays Sylvie Warden. John Lithgow plays Dr. Harlinger.

_Silent Fall_ got negative reviews from critics. It became a box office bomb.
Junior (movie)

***Junior*** is a 1994 American comedy movie directed by Ivan Reitman. The movie is about a male scientist who makes himself pregnant as an experiment.

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Dr. Alexander "Alex" Hesse, Danny DeVito plays Dr. Larry Arbogast, Emma Thompson plays Dr. Diana Reddin, Pamela Reed plays Angela, and Frank Langella, plays the antagonist Dr. Noah Banes.

This movie was released on November 23, 1994. The reviews were mixed to negative. It made quite a bit of money at the box office.
Jean-Jacques Pauvert

**Jean-Jacques Pauvert** (8 April 1926 - 27 September 2014) was a French publisher. He was known for publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of the _Story of O_ (1954). He also published the first edition of Kenneth Anger's _Hollywood Babylone_ (1959). Pauvert was born in Paris.

He have also published the first French edition of the _Civil disobedience_ of Henry David Thoreau in 1968.

Pauvert died in Toulon, France, aged 88.
Zhang Xianliang

**Zhang Xianliang** (; December 1936 – 27 September 2014) was a Chinese author and poet. He was the former president of the China Writer Association in Ningxia. He was a political prisoner during the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957, until 1979. His most well known works, include _Half of Man is Woman_ and _Grass Soup_.

Xianliang died in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, aged 77.

## Related pages

- List of Chinese writers

## Infobox (writer)

- **name**: Zhang Xianliang
- **birth date**: December 1936
- **birth place**: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- **death place**: Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
- **occupation**: author and poet
Abdelmajid Lakhal

**Abdelmajid Lakhal** (November 29, 1939 – September 27, 2014) was a Tunisian theatre and movie actor and theatre director. He was known on Arab Television for acting in many telefilms. He was known for his roles in _Jesus of Nazareth_, _Day of the Falcon_, and in _Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul_.

Lakhal died in Tunis, Tunisia, aged 74.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Abdelmajid Lakhal
- **image**: Abdelmajid.lakhal.01.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **birth place**: Bizerte, Tunisia
- **death place**: Tunis, Tunisia
- **years active**: 1948 - 2014
- **occupation**: Actor, director
- **awards**: **Best Actor Award (Arab Television Festival)** - 1983
Taylor Hardwick

**Taylor Hardwick** (July 15, 1925 – September 27, 2014) was an American architect, interior designer, filmmaker, and educator. He designed hundreds of buildings throughout northeast Florida, predominantly in and near the city of Jacksonville.

Hardwick died in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from cancer, aged 89.

## Other websites

- Tribute website to Taylor Hardwick
- American Institute of Architects Jacksonville Chapter

## Infobox (architect)

- **name**: Taylor Hardwick
- **image**: TaylorHardwick.jpg
- **birth place**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- **death place**: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- **occupation**: Architect
- **spouse**: Louise Russell (m. 1950-1977; divorced)
Gay Leslie Mackendrick (m. 1977-2006; her death)
- **children**: Marjory Wells (born 1953)
Taylor Junior (1954-2004)
- **parents**: Marjorie & Gordon Hardwick
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **alma mater**: University of Pennsylvania
- **practice**: Hardwick & Lee
- **significant buildings**: Haydon Burns Library
- **significant projects**: Friendship Fountain, Friendship Park
The 1661 Building
The Fletcher Building
- **awards**: House & Home Award of Merit
Florida AIA Design Honor Award
H.J. Klutho Lifetime achievement Award
Pamela Reed

**Pamela Reed** (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress. She acts in both movies and television. In _Kindergarten Cop_, she played Phoebe O'Hara; in _Junior_, she played Angela (both alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger); and in _The Simpsons_, she played Ruth Powers.

Reed was born in Tacoma, Washington.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Pamela Reed
- **image**: Pamela_Reed_1977.JPG
- **caption**: Pamela Reed, 1977
- **spouse**: Sandy Smolan
- **education**: University of Washington
- **children**: Reed Smolan, Lily Smolan
- **parents**: Vernie Reed, Norine Geistle
Adephaga

The **Adephaga** is a suborder of beetles. There are more than 40,000 recorded species in ten families. This is the second largest suborder of the order Coleoptera.

The beetles of this suborder include ground beetles, tiger beetles, diving beetles, and whirligig beetles. Most of the species belong to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).

The Adephaga is two groups with a common origin. They are the Hydradephaga (water beetles) and the Geadephaga (ground beetles. They are mostly predatory. The first fossils of both groups are found in the Triassic period. The ground beetles have formidable chemical defences. They have special pygidial glands which squirt out hot, burning chemicals. Bombardier beetles are famous for squirting their nasty chemicals at attackers.
Magnitude (astronomy)

The **magnitude** of a star or other celestial object is a number that measures its brightness. **Apparent magnitude** (****) of a celestial object is a number that measures its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, and **absolute magnitude** is its actual brightness adjusted for distance. The brighter an object appears, the lower its magnitude value. The Sun, at apparent magnitude of −27, is the brightest object in the sky.

Magnitude is a logarithmic measure.  It is measured in a specific wavelength or passband, usually in optical or near-infrared wavelengths.  A full moon is −13 magnitude and the brightest planet, Venus, measures −5.  The brightest man-made objects, Iridium flares, are ranked at −9 and the International Space Station measures −6.

## History

The Greek astronomer Hipparchus first invented our system of apparent magnitude. He gave the brightest stars a magnitude of 1 and increased the numbers for dimmer stars. About 300 years later Ptolemy of Alexandria made an encyclopedia of stars based on Hipparchus' work. The Persian astronomer Al-Sufi took Ptolemy's work and gave Arabic names to the stars some 800 years later. Medieval European astronomers simply translated Al-Sufi's work into Latin which is why many stars today have Arabic names.

In recent centuries astronomers have been able to measure the distance of stars, and calculate their absolute magnitude.

## Magnitude systems

|Visible to typical human eye|Apparent magnitude|Brightness relative to Vega|Number of stars brighter than apparent magnitude in the night sky|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Yes|−1.0|250%|1|
|0.0|100%|4||
|1.0|40%|15||
|2.0|16%|48||
|3.0|6.3%|171||
|4.0|2.5%|513||
|5.0|1.0%|1 602||
|6.0|0.40%|4 800||
|6.5|0.25%|9 096||
|No|7.0|0.16%|14 000|
|8.0|0.063%|42 000||
|9.0|0.025%|121 000||
|10.0|0.010%|340 000||

- **Apparent magnitude** _m_ is a measure of the brightness of a celestial body as seen by a person on Earth (without the earth's atmosphere). The brighter the object appears, the lower the numerical value of its magnitude. For example, Alpha Centauri has higher apparent magnitude (i.e. lower value) than Betelgeuse, because it is much closer to the Earth.
- **Absolute magnitude** is the apparent magnitude, _m_, an object would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth. The standard distance is 32.6 light years from Earth. The concept of absolute magnitude allows astronomers to compare the brightness of objects without regard to their distance. When measured using absolute magnitude the sun measures less than Sirius at only 4.8.
- **Visual magnitude** means the amount of brightness of a star on a numbered scale. It is the magnitude based on the sensitivity of the human eye.
- **Photographic magnitude** is different from visual magnitude because photographic film is more sensitive to blue light and radiation the human eye cannot see.

## Related pages

- List of brightest stars
- List of most luminous known stars
- List of nearest galaxies
- List of nearest stars

## Other websites

- Magnitude System
- Magnitudes: Measuring the Brightness of Stars
Alice Drummond

**Alice Drummond** (May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress of stage and television. She was known for her roles in _Ghostbusters_, _Awakenings_, _To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar_, _Ace Ventura: Pet Detective_, and in _Doubt_.

Drummond was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She died on November 30, 2016 from complications of a fall in The Bronx, New York, aged 88.

## Infobox (person)

- **birthname**: Alice E. Ruyter
- **birth place**: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
- **death place**: The Bronx, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1967—2012
- **spouse**: Paul Drummond (m. March 3, 1951–1975; divorced)