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Gracie Gold

**Gracie Gold** (born August 17, 1995) is an American figure skater.

## Childhood

Gracie Gold was born on August 17, 1995 in Newton, Massachusetts. When she was four years old her family moved to Springfield, Illinois. At a skating birthday party when she was eight years old, she began to try figure skating. After that party she signed up for lessons. She was a natural; she soon was landing double axels.

## Before Olympics and other competitions

After a while her hard work wasn't paying off. She kept getting low scores! Around a year before the Sochi, Olympics Gracie's relationship with her coach, Alex Ouriashev had completely crumbled. A little while after that Gracie switched coaches. She switched to Frank Carroll and this switch took her mother and sister Carly Gold with her to Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles. Frank Carroll’s experience with coaching other Olympians like Evan Lysacek, Michelle Kwan, Tim Goebel, Linda Fratianne and Denis Ten helped and inspired Gracie. Going to the Olympics gave a lot of stress to her. She would stress about being an Olympian and would stress out about  all of the mistakes she would make in practice. Sometimes to calm down Gracie would juggle. She had to learn how to relax while doing her triple axels and how to save a jump if she started off wrong. Gracie also had to learn how to make her performance still look good to the judges, even after a fall. Later, after all of this training Gracie was ready to compete in competitions like the Midwestern sectional, The U.S. Championships, and the U.S. International Classic. In almost all of her later competitions she did better than the firsts. This helped her earn her spot in the 2014 Sochi, Olympics.

## Sochi, Olympics

Gracie got a bronze medal from the Olympics, she got this from the team event. In the Ladies free skate, and short program she was placed fourth. Gracie is eager to return to Olympic Ice in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

## References

- Hersh, Philip. "A Brave New World for Gold." Chicago Tribune. 19 Feb. 2014: 12. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 06 May. 2014.
- "Gracie Gold." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 6 May 2014
Mikaela Shiffrin

**Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin** (born March 13, 1995) is an American skier. Her first time at the Winter Olympic Games was during the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia. In those games, she won a gold medal in the Slalom at an age of 18 years and 345 days. Shiffrin is the youngest gold medalist in the Slalon in Olympic history. Before the 2014 Olympics, Mikaela had competed in other national and international competitions.

## Early life

Mikaela Shiffrin was born on March 13, 1995 in Vail, Colorado. Her father, Jeff, skied at Dartmouth College. Her mother, Eileen, came from a Massachusetts family who loved skiing. She has an older brother named Taylor who is also a skier at the University of Denver. When Mikaela was eight her family moved to New Hampshire. Her father got a job at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

## Career

Shiffrin competed in her first international competition at age fifteen. Later that year she joined another international competition and got a gold medal in slalom. By the end of the season she had won four World Cup competitions as well as a slalom title. This made her the youngest person to win a World Cup title. In addition to her 2014 Olympic gold medal in the slalom, Shiffrin won a gold medal in the 2018 Olympics in the Giant slalom. She also won a silver medal in the Combined competition at the 2018 Olympics. On the World Cup circuit, Shiffrin has achieved 108 victories, which is the most of any alpine skier in history, man or woman. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin won her second gold medal in the slalom.

## Personal life

In 2021, Shiffrin started dating Norwegian ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. On April 4, 2024, Kilde and Shiffrin said they were engaged.

## Infobox (skier)

- **image**: Mikaela Shiffrin (Portrait).jpg
- **image size**: 220px
- **caption**: Shiffrin in 2016
- **full name**: Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin
- **height**: 5 ft 7 in
- **birth place**: Vail, Colorado, United States, U.S.
- **club**: Burke Mountain Academy
- **show-medals**: yes
Gayageum

The ***gayageum*** or ***kayagum*** is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument. It has 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 21 or other numbers of strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. Its body is made of Paulownia wood.

## History

According to Samguksagi ( the three kingdoms history book), the first gayageum was made for King Gasil in the 6th century. This was after he observed a Chinese musical instrument. He ordered a musician named Wu Ruk to compose music for this new instrument. The original name was _gayago_. It was further improved by Wu Ruk.

## Construction

There are two types. The _beobgeum gayageum_ is 160cm long by 30cm wide by 10cm deep. Its body is made of a single piece of paulownia wood. The resonator chamber is hollowed out of the wood body. It is used in court music.

The _sanjo gayageum_ is about 142cm long by 23cm wide by 10cm deep. The soundboard is made of paulownia, but the sides and back are of a harder wood such as chestnut or walnut. It is used in folk music.

## Technique

The player usually sits cross-legged. The gayageum is played put on the player’s knee (usually the right knee). One hand plucks the strings to make a sound. The other hand decorates the sound by pressing, shaking, and vibrating the strings.

## Other websites

- Gayageum, Doosan Encyclopedia
Legal guardian

The goal of a **legal guardian** is to protect a person who cannot make decisions on their own.  The legal guardian makes decisions for the person who needs protection.  Usually, a legal guardian has to be appointed (chosen) by a court.  Before a court appoints a guardian for a person, it first has to decide that the person is incompetent (unable to make decisions on their own).

A court may choose a legal guardian for a minor child (a child under a certain age) in many different situations:

- If a child has no parents or other adults who are willing to take care of the child
- If a child's parents die
- If a child's parents lose custody of the child.  (This happens when a court decides that the parents are not able to take care of the child.  For example, if a parent hurts their child, or does not care for them properly, they may lose custody.)
- If a court decides that a child's parents are incompetent (unable to make decisions on their own)

A court may also choose a legal guardian for an adult.  This happens when the court decides the adult is incompetent.  The court appoints a legal guardian to help protect the incompetent person (who is called a ward).  The legal guardian then has the right to make legal decisions for the ward.

## How do legal guardians get chosen?

Legal guardians get chosen in a few different ways.

Sometimes a parent will write a will, which explains their last wishes in case they die.  In the will, they can say who they want to take care of their child if the parent dies.  If the parent dies, a court still has to approve the person named in the will as the child's new guardian.  The new guardian does not have to be a blood relative of the parent or child.

If someone (like a person's doctor, psychiatrist, or family member) thinks that a person is incompetent, they may ask a court to choose a legal guardian.  In the United States, the court must hold a hearing to decide whether the person needs a guardian.  The person must be given a lawyer, and the court must listen to arguments from both sides.  If the court decides that the person needs a guardian, the court will choose one.  That guardian may be a family member, a friend, or a stranger.

## What kind of power do legal guardians have?

In the United States, when a court chooses a legal guardian, the court has to say specifically what decisions the guardian will be able to make for their ward.  For example, a court might say the guardian can only make medical decisions for their ward.  The ward will still have the right to make any other decisions that are not medical decisions.

Different states have different laws about types of guardianships and what decisions guardians can make.  In Massachusetts, a court can appoint a Rogers Guardian, who can only make decisions about their ward's psychiatric (mental health) medicines.  The ward still has the right to make any other decisions that are not about medications.  In other states, like Pennsylvania, a court can appoint a plenary guardian, who has the right to make all decisions for the ward.  The ward has no right to make any important decisions for himself or herself.
Kazu Kibuishi

**Kazu Kibuishi** is the writer and artist of _Copper_, a comic strip. He also wrote Amulet which is a series of graphic novels which are like comic books. He was born 1978, in Tokyo, Japan. He moved to the United States in 1982. He lives in Alhambra, California. He has a degree in film studies from the University of California. He is married to Amy Kim Ganter who is a comic book artist and illustrator.

He is a writer, editor, illustrator, art director, comic book artist, graphic novelist, producer, and animator. He's an animator at Shaded Box which is an animation, commercial, and video game studio. Animators make movies and cartoons.

_Copper_ follows the quests of an intelligent dog and his owner in a world of steampunk technology and fiction. The series continues to appear on the Internet and gains him quite a few fans.

## References

- Kazu Kibuishi." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Biography in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2014
- Bolt City. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. <http://boltcity.com>
Albert Pujols

**José Alberto Pujols Alcántara** (also known as **Albert Pujols**) is a star baseball player from the Dominican Republic.

## Early life

Pujols was born on January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.  When he was 16, Pujols's family moved to Missouri.  He learned English at Fort Osage High School and later studied to be an American citizen.

## Baseball career

He went to Maple Woods Community College and posted a .461 on-base average (which means he got on base 461 times out of every 1,000 at-bats).

At age 19, Pujols was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals.  He was a very low draft pick (402nd in the 13th round of the draft).  He played his first season with one of the Cardinals' minor league teams, the Peoria Chiefs.

After one full season with the Chiefs, Pujols got onto the Cardinals' roster after a teammate got injured.  Later two of the Cardinals' best players also got injured, and Pujols became a regular player.  In his first season with the Cardinals, he had 130RBIs and 37 home runs, and posted a .329 on-base average.  He won the Rookie of the Year Award, earning every vote.

## Awards

In 2002, Pujols was the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player Award, and the Cardinals reached the National League Championship Series.

In 2005, the Baseball Writers of America voted Pujols the National League's Most Valuable Player.

In 2006, the Cardinals won the World Series.  Pujols was also named to the National League All-Star Team that year.

Since 2006, Pujols has won many awards, like the Players' Choice Most Outstanding Player Award, the Players' Choice Player of the Year Award, and the National League Home Run Award.

## References

- "Pujols, Albert." Compton's by Britannica. 01 Aug. 2011: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.
- Petruso, A. "Albert Pujols." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Biography in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.
Grandaddy

**Grandaddy** is an American indie rock band formed in California in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch.

## History

Complex Party Come Theories is their first work.  After that, they got new guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden. They released EP A Pretty Mess By This One Band in 1996, and their first full-length album Under The Western Freeway in 1997. “Summer Here Kids”, one of the songs in Under The Western Freeway,  earned Single of the Week honors in NME. In 2000, in Sophftware Slump, they created vintage, electronic, drift-off music. In , Concrete Dunes was released, without the band's permission. In 2003, the group released another album, Sumday, and received good reviews. In 2006, Just Like the Fambly Cat was released.

After the album, the band broke up in 2005. They did not do Just Like the Fambly Cat tour concert. The band was utterly content and happy about the decision to end Grandaddy. In the song 'Elevate Myself', he says "I don't wanna work all night and day. On writing songs that make the young girls cry." Other members all worked in their own field, but Jim Fairchild was still working with music. He joined a guitarist in Modest Mouse tour, and he released his first solo album, Ten Readings of a Warning. In 2012, the band reunited for Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. In the same year, they played in End of the Road Festival.  No album has been released since then.

In an interview, Jason Lytle tell why the band name got their name Grandaddy; They realized that they are too ugly to seduce young women, so they try to appeal to old women, just like Morrissey. Birds frequently appear in their album cover, because birds are beautiful and colorful, and they can sing.

## Style

Grandaddy's music has features in the late 90s lo-fi indie rock. Their music has the catchy melodies that they are able to create with the synths and distorted guitars. Most of their musics are slow and emotional. Also, they used electronics. Their lyrics are mostly vague and abstract, but inventive. The album's most enduring image is a man sipping a beer and strumming an acoustic guitar in quiet, beautiful countryside. The Sophtware Slump is generally regarded as the band's masterpiece, but other albums like Under the Western Freeway are popular, too.
Executive Yuan

The **Executive Yuan** (**EY**; ) is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (ROC).

## Organization and structure

It is led by the Premier of the ROC. It has a Vice-Premier and eleven cabinet ministers. It also has from five to nine ministers without portfolio as its members. The vice premier, ministers, and chairpersons are chosen by the President of the ROC. This is on the recommendation of the premier.

It was started in 1948. The EY is one of the five branches of government of the ROC under their constitution.

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official website

## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: Executive Yuan of the
Republic of China
- **nativename**: 中華民國行政院
- **nativename r**: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Xíngzhèng Yuàn
- **logo width**: 150px
- **logo caption**: Executive Yuan logo
- **seal**: Republic of China National Emblem.svg
- **seal width**: 130px
- **seal caption**: Blue Sky with a White Sun, Emblem of the Republic of China
- **picture width**: 250px
- **formed**: 25 October 1928 (Mainland China)
25 October 1945 (Taiwan)
- **dissolved**: Chinese Communist Revolution, 1 October 1949 (Mainland China Succession of states, only)
- **superseding**: Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China (1949–54), Central People's Government (Mainland China)
- **jurisdiction**: Taiwan, Republic of China
- **headquarters**: No. 1, ZhongXiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei
- **employees**: 407
- **chief1 name**: Lai Ching-te
- **chief1 position**: Premier of the Republic of China, President
- **chief2 name**: Shih Jun-ji
- **chief2 position**: List of vice premiers of the Republic of China, Vice President
- **chief3 name**: Chuo Rung-tai
- **chief3 position**: Secretary-General
- **chief4 name**: Ho Pei-shan, Sung Yu-hsieh
- **chief4 position**: Deputy Secretary-General
- **website**: [http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/default.aspx www.ey.gov.tw]
Jean Fritz

**Jean Guttery Fritz** (16 November 1915 – 14 May 2017)  was an American children's writer and historian. Her parents were Arthur Minton and Myrtle Guttery. They were missionaries. Missionaries are people who  set out on a mission to teach others about their religion.

## Early life

Fritz lived in China until she was 13 years old. She learned to speak Chinese before she learned English. In 1928 the family returned to the United States. As a child of missionaries she used her writing as a “private place.” She wrote her thoughts, feelings, and emotions. She also wrote down anything she thought about. Fritz wrote it all down. She wrote about many different things. Sometimes she copied some sections of poems and books that Fritz had read. She liked to read different poets and authors.

## Early career

Later in life these things she had written about turned into the books that she later wrote. On 1 November 1942 Fritz married Michael Fritz The couple later had two children. They were named David and Andrea.

## Career

Fritz has a record for writing information flooded, true books about real things that happened in history. She had been amazed about what had happened during the time of the American Revolution. She learned a great deal of information on the topic. It was really interesting to her. She wrote a handful of children's books about key figures and events that happened during that time. Most books she wrote are non-fictional children's’ books. Fritz has written some novels. She wrote a novel called "Brady". She dived into her search for information. She looked at primary sources. In 1986 she won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal.

After her father's death she wrote the book _Homesick: My Own Story_. It was about her own childhood experiences in China. After writing the book she visited China.

## Publication of Fritz' books

She started writing her books in the 1950s. Fritz knows much about happenings around the world.

## Works

- Homesick: My Own Story       (Puffin, 1982 . Paperback)
- China homecoming             (Putnam, 1985 . Hardcover)
- China's Long March           (Putnam, 1988 . Hardcover)
- The Cabin Faced West     (Puffin, 1987 . Paperback. Hardcover.)
- Brady                    (Puffin, 1988 . Paperback)
- Early Thunder            (Puffin, 1987 . Paperback.)

## Other websites

- "Jean (Guttery) Fritz." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Biography in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2014.
- Hurst, Carol O. "Jean Fritz." Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site. Ed. Rebecca Otis. Dec. 1998. Web. 1 Apr. 2014
Youth in Action

_Youth in Action_ is a European program that lasted from 2007 until 2013 labeled for young people in order to help make a shared European mindset where young people from different countries could enhance active citizenship as well as a shared cultural European history. It was made of 5 main actions under which several projects are done by local supporters who show their projects to their national agency.

Allowed participants were young people who are between 13 and 30 years old. Other people could be part of this too. Older youth workers who are part of European youth events and are citizens of a European Union country could be part of the program. Source

The program was given a budget of 885 million euros. Analysis of the program published in 2011 showed that in the years 2007-2009, more than 380,000 people took part in the different actions. Only 21,800 projects received a grant among 42,700 submissions.

## References

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/tools/youth-in-action_en.htm
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.php
http://www.britishcouncil.org/youth-in-action
Ruby Bridges

**Ruby Nell Bridges Hall** (born September 8, 1954) is an American activist. She is known for being the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. She went to William Frantz Elementary School, in Louisiana, USA.

## Early life

Ruby Bridges was born in Tylertown, Mississippi to Abon and Lucille Bridges. When she was 4 years old, the family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents allowed her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system.

## Integration

In a 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court made racial segregation illegal. Ruby was chosen to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School. The school board said black children could attend the first grade if they passed a test. Bridges passed a test. On her first day of school four U.S. Marshals had to go with her to school. She went straight to the principal's office.She sat in the principal's office all day.  Angry crowds of parents shouted threats at her. For the next six months the marshals took her to and from her school. Ruby had to spend the entire first school year alone with one teacher, Barbara Henry. People tried to hurt her family. Her father lost his job and her grandparents were thrown off their farm in Georgia. Ruby never missed a day of school that year. The story of her going to a white school is the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting called _The Problem We All Live With._

## Adult life

She finished elementary school and graduated from high school. Bridges went on to become a travel agent for American Express. Mrs. Ruby Bridges got married to Malcolm Hall and had four sons. In 1993, her brother was shot and killed in New Orleans. Ruby's family went to New Orleans to take care of his daughters.

In 1999, she wrote a children's book, "Through My Eyes", telling her story and what she went through. The same year she started the Ruby Bridges Foundation. She travels and talks to children all over the country.

On 8 January 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded Ruby Bridges the Presidential Citizens Medal. She was one of 28 to receive the medal that day.

## Other websites

- The Ruby Bridges Foundation
- Ruby Bridges, Webpage
Aztec mythology

**Aztec mythology** is the mythology of the Aztec civilization in Mexico. The Aztec Empire lasted from the 14th century until the Spanish took over in 1521.

The Aztecs used mythology as a basis and built upon it to establish a working and advanced society. They also took some ideas from the Toltec and Mayans to create their advanced culture.

## Beliefs

The Aztecs believed the universe went through four phases. They called them suns. They believed that they lived in the fifth sun. The gods ended each sun with a huge tragedy and then created a new world.

In the first sun, the world was destroyed by jaguars. In the second, the world was destroyed by a storm. In the third sun, the earth was destroyed by a fire rain. At the end of the fourth, the world was destroyed by a huge flood. They believed that the fifth sun would end with a huge earthquake.

The Aztecs were polytheistic. This means they worshipped many gods and goddesses, like Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, and Xochiquetzal.

### Human sacrifices

To honor their gods, the Aztecs made human sacrifices. There were three parts of the body that they considered the most powerful: the head, the heart, and the liver.

## References

- Leonard, Scott A. "Mythology." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2014. Web.  1 Apr. 2014.
- Carrasco, Davíd. "Aztec." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2014. Web.  1 Apr. 2014.
Malagasy language

**Malagasy** is an Austronesian language that is spoken in Madagascar. It is related to languages such as Indonesian, Javanese and Maori. That means that Malagasy is related to languages spoken in Indonesia. This is probably because immigrants from Indonesia came to Madagascar until A.D. 1400. It is the only Austronesian language spoken in Africa.

## Writing

Malagasy is written using the English alphabet, but without c, q, u, w and x. No accents or other diacritical marks are used. It was invented by David Jones as a replacement for Sorabe (a type of Arabic script). Most letters have their IPA values. However, y and i are both pronounced like /i/ and h is often silent. A few consonant digraphs (tr, dr, ts) are used.

## Examples of words

Manoa ahoana - Hello

Veloma - Goodbye

Nenibe - Grandmother

Dadabe - Grandfather

## References

- Desanker, Paul V., Peri M. Klemm, Kenneth J. Perkins, Kwesi Kwaa Prah, and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. "Africa." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2014. Web.  1 Apr. 2014.
- Fetter, Bruce S. "Madagascar." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2014. Web.  1 Apr. 2014.
- "Madagascar." SIRS Discoverer: Culture Facts. Sept. 16 2002: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.
- "Madagascar (Archive)." SIRS Discoverer: Country Facts. 2010: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.
- "Consonant Digraphs." First School Years. Web. 2 June 2014. <http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/digraphs/digraphs.htm >.

## Infobox (language)

- **name**: Malagasy
- **states**: Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
- **speakers**: million
- **date**: 2007
- **familycolor**: Austronesian
- **fam2**: Malayo-Polynesian languages, Malayo-Polynesian
- **fam3**: East Barito languages, East Barito
- **iso1**: mg
- **iso2b**: mlg
- **iso2t**: mlg
- **iso3**: mlg
- **lc1**: xmv
- **ld1**: Antankarana
- **lc2**: bhr
- **ld2**: Bara
- **lc3**: msh
- **ld3**: Masikoro
- **lc4**: bmm
- **ld4**: Northern Betsimisaraka
- **lc5**: plt
- **ld5**: Plateau Malagasy
- **lc6**: skg
- **ld6**: Sakalava
- **lc7**: bzc
- **ld7**: Southern Betsimisaraka
- **lc8**: tdx
- **ld8**: Tandroy-Mafahaly
- **lc9**: txy
- **ld9**: Tanosy
- **lc10**: tkg
- **ld10**: Tesaka
- **lc11**: xmw
- **ld11**: Tsimihety
- **glotto**: mala1537
- **script**: Latin script (Malagasy alphabet)
Malagasy Braille
- **notice**: IPA
Premier of the Republic of China

The **President of the Executive Yuan** (), commonly known as the **Premier of the Republic of China** (sometimes as _Prime Minister_) (), is the head of the Executive Yuan. The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (ROC). It controls Taiwan, Penghu, Matsu, and Kinmen. The premier is appointed by the President of the Republic of China.

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Executive Yuan
- **image**: Premier Cho Jung-tai 20240820.jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **incumbent**: Cho Jung-tai
- **incumbentsince**: 20 May 2024
- **style**: President
Premier (international)
- **status**: Head of government
- **reports to**: Legislative Yuan
- **seat**: Taipei, Taiwan
- **appointer**: President of the Republic of China, President
- **termlength**: No fixed term
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of the Republic of China and its Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, Additional Articles
- **first**: Tang Shaoyi (as Premier of Cabinet)
- **unofficial names**:
Gékuí (Taiwanese Mandarin, Mandarin)
Koh-kûi (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese)
Kok-khùi (Taiwanese Hakka, Hakka)
- **deputy**: List of vice premiers of the Republic of China, Vice Preimer
Zhongzheng District

**Zhongzheng District** is a local government area of Taipei City, in the Republic of China.

Many national government buildings of the Republic of China are in this district. Some are the Presidential office building, the Executive Yuan building and other government agency buildings.

This district is named after the former President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Zhongzheng
- **settlement type**: District (Taiwan), District
- **image skyline**: Chiang Kai-shek memorial amk.jpg
- **image caption**: The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
- **image map**: TaipeiJhongjhengDistrict.png
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Taiwan
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: Western Taipei
- **parts type**: Divisions
- **p1**: 31 villages
- **p2**: 583 neighborhoods
- **area total km2**: 7.6071
- **area rank**: List of districts of Taipei by area, Ranked 11th of 12
- **population total**: 163,235
- **population rank**: List of districts of Taipei by population, Ranked 10th of 12
- **population density km2**: auto
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 100
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

The **National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall** is a famous memorial in Taipei, Republic of China. It was built for the late President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. It is located in Taipei's Zhongzheng District. The monument is in a park.

There is a library and museum in the monument. It has books and artefacts about Chiang's life and the history of the Republic of China.

## Infobox (chinese)

- **title**: National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall
- **showflag**: stp
- **s**: 中正纪念堂
- **t**: 中正紀念堂
- **p**: Guólì Zhōngzhèng Jìniàntáng
- **w**: Kuoli Chungcheng Chinient'ang
National Palace Museum

The **National Palace Museum** () is a museum in Shilin, Taipei, Republic of China. It is one of the national museums of the Republic of China. It has nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks. It is one of the largest museums in the world. Most things in the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.

## Infobox (museum)

- **name**: National Palace Museum
- **native name**: 國立故宮博物院
- **image**: NationalPalace MuseumFrontView.jpg
- **imagesize**: 275px
- **established**: Double Ten Day, October 10, 1925 in Beijing
 12 November 1965 in Taipei
- **location**: Shilin District, Taipei, Republic of China
- **type**: National museum
- **collection**: 696,422 (as of December 2016)
- **visitors**: 6,142,892 (2016)
- **director**: Lin Jeng-yi (林正儀)
- **website**: [http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/ www.npm.gov.tw]
Ride (band)

**Ride** was a British shoegazing band from Oxford.

Ride was formed in 1988 by Mark Gardener, Andy Bell and Laurence Colbert. The named the band 'Ride' because of the evocation of travel and after the Ride cymbal. The band was a part of the "shoegazing" scene that happened in England during the early 1990s. They broke up in 1996 because of tension in the band. After their breakup, the former members decided to work on other projects. Andy Bell would become the bassist for Oasis.

Their debut album _Nowhere_ was ranked #74 on Pitchfork Media's list of _Top 100 Albums of the 1990s_ and was also added to the book _1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die_. The single "Vapour Trail" was ranked #145 on Pitchfork Media's list of _Top 200 Tracks of the 90s_.

### Albums

- _Nowhere_ (1990)
- _Going Blank Again_ (1992)
- _Carnival of Light_ (1994)
- _Tarantula_ (1996)

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Ride
- **img**: Ride 2015 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit MI.jpg
- **img capt**: Ride performing in 2015 at Saint Andrews Hall in Detroit, MI
- **img size**: 250px
- **landscape**: yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Oxford, England
- **genre**: Alternative rock, shoegazing
- **years active**: 1988–1996; 2001
- **label**: Creation Records, Creation, Warner Music Group, Warner, Sire Records, Sire, The First Time
- **associated acts**: Oasis (band), Oasis, Beady Eye
- **url**: [http://www.ridemusic.net/ Official website]
- **past members**: Andy Bell (musician), Andy Bell
Laurence Colbert
Mark Gardener
Steve Queralt
Riau

**Riau** is a province of Indonesia. It is on the central eastern coast of Sumatra. Its capital city is Pekanbaru. Riau is rich in natural resources. It has petroleum, natural gas, rubber, and palm oil.
Pekanbaru

**Pekanbaru** (Jawi: **ڤكنبارو**) is the capital city of Riau province, Indonesia. It is the third largest city on the island of Sumatra. It has an area of . As of 2014 about 1,030,732 people live there. Pekanbaru has several industries. It exports palm oil, paper and crude oil. It is a very clean city. Ferry passengers from Singapore used it as a transfer point before low-cost air travel became more popular.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Pekanbaru
- **native name**: **Bandar Raya Pekanbaru (Malay language, Malay)**
**ڤكنبارو (Jawi script, Jawi)**
**Kota Pekanbaru (Indonesia)**
- **settlement type**: Metropolitan City
- **nickname**: _Kota Bertuah_ (Indonesian language, Indonesian): "_The City of Good Fortune_"
- **motto**: Bersih, Tertib, Usaha Bersama, Aman, dan Harmonis (Clean, Orderly, Labor, Peace and Harmony)
- **imagesize**: 300px
- **image seal**: Pekanbaru coa.GIF
- **image map**: Lokasi Riau Kota Pekanbaru.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Pekanbaru in Indonesia
- **pushpin map**: Indonesia
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Indonesia
- **subdivision type1**: Province
- **subdivision name1**: Riau
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 22 June 1784
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: H. Firdaus, ST, MT
- **area total km2**: 632.26
- **population as of**: 2014
- **population total**: 1,030,732
- **population density km2**: 1,729
- **timezone**: Time in Indonesia, WIB
- **utc offset**: +7
- **elevation m**: 12
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 28131
- **area code**: +62 761
- **website**: [http://www.pekanbaru.go.id/ www.pekanbaru.go.id]
Nash the Slash

**Jeff Plewman** (March 26, 1948 – May 10, 2014), better known by his stage name **Nash the Slash**, was a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician.  He was best known for being the founding member of the progressive rock band FM and performing with British musician Gary Numan. He was also a multi-instrumentalist who played mostly the electric violin and mandolin, as well as harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and other instruments.

Nash's musical trademark was his face being covered in surgical bandages. He got the name "Nash the Slash" by using the name of the main antagonist of the Laurel and Hardy silent movie _Do Detectives Think?_ (1927).

Nash was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1998, he revealed that he was gay at Toronto's Pride Week. He retired in 2012.

Nash died on the weekend of May 10, 2014 at his home in Toronto, aged 66. The cause of his death was a suspected heart attack.
Shilin District

**Shilin District** is a district of Taipei, Republic of China. It is a residential district, and famous residents include the late Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. The district is divided into 51 villages (里), which are further divided up into 987 villages (鄰).

The culture of Taipei is said to be started in Shilin district.

## Education

Shilin has three universities: Ming Chuan University, Soochow University, and the Chinese Culture University. Some international schools, like the Taipei American School, Taipei Japanese School, and Taipei European School are in this district. The district is also has vocational colleges, four senior high schools, eight junior high schools, and twenty elementary schools.

## Other websites

- Shilin District Office, Taipei City

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Shilin
- **official name**: Shilin District
- **settlement type**: District
- **image skyline**: 承德路四段與劍潭路口 20100213.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image map**: TaipeiShihlinDistrict.png
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Republic of China
- **subdivision type1**: Region
- **subdivision name1**: Northern Taipei
- **parts type**: Divisions
- **p1**: 51 villages
- **p2**: 988 neighborhoods
- **area total km2**: 62.3682
- **population total**: 289,898
- **population as of**: January 2014
- **population density km2**: auto
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 111
Martha Hyer

**Martha Hyer** (August 10, 1924 – May 31, 2014) was an American movie actress. She was known for her roles in _The Best of Everything_ (1959), _Ice Palace_ (1960), _Desire in the Dust_ (1960), _The Carpetbaggers_ (1964), _First Men in the Moon_ (1964), _Blood on the Arrow_ (1964), _The Sons of Katie Elder_ (1965), and _The Night of the Grizzly_ (1966).

Hyer died in Santa Fe, New Mexico from natural causes, aged 89.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Martha Hyer
- **image**: Martha Hyer Sabrina.jpg
- **caption**: Promotional photo of Martha Hyer
- **birth place**: Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
- **death place**: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **yearsactive**: 1946–1974
- **spouse**: C. Ray Stahl
<small>(m.1951-1954; divorced)</small>
Hal B. Wallis
<small>(m.1966-1986; his death)</small>
Mario Missiroli

**Mario Missiroli** (13 March 1934 – 19 May 2014) was an Italian stage, television and movie director. He was known for his works _La bella di Lodi_ (1963), _Delitto e castigo_ (1983) and _Family Portrait_ (1962). He was nominated for a Silver Ribbon for his work in _Family Portrait_ (1962).

Missiroli died in Turin, Italy from an illness, aged 80.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Mario Missiroli
- **image**: Mario Missiroli.jpg
- **birth place**: Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
- **death place**: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
- **occupation**: director
José Feliciano

**José Montserrate Feliciano García** (born September 10, 1945), better known simply as **José Feliciano**, is a Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for many international hits, including his remake of The Doors' "Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single "Feliz Navidad".

## Other websites

- Jose Feliciano official website
- José Feliciano singing "Che Sarà" in Italian at the San Remo Festival in 1971

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **image**: José Feliciano.jpg
- **image size**: 250
- **name**: José Feliciano
- **caption**: Feliciano in 2007
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: José Montserrate Feliciano García
- **birth place**: Lares, Puerto Rico, Lares, Puerto Rico
- **genre**: Soft rock, Latin pop, bolero, acoustic music, acoustic
- **occupation**: Singer-Songwriter
- **years active**: 1962–present
- **label**: RCA Records
Optimism Records
Rye, New York

**Rye** is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Rye was a town before it became a city in 1942. The population was 16,592 at the 2020 census.
Salustiano Sánchez

**Salustiano Sánchez-Blazquez** (8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013) was a Spanish-born American supercentenarian.

## Biography

Born in El Tejado de Bejar, Spain, on 8 June 1901 (he claimed to be born in 1902), Sánchez emigrated to Cuba at age 17 and worked as a farmer, before emigrating in 1920 to the United States where he lived until his death and worked as a coal miner.

In 1934, he married Pearl Emilie Chiasera and had the son John and the daughter Irene, whom he lived with after his wife's death in 1988 to 2007 when he moved to a retirement home in Grand Island, New York, and lived there until his death at age 112 years, 97 days, and believed the secret to his long life to be one banana and one tablet of Anacin a day. At age 112, he had 7 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren including Chase, Evan, and Hailey Spurback and Jacob and Ethan Macendrick.

## World's oldest man

Sanchez became the oldest living man in the United States after Shelby Harris' death on 25 July 2012 and was exactly one year later officially verified to be the oldest living man in the world since 116-year-old Japaneseman Jiroemon Kimura's death at 2:08 a.m. the night of 12 June 2013 (=1:08 p.m. the afternoon of 11 June 2013 New York Time), which, however, before the verification of Sánchez was believed to be Canadian-born Californian man James McCoubrey (who died of pneumonia on 5 July 2013) followed by Jokichi Ikarashi (who also died of pneumonia just 18 days after McCoubrey) and Italian Arturo Licata who, however, was believed to have become the oldest living man when Sánchez died of natural causes at age 112 years, 97 days on 13 September 2013 (coincidencially on the same day as McCoubrey would have turned 112) while Polish-born Alexander Imich was believed to be the oldest living U.S. man. However, Ernest Peronneau, who was believed to be born 6 March 1903, was later verified to be born 7 March 1902, and was the oldest living man until his death on 26 March 2014, which made Licata the oldest living man first after Peronneau's death.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Salustiano Sánchez-Blazquez
- **birth date**: 8 June 1901
- **birth place**: El Tejado, El Tejado de Bejar, Spain
- **death date**: 13 September 2013
(aged 112 years, 97 days)
- **death place**: Grand Island, New York, United States
- **occupation**: Dulzaina player, farmer, coal miner
- **known for**: Verified oldest living man (11 June – 13 September 2013)
- **nationality**: Spain, Spanish, Cuban, United States, American
Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

**Abington Township** is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the northern fringes of Philadelphia. The population was 58,502 as of the 2020 census.
Vigilante 8

***Vigilante 8*** is a vehicular combat video game published by Activision and developed by Luxoflux. It is a spinoff of the 1997 video game _Interstate '76_. It was released for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy Color. A sequel called _Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense_ was released in 1999.

It was released for the PlayStation on May 31, 1998 in North America, June 26, 1998 in Europe and on November 12, 1998 in Japan. It was also released for the Nintendo 64 on March 29, 1998 in North America and in March 1999 in Europe, as well as the Game Boy Color in December 1999 in North America.

## Reception

IGN rated the game a 6.0 out of 10 for the Game Boy Color, 8.2 out of 10 for the Nintendo 64 and 8.0 for the PlayStation.

GameSpot gave the game a 7.5 out of 10 for the Game Boy Color, 7.9 out of 10 for the Nintendo 64 and 8.0 out of 10 for the PlayStation.

## Infobox (video game)

- **developer**: Luxoflux
- **publisher**: Activision
- **released**: ***Playstation***:
***Nintendo 64***:
***Gameboy Color***:
- **genre**: Vehicular combat game, Vehicular combat
- **modes**: Single player
multiplayer
- **platforms**: PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
Kurtwood Smith

**Kurtwood Larson Smith** (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and movie actor. He is known for playing the main antagonist Clarence Boddicker in _RoboCop_ and as Red Forman in _That '70s Show_. He is also known for his appearances in the genre of science fiction (_Star Trek_, _The X-Files_). He also starred in _24_.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Kurtwood Smith
- **image**: Kurtwood Smith in 2010 by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- **caption**: Smith at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego
- **birth name**: Kurtwood Larson Smith
- **birth place**: New Lisbon, Wisconsin, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1978–present
- **spouse**: (divorced),

- **signature**: Kurtwood Smith Actor Signature.svg
New Lisbon, Wisconsin

**New Lisbon** (Hoocąk: ***Wac'hožura*** ) is a city in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,748 at the 2020 census.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: New Lisbon, Wisconsin
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: New Lisbon, Wisconsin.jpg
- **image size**: 270px
- **image map**: File:Juneau County Wisconsin Incorporated and Unincorporated areas New Lisbon Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of New Lisbon in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
- **pushpin map**: Wisconsin#USA
- **pushpin label**: New Lisbon
- **pushpin label position**: top
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Wisconsin##Location in the United States
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Wisconsin, County
- **subdivision name2**: Juneau County, Wisconsin, Juneau
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 7.57
- **area land km2**: 7.08
- **area water km2**: 0.49
- **area total sq mi**: 2.92
- **area land sq mi**: 2.73
- **area water sq mi**: 0.19
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 1748
- **population density sq mi**: 639.6
- **population density km2**: 246.9
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation m**: 273
- **elevation ft**: 896
- **area code**: Area code 608, 608
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 55-56900
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1570225
Chaparral

**Chaparral** is a shrubland or heathland plant community. It is found mainly in the U.S. state of California. Also in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. It is caused by a Mediterranean climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire.

A chaparral has summer drought-tolerant plants. They have hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves. Chaparral covers 5% of the state of California. Of the associated Mediterranean shrubland, it covers an additional 3.5%. The name comes from the Spanish word _chaparro_, referring to scrub oaks.

There are four other chaparral regions in the world.
1. parts of the Mediterranean coast, known as _maquis_
1. Central Chile, known as _matorral_
1. South African Cape, known as _fynbos_
1. South Australia, known as _kwongan_

Chaparral does not often have fires. These are usually at intervals from 10–15 years to over a hundred years. Mature chaparral often has dense thickets. They are highly flammable.
Margaret Dumont

**Margaret Dumont** (October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) was an American actress. Her earlier name was **Daisy Juliette Baker**. She acted in seven Marx Brothers’s movies and two of Wheeler and Woosley's movies. She played Mrs. Foster in _What a Way to Go!_ Dumont played Harriet in _Stop, You're Killing Me_.

Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of a heart attack, age eighty-two, in Hollywood, California.
Linda Darnell

**Monetta Eloyse Darnall** (also **Linda Darnell**; October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American actress. She was a model as a child. She played _Amber_ in the movie _Forever Amber_. She also played Daphne in _Unfaithfully Yours_.

Darnell was born in Dallas, Texas. She died from fire-related burns in Glenview, Illinois.