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Deer

The **white-tailed deer** (*Odocoileus virginianus*), also known as the **whitetail** or **Virginia deer**, is a medium-sized deer native to North America, Central America, Ecuador, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia.[2] It has also been introduced to New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as the Czech

Republic, Finland, Romaniaand Serbia.[3][4] In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.

In North America, the species is widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains as well as in southwestern Arizona and most of Mexico, aside from Lower California. It is mostly replaced by the black-tailed or mule deer (*Odocoileus hemionus*) from that point west except for in mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the northern Rocky Mountain region from South Dakota west to eastern Washington and eastern Oregon and north to northeastern British Columbia and southern Yukon, including in the Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands.

The conversion of land adjacent to the Canadian Rockies into agriculture use and partial clear-cutting of coniferous trees (resulting in widespread deciduous vegetation) has been favorable to the white-tailed deer and has pushed its distribution to as far north as Yukon. Populations of deer around the Great

Lakes have also expanded their range northwards, due to conversion of land to agricultural uses favoring more deciduous vegetation, and local caribou and moose populations. The westernmost population of the species, known as the Columbian white-tailed deer, once was widespread in the mixed forests along the Willamette and Cowlitz River valleys of western Oregonand southwestern Washington, but today its numbers have been considerably reduced, and it is classified as near-threatened. This population is separated from other white-tailed deer populations.
Great Depression

Migrant mother with children during Great Depression

The **Great Depression** was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s.  It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century.  In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how intensely the world's economy can decline.

The Great Depression started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, (known as Black Tuesday). Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an estimated 15%. By comparison, worldwide GDP fell by less than 1% from 2008 to 2009 during the Great Recession.  Some economies started to recover by the mid-1930s. However, in many countries the negative effects of the Great Depression lasted until the beginning of World War II.
School Tax

Most local governments in the United States impose a **property tax**, also known as a **millage rate**, as a principal source of revenue.[1] This tax may be imposed on real estate or personal property. The tax is nearly always computed as the fair market value of the property times an assessment ratio times a tax rate, and is generally an obligation of the owner of the property. Values are determined by local officials, and may be disputed by property owners. For the taxing authority, one advantage of the property tax over the sales tax or income tax is that the revenue always equals the tax levy, unlike the other taxes. The property tax typically produces the required revenue for municipalities' tax levies. A disadvantage to the taxpayer is that the tax liability is fixed, while the taxpayer's income is not.

The tax is administered at the local government level. Many states impose limits on how local jurisdictions may tax property. Because many properties are subject to tax by more than one local jurisdiction, some states provide a method by which values are made uniform among such jurisdictions.

Property tax is rarely self-computed by the owner. The tax becomes a legally enforceable obligation attaching to the property at a specific date. Most states impose taxes resembling property tax on vehicles registered in the state, and some states tax some other types of business property.
Designated Survivor

In the United States, a **designated survivor** (or **designated successor**) is an individual in the presidential line of succession, usually a member of the United States Cabinet, who is arranged to be at a physically distant, secure, and undisclosed location when the president, the vice president, and the other officials in the line of succession are gathered at a single location, such as during State of the Union addresses and presidential inaugurations. This is intended to guarantee continuity of government in the event of a catastrophic occurrence that kills the president and many officials in the presidential line of succession, such as a mass shooting, bombing, attack or catastrophic natural disaster. If such an event occurred, killing both the president and vice president, the surviving official highest in the line, possibly the designated survivor, would become the acting president of the United States under the Presidential Succession Act.[1]

Only Cabinet members who are eligible to succeed to the presidency (i.e., natural-born citizens over the age of 35, who have resided in the United States for at least 14 years) can be chosen as designated survivors. The designated survivor is provided presidential-level security and transport for the duration of the event. An aide carries a nuclear football with them. However, they are not given a briefing on what to do in the event that the other successors to the presidency are killed.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated\_survivor
Left 4 Dead

***Left 4 Dead*** (abbreviated **L4D**) is a singleplayer and multiplayer cooperative survival horror FPS game developed by Valve Corporation and Turtle Rock Studios. The game was built using Source engine and is available on PC and Xbox 360. During early development, its working title was "Terror Strike."

The game puts four human playable or AI-controlled Survivors of an apocalyptic pandemic against Hordes of the Infected. Regular Infected are controlled by the game AI, while human players can control up to four mutated Special Infected with special abilities in Versus mode. The goal of *Left 4 Dead* for the Survivors is to help each other make it through a level to safety. Infected players must cooperate to stop them.

The basic gameplay never changes from map to map, so players will learn their way around fairly quickly. The Director keeps things from getting monotonous, however, by throwing in different challenges in every level. No two playthroughs are exactly alike.

### Links:

-https://left4dead.fandom.com/wiki/Left\_4\_Dead\_Wiki
Flag Of California

The **Bear Flag** is the official flag of the U.S. state of California.[1] The precursor of the flag was first flown during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and was also known as the Bear Flag.

In 1953, the design and specifications for the state flag were standardized in a bill signed by Governor Earl Warren. The California state flag is often called the "Bear Flag" and in fact, the present statute adopting the flag, California Government Code Section 420, states: "The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California."
Daniel Shaver

On January 18, 2016, **Daniel Leetin Shaver** of Granbury, Texas, was shot and killed by police officer Philip Brailsford in the hallway of a La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel in Mesa, Arizona. Police were responding to a report that a rifle had been brandished at the window of Shaver's hotel room.

After the shooting, the rifle, which remained in the room, was determined to be a pellet gun. Following an investigation, Brailsford was charged with second-degree murder and a lesser manslaughter charge and found not guilty by a jury.[1] Prosecutors argued the shooting was unjustified.[2] In March 2018, it became known that the United States Department of Justice has reopened the case and is looking into a possible civil rights violation by Brailsford.[3] Brailsford was reinstated to the department in August 2018, then over a month later was granted retirement on medical grounds, as well as a pension.[4] Brailsford's lawyer has said that Brailsford suffered from post traumatic stress disorder due to his shooting of Shaver and the resultant criminal trial.

## Links:

-https://www.newsweek.com/police-release-graphic-video-officer-involved-shooting-742241

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting\_of\_Daniel\_Shaver
Al Capone

**Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone** (/ˈkəˈpoʊn/,[2] Italian: [kaˈpoːne]; born January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "**Scarface**", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he went to prison at age 33.

Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrant parents. He joined the Five Points Gang as a teenager, and became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago and became a bodyguard and trusted factotum for Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol—the forerunner of the Outfit—and was politically protected through the Unione Siciliana. A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone's rise and fall. Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Capone. Capone expanded the bootlegging business through increasingly violent means, but his mutually profitable relationships with mayor William Hale Thompson and the city's police meant he seemed safe from law enforcement.

Capone apparently reveled in attention, such as the cheers from spectators when he appeared at ball games. He made donations to various charities and was viewed by many as "modern-day Robin Hood". However, the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, in which seven gang rivals were murdered in broad daylight, damaged Chicago's and Capone's image, leading influential citizens to demand government action and newspapers to dub Capone "Public Enemy No. 1".

The federal authorities became intent on jailing Capone and prosecuted him in 1931 for tax evasion. During a highly publicized case, the judge admitted as evidence Capone's admissions of his income and unpaid taxes during prior (and ultimately abortive) negotiations to pay the government taxes he owed. He was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. After conviction, he replaced his defense team with experts in tax law, and his grounds for appeal were strengthened by a Supreme Court ruling, but his appeal ultimately failed. Capone showed signs of neurosyphilis early in his sentence and became increasingly debilitated before being released after almost eight years of incarceration. On January 25, 1947, Capone died of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke.
Tappan Zee

The **Tappan Zee** (/ˌtæpən ˈziː/; also **Tappan Sea** or **Tappaan Zee**) is a natural widening of the Hudson River, about 3 miles (4.8 km) across at its widest, in southeastern New York. It stretches about 10 miles (16 km) along the boundary between Rockland and Westchester counties, downstream from Croton Point to Irvington. It derives its name from the Tappan Native American sub-tribe of the Delaware/Lenni Lenape, and the Dutch word '**zee'**, meaning a sea.

Flanked to the west by high steep bluffs of the Palisades, it forms something of a natural lake on the Hudson about 10 miles (16 km) north of Manhattan. Communities along the Tappan Zee include Nyack on the western side as well as Ossining and Tarrytown on the eastern side. It was formerly crossed by the original Tappan Zee Bridge, opened in 1955 and about 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long, connecting Nyack and Tarrytown. Today, it is crossed by the new Tappan Zee Bridge (officially the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge), which opened in 2017 (north or westbound span) and 2018 (south or eastbound span) at about the same length as the old bridge.

On September 14, 1609, the explorer Henry Hudson entered the Tappan Zee while sailing upstream from New York Harbor. At first, Hudson believed the widening of the river indicated that he had found the Northwest Passage. He proceeded upstream as far as present-day Troy before concluding that no such strait existed there.

The Tappan Zee is mentioned several times in Washington Irving's famous short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The tale is set in the vicinity of Tarrytown, in the area near Irving's own home at Sunnyside. In Frederik Pohl's 1977 Hugo award-winning novel Gateway, the main character Robinette Broadhead has "a summer apartment overlooking the Tappan Sea and The Palisades Dam". Pohl lived in the area while writing the book.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tappan\_Zee
Middle-East

What’s the best bad way to cope with the Middle East? The next U.S. president had better be prepared.

The Middle East is called “the graveyard of empires.” The small region where Africa, Asia, and Europe connect has bedeviled conquerors for millennia.

An instructor in one of my classes when I worked for the U.S. State Department told us about a cliff or large rock in the country of Lebanon. The rock is inscribed with graffiti of various conquering groups passing that way over centuries, each presence erased by the next. The list might include Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, French, and British.

One of the last of the conquerors, Britain, wanted a friendly Middle East because of the Suez Canal and the desire for safe passage to India, one of their dominions. Untold numbers of British soldiers died in various wars in the region until Britain retreated from most of its possessions.

For one thing, different ethnic and religious communities live side by side throughout the region. Choosing allies from one group makes enemies of other groups.

Example: many of the Kurds, U.S. allies in the fight against the Islamic State, are enemies of the Turks, our NATO ally.

Another example: Iraq used to be governed by a dictator, Saddam Hussein, a Sunni Muslim, even though the majority of Iraqis are Shia Muslim. Now, after our war against Saddam, the Shia are the dominant force in the Iraqi government and have problems with the Sunni, who lost power. Some of the Sunni supported the Islamic State, which the Iraqi government is fighting.

The United States became interested in the Middle East when oil became important to our economy and massive supplies were found there. Now we are learning why this area is called a graveyard. �

## Links:

-http://anngayliaobarr.net/graveyard-of-empires/ �
Non-Aggression Principle

The **non-aggression principle** (**NAP**), also called the **non-aggression axiom**, the **anti-coercion**, **zero aggression principle**, or **non-initiation of force**, is an ethical stance asserting that aggression is inherently wrong. In this context, aggression is defined as initiating or threatening any forceful interference with an individual or their property.[1] In contrast to pacifism, it does not forbid forceful defense.

The NAP is considered by some to be a defining principle of libertarianism. [2] It is also a prominent idea in anarcho-capitalism, classical liberalism and minarchism.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression\_principle

-https://thenonaggressionprinciple.com/
Molly Maguires

Molly Maguires meeting to discuss strikes in the coal mines from Harper's Weekly, 1874

The **Molly Maguires** was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the Eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania. After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878. This history remains part of local Pennsylvania lore.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly\_Maguires

-https://www.mollymaguires.com/9gcb953ktw457cduanah40iw29uw29

-https://www.history.com/news/who-were-the-molly-maguires

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0\_XZzA1-24k
Gray Man Of Pawley's Island

In South Carolina ghostlore, **the Gray Man** is a ghost reportedly seen on the coast of Pawleys Island, South Carolina that warns residents of coming severe storms and hurricanes. Although there are many variations of the legend, most say the Gray Man was first seen in 1822, three years before the town government was incorporated. The last reported sighting was just before Hurricane Florence hit in 2018,[1] and previously just before Hurricane Hugo hit the area in 1989.[2]

## History And Legend:

Legend holds that the Gray Man is the ghost of a young man traveling from Charleston to see his fiancée. On the way, he and his horse were caught in quicksand-like pluff mud in the marshes before Pawley's Island, and died. His spirit has haunted the shore nearby ever since, looking for the girl he loved.[2]

Some stories have conflicted on his identity, but some ideas include:

* Percival Pawley, the island's namesake
* Plowden Charles Jeannerette Weston, an early resident who owned the home that is now Pelican Inn
* Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard

Charles Joyner says the legend appears to originate from a book of ghost stories by Julian Stevenson Bolick, published in 1956.[3] The Gray Man got national attention just after Hurricane Hugo when residents Jim and Clara Moore were interviewed on the television show “Unsolved Mysteries." They told their story about seeing the man on the beach and how he disappeared when they waved. Their house was spared in the storm while the homes of their neighbors were heavily damaged.[2]

Others who have encountered the spirit have credited him with saving them or their homes. Either they have come ashore or left the area and return to find their homes and belongings unscathed by severe storms.[2]

He has been described as a man wearing gray clothing, a long coat, dressed "like a pirate," and sometimes as having no legs.[2]

## Popular Culture:

The Weather Channel aired a series in 2014, *American Supernatural*, that featured the Gray Man of Pawley's Island. [4]

The Gray Man was also featured on the television show *Unsolved Mysteries* in episode 7 of season 3.

### Books:

* Bolick, Julian Stevenson (1956). *Georgetown Ghosts* (South Carolina Low Country)[5]
* Carmichael, Sherman (2012). *Legends and Lore of South Carolina*. The History Press. ASIN B008VSDA7S.[2]

## References:

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Gold

The Element of God

**Gold** is a chemical element with the symbol **Au** (from Latin: *aurum*) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic numberelements that occur naturally. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins, and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides).

Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia, a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, which forms a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is insoluble in nitric acid, which dissolves silver and base metals, a property that has long been used to refine gold and to confirm the presence of gold in metallic objects, giving rise to the term *acid test*. Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide, which are used in miningand electroplating. Gold dissolves in mercury, forming amalgamalloys, but this is not a chemical reaction.

A relatively rare element,[5][6] gold is a precious metal that has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts throughout recorded history. In the past, a gold standard was often implemented as a monetary policy, but gold coins ceased to be minted as a circulating currency in the 1930s, and the world gold standard was abandoned for a fiat currency system after 1971.

A total of 186,700 tonnes of gold exists above ground, as of 2015.[7]The world consumption of new gold produced is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in investments, and 10% in industry.[8] Gold's high malleability, ductility, resistance to corrosion and most other chemical reactions, and conductivity of electricity have led to its continued use in corrosion resistant electrical connectors in all types of computerized devices (its chief industrial use). Gold is also used in infrared shielding, colored-glass production, gold leafing, and tooth restoration. Certain gold salts are still used as anti-inflammatories in medicine. As of 2017, the world's largest gold producer by far was China with 440 tonnes per year.
QAnon

QAnon or Qanon or however you spell it is a movement of concerned individuals who fear that a secret, Satanic web of individuals in positions of power within society are covering up child sex-trafficking. To their detractors, they are far-right conspiracy theorists of the worst kind. To most people, they are an intellectual curiosity at best. But whatever you may think of them, they certainly have managed to get people's attention.

-https://www.theqanons.com/

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

-https://twitter.com/hashtag/qanon
Occult

The term *occult sciences* was used in the 16th century to refer to astrology, alchemy, and natural magic. The term **occultism** emerged in 19th-century France, where it came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Éliphas Lévi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Helena Blavatsky. Throughout the 20th century, the term was used idiosyncratically by a range of different authors, but by the 21st century was commonly employed – including by academic scholars of esotericism – to refer to a range of esoteric currents that developed in the mid-19th century and their descendants. *Occultism* is thus often used to categorise such esoteric traditions as Spiritualism, Theosophy, Anthroposophy, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and New Age.

Particularly since the late twentieth century, various authors have used **the occult** as a substantivized adjective. In this usage, "the occult" is a category into which varied beliefs and practices are placed if they are considered to fit into neither religion nor science. "The occult" in this sense is very broad, encompassing such phenomenon as beliefs in vampires or fairies and movements like ufology and parapsychology. In that same period, *occult* and *culture* were combined to form the neologism **occulture**. Initially used in the industrial music scene, it was later given scholarly applications.
PRISM

**PRISM** is a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA) collects internet communications from various U.S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD US-984XN. PRISM collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies such as Google LLC under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms. Among other things, the NSA can use these PRISM requests to target communications that were encrypted when they traveled across the internet backbone, to focus on stored data that telecommunication filtering systems discarded earlier, and to get data that is easier to handle.

PRISM began in 2007 in the wake of the passage of the Protect America Act under the Bush Administration. The program is operated under the supervision of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court, or FISC) pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Its existence was leaked six years later by NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who warned that the extent of mass data collection was far greater than the public knew and included what he characterized as "dangerous" and "criminal" activities. The disclosures were published by *The Guardian* and *The Washington Post* on June 6, 2013. Subsequent documents have demonstrated a financial arrangement between the NSA's Special Source Operations (SSO) division and PRISM partners in the millions of dollars.

Documents indicate that PRISM is "the number one source of raw intelligence used for NSA analytic reports", and it accounts for 91% of the NSA's internet traffic acquired under FISA section 702 authority." The leaked information came after the revelation that the FISA Court had been ordering a subsidiary of telecommunications company Verizon Communications to turn over to the NSA logs tracking all of its customers' telephone calls.

U.S. government officials have disputed criticisms of PRISM in the *Guardian* and *Washington Post* articles and have defended the program, asserting that it cannot be used on domestic targets without a warrant, that it has helped to prevent acts of terrorism, and that it receives independent oversight from the federal government's executive, judicial and legislative branches. On June 19, 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama, during a visit to Germany, stated that the NSA's data gathering practices constitute "a circumscribed, narrow system directed at us being able to protect our people."

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM\_%28surveillance\_program%29

### References:

-https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/nsa-surveillance

-https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/03/edward-snowden-nsa-surveillance-guardian-court-rules
Phoenix Lights

The **Phoenix Lights** (sometimes called the "**Lights over Phoenix**") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects or UFOs observed in the skies over the U.S. states of Arizona, Nevada, and the Mexican state of Sonora on March 13, 1997.

Lights of varying descriptions were seen by thousands of people between 19:30 and 22:30 MST, in a space of about 300 miles (480 km), from the Nevada line, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson. There were two distinct events involved in the incident: a triangular formation of lights seen to pass over the state, and a series of stationary lights seen in the Phoenix area. The United States Air Force identified the second group of lights as flares dropped by A-10 Warthog aircraft that were on training exercises at the Barry Goldwater Range in southwest Arizona. Witnesses claim to have observed a huge carpenter's square-shaped UFO, containing five spherical lights or possibly light-emitting engines. Fife Symington,[2] the governor at the time, was one witness to this incident; he later called the object "otherworldly."[3]

The lights were reported to have reappeared in 2007 and 2008, but these events were quickly attributed to (respectively) military flares dropped by fighter aircraft at Luke Air Force Base[4][5] and flares attached to helium balloons released by a civilian.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix\_Lights

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npeCDLsyJwE
The Simpsons

America's favorite dysfunctional family

***The Simpsons*** is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.[1][2][3] The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture and society, television, and the human condition.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after his own family members, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of *The Tracey Ullman Show* on April 19, 1987. After three seasons, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became Fox's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–90).

Since its debut on December 17, 1989, 662 episodes of *The Simpsons* have been broadcast. It is the longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series both in terms of seasons and number of episodes. *The Simpsons Movie*, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27, 2007, and grossed over $527 million. Then on October 30, 2007, a video game was released. Currently, *The Simpsons* finished airing its thirtieth season, which began airing September 30, 2018.[4][5] *The Simpsons* was renewed for a thirty-first and thirty-second season on February 6, 2019, in which the latter will contain the 700th episode.[6] *The Simpsons* is a joint production by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television.[7]

*The Simpsons* received acclaim throughout its first nine[8][9] or ten[10][11] seasons, which are generally considered its "Golden Age". *Time* named it the 20th century's best television series,[12] and Erik Adams of *The A.V. Club* named it "television's crowning achievement regardless of format".[13] On January 14, 2000, the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Annie Awards, and a Peabody Award. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English language, while *The Simpsons* has influenced many other later adult-oriented animated sitcoms. However, it has also been criticized for a perceived decline in quality over the years.

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Simpsons

-https://www.simpsonsworld.com/
Z Nation

***Z Nation*** is an American horror comedy-drama television series that aired on Syfy, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, and produced by The Asylum. The first season of 13 episodes premiered on September 12, 2014.  *Z Nation* was filmed in the Spokane, Washington area.

On June 16, 2016, Syfy announced that *Z Nation*'s third season would be preceded by a TV movie, set prior to the climax of season 2 and introducing central characters for the third season.However, the movie was instead presented as the first two episodes of the season, the two-part "No Mercy".

On December 15, 2017, Syfy renewed the series for a fifth season, which premiered on October 5, 2018.[3][4] On December 22, 2018, Syfy canceled the series after five seasons. The 69th and ultimate episode aired on December 28, 2018, concluding the five-season series.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z\_Nation

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z7gpiG4RAo
Plasma Weapons (Fallout series)

Plasma weapons are the staple form of weapons technology employed by the Enclave, one of the oldest and most recognizable of factions in the Fallout series. Plasma weapons utilize electronic-manipulation of plasma fired in the form of a coruscating bolt. Plasma tech is pre-war in origin and became the weapon of choice for high-end military and paramilitary groups within the series.

In the lore of the series, the original plasma weapons were large, bulky heavy-weapons that utilized superheated plasma as their discharge ammo. Plasma was highly effective against both soft targets and opponents wearing armor, making it ideal for use in the Sino-American War.

However, these weapons were too bulky and required highly specialized training in order to be deployed in the field with any degree of effectiveness. This led to the ineventual minituarization of the plasma technology, including it's use in pistol-form and even plasma grenades.

Fan-made weaponry has also been based on plasma tech, such as variations of the Plasma Gattling Gun which was a major weapon in the Fallout: New California fan-made game-size mod.

### Plasma Weapons as Mark of Technological Superiority:

The Enclave, from their first introduction in Fallout 2, has always been portrayed as a faction that is technologically ahead of most other factions, particularly the Brotherhood of Steel which has been a major staple of the entire Fallout series.

The use of Plasma Weapons, which are superior to the energy-based weaponry of the Brotherhood of Steel, is one way in which the creators of the series have portrayed the Enclave as being a faction of deep resources and pre-war scientific know-how.

## References:

-https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Plasma\_rifle

-https://fallout-the-frontier.fandom.com/wiki/Plasma\_carbine

-https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Plasma\_gun\_(Fallout\_4)
Peg Entwistle

**Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle** (5 February 1908 – 16 September 1932) was a British stage and screen actress. She began her stage career in 1925, appearing in several Broadway productions. She appeared in only one film, *Thirteen Women*, which was released after her death.

Entwistle gained notoriety after she jumped to her death from atop the "H" on the Hollywoodland sign in September 1932, at the age of 24.

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg\_Entwistle

-https://www.liveabout.com/ghost-of-the-hollywood-sign-2596708

-https://www.countryliving.com/life/a45409/peg-entwistle-hollywood-sign-ghost/

-https://the-line-up.com/peg-entwistle-ghost-hollywood
Pilgrims

The **Pilgrims** or **Pilgrim Fathers** were the first English settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their leadership came from the religious congregations of Brownist Puritans who had fled the volatile political environment in England for the relative calm and tolerance of 17th-century Holland in the Netherlands. They held Puritan Calvinist religious beliefs but, unlike other Puritans, they maintained that their congregations needed to be separated from the English state church. They were also concerned that they might lose their cultural identity if they remained in the Netherlands, so they arranged with investors to establish a new colony in America. The colony was established in 1620 and became the second successful English settlement in America, following the founding of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. The Pilgrims' story became a central theme in the history and culture of the United States.[1]

## References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims\_(Plymouth\_Colony)
Eastern State Penitentiary

The **Eastern State Penitentiary**, also known as **ESP**, is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment.

Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton were held inside its innovative wagon wheel design. James Bruno (Big Joe) and several male relatives were incarcerated here between 1936 and 1948 for the alleged murders in the Kelayres massacre of 1934, before they were paroled. At its completion, the building was the largest and most expensive public structure ever erected in the United States, and quickly became a model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.

The prison is currently a U.S. National Historic Landmark, which is open to the public as a museum for tours seven days a week, twelve months a year, 10 am to 5 pm.
Sackler Family

The **Sackler family** is an American and British family, many of whom are known for founding and owning the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. Purdue Pharma, and by extension some members of the family, have faced criticism and lawsuits amidst Purdue Pharma's role in the North American opioid crisis.
Sons Of Liberty Wiki

## And Liberty For All:

This Wikia is about the historical group known as the Sons of Liberty specifically, and the American historical tradition in general. The Sons of Liberty were a radical group of independent colonists in pre-Revolutionary America who sought to free the colonies from British rule. They espoused a libertine philosophy and were strongly pro-business and pro-independence.

To learn about the Sons of Liberty (SoL) or American History just click on one of the portal links below, or try the Explore tab in the header above.

## Appeal To Heaven:

Here are some related sites you might want to visit to get a well-rounded feel for the SoL. None of these sites are donors to the staff of Sons of Liberty Wikia, but they are listed here because they help illustrate the tradition of liberty and industry the SoL typify.

-http://boston1775.blogspot.com/

-http://www.paganvigil.com/

-http://www.penngamenews.com/

-https://www.pennsylvaniaproject.com/

-https://www.homelandstupidity.us/

-https://libertarianism.fandom.com/wiki

-https://www.libertarianism.org/

-http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forum.php

-https://allthingsliberty.com

-http://www.sonsoflibertytees.com/shop/

-https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/sons-of-liberty

-https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson

-https://sonsoflibertygunworks.com

-http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/winter12/liberty.cfm

-https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/sons-of-liberty/

-https://sonsoflibertymedia.com

-http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-sons-of-liberty-who-were-they-and-what-did-they-do/

-http://sonsoflibertyalehouse.com

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United States Flag Code

The **United States Flag Code** establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 *et seq*). This is a U.S. federal law, but only suggests voluntary customs for handling of the American flag and was never intended to be enforceable. The code uses non-binding language like "should" and "custom" throughout and does not prescribe any penalties for failure to follow the guidelines.

Separately, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act of 1968 (amended in 1989) (18 U.S.C. § 700), a since struck-down criminal statute, which prohibits mutilating, defacing, defiling or burning the flag. Although it remains part of codified federal law, it is not enforceable due to the Supreme Court of the United States finding it unconstitutional in *United States v. Eichman*.

Summary of the Advisory Code:

* The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This is sometimes misreported as a tradition that comes from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, where countries were asked to dip their flag to King Edward VII; American team flag bearer Ralph Rose did not follow this protocol, and teammate Martin Sheridan is often, though apocryphally, quoted as proclaiming that "this flag dips before no earthly king."
* When a flag is so tattered that it no longer fits to serve as a symbol of the United States, it should be replaced in a dignified manner. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of the USA, TrailLife USA, the military and other organizations regularly conduct dignified flag retirement ceremonies.
* The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
* The flag should never touch anything physically beneath it.
* The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds but always allowed to fall free.
* The flag should always be permitted to fall freely. (An exception was made during the Apollo moon landings when the flag hung from a vertical pole designed with an extensible horizontal bar, allowing full display even in the absence of an atmosphere.)
* The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally.
* The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.
* The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
* The flag should never be upside down, except to signal distress or great danger.
* When displayed vertically against a wall, the union should be to the observer’s left.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_States\_Flag\_Code
Satanism

The inverted pentagram circumscribed by a circle (a pentacle) is often used to represent Satanism

**Satanism** is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the founding of the Church of Satan in 1966, although a few historical precedents exist. Prior to the public practice, Satanism existed primarily as an accusation by various Christian groups toward perceived ideological opponents, rather than a self-identity. Satanism, and the concept of Satan, has also been used by artists and entertainers for symbolic expression.

Accusations that various groups have been practicing Satanism have been made throughout much of Christian history. During the Middle Ages, the Inquisition attached to the Catholic Church alleged that various heretical Christian sects and groups, such as the Knights Templar and the Cathars, performed secret Satanic rituals. In the subsequent Early Modern period, belief in a widespread Satanic conspiracy of witches resulted in mass trials of alleged witches across Europe and the North American colonies. Accusations that Satanic conspiracies were active, and behind events such as Protestantism (and conversely, the Protestant claim that the Pope was the Antichrist) and the French Revolution continued to be made in Christendom during the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The idea of a vast Satanic conspiracy reached new heights with the influential Taxil hoax of France in the 1890s, which claimed that Freemasonry worshiped Satan, Lucifer, and Baphomet in their rituals. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Satanic ritual abuse hysteria spread through the United States and the United Kingdom, amid fears that groups of Satanists were regularly sexually abusing and murdering children in their rites. In most of these cases, there is no corroborating evidence that any of those accused of Satanism were actually practitioners of a Satanic religion or guilty of the allegations leveled at them.

Since the 19th century, various small religious groups have emerged that identify as Satanists or use Satanic iconography. Satanist groups that appeared after the 1960s are widely diverse, but two major trends are theistic Satanism and atheistic Satanism. Theistic Satanists venerate Satan as a supernatural deity, viewing him not as omnipotent but rather as a patriarch. In contrast, atheistic Satanists regard Satan as merely a symbol of certain human traits.[1]

Contemporary religious Satanism is predominantly an American phenomenon, the ideas spreading elsewhere with the effects of globalization and the Internet.[2] The Internet spreads awareness of other Satanists, and is also the main battleground for Satanist disputes.[2] Satanism started to reach Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s, in time with the fall of the Soviet Union, and most noticeably in Poland and Lithuania, predominantly Roman Catholic countries.

## Links:

-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism
Shaman's Portal

Something strange is afoot in Beaver Dunes Park. Located in the panhandle of Oklahoma, the dunes are home to a legend involving the Spanish explorer Coronado, mysterious late night military excavations, Men in Black encounters, and enough mysterious disappearances to warrant the nickname “Oklahoma’s Bermuda Triangle.”

The story goes that Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, as he traversed the area on his quest to discover New World gold, ignored the warnings of his Native American guides to keep away from the dunes. The price he paid was to have three members of his expedition suddenly vanish before his eyes amidst strange flashes of green lightning–a description Coronado himself penned in his expedition diary, calling the phenomenon “the work of the Devil.”

Known by the natives as the “Shaman’s Portal,” the area has since been blamed for numerous such alleged disappearances, although none have been verified, especially in the last century or so. However, locals have claimed to witness mysterious military excavations conducted under the cover of darkness. In the Nineties, after receiving reports of unspecified “strange” findings from an Oklahoma State University archaeologist, one Dr. Mark Thatcher is said to have spent three years studying the area until he was shut down by men with military credentials who fit the description of the notorious Men in Black. It’s unclear whether Thatcher was part of another unidentified university geological team who is said to have studied the area in the mid-Nineties. This team supposedly took a number of geological samples and found strange anomalies that included ionized soil and electromagnetic interference. All of this has led some to believe that an ancient alien spacecraft lies buried beneath the dunes.

A flying saucer isn’t the only thing believed to be buried down there. Apparently, the area is also an ancient Native American burial ground. And we all know that building anything on one of those is generally a Bad Idea.

And the alien connection is only one hypothesis surrounding the area. Theories about the disappearances and the weird lights abound. Is the area a portal to another dimension? Were the missing people transported, or incinerated by the green lightning? Was this some kind of Native American magic meant to protect the tribal gold from greedy European explorers like Coronado?

As freaky–and kind of cool–as all of this is, unfortunately the only thing that exists in the way of real evidence is Coronado’s diary. Every other claim over the last five hundred years or so have been, shall we say, sketchy? Still, it seems that *something* happened to those lost explorers–something unnatural and extremely difficult to explain.

And that’s enough to keep me from exploring those dunes anytime soon.

## Links:

-https://jeanmariebauhaus.com/2018/04/10/restless-oklahoma-shamans-portal/
Stock Car Racing

**Stock car racing** is a form of automobile racing found mainly and most prominently in the United States and Canada, with Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil[1] also having forms of stock car auto racing. Traditionally, races are run on oval tracksmeasuring approximately 0.25 to 2.66 miles (0.4 to 4.3 kilometers). The world's largest governing body for stock car racing is the American NASCAR, and its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is the premier top level series of professional stock car racing. Top level races typically range between 200 to 600 miles (322 to 966 km) in length. The cars were originally production models (hence, "stock"), but are now highly modified.

Top level stock cars exceed 200 mph (322 km/h)[2][3][4] at speedway tracks and on superspeedway tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[5][6][6] Contemporary NASCAR-spec top level cars produce maximum power outputs of 860-900 hp[7][8] from their naturally aspirated V8 engines. In October 2007 American race car driver Russ Wicks set a speed record for stock cars in a 2007-season Dodge Charger built to NASCAR specifications by achieving a maximum speed of 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats.[9][10] For the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, power output of the competing cars ranged from 750 to 800 hp (560 to 600 kW).

## Links:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock\_car\_racing