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Ewing is considered one of television's most popular characters, with TV Guide naming him #1 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.
A train ferry is a ferry which was designed to carry railway vehicles.
Train ferries are used where it is not possible or practical to build a bridge.
Some train ferries were built to also carry cars or passengers, in addition to trains.
A Container ship is a cargo ship that is used to carry standard Intermodal containers.
They are common.
Most cargo ships that do not carry bulk goods are container ships.
The containers come in different sizes.
In general, the load they can carry is measured in Twenty-foot equivalent units (abbreviated TEU).
A twenty-foot container is 1 TEU, a forty-foot container is 2 TEU.
Ben-Hur is an epic movie of the sword and sandal genre released in 1959.
It stars Charlton Heston as Ben-Hur and Stephen Boyd as Messala.
It is set in Ancient Rome and Ancient Judea.
It tells of two men - one a Jewish prince and the other a Roman tribune - whose friendship turns to bitter hatred.
The climax of the movie is a 9-minute chariot race and the crucifixion of Jesus.
The movie won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The movie is based on the 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace.
A silent movie on the same subject was made in 1925.
Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins as Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet as Esther
Stephen Boyd as Messala
Hugh Griffith as Sheik Ilderim
Finlay Currie as Balthasar and the narrator
Frank Thring as Pontius Pilate
José Greci as the Virgin Mary
The story is about Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century.
Judah's childhood friend Messala returns home as an ambitious commanding officer of the Roman legions.
The two men realize that they have changed and hold very different views.
During a military parade, a tile falls from the roof of Judah's house.
It barely misses the Roman governor.
Although Messala knows that they are not guilty, he condemns the Ben-Hur family.
Without trial, Judah is sent to the Roman galleys for life; his mother and sister are imprisoned and all the family property is confiscated.
Through good fortune, Judah survives and returns to Jerusalem, where he seeks revenge against his one-time friend and redemption for his family.
Running in parallel with Ben-Hur's narrative is the unfolding story of Jesus, who comes from the same region and is a similar age.
The two reflect themes of betrayal, conviction and redemption.
With the Crucifixion, Ben-Hur recognizes that the Christ stands for a different goal than revenge, and he becomes Christian, turning to supporting the new religion with money which he has inherited, inspired by love and the talk of keys to a greater kingdom than any on earth.
Yamna Carolina Lobos Astorga (born August 26, 1983 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean dancer and television presenter.
The Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO code-named Cookpot) is a twin-turbojets airliner built in USSR between 1960 and 1965.
It was one of the first civil jet aircraft in the world.
It could accommodate between fifty and sixty passengers.
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States.
18,367 people lived there at the 2010 census.
Wisconsin Rapids is at  (44.386805, -89.823078).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which,  is land and  is water.
The American Indians called the area "Ahdawagam", meaning "Two-sided Rapids".
Although Europeans began to settle this area in the 1830s, Wisconsin Rapids has been known by this name only since 1920.
Prior to that, it was split by the Wisconsin River, with the west side as Centralia and the east side as Grand Rapids.
The two cities joined in 1900, together known as Grand Rapids.
The name was changed in 1920 to avoid mail and other goods from being sent to the much better known Grand Rapids, Michigan.
As of the census of 2010, there were 18,367 people, 8,296 households, and 4,626 families residing in the city.
There were 8,972 housing units at an average density of .
The racial makeup of the city was 92.2% "White", 0.7% "African American", 1.0% "Native American", 3.7% "Asian", 0.9% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. "
Latin-American" were 2.9% of the people.
There were 8,296 households out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.1% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.2% were non-families.
38.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.87.
The median age in the city was 41.1 years.
22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 25.5% were from 45 to 64; and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 47.8% males and 52.2% females.
Known for its wood and paper making history, Wisconsin Rapids is also important to the cranberry industry.
Wisconsin Rapids is the home of the international educational software company, Renaissance Learning Inc. as well as other national and global companies.
In the past, Rapids was home to the headquarters for Consolidated Papers, now owned by NewPage Corporation.
The company continues its presence in the area with a paper mill that houses two paper machines and a "Kraft process" pulp mill.
Lincoln High School is the local public high school (grades 10–12) in Wisconsin Rapids.
Assumption High School is a private Catholic high school in Wisconsin Rapids.
The city has two public junior high schools: East Junior High School (grades 8–9) and Wisconsin Rapids Middle School (grades 6–7).
River Cities High School also exists as a charter school alternative to the local high schools.
The state water-skiing championships are held at Lake Wazeecha every year and the national BMX Bandit cycling championships are held at the Central Wisconsin BMX bicycle track.
There are three museums, the South Wood County Historical Corporation Museum, the Alexander House, and the Paper Making Museum, all of which are housed in large former family homes.
There is a city zoo (free to enter), and two public swimming pools.
There is a prairie chicken sanctuary at the Buena Vista Wildlife Reservation, and every year the Prairie Chicken Festival is held.
The Betty Boop Festival or the Grim Natwick Animated Film Festival are held annually since the inaugural events in 2010.
The Cranberry Blossom Festival takes place in July and the Grand Affair Arts Festival in September of each year.
In summer of 2010, the new baseball team, the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters of the summer college Northwoods League, played their first season at Witter Field.
Daily Tribune Website, Daily Newspaper.
Started 1920 from merger of Grand Rapids Leader (est.
1914) and Grand Rapids Tribune.
About 10,766 readings of this newspaper take place each day, according to Mondo Newspapers
The VOICE Of Wisconsin Rapids Website  , Weekly Newspaper.
Independently owned, founded 2009.
Buyers' Guide, Website  Weekly advertisement newspaper with some editorial content
RCCA: Website  River Cities Public, educational, and government access (PEG) broadcast on cable tv.
AM Radio stations
WFHR 1320 kHz, News/Sports Talk Radio - Established November 1940
FM Radio stations
Kool Gold 105.5 MHz WRCW - Oldies/Sport Established as KZZA in 2003
Hot 96-7 96.7 MHz WHTQ  Top 40 - Established as WYTE in 1985, latterly WLJY
WIFC 95.5 MHz - CHR - Established 1969
WDEZ 101.9 MHz Country & western - Established as WRIG in 1964
Y106.5 106.5 MHz  WYTE- Contemporary Country & Western - Established as WDLB in 1965
WGLX  103.3 MHz WGLX-FM - Classic Rock - Established as WFHR-FM in 1946
Ken Anderson, professional wrestler
Mark E. Anderson, U.S. National Guard general
Bonnie Bartlett, actress
Bruno Block, MLB catcher
D.L. Bogdan, author of historical novels
Theodore W. Brazeau, Wisconsin legislator
James Daly, actor
Stephen E. Johnson, U.S. Navy admiral
Tom Metcalf, MLB pitcher
Edith Nash, educator and poet
Philleo Nash, professor and anthropologist
Grim Natwick, animator and film director (1890–1990)
John Offerdahl, NFL player
Bryan Reffner, NASCAR driver
Don Rehfeldt, All-American college & NBA basketball player
Scott Scharff, NFL player
Dick Trickle, NASCAR driver
J.R. Turner, fiction writer, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Writers' Association
Herman C. Wipperman, Wisconsin legislator
Isaac P. Witter, Wisconsin legislator
Joseph Wood, merchant, and Wisconsin legislator
City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Wisconsin Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools
McMillan Memorial Library
Wisconsin Rapids & Wood County History
The Betty Boop Festival
Central Wisconsin BMX
The Tupolev Tu-144 was the first airliner that flew faster than the speed of sound.
Built in USSR by Tupolev it is similar to the Concorde.
Tupolev Tu-144 flown only for Aeroflot the national soviet airline.
Sixteen examples only were built.
Maiden flight was on December 31, 1968.
Natascha Maria Kampusch (born 17 February 1988 in Vienna) is an Austrian woman who was kidnapped on 2 March 1998.
She was held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper for over eight years until she escaped on 23 August 2006.
Media attention then led to Natascha giving certain interviews and writing an autobiography.
Her abductor later killed himself when he jumped in front of a suburban train in Vienna; he had apparently planned the killing of himself rather than be caught by police, and had told Kampusch he would not be arrested alive.
Quattrocento is the Italian term that means "four hundred" for the years belonging to the fifteenth century.
It was one of the most important periods of European art and culture.
It started in Italy and it is the first phase of the movement known as Renaissance.
The Quattrocento (1401-1500) began in Florence, promoted by the Medici family.
At this time the figure of the artist and creator was imposed at the expense of anonymity.
Man was considered the most perfect work of God, in the early renaissance artists.
In this century art painting techniques evolve, getting the "perspective", and in sculpture comes an improvement based on the imitation of classical Greek and Roman art.
Even in architecture there was a return to the lines of Roman monuments.
[[File:Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere - Google Art Project - edited.jpg|thumb|The Birth of Venus''' by Sandro Botticelli]]
Sculpture: the sculptors were interested in representing the human body, such as Donatello and Ghiberti.
Painting: paintings applied in perspective, representing the depth, as Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Piero della Francesca, Paolo Uccello, Filippo Lippi and Andrea Mantegna.
In 1470, Botticelli paints the famous Birth of Venus, in Florence.
Architecture: architects sought introducing space domain and provided simple elements such as Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti.
In Literature the Quattrocento is famous mainly because of Niccolò Machiavelli and Ludovico Ariosto.
Indeed, the fundamental characteristic of this literary epoch is that it perfected itself in every kind of art, in particular uniting the essentially Italian character of its language with classicism of style.
This period lasted until about a few years after 1494 when Charles VIII of France descended into Italy, marking the beginning of Italy's foreign domination and political decadence.
The famous literary men of the Quattrocento had been educated in the culture created in the preceding century.
Niccolò Machiavelli was born in 1469, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Ludovico Ariosto in 1474, Jacopo Nardi in 1476, Gian Giorgio Trissino in 1478, Francesco Guicciardini in 1482, Pietro Pomponazzi in 1462, Marcello Adriani Virgilio in 1464 and Baldassare Castiglione in 1468.
The Renaissance music of Quattrocento was centered around Bartolomeo da Bologna.
Indeed, after the "Burgundian School" came to an end, Italy became the leading exponent of Renaissance music and continued its innovation with the Venetian and (somewhat more conservative) Roman Schools of composition.
Pullan, Brian S. History of Early Renaissance Italy.
London: Lane, 1973.
Zuffi, Stefano.
Il Quattrocento''.
Electa editrice.
Milano, 2004.
Wartburg Castle is a castle on a 1230-foot (410-m) cliff to the southwest of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany.
In 1999 UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List as an "Outstanding Monument of the Feudal Period in Central Europe" because of its "Cultural Values of Universal Significance".
The castle's foundation was laid in about 1068 by the Thuringian count of Schauenburg, Louis the Springer.
He was a relative of the Counts of Rieneck in Franconia.
Together with its larger sister castle Neuenberg in the present-day town of Freyburg, the Wartburg protected the borders of his territories.
The castle (Burg in German) reportedly got its name when its founder first saw the hill where the castle now sits; he is supposed to have said, "Warte, Berg -- du sollst mir eine Burg tragen!" ("
Wait, mountain -- you shall bear a castle for me!").
It is a German play on words for mountain (Berg) and fortress (Burg).
The Wartburg remained the seat of the Thuringian landgraves until 1440, and around 1207 it became the place of the Sängerkrieg, or Minstrels' Contest.
Later, Richard Wagner wrote the opera Tannhäuser about the contest.
At the age of four, St. Elisabeth of Hungary was sent by her mother to the Wartburg to be raised to become the wife of Ludwig IV of Thuringia.
From 1211 to 1228, she lived there and did charitable work.
When her husband died in 1227, she moved to Marburg.
She died at the age of 24 and later was canonized (made a saint) by the Roman Catholic Church.
From May 1521 until March 1522, Martin Luther stayed at the castle, after Frederick the Wise had him taken there for his safety.
This was after Luther's excommunication by Pope Leo X and his refusal to give up his beliefs at the Diet of Worms.
During this time, Luther translated the New Testament into German.
It was not the first German translation of the Bible but it became the most well known and most used.
From 1540 until his death in 1548, Fritz Erbe, an Anabaptist farmer from Herda, was held as a prisoner in the dungeon of the south tower, because he refused to give up his beliefs.
After his death, he was buried in the Wartburg near the chapel of St. Elisabeth.
On 18 October 1817, the first Wartburg festival took place.
About 450 students, members of the German Burschenschaften ("fraternities"), celebrated the German victory over Napoleon that happened four years before, condemned conservatism and called for German unity.
Scraps of parchment with the titles of conservative books were burned, because the actual books were very expensive.
This event and similar gatherings at Wartburg during the Revolutions of 1848 are considered important events in the movement for German unification.
The buildings
The Castle has been restored many times.
From 1952 to 1966, for example, the East German Government restored it to what it looked like in the 16th century.
The Romanesque Palas (Landgrafenhaus or Great Hall) is the oldest part of the buildings.
Besides the chapel, it has the Sängersaal (Hall of the Minstrels) and the Festsaal (the Feast or Festival Hall), both of which have frescoes by Moritz von Schwind.
The Knights' House on the western side of the drawbridge is from the 15th century.
It is probably where the servants and guards lived.
For centuries, many people from Germany and from outside Germany have made pilgrimages to the Wartburg.
They do this because of its significance in German history and in the development of Christianity.
Several places (especially US towns founded by Lutherans) and a local brand of automobile have been named after the Wartburg.
Wartburg College in Iowa, USA, is named after the Wartburg because Martin Luther received protection at the castle, and because of the college's Thuringian heritage.
History, architecture and tour of the Wartburg
History and present
Wartburg College partnership with Wartburg Castle
Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11, 1941) is an American politician.
He was the United States Ambassador to China from 2014 through 2017.
He served as a United States Senator from Montana from December 15, 1978 until February 6, 2014.
On that date, he was made Ambassador.
He was Montana's longest-serving U.S. senator.
Baucus was born on December 11, 1941 in Helena, Montana.
Baucus was married to Ann Geracimos from 1982 until they divorced in the same year.
Then he was married to Wanda Minge from 1984 until they divorced in 2009.
He has been married to Melodee Hanes since 2011.
He has one son, Zeno, with Geracimos.
Ambassador nomination
Baucus announced on April 23, 2013 that he would retire from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term.
His term was set to end in 2015.
However, he was made United States Ambassador to China by Barack Obama in 2013.
He resigned on February 6, 2014, before finishing his final term as senator.
Baucus was succeeded by John Walsh, the former Lieutenant Governor of Montana.
United States representatives from Montana
John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the senior United States Senator for Texas, serving since 2002.
He is the current Senate Majority Whip for the 115th Congress.
Cornyn was Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007-2011.
Cornyn was born in Houston, Texas on February 2, 1952.
His family moved to Tokyo, Japan.
He studied at Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law.
He received his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Cornyn and his wife Sandy have two daughters.
Senator John Cornyn official U.S. Senate site
John Cornyn for U.S. Senate official campaign site
Cornyn Profile at SourceWatch
Clarence Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, 1943) is a former American politician.
He served as a United States Senator of Georgia from 2003 to 2015.
A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative (1995–2003).
Chambliss was born on November 10, 1943 in Warrenton, North Carolina.
He studied at Louisiana Tech University, at the University of Georgia, and at the University of Tennessee.
Chambliss has been married to Julianne Chambliss since 1968.
Juba is the capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan.
It is also the capital of Central Equatoria, the smallest of the ten states of South Sudan.
The city is on the White Nile.
It is the seat of Juba County.
"The Swineherd" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
It was first published 20  December 1841 by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark  in Fairy Tales  Told for Children.
The fairy tale appears to be original with Andersen though similar tales about the humbling of a proud princess are known, such as "King Thrushbeard" by the Brothers Grimm.
"The Swineherd" has been adapted to various media including ballet and opera.
A poor prince wants to marry the Emperor's daughter.
She is proud and rejects his simple gifts of a nightingale and a beautiful rose.
He disguises himself as a swineherd and gets a job tending the pigs at the palace.
One day, he makes a wonderful rattle that plays every tune in the world.
The princess gives him 10 kisses for it.
Another day, he makes a magical pot that lets the owner know what everyone in town is cooking.
The princess gives him 100 kisses for the pot.
The Emperor is disgusted that his daughter would kiss a swineherd for a couple of toys.
He casts her out.
The prince is disgusted too, and closes his door on her.
The princess is left outdoors singing sadly.
"Svinedrengen" .
"The Swineherd".
Titanic is a 1996 made for television drama about the RMS Titanic, its passengers and its sinking.
This is the first movie of the Titanic to show the ship breaking in two.
Starring in this movie are Catherine Zeta-Jones, Marilu Henner, George C. Scott, Eva Marie Saint and Peter Gallagher.
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was an American United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.
He was the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
On December 9, 1998, he was advanced to four-star general by President Bill Clinton.
Davis, Jr. was born on December 18, 1912 in Washington, D.C.. He studied at the University of Chicago and at the United States Military Academy.
Davis, Jr. was married to Agatha Davis until her death in 2002.
Davis, Jr. died on July 4, 2002 from Alzheimer's disease in his home in Washington, D.C., aged 89.
He was later buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Collection Archives Division, National Air and Space Museum
American History: Benjamin Davis
A Tribute to Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
African Americans in the U.S. Army - ARMY.MIL
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., General, United States Air Force , Arlington National Cemetery profile
David Gaub McCullough (born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.
He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.
McCullough was born on July 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He is of Scottish-Irish descent.
He studied at Shady Side Academy and at Yale University.
McCullough has been married to Rosalee Ingram Barnes since 1954.
David McCullough at Simon and Schuster
Booknotes interview with McCullough on Truman, July 19, 1992.
In Depth interview with McCullough, December 2, 2001
Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011.
Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011.
Salva Kiir Speaks at the International Peace Institute, 22 September 2010
Kiir's Speech on First Visit to Washington , at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 4 November 2005
Address by President Salva Kiir  to the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 23 September 2011 (video; summary and transcript )
South Sudanese people
George Michael Leader (January 17, 1918 – May 9, 2013) was an American politician.
He was the 36th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 1955 until January 20, 1959.
He was born and grew up in York County, Pennsylvania.
As of 2013, he was the only person from that county ever to be elected governor of the state.
His father was politician Guy Leader.
Leader was born on January 17, 1918 in York, Pennsylvania.
He studied at Gettysburg College and at the University of Pennsylvania.
Leader was married to Mary Jane Strickler until her death in 2011.
Leader died on May 9, 2013 from natural causes in his home in Hershey, Pennsylvania, aged 95.
George Michael Leader entry  at the National Governor's Association
Nazr Tahiru Mohammed (born September 5, 1977) is an American professional basketball player.
He is 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and 250 lb (113.4 kg).
He is aggressive in offensive rebounding and putbacks.
He was on the Knicks, Wildcats, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antionio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, and the Oklahoma City Thunders.
He is married to his wife, Mandy Mohammed and has three children, named Sanaa, Nasir, and Amani.
He also has a brother named Alhaji Mohammed, who plays for the BC Mures.
He had a salary of 352,750 USD annually.
Mohammed was born on September 5, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois.
His parents were from Ghana.
He studied at Kenwood Academy and at the University of Kentucky.
Profile of Mohammed prior to his entering the NBA
Kentucky Wildcats bio
Marquis Teague (born February 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
He was one of the top rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011.
Kentucky Bio
NBADraft.net Profile
Scout.com Profile
Rivals.com Profile
Sportspeople from Indianapolis, Indiana
Thomas was born on November 8, 1988 in Columbus, Missouri.
He studied at Crawford High School.
Landa was born in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián.
He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups.
Landa was married to Maite Imaz Aramendi until his death in 2013.
Pamplona a city in Navarre, Spain.
The city is famous worldwide for the San Fermín festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls is one of the main attractions.
After the 2011 municipal elections, there are 27 councillors in Pamplona Municipality: eleven of Navarrese People's Union (Unión del Pueblo Navarro), seven of Nafarroa Bai, three of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, three of Bildu, two of People's Party, and one of Izquierda-Ezkerra.
Pamplona City Council website .
The Way of St. James Pamplona is one of the most important cities along the Way of St. James (or in Spanish: El Camino de Santiago).
Learn everything about this fascinating pilgrimage route.
Pamplona.- Medieval History of Navarre
Wisconsin Dells or Kilbourn City is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2,678 people as of the 2010 census.
It is surrounded by four counties: Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk.
The city takes its name from the dells of the Wisconsin River, a scenic, glacially formed gorge that features striking sandstone formations along the banks of the Wisconsin River.
Together with nearby Lake Delton, the city forms an area known as "the Dells", a popular Midwestern tourist destination.
The Dells area has an estimated five million annual visitors.
The Dells area has many indoor and outdoor waterparks, proclaiming itself the "Waterpark Capital of the World".
Other attractions include boat tours, golf courses, mini golf, go-kart tracks, water sports, horseback riding, a water ski show, museums, amusement parks, and a casino.
Accommodations range from economical motels to RV parks to chain hotels to themed resorts featuring indoor and outdoor waterparks and other amenities.
Liberace's career lasted four decades.
It included concerts, recordings, movies, television and endorsements.
During the 1950s–1970s he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world.
He lived a life of flamboyant excess both on and off the stage.
The success of Liberace's syndicated television program made him a popular recording artist.
From 1947-51, he released 10 albums.
By 1954, it jumped to nearly 70.
He released several recordings through Columbia Records, including Liberace by Candlelight.
He sold over 400,000 albums by 1954.
His most popular single was "Ave Maria", selling over 300,000 copies.
His albums included popular songs at the time, such as "Hello, Dolly!".
He also played his versions of classical music for the composed by Chopin and Liszt.
Many fans of classical music criticized them (and Liberace's skills as a pianist in general) for being "pure fluff with minimal musicianship".
In his life, he received six gold records.
During his career, LIberace denied being homosexual.
He successfully won lawsuits against The Daily Mirror newspaper and Confidential magazine, who had reported some of his gay relationships.
He was awarded damages and legal fees.
Towards the end of his life his chauffeur sued him for "palimony".
The lawsuit was unsuccessful.
Crying All the Way to the Bank, by Revel Barker (Famous Trials) 2009
The Liberace Story, by Chester Whitehorn (editor).
Screen Publications Inc, New York, 1955 (softcover – #4 in the Candid Profile series)
Liberace: On Stage and Off, by Anthony Monahan.
GRT Music Productions, Sunnyvale California, 1976 (hardcover)
Liberace: The True Story, by Bob Thomas.
St. Martins Press, New York, 1987 (hardcover)
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, by Scott Thorson with Alex Thorleifson.
E.P. Dutton, New York, 1988 (hardcover)
Liberace: A Bio-Bibliography, by Jocelyn Faris.
Greenwood Press, Westport CT, 1995
Liberace: An American Boy, by Darden Asbury Pyron.
University of Chicago Press, 2000, (hardcover) Read an excerpt.
Liberace (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians), by Ray Mungo and Martin B. Duberman.
Chelsea House Publications
The Liberace Foundation
Liberace video footage after winning the case against the Daily Mirror
Excerpts from Cassandra's column
Transcript of CNN interview with Scott Thorson about his time with Liberace
Yesterday's News:  June 18, 1959: Liberace wins libel suit
Liberace's Greatest Songs DVD review and history of Liberace's syndicated television series.
Liberace Museum To Close
Michael Allan Warren (born 26 October 1948 in Wimbledon, London) is an English society-photographer, writer, and former actor.
He is best known for taking photos of many famous people such as Liberace, Donald Pleasence, Salvador Dali, George Burns, and Phyllis Diller.
Dame Gracie Fields DBE (born Grace Stansfield, 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979), was an English actress, singer and comedienne, particularly active during the Second World War.
She was a star of both movies and music hall.
Fields was born on 9 January 1898 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.
She died on 27 September 1979 from complications of pneumonia in Il Canzone Del Mare, Capri, Italy, aged 81.
Gracie Fields at Turner Classic Movies
Gracie Fields: A Biography by Joan Moules
Gracie Fields' appearance on This Is Your Life
Biographer David Bret interview with Nathan Morley on Cyprus Radio
Nine digitally restored Gracie Fields recordings
The Singapore strategy was a strategy about defending the British Empire in the Asian Far East, mainly against the Empire of Japan.
The strategy involved a number of different plans and stages, developed between 1919 and 1941.
The basic idea was to base a fleet of ships in the Far East.
This fleet could then be used to stop and defeat a Japanese force heading towards India or Australia.
In 1919, Singapore was chosen because of its strategic location at the end of the Strait of Malacca.
The planners thought that a war with Japan would have three phases: while the garrison of Singapore defended the fortress, the fleet would make its way to Singapore, so that it could relieve or recapture Hong Kong.
The fleet could also  impose a blockade on the Japanese home islands, which would force the Japanese to accept terms.
The planners did not think it was practical to invade Japan.
The planners also thought that the Japanese would fight a naval battle.
Japan consists of many islands.
The planners therefore thought that economic pressure would be enough.
The Singapore strategy was the cornerstone of British Imperial defence policy in the Far East during the 1920s and 1930s.
By 1937, according to Captain Stephen Roskill, "the concept of the 'Main Fleet to Singapore' had, perhaps through constant repetition, assumed something of the inviolability of Holy Writ".
With the time, many problems became apparent.
One of the problems was that implementing the strategy cost a lot of money.
Other difficulties were of a  political or  practical nature.
Because of all these problems, the strategy could not be implemented.
During the 1930s, the strategy was constantly criticised in Britain and abroad.
Australia used the strategy to spend as little money as possible on the defence of the country.
The strategy ultimately led to the despatch of Force Z to Singapore and the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse by Japanese air attack on 10 December 1941.
The subsequent ignominious fall of Singapore was described by Winston Churchill as "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history".
The Japanese Occupation of Singapore began.
Google Glass (styled as Google GLΛSS) is a wearable computer that is being developed by Google.
It is worn on a person's head, with a screen sitting in front of the eyes that displays information like a smartphone.
It is instructed through natural language voice commands.
The device also has a touch pad on the side.
The plan is to make them attached to regular glasses and sunglasses.
Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress.
She played Lyra Belacqua in the 2007 fantasy movie The Golden Compass.
The Division of Canberra is an Australian electoral division in the Australian Capital Territory.
It was created in 1974 from the old Division of Australian Capital Territory.
It is named for the city of Canberra, which is Australia's national capital.
It includes the areas of Tuggeranong, Fyshwick, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin.
It also includes people living on Norfolk Island.
Division of Canberra – Australian Electoral Commission
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Cleopatra (1963) is an epic sword and sandal movie starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, and Richard Burton.
It was written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
At the time, this movie had more money put into its budget than any movie befor that.
It did not get back its production cost at the box office.
It won four minor Academy Awards but lost Best Picture to Tom Jones.
1960s biographical movies
Swiss movies
Movies directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Tom Jones is a 1963 British movie.
It is an adaptation of Henry Fielding's 1749 novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.
The movie stars Albert Finney and Susannah York.
It was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time.
The movie was the third most popular movie at the British box office in 1963.
It won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The movie was directed by Tony Richardson.
The screenplay was adapted by playwright John Osborne.
Academy Award for Best Substantially Original Score (John Addison)
Academy Award for Best Writing, (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The right upper quadrant (RUQ), is an anatomical area of the human body, this area may also be called the epigastrium.
The RUQ extends from the median plane to the right of the patient, and from the umbilical plane to the right ribcage.
Pain localized in the RUQ may be a sign associated with various medical conditions:
Hepatomegaly - enlarged liver
Splenomegaly - enlarged spleen
Hepatosplenamegaly both liver and spleen enlarged
Gallstones
Pyloric stenosis
Kristen Hager (born January 2nd, 1984) is a Canadian actress who acts in television and movies.
She played Nora in the Syfy series Being Human.
Hager was born in Ontario.
Polymer clay is a type of modelling clay made from the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
It usually does not contain any clay minerals, but the way it is made has given it the colloquial name of clay.
A liquid is added to dry particles until it has gel-like working properties, and the part is put into an oven to harden.
Polymer clay is generally used for making arts and craft items.
There are many different brands of polymer clay.
Megan Jendrick (née Megan Quann; January 15, 1984) is an American swimmer.
She has received many gold and silver medals (two golds in 2000 and a silver in the 2008 Olympics).
She has set 27 American records in swimming.
Megan Jendrick was born in Tacoma, Washington.
The Citroën Visa is a car produced by Citroën.
Built in Rennes between 1978 and 1988 when it was replaced by the AX.
Some were used in France by National Police.
The Zlín Z-37 Čmelák (Czech: "Bumblebee") is an agricultural aircraft.
It was built in Czechoslovakia between 1965 and 1987.
The Hero of the Soviet Union was a medal awarded to members of the Soviet Union Red Army during World War II for men who drastically changed the outcome of a battle.
12,775 were awarded.
Title of Hero of the Soviet Union was introduced by the Decree of the CEC of the USSR on 16 April 1934.
After WW2 many other socialist countries established similar award.
There were a lot of persons who was awarded more that one time.
A report from October 2015 said Virginia Water as the most expensive town for property in the UK.
The average house price is over £1m.
Dame Edith Mary Evans DBE (8 February 188814 October 1976) was a British actress.
She was famous for playing haughty aristocratic ladies.
Evans was born in London to Edward Evans, a civil servant, and his wife, Caroline Ellen Foster.
She was educated at St Michael's Church of England School, Pimlico.
She first appeared on stage as Viola in Twelfth Night in October 1910.
Her stage career lasted 60 years during which time she played over 150 different roles in classic theater works such as those of William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.
She also appeared in works by her contemporaries, George Bernard Shaw and Noël Coward.
Evans began her movie career in 1915.
In 1952, she played Lady Bracknell in the movie The Importance of Being Earnest.
She continued to make some movie appearances, usually in supporting roles.
Her movies included The Nun's Story (1959), Tom Jones (1963) and Scrooge (1970).
She won a BAFTA award and a Golden Globe award.
Evans made her American television debut in 1961.
She had a heart attack in the 1970s, but continued to appear in television programs in the U.S. and the U.K. until shortly before her death.
In 1925, Evans married George (Guy) Booth.
When her husband died in 1935, Evans never remarried.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (June 7, 1868 – December 10, 1928) was a Scottish designer who worked around the turn of the 19th/20th century.
He was based in the city of Glasgow.
His style is still much in demand and examples of his work are sought after and command high prices.
Dust is very small pieces of matter in the air or on surfaces.
Dust particles are made of different things including dirt, material from volcanic eruptions, and pollution.
Dust can also contain small amounts of plant pollen, hair from people or animals, skin cells, and many other things.
Dust in outer space makes nebulas.
Items can get dust if they are not used for a while.
Dolphin Browser is a mobile web browser for Android, iOS and Bada operating systems.
The developer of this application is MoboTap.
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11 is the eleventh season of America's Next Top Model.
The winner was 19-year-old McKey Sullivan.
Brittany "ShaRaun" Brown
Clark Gimler
Brittany "McKey" Sullivan
Best: Marjorie Conrad
Worst: Nikeysha Clarke & ShaRaun Brown
Eliminated: ShaRaun Brown
Best: Lauren Brie Harding
Worst: Isis King & Nikeysha Clarke
Eliminated: Nikeysha Clarke
Best: Elina Ivanova
Worst: Brittany Rubalcaba & Analeigh Tipton
Eliminated: Brittany Rubalcaba
Eliminated Outside Of Judging Panel: Hannah White
Best: Clark Gimler
Worst: Samantha Potter & Isis King
Best: Samantha Potter
Worst: Joslyn Pennywell & Clark Gimler
Eliminated: Clark Gimler
Worst: Sheena Satana & Lauren Brie Harding
Eliminated: Lauren Brie Harding
Best: Analeigh Tipton
Worst: Joslyn Pennywell & Elina Ivanova
Eliminated: Joslyn Pennywell
Best: McKey Sullivan
Worst: Sheena Satana & Elina Ivanova
Worst: Elina Ivanova & Marjorie Conrad
Eliminated: Elina Ivanova
Worst: Marjorie Conrad & Samantha Potter
Eliminated: Marjorie Conrad
Worst: Samantha Potter & Analeigh Tipton
Eliminated: Analeigh Tipton
Final Two: Samantha Potter & McKey Sullivan
Winner: McKey Sullivan
He was undrafted but started his career in the NHL with the Minnesota Wild.
He played for the Wild for a season and mainly stayed with their farm team, Houston Aeros whom he won the Calder Cup with in 2003.
He was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for Erik Westrum and Dustin Wood in 2005.
He played 5 seasons with the Coyotes and lead the league in blocked shots during the 2008–09 NHL season.
He signed a 5-year, $20 million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on July 1, 2010.
He played 2 seasons with them and was traded back to the Coyotes during Draft Day 2012 for Harrison Ruopp, Marc Cheverie and a 2012 third-round draft pick (81st overall).
Peregrine White (16201704) was a child of William and Susanne White and the brother of Resolved White.
Peregrine was born in 1620  aboard the ship Mayflower.
He died in what is now known as Marshfield, Massachusetts on July 20, 1704 at the age of 83 years and 8 months.
White was the first baby born on the Mayflower as it was docked ouside Plymouth Colony.
White's parents came to America to be able to practice their religious beliefs.
The name Peregrine name means: "one who journeys to foreign lands", "traveler", or "pilgrim."
White's father, William White, died in 1621 and his mother Susanna, married Edward Winslow, another Mayflower passenger.
The family grew and White had five step-brothers and sisters.
White served in the militia at age 16.
White became a lieutenant and then a captain.
He was also a farmer.
At some point he became a representative to the General Court.<ref>Pilgrim Hall Museum Peregrine White [http://www.pilgrimhall.org/whitep.htm] </ref> In 1637 and 1642 it is written Miles Standish shall lead those forces  and among the names of who will serve is Mr. Prince and Peregrine White''
In 1651, Lt.
Peregrine White was elected surveyor of highways for Marshfield.
In 1652 William Bassett Sr.
of Duxburrow gave his son-in-law Lt.
Peregrine White forty acres of land.
On the same day, June 3, 1652, Peregrine White became a freeman which meant he had the right to vote.
On October 2, 1658 White was chosen to the council of war.
In 1659 Peregrine went to Kennebec Trading Post.
Peregrine White (was) one of the deputies able to supervise the trading at Kennebecke.
There was some troubles with the Indians
On June 16, 1662 William Bassett Sr.
gave his lands to his two sons, Peregrine White and Nathaniel Bassett.
On 3 June 1662 Peregrine was chosen deputy for Marshfield.
On October 3, 1665 Lt.
Peregrine White was granted 200 acres because he was the first Englishman born in these parts.
and on March 4, 1673/4 Lt.
Peregrine White was granted another 100 acres.
On May 22, 1696 Captain Peregrine White was admitted into the Marshfield Church.
He was 78.
White traveled to England with Winslow, but returned to Massachusetts before his death.
Peregrine married Sarah Bassett.
The names of their children are:
Hazel Grove is a suburb of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England.
15,265 people live there.
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 6 is the sixth season of America's Next Top Model.
The winner was 18-year-old Danielle Evans.
(In order or elimination)
Kathy Hoxit
Leslie Mancia
Joan Ann "Joanie" Dodds
Danielle "Dani" Evans
A spread in Elle Magazine
A US$100,000 contract with CoverGirl
Best: Nnenna Agba
Worst: Furonda Brasfield & Kathy Hoxit
Eliminated: Kathy Hoxit
Best: Brooke Staricha
Worst: Wendy Wiltz & Jade Cole
Eliminated: Wendy Wiltz
Best: Jade Cole
Worst: Gina Choe & Kari Schmidt
Eliminated: Kari Schmidt
Best: Furonda Brasfield
Worst: Brooke Staricha & Gina Choe
Eliminated: Gina Choe
Worst: Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi & Jade Cole
Eliminated: Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi
Best: Joanie Dodds
Worst: Sara Albert & Leslie Mancia
Eliminated: Leslie Mancia
Worst: Brooke Staricha & Jade Cole
Eliminated: Brooke Staricha
Best: Dani Evans
Worst: Nnenna Agba & Furonda Brasfield
Eliminated: Nnenna Agba
Worst: Furonda Brasfield & Jade Cole
Eliminated: Furonda Brasfield
Worst: Dani Evans & Sara Albert
Eliminated: Sara Albert
Worst: Dani Evans & Jade Cole
Eliminated: Jade Cole
Final Two: Dani Evans & Joanie Dodds
Winner: Dani Evans
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an historical novel by Lew Wallace.
It was published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers.
The novel was the first work of fiction to receive a blessing from a pope.
This happened during the reign of Pope Leo XIII.
The novel is set in Ancient Rome and Ancient Judea.
It tells the story of two men - one a Jewish prince (Ben-Hur) and the other a Roman tribune - whose lifelong friendship turns to bitter hatred.
At the end, Ben-Hur witnesses the crucifixion of Jesus.
He becomes a Christian.
The book was the best-selling American novel from the time of its publication until Gone with the Wind appeared in 1936.
Following the 1959 release of the movie Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd, sales of the novel soared, topping those of Gone with the Wind.
Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author.
He is remembered today for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880).
This book has been a bestseller since its publication.
It has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."
The story has been adapted four times for the movies.
María Carolina Figueroa Molina (born May 28, 1981 in Quillota) better known as La Rancherita, is a Chilean singer.
Prueba de Fuego (2001)
Ranxerita (2008)
Muñeca (2011)
Rojo fama contrafama (2003) - Participant/Singer
Mekano (2006) - Participant/Singer
Fiebre de Baile (2009) - Participant/Dancer
Año 0 (2011) - Herself/Participant
Fiebre de Baile 4 (2011) - Participant/Dancer
Psíquicos (2012) - Herself (Guest)
Stephen Boyd (4 July 19312 June 1977) was an actor.
He was born in Northern Ireland.
He appeared in stage productions in the U.S. and Canada before breaking into English movies in 1955.
Four years later, he played "Messala" in Ben-Hur (1959) opposite Charlton Heston.
Gore Vidal, who did uncredited work on the screenplay, wanted to give "Messala" a homosexual slant.
He convinced director William Wyler and Boyd that the bitter hatred between the two characters was the result of a gay relationship gone wrong.
Heston was furious about this gay angle when he found out about it years later.
Boyd won a Golden Globe for his performance in Ben-Hur.
Boyd was the first to be considered for the role of Marc Antony in Cleopatra (1963) opposite Elizabeth Taylor.
Production was delayed for months when Taylor fell ill.
Boyd dropped out of the production to honor other commitments.
He appeared in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) with Sophia Loren and Christopher Plummer.
The role of Antony went to Richard Burton.
Boyd appeared in other spectacles like Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962), Genghis Khan (1965), and The Bible (1966).
He starred in the sci-fi adventure Fantastic Voyage (1966).
His co-star in Voyage, Raquel Welch, made sexual advances to him.
He declined with, "An actress is a little bit more than a woman, but an actor is a little bit less than a man."
She concluded from this remark (and later reported) that Boyd  was gay.
Boyd always had difficulty picking good scripts.
His last movies were cheesy exploitation flicks made in Europe.
He was married twice for very brief periods of time.
He never came out as gay.
He died of a heart attack while playing golf in California.
Páginas da Vida is a Brazilian telenovela.
It was produced by Rede Globo.
He was known for dubbing in Spanish as Darth Vader in Star Wars, as James T. Kirk in Star Trek, as James Bond in several James Bond movies, as Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry, and as the Terminator in Terminator.
Romero was born on May 29, 1947 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
He was raised in Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.
Romero retired in 2012 after 47 years of acting.
He was married to Joana Vila until his death.
Romero died on May 12, 2013 from ALS in his home in Barcelona, Spain, aged 65.
Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912 – June 18, 1963), better known as Pedro Armendáriz, was a Mexican-American actor who made movies in both Mexico and the United States.
He was known for his role as Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love (1963).
Armendáriz was born on May 9, 1912 in Mexico City, Mexico.
His father was Mexican and his mother was American.
Armendáriz studied at the California Polytechnic State University.
He was married to Carmelita Bohr from 1938 until his death in 1963.
They had one son, actor Pedro Armendáriz, Jr..
Armendáriz was diagnosed with cancer and later moved to Los Angeles, California.
He was in great pain and he didn't want his family to suffer financially.
Armendáriz shot himself directly in his heart on June 18, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, aged 51.
He was later buried at Panteón Jardín, Mexico City, Mexico.
Pedro Armendáriz   at the Cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
Prestatyn is a seaside town in Denbighshire, north Wales.
As of 2011 the population was 18,849.
Langguth studied at Dietrich Bonhoeffer School.
He died in 2013, aged 66.
Tanza Varela (born Constanza Andrea Varela de la Barra on 15 April 1991 in Temuco) is a Chilean actress and model.
2009: Corazón Rebelde (Canal 13) as Victoria "Vico" López
2010: Infieles (Chilevisión) on 2 episodes
2010: Sin Dios ni Late (Zona Latina) as Herself
2010: Mira quién habla (Mega) as Commentator
2010: SQP (Chilevisión) as Herself
2010: Primer plano (Chilevisión) as Herself