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It shows a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia.
It measures 2.72 x 5.13m (8 ft 11in x 16 ft 9in).
The original is at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
The mosaic is based on a 3rd-century BC Hellenistic painting, by Philoxenos of Eretria.
The mosaic shows the Battle of Issus, between Alexander and Darius.
Alexander won the Battle of Issus.
Alexander won again two years later at the Battle of Gaugamela.
Alexander and Darius
The two main figures are easy to see.
Darius has a worried expression on his face.
The Persian soldiers have a stern look.
The mosaic was found again on October 24, 1831 in Pompeii.
It was moved to Naples in September 1843.
It is in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
Modern copy
In 2003 the International Center for the Study and Teaching of Mosaic (CISIM) in Ravenna, Italy, wanted to make a copy of the mosaic.
The mosaic master Severo Bignami and his eight-person team took a large photograph of the mosaic.
It took them 22 months to make a copy of the mosaic.
The copy was put in the House of the Faun in 2005.
Reconstructed and completed Alexander mosaic.
TMZ is an American celebrity news website.
It launched on November 8, 2005.
The managing editor is Harvey Levin.
The name TMZ stands for thirty-mile zone after the historic "studio zone" at the intersection of West Beverly Boulevard and North La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
The infotainment website was made as a project with AOL and Warner Bros., but is now solely owned by Fox Corporation after WarnerMedia sold TMZ in September 13, 2021.
TMZ claims that pay for stories and/or interviews.
However, Levin said that TMZ does "sometimes pay sources for leads on stories".
A syndicated television show, TMZ on TV, launched on September 10, 2007.
The Glock pistol is a series of polymer-framed semi-automatic pistols.
They are designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.
H. in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.
It entered Austrian Armed Forces and police service by 1982.
Different models use different ammunition.
There was resistance from the market to accept a "plastic gun", but this was overcome.
Glock pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, with 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies.
They also supply many national armed forces and security agencies around the world.
Glocks are also popular firearms amongst civilians in the U.S, for recreational and competition shooting, and for home or self defense.
Jonathan Coulton is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter.
He is known for his songs about geek culture.
His album Artificial Heart hit #1 on the Billboard Top Heatseeker Chart.
Smoking Monkey (2003)
Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow (2004)
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms (2005)
Thing a Week One (2006)
Thing a Week Two (2006)
Thing a Week Three (2006)
Thing a Week Four (2006)
Artificial Heart (2011)
The Nicholson Memorial is a monument in the Margalla Hills, near the town of Taxila, Pakistan.
It is in the shape of an obelisk.
It was made in 1868 in memory of a British Indian officer John Nicholson, who once used to be in charge of this area.
This officer died in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Marc Labelle (born December 20, 1969) was an NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars.
He played from 1996-1997.
He also played for the El Paso Buzzards in the WPHL league.
He was born in Maniwaki, Canada and is 44 years old.
He shoots left handed.
He went undrafted and signed by the Montreal Canadiens in 1991.
He wore number 27 jersey for the Dallas Stars.
Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 American-French war drama movie with Jude Law and Ed Harris starring.
Joseph Fiennes is also in the film.
Enemy at the Gates on IMDb
Shirail Muslimov (March 26, 1805-September 2, 1973) claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived.
He died at the alleged age of 168.
This was 46 years older than Jeanne Calment, a French supercentenarian.
She has been confirmed as being the oldest person who ever lived.
Muslimov got pneumonia in 1972 and died in 1973.
As the only evidence of his age Muslimov had a passport issued in 1939.
It showed him to have been born in the village of Barzavu in 1805.
He claims to have five generations of descendants.
According to legend, Muslimov worked hard every day, up to 167 years.
He did not smoke or drink.
He ate fruits, vegetables, wholemeal bread, chicken broth, cheese and yogurt.
Muslimov became ill with pneumonia between 1972 and 1973, but survived only to die later in 1973.
Muslimov's story was picked up in 1973 by National Geographic Magazine.
The article told that on the occasion he still rode horses and tended an orchard planted in the 1870s.
National Geographic later recanted on the claim.
The same story was told by the Guinness Book of World Records, stated as unconfirmed along with other similar claims.
According to National Geographic, he had an 120-year-old wife whom he had married 102 years earlier.
However according to his obituary, published by Time magazine, he was survived by his 107-year-old third wife.
The case of Muslimov became known in 1963.
This is when a young photojournalist of TASS, Kalman Kaspiev, went to Barzavu to interview the centenarian.
The story was picked up by the Soviet press, by the National Geographic, and by the Dannon company, which for promotional reasons suggested that the long life of Muslimov was linked to a diet of yogurt.
Some Gerontologists doubt his and other similar claims of extreme old age that come from this area.
Analysis of Soviet census records show the lifespan in this area is no more than the expected 115 years for all other populations.
Muslimov is one of several men to claim extreme longevity.
There are twice as many super-long-lived men as women in this area.
This is the opposite of all other populations where women usually outlive men.
While there are no accurate records to prove his age, his story captured public attention.
A lesson in longevity
New York Times obituary (bottom of page)
"Azerbaijan's Legendary Centenarian", a 1996 article detailing the story behind Muslimov's claims of incredible longevity
Conker: Live and Reloaded (originally known as Conker: Live and Uncut, but it was actually more censored) is a platform game on the original Xbox.
The game is a remake of the N64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day.
The game has much better graphics, thanks to the Xbox's superior hardware.
It has new enemies.
It has a few changes in design.
It has an improved multiplayer mode which supports System Link as well as Local Play and Solo with bots.
It also supported Xbox Live before the original Xbox lost support for Xbox Live.
Xbox-only games
True Lies is a 1994 action movie.
The movie is about a computer salesman who does covert missions for the United States government.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Harry.
Jamie Lee Curtis plays Helen.
Tom Arnold plays Albert.
Eliza Dushku plays Dana.
True Lies was the first movie made with a budget of over $100 million dollars.
Madis Kõiv (5 December 1929 – 24 September 2014) was an Estonian writer and physicist.
His first published work was a play called Küüni täitmine (Filling the Hay Barn).
Kõiv was also the author of several novels.
Widow and Aporia of Attica, Tragedy of Elea are two of his best known works.
He was born in Tartu, Estonia.
Estonian Literary Magazine
Estonian scientists
Stephen Whitefield Sykes (1 August 1939 – 25 September 2014) was the Church of England Bishop of Ely and held professorial chairs in divinity at both Durham University and Cambridge University.
He retired as Principal of St John's College, Durham at the end of August 2006.
Courtside Seats... (2005)
Everything's Watched, Everyone's Watching (2006)
Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock (2008)
Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler  (née Odam; 14 March 1920 – 25 September 2014) was a British athlete.
She competed mainly in the high jump.
She won two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games.
One at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, and the other at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London.
She was the first British woman to win an Olympic athletics medal herself.
She later went on to win a gold medal at two British Empire Games; one in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1938), and the other in Auckland, New Zealand (1950).
In 2012, she was a starting runner at the London Marathon.
Tyler-Odam was born in Stockwell, London.
In 2009, at the age of 89, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Dorothy Tyler-Odam  at Sports-Reference
Rudolf Kortokraks (8 July 1928 – 11 September 2014) was a German-Austrian painter.
His work mainly featured still life (most often flowers), landscapes, cities and portraits.
He held exhibitions between 1949 and 2014.
His first one-man exhibit took place in 1951.
During his art career, he worked in mainly Germany and Austria, as well as the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and Mexico.
In 2012, a documentary movie about Kortokraks was released in Austria.
Kortokraks was born in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate.
He studied in Graz in 1941, before moving to Austria.
He lived and worked in Salzburg.
Kortokraks died on 11 September 2014 in Hallein, Salzburg.
The Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, MANN) is a museum in Naples.
The museum has a large display of Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum.
The display has works made in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times.
It is known as the most important Italian archaeological museum.
Charles III of Spain started the museum in the 1750s.
The building was used to house soldiers in the 18th century.
http://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/ Official website - Naples National Archaeological Museum
Howe's lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862.
She was paid $4.00 for the song.
It is based on the music from the song "John Brown's Body".
It was made famous by Charles Cardwell McCabe, a Union Army chaplain during the American Civil War.
He sang it in front of President Abraham Lincoln who stood and asked to hear it a second time.
It quickly became the unofficial anthem of the Union.
Since that time, it has become a popular and well-known American patriotic song.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
His day is marching on.
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal";
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat:
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him!
be jubilant, my feet!
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave,
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave,
Glory, glory, hallelujah.
YouTube: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
YouTube: John Brown's Body - The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Meaning
The House of the Faun (), was built in the 2nd century BC.
It was a large private home in Pompeii, Italy.
It has many great works of art.
It is a fancy aristocratic house from the Roman Republic.
The house shows the time period better than most archaeological things in Rome itself.
Łobez (German: Labes) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland.
It has 10,066 inhabitants (2019).
Situated on the Rega river, it is the capital of Łobez County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
www.lobez.pl
BIP Łobez
Philoxenus of Eretria () was a painter from Eretria.
He was the student of Nicomachus of Thebes.
Philoxenus copied his speed in painting.
He found new and fast ways of painting.
Pliny said a picture Philoxenus painted was the best painting.
It was of a battle of Alexander the Great with Darius.
He painted it for King Cassander.
The same subject was used in the Alexander Mosaic in the House of the Faun, in Pompeii.
Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata.
He was called Codomannus by the Greeks.
Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC.
Artashata took Darius as his dynastic name.
Sanae "Carlotta" Ikeda (; 19 February 1941 – 24 September 2014) was a Japanese butoh dancer.
She started her career in the early 1960s.
She first became a member of the butoh group Dairakudakan in the early 1970s.
She founded the Ariadone Company, an all-female butoh dance troupe, with Kô Murobushi in 1974.
Ikeda was born in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture.
At the age of 19, she graduated from a dance school in Tokyo.
Her stage name was in honour of Italian ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi.
In the 1980s, she moved to Paris, France.
Anarkali (meaning Pomegranate blossom) was the name of a legendary dancing girl.
She is said to have lived in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in the time of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
She fell in love with prince Selim (who later became the Emperor Jahangir) but was punished by his father, Akbar.
She is supposed to have died in Lahore and it is said her grave is also there.
The famous Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore was named after her.
The famous Urdu play Anarkali (1922) by writer Imtiaz Ali Taj is about the love story of Anarkali and Selim.
A number of movies or films have been made about her, in both Bollywood (in India) and Lollywood (in Pakistan).
The most famous is probably Mughal-i-Azam (1960).
Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (; ; 1900–1970) was a dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language.
He is specially famous for his play Anarkali (1922) about the life and love of the dancing-girl of Mughal times, Anarkali.
Anna is a princess from Disney's movie, Frozen.
For most of the movie, she is voiced by Kristen Bell.
However, "Young Anna" is voiced by Livvy Stubenrauch.
Anna has an older sister named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), who can create anything with snow and ice.
This is what the official Frozen website says about Anna:
"Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) is more daring than graceful and, at times, can act before she thinks.
But she's also the most optimistic and caring person you'll ever meet."
In the movie, Anna meets a prince named Hans.
Then, even though it is summer, Elsa freezes everything.
Anna has to find Elsa and make her bring back the summer.
Soon she meets another man named Kristoff who likes ice and helps Anna find Elsa.
Aruviyodu Village is a hilly hamlet near the river Neyyar in India.
It is down south in Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram.
It comes under Kunnathukal Panchayath.
It is located  east of the district headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram.
It is  from Perumkadavila.
Aruviyodu is surrounded by Neyyattinkara Taluk towards the west, Parassala towards the south, Melpuram Taluk towards South, Munchira Taluk towards the south.
This Place is in the border of the Thiruvananthapuram District and Kanniyakumari District.
The Dhanuvachapuram Railway Station and Amaravila Halt Railway Station are near Aruviyodu.
The Trivandrum Central Railway Station is major railway station 26 km from Aruviyodu.
The Château de Meudon was a former royal residence in France.
It is most commonly associated with the Grand Dauphin the only son of Louis XIV who made it his personal residence.
However, on the death of the Dauphin the property reverted to the crown and  was used by the famous Duchess of Berry (a granddaughter of Louis XIV) and was later ignored under Louis XV and Louis XVI, but became the official residence of the King of Rome from 1812, and was occupied by Jérôme Bonaparte under the First Empire.
The main building was largely destroyed in a fire in 1871, and it is now the site of the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.
There was originally a small manor on the site which was given to the Duchess of Étampes, a mistress of Francis I of France.
The family remodelled the building in around 1540 when the property was given to the Cardinal de Lorraine.
At the Cardinal's death in 1574, Meudon reverted to the House of Guise until 1654.
In 1679, the château was sold by Servien's heir to Louvois, the minister of Louis XIV, who continued to improve it inside and out, until his death in 1691.
Above all, he commissioned André Le Nôtre to construct grand gardens and fountains fed by elaborate hydraulic works.
In June 1695, Louis XIV purchased Meudon from the widow of Louvois, with the intention of installing his only legitimate child le Grand Dauphin in the premises.
A brilliant period followed.
The Dauphin employed Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Following the death of the Dauphin the property was briefly used by his son Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France.
It was then later given to the Duchess of Berry in 1718.
Louis XV employed Meudon as a hunting lodge.
Although his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, was installed in the nearby Château de Bellevue, Meudon was eclipsed in his favour by the Château de Choisy.
Meudon declined further under Louis XVI, the parterres overgrown, the basins emptied, the park let piecemeal to tenant farmers.
In 1870, the terraces of Meudon were part of the strategic defenses of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, and the château, damaged by shelling,[6] was occupied by Prussian forces.
Forty-eight hours after the signing of the armistice, in January 1871, Meudon caught fire.
It burned for three days, until only some exterior walls were left standing
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Ronald Reagan, the 33rd Governor of California, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979.
On July 17, 1980, he became the nominee of the Republican Party for the 1980 presidential election.
William J. Casey managed Reagan's campaign.
The slogan of his campaign were "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"
and "Make America Great Again".
On November 4, 1980, Reagan won 44 states and 489 electoral votes to win the election.
Jimmy Carter, the then-current president, carried six states, as well as Washington, D.C., and won 49 electoral votes.
Reagan won 50.7 percent of the popular vote, Carter took 41 percent, and Independent John B. Anderson (a liberal Republican) received 6.7 percent.
United States presidential campaigns
Reagan Democrat is an American political saying that was used by analysts showing how Democratic voters would support Republican President Ronald Reagan rather than Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale.
This was said during both the 1980 and 1984 elections.
It is also used for George H. W. Bush in the 1988 election.
Thomas Starr King (December 17, 1824 – March 4, 1864) was an American Unitarian minister.
Many people think he influenced California politics during the American Civil War.
Starr King spoke in favor of the Union.
Bruce Vincent Rauner (born February 18, 1957) is an American businessman and politician.
He was the 42nd Governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019.
He defeated Pat Quinn on November 4, 2014.
Rauner is the Chairman of R8 Capital Partners and the former Chairman of the private equity firm GTCR.
The Rifai Sufi order or Tariqah was established by Hazrat Sheikh Ahmed Ar-Rifai in Iraq.
Later on, it spread to other parts of the world.
It has a big presence in Turkey and Eastern Europe today.
Hazrat Sheikh Ahmed Ar-Rifai (1118-1182) was a Sufi master and saint.
He founded the Rifai Sufi order.
He was born in the Hasen region of Iraq.
He died and was buried in Northern Iraq near Tal Afar.
His shrine is respected by most Muslims, Shia or Sunni.
However, in 2014, this shrine was destroyed by the ISIS terrorists.
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The Fakir Family or Fakir Khana family is an old family of Lahore, now in Pakistan.
They are famous for having made the Fakir Khana Museum in the old walled city of Lahore.
The family is of Syed origins.
They first became famous in the Mughal times.
Later, two members Fakir Syed Azizuddin and Fakir Syed Nooruddin were ministers of the Punjab government in the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
They were also respected by the British rulers.
James Anthony "Jim" Traficant, Jr. (May 8, 1941 – September 27, 2014) was an American politician.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
He represented the 17th Congressional District from 1985 until 2002.
He was a member of the Democratic Party from 1981 until 2010, and was independent from 2010 until his death.
Traficant was arrested and imprisoned.
He was convicted of taking bribes, filing false tax returns, racketeering, and forcing his aides to perform chores at his farm in Ohio and Washington, D.C. houseboat.
He was released on September 2, 2007, after serving seven years.
Traficant was born in Youngstown, Ohio.
He was raised in a Roman Catholic family.
He was of mostly Italian and Slovak ancestry.
He was married to Patricia "Tish" Choppa Traficant.
Traficant died after suffering a heart attack caused by a tractor accident on September 27, 2014 at his home in Youngstown.
Eugie K. Foster (December 30, 1971 – September 27, 2014) was an American short story writer, columnist, and editor.
She won the Nebula Award in 2009.
Her works have been added into a number of magazines and book anthologies.
These include Fantasy Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, and Interzone.
Some of her short stories, Returning My Sister's Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice, was published in 2009.
Foster was born in Urbana, Illinois.
She was married to Matthew M. Foster.
Foster died from respiratory failure caused by lymphoma on September 27, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
She was 42.
David Evans George "Ewan" Davies (23 June 1887 – 2 September 1979) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
He won two caps for the Wales national rugby union team.
He played club rugby for Cardiff RFC and London Welsh RFC.
He also played county rugby for Middlesex.
Later he was a solicitor and a businessman.
Davies owned a chain of movie theatres.
Davies was born in Cardiff in 1887.
He went to Cardiff High School.
He went to Llandovery College and the University College London.
He became a solicitor.
He owned a group of movie theatres.
In 1931 he built the Plaza Cinema in Swansea.
It was the biggest movie theatre in Wales.
Davies wanted to be a politician.
He ran two times as a Liberal candidate.
He owned land in Pembrokeshire.
He raised Hereford cattle.
Rugby career
Davies played rugby in high school.
He joined the first class Welsh team Cardiff RFC during the 1910-11 season.
He stayed with the club for three seasons.
He played 37 games.
He played wing at Cardiff.
He scored 27 tries.
Davies was picked for the Wales national rugby union team at the 1912 Five Nations Championship.
He played wing in the game with England at Twickenham.
Wales lost the match 8-0.
He was not picked for the next two games.
He was picked again for the last match of the championship.
It was a home game with France at Rodney Parade in Newport.
His team was losing the game 6-8 down at half-time.
They played well in the second half.
Davies team won the game 14-8.
Davies scored two of the four tries.
It was his last international game.
Jaroslav Halák (born May 13, 1985) is a Slovak ice hockey goaltender.
He currently plays for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He has also played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals, and New York Islanders.
Before playing in the NHL, Halák played 9 games with Bratislava in the Slovak Junior league, 12 games with HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga and 47 games with the Lewiston Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
He was drafted with the 271st overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
Before he played with the Canadiens, he would play for their AHL-affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs.
After Canadiens starting goaltender Cristobal Huet suffered an injury, Halák was called up on February 15, 2007.
During the time of his callup, Halák had recorded a 2.00 goals against average (GAA) with the Bulldogs, which was the lowest in the AHL.
He played his first NHL game with the Canadiens on February 18, 2007.
He stopped 31 shots and earned a 3–2 road win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
He earned his first career NHL shutout on March 20, 2007.
For the shutout, he made thirty saves to keep the rival Boston Bruins off the board with a 1–0 victory.
For most of the 2007–08 season, he played for the Bulldogs.
After the Canadiens traded Huet, Halák was called up to be the full-time back-up goaltender.
His first playoff start was on April 30, 2008 against the Philadelphia Flyers which ended in a 4-2 loss.
Halák was named as the Canadiens' Molson Cup Player of the Year for the 2009–10 season and he was also named as the starter heading into the first-round playoff match-up against the President's Trophy-winning Washington Capitals.
In the sixth game of the series, He stopped 53 shots to set a team record for a playoff game (in regulation-time) and lead the Canadiens to a 4–1 victory.
Ultimately, the Canadiens overcame a 3–1 series deficit to win the series in seven games, marking one of the biggest upsets in NHL history.
The Canadiens traded Halák on June 17, 2010 to the St. Louis Blues for Lars Eller and Ian Schultz.
He played his first game with the Blues on October 9, 2010 where he earned a 2–1 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Halák would collect his first shutout with the Blues on October 23, 2010 at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins, stopping 31 shots in a 1–0 overtime victory.
In the 2011–2012 NHL season, Halak won the William M. Jennings Trophy with Brian Elliott for allowing the fewest amount of goals (165 collectively) in the regular season.
On February 28, 2014, before the 2013–14 trade deadline, Halák along with Chris Stewart, William Carrier, a first-round draft pick in 2015 and a conditional third-round draft pick in 2014 to the Buffalo Sabres for Ryan Miller and Steve Ott.
Halák however did not play a game for the Sabres and was traded along with a third round draft pick to the Washington Capitals for Michal Neuvirth and Rostislav Klesla at the trade deadline.
On May 1, 2014, when he became a pending unrestricted free agent, his rights were traded by the Capitals to the New York Islanders for a 4th round pick in the 2014 Entry Draft.
On May 22, 2014, the Islanders signed him to a four-year contract worth $18 million.
Lewiston Maineiacs players
Michael McCarty (September 7, 1946 – September 26, 2014) was an American movie, television, and stage actor.
He was known for his roles in Casper (1995), Dead Man (1995), and in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000).
He was born in Evansville, Indiana.
McCarty died in Santa Barbara, California from heart failure after traveling there for a stage production.
Sam Hall (born Allison Samuel Hall, March 11, 1921 – September 26, 2014) was an American screenwriter.
He is known for his work in daytime soap operas.
He wrote for Dark Shadows (from 1967-1971) and One Life to Live (from 1978–84).
Hall was born in Carrollton, Ohio.
Hall is married to actress Grayson Hall.
She appeared on both daytime shows.
She was Dr. Julia Hoffman on Dark Shadows.
She played Euphemia Ralston on One Life to Live.
Sam Hall died on September 26, 2014 after a short illness of pneumonia.
Mario Maurer (, ,  born December 4, 1988) is a Thai model and actor.
He started modeling at age 16.
He got fame for his acting in the 2007 film, The Love of Siam and the 2010 sleeper hit, First Love.
He was the lead star of Thailand's highest grossing movie of all time.
Maurer's interests include skateboarding, hip-hop, and cars.
He is of Thai Chinese and German descent.
He cannot speak German.
He only understands some Mandarin.
He is a native speaker of Thai.
He converted to Roman Catholicism from Buddhism.
On June 27, 2011, his father Roland died of a heart attack resulting from diabetes.
He is close to his older brother.
His brother is a hip-hop artist and actor.
He was in a relationship with actress Gubgib Sumontip.
They ended their nine year relationship in January 2013.
The Colisée Pepsi (English: Pepsi Coliseum), formerly the Colisée de Québec (English: Quebec Coliseum) was a multi-purpose arena in Quebec City, Quebec.
The arena opened on December 8, 1949, and was formerly home to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).
It was also the home of the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) from 1972 until 1995 when they relocated to Denver, Colorado to become the Avalanche.
The 1971 Memorial Cup championship series was hosted at the arena and saw the Remparts defeat the Edmonton Oil Kings two games to none.
The first game of the 1974 Summit Series between the Canadian WHA all-stars and the Soviet national team was held at the Coliseum, as well as one game in each of the 1976 and 1991 Canada Cups.
She was active from 1980 until her retirement in 2005.
She also worked at National Parliament for Japan to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
She was the Chair of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 until 1991.
On 6 August 1991, she became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
She was the Chair of the Social Democratic Party from 1996 until 2003.
Doi was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture.
She graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law.
Takako Doi at Encyclopædia Britannica
Speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Jacqueline Ruth "Jackie" Cain (May 22, 1928 – September 15, 2014) was an American jazz vocalist.
She known for being one half of the Jackie and Roy duo with her husband Roy Kral for over fifty years.
The group was active from 1946 until Kral's death in 2002.
The released a around 35 albums between 1949 and 1999.
The group was described as "the most famous vocal duo in jazz history" by Douglas Martin of The New York Times.
Cain was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She married Kral in 1949.
They had two daughters: Niki, who died in a car accident in 1973, and Dana.
Cain died from stroke-related problems on September 15, 2014 in Montclair, New Jersey.
Petr Skoumal (7 March 1938 – 28 September 2014) was a Czech musician and composer.
He was best known for composing for many movies and television shows.
He started his career in 1971 and his last credit was in 2013.
He worked on animation shorts such as Pat & Mat and Maxipes Fík.
Skoumal was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
He was the son of translator Aloys Skoumal.
Skoumal died after a long illness on 28 September 2014 in Prague.
Hamish McHamish (1999 – 11 September 2014) was a Scottish celebrity ginger cat.
The cat lived in the town of St Andrews, Fife, where he was an icon.
He came to national and international fame after the book Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town was published.
The cat was owned by Marianne Baird, a retired BBC producer.
He had a Facebook and Twitter page, where he gathered tens of thousands of follows.
Hamish McHamish died from a chest infection on 11 September 2014 in St Andrews.
He was 15.
Montserrat Abelló i Soler (1 February 1918 – 9 September 2014) was a Spanish Catalan poet and translator.
She translated works of literature from English to her native Catalan, and from Catalan into English.
Abelló i Soler was born in Tarragona, in the Province of Tarragona.
During the Spanish Civil War, she lived in exile in France, England and Chile.
From English to Catalan
From Catalan to English
1963 - Vida diària ("Daily life")
1981 - Vida diària: Paraules no dites ("Daily Life: Words not said")
1986 - El blat del temps ("The Wheat of Time")
1990 - Foc a les mans ("Fire in Hand")
1995 - L’arrel de l’aigua ("The Root of Water")
1995 - Son màscares que m’emprovo ("Masks of Sleep that I Try")
1998 - Dins l’esfera del temps ("In the Sphere of Time") which won the Gold Critica Serra prize in 1999
2004 - Asseguda escrivint ("Seated Writing")
2006 - Memoria de tu i de mi ("Memories of You and Me")
In 2002, her poetry was compiled in Al cor de les paraules: obra poètica 1963-2002 ("In the Heart of Words: Poetic Works 1963-2002"), which in 2003 won several Catalan literary prizes.
1993 - Cares a la finestra: 20 dones poetes de parla anglesa del segle XX ("Faces in the Window: 20 English Women Poets of the 20th century")
1998 - Cartografies del desig: Quinze escriptores i el seu món ("Cartography of Desire: Fifteen writers and their world")
1999 - Memoria de l’aigua: Onze escriptores i el seu món ("Memories of Water: Eleven writers and their world")
1999 - Paisatge emergent ("Emergent Landscape")
Montserrat Abelló i Soler at the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC)
Philip Douglas Frank Somerville (12 February 1930 – 14 September 2014) was an English milliner (hat maker).
He was best known for making hats for members of the British Royal Family, including Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
He also created headgear worn by two James Bond female villains.
For his work, he was given a Royal Warrant by the Queen.
Somerville was born in Winchester, Hampshire.
He was an actor in Australia with little success.
When becoming a milliner, he was partly trained in Auckland, New Zealand.
Lorna Thomas  (1 December 1917 – 17 September 2014) was an Australian female cricket player and team coach.
She played from 1936 until 1949.
She also coached from 1963 until 1978.
She played for Australia against England, New Zealand and many other countries.
She later coached Australia with success.
Thomas was born in Sydney, New South Wales.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1970s.
Lorna Thomas scrapbook (1936–1949)  at the State Library of New South Wales
Lorna Thomas at ESPNcricinfo
Diffuse axonal injury (often shortened to DAI) is one of the most common forms of traumatic brain injury.
In traumatic brain injury, the damage is focused to one area of the brain, in diffuse axonal injury, the damage occurs over a larger area of the brain.
DAI mainly damages white matter, which makes it one of the major causes of unconsciousness and persistent vegetative state after head trauma.
It occurs in about half of all cases of severe head trauma.
Frequently, people suffering such damage fall into a coma; Over 90 percent of the patients with severe DAI never regain consciousness.
Those who do wake up often remain significantly impaired.
Other authors state that DAI can occur in every degree of severity from (very) mild or moderate to (very) severe.
Timecop is a 1994 American science fiction action movie.
It is about a federal agent who travels in time.
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Max Walker.
Mia Sara plays Melissa.
Timecop got mixed reviews from critics.
Silent Fall is a 1994 drama and mystery movie.
The movie is about a boy with autism who sees a murder.
Linda Hamilton plays Karen.
Liv Tyler plays Sylvie Warden.
John Lithgow plays Dr. Harlinger.
Silent Fall got negative reviews from critics.
It became a box office bomb.
Junior is a 1994 comedy movie.
The movie is about a male scientist who makes himself pregnant as an experiment.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Alex.
Aida Turturro plays Louise.
Emma Thompson plays Diana Reddin.
Pamela Reed plays Angela.
This movie was released on November 23, 1994.
It made quite a bit of money anyway.
Jean-Jacques Pauvert (8 April 1926 - 27 September 2014) was a French publisher.
He was known for publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of the Story of O (1954).
He also published the first edition of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylone (1959).
He have also published the first French edition of the Civil disobedience of Henry David Thoreau in 1968.
Zhang Xianliang (; December 1936 – 27 September 2014) was a Chinese author and poet.
He was the former president of the China Writer Association in Ningxia.
He was a political prisoner during the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957, until 1979.
His most well known works, include Half of Man is Woman and Grass Soup.
Abdelmajid Lakhal (November 29, 1939 – September 27, 2014) was a Tunisian theatre and movie actor and theatre director.
He was known on Arab Television for acting in many telefilms.
He was known for his roles in Jesus of Nazareth, Day of the Falcon, and in Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul.
Others pictures
Tunisian actors
Taylor Hardwick (July 15, 1925 – September 27, 2014) was an American architect, interior designer, filmmaker, and educator.
He designed hundreds of buildings throughout northeast Florida, predominantly in and near the city of Jacksonville.
Tribute website to Taylor Hardwick
American Institute of Architects Jacksonville Chapter
Educators from Jacksonville, Florida
Pamela Reed (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress.
In Kindergarten Cop, she played Phoebe O'Hara.
In The Simpsons, she played Ruth Powers.
The Adephaga is a suborder of beetles.
There are more than 40,000 recorded species in ten families.
This is the second largest suborder of the order Coleoptera.
The beetles of this suborder include ground beetles, tiger beetles, diving beetles, and whirligig beetles.
Most of the species belong to the family of carabids, or ground beetles (Carabidae).
The Adephaga is two groups with a common origin.
They are the Hydradephaga (water beetles) and the Geadephaga (ground beetles.
They are mostly predatory.
The first fossils of both groups are found in the Triassic period.
The ground beetles have formidable chemical defences.
They have special pygidial glands which squirt out hot, burning chemicals.
Bombardier beetles are famous for squirting their nasty chemicals at attackers.
The apparent magnitude () of a celestial object is a number that measures its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
The brighter an object appears, the lower its magnitude value (i.e. inverse relation).
The Sun, at apparent magnitude of −27, is the brightest object in the sky.
Magnitude is a logarithmic measure.
It is measured in a specific wavelength or passband, usually in optical or near-infrared wavelengths.
A full moon is −13 magnitude and the brightest planet Venus measures −5.
The brightest man-made objects, Iridium flares, are ranked at −9 and the International Space Station measures −6.
The Greek astronomer Hipparchus first invented our system of apparent magnitude.
He gave the brightest stars a magnitude of 1 and increased the numbers for dimmer stars.
About 300 years later Ptolemy of Alexandria created an encyclopedia of stars based on Hipparchus' work.
The Persian astronomer Al-Sufi took Ptolemy's work and gave Arabic names to the stars some 800 years later.
Medieval European astronomers simply translated Al-Sufi's work into Latin which is why many stars today have Arabic names.
Magnitude systems
Apparent magnitude m is a measure of the brightness of a celestial body as seen by a person on Earth (without the earth's atmosphere).
The brighter the object appears, the lower the numerical value of its magnitude.
For example, Alpha Centauri has higher apparent magnitude (i.e. lower value) than Betelgeuse, because it is much closer to the Earth.
Absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude, m, an object would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth.
The standard distance is 32.6 light years from Earth.
The concept of absolute magnitude allows astronomers to compare the brightness of objects without regard to their distance.
When measured using absolute magnitude the sun measures less than Sirius at only 4.8.
Visual magnitude means the amount of brightness of a star on a numbered scale.
It is the magnitude based on the sensitivity of the human eye.
Photographic magnitude is different from visual magnitude because photographic film is more sensitive to blue light and radiation the human eye cannot see.
List of most luminous known stars
Magnitude System
Magnitudes: Measuring the Brightness of Stars
Alice Drummond (May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016) was an American actress of stage and television.
She was known for her roles in Ghostbusters, Awakenings, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and in Doubt.
Drummond was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
She died on November 30, 2016 from complications of a fall in The Bronx, New York, aged 88.
Joe Franklin (born Joseph Fortgang; March 9, 1926 – January 24, 2015) was an American radio and television host personality from New York City.
He is best known for the television talk-and-variety show format that set the standard for television talk shows.
His show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV) and moved to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV) from 1962 to 1993.
He interviewed over 100,000 guests during his 43 year career.
The Greater Western Sydney Giants (nicknamed the GWS Giants or just the Giants) is an Australian Rules Football club.
It plays in the Australian Football League.
The club was founded in 2009.
It is based in Sydney.
A nerve plexus is a branching network of nerves which serves a part of the body.
Nerves which go to and from the central nervous system bunch up in certain places.
Between each vertebra is a plexus of nerves going in and coming out of the spinal cord.
Another plexus is underneath each arm.
That is a plexus of nerves and also blood vessels  which serve every part of the arm, hand and fingers.
Under the arm is much the safest place to have these things because of the damage they would get if too exposed.
This also explains why arteries are deeper under the surface than veins.
Cervical plexus – serves the head, neck and shoulders
Brachial plexus – serves the chest, shoulders, arms and hands
Lumbar plexus – serves the back, abdomen, groin, thighs, knees, and calves
Sacral plexus – serves the pelvis, buttocks, genitals, thighs, calves, and feet
Celiac plexus (solar plexus) – serves internal organs
Coccygeal plexus – serves a small region over the coccyx
Auerbach's plexus – serves the gastrointestinal tract
Meissner's plexus (submucosal plexus) – also serves the gastrointestinal tract
In the Indian-Pakistani folklores, it has two forms, one is of a witch who is very dark, ugly and scary, and another is of a beautiful woman who targets vulnerable men passing through the woods after the dark; they appear and vanish after a while, leaving a fearful experience to the victims.
Whereas, some other claims also assert they attack and kill human beings, to eat their livers.
Some people say they have seen this creature in reality and have somehow escaped.
According to them, it has long hair and long teeth and feet that are reversed (with heel in front and toes turned back).
He did a lot of research and study on North Pakistan.
He was an expert on the culture of South Asia and Central Asia.
A coroner is a government official.
It is their job to confirm the death of any person in any area of a country.
The coroner also gives a certificate to say that a person has died in some place, on some date, due to some reason.
Colby Rasmus (born August 11 1986) is a major league baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Fried dough is a sugary snack usually sold at ballgames.
It is usually served warm.
Doughs
Alpine lakes are usually clearer than lower lakes because the cold water reduces the speed and amount of algae and moss growing in the water.
Often the lakes are surrounded by varieties of pine trees, aspens, and other high altitude trees.
Every Witch Way is an American fantasy, comedy and drama telenovela.
It stars Paola Andino, Nick Merico, Paris Smith, Rahart Adams and Daniela Nieves.
It is broadcast by Nickelodeon.
It is the American version of the Latin American telenovela Grachi.
The telenovela was first broadcast on January 1, 2014.
The series is about 14-year-old Emma Alonso.
After moving to Miami, she discovers that she is "The Chosen One", the most powerfull witch.
She fells in love with her neighbor Daniel (Nick Merico).
She meets Daniel's girlfriend, Maddie (Paris Smith), is also a witch, but a bad one.
Maddie is most popular girl at Iridium High School and the leader of "The Panthers".
Emma will have to go through many problems now with her new life to live happy.
Now that she is the only chosen one,Emma stands more for herself.
A new guy named Jax that is wizard moves to town and causes drama.
Daniel breaks up with Emma because she lied to him about her powers.
Her evil clone,E causes trouble and Emma has to destroy her.
At the end she comes back with Daniel.
Paola Andino as Emma Alonso.
A new student at Iridium High School.
She is a witch and uses her magical powers responsibly.
She is in love with Daniel.
In Season 2 makes a clone that meses it up.
Later is with Jax but then
Nick Merico as Daniel Miller.
He is a star in Iridium High.
He's smart, athletic, and very popular, but also very humble.
He is also the captain of the Sharks.
In Season 2 get jealous about Jax but then gets back with Emma.
Paris Smith as Maddie Van Pelt.
She is the ex-girlfriend of Daniel, and is also the most popular girl in Iridium High School.
Is an mean witch and the enemy of Emma.
In Season 2 she is nicer cause shes dating Diego.
Daniela Nieves as Andi Cruz.
The best friend of Emma.
She is a member of the swimming club of the Iridium, The Sharks.
In Season 2 she dresses a bit diffirent and shes girlfriend of a zombie but Emma sends him back.
Rahart Adams as Jax Novoa.
Elizabeth Elias as Mia.
Tyler Alvarez as Diego Rueda.
A kanay and Member of The Sharks.
He starts dating Maddie in Season 2.
Paola Nicole Andino as E, Emma's evil and rebellious clone.
She likes Jax but then become enemies.
Zoey Burger as Miss Information.
She know every thing that goes on Iridium High and blogs about it.
She is a human and Diego's Sister .
Melisa Caricache as Nurse Lily,Iridium High nurse and secretly Emma's magic guardian.
Julie Antonellie as Jessie,Jax young sister.
Kendall Sanders as Tony Myers.
Member of The Sharks.
Rene Lavan as Franciso Alonso.
Father of Emma.
Katie Barberi as Ursula Van Pelt.
The mother of Maddie.
She is in love with Emma's father Francisco.
Rafael de la Fuente as Julio.
The adopted son of the Principal.
Tinsel Korey (born March 25, 1980) is a Canadian actress.
She is best known for playing Emily Young in the Twilight Saga movies New Moon and Eclipse.
She played Jen in Tru Calling.
Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress and model.
She played Alexa in Sex and the City.
She also played Ashley Seaver in Criminal Minds.
Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll is the first studio album by Keith Anderson.
The album was released on May 3, 2005.
It was first and only studio album from the label Arista Nashville.
Moonlight and Valentino is a comedy and drama movie from 1995.
Elizabeth Perkins plays Rebecca.
Whoopi Goldberg plays Sylvie.
Kathleen Turner plays Alberta.
Gwyneth Paltrow plays Lucy.
The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was a German offensive on the Eastern Front during the early part of World War I. It started on 7 September and ended on 14 September 1914.
The battle was the second heavy defeat of a Russian army by the Germans.
The first defeat was at the Battle of Tannenberg.
At Masurian Lakes the Germans pushed the Russian 1st Army back out of Germany.
They could not push the Russians back further because of the arrival of the Russian Tenth Army on the Germans' left flank (side).
The Russians suffered a defeat and retreated losing about 125,000 men and 150 guns.
The strategy
Paul von Hindenburg, general of the German Eighth Army, knew the swampy area of East Prussia called the Masurian Lakes.
He thought the Russians might attack there so he made plans in case of such an attack.
At this time of the war, the Germans knew what the Russians were planning because they could read their messages.
The Russians planned their attack on East Prussia with little intelligence of the area.
They had no rail transport to move troops.
They failed to plan for enough food and ammunition and moved only with horses and infantry.
But they had superior numbers and were confident they could defeat the Germans.
When the two Russian armies first moved into East Prussia to form a pincer attack, Hindenburg completely defeated the Russian Second Army at the Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914.