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A world tour for the album with Pantera and White Zombie started in late 1992. The tour came to North America in early 1993, where Stone Temple Pilots played as well. One month into the North American part of the tour, the rest of the concerts were cancelled because Mustaine was abusing drugs again. He went to the hospital. After seven weeks of getting help for his drug addiction, Mustaine came back to Megadeth. The band made the song "Angry Again." It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1994. The song was put on the soundtrack for 1993 movie "Last Action Hero".
In the middle of 1993, Megadeth and Metallica played at many concerts in Europe. In July, Megadeth started touring with Aerosmith, but they stopped after three shows. After their cancelled North American tour, Megadeth made "99 Ways to Die", a song that was on the album "The" "Beavis and Butt-Head Experience". The song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1995.
In early 1994, Megadeth hired producer Max Norman to help make another album. Because three of the band's members lived in Arizona, Megadeth started working on the album at Phase Four Studios, a music studio in Phoenix. After the band worked on the album for a few days, they had problems with the studio's equipment. The band looked for another place to record. Mustaine wanted to record the album in Arizona, but the band could not find anywhere else in the state to do it. The band decided to build its own studio in a warehouse, naming it "Fat Planet in Hangar 18". They started recording "Youthanasia" in this studio. The songs on "Youthanasia" had a slower tempo than Megadeth's other songs. The band focused on making music that more people liked, and could easily be played on the radio.
After eight months of work, "Youthanasia" was released in November 1994. It came out at number four in the United States and made top music charts in many European countries. To get more people to listen to the album, Megadeth did a concert in New York City on Halloween named "Night of the Living Megadeth". It was shown on MTV. In November, the band played on the "Late Show with David Letterman" two times.
Megadeth started an eleven-month concert tour in South America in late 1994. In 1995, the band played in Europe and North America with many bands, such as Korn, Fear Factory, and Corrosion of Conformity. This tour ended with the band playing at the Monsters of Rock festival in Brazil with Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne. In July, Megadeth put out "Hidden Treasures", an extended play with songs they made that were on movie soundtracks and non-Megadeth albums.
In September 1996, Megadeth went to London to make songs for a new album. The songwriting work was closely watched by Bud Prager, Megadeth's new manager. Prager gave the band many song ideas and lyrics. Many song titles and lyrics were changed because of him. They recorded the album in Nashville with producer Dann Huff, who had met Mustaine in 1990.
"Cryptic Writings" was released in June 1997. Its main single, "Trust", was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998. Even though all four singles from the album went into the top 20 on "Billboard"'s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, "Cryptic Writings" had mixed (good and bad) reviews from critics. The album had songs that were very different from each other. The "Los Angeles Times" wrote that the album was a "balance" between metal and experimental music. Mustaine said that the album had three parts. One was angrier, faster metal, another was radio-friendly rock "like "Youthanasia"", and the last was more pleasant.
Megadeth went back to playing live in June 1997. They started a world tour with the Misfits, and played in North America with Life of Agony and Coal Chamber. In 1998, the band played at Ozzfest, but Menza found a tumor on his knee in the middle of the tour. He left to get surgery for it, and the band replaced him with Jimmy DeGrasso for the rest of the tour. DeGrasso joined the band after the tour, and Mustaine fired Menza. Mustaine later said he thought Menza was lying about having cancer.
"Risk" was released in August 1999. It did not sell very well, and many fans thought it was a failure. While the albums Megadeth put out before it had rock and metal music, "Risk" did not have any thrash metal on it. Many people did not like this.
On July 14, 1999, Gar Samuelson died of liver failure in Orange City, Florida. Samuelson used to be the drummer for the band. He was 41 years old. When Megadeth was at Woodstock eleven days later, they played "Peace Sells" for Samuelson. The band started a world tour in September. They played with Iron Maiden in Europe. Three months into the tour, guitarist Marty Friedman left the band. Mustaine said that it was because he told Friedman that Megadeth "had to go back to our roots and play metal, and he quit".
In 2000, Al Pitrelli from Savatage replaced Friedman. Megadeth started working on their ninth album in April. After a month, the band was offered to play on a concert tour with Anthrax and Mötley Crüe. Megadeth stopped working on the album to go on tour.
After 15 years with Capitol Records, Megadeth left the record label in July 2000. Mustaine said the band left because they were having problems with Capitol's managers. Capitol released an album named "." In November, Megadeth joined Sanctuary Records. The band went back to working on its new album, "The World Needs a Hero". Mustaine fired Bud Prager and produced the album by himself. This was because he knew people did not like "Risk", an album Prager did a lot of work on.
"The World Needs a Hero" was released in May 2001. It was banned in Malaysia because the government did not like the album's artwork. Because of this, the band cancelled their planned concert in Kuala Lumpur. The album had more metal and was heavier than "Cryptic Writings" and "Risk".
In January 2002, Mustaine went to the hospital because he needed to get a kidney stone removed. After the surgery, he was given medicine to stop his pain, which made him become addicted to drugs again. After leaving the hospital, Mustaine went to a treatment center in Texas to fix his drug addiction. He fell asleep with his left arm on the back of a chair, which squeezed a nerve in his arm. This damaged the nerve, and he could not control very much of his left hand.
In April, Megadeth broke up because Mustaine's arm injury did not let him play the guitar. For the next four months, he did physical therapy to heal his arm. To stay with Sanctuary Records, Megadeth put out a compilation album named "Still, Alive... and Well?." The first half of the album has songs recorded from one of the band's concerts, and the second half is songs from "The World Needs a Hero".
"The System Has Failed" came out in September 2004. Critics liked it, and thought it sounded similar to original Megadeth albums. Mustaine said that it was going to be the band's last album, and they were starting a final concert tour. Mustaine said that after the tour, he wanted to work on his own music.
Megadeth started their tour in October. They hired bassist James MacDonough and guitarist Glen Drover. Menza was replaced by Shawn Drover, who stayed with the band. The band toured the United States and Europe with other metal bands. The tour went very well, and made a lot of money. When the band was playing at a festival in Argentina, Mustaine said that the band was going to keep making music.
In February 2006, James MacDonough left the band because of "personal differences". He was replaced with bassist James LoMenzo. In March, Capitol Records made a DVD named "Arsenal of Megadeth." It had many of the band's music videos, interviews, and live concerts on it. The band went on tour in 2006, going to North America and Australia with many other metal bands.
Released in May 2007, "United Abominations" came out at number eight on the "Billboard" 200. It sold 54,000 copies in the first week. In March, Megadeth joined Heaven & Hell on a North American tour. They also played in Europe in the summer, and then went on another tour in the United States.
In January 2008, Glen Drover left Megadeth. He was tired of going on tours, and wanted to be with his family more. He also had problems with the other members of the band. Drover was replaced with guitarist Chris Broderick. Mustaine thought Broderick was "the best guitarist Megadeth has ever had".
The current Prime Minister of France is Élisabeth Borne. She was given the job by President Emmanuel Macron on 16 May 2022.
In May 2009, Megadeth made their twelfth album, "Endgame". Megadeth started a tour for the album in October, and finished it in December. In January 2010, the band was supposed to go on tour with Slayer and Testament, but the tour was cancelled. This was because Slayer bassist Tom Araya needed back surgery. A single from "Endgame", "Head Crusher", was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010.
In March, Megadeth started a tour for the 20th anniversary of "Rust in Peace". During the tour, the band played the whole album live at every concert. James LoMenzo left the band before the tour. He was replaced by David Ellefson, the band's original bassist.
In September, the band made the song "Sudden Death". It was put on the video game "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock". It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011.
Megadeth went to the studio they built in Arizona to make their next album. It was produced by John Karkazis, because the person who had produced "United Abominations" and "Endgame" was busy at the time. The album was named "Thirteen." They put a few songs they had already made onto the album, such as "Sudden Death" and "Never Dead". The album came out in November 2011, and was number eleven on the "Billboard" 200. One of its singles, "Public Enemy No. 1", was nominated for a Grammy Award. It did not win.
In September 2012, Megadeth said they were going to put out a remastered version of "Countdown to Extinction" for the album's 20th anniversary. The band started a tour for "Countdown." They played the entire album at every concert. Another song from "Thirteen", "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)", was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2013, but also did not win.
In August, Megadeth started working on their fourteenth album. At the start of 2013, Megadeth left Roadrunner Records, the record label they had been working with. They joined Mustaine's new label named Tradecraft. In June, Megadeth released "Super Collider". Many critics did not like this album. Shortly after "Super Collider" came out, Mustaine said he was already thinking about making another Megadeth album.
In November 2014, Drover left the band because he wanted to play his own music. Broderick left the band for the same reason. Ellefson said that Megadeth would not break up again, and that he and Mustaine would keep working on new music.
Mustaine tried to get the band members that made "Rust in Peace" to join Megadeth again, but he failed. Instead, he hired drummer Chris Adler (who was a part of Lamb of God) and guitarist Kiko Loureiro. The band started working on a new album. The album, named "Dystopia", was released in January 2016. The band went on tour for the album in February and March, playing with bands such as Suicidal Tendencies and Children of Bodom. Adler was removed from the band because he was having trouble being in both Megadeth and Lamb of God. He was replaced by Dirk Verbeuren from Soilwork. Another American tour happened in September and October. Nick Menza, who used to play the drums for the band, died of a heart attack on May 21, 2016.
The song "Dystopia" won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017. After 12 nominations, this was the band's first time winning a Grammy. Mustaine, Ellefson, Loureiro, and Verbeuren came to the awards show.
In 2018, Megadeth celebrated the band's 35th anniversary by making a remaster of their first album, "Killing is My Business... and Business is Good!". The remaster was named "Killing is My Business... and Business is Good!- The Final Kill".
Megadeth was supposed to go on tour in the summer of 2020 with Trivium and In Flames. The tour was moved to a later date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour happened in the summer of 2021, with Hatebreed replacing In Flames. In mid-2020, Megadeth went back to making their album. They wanted to be able to release it in 2021.
While talking to fans on Zoom, Mustaine revealed that the band's sixteenth album was going to be named "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!." He said that the name of it could change later. In May 2021, sexual videos of Ellefson were put on the internet. He was fired from the band later that month. Mustaine said that Ellefson could never join the band again.
In June, Mustaine said that the bass recordings Ellefson had made were not going to be put on the new album. A different bassist was going to make new recordings. Mustaine did not reveal who this bassist was. When the band went on tour before the album came out, former bassist James LoMenzo played with them. Steve Di Giorgio, the bassist for Testament, played on "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!". On May 31, Megadeth said that LoMenzo was rejoining the band.
In September 2022, Megadeth released "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!". Before it came out, the band put out three singles during the summer. They were named "We'll Be Back", "Night Stalkers", and "Soldier On!". The band was nominated for a Grammy Award for "We'll Be Back", another song from the album.
Megadeth is one of the few American thrash metal bands from the 1980s to be successful. Megadeth is thought of as one of the "Big Four" of thrash metal, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer. These bands were important because they made thrash metal much more popular. "Loudwire" ranked Megadeth the third best thrash metal band of all time, behind Slayer and Metallica. "Billboard" said that "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?" is a "landmark of the thrash movement", and thought that the album's lyrics could still apply to events today.
Homer’s name derives from the Greek Homeros (Ὅμηρος). Homer is the name of the Greek poet who wrote the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Matt Groening first drew the Simpson family in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. After he had decided not to do his "Life in Hell" cartoon series, he quickly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, with Homer being named after his father. Homer's middle initial "J," which was discovered to stand for "Jay", was a "tribute" to Bullwinkle J. Moose from "Rocky and Bullwinkle", a show Matt Groening loved as a child. In a TV Guide poll, Homer was named as the second greatest cartoon character, behind Bugs Bunny.
Naira lives in Mumbai with Naitik. Kartik is the professor of the same class for which Naira signs up. Eventually, Kartik and Swarna realise their mistakes and reunite with Naira. Naira undergoes a surgery due to Brain Clot which was successful
The invariable plane is the average plane of the orbits of the planets. Properly, it is defined as the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass). The present ecliptic plane is inclined to the invariable plane by about 1.5°.
19 (also written as nineteen or ten-nine) is a number. It comes between eighteen and twenty, and is an odd number. It is also the 8th prime number, after 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, and 17.
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai () (Hindi: ये रिश्ता क्या कहलाता है) is a TV series produced in India. The series has 62 seasons, 2465 episodes. The duration of each episode is 22 minutes. It first aired on January 12, 2009. The series has the highest number of episodes on Indian television.
Akshara and Naitik, both from large Marwari joint families based in Udaipur get married. Initially, they struggle to know each other but slowly begin to understand, support and love each other. Akshara gives birth to Naksh but Naitik falls into a coma due to an accident.
Akshara starts working in the family business. Naitik recovers from the coma, but struggles to bond with a mischievous Naksh. Gayatri dies post which, Rashmi gives birth to a daughter and names her Gayatri. Akshara and Naitik have a daughter, Naira. Mahendra dies and Kaveri blames Akshara for it. Akshara and Naitik move out with their children.
They relocate in Cape Town. Naksh returns to Udaipur and convinces Kaveri to forgive an innocent Akshara. Eventually, the family is reunited. Naksh falls for Tara, a hockey player. However their wedding gets called off due to some misunderstandings. Out of fear of being wrongly blamed for her friend Sukanya's death, Naira flees from Udaipur.
Naira lives in an orphanage in Rishikesh and has grown up to be headstrong but insecure and arrogant. Akshara reaches there to fund the orphanage and finds Naira. Kartik Goenka arrives in Udaipur and a love triangle is formed between him, Gayatri and Naira. Kartik realises his love for Naira while Gayatri has feelings for Kartik. Naira finally accepts Akshara.
Kartik and Naira marry each other. Kartik hates his father Manish and his stepmother Swarna as he remarried her post his mother's death. Naksh and Keerti get married. Initially marrying for Naira's sake, he begins to love Keerti. Kartik reconciles with Manish and accepts Swarna as his mother. Naira fulfills her parents dream of opening a dance academy. Shubham dies of a drug overdose and Naira is blamed for hiding his drug addiction. Naira leaves as Kartik and Swarna refuse to trust her.
Naira and Kartik remarry. She enters the family business after Manish's heart attack due to her brilliant skills. Kartik feels insecure of Naira's busy routine. Naira finds out she is pregnant. Kartik questions Naira about her relation with Mihir. Naira rebukes him and storms out of the house without informing him of her pregnancy and meets with an accident. She is presumed to be dead by the family.
Naira lives in Goa with their son Kairav. Soon everyone learns that Naira is alive and Kairav is Naira and Kartik's son. Despite trying to get away from each other, Kartik and Naira become closer. Soon they realise their love and reunite.
A few months later, Naira gives birth to a daughter and name her Akshara. More family drama leads to Naira and Kartik moving out with Kairav and Akshara.
The family meets with an accident. Naira falls off the cliff and dies. Kartik is left heartbroken. Kairav meets a boxer Sirat who looks exactly like Naira, which makes Kairav think that his mother has returned. After several demands from Kairav, Kartik brings Sirat from Jaisalmer to the Goenka house. Sirat reveals about her former love Ranveer. Kartik realises that Sirat and Ranveer had a misunderstanding, caused by Ranveer's selfish father and reunites them. Sirat and Ranveer get married. Sirat falls for Kartik. Ranveer realises that Sirat has fallen for Kartik and falls unconscious. He reveals that he is suffering from a terminal disease with very little time to live. Before dying, Ranveer asks Kartik to take care of Sirat. Ranveer's father holds Sirat responsible and gets her arrested on murder charges. Kartik bails her out and Sirat goes away from Kartik.
Sirat changes her name to Simran and settles in Dalhousie with an elderly couple. Kartik finds out where Sirat is and convinces her to return to Udaipur. Sirat and Kartik expose Ranveer's father and she is acquitted of all charges. Sirat and Kartik confess their love to each other and get married. Sirat is pregnant and gives birth to a girl, Aarohi. She resumes her boxing training for a championship and qualifies for the Asian Championship.
Akshara comes to know that not Sirat, but Naira is her real mother. As a result, Aarohi gets jealous as she doesn't want to share her mother and begins to hate Akshara. Sheela manipulates Aarohi against the family. Kartik dies in a plane crash leaving the entire family in shock. Sirat slips down the stairs and falls to her death. Aarohi holds Akshara responsible for her mother's death and starts detesting her.
Akshara has grown up to be a kind and family loving girl. She is a singer and musician. Aarohi aspires to be a doctor and still hates Akshara. Dr. Abhimanyu Birla is a practising surgeon at Birla Hospital and Medical Institute. He doesn't believe in marriage and is emotionally guarded. An audiophile, when he hears Akshara sing, he is intrigued. Her simple and loving nature leads to Abhimanyu falling for her. Meanwhile, Aarohi starts falling for Akshu and abhimanyu married . Anisha purpose Kairav . Anisha has second extra marital affair akshu and Kairav learn that. Anisha is dead and family blame Kairav for it.dr Kunal khera said that they do surgery of abhimanyu by taking akshu voice for his sister. 1 year later. Akshu live with Kunal khera and secretly sing for mayya abhimanyu is ruthless surgeon
Tenzing Norgay (May 29, 1914 – May 9, 1986) was a Sherpa climber. Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. During his life he had several wives, as it is part of Sherpa lifestyle. Norgay was born in Kharta Valley, Nepal. He died aged 71 in Darjeeling, India.
Antisemitism is still common today. In a 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center, all of the Muslim-majority Middle Eastern countries polled had very bad opinions of Jews. Only 2% of Egyptians, 3% of Lebanese Muslims, and 2% of Jordanians reported having a good view of Jews. In a 2013 survey of 5,847 Jewish people in Europe, 76% thought that antisemitism has increased in the past five years and 29% had thought about moving countries because they felt unsafe. Some related words include Judeophobia and Israelophobia. In the United States, a 2017 survey showed that 14% of Americans had antisemitic feelings.
There was a shop called “Bagpuss & Co”. The cat sat in the shop window. The owner of the shop was a little girl named Emily. The shop did not sell anything. Instead, Emily would find things that were broken and lost. She fixed them and put them in the shop window. Emily hoping that the owners of the things would come and get them. She would leave the fixed thing in front of her favourite toy: the stuffed cat Bagpuss. Each programme began with these words:
The State Anthem of the Soviet Union , ) was the national anthem of the Soviet Union from 1944 until 1991. It replaced the old one, which was a Russian translation of "The Internationale".
Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková; (); February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, former Olympic skiier and model. She was best known for her marriage to Donald Trump, which ended in divorce. They had three children together, Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump.
Cherilyn Sarkisian, better known as Cher, (born May 20, 1946) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and television personality. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. She is well known for her deep contralto vocal range.
Cher first became well known in 1965 as one half of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher. She has also released 25 albums as a solo artist, and has 22 "Billboard" Top 40 entries over her career. These include twelve Top 10 singles and five number one singles.
She became a successful television star in the 1970s and a movie actress in the 1980s. In 1987, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the romantic comedy Moonstruck.
Padmini, also known as Padmavati, was a legendary 13th–14th century Indian queen (Rani). Several 16th-century texts mention her, of which the earliest source is "Padmavat". "Padmavat" is an epic fictionalized poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE. The Jayasi text describes her story as follows: Padmavati was an exceptionally beautiful princess of the Singhal kingdom (Sri Lanka). Ratan Sen, the Rajput ruler of Chittor Fort, heard about her beauty from a talking parrot named Hiraman. After an adventurous quest, he won her hand in marriage and brought her to Chittor. Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi, also heard about her beauty, and laid siege to Chittor to obtain her. Many events occurred during the period of the siege, till the fort was finally taken. Meanwhile, Ratan Sen was killed in a duel with Devpal, the king of Kumbhalner, who was also enamoured with Padmavati's beauty. Before Alauddin Khalji could capture Chittor, Padmavati and her companions committed Jauhar (self-immolation) to protect their honour. After her sacrifice, the Rajput men died fighting on the battlefield. There is also a Bollywood movie called " Padmavati " which explains the story very well.
Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021) was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer. He appeared in "Vasantha Geetha" (1980), "Bhagyavantha" (1981), "Chalisuva Modagalu" (1982), "Eradu Nakshatragalu" (1983) and "Bettada Hoovu" (1985).
In 1998, he was ranked one of the ten best tennis players in the world. In the same year he also reached the Wimbledon semi-final. In 2001 he had a good year at Wimbledon beating Roger Federer in four sets. He reached the semi final only to be beaten by eventual winner Goran Ivanišević. In 2004 he reached the semi finals of Roland Garros in France but lost to Guillermo Coria. Towards the end of his career Henman did not play so well. He ended up falling to 63 in the world rankings. In 2005 he was knocked out of the second round of Wimbledon by Roger Federer. He also had a lot of injuries at this time, including many at important points in matches.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British doctor and author. He is well known because he wrote short stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. He also wrote science fiction and historical stories.
Sarojini Naidu ( Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important figure in India's struggle for independence from colonial rule often called the `Nightingale of India', She is considered and dubbed as the ""Mother of the Nation" of India".
The star apple ("Chrysophyllum cainito") is a fruit found in the lower regions of Eastern Mongolia. It is a hybrid fruit, ("Star", "Apple"). It is not poisonous. It is like a apple but more sweet
A proxy war, or proxy warfare, is a war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly. States sometimes use less powerful states as proxies but more often use violent non-state actors, mercenaries, and other third parties, such as during in a civil war. They may give their proxies money, weapons, training, or other help. The hope is to strike an opponent without a full-scale war, especially one that could involve the nuclear bomb.
The United States and the Soviet Union used many proxies to fight each other during the Cold War. Both sides tried to increase their influence and to decrease the other's influence.
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. William, the third son of George III of the United Kingdom and younger brother and successor to George IV was the last person to rule both the United Kingdom and Hanover. His niece, Victoria, ruled only the United Kingdom, not Hanover.
Jane Seymour (c.1508 – 24 October 1537) was the third wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1536 until 1537. She was the mother of Edward VI of England, who died at the age of 15. Edward was the only male child of King Henry VIII to survive infancy.
The next wars, known as the Napoleonic Wars, grew France over much of Western Europe and into Poland. At its biggest in 1812, the French Empire had 130 départements, ruled over 90 million people, and had a large military in Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Duchy of Warsaw. The introduction of the Napoleonic Code through the continent increased legal equality, made jury systems, and legalized divorce. Napoleon placed relatives on the thrones of several European countries. He gave many noble titles, most of which went away after the empire fell.
For most of Nintendo's systems, there have been no load times, except for the GameCube and Wii. With the DS, a level in the game loads up quickly, just like with Game Boy games. This is because cartridges can be read a lot quicker than DVDs.
The Nintendo DS is one of the rivals of Sony's PlayStation Portable. However, both Nintendo and Sony state that their products were aimed at different people, so there is "technically" no competition. The DS has currently sold more units than the PSP has. In 2011, the DS briefly held the record for best-selling game console overall.
Nintendo later developed a newer version of the Nintendo DS, known as the Nintendo DS Lite. It was first announced on January 26, 2006 and released on March 2, 2006 in Japan, on June 1, 2006 in Australia, on June 11, 2006 in North America, on June 23, 2006 in Europe, and on January 18, 2007 in South Korea.
In total, the "DS" family has sold 154.9 million units as of July 15, 2021, making it the best-selling handheld of all time, the best-selling Nintendo console, and overall, the second best-selling system behind the PlayStation 2. It has currently beat the record of its sibling console (the Game Boy/Game Boy Color), which has sold 118.69 million.
The double bass is a big stringed instrument. It is also called contrabass and upright bass. It is used in orchestras, jazz bands, rockabilly bands, bluegrass music, and some country music bands. It plays low-pitched musical notes in musical ensembles and bands. In jazz bands, these low-pitched musical notes are called the "bass line." The double bass looks like smaller instruments like the violin, viola, and cello.
Nathalie Yamb is a Cameroonian-Swiss activist and businesswoman. She is well-known for opposing the actions of France in Africa, which her and others describe as colonial. She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Cameroon, then went to university in Germany. In the 2010s, she helped run a political party in Ivory Coast. However, she was deported in 2019 without a trial after she criticized the Ivory Coast government at a conference in Russia. Her anti-French activism earned her in January 2022 a ban on entry and stay on French territory, made public in October 2022.
A backpack (also called rucksack, knapsack, packsack, pack, Haversack, or Bergen) is a bag put on somebody's back. It usually has two straps that go over the shoulders. It is used to carry things in it, and it often has many pockets or compartments to carry things. People often use backpacks when camping, hiking, or other activity where they need to carry many things. Backpacks are also be used in the military by soldiers. When used in school the are called bookbags or school bags.
Anne of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, when England and Scotland combined into a single kingdom, Anne became the first sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
He was the third divine ruler among the gods; the human pharaohs claimed to be descended from him, and the royal throne was referred to as “the throne of Geb.”
In the Heliopolitan "Ennead" (a group of nine gods created in the beginning by the one god Atum or Ra), Geb is the husband of Nut, the sky or visible daytime and nightly firmament, the son of the earlier primordial elements Tefnut (moisture) and Shu ('emptiness'), and the father to the four lesser gods of the system – Osiris, Seth, Isis and Nephthys. In this context, Geb was believed to have originally been engaged with Nut and had to be separated from her by Shu, god of the air. Consequently, in mythological depictions, Geb was shown as a man reclining, sometimes with his phallus still pointed towards Nut. Geb and Nut together formed the permanent boundary between the primeval waters and the newly created world.
Muaz ibn Jabal () (603 – 639) was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad. He belonged to the tribe of Banu Khazraj. He accepted Islam before the Second pledge at al-Aqabah. He was known as the one with a lot of knowledge. He was called by Prophet Muhammad, "the one who will lead the scholars into Paradise". Prophet Muhammad sent Muaz to Yemen to teach its people about Islam. He also helped in collecting the Quran in written form.
When Tomoe Gozen was a girl who was taught the skills of an upper-class Japanese woman: writing, musical theatre, archery, horseback riding andfencing. She became a skilled horseman and brave warrior. She became a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshinaka when she was a teenager.
Michel de Nostredame (14 or 21 December 1503 – 2 July 1566), also known as Nostradamus, was a French apothecary (or pharmacist) and allegedly a doctor. He was born in Provence. He is famous as a 'seer' who wrote collections of prophecies that have since become famous around the world. His best known book was called "Les Propheties" (The Prophecies) and first appeared in 1555. Since its first publication the book has rarely been out of print. Over the years, many people have come to believe that Nostradamus predicted a range of events in history. People often reached this conclusion by applying methods similar to the Bible code - i.e. by twisting the texts in such a way as to suggest that they predicted the future. He died of edema in Provence.
Harambe was a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy climbed into a gorilla enclosure at the zoo and was grabbed and dragged by Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla. Fearing for the boy's life, a zoo worker shot and killed Harambe. It was recorded on video and was shown on news services around the world. There was a lot of argument about the decision to kill Harambe. A number of primatologists and conservationists said that the zoo had no other choice under the circumstances, and that they did the right thing. Lots of internet memes were made, and the director encouraged people to stop.
His book, "Marx in the Anthropocene : Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism" (人新世のマルクス：脱成長のコミュニズムへの道) became a surprise best-seller. It is especially popular with younger Japanese people. It is part of a new popularity for Marx in Japan.
A May Day celebration held annually in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada has the distinction of being the longest running May Day celebration of its kind in the British Commonwealth. This May Day celebration began in 1870 and is approaching one hundred and forty years of age. Archival film footage of New Westminster's May Day celebrations from 1932-1962 can be seen online at Quest for the Queens .
Rosé was born in New Zealand on 11 February 1997. At the age of seven, she moved to Australia. In 2012, she passed a YG Entertainment audition at the age of 16. She later signed with YG Entertainment and moved to South Korea.
Currently, the position is held by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) and Michelle O’Neill (Sinn Fein). Before however, the incumbents were Peter Robinson of the Democratic Unionist Party as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin as deputy First Minister.
The movement has also been criticized. In the New York Times, Deroy Murdock asked about the true number of black people killed by police, and about the way the BLM movement reported these killings. He wrote: "But the notion that America’s cops simply are gunning down innocent black people is one of today's biggest and deadliest lies". Some of the black leaders of the American civil rights movement criticized the tactics of the BLM movement. Glenn Loury, a professor for economics, warned about focusing on police violence against black people; the other side would only use this to compile statistics; in these statistics black people will be overrepresented. According to Loury, it would be better to reform social structures, so that people could benefit, irrespective of skin color. One of the examples he gave was early-age education.
Lois Griffin is a character in the television comedy "Family Guy". She is the wife of Peter Griffin. They have three children. They are an American family and Lois has a New Yorker accent. Alex Borstein does her voice.
Catbug is a main character on the animated American YouTube series "Bravest Warriors" created by Pendleton Ward. He is voiced by 8-year-old Sam Lavagnino, and depicted as a part cat, part ladybug creature, and has the ability to teleport through various dimensions. The character was created by "Bravest Warriors" writer/director Breehn Burns, and designed by illustrator/Cartoonist Bob Flynn. Burns has said that the character was inspired by an incident in his neighborhood when he heard a dog barking, followed by a sudden teleportation-like sound then silence, and then the sudden sound again with the return of the animal’s barks.
Catbug lives in the Invisible Hideout and sleeps in Wallow’s bed. Catbug is well-intentioned, but generally unhelpful during the Bravest Warriors’ adventures, though it is debatable how much he understands about the situations they find themselves in. Catbug enjoys soft tacos and sugar peas. Often childlike and seemingly carefree, the Bravest Warriors treat him much like a child and don’t hold him accountable for his actions. In “Jelly Kid Forever” Catbug decapitates Jelly Kid, but isn’t punished for it. He demonstrates pride that he “caught him for Danny” rather than concern or guilt for having apparently killed something.
We discover Catbug’s origins in “The Dimension Garden,” set 10 years before the present day, when Beth finds a baby larva in her dad’s garden. Wallow soon grows attached to the creature and falls asleep with the larva in his arms, only to wake up stuck the outside of a massive cocoon that has filled his room. Catbug emerges from the cocoon fully formed with superlative cute non sequiturs for which this character is known. In “Hamster Priest”, new sides of Catbug’s personality are presented through Catbugs from alternate dimensions, in which he takes on the persona of “Commander Catbug” and “Lord Catbug”.
Catbug is a blue-furred cat with the shell and wings of a Ladybug. He appears to run and pounce like a cat, but often stands and walks on two feet. He is capable of flight, and some strength as shown in “Aeon Worm” when he carries Beth and her dad away from the Aeon Worm and out of the See-Through Zone.
Catbug spends a lot of time with one of Wallow’s other pets, Impossibear, who seems to be the only one not at all fazed by Catbug’s adorably clueless nature. In “Catbug’s Away Team”, Chris asks Catbug, not Impossibear, to pull together an away team to handle things on the surface of the planet while the Bravest Warriors handle things in space. Rather than do his given job, Catbug ends up distracted, focusing instead on all the wrong things, like picking the right flavor of ice cream for one of the aliens (Super Chinese Peanut Butter). In the end, Catbug does not complete his mission, and Chris and Wallow question why they trusted him in the first place. This episode is wonderful display of Catbug’s childlike place on the team, and his limited attention-span.
On April 11, TouchArcade named Fly Catbug Fly its game of the week, and wrote “What could have easily been a thrown together advergame to promote an internet cartoon is in actuality my new favorite cave flyer, even rivaling what I consider the pinnacle of the genre in Jetpack Joyride, though they're different enough from each other to happily coexist. If you're already a Bravest Warrior fan definitely give Fly Catbug Fly! a try, but even if you're never heard of the show before you really have to give it a whirl if you enjoy cave flyers.”
Catbug made his debut in the Bravest Warriors Comics, published by BOOM! Studios. He recently appeared in their “Bravest Warriors 2014 Annual”, the issue features four separate stories, each focused entirely on Catbug.
or 2013 and 2019 in the Julian calendar. This common year is one of the three possible common years in which a century year can begin on, and occurs in century years that yield a remainder of 300 when divided by 400. The most recent such year was 1900 and the next one will be 2300 in the Gregorian calendar (See tables at bottom.)
In this common year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on its earliest possible date, January 15, Valentine’s Day is on a Wednesday, Presidents Day is on February 19, St. Patrick’s Day is on a Saturday, Mother’s Day is on May 13, Memorial Day is on May 28, Father’s Day is on June 17, Independence Day is on a Wednesday, Labor Day is on September 3, Columbus Day is on its earliest possible date, October 8, Halloween is on a Wednesday, Veterans Day is on a Sunday, Thanksgiving is on its earliest possible date, November 22, and Christmas is on a Tuesday.
South Ossetia (, ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, or the Tskhinvali Region, is a "de facto", disputed territory recognised as part of Georgia in the Caucasus region.
The Spanish grew their control of land in America over the years until they owned Central America, most of South America, Mexico, the South of what today is Southern United States, the Western part of what today is the United States, the Southwestern part of what today is British Columbia in Canada, and even reaching Alaska. A lot of the colonisation involved Genocide.
At the start of the nineteenth century, the Spanish land in America began a series of independence movements, which led to independence from Spain by the mid 1820's of Mexico, and the colonies in Central and South America. The other Spanish colonies, Cuba and Puerto Rico, were lost in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War.
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is a former American politician. He was the 45th vice president of the United States under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. Before that, he was a U.S. senator and a congressman for Tennessee. He is a Democrat.
He was chosen as the Democratic nominee of the 2000 United States presidential election, but lost the electoral vote to Republican candidate George W. Bush because of Florida and the US Supreme Court ruling a 5-4 favor of Bush. He was supposed to be president before the supreme court decision. Gore got more votes, though.
Pandita Ramabai (23 April 1858, Karnataka – 5 April 1922) was an Indian Christian who tried to change many things in India. A poet and scholar, she tried hard to improve (make better) the lives of women in India. She wrote many books, such as her popular "The high
Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated television series aimed at two to five year olds. It was created, directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies. It originally aired on 31 May 2004. Peppa Pig is distributed by E1 Kids. To date, six seasons have been aired. It is shown in 180 countries.
Napoleon III, generally known as "Louis Napoléon" before he became emperor, was the son of Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoléon. His mother was Hortense de Beauharnais, the daughter by the first marriage of Napoleon's wife Josephine de Beauharnais. Louis-Napoléon was a second son and a replacement child. His older brother, Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, died at age four. During Napoleon I's reign, Louis-Napoléon's parents had been made king and queen of a French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland.
After Napoleon I's military defeats and deposition in 1815 and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France, all members of the Bonaparte dynasty were forced into exile. Louis Napoleon was quietly exiled to the United States of America, and spent four years in New York City. He also visited Central America. He secretly returned to France and attempted yet another coup in August 1840, sailing with some hired soldiers into Boulogne. In 1844, his uncle Joseph died, making him the direct heir apparent to the Bonaparte claim. Two years later, his father Louis died, making Louis-Napoléon the clear Bonapartist candidate to rule France.
Louis-Napoléon lived within the borders of the United Kingdom until the revolution of February 1848 in France deposed Louis-Philippe I and established a Republic. He was now free to return to France, which he immediately did.
Central Visayas, designated as Region VII, is a region of the Philippines. It is in the central part of the Visayas island group. It consists of four provinces–Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor– and the highly urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, and Mandaue. The region is dominated by the native speakers of Cebuano. Cebu City is its regional center.
Genaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico, Jr. (July 29, 1942 – July 8, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for his role as the mobster Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri in the television series "The Sopranos" and Tony Sacks in the Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas". He also provided the voice of Vinny Griffin on the sitcom "Family Guy".
In Hinduism, dharma is the spiritual law for human beings. It is the way of goodness, truth and duty. For example, a child's dharma is to be a good student. Parents’ dharma is to raise and support their family. A teacher’s dharma is to teach, and the dharma of the police is to protect others. Each age brings new responsibilities, so dharma will change over your lifetime. It is everyone’s dharma to be honest, kind and religious, to do no harm to others and to be a good citizen. Hindus believe that following dharma fulfills the highest purpose on earth. When people follow dharma, they feel good about themselves, and life is most rewarding to the people of dio and buddha
CryptoLocker is a file encrypting ransomware. It first appeared in September 2013. It was transferred using email attachments and botnets. The ransomware encrypts most files on the computer (including connected devices), using an RSA encryption.After infection Cryptolocker scan the victim’s folder structure for files matching a set of file extensions, encrypt them and display a message window that demands a ransom in order to decrypt the files. Cryptolocker use RSA public-key cryptography. Once it has encrypted the files, it will display a window asking for 2 Bitcoin for the decryption program. It will give the user 72 hours to pay the ransom.
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, former basketball player. He produced Aaliyah's 1994 first album "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". In 1996, Kelly was nominated for a Grammy Award for writing Michael Jackson's song "You Are Not Alone".
Kelly's twelfth album, "Black Panties" was released in the United States on December 10, 2013. Two singles have been released from it, "Genius" and "My Story". A video was release for "Cookie". In 2014 Kelly will tour with Mary J Blige.
The board of well-fed gentlemen who manage the workhouse offer £5 to any person wishing to take on Oliver as an apprentice. Mr Gamfield, a brutal , almost claims Oliver. However, when Oliver begs not to be sent away with "that dreadful man", a kind magistrate lets Oliver not be taken away by Mr Gamfield. Later, Mr Sowerberry, an undertaker employed by the parish, takes Oliver into his service. He treats Oliver better and, because of Oliver's sad face, uses him as a mourner at children's funerals. Mr Sowerberry is in an unhappy marriage, and his wife looks down on Oliver and misses few opportunities to give him less food and treat him badly. He also suffers at the hands of Noah Claypole and Charlotte, the Sowerberrys' maidservant, who is in love with Noah.
Oliver follows the pair to "make handkerchiefs", only to learn that their real mission is to pick pockets. The Dodger and Charley steal the handkerchief of an old gentleman named Mr. Brownlow and then flee. When he finds his handkerchief missing, Mr. Brownlow turns round, sees Oliver running away in fright, and pursues him, thinking he was the thief. Others join the chase, capture Oliver, and bring him before the magistrate. Curiously, Mr. Brownlow has second thoughts about the boy – he seems not to believe he is a pickpocket. To the judge's evident disappointment, a bookstall holder who saw the Dodger commit the crime clears Oliver, who, by now actually ill, faints in the courtroom. Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver home and, along with his housekeeper Mrs. Bedwin, cares for him. While recovering, both Mrs. Bedwin and Mr. Brownlow notice how Oliver bears a striking resemblance to a painting of a woman who was the wife of a dead friend of Mr. Brownlow's.