title: YWCA

paragraphs: The YWCA are a movement representing women working for social and economic change around the world. They advocate for the leaderships of women, human rights, peace and sustainable development. The full name for this organization is the "World Young Women's Christian Association"; they are based from Geneva, Switzerland. The YWCA are not connected or affiliated with the YMCA. The movement that resulted in the development of YWCA got started around 1855 in England, and until around 1930 their headquarters were based in London. YWCA USA were established during 1858.


title: D. M. Jayaratne

paragraphs: Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne (, ; 4 June 1931 – 19 November 2019) known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne was a Sri Lankan politician. He was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. He was a founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

paragraphs: Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010.

paragraphs: Jayaratne died on 19 November 2019 at a private hospital in Kandy, Sri Lanka at the age of 88.


title: Asiana Airlines Flight 214

paragraphs: Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a passenger flight from Incheon International Airport, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport, United States. On July 6, 2013, the aircraft crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport. There were 307 people (291 passengers and 16 crew) aboard the plane. Two passengers were killed and 182 were hurt. A third passenger also died, but it is possible that she survived the crash and was run over by a fire truck. When the plane was coming in to land, the engines were idle and the plane was flying much slower than it should have been. 1.5 seconds before the plane crashed, the pilots tried a go-around, but they were too late.

paragraphs: The aircraft which crashed was a Boeing 777-200ER, and it had been used by Asiana Airlines since March 2006. The crash was the first time anyone ever died aboard a Boeing 777.

paragraphs: The aircraft used on Flight 214 was a Boeing 777-28EER. The plane's registration number was HL7742, and it had Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engines. The plane was delivered to Asiana Airlines in March 2006. The aircraft had flown for about 36,000 hours.

paragraphs: On July 6, 2013, Flight 214 took off from Incheon International Airport (ICN) at 5:04 p.m. KST (08:04 UTC), which was 34 minutes late. It was supposed to land at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) at 11:04 a.m. PDT (18:04 UTC).

paragraphs: On July 6, 2013, at 11:26 PDT (18:26 UTC), the aircraft crashed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) when it was landing. It landed before the start of runway 28L, and it hit the seawall in San Francisco Bay. The pilots wanted to approach the runway at 137 knots, but the flight data recorder showed that the speed was below this, and that the engines were idle during the approach. When the plane crashed, both engines and the tail section were torn off the plane. People who saw the crash said there was a fireball when the aircraft crashed. There was a second, big explosion minutes after the crash. Evacuation slides were used to get the passengers off the plane. Even though the plane was damaged a lot, "many [...] were able to walk away on their own".

paragraphs: The Instrument Landing System (ILS) on runway 28L had been out of order since June 11. Therefore, the planes were landed by the pilot, without a lot of help from the autopilot; the clear weather made it easier to do this. Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot who saved US Airways Flight 1549, said that investigators would think about whether the ILS being unavailable could have helped the crash happen.

paragraphs: This was only the third fatal crash in Asiana's history. It was also the first fatal airliner crash in the United States since the Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash in 2009.

paragraphs: Four pilots were on board the plane. The pilots flying when the plane crashed were Lee Jeong-min, who has flown for 12,387 hours (3,220 with the 777) and Lee Kang-kook, who has flown for 9,793 hours, according to the South Korean transport ministry. Lee Kang-kook being trained to fly the 777, and this was his first landing at San Francisco in the aircraft. However, he had landed at San Francisco before in a Boeing 747. Lee Kang-kook only had 43 hours of experience with the 777 before the crash.

paragraphs: Chief of San Francisco Fire Department, Joanne Hayes-White, said that two people died. Both of them were Chinese and 16 years old. Both of their bodies were found outside the plane. Only one person was missing. Before this, it was thought that 60 people were missing. Later, Hayes-White said that everyone had been found.

paragraphs: Seventy students and teachers going to the United States for summer camp were among the Chinese passengers. Thirty of the students and teachers were from Shanxi, and the others were from Zhejiang. Five of the teachers and 29 of the students were from Jiangshan High School in Zhejiang. They were traveling in one group. 35 of the students were going to a West Valley Christian School summer camp.

paragraphs: One teacher had small injuries, and the two passengers who died were supposed to be going to the West Valley camp.

paragraphs: Several passengers noticed how close the plane was to the Bay when it was coming in to land. This caused the water to jump up when the engines were powered up just before the crash.

paragraphs: When the plane hit the ground, it was said that the oxygen masks dropped right away. After the aircraft stopped, some passengers said that there were sparks inside the cabin.

paragraphs: Just after the crash, the pilots told the flight crew not to evacuate the passengers. However, the pilots later told them to evacuate, and the crew did so quickly. The crew also helped several passengers who could not escape the plane alone. One of the pilots carried out a passenger with an injured leg.

paragraphs: One flight attendant said that many of the Chinese passengers, at first, could not understand the instructions to evacuate because of a language barrier.

paragraphs: During the evacuation, a fire began in the cabin, near the 10th row. One of the pilots put it out.

paragraphs: Two of the escape slides shot into the cabin instead of outside of it. The first escape slide blocked one of the exits and almost suffocated a flight attendant. One of the pilots burst it with an axe from the cockpit. The second went towards the middle of the aircraft, where there was a fire. It trapped another flight attendant, but a pilot burst it with a knife.

paragraphs: Some passengers who were sitting at the back of the plane got out through the hole left by the tail of the plane, which was torn off in the crash.

paragraphs: The National Transportation Safety Board has started an investigation. An NTSB team has been sent to San Francisco. Asiana CEO Yoon Young-Doo said "Currently we understand that there were no engine or mechanical problems." It is thought that the plane was too low when it was coming in to land and hit the seawall. The NTSB said that it looked like the pilots were flying too slowly while approaching the runway. The sound of the stick shaker (when the yoke vibrates to warn pilots that the plane may stall) could be heard about 4 seconds before the crash on the cockpit voice recorder. The crew tried a go-around 1.5 seconds before the plane hit the ground and the engines seemed to have worked fine.

paragraphs: On July 7, 2013, NTSB investigators found the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. They were moved to Washington, D.C. to be analysed. The NTSB said that the pilots tried to stop the landing and go around 1.5 seconds before the crash.

paragraphs: The coroner of San Mateo County, Robert Foucrault, is doing an autopsy on the people who died. He and someone from the fire department have said that one of the girls who died might have survived the crash but might have been killed after being run over by a fire truck.

paragraphs: This was the very first time that anyone died on a Boeing 777 aircraft.

paragraphs: The airport was closed for about five hours after the crash. Flights which were going to San Francisco were told to land somewhere else. Some of the other airports the planes landed at were Sacramento, Los Angeles and Seattle. By 3:30 PDT (22:30 UTC), runways 01L/19R and 01R/19L were open again. However, the runway the accident happened on 28L and the one next to it (28R) stayed closed. About 24 hours later, runway 10L/28R was opened again.

paragraphs: Asiana is still flying from Seoul to San Francisco, but after the incident the flight number was changed to 212.


title: The Phantom of the Opera (musical)

paragraphs: The Phantom of the Opera is a musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe wrote the book. Charles Hart and Stilgoe wrote the lyrics. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music. The musical is based on the 1910 novel, "The Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux.

paragraphs: "Phantom" opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End on 9 October 1986. Michael Crawford played the Phantom, Sarah Brightman played Christine, and Steve Barton played Raoul.

paragraphs: The musical opened on Broadway on 26 January 1988 at the Majestic Theatre. Crawford, Brightman, and Barton played their West End roles in the Broadway production.

paragraphs: The story is about a strange man who lives in a sewer beneath the opera house in Paris. Obsessed with a young singer, he terrorizes everyone at the opera in an effort to make her a star.

paragraphs: The musical won many awards, including the 1986 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. Michael Crawford won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical.

paragraphs: The musical was made into a movie with the same name in 2004. It stars Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine, and Patrick Wilson as Raoul.


title: The Color of Friendship

paragraphs: The Color of Friendship is a 2000 television movie. It is based on real life events about the friendship between two girls: Mahree and Piper. Piper lives in the United States while Mahree lives in apartheid-era South Africa. Mahree learns about tolerance and friendship. The movie focuses on racism between two different races. The movie was directed by Kevin Hooks. It was based on a script by Paris Qualles. It stars Lindsey Haun and Shadia Simmons.

paragraphs: Since 2005, Disney Channel has annually aired "Color of Friendship" in celebration of Black History Month in the United States. It was released on VHS in 2002. Many movie critics gave positive reviews about the movie. The movie is also based on the short story written by real life Piper Dellums. "The Color of Friendship" has received many awards and nominations throughout 2000 and 2001. It was nominated for three Young Artist Awards, winning only one. It also was nominated for a Directors Guild of America award. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It also won an Humanitas Prize, NAACP Image Award and Writers Guild of America award.

paragraphs: In 1977, Mahree Bok (Lindsey Haun) is a white South African. She lives in a mansion with her parents and little brother. They enjoy the benefits from the system of apartheid. They never questioned if it is good or bad for their country. Mahree's father, Pieter Bok, is a South African policeman. He is overjoyed when Steve Biko (a black South African man fighting against apartheid) is caught by the South African authorities. The family owns a black maid, Flora (Melanie Nicholls-King). Mahree considers her a friend and does not understand that Flora is not happy with her life under apartheid. It is from Flora that Mahree hears about the weaver bird and its nest-building. This is used as a metaphor for racial harmony. Mahree does not understand at the time and tells Flora that "people are not birds".

paragraphs: Piper Dellums (Shadia Simmons) is a black girl who lives in Washington, D.C.. She lives with her father, Congressman Ron Dellums (Carl Lumbly), her mother Roscoe Dellums (Penny Johnson) and her two younger twin brothers, Brady (Anthony Burnett) and Erik (Erron Jackson). Ron Dellums is an outspoken opponent of the South African apartheid system. Piper is excited to be a host to an African exchange student. She believes the exchange student will be black, while Mahree believes her host family will be white. They are not pleased to find out they were both wrong. Ron is also not please by Mahree's political views. Mahree is horrified and panics when she is confronted by this new situation. She locks herself in Piper's bedroom and refuses to come out.

paragraphs: Eventually, Piper finds a way to unlock the door. She gives Mahree food her host family had bought her. She continues to be scared about living in a house with black people. Upset by this, Piper tells Mahree how disappointed she is in her. Stunned by this, Mahree sees how rude she's been, and agrees to stay and try to make this work. During Mahree's stay, she and the Dellums grow closer together. Mahree sees people of different races getting along. She then realizes how much she and Piper have in common. They become friends. She then develops a better understanding of what life under South African apartheid must be like for people of color.

paragraphs: Steve Biko, a member of the South African liberation movement, is killed by South African police. This leads to a mass protest from around the world, including at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C. The diplomats arrives at the Dellums' house and take Mahree to the embassy. They want to take her back to South Africa, fearing for her life. Upset, Ron goes to the South African embassy. He threatens to tell the press that they kidnapped Mahree from her host family. They then released her to the Dellums. Mahree still does not know what happened to her and why.

paragraphs: When she returns to the Dellum's house, she made a rude comment about Biko's death. Angry at this, Piper shouts at her for being racist. Hurt, Mahree runs away. Piper's parents talk to them both and they soon become friends again. With Ron's help, Mahree finally understands what the liberation fighters in South African stand for. Mahree tells Ron and Piper about the weaver bird story Flora had told her. Ron uses this as a speech to the American people. Mahree departs the United States. She is a different person. When she returns, the first person she greets is Flora. In secret, Mahree shows her freedom flag sewn insider her coat. This tells Flora she sides with the black liberation movement. Flora is touched by this and pleased to know she wants to fight for their freedom.

paragraphs: The movie was based on a short story called "Simunye". It was written by real life Piper Dellums. It was about a South African girl named Carrie coming to stay with her family. Dellums writes that she lost contact with Carrie after she returned to South Africa. She does not know what happened to her. In "Simunye", Piper believed that Carrie was murdered for her anti-racist views.

paragraphs: The movie received positive reviews from movie critics. It was played on the Disney Channel several times throughout 2000 and 2001. After this, the channel stopped airing the movie. Beginning in 2006, Disney Channel began airing the movie annually in early February. It was meant for Black History Month. A VHS of the movie was released in 2002. Included was the music video for "Galaxy is Ours" from "".


title: Maitree Wickramasinghe

paragraphs: Maithree Wickramasinghe (born 11 August 1954) is a Sri Lankan academic and Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya. The wife of Ranil Wickremasinghe the current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, she is the founder director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya and a visiting professor on gender and women's studies at other educational institutions including the University of Colombo and the University of Sussex. Maithree Wickramasinghe has delivered keynotes and plenaries at acadamic and professional fora in the US, Spain, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and China.

paragraphs: The only child of the late Senevi B. Wickremasinghe and Shiranee Wickremasinghe (née Bandaratilaka) of Nawala, Koswatte. She graduated from King's College London with a BA (Hons) degree in English and went on to complete her MA degree in Women’s Studies at the University of Colombo. She had gained her PhD degree from the Institute of Education, University of London. In 1995 she married Ranil Wickremasinghe.


title: Rain (video game)

paragraphs: Rain (stylized as rain), is a adventure video game developed by Acquire and SCE Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was known as Lost in the Rain in Asia.

paragraphs: The game was announced at Gamescom. The game was released on October 1, 2013 in North America, October 2, 2013 in Europe and on October 3, 2013 in Japan. It was released on the PlayStation Network.

paragraphs: The game is about a nameless boy that lost out in the rain sees the silhouette of a young girl. He follows her and turns invisible like her. After he turns invisible he sees that there are many other creatures that are invisible and roam around. He must find his way to the young girl among the world of the invisible.

paragraphs: IGN rated the game a 7 out of 10 and said "Rain creates a distinctive heartbreaking atmosphere, but fails to develop it into a more engrossing experience.”

paragraphs: GameSpot gave the game a 7 out of 10 and stated "Rain uses chilling atmosphere and a heartfelt story to draw you in to this fantastical world", but criticized some of the mechanics of the puzzles."


title: Beachbody

paragraphs: Beachbody LLC is an American multinational corporation and pyramid scheme. It sells fitness, weight loss and muscle-building home-exercise DVDs. The company's best-known product is Tony Horton's P90X. Its television advertisements have become some of the most frequently shown infomercials in the United States. American fitness coach, Shaun T. was signed by Beachbody to create the "most intense and insane workout ever put on DVD". This led to the creation of Insanity, becoming one of the best-selling exercise DVDs in the United States.


title: Kinky Boots

paragraphs: Kinky Boots is a musical. It is based on the 2005 movie, "Kinky Boots". It is about a shoemaker who saves his factory by creating a line of fetish boots with the help of a drag queen.

paragraphs: Cyndi Lauper wrote the music and lyrics. Harvey Fierstein wrote the musical's book. It opened on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013. It won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical.


title: Vijaya Kumaranatunga

paragraphs: Kovilage Anton Vijaya Kumaranatunga (; 9 October 1945 – 16 February 1988) was a popular Sri Lankan movie actor and politician. He was married to former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga from 1978 until his assassination in 1988.

paragraphs: In 1978, Kumaranatunga married Chandrika Bandaranaike, daughter of the late Sri Lankan Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Vijaya Kumaranatunga and Chandrika Bandaranaike had two children, Yasodhara Kumaranatunga Walker (MD) and Vimukthi Kumaranatunga (Vet) in UK.


title: Webster City, Iowa

paragraphs: Webster City is a city in central Iowa. The original name was Newcastle. More than 8,000 people lived there as of the 2010 Census.


title: S. B. S. Abayakoon

paragraphs: S. B. S. Abayakoon (born 1958) is the dean of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Before that, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for four and a half years. He is a professor of Civil Engineering, at Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya. He was appointed the 20th vice-chancellor of the university in August 2009.


title: MacKinlay Kantor

paragraphs: Benjamin McKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956. He wrote over 30 novels. Several of them were set in the American Civil War.

paragraphs: Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. He died from a heart attack at seventy-three in Sarasota, Florida.


title: Sally Rand

paragraphs: Hattie Helen Gould Beck (or Sally Rand; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979) was an American actress and dancer. She starred in many silent movies and in movies with sound. Her movies included "The Dressmaker from Paris" and "The Road to Yesterday", both in 1925. Other movies followed.

paragraphs: Rand was born in Missouri. She died due to congestive heart failure at seventy-five.


title: Helen Kane

paragraphs: Helen Claire Schroeder (later known as Helen Kane; August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer and musician. She performed popular music. She sang the famous melody "I Wanna be Loved by You" during the late 1920s. She also performed vaudeville. Sh recorded twenty-two singles between 1928 and 1930. She also performed in movies.

paragraphs: Schroeder was born in The Bronx, New York. She died in Queens, New York at sixty-two.


title: Laura La Plante

paragraphs: Laura La Plante (1 November 1904 – 14 October 1996) was an American actress. She performed in silent movies. She ended her career around 1934 when talking movies began.

paragraphs: La Plante was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She died due to Alzheimer's disease in California at age 91.


title: Welsh Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Welsh Wikipedia ("Welsh": Wicipedia Cymraeg or just Wicipedia) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in July 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 49,000 articles.


title: Hindi Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Hindi Wikipedia is the Hindi-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in July 2003. As of June 2018, it has over 125,000 articles. It is only Indian language Wikipedia with over 100,000 articles.


title: The Potato Eaters

paragraphs: The Potato Eaters is a painting made by Vincent van Gogh in 1885. It was one of his first paintings he has made. He painted it at age 32 in 1885. Potato Eaters is a painting of peasants that lived in his town.


title: Thelma Ritter

paragraphs: Thelma Ritter (14 February 1902 – 5 February 1969) was an American actress. She played comedic roles. She received six Academy Award nominations and won one Tony Award. Her notable movies included "All about Eve" in 1950 and "Titanic" in 1953. Ritter also played some dramatic roles, the most notable of were in "With a Song in My Heart", and in "The Misfits".

paragraphs: Ritter was born in New York City. She died there due to a heart attack, nine days before her 67th birthday.


title: Slovene Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Slovene Wikipedia ("Slovenska Wikipedija") is the Slovene-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in February 2002.

paragraphs: As of October 2015, it is the 42nd largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles.


title: Mildred Natwick

paragraphs: Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage and movie actress. She played the mother of actress Jane Fonda in the movie "Barefoot in the Park". She acted in John Ford movies, including "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "3 Godfathers", both of which got released in 1948. Her last role was in "Dangerous Liaisons" in 1988.

paragraphs: Natwick was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She died from cancer at age 89 in New York City.


title: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

paragraphs: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a musical. Julie Taymor wrote the book. U2's Bono and The Edge wrote the lyrics and music.

paragraphs: The musical is based on a comic book character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, as well as the 2002 movie about the character. The Greek myth of Arachne is also a basis for the musical.

paragraphs: The musical features much stunt work, including moments of "flying". Some performers were injured during rehearsals. Other problems delayed the premiere of the musical. Director Julie Taymor quit. After many rehearsals and revisions, the musical opened on Broadway at the Foxwoods Theatre on 14 June 2011. It was not a critical success.

paragraphs: The series has all 26 episodes of the 2 seasons with thirteen episodes of the each season. The series aired on RTL, France 3, Gulli, Canal J and Canal 5 Televisa on 2006 to 2009 before [Spider-Man]] get cancelled the program in 2009.


title: Thai Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Thai Wikipedia () is the Thai-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in December 2003. As of October 2019, it has over 133,000 articles.


title: Waray Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Waray Wikipedia is the Waray language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started on September 25, 2005. As of January 2016, it is the eighth-largest language edition of Wikipedia, and has over 1,300,000 articles.


title: Little Orphan Annie

paragraphs: Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created by Harold Gray. The strip made its first appearance on August 5, 1924 in the "New York Daily News". The main characters in the strip were Little Orphan Annie, Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, and Annie's dog Sandy. The strip followed Annie's many adventures around the world. It was cancelled on June 13, 2010.

paragraphs: Strip spin-offs over the years included a 1930 radio series; two movies in 1932 and 1938; an assortment of chapter books, games, comic books and other juvenile paraphernalia; the Broadway musical, "Annie"; and a movie adaptation of the musical.


title: Nancy (comics)

paragraphs: Nancy is a daily comic strip originally written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy is a pudgy little girl whose friends include poor boy Sluggo, rich kid Rollo, bully and troublemaker Spike, girlfriend Irma, and a dog named Poochie.

paragraphs: Nancy lives with her unmarried aunt, Fritzi Ritz. Nancy made her first appearance in her aunt's strip on January 2, 1933, but broke away in 1938 to star in her own. When Bushmiller died in August 1982, the strip was continued by other writers and artists.


title: Dorothy Fields

paragraphs: Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American songwriter. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and movies. She wrote the lyrics for "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" and for "Exactly Like You". The latter was recorded by many musicians.

paragraphs: Fields co-wrote the 1961 song "The Way You Look Tonight" with Jerome Kern. The song was in the movie "Swing Time" and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

paragraphs: Fields was born in New Jersey. She died due to a stroke at age sixty-eight.


title: Hazel (comics)

paragraphs: Hazel was a single panel comic strip by Ted Key that appeared for many years in the last pages of "The Saturday Evening Post", beginning in 1943. She was a maid for the well to do Baxter family. In the early 1960s, she was played by Shirley Booth in a television sitcom series with Don Defore, Whitney Blake, and Bobby Buntrock as the Baxters. In 1977, Key received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Award for "Hazel".


title: Anna Magnani

paragraphs: Anna Magnani (March 7, 1908 – September 26, 1973) was an Italian stage and movie actress. She received an Academy Award for the Best Actress for her role as a Sicilian widow in the movie "The Rose Tattoo". She played an outcast in the 1948 movie "The Miracle". She played Maddalena in the 1953 movie "The Golden Coach".

paragraphs: Magnani was born in Rome. She later died there due to pancreatic cancer at age sixty-five.


title: Ida Pollock

paragraphs: Ida Julia Pollock (April 12, 1908 - December 3, 2013) was a British writer of many romance novels. She has also written short stories. She has used ten pen names. Her books have mostly been about romance and love, but sometimes about historical subjects. In 1964, she published a novel called "The Gentle Masquerade". That book was successful.


title: Alistair Cooke

paragraphs: Alfred Alistair Cooke (or Alistair Cooke; November 20, 1908 – March 30, 2004) was a British-American journalist and television personality. He presented broadcasts for TV networks. He hosted "Masterpiece Theater" on PBS between 1971 and 1992. He retired in 1992, but continued to present "Letter from America" until his death.

paragraphs: Cooke was born in Salford, Lancashire. In 1937 he moved to the United States. In 1973 he was given a knighthood. He died in New York City from lung cancer.


title: Claire Trevor

paragraphs: Claire Trevor (March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American movie actress. She usually played "bad girl" roles in movies. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a hopeless alcoholic in the movie "Key Largo". She also received nominations for her roles in the movies "The High and the Mighty" and "Dead End". She was in over sixty movies.

paragraphs: Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger in New York City. She died due to respiratory failure at age ninety in California.


title: Margaret Lindsay

paragraphs: Margaret Lindsay (September 19, 1910 – May 9, 1981) was an American actress. She worked with Warner Bros. in the 1930s. Her movies included "Fog over Frisco" and "Jezebel". She also acted in B movies during her career. Her most notable role was in "The House of the Seven Gables" in 1940.

paragraphs: Lindasy was born in Dubuque, Iowa. She died from emphysema in Los Angeles.


title: Dorothea Tanning

paragraphs: Dorothea Margaret Tanning (25 August 1910 – 31 January 2012) was an American painter and sculptor. She also created ballet sets and costumes. She was also a book writer who performed poetry. She wrote "Between Lives: An Artist and Her World". Her most notable paintings were done in the 1930s, the 1940s and 1950s.

paragraphs: Tanning was born in Galesburg, Illinois. She died at age 101 in Manhattan, New York.


title: Alicia Markova

paragraphs: Alicia Markova DBE (Lilian Alicia Marks, 1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English ballerina and choreographer. She also directed and taught ballet. She was the first British dancer to become the prima ballerina of a ballet company.

paragraphs: Markova was born and raised in London. She was a founder dancer of the Ballet Rambert (1931/5), the Vic-Wells Ballet (193/5), Markova-Dolin Company (1935/8), danced for the American Ballet Theatre (1941/5), and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet. She toured with Dolin after the war until 1949. Her last period as a dancer came with the London Festival Ballet, which became the English National Ballet. She retired from professional dancing in January 1963 at fifty-two.

paragraphs: Markova was born Lillian Alicia Marks in London, England. She changed her name to fit in with the fashion of the time. Markova died at ninety-four in Bath, Somerset, of a stroke.

paragraphs: Markova's father was Jewish, and her mother converted to the faith. She began studying ballet with Princess Serafina Astafieva, a Russian ballerina living in London. Astafieva was a retired dancer of the Ballets Russes, a renowned ballet company founded by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev.

paragraphs: At 13, Markova was seen in class by Diaghilev, who was visiting London in search of new talent. He invited her to join the Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo, which she did in 1925, a month after her 14th birthday. She danced roles which were specially choreographed for her. She met some of the leading 20th century figures who worked with the company. They included Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Léonide Massine, George Balanchine, and Bronislava Nijinska.


title: Patience (operetta)

paragraphs: Patience; or, Bunthorne's Bride is a two-act operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. It was first performed at the Opera Comique in London, on 23 April 1881. On 10 October 1881, it moved to the Savoy Opera, a new theatre built especially for the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. It was the first theatre to be lit entirely by electricity.

paragraphs: "Patience" was the sixth of the fourteen operettas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. It ran for 578 performances. The operetta is a satire on the mores and extravangas of the aesthetic poets of the 1870s and 1880s. "Patience" was a great success.

paragraphs: Gilbert originally planned to use his Bab ballad, "The Rival Curates", as the basis for "Patience", but had second thoughts about two clergymen in a comedy and turned to the poets of the aesthetic movement instead. D'Oyly Carte sent Oscar Wilde on a lecture tour in the United States to prepare Americans for the background of the operetta.


title: Solar eclipse of July 16, 2186

paragraphs: A total solar eclipse will happen on July 16, 2186. It will pass over the southern Galápagos Islands (with a maximum eclipse of 4 minutes occurring over the southern tip of Española Island), northern South America (Ecuador including Bogota for 4 minutes and 50 seconds), central Venezuela, and northern Guyana (with a maximum eclipse of 7 minutes 4 seconds just north of Anna Regina).

paragraphs: This will be the longest total solar eclipse between the dates of 4000 BC and 8000 AD. It will last a maximum of 7 minutes, 29 seconds. The longest historical total eclipse lasted 7 minutes 28 seconds on June 15, 744BC.


title: Eternal Silence

paragraphs: Eternal Silence is a monument in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery. It is also known as the Dexter Graves Monument or the Statue of Death. The statue is a bronze sculpture set on and backdropped by black granite. It was created by American sculptor Lorado Taft in 1909.

paragraphs: "Eternal Silence" is a monument in Graceland Cemetery to Dexter Graves. Graves led a group of thirteen families who moved to Chicago from Ohio in 1831. He died in 1844, and the monument was created by sculptor Lorado Taft in 1909. Taft's son, Henry Graves, asked him to create it. In Ada Bartlett Taft's "1946 Lorado Taft; Sculptor and Citizen", it was listed as one of his most important works. Images of Eternal Silence have been used in other artworks, including works by Claes Oldenburg. One folktale claims that if someone looks into the eyes of "Eternal Silence"s hooded figure, the viewer would be shown his or her own death.


title: Information systems

paragraphs: Information systems (IS) is the study of how people put data into computers to create useful information.

paragraphs: There are five things you need to make an information system work:


title: Blocking (stage)

paragraphs: In theatre, blocking is the exact positioning of actors on a stage during a performance. The word comes from practices used by theatre directors of the 19th century, who worked out the staging of a scene on a model stage using wooden blocks to represent each of the actors. Today, the director usually determines blocking during rehearsal. They tell the actors where they should move for the proper dramatic and lighting effect, and to ensure that the audience can see everything.

paragraphs: The stage itself has been given named areas to help blocking.


title: Hugh Gaitskell

paragraphs: Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963) was a British politician, and leader of the Labour Party 1955–1963. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer under Clement Attlee. He read PPE at New College, University of Oxford. After an academic career at University College London he became the MP for Leeds South in 1945.


title: Secret society

paragraphs: A secret society is an organisation run in secrecy. There would be little or no physical evidence to prove that the society exists. An example of a large secret society is the Illuminati, which ceased to exist in 1785 but is believed by some to still exist and be in control of large businesses, banks and individuals, but there is no evidence of this.


title: Photomontage

paragraphs: A photomontage is an image made of two or more photographs. It is made by cutting and joining the photographs together into an illusion of subject that is not real. A similar method is used today with digital photography, using image-editing software.


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title: Au pair

paragraphs: An au pair is a person from a foreign country who lives in a family for typically a year or two while performing household work in the family's home. An au pair is usually a young girl in her late teens or early 20s. They take care of children as major worktasks. Some au pairs also attend language courses some hours each week.


title: Butler

paragraphs: A butler is a male domestic worker in a large household with several employees.

paragraphs: The butler is the chief servant, responsible for the day-to-day management of the house and the other servants. In a traditional house the butler, who is always male, directs the male servants, while a housekeeper, a woman, directs the female servants. Traditionally, male servants (such as valets and footmen) were better paid and of higher status than female servants.


title: Tabouleh

paragraphs: Tabouleh ( "tabūlah"; also tabbouleh or tab(b)ouli) is a salad. It is usually made of bulgur, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, mint, onion, and garlic, and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. There are other ways to make it, such as using couscous instead of bulgur.

paragraphs: The salad originally came from the mountains of Syria and Lebanon. It has become popular throughout the Middle East, and has spread to other countries. It is a popular ethnic food in Western countries.

paragraphs: In the Arab world, particularly Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, it is usually served as part of a meze.


title: Ruby Keeler

paragraphs: Ethel Hilda Keeler (also known as Ruby Keeler; August 25, 1910 – February 28, 1993) was a Canadian-American actress, singer, musician and dancer. She acted in several notable musicals through Warner Bros., particularly "42nd Street" in 1933. Almost three years after that, she acted in another famous movie, "Colleen".

paragraphs: Keeler was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, but raised in New York. She died from cancer in California at 82.


title: Animalia Paradoxa

paragraphs: Animalia Paradoxa is the label given to a few species of animal, listed in Carolus Linnaeus early editions of Systema Naturae. Linné thought that these animals did not make sense. Today, such animals are usually called Cryptids. The respective section lists fantastic creatures found in medieval bestiaries as well as those reported by explorers from abroad and gives explanations to why they are excluded from Systema Naturae. According to Swedish historian Gunnar Broberg, it was to offer a natural explanation and demystify the world of superstition. "Paradoxa" was dropped from Linnaeus' classification system as of the 6th edition (1748).

paragraphs: Four taxa were added in the 2nd (1740) edition:


title: Anita Page

paragraphs: Anita Evelyn Pomares (or Anita Page; born 4 August 1910 – died 6 September 2008) was an American silent movie actress. She retired from acting in 1936 but returned in the late 1990s. She appeared in the movie "Our Dancing Daughters" with Joan Crawford in 1928. The following year, she acted in "The Broadway Melody".

paragraphs: Page was born in Queens, New York. She died in Los Angeles, California at ninety-eight.


title: Norma Shearer

paragraphs: Edith Norma Shearer (or simply Norma Shearer; 10 August 1902 – 12 June 1983) was a Canadian and American actress. She was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s. She usually played a girl-next-door in her early movies. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Divorcee" in 1930. For most of the time before the Motion Picture Production Code, she played sexually liberated females in sophisticated contemporary comedy movies. She later appeared in historical and period movies.

paragraphs: Shearer was born in Montreal. She died of bronchopneumonia in Los Angeles at 80.


title: Wood carving

paragraphs: Wood carving is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool. A chisel or knife are usual tools: the chisel can be tapped with a wooden mallet. The result is a wooden figure, or the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. A 'wood carving' may also refer to the finished product.

paragraphs: The making of sculpture in wood has a long history. Wood survives much less well than the other materials such as stone and bronze. It is vulnerable to decay, insect damage, and fire. Therefore, we do not know much about wood in the art history of older cultures. Outdoor wood sculptures do not last long in most parts of the world, so that we have little idea how the totem pole tradition developed.

paragraphs: Many of the most important sculptures of China and Japan are in wood, also most African sculpture and that of Oceania and other regions. Wood is light, so it is suitable for masks and other objects meant to be carried. It can take very fine detail, and is also much easier to work than stone.

paragraphs: Some of the finest examples of early European wood carving are from the Middle Ages in Germany, Russia, Italy and France, where the typical themes of that era were used in Christian icons. In England many complete examples remain from the 16th and 17th century, when oak was often used. In general, really fine carving is done in fruitwood (wood of a fruit tree) because that is easy to work with. The famous woodcarver Grinling Gibbons used to work with lime wood. Complex pieces are often carved in separate sections which are later stuck together.


title: Barbara West

paragraphs: Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West; born May 24, 1911 – October 16, 2007) was the second-to-last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". She was the last living survivor who had travelled under second class on the ship.

paragraphs: West was born in Bournemouth, England. She died at age 96 in Truro, Cornwall.


title: Systema Naturae

paragraphs: Systema Naturae (sometimes written ) is the main work of Carolus Linnaeus, where he listed and classified the known species of plants, animals, and minerals. The first edition was only made of seven sheets of folio.


title: Kay Walsh

paragraphs: Kathleen Walsh (or Kay Walsh; August 27, 1911 – April 16, 2005) was an English actress and dancer. She started in West End music halls. Her first movie role was in 1934 in "How's Chances?". She had a larger role in "Get Your Man", also in 1934. She later moved to higher-prestige movies, including "In Which We Serve" and "This Happy Breed".

paragraphs: Walsh was born in London, England. She died resulting from an accident at 93.


title: Grinling Gibbons

paragraphs: Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an AngloDutch sculptor and wood carver. He was famous for his work in England, including St Paul's Cathedral, Blenheim Palace and Hampton Court Palace.

paragraphs: Gibons was born and educated in Holland of English parents, his father being a merchant.

paragraphs: He is widely regarded as the finest wood carver working in England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general public. Most of his work is in lime (tilia) wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size. They are made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces. He also produced furniture and small relief plaques with figurative scenes. He also worked in stone, mostly for churches. By the time he was established he led quite a large workshop.

paragraphs: Very little is known about his early life. About 1667 he moved to Deptford, now in London, and by 1693 had got commissions from the royal family. By 1680 he was known as the "King's Carver", and carried out exquisite work for St Paul's Cathedral and Windsor Castle. His carving was so fine that it was said a pot of carved flowers above his house in London would tremble from the motion of passing coaches.

paragraphs: The diarist John Evelyn first discovered Gibbons' talent by chance in 1671. Evelyn, from whom Gibbons rented a cottage near Evelyn's home in Deptford, wrote: "I saw the young man at his carving, by the light of a candle. I saw him to be engaged on a carved representation of Tintoretto's "Crucifixion", which he had in a frame of his own making". Later that same evening, Evelyn described what he had seen to Sir Christopher Wren. Wren and Evelyn then introduced him to King Charles II who gave him his first commission. It is still in the dining room of Windsor Castle.

paragraphs: Horace Walpole later wrote about Gibbons: "There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species."

paragraphs: Gibbons is buried at St Paul's, Covent Garden, London.

paragraphs: Gibbons' work very often includes carvings of peapods. A myth states that he would include a closed pod in his work, only carving it open once he had been paid. If the pea pod was left shut it supposedly showed that he had not been paid for the work.


title: Sonian Forest

paragraphs: The Sonian Forest (, ) is a large forest in the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.

paragraphs: The forest is in the Flemish parts of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, Uccle , Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in the Brussels-Capitale Region and in the Walloon towns of La Hulpe and Waterloo. Thus it stretches out over the three Belgian Regions. It used to be connected with Bois de la Cambre and Hallerbos (Blue Forest in Belgium) but they split up in 1900.

paragraphs: It is maintained by Flanders (56%), the Brussels-Capitale Region (38%) and Wallonia (6%). There are some parts of the forest privately held forest and the Kapucijnenbos, the "Capuchin Wood", which belongs to the Royal Trust.

paragraphs: Auguste Rodin went to the forest while living in Brussels in the 1870s. He made several paintings of the forest during this time.


title: Damallsvenskan

paragraphs: Damllsvenskan is the Swedish women's association football top division.


title: Patricia Routledge

paragraphs: Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge ( ; born 17 February 1929), professionally billed as Patricia Routledge, is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances" (1990–95), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993. Her film appearances include "To Sir, with Love" (1967) and "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" (1968).

paragraphs: Routledge was born in Tranmere, Cheshire, England. She has never been married, has no children, and resides in Chichester, West Sussex, and regularly worships at Chichester Cathedral.

paragraphs: , she was a patron of the Beatrix Potter Society.


title: Rachel Ames

paragraphs: Rachel Ames (born November 2, 1929) is an American television actress. She works mostly in soap operas. Ames played Audrey Hardy in the ABC soap "General Hospital" and its spinoff series "Port Charles". She also played characters in other television series before "General Hospital".


title: Tammy Grimes

paragraphs: Tammy Lee Grimes (January 30, 1934 – October 30, 2016) was an American actress and singer. She starred in and won a Tony Award for a 1960 play called "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". She also starred in her own television show "The Tammy Grimes Show" in 1966.

paragraphs: Grimes was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eola Willard (née Niles), a naturalist and spiritualist, and Luther Nichols Grimes, an innkeeper, country-club manager, and farmer.

paragraphs: She attended high school at the then all-girls school, Beaver Country Day School, and Stephens College, and then studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse. She studied singing with Beverley Peck Johnson.

paragraphs: Grimes married Christopher Plummer on August 16, 1956, with whom she had a daughter, actress Amanda Plummer. They divorced in 1960.

paragraphs: Her second husband was actor Jeremy Slate, who she married in 1966 and divorced a year later. Her third husband was composer Richard Bell, who she married in 1971; the couple remained married until Bell's death in 2005.

paragraphs: Grimes died on October 30, 2016, in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 82 from natural causes. Her survivors include her brother, Nick, and her daughter Amanda.


title: Susan Harris

paragraphs: Susan Harris (born October 28, 1940 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American screenwriter.

paragraphs: She was a screenwriter of the television series "The Golden Girls". Her last project as a screenwriter was the series "Brighton Belles" from the year 1993.

paragraphs: She was married to producer Paul Junger Witt from 1983 until his death in 2018.


title: Anne Haney

paragraphs: Anne Haney (March 4, 1934 – May 26, 2001) was an American actress. She worked in some movies, but mostly on television shows. She acted as a social worker in "Mrs. Doubtfire" and as Alberta in the sitcom "Mama's Family". She also guest starred on other television series, including "Designing Women" and "Charmed".

paragraphs: Haney was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She died due to heart failure in Studio City, California at age sixty-seven.


title: Barbara McNair

paragraphs: Barbara Jean McNair (born 4 March 1934 – 4 February 2007) was an American musician and actress. She became very popular in the 1960s. She was a guest on many television programs, including "The Bell Telephone Hour", "The Steve Allen Show" and "The Hollywood Palace". Her Broadway play credits included "No Strings" and "The Body Beautiful" in the 1960s and 1970s.

paragraphs: McNair was born in Chicago. Around her seventies, she lived in Los Angeles. She died there resulting from throat cancer, age seventy-two.


title: Little Milton

paragraphs: James Milton Campbell, Jr. (known as Little Milton; September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005) was an American musician. He played rhythm and blues and electric blues. His hit songs and records included "Grits Ain't Groceries", "We're Gonna Make It" and "Just a Little Bit". He was born in Mississippi. He died following a stroke in Memphis.


title: Great house

paragraphs: A great house is a large residence, with several domestic workers, usually live-ins. As the 19th and 20th centuries progressed, the number of great houses in the Western world was reduced, as well as the number of domestic workers.


title: Jackie Joseph

paragraphs: Sammie Jacqueline Joseph (or Jackie Joseph; born November 7, 1934) is an American actress. She plays the voices of characters in certain movies. She played Sheila Futterman in both "Gremlins" movies in 1984 and 1990. She played Jackie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show". She was a regular on "The Doris Day Show", playing Jackie Parker.

paragraphs: Joseph was born in Los Angeles. She was married to actor Ken Berry from 1960 to 1976.


title: Gram-negative

paragraphs: Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain crystal violet dye in staining. In a Gram stain test, a counterstain, safranin, is added after the crystal violet. This colours all gram-negative bacteria with a red or pink colour.

paragraphs: This happens because an outer membrane stops the penetration of the stain. The test itself is useful in classifying two distinct types of bacteria based on the structural differences of their bacterial cell walls. Gram-positive bacteria retain the crystal violet dye when washed in a decolourizing solution. Compared with gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria are more resistant against antibiotics, because of their relatively impermeable cell wall.

paragraphs: The lipopolysaccharide layer (LPS layer) is important. In humans, LPS triggers an innate immune response, with cytokine production and immune system activation. Inflammation is a common result of cytokine production.


title: Vänersborg

paragraphs: Vänersborg is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Vänersborg Municipality.


title: Örebro

paragraphs: Örebro is a town in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Örebro Municipality, and Örebro County.


title: Borås

paragraphs: Borås is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Borås Municipality.


title: Västerås

paragraphs: Västerås is a town in the county of Västmanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Västerås Municipality.


title: Eskilstuna

paragraphs: Eskilstuna is a town in the county of Södermanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality.


title: Södertälje

paragraphs: Södertälje is a town in the county of Stockholm in Sweden. It is the seat of Södertälje Municipality. Södertälje is the home of successful sports clubs like Södertälje BBK (basketball) and Södertälje SK (ice hockey).


title: Kalmar

paragraphs: Kalmar is a town in the county of Kalmar in Sweden. It is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. The Kalmar Union was founded here in 1397.


title: Halmstad

paragraphs: Halmstad is a town in the county of Halland in Sweden. It is the seat of Halmstad Municipality.

paragraphs: Halmstad is the home of successful sports clubs like Halmstads BK and IS Halmia (association football) and HK Drott (team handball). Swedish pop star Basshunter and Gyllene Tider also comes from Halmstad.


title: Trelleborg

paragraphs: Trelleborg is a town in the county of Scania in Sweden. It is the seat of Trelleborg Municipality.


title: Norrköping

paragraphs: Norrköping is a town in the county of Östergötland in Sweden. It is the seat of Norrköping Municipality.


title: Linköping

paragraphs: Linköping is a town in the county of Östergötland in Sweden. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and Östergötland County.


title: Lidköping

paragraphs: Lidköping is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Lidköping Municipality.


title: Gävle

paragraphs: Gävle is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is the seat of Gävle Municipality.


title: Mora

paragraphs: Mora is a town in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. It is the seat of Mora Municipality.


title: Örnsköldsvik

paragraphs: Örnsköldsvik is a town in the county of Västernorrland in Sweden. It is the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality.

paragraphs: In 1976, the Paralympic Winter Games were held in Örnsköldsvik. Swedish ice hockey club Modo Hockey also belongs here.


title: Sundsvall

paragraphs: Sundsvall is a town in the county of Västernorrland in Sweden. It is the seat of Sundsvall Municipality. In June 1888, a fire affected the town.


title: Skellefteå

paragraphs: Skellefteå is a town in the county of Västerbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality.


title: Mike Polchlopek

paragraphs: Mike Plotcheck (born December 27, 1963 in Titusville, Florida) better known by his ring names, Bart Gunn and Mike Barton, is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.

paragraphs: Plotcheck is known for competing in the World Wrestling Federation for 6 years. During that time, he formed The Smokin' Gunns with his kayfabe brother Billy Gunn. He also feuded with Billy Gunn when the team broke up. He was also a member of the tag team The Midnight Express and competed under the name "Bodacious Bart" along with "Bombastic" Bob Holly.

paragraphs: Plotcheck won the WWF's shoot boxing tournament, the Brawl for All in 1998 when he defeated his tag team partner Bob Holly in the first round, Steve Williams in the second round, The Godfather in the semi-finals, and Bradshaw in the finals. Plotcheck also faced boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch at WrestleMania XV but was knocked out in 30 seconds. He was released from the WWF a short time after.

paragraphs: He then competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1998 to 2002 where he had a successful tenure. He left AJPW to wrestle for New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2002. He left in 2004.

paragraphs: Plotcheck decided to start a mixed martial arts career and debuted on June 17, 2006. He defeated Wesley "Cabbage" Correira at Rumble On The Rock: Beatdown in less than two minutes by technical knockout because of a cut that Correir suffered during the bout. In his second fight he faced Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa at PRIDE Bushido 13 and lost by unanimous decision.

paragraphs: Plotcheck held many championships during his professional wrestling career:


title: Kiruna

paragraphs: Kiruna is a town in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality.

paragraphs: Kiruna was founded in 1900 as a mining community.


title: Boden

paragraphs: Boden is a town in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Boden Municipality.


title: Piteå

paragraphs: Piteå is a town in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Piteå Municipality.


title: Haparanda

paragraphs: Haparanda () is a town in the county of Norrbotten in Sweden. It is the seat of Haparanda Municipality.


title: Östersund

paragraphs: Östersund is a town in the county of Jämtland in Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality.


title: Borlänge

paragraphs: Borlänge is a town in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. It is the seat of Borlänge Municipality.


title: Sandviken

paragraphs: Sandviken is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is the seat of Sandviken Municipality.


title: Ängelholm

paragraphs: Ängelholm is a town in the county of Scania in Sweden. It is the seat of Ängelholm Municipality.


title: Landskrona

paragraphs: Landskrona is a town in the county of Scania in Sweden. It is the seat of Landskrona Municipality.


title: Kristianstad

paragraphs: Kristianstad is a town in the county of Scania in Sweden. It is the seat of Kristianstad Municipality. Until 1997, Kristianstad was also the seat of Kristianstad County, before it was disbanded.


title: Karlskrona

paragraphs: Karlskrona is a town in the county of Blekinge in Sweden. It is the seat of Karlskrona Municipality. The city name means "Karl's Crown" in honour of King Karl XI of Sweden.

paragraphs: The city was founded in 1680 when the Royal Swedish Navy was moved from the Stockholm area to Trossö island.

paragraphs: The Naval Port in the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


title: Karlshamn

paragraphs: Karlshamn is a town in the county of Blekinge in Sweden. It is the seat of Karlshamn Municipality.


title: Ronneby

paragraphs: Ronneby is a town in the county of Blekinge in Sweden. It is the seat of Ronneby Municipality.


title: Motala

paragraphs: Motala is a town in the county of Östergötland in Sweden. It is the seat of Motala Municipality.


title: Vadstena

paragraphs: Vadstena is a town in the county of Östergötland in Sweden. It is the seat of Vadstena Municipality.

paragraphs: Back in the Middle Ages, the town housed a Catholic monastery, which was closed in the 16th century, when Sweden turned towards Martin Luther's Protestantism. In the 20th century, the monastery was re-opened.


title: Härnösand

paragraphs: Härnösand is a town in the county of Västernorrland in Sweden. It is the seat of Härnösand Municipality, and Västernorrland County.


title: Söderhamn

paragraphs: Söderhamn is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is the seat of Söderhamn Municipality.


title: Nässjö

paragraphs: Nässjö is a town in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. It is the seat of Nässjö Municipality.


title: Huskvarna

paragraphs: Huskvarna is a town in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. Since 1971, it is within the Jönköping Municipality.


title: Gränna

paragraphs: Gränna is a town in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. Since 1971, it is within Jönköping Municipality.


title: Hjo

paragraphs: Hjo is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Hjo Municipality.


title: Karlskoga

paragraphs: Karlskoga is a town in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Karlskoga Municipality.


title: Askersund

paragraphs: Askersund is a town in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Askersund Municipality.


title: Öland Bridge

paragraphs: The Öland Bridge () is a road bridge in Sweden. It was completed in 1972. It connects mainland Sweden with Swedish Baltic Sea island of Öland, replacing the old ferryboats.


title: Calgary Stampeders

paragraphs: The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team from Calgary. They where created in 1935. They have won the Grey Cup 7 times, the last one in 2014. The Stampeders play their games in the McMahon Stadium.


title: James McCoubrey

paragraphs: James Foster McCoubrey (13 September 1901 – 5 July 2013) was a Canadian-born American supercentenarian who was at the time of his death aged 111 years, 295 days the oldest man ever born in Canada, and believed to be the oldest living American man for less than a year after Shelby Harris' death on 25 July 2012 as well as the world's oldest living man for over 3 weeks after 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura's death on 11 June (Kimura died on 12 June Japanese time), and after his death succeeded as the oldest living man by Jokichi Ikarashi, who already was Japan's oldest living man and died just 18 days later. However, the oldest living man after Kimura's death as well as the oldest living American man after Shelby Harris' death was later confirmed to be Spanish-born American man Salustiano Sanchez, who was less than 14 weeks older than him and died just 10 weeks after him (when he would have turned 112).

paragraphs: McCoubrey was born on 13 September 1901 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which at that time was part of the British Empire, and present Canada. He died of pneumonia on 5 July 2013, just 10 weeks before his 112th birthday, in Walnut Creek, California.


title: Visingsö

paragraphs: Visingsö is an island in the lake of Vättern in Sweden. Since 1971, it is a part of Jönköping Municipality, after having been an own municipality until that year. The island is connected to the mainland with ferryboats.


title: Karlsborg

paragraphs: Karlsborg is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Karlsborg Municipality.


title: Vetlanda

paragraphs: Vetlanda is a town in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. It is the seat of Vetlanda Municipality.


title: Västervik

paragraphs: Västervik is a town in the county of Kalmar in Sweden. It is the seat of Västervik Municipality.


title: Christopher Hewett

paragraphs: Christopher Michael Hewett (5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001) was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere in the American television sitcom "Mr. Belvedere".

paragraphs: Hewett was born on 5 April 1921 in Worthing, Sussex, England. He is of Irish descent. Hewett studied at Beaumont College. Hewett was never married and had no children. During his later years, he suffered from arthritis and diabetes. Hewett died on 3 August 2001, at his Los Angeles home from complications of diabetes. He was 80 years old.


title: Oskarshamn

paragraphs: Oskarshamn is a town in the county of Kalmar in Sweden. It is the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality.


title: Åmål

paragraphs: Åmål is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Åmål Municipality.


title: Filipstad

paragraphs: Filipstad is a town in the county of Värmland in Sweden. It is the seat of Filipstad Municipality.


title: Lindesberg

paragraphs: Lindesberg is a town in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Lindesberg Municipality.


title: Nora

paragraphs: Nora is a town in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Nora Municipality.


title: Skövde

paragraphs: Skövde is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Skövde Municipality.


title: Uddevalla

paragraphs: Uddevalla is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Uddevalla Municipality.


title: Ulricehamn

paragraphs: Ulricehamn is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Ulricehamn Municipality.


title: Tidaholm

paragraphs: Tidaholm is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Tidaholm Municipality.


title: Mariestad

paragraphs: Mariestad is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Mariestad Municipality. From 1660, Mariestad was the seat of Skaraborg County, which was disbanded in 1997.


title: Trollhättan

paragraphs: Trollhättan is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Trollhättan Municipality.


title: Falköping

paragraphs: Falköping is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Falköping Municipality.


title: Falkenberg

paragraphs: Falkenberg is a town in the county of Halland in Sweden. It is the seat of Falkenberg Municipality.


title: Nynäshamn

paragraphs: Nynäshamn is a town in the county of Stockholm in Sweden. It is the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality.


title: Nyköping

paragraphs: Nyköping is a town in the county of Södermanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Nyköping Municipality.


title: Tranås

paragraphs: Tranås is a town in the county of Jönköping in Sweden. It is the seat of Tranås Municipality.


title: Norrtälje

paragraphs: Norrtälje is a town in the county of Stockholm in Sweden. It is the seat of Norrtälje Municipality.


title: Kristinehamn

paragraphs: Kristinehamn is a town in the county of Värmland in Sweden. It is the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality.


title: Katrineholm

paragraphs: Karineholm is a town in the county of Södermanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Katrineholm Municipality.


title: Oxelösund

paragraphs: Oxelösund is a town in the county of Södermanland in Sweden. It is the seat of Oxelösund Municipality.


title: Falun

paragraphs: Falun is a town in the county of Dalarna in Sweden. It is the seat of Falun Municipality. Several times, the town has applied to host the Olympic Winter Games.


title: Göta Canal

paragraphs: Göta Canal () is a canal in southern Sweden. Opened in 1832, its economic importance started to decline early because of the arrival of railroads in Sweden by the mid 19th century, and nowadays, it's mostly used for summertime tourist boat tours, as well as private boating.


title: Church of Sweden

paragraphs: The Church of Sweden (), is a Lutheran-Protestant Christian denomination in Sweden. The denomination was established in the 16th century, when Sweden converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, and became the Swedish state church. As the 19th and 20th centuries progressed, it moved towards a more liberal theology and ecumenism.

paragraphs: In late August 1995, the Swedish government and the Church of Sweden decided to go separate ways from 1 January 2000. The denomination mostly practices infant baptism.

paragraphs: Female priests were allowed in 1958, and in 1997, Christina Odenberg was appointed the denomination's first female bishop (diocese of Lund). In June 2014, Antje Jackelén became the denomination's first female archbishop (diocese of Uppsala).


title: Mervyn Peake

paragraphs: Mervyn Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was a British writer and artist, best known for his fantasy series, "Gormenghast".


title: Eden Riegel

paragraphs: Eden Riegel (born January 1, 1981) is an American actress. She acts mostly in television programs. She played Bianca Montgomery in the ABC soap opera "All My Children". She played Heather in "The Young and the Restless".


title: Bitsie Tulloch

paragraphs: Elizabeth Tulloch (born January 19, 1981) is an American actress. She acts in movies and television programs. She starred as Jackie in the independent movie "Caroline and Jackie". Tulloch also played as Nadine in "Lakeview Terrace", a crime movie from 2009. She plays Juliet in "Grimm".

paragraphs: Tulloch was born in San Diego. She grew up in Spain and South America.


title: Nora Zehetner

paragraphs: Nora Angela Zehetner (born February 5, 1981) is an American actress. She has acted in several notable movies. She acted in the movie "American Pie 2" as a Party Girl. She also played Laura in the 2005 movie "Brick".


title: Shannon Elizabeth

paragraphs: Shannon Elizabeth Fadal (or just simply Shannon Elizabeth; September 7, 1973) is an American actress. She has been in movies such as "American Pie," "Love Actually", and Mr Bean's Holiday. She has also starred in sitcoms such as "That '70s Show".

paragraphs: Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas. She grew up around Waco.


title: Valerie Perrine

paragraphs: Valerie Perrine (September 3, 1943) is an American model and actress. She has been nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. She played Marcy, the wife of a corrupt policeman, in the 1982 movie "The Border". She played Miss Eve Teschmacher in certain Superman movies, and Mona in "Boiling Point", a 1993 thriller movie.


title: Marsha Mason

paragraphs: Marsha Mason (3 April 1942) is an American actress and a television director. She has gotten four Academy Award nominations. She played Janice Templeton in the 1977 movie "Audrey Rose". She played Polly Cronin in 1991 in "Drop Dead Fred".


title: Freeform

paragraphs: Freeform (formerly ABC Family) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel. It is owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc. This is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The channel usually shows modern family programs which are aimed for everyone. However, their shows and movies are aimed at teenage girls and young women (age 15-30). Freeform also offers other shows from other channels.

paragraphs: Freeform was founded in 1977. It was first an extension of Pat Robertson's Christian television ministry. It later became The Family Channel in 1990. In 1998, it was sold to Fox Kids. They renamed the channel Fox Family. On October 24, 2001, Fox Family Channel and Fox Family Worldwide were sold to The Walt Disney Company.


title: Macedonian Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Macedonian Wikipedia () is the Macedonian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in September 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 72,000 articles.


title: Jean-Luc Bilodeau

paragraphs: Jean-Luc Bilodeau (born November 4, 1990) is a Canadian actor. He has been acting since 2004.

paragraphs: He is best known for his role as Josh Trager in the ABC Family channel program "Kyle XY". Bilodeau also appeared in many movies and television shows. These include, "Ill Fated", "Trick 'r Treat", "16 Wishes", "No Ordinary Family" and "Best Player". He appeared in Emmalyn Estrada's music video "Don't Make Me Let You Go". He played Jeremy in the movie "LOL".

paragraphs: He currently stars in the ABC Family sitcom, "Baby Daddy".


title: Galician Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Galician Wikipedia (; also called Galipedia) is the Galician-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in March 2003.

paragraphs: As of October 2015, it is the 45th largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles.

paragraphs: As of July 2013, it has over 103,000 articles.


title: Marcia Wallace

paragraphs: Marcia Karen Wallace (November 1, 1942 – October 25, 2013) was an American actress and comedian. She usually performed in television sitcoms. She played receptionist Carol Kester in the 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show". She also performed the voice of Edna Krabappel in "The Simpsons", "The Powerpuff Girls".

paragraphs: Wallace was born in Creston, Iowa on November 1 1942. She studied at Parsons College. Wallace was married to Dennis Hawley from 1986 until his death in 1992. They adopted one son, Michael Hawley. She battled breast cancer until her death. Wallace died on 25 October 2013 in Los Angeles, California from pneumonia, aged 70.


title: Alfred Duraiappah

paragraphs: Alfred Thambirajah Duraiappah (died 27 July 1975) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a Member of Parliament and mayor of Jaffna. He was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers.

paragraphs: Alfred Duraiappah was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He became a Member of Parliament and mayor of Jaffna. He was murdered by the Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in July 1975. Duraiappah was killed on his way to a Hindu temple for prayers, although he himself was a Christian.

paragraphs: His term as the mayor of a neglected city. Roads and stadiums were built, and jobs were created. His period of office also saw benefits for Jaffna farmers, as the prices of agriculture grew, possibly because the government policies taking control at the time was beneficial.


title: Basque Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Basque Wikipedia (Euskarazko Wikipedia or "Euskal Wikipedia" in Basque) is the Basque-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in December 2001.

paragraphs: As of July 2013, it has over 152,000 articles.


title: 16 Wishes

paragraphs: 16 Wishes is a 2010 Canadian-American television movie. It stars Debby Ryan and Jean-Luc Bilodeau. It was first shown on Disney Channel on June 25, 2010. It later appeared on July 16, 2010 on the Family Channel. "16 Wishes" introduced Ryan to a new audience. The movie was very popular among adults. The movie was the second most watched program on cable that week.

paragraphs: The movie was the second none "Original Movie" to be released on the Disney Channel in 2010. This was after, "". However, it was co-produced between Disney Channel, Family and Canadian production company Marvista Entertainment. In other countries, "16 Wishes" is mentioned as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was planned to have its UK premiere on November 19, 2010 on Disney Channel UK. However, it was replaced with "Starstruck". This movie had been shown before in May. "16 Wishes" premiered in the UK in December 2010.

paragraphs: 16 Wishes is a soundtrack album by the film of the same name, released on June 15, 2010 by Marvista Entertainment.


title: Uzbek Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Uzbek Wikipedia () is the Uzbek-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in December 2003.

paragraphs: As of October 2015, it is the 44th largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles.

paragraphs: As of July 2013, it has over 127,000 articles.


title: Irish Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Irish Wikipedia (Irish: "Vicipéid na Gaeilge") is the Irish-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in October 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 20,000 articles.


title: Tamil Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Tamil Wikipedia () is the Tamil-language version of Wikipedia. It was started in September 2003. As of March 2017, it has over 91,000 articles.


title: Azerbaijani Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Azerbaijani Wikipedia () is the Azerbaijani-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in January 2002. As of July 2013, it has over 95,000 articles.


title: Shaun T.

paragraphs: Shaun T (born May 2, 1978), is an American motivational speaker, fitness trainer, fitness motivator, businessman, television personality and choreographer. He is best known for his home fitness programs for adults and children which include T25, Insanity and Hip-Hop Abs.

paragraphs: Shaun T was raised in Deptford, New Jersey. He grew up playing football, baseball and running track. He attended Rowan University where he received his bachelor's degree in Sports Science and minored in Theater/Dance. While there, he was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. After gaining 50 pounds in his freshman year of college, Shaun T became interested in fitness and changed his course of study. He now lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

paragraphs: His career began as a health and fitness specialist. He also became a personal trainer and health program manager at Wyeth and also worked at a number of fitness chains, including Equinox Fitness. Shaun T began dancing in college, at 21 years old. He was required to teach an aerobics class which was part of his Sports Science degree and then became an aerobics instructor. After graduating from Rowan University, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a choreographer, dancer and trainer. His first professional work as a dancer was for Mariah Carey. Shaun T was teaching a fitness class at Equinox Fitness where he was approached by representatives of Beachbody and asked him to submit a demo for a workout video.

paragraphs: Shaun T has been openly gay since October 2012 and is married to Scott Blokker.

paragraphs: Carl Daikeler and Jon Congdon launched the Beachbody fitness company in 1998. They were looking for new fitness workout home videos. They approached Shaun T who submitted a demo which would later be called "Insanity", released in 2009. It was termed "the hardest workout put on DVD". It was sold through TV ads. Because of the difficulty of the workout and its popularity, Shaun T has been a guest on the "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "The Tyra Banks Show", "Doctors" and the "Dr. Oz Show".

paragraphs: Shaun T's first work for Beachbody, Hip Hop Abs was released in 2003. In 2007, it was the top selling workout video in the United States.


title: Marguerite Clark

paragraphs: Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American actress. She acted in silent movies and on stage. She played Gretchen in the 1915 movie "The Goose Girl". She also played Mici in "The Seven Sisters", another movie from 1915.

paragraphs: Clark was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died from pneumonia in New York City at fifty-seven.


title: Armenian Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Armenian Wikipedia ( "Vīkīpedyā" or Վիքիպեդիա Ազատ հանրագիտարան "Wīkīpedyā Azat Hanragitaran") is the Armenian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in February 2003.

paragraphs: As of October 2015, it is the 38th largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles.

paragraphs: As of July 2013, it has over 47,000 articles.


title: Javanese Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Javanese Wikipedia (Javanese "Wikipedia basa Jawa") is the Javanese-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in March 2004. As of July 2013, it has over 44,000 articles.


title: No Scrubs

paragraphs: "No Scrubs" is a Grammy Award-winning song. It was recorded by American contemporary R&B girl group TLC. It was for their album, "FanMail". It was released in January 1999 as the lead single. "No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top-ten single on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. It also earned them their second Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. It was certified gold in the US for sales of over 500,000 copies. It was the second-best performing song of 1999 in the US, behind Cher's "Believe".

paragraphs: English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran credited the writers of "No Scrubs" when he used a sample of the song in his 2017 single, "Shape of You".


title: Urdu Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: ' or ') is the Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in January 2004. As of October 2018, it has over 140,000 articles.


title: Una O'Connor

paragraphs: Agnes Teresa McGlade (also known as Una O'Connor; 23 October 1880 – 4 February 1959) was an Irish actress. She acted almost exclusively in stage plays before becoming a character actress in movies. She worked across Ireland and England as a stage actress for many years. Her plays included "The Starlight Express". She was also in the 1930 movie "Murder!", an Alfred Hitchcock movie.

paragraphs: O'Connor was born in Belfast. She died from heart disease at age 78 in New York City.


title: Unpretty

paragraphs: "Unpretty" is a song by American girl group TLC. It was produced by Dallas Austin. It was co-written by Austin and TLC member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins. It was for the band's third album, "FanMail" (1999). The song was based on a poem of the same name written by Watkins. It was about a woman's struggle with her self-image. It talked about the concept of beauty portrayed in the media. Austin helped Watkins to help the song become an empowerment for women who do not think they are beautiful enough.

paragraphs: "Unpretty" was the second single released from "FanMail". It became the group's fourth US number one single on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It spent three weeks at number one. It was considered a success by music critics. It was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards. A remixed version of the song was released.


title: Anneliese van der Pol

paragraphs: Anneliese van der Pol (born September 23, 1984) is a Dutch-American actress and singer. She is best known as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel show, "That's So Raven". She recorded several songs for The Walt Disney Company. She made her Broadway start in 2007. In 2010, she was cast in "Vampires Suck".


title: The Princess Diaries

paragraphs: The Princess Diaries is a 2001 American comedy movie. It was produced by singer and actress Whitney Houston. It was directed by Garry Marshall. It is based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name. The movie stars Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis and Tobey Maguire as Peter Thermopolis, Mia's brother. The characters are teenagers who discover that they are the heir of the throne of the fictional Kingdom of Genovia. Genovia is ruled by their grandmother Queen Dowager Clarisse Renaldi, played by Julie Andrews. It also stars Heather Matarazzo and James Franco as Mia and Peter's best friends Lilly Moscovitz and Harry, Héctor Elizondo as Joseph, the Queen's Head of Security, and Robert Schwartzman as Lilly's brother Michael, who has a crush on Mia.

paragraphs: The movie was released in North American theaters on August 3, 2001. The movie peaked at number three in the box office. The movie was very successful. It grossed $165,335,153 worldwide. A sequel, "The Princess Diaries 2", was released in August 2004.

paragraphs: Shy high school students Mia and Peter Thermopolis reside with their single mother, Helen, in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia and Peter's only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz, Harry and Lilly's older brother, Michael, who secretly harbors feelings for her. Mia and Peter learn from their estranged paternal grandmother, Clarisse, that they are sole heir to the European kingdom of Genovia, having inherited the throne from their recently deceased father Philippe. Clarisse is determined to groom Mia into a refined princess and Peter into a refined prince so that they may one day rule the kingdom over which Clarisse currently presides. Overwhelmed by the discovery, Mia initially refuses until Helen convinces them to attend their grandmother's "princess and prince lessons" on the condition that they need not make their final decision until the Genovian Independence Day Ball in three weeks' time.

paragraphs: Mia receives a glamorous makeover and a limousine chauffeured by Joe, the queen's head of security and confidante, who becomes a father figure to her and Peter. Mia's transformation causes her schoolmates to treat her differently, while her increasingly hectic schedule strains her relationship with Lilly. To appease her best friend, Mia and Peter tell Lilly and Harry the truth and swear them to secrecy. However, the public soon learns that Mia is a princess and Peter is a prince after the secret is sold to the press by Paolo, the hairdresser responsible for Mia's makeover, and the paparazzi begin to pursue them relentlessly. Although Mia and Peter embarrass themselves at their first state dinner, the queen admits that she found their clumsiness endearing and suggests that they spend quality time together. While bonding, Clarisse explains that although Mia and Peter's parents loved each other, they divorced amicably in order to pursue their own passions, Philippe remaining in Genovia to eventually become King, and Helen returning to America with Mia and Peter to offer them a "normal" childhood.

paragraphs: As Mia's popularity grows, Josh invites her and Peter to attend a beach party with him. Mia and Peter accept, causing them to neglect Lilly and Harry and forego her plans with Michael. Josh kisses Mia in front of the paparazzi to bolster his own fame, while Lana helps the paparazzi photograph Mia wearing only a towel and Peter wearing board shorts; both photographs are printed in the newspaper the following day. Finding the photos inappropriate for a princess and a prince, Clarisse admonishes Mia and Peter for their behavior, after which a humiliated Mia and Peter promise to renounce their titles. Joe reminds Clarisse that Mia and Peter are still both teenagers and her grandchildren, suggesting that the queen reacted too harshly.

paragraphs: After making amends with Lilly and Harry, Mia and Peter finally stand up to Lana for bullying a schoolmate. Mia and Peter invite Lilly, Harry and Michael to the ball but Michael declines, still heartbroken over Mia's initial dismissal. After Clarisse apologises to Mia and Peter for scolding them, she states that Mia and Peter must publicly renounce the throne at the ball. Terrified by the prospect, Mia and Peter plan to run away until they discover a touching letter from their late father and relents. Mia's car malfunctions while driving to the ball, stranding her in a downpour until she and Peter are retrieved by Joe.

paragraphs: When they finally arrive, Mia and Peter, still wet and untidy from the rain, deliver a compelling speech and accepts their roles as Prince and Princess of Genovia. After changing into a gown, Peter got changed into a tuxedo, Mia and Peter accompanie Clarisse into the ballroom where Michael, who has accepted Mia's apology, invites her to dance before confessing their feelings for each other and sharing their first kiss. In the final scene, Mia and Peter are shown traveling to Genovia in a private plane with their pet cat Fat Louie, and Mia writes in her diary that she and Peter plan to relocate to Genovia with their mother.


title: Laurette Taylor

paragraphs: Laurette Taylor (born Loretta Helen Cooney; April 1, 1883 – December 7, 1946) was an American actress. She acted in silent movies and on stage. She acted in plays, including "Peg o' My Heart", "The Bird of Paradise" and "Lola Lola". She also performed in many movies. Those movies included "One Night in Rome".

paragraphs: Taylor was born in New York City. She died there from heart conditions at age sixty-three.


title: Roberto Clemente

paragraphs: Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934–December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican baseball player.

paragraphs: He played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1972. Clemente's career was cut short by his death in a plane crash off the coast of his homeland of Puerto Rico. The flight was planned to deliver emergency supplies to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua.

paragraphs: Clemente was the first Latin American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He and Lou Gehrig are the only Hall of Fame members that did not have the five-year waiting period. However, the rules for election were different in Gehrig's day.

paragraphs: He was eligible when he retired in 1939, and the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), which then as now is the main body for electing players, chose to hold a special election specifically to elect him. (This was probably because Gehrig was known to be dying, and the voters wanted to elect him while he was still alive.)

paragraphs: After Clemente's death, the BBWAA made an exception to its five-year waiting period for Clemente. The exception made for Clemente is now a rule—a player who dies while active, or within five years of his retirement, becomes eligible for election six months after his death (provided he has played at least 10 years in Major League Baseball).

paragraphs: Clemente did a lot of charity work, especially in Latin American countries; as noted above, he died on a charity mission to Latin America. Each year the MLB gives the Roberto Clemente Award. This award is for the player who best follows Clemente's example with charity work.

paragraphs: In 1973, Clemente was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the first Presidential Citizens Medal. On August 17, 1984 the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp honoring Clemente. This was the day before what would have been his 50th birthday.

paragraphs: On November 14, 1964, Clemente married Vera Zabala at San Fernando Church in Carolina. The couple had three children: Roberto, Jr., born in 1965, Luis Roberto, born in 1966, and Enrique Roberto, born in 1969. His Major League Debut Was In Pittsburgh Pirates


title: Mamie Smith

paragraphs: Mamie Smith (born Mamie Robinson; May 26, 1883 – September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer and pianist. She appeared in several movies. She performed many musical genres, including blues and jazz. She became the first African American singer to make vocal blues recordings in the early 1920s. Her movies included "Jailhouse Blues" in 1929 and "Paradise in Harlem" ten years after that.

paragraphs: Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She died at age sixty-three in 1946.


title: South Pacific (musical)

paragraphs: South Pacific is a musical. It is based on two short stories from James A. Michener's 1947 book, "Tales of the South Pacific". The musical's book was written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. The lyrics were written by Hammerstein. The music was written by Richard Rodgers. The musical won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical.

paragraphs: "South Pacific" opened on Broadway on 7 April 1949 at the Majestic Theatre, and closed on 16 January 1954 after 1925 performances. It starred Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza.

paragraphs: "South Pacific" opened on the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 1 November 1951. The musical was adapted to a Twentieth Century-Fox movie in 1958 starring Mitzi Gaynor and Rosanno Brazzi.


title: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

paragraphs: National Treasure: Book of Secrets is a 2007 mystery adventure movie. It is a sequel to the 2004 movie, "National Treasure". It was directed by Jon Turteltaub. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The movie was released by Walt Disney Pictures.


title: Mary Alden

paragraphs: Mary Alden (18 June 1883 – 2 July 1946) was an American actress. She acted in Hollywood and on Broadway. She was in a lot of popular movies. Those included "Birth of a Nation" in 1915 and "Ladies of the Mob" in 1928.

paragraphs: Alden was born in New York. She died in Los Angeles at age sixty-three.


title: Hallerbos

paragraphs: The Hallerbos is a forest in Belgium. It is mostly in the municipality of Halle, in Flemish Brabant. It used to be part of the Sonian Forest but now is separate.

paragraphs: The forest is known in the region for its bluebell carpet. Bluebells cover the forest floor for a few weeks each spring, attracting many visitors in April and May. The Hallerbos is a quiet type of forest, not to many visitors. It can be accessed from more entries in Halle


title: Bascule (Brussels)

paragraphs: Bascule is a commercial center in Uccle. It is on Chaussée de Waterloo and has plenty of shops.


title: Bodh Gaya bombings

paragraphs: On July 7, 2013, nine bombs exploded in and around the Mahabodhi Temple complex. The temple is a UNESCO World heritage site in Bodh Gaya, India. Five people, including two monks, were injured by the blasts. There were many other devices found but did not explode. These were diffused when found.

paragraphs: The "vihara" was not damaged by the attacks. The holy tree where the Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment was not harmed. There have been arrests made. However, no party have claim responsibility for the attack. International figures from the Dalai Lama to Aung San Suu Kyi have expressed their concern.


title: Dealul Mitropoliei

paragraphs: Dealul Mitropoliei () is a small hill in Bucharest, Romania.. It is also called or "Patriarchate Hill". It is an important historic, cultural, architectural, religious and touristic point in the national capital. The Romanian Patriarchy and the residence of the Patriarch are here. Next to the Patriarchy there is a house (nr. 19) which is in the "National Architectural Patrimonial of Romania".


title: Sara Teasdale

paragraphs: Sara Teasdale (8 August 1884 – 29 January 1933) was an American poet. In 1918, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She wrote many notable poems. Her poetry collection, "Love Songs" was released in 1917. The poems written by her were about romance, mastery and melancholy.

paragraphs: Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri. At age forty-eight, she committed suicide using sleeping pills in New York City.


title: Chaussée de Waterloo

paragraphs: The Chaussée de Waterloo is a big avenue of Brussels. It starts in the commune of Saint-Gilles and finishes in Waterloo. There the name changes to "Chaussée de Bruxelles" and it continues to Genappe and Charleroi.


title: Bessie Barriscale

paragraphs: Elizabeth Barry Scale (also known as Bessie Barriscale; September 30, 1884 – June 30, 1965) was an American actress. She was especially popular in silent movies and on the stage. She began her movie career around 1913. Her movies included "The Woman Michael Married" in 1919 and "The Skirt" in 1921. She returned to stage with "Women Go On Forever".

paragraphs: Barriscale was born in New Jersey. She died in California at age 80.


title: Hair (musical)

paragraphs: Hair is a rock musical. The book and lyrics were written by James Rado and Gerome Ragni. The music was written by Galt MacDermot. It opened Off-Broadway in 1967, was revised, and premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre in April 1968. It ran for 1,750 performances. The musical is about drugs, sex, the Vietnam War, nudity, race, and other hot topics of the 1960s.


title: Evelyn Nesbit

paragraphs: Florence Evelyn Nesbit also called Evelyn Nesbit (25 December 1884 – 17 January 1967) was an American actress, model, and dancer. She was portrayed in "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" in 1955. Nesbit performed mostly in silent movies and stage plays. She also wrote two memoirs, "Prodigal Days" and "The Story of My Life".

paragraphs: Nesbit was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died at age 82 in California.


title: Cabaret (musical)

paragraphs: Cabaret is a musical. The book was written by Joe Masteroff. The lyrics were written by Fred Ebb. The music was written by John Kander. The musical was based on the 1939 novel, "Goodbye to Berlin" by Christopher Isherwood, and the 1951 play, "I Am a Camera" by John Van Druten. The musical won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Musical.

paragraphs: "Cabaret" premiered on 20 November 1966 at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. It ran for 1,165 performances. It opened in the West End on 28 February 1968 at the Palace Theatre. It had 336 performances. A movie adaptation was released in 1972 starring Liza Minelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey.

paragraphs: The musical is set in Berlin during the Nazi rise to power, and follows the life and loves of cabaret singer, Sally Bowles. A subplot involves a romance between a German woman and a Jewish man.


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title: The Addams Family (musical)

paragraphs: The Addams Family is a musical. The book was written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The lyrics and music were written by Andrew Lippa. The musical is based on the single panel comic strip characters and concepts created by Charles Addams for "The New Yorker" magazine.

paragraphs: The musical premiered on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 8 April 2010. It starred Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth. The production closed on 31 December 2011 after 725 performances.


title: Skara

paragraphs: Skara is a town in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Skara Municipality. Skara is the home of Skara Cathedral, and Swedish record label Mariann Grammofon as well.

paragraphs: Founding dates back to 988 (traditional date). From 1634 and until 1660, Skara was the seat of Skaraborg County.


title: Edsbyn

paragraphs: Edsbyn is an urban area in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is in the Ovanåker Municipality. Edsbyn is the home of the sports club Edsbyns IF, which has won several Swedish national men's bandy championship titles.


title: Bollnäs

paragraphs: Bollnäs is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is the seat of Bollnäs Municipality. Bollnäs is the home of sports club Bollnäs GoIF, which had a successful bandy team back in the 1950s, winning the Swedish national championship.


title: Ljusdal

paragraphs: Ljusdal is a locality in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is the seat of Ljusdal Municipality. Ljusdal is the home of bandy club Ljusdals BK, which has hosted the Bandy World Cup several times.


title: Skutskär

paragraphs: Skutskär is a town in the county of Gävleborg in Sweden. It is in Älvkarleby Municipality. Skutskär is the home of sports club Skutskärs IF, which was successful back in the 1940s and 1950s, winning the Swedish national bandy championship titles.


title: Scream (band)

paragraphs: Scream is a hardcore punk band from Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia. They were active from 1981 to 1990. In 2009 the band reunited. As of January 2012, they were on tour in Europe.


title: 1966 FIFA World Cup squads

paragraphs: Below are the squads for the 1966 FIFA World Cup tournament in England.

paragraphs: Each national team had to submit a squad of 22 players. All the teams included 3 goalkeepers, except Brazil, Chile and North Korea who only called two.


title: Citroën C4

paragraphs: The Citroen C4 is an automobile produced by Citroën. It replaced the Citroën Xsara in 2004, facelifted in 2008 and entered its second generation in 2010.


title: Peugeot 806

paragraphs: The Peugeot 806 was a large MPV produced by Peugeot between 1994 and 2002. It is similar to the Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta and Citroën Evasion.


title: Ethel Waters

paragraphs: Ethel Waters (31 October 1896 – 1 September 1977) was an American actress and singer. She performed blues, jazz, gospel, pop and big band music. Her recordings included "Dinah", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Stormy Weather" and "Cabin in the Sky". Waters also appeared in several movies.

paragraphs: Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died from kidney failure and uterine cancer in Chatsworth, California.


title: Anita Louise

paragraphs: Anita Louise Fremault (or just Anita Louise; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American television actress who also starred in movies. She played the gentle mother in the television series "My Friend Flicka". Her movies included "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Madame Du Barry", "Marie Antoinette" and "The Sisters". She was especially popular in the 1930s.

paragraphs: Fremault was born in New York City. She died in Los Angeles resulting from a stroke at age fifty-five.


title: Shelley Duvall

paragraphs: Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American actress. She began acting in Robert Altman movies during the 1970s. She starred in "Brewster McCloud", "Nashville", "3 Women" and "Annie". She was also a producer for television shows.

paragraphs: Duvall was born in Houston. In 2016, it was revealed that Duvall is suffering from a mental illness.