title: Ryūkyū Islands

paragraphs: The , also known as the , are a chain of Japanese islands in a line between Kyushu and Taiwan. The native people of the Ryūkyū Islands are the Ryūkyūan people and its native languages are the endangered Ryukyuan languages.

paragraphs: In the islands, the dates from the middle 14th century. It entered into a tributary relationship with Imperial China.

paragraphs: In the early 17th century, the kingdom entered into a tributary relationship with Japan after the Satsuma Domain invaded.

paragraphs: In 1765, the islands were described by Hayashi Shihei in "Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu".

paragraphs: The islands are at the eastern edge of the East China Sea and the western edge of the Pacific Ocean.

paragraphs: The Islands are separated into two geographical regions: the Northern Ryūkyū Islands, centered on Amami Island, and the Southern Ryūkyū Islands, centered on Okinawa Island. Sometimes the Southern Ryūkyū Islands are further divided into the Okinawa Islands and the Sakishima Islands.

paragraphs: The largest of the islands is Okinawa Island.

paragraphs: Karate was invented by the local people (mainly from Okinawa). The Japanese phrase "Karate-do" means "way of the empty hand").


title: Jason Segel

paragraphs: Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American movie, television, and voice actor who is known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in "How I Met Your Mother". He has also appeared in "The Muppets" (2011). He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was partners with actress Michelle Williams from 2012 through early 2013.


title: Gary (rapper)

paragraphs: Kang Hee-gun (; born February 24, 1978) is a South Korean rapper. He is better known by his stage name, Gary (). He is also a former cast member of the variety show "Running Man" and musician of hip-hop duo Leessang.


title: Leessang

paragraphs: Leessang (Hangul: 리쌍; stylized as LeeSsang) is a South Korean Hip-hop duo, composed of Kang Hee-gun ("Garie") and Gil Seong-joon ("Gil").


title: Desi Arnaz

paragraphs: Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban-American movie, stage, television actor, television producer and director, writer, comedian, and musician. He is known for playing Ricky Ricardo in "I Love Lucy".

paragraphs: He was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. He was married to Lucille Ball from 1940 until they divorced in 1960. They had a son named Desi Jr, and a daughter named Lucie. Then he was married to Edith Mack Hirsh from 1963 until her death in 1985. Arnaz died from lung cancer in Del Mar, California, on December 2, 1986. He was 69 years old.


title: Pig footed bandicoot

paragraphs: The pig footed bandicoot {"Chaeropus ecaudatus") is a small marsupial. The distribution range of species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s. It is now believed to be extinct.

paragraphs: The pig footed bandicoot has a body which around 23-26 centimetres and a tail 10-15 centimetres. The bandicoot has a pointed ears and large, slender limbs. It had a broad head and a slender snout. Its fur was coarse and straight. Its colour varied from a grizzled grey through fawn orange-brown.

paragraphs: The pig footed bandicoot is known to live in the western Victoria and New South Wales. It inhabited a fairly wide range of types: from grassy woodland and grassland plains to the spinifex country and parched flats of central Australia.

paragraphs: The pig footed bandicoot only eats plants.


title: George Pal

paragraphs: George Pal (György Pál Marczincsak, February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, movie director and producer who has helped the movie industry grow during the 50s and 60s. An award is named after him.

paragraphs: Pal was born in Cegléd, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Hungary). He was educated at the Budapest Academy of Arts. He was married to Elizabeth Zsoka from 1930 until his death in 1980, they had two children. Pal died on May 2, 1980 in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack. He was 72 years old.


title: Don Cornelius

paragraphs: Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television host and television producer. He was known for creating the music franchise series "Soul Train".

paragraphs: Cornelius was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Delores Harrison until they divorced. He was later married to Viktoria Chapman from 2001 until they divorced. Cornelius committed suicide on February 1, 2012 in Sherman Oaks, California after shooting himself with a gun.


title: Shel Silverstein

paragraphs: Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter, and a children's author who is mostly known for his children's book "The Giving Tree". He has won two Grammy Awards.

paragraphs: Although he’s most known for his children’s poetry, he also was good at many other things. In the 1950s, while he was serving in the U.S. armed forces, Silverstein drew cartoons for the Pacific Stars and Stripes, an American military newspaper. He started writing and drawing cartoons for Playboy magazine in 1952.

paragraphs: Shel Silverstein also wrote plays. It was Ursula Nordstrom, a book editor, who suggested that he should write for children.

paragraphs: Silverstein’s first book of poetry, "Don’t Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies", was published in 1964. He’s most well-known for his books "A Light in the Attic", "The Giving Tree", and "Where the Sidewalk Ends". He has been compared to other writers, like A. A. Milne, Edward Lear, and Dr. Seuss. Shel Silverstein won multiple awards for his children’s poetry books. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" won the Michigan Young Readers’ Award in 1981, and Silverstein also won the George C. Stone Center for Children’s Books Award twice in 1984. Two books of poetry were published after Shel Silverstein’s death, "Runny Babbit" and "Every Thing on It".

paragraphs: Silverstein also had success writing songs. Some of his poetry was based off of songs he had written.

paragraphs: "A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Silverstein that was first made popular by Johnny Cash in 1969. That same year Silverstein also recorded it as a single on an album on RCA Records. It was produced by Chet Atkins.

paragraphs: He was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in both Chicago and in Florida. He died in Key West, Florida on May 10, 1999 after having a heart attack. He was 68 years old. However, Silverstein’s poetry is still enjoyed today.


title: Adobe After Effects

paragraphs: Adobe After Effects is a video changing program developed by Adobe Systems.


title: Many-plumed moth

paragraphs: The many-plumed moths are the Alucitidae, a family of moths with unusually modified wings. Both fore- and hind-wings consist of about six rigid spines, from which radiate flexible bristles. They make a structure similar to a bird's feather.

paragraphs: This is a small family, with 9 genera and 130 species. They are found mostly in temperate to subtropical (but not tropical) regions. They are rare even in parts of their core range; both in Great Britain and North America for example, only one species is found – the Twenty-plume Moth ("Alucita hexadactyla") – and in America, it is introduced. This smallish moth may be found fluttering in the evening twilight or resting with its "wings" outstretched. Its larvae feed on honeysuckle ("Lonicera").

paragraphs: On the other hand, in Continental Europe there are many species, mostly of the large genus "Alucita".


title: Hypertext

paragraphs: A hypertext is a text that is organized like a network. Parts of the text reference other text massages or texts which can directly be accessed. The parts that provide the reference are known as "hyperlinks". An example of a hypertext is the HTML standard used in the World Wide Web.


title: Evolutionary arms race

paragraphs: An evolutionary arms race is when two species (or populations) are so linked that a change in one indirectly causes a change in the other. It is a metaphor drawn from the so-called arms race between the West and the Soviet Union, after the second world war. Evolutonary arms races are a kind of coevolution.


title: Matt Vogel

paragraphs: Matthew J. "Matt" Vogel II is an American puppeteer. He has worked with the Muppets, "Sesame Street", and "Oobi".

paragraphs: In 2017, he started playing Kermit the Frog. He was an understudy for the character Big Bird since 1998. Caroll Spinney, the first person that played Big Bird, retired in 2018. From then on, Matt Vogel played Big Bird full time.


title: Will Lee

paragraphs: William "Will" Lee (August 4 1908 - December 7 1982) was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for playing Mr. Hooper on "Sesame Street". Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York.


title: Jason Robards

paragraphs: Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. He has won two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Emmy Award. Robards was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 26, 1922. He married to Eleanor Pittman from 1948 to 1958. He married Rachel Taylor from 1959 to 1961. He married Lauren Bacall from 1961 to 1969. He married Lois O'Connor from 1970 to 2000. He had six children. Robards died of lung cancer on December 26, 2000 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.


title: Availability

paragraphs: Availability is a term used in information security to show that a system is running and reachable by those that are supposed to be able to use the system.

paragraphs: Availability is sometimes expressed as a percentage of uptime, such as 99%. High availability is usually expressed as five nines - 99.999%. In a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week operation this would be just a little over 5 minutes per year.


title: Carrot Top

paragraphs: Scott Thompson (born February 25, 1965), better known by his stage name Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his bright red hair, prop comedy, and humor.


title: Jack LaLanne

paragraphs: Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011) was an American inventor, writer, actor, fitness and exercise instructor and expert who was known for helping people to get fit and healthy.

paragraphs: LaLanne was born Francois Henri LaLanne in San Francisco, California on September 26, 1914. He was raised in Barkersfield, California.

paragraphs: LaLanne hosted his own show "The Jack LaLanne Show" and appeared in cameo appearances in some movies. LaLanne was also known for swimming in the San Francisco bay with a small fishing boat tied to a rope in his mouth.

paragraphs: LaLanne has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also received many nicknames, such as "The Godfather of Fitness" or "First Fitness Superhero." LaLanne has beat Arnold Schwarzenegger in a fitness contest in his 50s.

paragraphs: LaLanne was married to Irma Navarre from 1942 until they divorced in 1948; they had one daughter. Then he married Elaine Doyle from 1959 until his death in 2011, they had two sons and one daughter.

paragraphs: On January 23, 2011, LaLanne died at his home in Morro Bay, California from respiratory failure due to pneumonia. He was 96 years old.


title: Indiana State University

paragraphs: Indiana State University (ISU) is a university in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is in Terre Haute, Indiana.

paragraphs: ISU's sports teams, known as Sycamores, play mostly in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores football team plays in the separate but related Missouri Valley Football Conference. The school is perhaps best known as the alma mater of basketball player Larry Bird.


title: Sargent Shriver

paragraphs: Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American politician who was the first director of the Peace Corps from 1961 until 1966, then he was the first director of the OEO from 1964 until 1968, and was the 21st ambassador to France from 1968 until 1970.

paragraphs: He was also a Vice President nominee with presidential nominee George McGovern in 1972, they lost to Richard Nixon and to Spiro Agnew. He was also an activist.

paragraphs: Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland on November 9, 1915 and was educated at Yale University and at Yale Law School. He had served in the army during World War II from 1941 through 1945 and was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds during the war.

paragraphs: Shriver founded many social programs and organizations, including Head Start, VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action, Upward Bound, Foster Grandparents, Legal Services, the National Clearinghouse for Legal Services (now the Shriver Center), Indian and Migrant Opportunities and Neighborhood Health Services, in addition to directing the Peace Corps. He was active in Special Olympics, founded by his wife Eunice.

paragraphs: Shriver was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award in 1967. It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. "Pacem in terris" is Latin for 'Peace on Earth'.

paragraphs: Shriver served as U.S. Ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970, becoming a quasi-celebrity among the French for bringing what "Time" magazine called "a rare and welcome panache" to the normally sedate world of international diplomacy.

paragraphs: In 1953 Shriver married Eunice Kennedy (the sister of John F. Kennedy) and together they had 5 children; Robert Sargent Shriver III, Maria Shriver (the wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger), Timothy Peter Shriver, Mark Kennedy Shriver, and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver. Shriver's wife of 56 years Eunice Kennedy Shriver died on August 11, 2009 from a stroke, two weeks later his brother-in-law Ted Kennedy died on August 25, 2009 from brain cancer.

paragraphs: In 2003 Shriver was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and has began to loose his memory and could not even name his own wife because of the disease. His daughter Maria Shriver wrote a children's book based on the disease.

paragraphs: On January 18, 2011 Sargent Shriver died in Bethesda, Maryland from Alzheimer's disease, he was 95 years old. He is buried next to his wife at the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery.


title: Kendall Jenner

paragraphs: Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995) is an American model, television personality and socialite. She has appeared on the cover for and is brand ambassador of "Seventeen" magazine. She is the daughter of Caitlyn Jenner and Kris Jenner. Her brothers and sisters include: Kylie Jenner (sister), Brody Jenner, Brandon Jenner, Rob Kardashian (half-brothers), Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian (half-sisters). She is on the reality program "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". She was born in Los Angeles, California.


title: Eileen Brennan

paragraphs: Eileen Brennan (September 3, 1932 – July 28, 2013) was a television, movie and theater actress. She received an Oscar nomination for the movie "Private Benjamin". She received Emmy nominations for guest starring roles on "Newhart" and "Will and Grace".

paragraphs: Brennan was born in Los Angeles, California on September 3, 1932. She was married to David John Lampson from 1968 until they divorced in 1974. They had two children. Brennan died on July 28, 2013 in Burbank, California from bladder cancer, aged 80.


title: Derek Jameson

paragraphs: Derek Jameson (November 29, 1929 – September 12, 2012) was a British journalist, DJ, and broadcaster for several British newspapers. He is also known for his works in the "Daily Express", the "Daily Star", and for the "News of the World". He was born in London, England. He was married three times and had four children. He died on September 12, 2012 in London, England from a heart attack, aged 82.


title: Theodoros Angelopoulos

paragraphs: Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος; April 27, 1935 – January 24, 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter, and movie producer who is known for his movie "Eternity and a Day".

paragraphs: Angelopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on April 27, 1935 and studied at the University of Paris. He was married to Phoebe Economopoulou from 1980 until his death in 2012. They had three children. Angelopoulos died on January 24, 2012 in Piraeus, Greece after being hit by a motorcycle in a busy street. He was 76 years old when he died.


title: James Farentino

paragraphs: James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American movie, voice, stage, and television actor. He was known for his role in "The Final Countdown", "Jesus of Nazareth", and in "Dynasty".

paragraphs: He was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 24, 1938. He was married to Elizabeth Ashley from 1962 until they divorced in 1965. He was married to Michele Lee from 1966 until they divorced in 1982. He was married to Debrah Farentino from 1985 until they divorced in 1989. He was married to Stella Farentino from 1994 until his death in 2012. He had a son, David Farentino.

paragraphs: Farentino died on January 24, 2012 from heart failure in Los Angeles, California, he was 73 years old.


title: Harry Fowler

paragraphs: Henry James "Harry" Fowler, MBE (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was a British movie, stage, and television actor who has appeared in many movies during his 62-year career.

paragraphs: He was born in London, England on December 10, 1926. He was married to Joan Dowling from 1951 until she committed suicide in 1954. Then he was married Catherine Fowler from around 1955 until his death in 2012. Fowler died on January 4, 2012 from unknown causes in London, England, he was 85 years old.


title: Scarlet tiger moth

paragraphs: The Scarlet Tiger Moth ("Callimorpha dominula", formerly "Panaxia dominula") is a colourful dayflying moth of Europe and the near East. It belongs to the tiger moth family, Arctiidae.

paragraphs: The caterpillars feed mostly on comfrey ("Symphytum officinale"). The moth imago flies by day, and has both cryptic colouring on the front wings, and warning colour on the hind wings. If disturbed it jinks the front wings forward to show the red warning flash on the hind wings.

paragraphs: It can occur in rare colour morphs, one with yellow hindwings and body and one with extended black on hindwings. Yellow, black and red are common warning colours in insects and other animals.

paragraphs: The three morphs occurring in the population at the Cothill reserve in Oxfordshire have been studied for many years, including research by E.B. Ford and R.A. Fisher.

paragraphs: McNamara (1998) describes how amateurs can rear this species.


title: Dabbs Greer

paragraphs: Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007) was an American movie, television, and stage actor. He was known for his role as Old Paul Edgecomb in the 1999 movie "The Green Mile". He has also acted in Broadway plays. Greer was born on April 2, 1917 in Fairview, Missouri. He never married and had no children. He died on April 28, 2007 in Pasadena, California from renal failure and heart disease. He was 90 years old when he died.


title: David Morse

paragraphs: David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for playing Brutus "Brutal" Howell in the 1999 movie "The Green Mile".

paragraphs: He was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He has been married to Susan Wheeler Duff since 1982. They have 3 children.


title: Eve Brent

paragraphs: Eve Brent (Jean Ann Ewers, September 11, 1929 – August 27, 2011) was a Saturn Award-winning American television, movie, and stage actress. She was known for her roles as Jane in "Tarzan's Fight for Life" and as Elaine Connelly in the 1999 movie "The Green Mile".

paragraphs: Brent was born in Houston, Texas on September 11, 1929. She was married to Micahel Ashe until his death in 2008. They had a son. Brent died on August 27, 2011 in Sun Valley, California from natural causes. She was 81 years old.


title: Naomie Harris

paragraphs: Naomie Melanie Harris (born September 6, 1976) is a British movie, stage, voice, and television actress. She is known for her role as Tia Dalma/Calypso in "" and in "". She was born in London, England on September 6, 1976 to a Jamaican mother and a Trinidadian father. Harris played Winnie Mandela in the 2013 movie "".


title: Eugene Levy

paragraphs: Eugene Levy, (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian movie, television, stage, voice actor, and comedian. He is known for his role in the all eight of the "American Pie" series of movies. He appeared in the 2012 movie "Madea's Witness Protection". He has won a Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, a Gemini Award, and a Satellite Award. He voiced Charlie, Dory's father, in the 2016 Pixar movie "Finding Dory" and Lou the Porcupine in "Over the Hedge".

paragraphs: He is also known for his award-winning role as Johnny Rose in the television series "Schitt's Creek".

paragraphs: Levy was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on December 17, 1946. and studied at McMaster University.

paragraphs: He has been married to Deborah Divine since 1977. They have two children (Dan and Sarah) and currently live in Los Angeles, California.


title: Christopher Stevens

paragraphs: John Christopher "Chris" Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 12, 2012) was the tenth American ambassador to Libya from June 7, 2012 until his death on September 12, 2012.

paragraphs: Stevens was born in Grass Valley, California on April 18, 1960. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley, at the University of California, at Hastings College of the Law, and at the National War College.

paragraphs: Stevens joined the United States Foreign Service in 1991. His early overseas assignments included: deputy principal officer and political section chief in Jerusalem; political officer in Damascus; consular/political officer in Cairo; and consular/economic officer in Riyadh. In Washington, Stevens served as Director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs; Pearson Fellow with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; special assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Iran desk officer; and staff assistant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

paragraphs: He had served in Libya twice previously: as the Deputy Chief of Mission (from 2007 to 2009) and as Special Representative to the National Transitional Council (from March 2011 to November 2011) during the Libyan civil war. He arrived in Tripoli in May 2012 as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

paragraphs: Stevens died on September 12, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya in the 2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks after he inhaled smoke from a smoke grenade. He was 52 years old.

paragraphs: According to the Daily Mail News Online, Ambassador Stevens had sent out a diplomatic cable expressing concerns, on the day he was killed. Stevens said that security at Benghazi was compromised. Stevens stated that two Libyan security groups were threatening to withdraw over a disagreement on U.S. Policy whether centrist politician Mahmoud Jibril would become Libya's prime minister.

paragraphs: Stevens is buried in his family's ancestral plot in Grass Valley, California.


title: 2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks

paragraphs: On September 11, 2012, the U.S. embassies in Cairo, Egypt; Chennai, India; Tunis, Tunisia; Khartoum, Sudan; Sana'a, Yemen, and the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya were attacked.

paragraphs: On September 11, 2012, the attack was caused by protests over media excerpts from a trailer of a movie, "Innocence of Muslims", which the protestors considered blasphemy against the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. In Egypt, a group scaled the embassy wall and tore down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag. In Libya, rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the consulate from a nearby farm. The attack killed the visiting U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty a security officer, Sean Smith a United States Foreign Service Information Management Officer, and Tyrone S. Woods a former U.S. Navy Seal, ten Libyan police officers, and two others. The protest ended on September 27, 2012.

paragraphs: About 75 people died during the attack. The most notable deaths were the ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods.

paragraphs: Some of these locations were burning the United States flag and the Israeli flag.


title: Sean Smith

paragraphs: Sean Smith (1978 – September 11, 2012) was an American Information Management Officer. He died during the 2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks in Benghazi, Libya which also killed Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone S. Woods, ten Libyan police officers and injured two others. He was 34 years old at the time of his death. He was married to Heather Smith and had two children.


title: Linda Gray

paragraphs: Linda Ann Gray (September 12 1940) is an American television and movie actress. She is mostly well known for starring on the long running program "Dallas". She starred in the stage of version of "Terms of Endearment". She was born in Santa Monica, California.


title: RNA interference

paragraphs: RNA interference (RNAi) is a process in living cells. It adjusts (moderates) the activity of their genes. RNAi molecules are a key to gene regulation. In 2006, Andrew Fire and Craig Mello shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on RNA interference in the nematode worm "Caenorhabditis elegans", published in 1998.

paragraphs: Two types of small RNA molecules – microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) – do the work. These small RNAs bind to normal messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules and increase or decrease their activity. They can prevent a mRNA from producing a protein. RNA interference defends cells against foreign nucleotide sequences – viruses and transposons. Also, they control development, and gene expression in general.

paragraphs: The RNAi pathway is found in many eukaryotes including animals. RNAi is a valuable research tool, in cell culture and in living organisms. Synthetic dsRNA introduced into cells can suppress specific genes of interest. RNAi may be used for large-scale screens that shut down each gene to analyse cellular process or cell division. The pathway is also used as a practical tool in biotechnology and medicine.

paragraphs: The natural functions of RNA interference are:


title: American Psychiatric Association

paragraphs: The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is a group of psychiatrists in the United States. The group is responsible for writing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is used to diagnose mental illnesses. It has about 36,000 members. Its members are from USA and other countries in the world. The APA was founded in 1844.


title: Deidre Hall

paragraphs: Deidre Ann Hall (born October 31, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) is an American actress and producer. She has been featured in many television soap opera shows. She played "Dr. Marlena Evans" in "Days of Our Lives" for more than 30 years.


title: Emerson Drive

paragraphs: Emerson Drive are a Canadian country band from Grande Prairie, Alberta. Emerson Drive have five members in the band; the current band members are Danick Dupelle, Brad Mates, Mike Melancon, David Pichette and Dale Wallace.

paragraphs: The band was formed in 1995 originally known under the name 12 Gauge. The band was forced to change their name because a rap group had already owned the name. They decided to choose Emerson Drive as their name and is named for the Emerson Trail that crosses Western Alberta and joins the Alaskan Highway. They released their debut album "Open Season" in 1996. Their newest album "Decade of Drive" was released on February 8, 2011. They will release their seventh studio album in 2012. The first single, "She's My Kind of Crazy" was released on July 16, 2012.

paragraphs: On September 25, 2007, the bands bassist Patrick Bourque committed suicide in his Montreal, Quebec home. Bourque had quit the band in July of that year.

paragraphs: The band has been nominated for many awards including a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their song "Moments" in 2008 and many Canadian Country Music Association awards.


title: Assassination of William McKinley

paragraphs: William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

paragraphs: McKinley was shaking hands with the people when he was shot by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He died days later on September 14 from his bullet wounds in Buffalo, New York, aged 58. It was later known that Czolgosz killed the McKinley in an attempt to advance anarchism.

paragraphs: Czolgosz was executed by the electric chair on October 29, 1901. The Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, became America's 26th President of the United States of America.


title: Assassination of James A. Garfield

paragraphs: The assassination of President James A. Garfield happened in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield was shot in the back by Charles J. Guiteau at about 9:30 am, less than four months into Garfield's term as the 20th President of the United States.

paragraphs: Guiteau shot Garfield after being mad at him about not receiving credit for Garfield's victory in 1880 after he wrote a speech about Garfield but never made the speech. The 31st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives James G. Blaine was at Garfield's side when he was shot down.

paragraphs: Garfield died eleven weeks later on September 19, 1881 aged 49. He was the second of four Presidents to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln and the next president to be assassinated would be William McKinley and next John F. Kennedy. His Vice President, Chester A. Arthur, became the next President after Garfield. And on June 2, 1882 Guiteau was executed by hanging, aged 40.

paragraphs: Garfield also lived the longest after the shooting, than the other Presidents. Lincoln and Kennedy died less than a day after being shot, and McKinley died a week later.


title: Ted (movie)

paragraphs: Ted is a 2012 American comedy movie, directed, produced and co-written by Seth MacFarlane. It follows a Boston resident (Mark Wahlberg) and his teddy bear (MacFarlane), who came to life with a magical wish. A sequel titled "Ted 2" was released in 2015.


title: Sámi languages

paragraphs: The Sámi languages are a branch of Uralic languages. They are spoken in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. It is related to the Finnish, the Estonian, and the Hungarian language.

paragraphs: "The Sámi languages ... are sometimes considered dialects of one language", says Encyclopædia Britannica; those who speak one Sámi language, [mostly] do not understand other Sami languages; "[t]he Sámi languages share many features (or things,) with the Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, etc.)," but "they cannot be closely related to any of these"... "[T]heir grammars are similar to that of Finnish, although their syntax has been influenced by the Scandinavian languages."


title: James G. Blaine

paragraphs: James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was a United States Representative. He was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a U.S. Senator from Maine. He was the Secretary of State twice. He was also nominated to be President.

paragraphs: Blaine was born on January 31, 1830 in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He was the third child of Ephraim Lyon Blaine and his wife Maria Gillespie Blaine. He was educated at Washington College and later met his wife Harriet Stanwood. They married in 1850 and they had seven children.

paragraphs: Blaine was a Republican. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1869 until 1875. He was chosen by the 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant.

paragraphs: Blaine would later served as the Senator from Maine from 1876 through 1881. Secondly he served as the Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd district from 1863 until 1876. Then as the 28th and 31st United States Secretary of State from 1881 through 1881 and then again in 1889 through 1892.

paragraphs: On July 2, 1881, Blaine and President James A. Garfield were walking in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C. when Charles J. Guiteau shot Garfield in the back. Blaine resigned as Secretary of State several months later.

paragraphs: The Republicans nominated Blaine for President in 1884 but Grover Cleveland won the election.

paragraphs: Blaine died just 4 days short from his 63rd birthday on January 27, 1893 in his Washington, D.C. home from a heart attack, aged 62. He was later buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. and was later re-buried in Blaine Memorial Park, Augusta, Maine, in 1920. Blaine was hypochondriac.


title: Burt Bacharach

paragraphs: Burt F. Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and music producer. He wrote many hit songs. Some songs were written specifically for the singers who originally recorded them. Some of his songs were:


title: Kristin Scott Thomas

paragraphs: Dame Kristin Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress. She was born in Redruth, Cornwall. She received international praise in the 1990s for "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "The English Patient". She has acted in many other movies during her career.

paragraphs: Her sister, Serena Scott Thomas (born 1961), is also an actress.


title: Jonathan Winters

paragraphs: Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, television, stage, voice, movie actor, and artist. Winters had appeared in several television shows and in movies. He was recently known for voicing Papa Smurf in the 2011 movie "The Smurfs". In "", he was replaced by Jack Angel.

paragraphs: Winters was born Jonathan Harshman Winters III in Dayton, Ohio on November 11, 1925. He is of Irish-Scottish-English descent. During his senior year at Springfield High School, Winters quit school to join the United States Marine Corps and served two and a half years in the Pacific Theater during World War II. After his return, he attended Kenyon College. He later studied cartooning at Dayton Art Institute, where he met Eileen Schauder, whom he married on September 11, 1948. He was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Lambda chapter).

paragraphs: Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also had comedy albums released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations during his career, and winning the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) Calls in 1996.

paragraphs: In 1957, he was the first comedian in the United States to be on color television, a 15-minute routine sponsored by Tums.

paragraphs: Winters has also appeared in hundreds of television show episodes/series and movies combined, including eccentric characters on "The Steve Allen Show", "The Garry Moore Show", "The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters" (1972–74), "Mork & Mindy", "Hee Haw" and in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

paragraphs: After voicing Grandpa Smurf on "The Smurfs" (1986–89) and Papa Smurf in "The Smurfs", Winters's final feature movie was "The Smurfs 2" in 2013, which will be dedicated in his memory.

paragraphs: Winters was originally cast in "Big Finish" (2014), during pre-production. It's an upcoming comedy set in a retirement home. His scheduled role was to appear alongside Jerry Lewis and Bob Newhart.

paragraphs: Winters only had three influences Irwin Corey, Groucho Marx, and Charlie Chaplin. He had influenced George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Jim Carrey, Conan O'Brien, Patton Oswalt, and Frank Caliendon. He worked with Robin Williams on many television shows including "Mork & Mindy". When Winters died Williams remarked that "First he was my idol, then he was my mentor and amazing friend. I'll miss him huge. He was my Comedy Buddha. Long live the Buddha."

paragraphs: In 1991, Winters earned an Emmy Award for his supporting role in "Davis Rules". In 2002, he earned an Emmy nomination as a guest star in a comedy series for "Life With Bonnie". In 1999, Winters was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2008, Winters was presented with a Pioneer TV Land Award by Robin Williams. Winters received 11 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations during his career, and won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for "Crank(y) Calls" in 1996.

paragraphs: Winters lived near Santa Barbara, California and was often seen browsing or "hamming" for the crowd at the antique show on the Ventura County fairgrounds. He often entertained the tellers and other workers whenever he visited his local bank to make a deposit or withdrawal. Plus, he spent his time painting and attended many gallery showings, even presenting his art in one-man shows.

paragraphs: In his interview with the Archive of American Television, Winters reported that he suffered a nervous breakdown and spent 8 months in a private mental hospital in the late 1950s. Despite not being given a diagnosis in the hospital, he was diagnosed with manic depression later on (known today as bipolar disorder). Winters referred to this incident obliquely in his stand-up act, most famously on his 1960 comedy album "The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters". During his classic "flying saucer" routine, Winters mentions that if he wasn't careful, the authorities might put him back in the "zoo", referring to the institution.

paragraphs: On January 11, 2009, Winter's wife Eileen died at the age of 84 after a 20-year battle with breast cancer.

paragraphs: Winters died April 11, 2013, in Montecito, California of natural causes, aged 87.

paragraphs: He is survived by his two children: Jay Winters, and Lucinda Winters.

paragraphs: At the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, Robin Williams honored the career and life of Winters.


title: Michael Wallis

paragraphs: Michael Wallis (born October 7, 1945) is an American historian, writer, journalist, movie, and voice actor. He is known for his voice role as Sheriff in the animated movies "Cars" and "Cars 2". He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 7, 1945. He studied at the University of Missouri. Wallis is married to Suzanne Fitzgerald-Wallis.


title: Paul Dooley

paragraphs: Paul Dooley Brown (born February 22, 1928) is an American movie, television, voice actor, writer, and comedian. He is known for his role as Sarge in the Disney-Pixar animated movies "Cars" and "Cars 2". Doooley on February 22, 1928 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Dooley married Winnie Holzman in 1984. They have a daughter, Savannah Dooley.


title: Tony Shalhoub

paragraphs: Anthony Marcus "Tony" Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is an American movie, stage, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Adrian Monk in "Monk", Alexander Minion in the first three "Spy Kids" movie, and as Luigi in "Cars" and in "Cars 2". Shalhoub has also appeared in plays on stage.

paragraphs: He was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 9, 1953. Shalhoub is married to Brooke Adams since 1992 and they have two children.


title: Cheech Marin

paragraphs: Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is an American comedian, movie, television, stage, voice actor and writer. He was part of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong along with fellow comedian Tommy Chong. He played Ramone in the Disney-Pixar animated movies "Cars" and "Cars 2".

paragraphs: Marin was born Richard Anthony Marin on July 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. Marin was married to Darlene Morley from 1975 until they divorced in 1984. They had one child. He was married to Patti Heid from 1986 until they divorced. They had 2 children. He has been married to Natasha Rubin since 2009. Marin lives in Malibu, California. He is Mexican-American.


title: Jenifer Lewis

paragraphs: Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American movie, voice, stage, television actress and singer. She is known for her role as Flo in the Disney-Pixar movies "Cars" and "Cars 2". Lewis was born in Kinloch, Missouri on January 25, 1957. She studied at Kinloch High School and at Webster University.


title: Katherine Helmond

paragraphs: Katherine Marie Helmond (July 5, 1929 – February 23, 2019) was an American film, theater and television actress and director, who portrayed Emily Dickinson on "Meeting of Minds", as well as fictional characters, for which she was best-known, such as Jessica Tate on "Soap", Mona Robinson on "Who's the Boss?", Doris Sherman on "Coach", and Lois Whelan on "Everybody Loves Raymond" and Mrs. Lowry in "Brazil".

paragraphs: Helmond was born in Galveston, Texas on July 5, 1929. She was married to George N. Martin from 1957 until they divorced in 1962. She married her second husband David Christian in 1962. She has no children.

paragraphs: Helmond died on February 23, 2019, from complications of Alzheimer's disease at her home in Los Angeles. aged 89.


title: Emily Mortimer

paragraphs: Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer (born December 1, 1971) is a British movie, stage, television, stage actress, and comedian. She was in "30 Rock", "Scream 3", "Match Point", "Lars and the Real Girl", "Hugo", "Cars 2", "Shutter Island", "Harry Brown", "Cars 2", "The Pink Panther", "The Pink Panther 2", and "The Newsroom". She was born in London, England on December 1, 1971. She has been married to Alessandro Nivola since 2003.


title: Joe Mantegna

paragraphs: Joseph Anthony "Joe" Mantegna (born November 13, 1947) is an American movie, stage, television, voice actor, producer, writer, and director. He did the voice of Fat Tony in "The Simpsons". He also played David Rossi in "Criminal Minds". He also played Ian "The Shark" in "Airheads". He played Grem in the Disney-Pixar animated movie "Cars 2". He has won a Tony Award.

paragraphs: Mantegna was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has been married to Arlene Vrhel since 1975 and they have two children.


title: Peter Jacobson

paragraphs: Peter J. Jacobson (born March 24, 1965) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He played Randy Dworkin in "Law and Order", and Dr. Taub in "House". He also did the voice of Acer in "Cars 2". Jacobson was born in Chicago, Illinois to Walter Jacobson. He studied at Brown University.


title: Bill Kurtis

paragraphs: William Horton "Bill" Kurtis (born September 21, 1940) is an American television journalist, producer, narrator, news anchor, and historian who anchored "CBS Morning News". He has also narrated crime shows and in movies.

paragraphs: Kurtis was born on September 21, 1940 in Pensacola, Florida on September 21, 1940, but has mostly spend his childhood in Chicago, Illinois. He studied his B.S. degree at the University of Kansas and his J.D. degree at Washburn University of Law. He was married to Helen Kurtis from 1966 until her death in 1977, they had two children (one who died). He is currently partners with Donna La Pietra.


title: Walter Jacobson

paragraphs: Walter David Jacobson (born July 28, 1937) is an American, historian, and television personality. He is the anchor of WBBM-TV news at 6:00 pm. He was the anchor of WFLD news until his retirement in 2006.

paragraphs: Jacobson was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 28, 1937. He attended New Trier High School and Grinnell College. He got a B.A. degree. He went to Columbia University in New York to receive his J.D. degree. He was married to Lynn Straus from 1960 until they divorced in the 1970s. They had two children including actor Peter Jacobson. He was married to Diana Dybsky from 1980 until they divorced. They had one child. He has been married to Susan Jacobson since 1995.

paragraphs: He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. On June 18, 2008 Jacobson was arrested for DUI driving near his Chicago home. He pleaded guilty and received supervision. On November 2002 he slipped on a pumpkin in his house and broke several ribs.


title: Dale Evans

paragraphs: Dale Evans (October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer, movie actress, and singer-songwriter. She was the third wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.

paragraphs: Evans was born in Uvalde, Texas on October 31, 1912. She was married to Thomas Frederick Fox from 1927 until they divorced in 1929. They had a son. She was later married to August Wayne Johns from 1929 until they divorced in 1935. Her third husband was R. Dale Butts. They were married from 1937 until they divorced in 1946. Her last husband was Roy Rogers. They were married from 1947 until his death in 1998. They had one child and 4 adopted children.

paragraphs: Evans died on February 7, 2001 in Apple Valley, California from heart failure, aged 88.


title: Peter Lougheed

paragraphs: Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, (July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and professional football player.

paragraphs: Lougheed was born on July 26, 1928 in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta and at Harvard University.

paragraphs: Lougheed was married to Jeanne Rogers until his death in 2012. They had four children.

paragraphs: In 2012, the Institute for Research on Public Policy named him the best Canadian premier of the last 40 years. He was the 10th Premier of Alberta from September 10, 1971 through November 1, 1985.

paragraphs: Lougheed has also been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary West from May 23, 1967 through February 28, 1986.

paragraphs: Lougheed died on September 13, 2012 in Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary, Alberta from natural causes, aged 84.


title: Christopher Meloni

paragraphs: Christopher Peter Meloni or Chris Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American movie, voice, and television actor. He is best known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler in "" and as Chris Keller in "Oz". Meloni also appeared as Colonel Hardy in the 2013 movie "Man of Steel".

paragraphs: Meloni was born on April 2, 1961 in Washington, D.C.. He is of Canadian-French descent. Since 1995, he has been married to Doris Sherman Williams. They have two children. Meloni is a long-time gay rights supporter.


title: Alfred Molina

paragraphs: Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina, May 24, 1953) is an English movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Diego Rivera in "Frida", Satipo in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Dr. Octopus in "Spider-Man 2", and as Maxim Horvath in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

paragraphs: Molina was born on May 24, 1953 in Paddington, London, England to a Spanish mother and Italian father. He grew up in Notting Hill, London. He studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Molina was married to actress Jill Gascoine from 1986 until her death in 2020. He has one daughter from another relationship.


title: Kevin Kline

paragraphs: Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American stage, television, voice, and movie actor. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards. Kline was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and an Emmy Award. He is known for his role as Otto West in "A Fish Called Wanda", as both President Mitchell and Dave in "Dave", and as both Artemus "Artie" Gordon and President Ulysses S. Grant in the 1999 movie "Wild Wild West". He is currently the voice of Mr. Fischoeder in "Bob's Burgers".

paragraphs: Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1947. He has been married to Phoebe Cates since 1989. They have two children.


title: Andrew Koenig

paragraphs: Joshua Andrew Koenig (August 17, 1968 - February 25, 2010) was an American actor, director, activist, editor and writer.

paragraphs: Koenig is probably best known for playing Mike Seaver's best friend, Richard "Boner" Stabone on the sitcom Growing Pains. He was in 25 episodes of Growing Pains and also guest starred on episodes of 21 Jump Street, My Two Dads and My Sister Sam. Koenig starred in the 2003 fan film where he played The Joker. His father is Walter Koenig also an actor. Koenig disappeared on February 14, 2010. His parents said he showed signs of depression before he went missing. His body was found hanging from a tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park, on February 25, 2010.


title: Jeffrey DeMunn

paragraphs: Jeffrey DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) or Jeff DeMunn is an American stage, movie and television actor. He played Harry Terwilliger in the movie "The Green Mile". He played Dale Horvath in the TV series "The Walking Dead".

paragraphs: He was born in Buffalo, New York and studied at the Uninon College. DeMunn was married to Ann Sekjaer in 1974 until they divorced in 1995. They had two children. DeMunn has been married to Kerry Leah since 2001.


title: Lynn Redgrave

paragraphs: Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was a Golden Globe Award winning English actress. She has been nominated for many other awards including the Academy, BAFTA and Emmy awards. Redgrave starred in many movies and plays as well as working on television. She made her Broadway debut in 1967. She was the sister of actress Vanessa Redgrave and actor Corin Redgrave. She was an aunt of actresses Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson. Redgrave died of breast cancer.


title: New Era Field

paragraphs: New Era Field is a large stadium in Orchard Park, New York. It is the home of the Buffalo Bills team. It was formerly named after Ralph Wilson (1918-2014), the team's founding owner from 1960-2014.


title: Veronica Lake

paragraphs: Veronica Lake (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973) was an American movie actress and pin-up model. She was well liked by both audiences and critics. Lake is most notably known for her role in "Sullivan's Travels" and for her femme fatale roles in film noir with Alan Ladd during the 1940s. These include "This Gun for Hire". Lake had bad marriages. At the end of her career, she had problems with mental illness and alcoholism. She was born in Brooklyn. Her father was of Irish and Danish ancestry.

paragraphs: Paramount Pictures had Lake under contract.


title: Cosmopolitan (magazine)

paragraphs: Cosmopolitan is an American magazine. It began publication around 1886 as a family magazine, although it later became a women's magazine around 1960. Topics include fashion, beauty, sex and health related issues.


title: Seventeen (magazine)

paragraphs: Seventeen is a 20th-century American teen magazine. It was the first teenage magazine in the United States. This magazine is mostly for girls and women between age 12 to 19. It began as a publication for inspiring teen girls to be role models. This magazine was first published in September 1944.


title: Little Sandy Desert

paragraphs: The Little Sandy Desert is a desert in Western Australia. South of the Little Sandy Desert is the Great Sandy Desert and to west of it is Gibson Desert. It is to the east of Great Northern Highway, which is south of the town Newman and about 200 kilometres north of Wiluna.

paragraphs: It is named because it is close and looks like the Great Sandy Desert, but it is much smaller. Both deserts are crossed by the Canning Stock Route.

paragraphs: It is one of Western Australia's "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia" (IBRA) regions.


title: Ed Wood

paragraphs: Edward Davis "Ed" Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor who is known for his works in low-budget horror or fantasy movies and is also known for his works with Bela Lugosi. Wood is considered one of the worst movie directors of all time. His most famous were "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "Glen or Glenda".

paragraphs: Wood was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on October 10, 1924. At a young age Wood had dressed up as a girl because his mother wanted a girl, so he was forced to dress up as a girl and would have that habit for the rest of his life.

paragraphs: Wood was married to Norma McCarthy from 1955 until they divorced in 1956. The he married Kathleen O'Hara in 1959. They were married until his death in 1978. They had a daughter.

paragraphs: Wood died on December 10, 1978 in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, aged 54.

paragraphs: A 1994 movie was released based on Wood's life directed by Tim Burton. Johnny Depp played Wood in the movie.


title: Bunny Breckinridge

paragraphs: John Cabell "Bunny" Breckinridge (August 6, 1903 – November 5, 1996) was an American movie, television actor, and drag queen. He was best known for his role as The Ruler in Ed Wood's movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space". That was the only movie role in his career.

paragraphs: He was born in Paris, France to an American family. Breckinridge was gay and talked about having a sex change operation but never had it. He died on November 5, 1996 in San Francisco, California from natural causes, aged 93. In the 1994 movie "Ed Wood" he was played by Bill Murray.


title: Walter Brennan

paragraphs: Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American movie, television, and stage actor. He was in the TV series "The Real McCoys". He is tied with Jack Nicholson for the actor winning the most Academy Awards.

paragraphs: Brennan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on July 25, 1894 and studied at Rindge Technical High School. He was married to Ruth Wells from 1920 until his death in 1974, they had three children. He died on September 21, 1974 in Oxnard, California from emphysema, aged 80.


title: George Kennedy

paragraphs: George Harris Kennedy, Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American movie, voice, radio, stage, and television actor. He won an Academy Award for his role as "Dragline" in "Cool Hand Luke". He played "Captain Ed Hocken" in the "Naked Gun" movie series.

paragraphs: Kennedy was born on February 18, 1925 in New York City. He studied at Chaminade High School and at Tarleton State University. He married Dorothy Gillooly in the 1940s. He was married to Norma Wurman from 1959 until they divorced in 1971. He remarried Wurman in 1973; they divorced again in 1978. He was married to Joan McCarthy from 1978 until her death in 2015. He had two children. He lived in Eagle, Idaho.

paragraphs: Kennedy died in a retirement home in Middleton, Idaho from heart disease on February 28, 2016 at the age of 91.


title: Gini coefficient

paragraphs: The Gini coefficient (also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio) is a measure of differences in income. It was developed by the Italian statistician Corrado Gini in 1912.

paragraphs: The Gini coefficient is usually a number between 0 and 1 (or 0 to 100). 0 means a country where the income is equally distributed. On the other hand, 1 means that one person owns everything but the rest owns nothing. In reality, all scores are between 0.25 and 0.6 (between 25 and 60 on the 0 to 100 scale).

paragraphs: The table below is about the "world" Gini coefficient (not by single countries).

paragraphs: The table below shows the income Gini coefficient of the United States from 1947 to 2009.


title: Glen Doherty

paragraphs: Glen Anthony Doherty (c. 1970 - September 11, 2012) was an American writer and security officer. He died in the 2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

paragraphs: Doherty was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, and studied at Winchester High School.


title: Lacey Chabert

paragraphs: Lacey Nicole Chabert (born September 30, 1982) is an American television and movie actress. She has been in many movies and television series. She starred as Claudia in the television drama "Party of Five", "Dirty Deeds" and performed in the movie "Mean Girls" in 2004. She voiced Meg Griffin in "Family Guy". Chabert was born in Mississippi.

paragraphs: In 1990, she was in the Children's Palace/Child World VHS film (videofilm) with JD Daniels. In 1992 and 1993, she played Young Cosette in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables". In 1998, she acted in "Lost in Space". It was her first movie. In 1998, she started doing the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the TV series "The Wild Thornberrys". Chabert played Gretchen Weiners in the 2004 movie "Mean Girls". She shared the prize for Best On-Screen Team at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards with Lindsay Lohan, David Collins, Rachel McAdams, Mark Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried, and she and Collins reunited in the 2005 film Dirty Deeds.


title: Tom McCarthy (broadcaster)

paragraphs: Tom McCarthy (born July 5, 1968, in Jersey City, New Jersey ) is an American sportscaster. He works with the Philadelphia Phillies. He also called games for the New York Mets. He is a fill-in voice for Fox Saturday Baseball. He was the voice of the AA baseball Trenton Thunder for six seasons.

paragraphs: Outside of baseball, McCarthy has called college football and basketball games for CBS College Sports, Sports USA, Westwood One, and the Atlantic-10 TV. He has been the voice of Rutgers Scarlet Knights football and for Princeton Tigers football and basketball. In addition to baseball and college sports, he called NFL games for Sports USA until 2012. He is one of Dial Global's voices for NFL coverage.


title: Joe Buck

paragraphs: Joe Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster. He works for Fox Sports. He is the son of late hall of fame broadcaster Jack Buck. Joe's jobs include:


title: Chris Carrino

paragraphs: Chris Carrino is a radio sportscaster currently with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA and Compass Media Networks primarily calling NFL and MLB games. He announced basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics on NBC. He also backs up radio announcer Bob Papa on New York Giants radio broadcasts.


title: John Carlson

paragraphs: John Carlson is a retired sportscaster. He called games for the Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Boston College Eagles football and basketball, and National Hockey League games for the New England Whalers.


title: Skip Caray

paragraphs: Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray, Jr. (August 12, 1939 – August 3, 2008) was an American sportscaster. He was best known for calling games for the Atlanta Braves. He also called games for the Atlanta Flames and Atlanta Hawks. He called basketball games in St. Louis for the Hawks and Billkens men's basketball team before the Hawks moved to Atlanta. He is the father of Chip Caray and the son of Harry Caray. In 2000, Caray was hired by NBC to do play-by-play for Major League Baseball's American League division series. He filled in for Bob Costas who had just done the 2000 Summer Olympics. Caray also called Braves games on TBS. Outside of baseball, he has called college football, college basketball, NBA and NFL games for TNT and TBS.

paragraphs: Caray was the first play-by-play announcer for TNT Sunday Night Football.


title: Patrick O'Neal (sportscaster)

paragraphs: Patrick O'Neal (born September 14, 1967, Santa Monica, California), is an American sportscaster. He works with Prime Ticket and FSN West. He has covered the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Angels, and Kings. He also was a fill-in studio host for Major League Baseball on FOX when Jeanne Zelasko was on maternity leave. In 2012, O'Neal was the in-game highlights host for the National Football League (NFL) on FOX. He was a sideline reporter for the "NFL on Fox" in 2005. He was a field reporter for the 2005 NLCS on FOX.

paragraphs: His father is actor Ryan O'Neal and his half-sister is actress Tatum O'Neal.


title: Alex Flanagan

paragraphs: Alex Flanagan (born October 23, 1973) is an American sportscaster. She works for NBC and NFL Network. Flanagan has also worked for ESPN and Fox Sports Net. Flanagan is the host of "NFL Total Access" and does sideline reporting for "Thursday Night Football" and Notre Dame football on NBC. She also does reporting for some golf tournaments for NBC, the Olympic Games, and "Football Night in America". She has covered NFL playoffs with Tom Hammond and Mike Mayock since 2010. She also reported on FSN programs such as "Going Deep" and "The National Sports Report". During her time at ESPN, she reported for SportsCenter. She was on the field reporting for ESPN's coverage of college football, college basketball, tennis, and the College World Series. She was the host of the Home Depot College Football Awards.


title: Bob Fitzgerald

paragraphs: Bob Fitzgerald is a sports announcer. He works for CSN Bay Area, calling games for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association and San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League. He co-hosts "Fitz and Brooks" on KNBR Radio with Rod Brooks. As a student of Notre Dame University, he called Fighting Irish football and basketball games. He has called National Football League games for Westwood One and currently with Sports USA. He called two Olympic games for NBC: water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


title: Bob Costas

paragraphs: Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952 in Queens, New York City, New York) is a Sports commentator. He currently works with NBC Sports and MLB Network. Costas has hosted nine Olympic Games. He has won 26 Emmy Awards. He used to work with HBO hosting "Inside the NFL", "Costas Now", and "On the Record with Bob Costas". He called games for the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, Missouri Tigers men's basketball, Chicago Bulls telecast on WGN-TV, and NFL and National Basketball Association games for CBS. He has hosted and did play-by-play for these sports Sports on NBC:

paragraphs: Costas is a play-by-play announcer for MLB Network.


title: Mary Kay Bergman

paragraphs: Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress.

paragraphs: Bergman was probably best known for portraying the voice of most of the female characters on the animated sitcom South Park, and the first voice of main character Timmy Turner on the animated show The Fairly OddParents.

paragraphs: Bergman was married to Dino Andrade, who was also a voice actor. She was also good friends with The Simpsons voice actress Nancy Cartwright and Grey DeLisle.

paragraphs: Bergman suffered from bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder which she hid from her family and friends. Her last appearance was on November 11, 1999 during a radio show that was celebrating Disneyland's 45th anniversary. Later in the day, she shot herself in the forehead just above her nose with a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun. She was found by her husband and a friend.


title: Jack Fleming

paragraphs: Jack Fleming was an American sportscaster, who called games for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bulls, the West Virginia Mountaineers football, and men's basketball team.


title: Ron Franklin

paragraphs: Ron Franklin (born February 2, 1942 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American sportscaster. He worked with ESPN until he was fired in 2011. Before working with ESPN, he called games for the Houston Oilers and for Texas Longhorns football and men's basketball. While at ESPN, he called college football, basketball, college baseball, the French Open tennis, and BCS games for ESPN Radio as well.


title: Glen Kuiper

paragraphs: Glen Kuiper is a broadcaster for CSN California with the Oakland Athletics as a play-by-play announcer. He is the younger brother of former baseball player and broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants, Duane Kuiper. Glen also calls occasional A's games on Fox. He currently works with Ray Fosse. He was a field reporter for A's telecasts and hosted pregame shows for the A's and 'Giants. Outside of baseball, he was a sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox and for the San Jose Sharks. He handles various assignments for college football, college basketball, and the Golden State Warriors.


title: Wes Durham

paragraphs: Wes Durham is a radio sports announcer. He currently calls games for the Atlanta Falcons, and for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, men's basketball, and baseball teams. He is the son of former North Carolina Tarheels football and men's basketball announcer Woody Durham.


title: Bill Enis

paragraphs: Bill Enis (January 24, 1934 – December 14, 1973) was a sportscaster who called games for the Houston Oilers and Houston Astros. He called games for the American Football League, National Football League, and Major League Baseball for NBC until his death in 1973 of a heart attack.


title: Ian Eagle

paragraphs: Ian Eagle is a sportscaster with CBS and the YES Network. His jobs include:


title: Craig Bolerjack

paragraphs: Craig Bolerjack (born May 16, 1958) is a sportscaster.

paragraphs: He has called college football and college basketball games for Fox Sports Net, FX, Fox, CBS, ESPN, and CBS College Sports. He called arena football games for ESPN as well as Miami Dolphins preseason games. He called regional NFL games for CBS until 2011. He is also the TV voice of the Utah Jazz. He filled in for Dick Stockton on the NFL on Fox on week four of the 2011 season between the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks.

paragraphs: Bolerjack was born in Willows Springs, Missouri. He lives in Salt Lake City.


title: Neil Funk

paragraphs: Neil Funk (born December 29, 1946) is the current television announcer for the NBA's Chicago Bulls alongside Stacey King.

paragraphs: Funk was born in New York. He studied at Syracuse University. Funk was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He got his first job in Danville, Illinois. He is currently married to Renee Funk and they have one child, William Funk. He now lives in Chicago, Illinois.


title: Stacey King

paragraphs: Ronald Stacey King (January 29, 1967) is an American who is the current announcer with Neil Funk for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He is known to provide nicknames for many of the Bulls players. King's own nicknames are Sky and Pearl, named after Earl "The Pearl" Monroe.

paragraphs: King was born on January 29, 1967 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois.


title: Vondell Darr

paragraphs: Vondell Darr Wilson (April 18, 1919 – September 10, 2012) was an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California on April 18, 1919. Her became famous during the 1920s as a child actor and played small parts in her later years. Her last role was in "The Chocolate Soldier" in 1941. Darr died on September 10, 2012 in her Los Angeles, California home, aged 93.


title: Clarice Taylor

paragraphs: Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, movie and television actress. She was known for her television role as Anna Huxtable in "The Cosby Show". She died from heart failure, aged 93.


title: Harold Gould

paragraphs: Harold Vernon Gould (December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010) was an American movie, stage, and television actor. He appeared in 100 movies and television shows. He is mostly known for his television role as Miles Webber in "The Golden Girls".

paragraphs: Gould was born in Schenectady, New York on December 10, 1923. He was married to Lea Vernon from 1950 until his death in 2010. They had three children. Gould died on September 11, 2010 in Woodland Hills, California from prostate cancer, aged 86.


title: Robert Easton

paragraphs: Robert Easton (November 23, 1930 – December 16, 2011) was an American movie, voice, television, and stage actor who has a career span of 60 years. He is known for his change in voices in different movies, earning him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices". He was born on November 23, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was never married and had no children. Easton died on December 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California from natural cuases. He was 81 years old.


title: Len Lesser

paragraphs: Leonard King "Len" Lesser (December 3, 1922 – February 16, 2011) was an American movie, television, voice, and stage actor. He was known for his role as Uncle Leo in "Seinfeld". He was born in New York City, New York on December 3, 1922. He was married to Janice Burrell from 1954 until they divorced in 1982. They had two children. Lesser died on February 16, 2011 in Burbank, California from pneumonia caused by his cancer. He was 88 years old.


title: John Neville

paragraphs: John Neville, CM, OBE (May 2, 1925 – November 19, 2011) was a British stage, movie, and television actor. He was in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988). He was born in Willesden, London, England on May 2, 1925. He was married to Caroline Hopper from 1949 until his death in 2011. They had 6 children. He died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in November 19, 2011 from natural causes. He had Alzheimer's disease. He was 86 years old.


title: Hippolytpuszta

paragraphs: Hippolytpuszta is a former village, now a part of Szabadegyháza, Hungary. The postal code is 2432.

paragraphs: Altitude of Hippolytpuszta is 122 meters.

paragraphs: It currently has a population of around 2 (in 2001).

paragraphs: It lies approximately 6 km north of Szabadegyháza.


title: Terri Schiavo case

paragraphs: The Terri Schiavo case was a legal battle. It involved prolonged life support in United States. The case began in 1998 and lasted to 2005. Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo was in Persistent Vegetative State and there was a controversy about stopping life support.

paragraphs: She had collapsed in her St. Petersburg, Florida home because of cardiac arrest on February 25, 1990. This had caused a large amount of damage to her brain. This damage caused her to be in a Persistent Vegetative State. Her feeding tube was disconnected on March 18, 2005. She died thirteen days later.


title: Sam Rosen

paragraphs: Sam Rosen born as "Samuel Rosenblum", (born August 12, 1947 in Ulm, Germany) is an American sportscaster currently employed by FOX Sports and MSG. He currently is the television voice of the New York Rangers. His trademark is "It's a power play goal!" He also is the preseason voice of the Chicago Bears and calls NFL games for Fox. His other jobs include these:

paragraphs: His parent were Jews from Poland, who migrated to the United States.


title: Louis Daguerre

paragraphs: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theater.


title: Brian Anderson (sportscaster)

paragraphs: Brian Anderson is a broadcaster currently with the Milwaukee Brewers telecasts. He also calls baseball games on TBS and occasionally on Fox Sports.

paragraphs: He called Litte League Baseball, and Minor League Baseball games on ESPN as well as the San Antonio Missions. In addition to baseball, Anderson was the sideline reporter for San Antonio Spurs telecasts and worked for Golf Channel as a play by play announcer. He handles college basketball games on the Big Ten Network. He joined CBS in 2012 for NCAA basketball tournaments. He previously called college basketball games on Fox Sports Net and ESPN. In addition, Anderson added college football duties in 2012 on BTN along with college basketball. He calls college basketball for Fox College Hoops and NBA games for TNT. In 2012, Anderson was named host for TNT's coverage of PGA Grand Slam of Golf.


title: Vin Scully

paragraphs: Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully (born November 29, 1927) is a veteran broadcaster with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His 63 seasons with the Dodgers (1950 – present) is the longest of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history. At the age of 25, Scully became the youngest man to broadcast a World Series game. He broadcast the 1953 World Series.

paragraphs: From 1975 to 1982, Scully announced the televised National Football League games for CBS Sports. Scully also added to the network's tennis and PGA Tour golf coverage in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was NBC television's lead baseball broadcaster from 1983 to 1989.

paragraphs: The first biography of Scully's life, "Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story", written by Curt Smith, was published in 2009.

paragraphs: As of 2012, Scully announces Dodgers' home games as well as road games in California, Arizona, and Colorado.

paragraphs: Scully received the Ford Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. He was honored with a Life Achievement Emmy Award for sportscasting and induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association has named Scully as National Sportscaster of the Year three times (1965, 1978, 1982) and California Sportscaster of the Year 29 times. He was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1991. He was the 1992 Hall of Fame inductee of the American Sportscasters Association (ASA), and was named both Sportscaster of the Century by the ASA (2000) and top sportscaster of all-time on its Top 50 list (2009). Scully was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2009.

paragraphs: Scully has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6675 Hollywood Blvd. Since 2001 the press box at Dodger Stadium has been named for Scully. A street near the team's former Dodgertown spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida is named "Vin Scully Way".

paragraphs: Scully has been at some of Baseball’s most famous moments. He has made the calls that have since become part of the game's lore:


title: Chris Rose

paragraphs: Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is a sportscaster with MLB Network as a studio host. He is also employed by the NFL Network. He was an employee for FOX covering the NFL, BCS games, and MLB games and has called Boxing on Fuel TV, a sister channel of Fox Sports. He hosted The Cheap Seats in 2010.

paragraphs: Rose is known as one of the hosts of "The Best Damn Sports Show Period", on Fox Sports Net.

paragraphs: Rose has been criticized for seeming to be too friendly with players he has interviewed during Fox's baseball coverage. For example, during the 2009 World Series, Rose called Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees "Jeets".

paragraphs: Rose was added the NFL Network crew on August 28, 2012. He will continue to host International Talk with Kevin Millar.


title: Karl Ravech

paragraphs: Karl Ravech (born January 19, 1965) is an American journalist. He is a personality for ESPN as an anchor for "SportsCenter" and "Baseball Tonight". He is the main "Baseball Tonight" host for ESPN.

paragraphs: He also covers college basketball and calls the Little League World Series for ABC and ESPN. He covered golf in the past.


title: Marv Albert

paragraphs: Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American sportscaster. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He is commonly called "the voice of basketball." From 1967–2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks."

paragraphs: Albert has called the play-by-play of six Super Bowls, NBA Finals and seven Stanley Cup Finals.

paragraphs: On June 6, 2011, it was said that Albert was joining CBS Sports to call play-by-play for "The NFL on CBS".


title: Thom Brennaman

paragraphs: Thomas Wade "Thom" Brennaman (born September 12, 1963) is an American sportscaster.

paragraphs: He calls games for the Cincinnati Reds and MLB on Fox. He also called games for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs. He is a play by play announcer for the NFL on Fox and fills in for Joe Buck. He was the lead announcer for the BCS on Fox and college football on the Big Ten Network. He has also called college basketball games as well. He called games for FSN and CBS Radio and called Cotton Bowl games from 2000-2006. He is the son of radio announcer Marty Brennaman. Thom has called basketball games for the University of Cincinnati.


title: Wayne Larrivee

paragraphs: Wayne Larrivee is an American sportscaster. He is the voice of the Green Bay Packers. He has done play by play duties for the Big Ten Network, VERSUS, Westwood One/Dial Global, Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Kings, Iowa Hawkeyes football, Missouri Tigers men's basketball, and ESPN Plus.

paragraphs: During a practice round of the 2012 Women's Golf US Open in Kohler, Wisconsin, he asked a fan that what club should be used because a golf ball was in the rough. A fan told him an iron or a wood. Larrivee then said, "You got that narrowed down." Then the fan said, "You rock like Bob Uecker."


title: Pat Summerall

paragraphs: George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was a former American football player and television sportscaster.

paragraphs: Summerall was born on May 10, 1930 in Lake City, Florida.

paragraphs: He started color commentatory on CBS Sports before replacing Ray Scott as lead play by play. He was paired with Tom Brookshier and especially John Madden. Summerall and Madden moved to FOX in 1994 until 2001 when they were replaced by Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Cris Collinsworth.

paragraphs: He filled for Mike Patrick in 2004 who recovered from heart surgery. Summerall also called a few Cotton Bowls for Fox before retiring for good. During his time at CBS, Summerall called American Basketball Association, NBA, college basketball games, tennis and golf tournaments.

paragraphs: In 1990, Summerall vomited on an airplane after a Bears-Redskins matchup and was out for a long time. He was replaced by Verne Lundquist who filled in for Summerall who was assigned to call the Tennis U.S. Open.

paragraphs: In 1999 he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.

paragraphs: Summerall died on April 16, 2013 from cardiac arrest which were complications of hip surgery in a hospital in Dallas, Texas, aged 82.


title: Kevin Harlan

paragraphs: Kevin Harlan (born June 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American television sports announcer.

paragraphs: He currently broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS. He began working for CBS in 1998.


title: Hugh Cortazzi

paragraphs: Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi (born 2 May 1924) is a British diplomat, businessman, academic, author and Japanologist.

paragraphs: He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1980–84), President of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1982–1983) and Chairman of the Japan Society of London (1985–95).

paragraphs: In 1947, Cortazzi joined the Foreign Office.

paragraphs: The British Foreign Office posted Cortazzi to:

paragraphs: Cortazzi was made Deputy Under-Secretary of State, in 1975. He became the British Ambassador to Japan in 1980. He spent the next four years in Tokyo.

paragraphs: Sir Hugh has written, edited, translated or contributed to books on the diplomatic history of Japan and the United Kingdom. He also wrote about Japanese history and culture.

paragraphs: In an overview derived from writings by and about Hugh Cortazzi, OCLC/WorldCatencompasses roughly 60+ works in 100+ publications in 4 languages and 4,000+ library holdings.


title: Len Kasper

paragraphs: Len Kasper (born January 21, 1971 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) is a broadcaster who calls televised games for the Chicago Cubs. He also called games for the Florida Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers as well as a studio host for the Packers Radio Network.


title: Joan Osborne

paragraphs: Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8 1962) is an American singer-songwriter who has had several hit songs. She is best known for her single "One of Us" (released in 1995). She was born near Louisville, Kentucky.


title: Gene Deckerhoff

paragraphs: Emerson Eugene "Gene" Deckerhoff, Jr. (born May 2, 1945) is the radio play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida State Seminoles football, basketball, and baseball teams. He also called games for the United States Football League's Tampa Bay Bandits.


title: Mike Patrick

paragraphs: Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster. He was an announcer for NFL on Sunday night for 19 years.


title: Loretta Long

paragraphs: Loretta Long (born June 3, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is best known for playing Susan on "Sesame Street". She was born in Paw Paw, Michigan.


title: Hal Miller

paragraphs: Harold Miller is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playnig Gordon on "Sesame Street" until replaced by Roscoe Orman in Season 6.

paragraphs: He made two appearances on "Law & Order".


title: Roscoe Orman

paragraphs: Roscoe Hunter Orman (born June 11, 1944) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Gordon on "Sesame Street". He was born in The Bronx, New York.


title: John Whitehead

paragraphs: Sir John Stainton Whitehead (20 September 1932 – 8 November 2013) is a British diplomat and businessman.

paragraphs: Whitehead joined the British Foreign Service in 1955.

paragraphs: He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1986 - 1992).

paragraphs: After his retirement from the diplomatic service, he was a senior advisor to Deutsche Bank, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and other international companies.

paragraphs: He became Chairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan).


title: John DiMaggio

paragraphs: John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American Movie, Television, Voice actor and Comedian. He is the voice of Bender in "Futurama" and of Jake the Dog in "Adventure Time". He was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey on September 4, 1968.


title: Billy West

paragraphs: William Richard "Billy" West (born April 16, 1952) is an American voice actor, comedian, singer, musician, songwriter and former radio prsonality. He is known for his voice roles as Bender, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, and Dr. John Zoidberg in "Futurama", Jake the Dog in Adventure Time and D in Alphablocks. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Boston, Massachusetts. West is divorced from his wife Violet West.


title: John P. Finnegan

paragraphs: John P. Finnegan (August 18, 1926 – July 29, 2012) was an American television, voice, stage, and movie actor. He was known for his roles in the comedy/mystery crime show "Columbo" (with Peter Falk).

paragraphs: He was born in New York City, New York on August 18, 1926. He was married to Caroylnn Jacobs from 1992 until his death in 2012. He died on July 29, 2012 from pneumonia and old age in his home in Palm Desert, California, aged 85.


title: John Cassavetes

paragraphs: John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American movie actor, screenwriter, and director. He was known for his roles in "Rosemary's Baby" and in "The Dirty Dozen".

paragraphs: Cassavetes was born in New York City, New York on December 9. 1929. He studied at Blair Academy and at Colgate University. Cassavetes spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. He was married to Gena Rowlands from 1954 until his death in 1989. They had 3 children. Cassavetes died on February 3, 1989 from cirrhosis of the liver in Los Angeles, California, aged 59.


title: Evel Knievel

paragraphs: Evel Knievel (October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007), born Robert Craig Knievel, was an American daredevil and entertainer. Knievel is known for trying to do more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across Snake River Canyon in Idaho in the Skycycle, a steam-powered rocket. He has broken 433 bones during his career which earned him a title in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime".

paragraphs: Knievel was born on October 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana. Knievel was married to Linda Joan Bork from 1959 until they divorced in 1997. He was married to Krystal Kennedy from 1999 until they divorced in 2001. Knievel had four children.

paragraphs: Knievel died from pulmonary fibrosis caused by diabetes in Clearwater, Florida on November 30, 2007, aged 69.


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title: Erika Slezak

paragraphs: Erika Slezak (born August 5, 1946) is a soap opera actress. She is strongly known because of her role as Victoria Lord in the television series "One Life to Live". She was born around California.

paragraphs: Slezak has won six Daytime Emmy Awards in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series". This is out of nine nominations for her role as Viki. Additionally, Slezak won a "Soap Opera Digest" Award for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000.


title: Jane Wyman

paragraphs: Jane Wyman (Sarah Jane Mayfield, January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American movie, stage, television actress, singer, and dancer. She appeared in many movies during her 61-year career. She is mostly known as for being Ronald Reagan's first wife from 1940 until they divorced in 1949, before he ran for Governor of California and President. She has won one Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

paragraphs: Wyman was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on January 5, 1917. She had three children with Reagan. She was married five times: Fred Karger, she married twice. She was married to Ernest Eugene Wyman from 1933 until they divorced in 1935. She was married to Myron Futterman from 1937 until they divorced in 1938. After she divorced Reagan in 1949, she was married to Fred Karger from 1952 until they divorced in 1955. In 1961, they remarried, and they redivorced in 1965.

paragraphs: Wyman died on September 10, 2007 in her home in Rancho Mirage, California from natural causes, aged 90. Wyman had arthritis and diabetes. She was later buried at Forest Lawn Mortuary and Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.


title: Paul Giamatti

paragraphs: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an American Actor and Producer. He played John Adams in "John Adams", and William Hill in "Saving Private Ryan". His first movie was "Private Parts". He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and studied at Yale University. He has been married to Elizabeth Cohen since 1997. They had one son.


title: Joe Maggard

paragraphs: Joseph "Joe" Maggard (born December 8, 1955) is an American actor and former deputy sheriff, largely cast in minor roles in both film and television. However, he is best known for falsely claiming that he portrayed the Ronald McDonald character in the McDonald's commercials and that he voiced Ronald in "The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald" from 1995 to 2007, as well as for his 1999 conviction for numerous harassing phone calls made while posing as the character.

paragraphs: Maggard served during the Vietnam War from 1974 to 1976. After returning from the army, he began working for the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department in North Carolina. He was employed for three years as a deputy sheriff before getting into acting in 1989.

paragraphs: During an interview with The Guardian in 2014 of the documentary film "Ronald", Maggard stated that he portrayed the Ronald McDonald character from 1995 to 2007, replacing Jack Doepke. However, in a 2003 article by The Baltimore Sun, McDonald's stated that Maggard was a only lighting stand-in for one commercial shoot in the mid 90s and stated that "he is definitely not Ronald McDonald", as Jack Doepke and David Hussey actually portrayed the character throughout the time period in which Maggard claimed to have held the role. In 1998, he was charged with carrying a weapon in New Hanover County, N.C. The following year he was convicted of making harassing telephone calls while posing as Ronald and was ordered to take anger management classes.


title: Ravine

paragraphs: A ravine is a landform. It is narrower than a canyon. Ravines are often made by erosion.

paragraphs: A ravine usually has steep sides, and they are 20-70% in gradient. Ravines sometimes have streams running down the side of them. Ravines are naturally formed.


title: Linda Evangelista

paragraphs: Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian model. She has been on over six hundred magazine covers.

paragraphs: She is signed to DNA Model Management in New York City, and Models 1 in London.

paragraphs: Evangelista was born in Ontario to Italian parents. At the age of 22, she married Elite executive Gerald Marie. They were married from 1987 to 1993. After separating from Marie, she began a 6-year relationship with actor Kyle MacLachlan, and then divorced Marie.

paragraphs: In 1999, she became pregnant by French football player Fabien Barthez. At 6 months pregnant, she delivered a stillborn baby. The couple then broke up and Evangelista left modelling for several years to get better.

paragraphs: On October 11, 2006, Evangelista gave birth to a boy, Augustin James. She would not say who the father was. While pregnant, she was on the August 2006 issue of "Vogue". In late June 2011, Evangelista filed court papers that showed billionaire Frenchman François-Henri Pinault was the father. At the time he was the husband of actress Salma Hayek. A heavily-publicized child support trial began on May 3, 2012. Several days into the trial, Evangelista and Pinault reached an out-of-court settlement.


title: Lemma (linguistics)

paragraphs: A lemma is a word that stands at the head of a definition in a dictionary. All the head words in a dictionary are lemmas. Technically, it is "a base word and its inflections".

paragraphs: A lemma is the word you find in the dictionary. A lexeme is a unit of meaning, and can be more than one word. A lexeme is the set of all forms that have the same meaning, while "lemma" refers to the particular form that is chosen by convention to represent the lexeme.

paragraphs: In English, for example, "run", "runs" and "running" are forms of the same lexeme, but "run" is the lemma.

paragraphs: In English, the lemma of a noun is the singular: e.g., "mouse" rather than "mice". In languages with gender, the head word of regular adjectives and nouns is usually the masculine singular. If the language also has cases, the lemma is often the masculine singular nominative.

paragraphs: In many languages, the citation form of a verb is the infinitive: French "aller", German "gehen", Spanish "ir". In English it usually is the full infinitive ("to go") although alphabetized without 'to' ("go").

paragraphs: In computational linguistics, a stem is the part of the word that never changes even when different forms of the word are used. A lemma is the base form of the verb. For example, from "produced", the lemma is "produce", but the stem is "produc-". This is because there are words such as production. When sound (phonology) is taken into account, the definition of the unchangeable part of the word is not so useful. Notice the sound of the words in the example: "produced" versus "production" .

paragraphs: Some lexemes have several stems but one lemma. For instance "to go" (the lemma) has the stems "go" and "went". Here, the past tense is based on a different verb, "to wend". The "-t" suffix is equivalent to "-ed".


title: Eadweard Muybridge

paragraphs: Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904) was an English pioneer in photographing motion and in motion picture projection.

paragraphs: Muybridge was of partial Dutch descent. In his earlier years in San Francisco, Muybridge became known for his landscape photography, particularly of the Yosemite Valley. He also photographed the Tlingit people in Alaska. He was commissioned by the United States Army to photograph the Modoc War in 1873. In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover. Muybridge was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide.


title: Chelsea Handler

paragraphs: Chelsea Handler (born February 25 1975) is an American writer, stand up comedian and actress. She has performed in many movies and television programs. She is the host of "Chelsea Lately". She was born near Livingston, New Jersey.

paragraphs: Handler was the host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

paragraphs: "Are You There, Chelsea?" was an NBC sitcom. It was based on Handler's 2008 best-selling book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea". The program aired from January 11 to March 28, 2012. On May 11, 2012, the network canceled it. Laura Prepon played the main character, "Chelsea Newman," a cocktail waitress. Handler was "Chelsea's" born-again Christian sister, "Sloane".

paragraphs: She hosted the late-night talk show Chelsea Lately on the E! network from 2007 to 2014, and released a documentary series, Chelsea Does, on Netflix in January 2016. Between 2016 and 2017, Handler hosted the talk show, Chelsea, on Netflix.


title: Heinrich von Kleist

paragraphs: Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18 1777 in Frankfurt (Oder) – November 21 1811 in Berlin) was a German poet and dramatist of romanticism. He finished life by killing himself.


title: Willard Scott

paragraphs: Willard Herman Scott, Jr. (born March 7, 1934) is an American weather presenter, author, television personality, clown, comedian, radio personality and occasional actor. He is best known for creating and originally playing Ronald McDonald in the McDonald's commercials. He was on "The Today Show" for many years.

paragraphs: Scott has published several fiction and non-fiction books:

paragraphs: He has also co-authored two books with Bill Crider:


title: Northern Calloway

paragraphs: Northern James Calloway (January 22, 1948 - January 9, 1990) was an American actor, voice artist, and comedian. He is best known for playing David on "Sesame Street" from 1971 through 1989.

paragraphs: On January 9, 1990, Calloway died of cardiac arrest.


title: Robert Doisneau

paragraphs: Robert Doisneau (14 April 1912 - 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He and Henri Cartier-Bresson were pioneers of photojournalism.

paragraphs: As a young man Doisneau attended the École Estienne in Paris to learn the crafts involved in the book trade, but he always claimed that the streets of the working-class neighbourhood of Gentilly provided his most important schooling. In 1929, in an effort to improve his draftsmanship, he began photographing, just as Modernist ideas were beginning to promote photography as the prime medium for advertising and reportage.


title: Luther Ingram

paragraphs: Luther Thomas Ingram (November 30, 1937 – March 19, 2007) was an American R&B singer-songwriter. He had many hit songs during his career. His song "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right" was released in 1972. He died from heart failure.


title: Honey War

paragraphs: The Honey War was a bloodless border dispute in the 1830s between Iowa (first as a part of Wisconsin Territory, then Iowa Territory) and Missouri over their border.

paragraphs: The Honey War was caused by a disagreement over a wide piece of land covering the entire border (see map). The disagreement was caused because 3 things were not easy to understand: the Missouri Constitution's part about borders, the survey of the Louisiana Purchase, and treaties with the Native Americans. The United States Supreme Court ended the dispute in Iowa's favor. It said that the almost-straight border of Iowa would follow the Des Moines River south for about until it reached the Mississippi River near Keokuk.

paragraphs: During the War, the state militias faced each other, a Missouri sheriff collecting taxes in Iowa was arrested, and three honey trees were cut down.


title: Daniel Day-Lewis

paragraphs: Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired British actor. He won three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

paragraphs: He was born in London, England on 29 April 1957. He had dual citizenship - British and Irish. He is the youngest of Cecil Day-Lewis' four children and the younger of Jill Balcon's two children. His sister, Tamasin Day-Lewis, is a television chef. Day-Lewis married Rebecca Miller (the daughter of Arthur Miller) in 1996. From another relationship Day-Lewis has one son. With Miller, he has two sons.

paragraphs: He starred in most movies, such as "My Left Foot", "There Will Be Blood" and "Gangs in New York". He played Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's 2012 biopic movie "Lincoln". He won an Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for his performance. He retired from acting after starring in his final movie "Phantom Thread".


title: Richard Harris

paragraphs: Richard St John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish movie, stage, television actor, writer, movie, stage producer, singer-songwriter, and a movie director who is known for his roles as King Arthur in "Camelot" and as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter Movie Series". He was lifelong friends with Irish actor Peter O'Toole.

paragraphs: Harris was born in Limerick, Irish Free State on 1 October 1930 to an Irish Catholic family. Harris studied to become an actor at the Crescent College and at The Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Harris was married to Elizabeth Rees-Williams from 1957 until they divorced in 1969. Harris remarried in 1974 to Ann Turkel until they divorced in 1982. Harris has three sons: Jamie Harris, Jared Harris, and Damian Harris.

paragraphs: Harris died on 25 October 2002 from Hodgkin's lymphoma in his London, England home, aged 72. He was replaced by also Irish actor Michael Gambon to play Dumbledore.


title: Dolphy

paragraphs: Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. (July 25, 1928 – July 10, 2012) was a Filipino, director, comedian, movie, television, stage, and radio actor. He is also known for his comedy works earning him the nickname as "The King of Comedy".

paragraphs: Dolphy was born on July 25, 1928 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines on July 25, 1928. He has 17 children and one adopted child by his partner Zsa Zsa Padilla. Dolphy died on July 10, 2012, aged 83, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines from multiple organ failure after suffering pneumonia and renal failure.


title: Buddy Ebsen

paragraphs: Christian Rudolph "Buddy" Ebsen, Jr. (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American dancer, movie, voice, television, radio, and stage actor. He was known for his roles as Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" and as Barnaby Jones in "Barnaby Jones". Ebsen was the oldest voice guest star in television history with his voice role as Chet Elderson in "King of the Hill".

paragraphs: Ebsen was originally cast to play the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz". However, Ray Bolger, who was playing the Tin Man, convinced Ebsen to trade roles for a rehearsal. Ebsen had a very bad allergic reaction to the aluminum dust in the Tin Man's makeup. He had to go to the hospital. He was so sick that Jack Haley replaced him as the Scarecrow.

paragraphs: Ebsen was born on April 2, 1908 in Belleville, Illinois. Ebsen was married to Ruth Cambridge from 1936 until they divorced in 1942. He was later married to Nancy Wolcott from 1944 until they divorced in 1985. Ebsen was last married to Dorothy Knott from 1985 until his death in 2003. Ebsen had 2 children with Cambridge, 5 with Wolcott, and one with Knott.

paragraphs: Ebsen died on July 6, 2003 in the Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California from respiratory failure caused by pneumonia, aged 95 years old. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.