title: Geoff Edwards

paragraphs: Geoffrey Bruce Owen "Geoff" Edwards (February 15, 1931 – March 5, 2014) was an American television actor, game show host, radio personality, writer, and broadcaster. He appeared in "I Dream of Jeannie", "That Girl", "Petticoat Junction", "Diff'rent Strokes", and "Small Wonder". He was born in Westfield, New Jersey.

paragraphs: Edwards died from complications of pneumonia at Saint John's Health Center on March 5, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. He was 83 years old.


title: Ron Murphy

paragraphs: Robert Ronald "Ron" Murphy (April 10, 1933 – March 6, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. he played for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins over the course of an 889-game National Hockey League (NHL) career. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario.

paragraphs: Murphy died on March 6, 2014 at the age of 80.


title: Park Eun-ji

paragraphs: Park Eun-ji (23 January 1979 – 8 March 2014) was a South Korean politician. She was the vice delegate of the Labor Party. She also was a candidate of New Progressive Party in the 19th legislative election. She was born in Seoul. She also studied at the Korea University from 1997 to 2001.

paragraphs: Park Eun-ji committed suicide by hanging on the evening of 8 March 2014 in her Seoul home. She was 35 years old. She was outlived by her daughter.


title: Baarle-Nassau

paragraphs: Baarle-Nassau is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. In 2019, 6,847 people lived there.


title: Francis S. Currey

paragraphs: Francis Sherman "Frank" Currey (June 29, 1925 – October 8, 2019) was a former United States Army soldier. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II.

paragraphs: Currey was born in Loch Sheldrake, New York. He was an orphan and grew up in foster care. He enlisted in the Army one week after he graduated high school. He was sent to and completed Officer Candidate School but was refused a commission for being too young. He completed his training with 75th Infantry Division. In the Spring of 1944 he was sent to England. But, due to a recent order by President Roosevelt, he was not allowed into combat until he was 19. After his birthday in June, he was sent to Normandy but didn't arrive until weeks after D-Day. He was sent to the 120th Infantry Regiment in the Netherlands. This was in September 1944.

paragraphs: During the Battle of the Bulge Currey was in the town of Malmedy, Belgium. On December 21 the strongpoint he was defending was overrun by German Tanks and infantry. Currey and 5 other American soldiers withdrew to an old factory under intense enemy fire. Currey found a Bazooka and ammunition nearby. He fired the bazooka at the closest tank disabling it. Moving forward he then killed three enemy soldiers in the doorway of a house with his BAR. He fired the bazooka at the same house which caused the remaining Germans to run. He saw five more Americans under fire from three German Tanks. With Anti-Tank grenades he caused the Germans to abandon the tanks so the Americans could escape. He then covered their by firing an abandoned heavy machine gun at the Germans. He kept the Germans at bay for twelve hours. After nightfall Currey and his companions managed to find a jeep and return to their own lines. Sergeant Currie was credited with saving five fellow Americans, two of them wounded. He also stopped an attack by Germans that threatened to flank (attack from the side) his division.

paragraphs: In addition to being awarded the Medal of Honor, Francis Currey also received the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. Belgium awarded him their nation's highest honor,the Order of Leopold. He was inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame in 2006.

paragraphs: After the Army, Currey returned to New York. He worked at the VA Hospital in Albany, New York. He held several positions with the hospital and retired as a in 1980. He started a landscaping business in his retirement. He moved to South Carolina where he lived for about 20 years, then he returned to Selkirk, New York. Since 2004 his hometown of Hurleyville, New York has held an annual Francis S. Currey day in his honor. in 2009 Governor David Paterson of New York proclaimed July 12, 2009 as Sgt. Francis S. Currey day in the state of New York.

paragraphs: Currey died on October 8, 2019 in Selkirk, New York at the age of 94.


title: Einar H. Ingman, Jr.

paragraphs: Einar Harold Ingman, Jr. (October 6, 1929 - September 9, 2015) was a former United States Army soldier. He is a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War.

paragraphs: Ingman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


title: Ronald E. Rosser

paragraphs: Ronald Eugene Rosser (October 24, 1929 – August 26, 2020) was a United States Army soldier. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War.

paragraphs: Rosser died on August 26, 2020 at the age of 90.


title: Tibor Rubin

paragraphs: Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 - December 5, 2015) is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and a former United States Army soldier. He is a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War.

paragraphs: Rubin was born in Pásztó, Nógrád County.


title: Ono Academic College

paragraphs: Ono Academic College () is a private university in Kiryat Ono, Israel. It was opened in 1996.

paragraphs: The college has a separate campus that serves Haredi Jews. It was opened in 2001 by Renan Hartman. The college allows men to attend classes on different days than women. In 2003, Rabbi Yehezkel Fogel was appointed chairman to of the campus. Presently there is in the campus nearly 3,000 undergraduate students.


title: After Forever

paragraphs: After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band. The band started in 1995 as Apocalypse. They played death metal. In 1997 the singer Floor Jansen joined the band. After Jansen joined the band its sound became more like symphonic metal. In 2000 the band released their first album "Prison of Desire" in Europe. The band's last album "After Forever" was released on September 28, 2007. The band broke up in 2009.


title: Mersin Province

paragraphs: Mersin Province is a province in southern Turkey. It is on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana.

paragraphs: In 2002, the province's name was changed from İçel to Mersin. The province retained the license plate number of 33, İçel having been the 33rd in the alphabetical order of Turkish province names.

paragraphs: About 50% of the population of the province is younger than 24 years of age. 68% were born in Mersin. The literacy rate is 89%.

paragraphs: Mersin Province is divided into thirteen districts. Four of them are actually included within the municipality of Mersin city (shown in boldface letters).

paragraphs: In the table below, the four second-level municipalities are merged within Mersin proper.


title: Bronchiectasis

paragraphs: Bronchiectasis is an obstructive lung disease. It is caused by inflammation of the bronchi. It is sometimes said to be part of the group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. People with bronchiectasis have swollen bronchi.

paragraphs: People with bronchiectasis have pain in their chests. Some people with bronchiectasis make sputum that is green or pale yellow. The most common symptom of bronchiectasis is a cough that does not go away. 9 out of 10 people with the disease have this symptom. 3 out of 4 people with bronchiectasis often cough up a lot of sputum. This causes tiredness. People with bronchiectasis may also cough up blood. This is called haemoptysis. People with bronchiectasis may have bad breath. Some people with bronchiectasis have sinusitis that does not go away.

paragraphs: There are three kinds of bronchiectasis. These are:

paragraphs: People can be born with bronchiectasis or they can develop it later. In about 4 out of 10 cases, a cause is found. People who have rheumatoid arthiritis and smoke are ten times more likely to have the disease. Patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency have also been found to be more likely to get bronchiectasis but it is not known why.

paragraphs: It is usually diagnosed using a CT scan.

paragraphs: Antibiotics are used to treat bronchiectasis. It can also be treated with other drugs. Sometimes surgery is needed.

paragraphs: René Laennec wrote the first description of bronchiectasis in 1819.


title: Carbon-14

paragraphs: Carbon-14 is an isotope of the element carbon, so named because it has an atomic mass of 14. It has an atomic nucleus containing 8 neutrons and 6 protons.

paragraphs: It can be used to tell the date that carbon based life forms existed, and roughly tell how old they are, up to about 60,000 years ago.


title: Bison antiquus

paragraphs: Bison antiquus, sometimes called the "ancient bison", was the most common large herbivore that lived in North America during the Pleistocene for over ten thousand years, and is a direct ancestor of the living American bison.


title: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

paragraphs: Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician, economist and lawyer. He was the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007. He was born in Pendembu, Kailahun District.

paragraphs: Kabbah died after a long illness on March 13, 2014. He was 82 years old.


title: Icchokas Meras

paragraphs: Icchokas Meras (8 October 1934 – 13 March 2014) was a Lithuanian-Israeli writer and screenwriter. On 6 December 2010, he was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize. He was born in Kelmė, Šiauliai County. He was Jewish and survived the Holocaust.

paragraphs: Meras died in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was 79 years old.


title: Ahmad Reza Baharlou

paragraphs: Ahmad Reza Baharlou (, born in Darab, Iran) is a former television presenter, movie director, producer and the first director of the Voice of America Persian Service (VOA-PNN).

paragraphs: Baharlou studied economics at the National University (Shahid Beheshti University). He went to the United States of America in 1973 and studied moviemaking. He stayed there until 1978. He made his first movie called "The End of Childhood". In 1978, he came back to Iran for a very short time and then came back to the United States and started to work for the Voice of America. He quit working for the VOA-PNN in 2008.


title: Ivan Nagy (dancer)

paragraphs: Ivan Nagy (28 April 1943 – 22 February 2014) was a Hungarian ballet dancer. During the Cold War, Nagy began to dance in Washington, D.C. and soon became a well known ballet dancer.

paragraphs: Nagy was born in Debrecen, eastern Hungary on 28 April 1943.

paragraphs: He worked with Carla Fracci and with Marianna Tcherkassky. His career began in 1965. Nagy retired in 1978. Since the 1980s he worked as an artistic director.

paragraphs: Nagy died on 22 February 2014 in Budapest from an illness, aged 70.


title: Joe M. Jackson

paragraphs: Joe Madison Jackson (March 14, 1923 – January 13, 2019) was a retired American soldier. He served as a career officer in the United States Air Force. He received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War for a dangerous rescue operation of three American military personnel. He was born in Newnan, Georgia.

paragraphs: Jackson died on January 13, 2019 at his home in Washington state at the age of 95.


title: Decimal Day

paragraphs: Decimal Day is the name that was given to 15 February 1971 in the United Kingdom (UK). It was the day that the UK decimalised (converted to a decimal-based system of currency). Before that date the UK used the "pound (£) - shilling (s) - pence (d)" currency system. The old system was known as the "£sd" system, after the abbreviations of the unit names. £sd is pronounced L-S-D. In the £sd system £1 = 20s and 1s = 12d, so £1 = 240d. In the new decimal system there are no shillings and there are 100 (new) pence (abbreviated as "p") in a pound - so £1 = 100p.


title: Silver Star

paragraphs: The Silver Star (officially the Silver Star Medal), is the United States third highest military decoration for valor. It can be awarded to any person serving in the United States Armed Forces. The medal is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.

paragraphs: The "Silver Star" is the successor award to the earlier "Citation Star". The Citation Star was established by an act of Congress on July 9, 1918. On July 19, 1932, the Secretary of War approved changing the "Citation Star" to the Silver Star Medal. The original "Citation Star" is added to the center of medal. The "Silver Star's" ribbon is red, white and blue. Authorization for the Silver Star Medal was placed into law by an act of Congress for the U.S. Navy on August 7, 1942. An Act of Congress for the U.S. Army was authorized on December 15, 1942. The US Army and Air Force currently awards the medal as the "Silver Star". The US Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard continues to award the medal as the "Silver Star Medal".

paragraphs: The Silver Star is awarded to anyone serving in or with the United States Armed Forces, for "gallantry in action". This is:

paragraphs: Air Force pilots, combat systems officers, Navy and Marine Corps aviators and Naval Flight Officers flying fighter aircraft are often considered eligible to receive the Silver Star upon becoming an ace ( having five or more confirmed aerial kills). In multi-seat fighters, the weapon systems officer or radar intercept officer is also eligible. The Silver Star may also be awarded to members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations meeting the criteria.

paragraphs: The Silver Star is worn on the uniform after the Distinguished Service Medal. It is to be worn before the Defense Superior Service Medal. When a second (or more) award is given for the Silver Star, an oak leaf cluster is added to the ribbon.


title: Solar thermal energy

paragraphs: Solar thermal energy is a way of producing electricity in which the Sun's energy is concentrated by mirrors or lenses to either heat a fluid-filled pipe or drive a Stirling engine. The oil which is hot is circulated into a water storage system where it is used to change water into superheated steam, that then turns a turbine to generate electricity. The heat that is produced through this process powers a Stirling engine. The Stirling engine provides electricity and mechanical energy by having the fluid from within a cylinder expand, which then drives a piston that turns a shaft.

paragraphs: Solar thermal energy is primarily used domestically for space heating, hot water, and in some cases air conditioning. Solar thermal energy is renewable and no fuels are required during the process to generate electricity or mechanical energy. It is also carbon free except for production and transportation, otherwise it is non-polluting. Solar thermal can also be combined with photovoltaics (PVs), in highly efficient cogeneration systems. Some downsides are that solar thermal generates low grade energy, installation and construction costs are very high, it is expensive compared to conventional water heaters, and is hard to compete against cheap natural gas. An example of a Solar Thermal Electric Generation Plant is the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System that uses 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, that focuses sunlight to the top of 459-foot towers, where water is turned into steam to power turbines.


title: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

paragraphs: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (abbreviated ANWR) is in northeastern Alaska. It was created to protect and keep the area's Wildlife and wilderness. Some of these are polar bears, grizzly bears, grey wolves, and caribou. Fish species include Dolly Varden, Arctic char, Lake trout and several kinds of salmon. There are at least 194 species of birds that visit or live here. The refuge totals 19,286,722 acres.

paragraphs: In the ground under ANWR is one of the last major oil reserves in the United States. There are debates on whether or not to allow oil drilling. Those in favor have argued that removing the oil will make the U.S. less dependent on foreign supplies of oil. In the 1990s, the U.S. imported over half of the oil it used. ANWR is also near the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. It contains large oil deposits that are already providing oil. But, the refuge land is a fragile natural environment. The area proposed for oil drilling is also the calving grounds for the Porcupine caribou herds.


title: Scrubber

paragraphs: Scrubber systems are used to make coal a "cleaner" fuel. Scrubbers remove sulfur from a power plant's exhaust. Scrubbers are of two types, wet scrubbers and dry scrubbers. Wet scrubbers use liquid chemicals to remove pollutants. Dry scrubbers typically use fabric filters. In many cases both are used together. As polluted air passes through a wet scrubber, chemicals in the scrubber react with the air pollution causing it to precipitate out. Modern scrubbers can remove up to 98% of the sulfur and 99% of the precipitate matter from within the smokestacks. The sulfur and metals that are removed from the scrubbers can be sold as a marketable products. Sludge from lime scrubbers can be sold to wallboard manufacturers, and fly ash from chimney flues can be sold to make lightweight concrete that can substitute for wood. The use of coal in the United States about doubled during the last quarter (25 years) of the 20th century. However, sulfur in the air was reduced by 30% during that same period. This shows that scrubbers work.


title: Floyd Adams, Jr.

paragraphs: Floyd Adams, Jr. (May 11, 1945 – February 1, 2014) was an American politician. He was from the state of Georgia. He was the former Mayor of Savannah, Georgia. He was a Democrat.

paragraphs: Adams died in Savannah at the St. Joseph's Hospital from unknown causes. He was 68 years old.


title: Anthracite

paragraphs: Anthracite, often referred to as hard coal, is a type of dark coloured coal. Anthracite produces the fewest pollutants per unit of heat released, having the highest-heat value, and the lowest sulfur content. At the moment, deposits are largely depleted.

paragraphs: Anthracite is the most metamorphosed type of coal currently known to science.

paragraphs: China does most mining of anthracite. Other producers are Russia, Ukraine, North Korea, South Africa, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States (east of the Mississippi River and Pennsylvania). Total production in 2010 was 670 million tons.


title: Fluidized bed combustion

paragraphs: Fluidized bed combustion is a technology that burns crushed coal mixed with limestone to neutralize acidic sulfur compounds produced during combustion.


title: Gerd Albrecht

paragraphs: Gerd Albrecht (19 July 1935 – 2 February 2014) was a German conductor. He was a first-prize winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors at age 22. He composed with many famous European orchestras such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Hamburg State Opera.

paragraphs: Albrecht was born in Essen. Albrecht died at the age of 78 on 2 February 2014 in Berlin, Germany.


title: Jimmer Fredette

paragraphs: James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette (born February 25, 1989 in Glens Falls, New York) is an American professional basketball player. In 2014, he joined the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).


title: Bob Love

paragraphs: Robert Earl "Butterbean" Love (born December 8, 1942 in Bastrop, Louisiana) is an American retired professional basketball player. In 1968, he joined the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He retired in 1976. Love now works as the Bulls' Director of Community Affairs.


title: Jerry Sloan

paragraphs: Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloan (March 28, 1942 – May 22, 2020) was a National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. He played for the Chicago Bulls from 1966 to 1976. He soon coached them from 1979 to 1982. He also coached the Utah Jazz from 1988 to 2011. Sloan was born in McLeansboro, Illinois.

paragraphs: In April 2016, Sloan was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.

paragraphs: Sloan died on May 22, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 78.


title: We Are What We Are

paragraphs: We are What We Are is an American horror and thriller movie released in 2013. The movie is about a seemingly wholesome family who always keep to themselves. As a severe rainstorm hits, bad things happen. Daughters Iris and Rose have to take more responsibility than in a normal family. Kelly McGillis plays Marge.

paragraphs: The reviews were mostly positive. This movie was marked R (restricted) by the MPAA for "disturbing violence, nudity".


title: Zbigniew Brzezinski

paragraphs: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski ( ;   ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017) was a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman. He served as the United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981.

paragraphs: Brzezinski died at a hospital in Falls Church, Virginia on May 26, 2017 from congestive heart failure at the age of 89.


title: Amy Smart

paragraphs: Amy Smart (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. She played Julie Harbor in "Varsity Blues" (1999). She played Lillian Hart in "Columbus Circle" (2012).


title: Hans Blix

paragraphs: Hans Martin Blix (born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish politician, civil servant, educator, activist, businessman, diplomat, and chief executive.

paragraphs: He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden from 1978 to 1979. He was one of the first Swedish representatives to inspect the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union.

paragraphs: Blix was born on 28 June 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden. He studied at Uppsala University, Columbia University, University of Cambridge and at Stockholm University.


title: Larry Mickey

paragraphs: Robert Larry Mickey (October 21, 1943 – July 23, 1982) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. Mickey played a total of 11 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, and Buffalo Sabres.

paragraphs: When he was playing in the Central Hockey League with the Omaha Knights, he was named to the first team of the All-Stars during the 1966-67 season. His team also made it to the Adams Cup finals the same year.

paragraphs: On April 16, 1967, the night before the third game of the Adams Cup play-off series versus the Oklahoma City Blazers, Mickey got into a car accident on a country road near Seward, Nebraska. The crash was caused by the visibility of the road being almost zero because of dust that was blowing from a nearby field. Mickey suffered a broken left arm, cuts, and bruises. His wife Eleanor, who was a passenger in Mickey's car, died in the accident.

paragraphs: On July 23, 1982, Mickey committed suicide in Buffalo, New York by sitting in his car while the engine was running in his garage.


title: Rick Blight

paragraphs: Richard Derek Blight (October 17, 1955 – April 3, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. Blight played a total of 5 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings.

paragraphs: Blight was drafted with the 10th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. After Blight retired from hockey, he became a stockbroker and marketing consultant. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

paragraphs: Blight disappeared on April 3, 2005. After two weeks and a Canada-wide search, his body was found dead in a field on his farm near Lake Manitoba with his pickup nearby. It was confirmed that Blight had committed suicide.


title: Control panel (engineering)

paragraphs: A control panel is a flat surface area which has controlling or monitoring devices. Control panels are used in many places to control and monitor machines. Old control panels use buttons, while modern control panels use touchscreens. An automation engineer takes a mechanical device from a customer and makes it automated with the help of a control panel. The engineers in this field use AutoCAD and other software to design their control panel before using it to make a device automated.


title: Wiring diagram

paragraphs: A wiring diagram is a diagram that shows electrical devices and the electrical wires that connect them. It shows the position and arrangement of each device to be connected by those wires. It may be used to plan where things should be located and wired, or to find them afterwards.


title: Vybz Kartel

paragraphs: Adidja Azim Palmer (born 7 January 1976) better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. Kartel started a line of liquor in 2008.

paragraphs: Kartel has worked with Jay-Z, Rihanna, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes, M.I.A, Pharrell, Kardinal Offishall, Akon, Jim Jones, Lil Wayne and Eminem.

paragraphs: On 29 September 2011, Kartel was arrested. Jamaica's Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) charged him with murder. Kartel was found guilty after a 65-day trial.


title: Sidharth Malhotra

paragraphs: Sidharth Malhotra (born 16 January 1985) is an Indian movie actor and former model. He appears in Hindi language films of Bollywood. He started his career in movies with Karan Johar's movie 'Student of the year' (2012) for which he received a nomination in the Filmfare award for Best Male Debut. Later, he gained appreciation in the 2014 movie "Hasee Toh Phasee" in which he was paired opposite Parineeti Chopra, recently he has been paired opposite Shraddha Kapoor in "Ek Villain" which has been released on June 27, 2014. Besides acting in movies, he performs in award functions and is a celebrity endorser for many brands.


title: Bronze Star Medal

paragraphs: The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest individual military award. It is the ninth-highest award by order of in the US Military. It may be awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone. When it is awarded for acts of heroism, the medal is awarded with the "V" device attached. The required acts are less heroic than those that qualify for the Silver Star.

paragraphs: The medal is sometimes called the Bronze Star. Foreign soldiers, as well as officers from the other federal uniformed services are also eligible to receive the decoration. They must be serving with a service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

paragraphs: The Bronze Star Medal was an idea by Colonel Russell P. "Red" Reeder in 1943. He believed it would aid if there was a medal which could be awarded by captains of companies or batteries to deserving people serving under them. Reeder felt another medal was needed for ground forces that was equivalent to the Air Medal. He proposed that the new award be called the "Ground Medal". The idea eventually gained support. General George C. Marshall wrote a memorandum (note) to President Franklin D. Roosevelt dated 3 February 1944. He wrote:

paragraphs: The Air Medal had been adopted two years earlier to raise airmen's morale. President Roosevelt authorized the Bronze Star Medal by Executive Order 9419 dated 4 February 1944. The order was made to 7 December 1941. The Executive Order was amended by President John F. Kennedy. The Executive Order 11046 dated 24 August 1962 expanded the authorization to include those serving with friendly forces. This allowed for awards where US service members might be involved in an armed conflict where the United States was not a . At the time of the Executive Order the US was not a belligerent in Vietnam. So any US advisers serving with the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces would not have been eligible for the award.

paragraphs: A study was conducted in 1947. The outcome was the policy was changed to make the retroactive award of the Bronze Star Medal (without the "V" device) to all soldiers who had received the Combat Infantryman Badge. It also included those who received the Combat Medical Badge during World War II. The reason for doing this was that the badges were awarded to soldiers who experienced the hardships described in General Marshall's memorandum. Both badges required a recommendation by the commander and a citation in orders.

paragraphs: The Bronze Star is worn on the uniform after the Soldier's Medal or the Airman's Medal. It is to be worn before the Purple Heart. When a second (or more) award is given for the Silver Star, an oak leaf cluster is added to the ribbon. The "V" device (for valor) is worn on the center of the ribbon. Any oak leaf clusters are worn to the right or left of the "V".


title: Neovenator

paragraphs: Neovenator is a dinosaur related to the clade which contains "Allosaurus" as its key member. Since the discovery of "Neovenator" on the Isle of Wight, UK, it has become one of the best-known large carnivorous dinosaurs in Europe.

paragraphs: "Neovenator" was about 7.5 meters (24.5 feet) in length, and was of a slim build, weighting 10002000 kg. Some fossils suggest a length of about 10 meters (33 feet), but these fossils are very fragmentary. It lived during the early Cretaceous), about 125 million years ago.

paragraphs: Fossil remains of "Neovenator" have been found on the Isle of Wight (southern England), and were first discovered in the 20th century. "Neovenator" existed alongside "Baryonyx", "Polacanthus" and "Iguanadon" in the early Cretaceous. It was one of the top predators of its day.

paragraphs: The holotype of "Neovenator salerii" had many pathologies. They were "midcaudal vertebrae fusions, healed fractures of mid-caudal vertebra transverse processes; osteophytes affecting pedal phalanges, healed gastralia rib fractures, some forming false joints... [and] scapula fracture". This means the individual survived and healed after a number of bone fractures.


title: Harry Harlow

paragraphs: Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist. He did experiments on rhesus monkeys in which he separated babies from their mothers.

paragraphs: Harlow was born Harry Israel on October 31, 1905. He changed his name from Israel because he did not want to be treated badly for seeming Jewish. Harlow started working at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


title: Tenor Saw

paragraphs: Clive Bright (stage name: Tenor Saw; December 6, 1966 – August 1988) was an important reggae musician in the 1980s. He had several hit songs. His best-known one was "Ring the Alarm" in 1985.

paragraphs: In August 1988, Tenor Saw was killed during a hit and run accident in Houston, Texas. He was 21.


title: Vanessa Carlton

paragraphs: Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer. She was born in Milford, Pennsylvania. In 2002 her first album "Be Not Nobody" was released. It reached number one in Australia.

paragraphs: Carlton came out as bisexual on June 19, 2010.


title: We All Sleep Alone

paragraphs: "We All Sleep Alone" is a hit song from Cher's 1987 album "Cher". The song was released in late January 1988.


title: Queensbridge, Queens

paragraphs: Queensbridge Houses is a housing development in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. It opened in 1939 and is owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Queensbridge Houses is the largest housing development in North America. The 3,142-unit complex is home to around 6,907 people.


title: Louise Post

paragraphs: Louise Lightner Post (born December 7, 1966) is the guitarist for the rock band Veruca Salt.

paragraphs: In 1993 Post started Veruca Salt with her friend Nina Gordon in Chicago. The band released their first album "American Thighs" in 1994. In 1998 Gordon left the band. The band broke up in 2012. In 2013 the band got back together.


title: Stella Soleil

paragraphs: Stella Katsoudas (born November 3, 1971) is a Greek-American singer. She is better known as Stella Soleil. She sings for the band Dirty Little Rabbits. She sung for another band called Whorse.


title: Richmond, Rhode Island

paragraphs: Richmond is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island. It is in the southwestern region. At the 2010 census, 7,708 people lived in Richmond. In 2015, 7,635 people lived in the town. There are several villages in the town.


title: Dušan Pašek

paragraphs: Dušan Pašek (7 September 1960 – 15 March 1998) was a Czechoslovakian professional ice hockey centre. Pašek played one season in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Minnesota North Stars. Pašek was drafted with the 81st overall pick by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraphs: He also played for Czechoslovakia at the 1984 Winter Olympics where they won a silver medal. When he retired, he became the president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation.

paragraphs: On 15 March 1998, Pašek committed suicide by gunshot in his office at Slovan Bratislava in the wake of Slovakia's disappointing performance at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He left six suicide notes for his wife, his three children, the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and Slovan Bratislava officials. He said that he was sorry for killing himself and asked that others try to understand his decision.


title: Purple Heart

paragraphs: The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration. It is awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. It is the successor to the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth. The Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York.

paragraphs: The original Purple Heart, called the "Badge of Military Merit", was established by George Washington in 1782. The Badge of Military Merit was only awarded to three Revolutionary War soldiers. If any more had been awarded, any records of being given that award have been lost. The badge was never abolished, it was just forgotten about until after World War I.

paragraphs: In 1932 General Douglas MacArthur urged the revival of the Purple Heart medal and he was awarded the first one. The War Department authorized the medal under General Order Number 3. The award was "to be awarded to persons who, while serving in the Army of the United States perform any singular meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity or essential service."

paragraphs: With the establishment of the Legion of Merit award, the Purple Heart was no longer awarded for meritorious service. By Executive Order 9277, dated December 3, 1942, the award was to only be given for wounds received. Additional Executive orders added circumstances where the award can be given. In 1962 it was ordered the medal could be given posthumously (after the person died). A 1984 change allowed the award to be given for woulds as a result of terrorist attacks or while serving as part of a peacekeeping force. In 1986 public Law 99-145 authorized the award for wounds received as a result of friendly fire.

paragraphs: Because the medal was given out during many conflicts, the exact number of Purple Hearts awarded is not known.

paragraphs: The Purple Heart medal is worn on the uniform after the Bronze Star Medal. It is to be worn before the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. In the Army and Air Force when a second or more Purple Heart is awarded, oak leaf clusters are used. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard use 5/16 inch stars to show multiple awards.


title: Meir Har-Zion

paragraphs: Meir Har-Zion (25 February 1934 – 14 March 2014) was an Israeli military commando. He was a key member of Unit 101. Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan described him as "the finest of our commando soldiers, the best soldier ever to emerge in the IDF." Meanwhile, Ariel Sharon described him as "the elite of the elite." He was born in Herzliya, British Mandate of Palestine.

paragraphs: Har-Zion died from natural causes on 14 March 2014. He was 80 years old.


title: Ken Utsui

paragraphs: Utsui died from natural causes on 14 March 2014 in his hometown of Tokyo. He was 82 years old.


title: Otakar Brousek, Sr.

paragraphs: Otakar Brousek (28 September 1924 – 14 March 2014) was a Czech actor and voice actor. He appeared in the movies "Andělská tvář" (2002), "Svatby pana Voka" (1971), and "Můj brácha má prima bráchu" (1975). He also appeared in the television show "F. L. Věk" in 1971. He was born in Krhanice, Czechoslovakia.

paragraphs: Brousek died on 14 March 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. He was 89 years old. He was outlived by his children, actors Otakar Brousek, Jr. and Jaroslava Brousková.


title: Roman Lyashenko

paragraphs: Roman Yurievich Lyashenko (May 1, 1979 – July 7, 2003) was a Russian professional ice hockey centre. Lyashenko played two seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Dallas Stars and New York Rangers.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, he played 3 seasons in the RSL with Yaroslavl Torpedo. He was drafted with the 52nd overall pick by the Dallas Stars in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He has also played 15 games in the IHL with the Michigan K-Wings and Utah Grizzlies, as well as playing 2 seasons in the AHL with the Utah Grizzlies and Hartford Wolf Pack.

paragraphs: On July 7, 2003, Lyashenko committed suicide while on vacation in Antalya, Turkey with his mother and sister. Turkish police said that Lyashenko left a suicide note and tried to cut his wrists and arms before he hung himself. Glen Sather, general manager of the New York Rangers said "Roman was a quality individual who had a positive impact on everyone he touched, both on and off the ice." Dallas Stars general manager Doug Armstrong also said: "Roman was a quality young man who we were privileged to have in our organization for three years." Lyashenko was buried in Yaroslavl on July 12, 2003.


title: Glenn McDuffie

paragraphs: Glenn Edward McDuffie (May 31, 1927 – March 9, 2014) was an American retired World War II soldier. He was known for being the subject of Alfred Eisenstaedt's photograph "V-J Day in Times Square". He was kissing nurse Edith Shain because World War II ended.

paragraphs: McDuffie was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He died on March 9, 2014 in Dallas, Texas from a heart attack, aged 86.


title: Terry Moore (actress)

paragraphs: Terry Moore (born Helen Luella Koford; January 7, 1929) is an American movie, television, and stage actress. She is known for her roles in "Mighty Joe Young" and in "Come Back Little Sheba". She was nominated for an Academy Award in 1952.

paragraphs: Moore was born on January 7, 1929 in Glendale, California.


title: Teddy Ruxpin

paragraphs: Teddy Ruxpin is a teddy bear who talks. He moves his mouth and eyes when 'reading' stories. The toys were first sold in 1985 and produced until 2010. The most recent version came out in 2017 by Wicked Cool toys.


title: Daughter (song)

paragraphs: "Daughter" is an alternative rock single by the American rock group Pearl Jam. It was released internationally in 1993. It was released in the United States on June 27, 1995.

paragraphs: The song was a moderate hit in Canada and United Kingdom.


title: Marc Potvin

paragraphs: Marc Potvin (January 29, 1967 – January 13, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. Potvin played six years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, Hartford Whalers and Boston Bruins. He was the second cousin of Hall of Famer Denis Potvin and cousin of Jean Potvin.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, he played 4 years of college hockey at Bowling Green State University. He was drafted with the 169th overall pick by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Potvin also played in the AHL with the Adirondack Red Wings, Providence Bruins and Portland Pirates, as well as one season in the IHL with the Chicago Wolves. When he retired, he became the assistant coach of the Adirondack Red Wings. After that, became the head coach of the Mississippi Sea Wolves in the ECHL for a year. He went on to coach the Springfield Falcons of the AHL for 2 seasons, in the UHL with the Adirondack IceHawks for 2 seasons and 1 season when it was renamed the Adirondack Frostbite.

paragraphs: On January 13, 2006, Potvin was found dead in his Kalamazoo, Michigan hotel room. He was found hours before the Frostbite were set to play the Kalamazoo Wings. On February 10, police ruled that his death was a suicide. Police said that he hung himself with a belt from the shower rod in his hotel bathroom.


title: Kannapolis, North Carolina

paragraphs: Kannapolis, North Carolina is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties in North Carolina. It is near Charlotte. In 2010, 42,625 people lived there.


title: Deeper and Deeper

paragraphs: "Deeper and Deeper" is a dance-pop single by Madonna. The song was released in December 1992. The song is about homosexual issues. It was 1970s inspired, and has disco-like themes.

paragraphs: The album version is about five minutes and thirty-three seconds long. The longest version is nine minutes long.


title: Tom Cavanagh (ice hockey)

paragraphs: Thomas Garrett Cavanagh (March 24, 1982 – January 6, 2011) was an American professional ice hockey center. Potvin played 18 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the San Jose Sharks.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, he played 4 years of college hockey at Harvard University. During his time there, he was named the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward in the 2004–05 season. He was drafted with the 182nd overall pick by the San Jose Sharks in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

paragraphs: During his time with the San Jose Sharks, he set a franchise record for the quickest point scored by a rookie when he assisted on a Joe Thornton goal that came 36 seconds into Cavanagh's first game in the NHL. He was also the Worcester Sharks' all-time scoring leader with 138 points in 202 games.

paragraphs: On January 6, 2011, Cavanagh was found dead in the parking garage of Providence Place Mall. He locked his car and jumped from an upper level to his death. The police said that his death was a suicide. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and was put into institutions during the last months of his life.


title: Nicholas Hoult

paragraphs: Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born 7 December 1989) is an English actor and model. He is best known for appearing in movies such as "About a Boy" (2002), "A Single Man" (2009), "" (2011), "Warm Bodies" (2013) and "Jack the Giant Slayer" (2013).

paragraphs: Hoult was born in Wokingham, Berkshire. He dated American actress Jennifer Lawrence until 2014. They appeared in the "X-Men" movies together.


title: Analeigh Tipton

paragraphs: "This is about the American figure skater. For other people called Tipton, see Tipton (disambiguation)."

paragraphs: Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress, and fashion model. She became famous after coming third in Cycle 11 of "America's Next Top Model". She has also appeared in the movies "The Green Hornet" (2011), "Crazy, Stupid, Love" (2011), "Damsels in Distress" (2011), and "Warm Bodies" (2013).

paragraphs: Tipton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is engaged to longtime boyfriend Aaron McManus.


title: Carlos Moreno (actor)

paragraphs: Carlos Moreno (29 August 1938 – 9 March 2014) was an Argentine actor and director. He worked most on movies and television shows. He was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province.

paragraphs: Moreno had a heart attack on 6 September 2013 and survived. On 9 March 2014, he had another heart attack, and died from it, in Buenos Aires. He was 75 years old.


title: T. Boone Pickens

paragraphs: Thomas Boone Pickens (May 22, 1928 – September 11, 2019), known as T. Boone Pickens, was an American businessman and financier. Pickens was the chairman of BP Capital Management. At the time of his death, Pickens had a net worth of $500 million. He was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma.

paragraphs: Pickens died on September 11, 2019 in Dallas, Texas from stroke-related problems at the age of 91.


title: Robert M. Pirsig

paragraphs: Robert Maynard Pirsig (September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He is known for writing many philosophy books. They include: "" (1974) and "" (1991).

paragraphs: Pirsig was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died on April 24, 2017 at his home in South Berwick, Maine from a long-illness, aged 88.


title: Chaohusaurus

paragraphs: Chaohusaurus is an extinct genus of basal ichthyopterygian, or ichthyosaur, from the Lower Triassic of Chaohu and Yuanan, China.

paragraphs: It was closer in time and form to "Cymbospondylus" and "Mixosaurus" than to more advanced genera like "Ichthyosaurus". It did not have the dolphin-like form of later ichthyosaurs, but it was fully aquatic. The tail fin is wide-based and short. The neck is rather long, whereas later ichthyosaurs have no neck. There is no dorsal fin.

paragraphs: It was one of the smallest ichthyosaurs, about 70 to 180 cm long. Its weight was about 10 kg.

paragraphs: A recent study of "Chaohusaurus" shows an early example of live birth. A remarkable feature was a baby close to emerging "head-first". The authors comment:

paragraphs: In other words, ichthyosaurs gave live birth when they were still land dwellers. Then, later, they adapted to an aquatic life.


title: Kirka

paragraphs: Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin (22 September 1950 - 31 January 2007) was a Finnish singer. Kirka's most famous songs include "Hengaillaan", "Leijat" (Kites) and "Varrella virran" (Down by the River)". Kirill Babitzin was born in Helsinki in 1950. His parents were Russian emigrants. He first got into music at the age of five when his grandmother gave him an accordion. He won an accordion competition when he was ten years old. He was soon attracted to rock and roll music. His first band was 'The Creatures', which he joined in 1964 assuming stage name Kirka.


title: Algebraic variety

paragraphs: In mathematics, algebraic varieties (also called varieties) are one of the central objects of study in algebraic geometry. The first definitons of algebraic variety defined it as the set of solutions of a system of polynomial equations, over the real or complex numbers. Modern definitions of an algebraic variety generalize this notion while they try to preserve the geometric intuition behind the original definition.

paragraphs: Conventions regarding the definition of an algebraic variety differ: Some authors require that an ""algebraic variety"" is, by definition, "irreducible" (which means that it is not the union of two smaller sets that are closed in the Zariski topology), while others do not. When the former convention is used, non-irreducible algebraic varieties are called algebraic sets.

paragraphs: The notion of variety is similar to that of manifold. One difference between a variety and a manifold is that a variety may have singular points, while a manifold will not.

paragraphs: Proven around the year 1800, the fundamental theorem of algebra establishes a link between algebra and geometry by showing that a monic polynomial in one variable with complex coefficients (an algebraic object) is determined by the set of its roots (a geometric object). Generalizing this result, Hilbert's Nullstellensatz provides a fundamental correspondence between ideals of polynomial rings and algebraic sets. Using the Nullstellensatz and related results, mathematicians have established a strong correspondence between questions on algebraic sets and questions of ring theory. This correspondence is the specifity of algebraic geometry among the other subareas of geometry.


title: Gastralia

paragraphs: Gastralia are bones protecting the ventral area of a vertebrate. They are found in some living and fossil reptiles. Crocodiles, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and theropod dinosaurs have gastralia. Unlike ribs, they are not connected to the vertebrae.


title: Eyes Set to Kill

paragraphs: Eyes Set to Kill is an American post-hardcore band from Phoenix, Arizona.

paragraphs: Sisters Alexia and Anissa Rodriguez started the band with Lindsey Vogt in 2003. In 2005 Caleb Clifton joined the band. In 2006 the band's first extended play was released. It sold 11,000 copies. Vogt left the band in 2007. Alexia took Vogt's place. The band released their first album "Reach" on February 19, 2008.


title: Bobby Vee

paragraphs: Robert Thomas Velline (April 30, 1943 – October 24, 2016), known as Bobby Vee, was an American pop singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is better known by his singing name Bobby Vee. He was a hit during the 1950s and 1960s. He wrote many songs. These included "Take Good Care of My Baby" and "Devil or Angel".

paragraphs: Bobby Vee said in 2012 that he has Alzheimer's disease, an illness in the brain that affects older people. On October 24, 2016, Vee died from complications of early onset Alzheimer's disease in Rogers, Minnesota, aged 73.


title: Bert Gardiner

paragraphs: Wilbert Homer Gardiner (March 25, 1913 – August 28, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Gardiner played 144 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, and New York Rangers.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, he played with the Philadelphia Arrows of the CAHL and the Crescent-Hamilton A.C. of the Eastern Hockey League. He also played with the Philadelphia Ramblers of the CAHL/IAHL, the New Haven Eagles of the IAHL, and the Washington Lions of the AHL.

paragraphs: When Dave Kerr got injured in Game 1 of the 1939 Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins called up Gardiner from Philadelphia to replace him. Gardiner played in the final six games of the finals.

paragraphs: Gardiner retired from professional ice hockey in 1944. He died on August 28, 2001 in Los Angeles, California.


title: Chantal Jones

paragraphs: Heather Chantal Jones (born September 8, 1988) is an American model and actress. She appeared on "America's Next Top Model". She is also known for her bubbly personality.


title: Similarity (geometry)

paragraphs: Similarity is an idea in geometry. It means that two polygons, line segments, or other figures can become the same via resizing. Similar objects do not need to have the same size. Two shapes are similar if their angles have the same measure and their sides are proportional. Two circles, squares, or line segments are always similar. If figure formula_1 is similar to figure formula_2, then we write formula_3.

paragraphs: When it comes to similarity, triangles are special. This is because triangles can be similar if only their angles are equal, or only their sides are proportional. All other polygons must meet both of the conditions.

paragraphs: Similarity is very similar to congruence. Congruent shapes have the same sides and angles. Because of that, two shapes are congruent to each other if one can become another through rotating, reflecting or moving only. In fact, all shapes that are congruent to each other are also similar, but not vice versa.


title: Idina Menzel

paragraphs: Idina Kim Menzel (born Idina Kim Mentzel; May 30, 1971), is an American actress, songwriter, and singer.

paragraphs: Menzel was born Idina Kim Mentzel in Long Island, New York. She changed her name to make it simpler. Her parents divorced when she was young. As a kid her favorite songs were "Tomorrow" and "The Way We Were".

paragraphs: Menzel went to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She was a wedding singer until 1995.

paragraphs: In 1996, Menzel played Maureen Johnson in the Broadway show "Rent". She played that role through 1997. She was nominated for a Tony Award for the show.

paragraphs: In 1998, Menzel released her album, "Still I Can't Be Still". She did a month-long tour to promote it. Eighteen thousand copies were sold. She also played Circe in an episode of "".

paragraphs: In 2000, Menzel played Kate in the off-Broadway show "The Wild Party". She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award. In 2001, she played Dorothy in "Summer of '42" off-Broadway and Sheila in "Hair" at New York City Center Encores!

paragraphs: Menzel is known for her role as Elsa the Snow Queen in the 2013 movie "Frozen". She is also known for her role as Elphaba in the original Broadway production of "Wicked", for which she won a Tony Award in 2004. Other notable roles include Maureen Johnson in the original Broadway production of "Rent" and in the movie based on the play, Shelby Cororan in "Glee", and Nancy Tremaine in Disney's "Enchanted".

paragraphs: Menzel appeared in the Broadway show "If/Then". For her role in that show, she was nominated for a Tony Award.


title: Nick Lachey

paragraphs: Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and television personality. He was best known as the lead singer of the multi-platinum selling boy band 98 Degrees.

paragraphs: Lachey was born in Harlan, Kentucky and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was married to singer Jessica Simpson from 2002 to 2006. He married model Vanessa Minnillo in 2011. Their son, Camden John Lachey, was born on September 12, 2012.

paragraphs: Lachey and his wife are hosts of the 2020 Netflix reality dating series, "Love Is Blind".


title: Vanessa Minnillo

paragraphs: Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo; born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality, fashion model, and actress. She was named Miss Teen USA in 1998. She has also been a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight" from 2005 to 2007 and hosted "Total Request Live" on MTV.

paragraphs: Minnillo was born in Angeles, Pampanga, Philippines. Her mother is Filipino and her father is an American of Ashkenazi Jews, Irish and Italian ancestry.

paragraphs: She married singer-songwriter Nick Lachey in 2011. Their son, Camden John Lachey, was born on September 12, 2012.


title: David Brenner

paragraphs: David Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American comedian, actor, and author. He was known for appearing on "The Tonight Show". He is also known for his leading roles in "Snip" and in "Worth Winning".

paragraphs: Brenner died on March 15, 2014 in New York City, New York from pancreatic cancer, aged 78.


title: Elias James Corey

paragraphs: Elias James "E.J." Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of organic synthesis.

paragraphs: Corey was born in Mathuen, Massachusetts. His parents were Lebanese immigrants. He studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


title: Jack Gelineau

paragraphs: John Edward "Jack" Gelineau (November 11, 1924 – November 12, 1998) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Gelineau played 147 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, Gelineau played college hockey for 4 years at McGill University. He has also played for the Quebec Aces of the QSHL and QHL. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1950.

paragraphs: He retired from professional ice hockey in 1954. He died from cancer on November 12, 1998 in Montreal, Quebec.


title: Hec Highton

paragraphs: Hector Salisbury Highton (December 10, 1923 – September 28, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Highton played 24 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks.

paragraphs: Highton also played for the Providence Reds and St. Louis Flyers of the AHL as well as the Los Angeles Monarchs, Victoria Cougars, Vancouver Canucks, and Portland Eagles of the PCHL.

paragraphs: He retired from professional ice hockey in 1951. He died on September 28, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.


title: Masi Oka

paragraphs: Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan. He moved to Los Angeles, California at a young age, before he settled in New York City, New York. His IQ is reported to be 180.


title: Jay Baruchel

paragraphs: Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel (born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He has appearded in the well-known movies "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), "Knocked Up" (2007), "Tropic Thunder" (2008), "The Trotsky" (2009), "Fanboys" (2009), "She's Out of My League" (2010), "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010), "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010) and "This Is the End" (2013).

paragraphs: Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He grew up and still lives in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec. He is of is French, German, Irish and Jewish (Sephardi) ancestry. He was engaged to actress Alison Pill from 2010 to 2013. He is an agnostic.

paragraphs: He appears in the two short films entitled 'The Watchmaker' and 'The Office of the Watchmaker' on the Canadian Band Rush live DVD/Blu Ray of 'Clockwork Angels Tour' released in 2013. The films were shown at the intermission and at the end of the concert.


title: Bob Janecyk

paragraphs: Robert T. Janecyk (born May 18, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Janecyk played 110 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Los Angeles Kings.

paragraphs: Before he played in the NHL, Janecyk played at Chicago State University. He also played for the Fort Wayne Komets and Flint Generals of the IHL, as well as the New Brunswick Hawks, Springfield Indians, and the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL. During his time with the New Brunswick Hawks in the 1981–82 AHL season, he won the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award. He also won the Ken McKenzie Trophy in the 1979-80 IHL season during his time with the Fort Wayne Komets. He retired from professional ice hockey in 1988.

paragraphs: His son Adam plays ice hockey at the University of Michigan.


title: Eddie Johnston

paragraphs: Edward Joseph Johnston (born November 24, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender, coach, and general manager. Johnston played 22 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues, and Chicago Black Hawks. He was the head coach of the Black Hawks for 1 year and the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins for 7 years. He was also the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Hartford Whalers.

paragraphs: He won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins twice, in 1970 and 1972. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1978. He is the Penguins' all-time leader in coaching losses (224) and games coached (516).


title: Electric arc

paragraphs: An electric arc is an electrical breakdown of a gas which produces a plasma spark.

paragraphs: The electric arc was first described in 1801. Electric arcs are used for welding, plasma cutting and lighting for stage performances. Electric arc furnaces are used in making steel and other things.


title: Peter Shumlin

paragraphs: Peter Elliot Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017. In 2010, he was elected Governor of Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States.


title: Jay Nixon

paragraphs: Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. On January 12, 2009, he became Governor of the U.S. State of Missouri. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States.

paragraphs: Nixon's ancestor, John Inskeep, was mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


title: Mike Karakas

paragraphs: Michael George Karakas (November 13, 1910 – May 2, 1992) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Johnston played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens. He was the NHL's first American-born and trained goaltender.

paragraphs: He won the Stanley Cup with the Black Hawks in the 1937–38 NHL season. During the playoffs, he broke his toe before the start of the Stanley Cup final against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Black Hawks substituted Alfie Moore in the first game. After the first game, Moore was ruled ineligible, and the Black Hawks lost the next game. Karakas returned with a steel-toed boot and he won the next two games which lead to the Black Hawks winning their second Stanley Cup win.

paragraphs: In 1973, he was named as an original member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in his hometown of Eveleth.


title: Dannel Malloy

paragraphs: Dannel Patrick "Dan" Malloy (born July 21, 1955) is an American politician. He was the Democratic Governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019.


title: Steve Beshear

paragraphs: Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshaer (born September 21, 1944) is an American politician. In 2007, he became the Governor of Kentucky. He left office on December 8, 2015 because of term limits and was succeed by Matt Bevin.

paragraphs: In 1996, he ran for U.S. Senator representing Kentucky, but lost to Mitch McConnell.

paragraphs: Beshear delivered the Democratic response to a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress given by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017.


title: Steve Bullock

paragraphs: Stephen Clark Bullock (born April 11, 1966) is an American politician. In 2013, he became the Governor of Montana.

paragraphs: Bullock was born in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College and Columbia Law School. He was a professor at the George Washington University Law School before opening his own law firm upon returning to Montana. In 2008, Bullock was elected Attorney General of Montana, and was the state's attorney general from 2009 to 2013.

paragraphs: In 2012, he beat Republican nominee Rick Hill in the 2012 gubernatorial general election with 48% of the vote. In 2016, Bullock won re-election with 50.2% of the vote, beating Republican nominee Greg Gianforte.

paragraphs: Bullock chaired the National Governors Association from 2018 to 2019.

paragraphs: On May 14, 2019, Bullock announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2020. He ended his campaign on December 2, 2019.

paragraphs: On March 8, 2020, Bullock announced his candidacy for the United States Senate challenging incumbent Republican Senator Steve Daines.


title: John Kitzhaber

paragraphs: John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is an American politician. In 2011, he became the Governor of Oregon. He was also Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003.

paragraphs: On February 13, 2015, Kitzhaber resigned as governor due to some serious allegations against him. His resignation became effect on February 18 when Kate Brown succeeded him.

paragraphs: On May 2, 2016, Kitzhaber announced his endorsement for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in his 2016 nomination for the Democratic nomination.


title: Terry McAuliffe

paragraphs: Terence Richard "Terry" McAuliffe (born February 9, 1957) is an American politician. In 2014, he became the 72nd Governor of Virginia. His term ended on January 13, 2018, when he was succeeded in his position by Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam.

paragraphs: McAuliffe began his business career at the age of 14. He has expressed interest in running for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.


title: Jack Markell

paragraphs: Jack A. Markell (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician. In 2009, he became the Governor of Delaware.


title: Earl Ray Tomblin

paragraphs: Earl Ray Tomblin (born March 15, 1952) is an American politician. In 2010, he became Acting Governor of West Virginia after Joe Manchin was elected to the U.S. Senate. He was Acting governor from November 15, 2010 until 2011. From 2011 to 2017 he was the Governor of West Virginia. On October 2011, he won a special election to fill the term expiring in January 2013. On November 2012, he won election to his first full term. Before becoming governor, he was President of the West Virginia senate.


title: Aron Ralston

paragraphs: Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, engineer, mountain climber, and motivational speaker. He is best known for having to amputate his own right arm to free himself from a boulder in Blue John Canyon, in eastern Wayne County, Utah on April 26, 2003. The event was the subject of his autobiography "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" and the 2010 movie "127 Hours", starring James Franco.

paragraphs: Ralston was born in Marion, Ohio and was raised in Denver, Colorado. During adulthood, he moved to Aspen, Colorado to pursue a life of climbing mountains. He has two children and lives in Boulder, Colorado.


title: Jack Carter (comedian)

paragraphs: Jack Chakrin (June 24, 1923 – June 28, 2015), known by his professional name of Jack Carter, was an American comedian, actor and host. He worked with Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Don Rickles.

paragraphs: Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died of respiratory failure in Beverly Hills, California, aged 93.


title: Marc Lamothe

paragraphs: Marc Lamothe (born February 27, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Lamothe played 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings.

paragraphs: Before playing in the NHL, Lamothe played 3 seasons in the OHL with the Kingston Frontenacs. He was drafted with the 92nd overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He has played for the Fredericton Canadiens, Syracuse Crunch, Hamilton Bulldogs and Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL, as well as the Wheeling Thunderbirds of the ECHL and the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL. When he left North America, he joined Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the RSL. He also played for Severstal Cherepovets and SKA St. Petersburg. He played 15 games in the KHL with Barys Astana, 14 games in the SM-liiga with the Pelicans, and 15 games in the DEL with the Hamburg Freezers. His season with the Pelicans was cut short after he suffered a medial ligament tear in his knee. He returned to North America on November 23, 2010 after being released from the Freezers. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2011.


title: Marga Spiegel

paragraphs: Marga Spiegel (21 June 1912 – 11 March 2014) was a German writer. She was Jewish and survived the Holocaust of World War II. Her story was published into a book in 1969 and a movie, "Unter Bauern – Retter in der Nacht", released in 2009. She was born in Oberaula, Hesse, German Empire.

paragraphs: Spiegel died from natural causes on 11 March 2014 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was 101 years old.


title: Bo Callaway

paragraphs: Howard Hollis Callaway, known as Bo Callaway (April 2, 1927 -March 15, 2014) was an American politician and businessman. He served as Secretary of the Army from 1973 to 1975. He was also a United States representative from Georgia.

paragraphs: Callaway was born in LaGrange, Georgia. In 1949 he graduated from West Point with a degree in military engineering. He died in Atlanta, Georgia from a brain hemorrhage, aged 86.


title: Everett L. Fullam

paragraphs: Everett Leslie "Terry" Fullam (July 1, 1930 – March 15, 2014) was an American priest, biblical scholar, and academic. He was best known to the Episcopal Church, and the Worldwide Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Protestant communities for his renewal ministries from 1972 to 1998. He was born in Montpelier, Vermont.

paragraphs: Fullam died after falling health on March 15, 2014 in Ormond Beach, Florida. He was 82 years old.


title: Michel Larocque (ice hockey, born 1976)

paragraphs: Michel Larocque (born October 3, 1976 in Lahr, West Germany) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Larocque played 3 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Blackhawks.

paragraphs: Before playing in the NHL, Larocque played college hockey for 4 years at Boston University. During his time playing for BU, he was named the William Flynn Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1997. He was drafted with the 137th overall pick by the San Jose Sharks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He played 1 game with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the IHL, 4 games with the Greensboro Generals of the ECHL and 4 games with the Saint John Flames as well as 13 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. He debuted in the NHL during the 2000-01 NHL season with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played 3 games and 35 games with the Norfolk Admirals for 35 games. He retired from professional ice hockey in 2001.


title: Ray LeBlanc

paragraphs: Raymond J. LeBlanc (born October 24, 1964) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. LeBlanc played 1 game in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Blackhawks.

paragraphs: He played 1 season with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL, 2 seasons in the ACHL with the Pinebridge Bucks and Carolina Thunderbirds, 4 seasons in the IHL with the Flint Spirits and Saginaw Hawks, 1 game in the AHL with the New Haven Nighthawks, 5 more seasons in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets and Indianapolis Ice, 1 game in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, 2 more seasons with the Indianapolis Ice, 1 seasons with the Cincinnati Cyclones, 4 seasons with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL, 1 season with the Flint Generals of the UHL, and 2 seasons with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings of the ECHL.

paragraphs: During the 1986–87 IHL season, he won the Ken McKenzie Trophy. LeBlanc is best known for being the goaltender for the United States team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. The United States were unable to win a medal and they lost 6–1 to Czechoslovakia in the bronze medal game.

paragraphs: He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2000. He is married to his wife Julie and they have three childrenl 2 sons and 1 daughter. He live in Largo, Florida and works in receiving for Budweiser at Great Bay Distributors. He also works with the homeless and spreads the gospel in downtown St. Petersburg with Team Hope, his church group at Calvary Chapel.


title: David Sive

paragraphs: David Sive (September 22, 1922 – March 12, 2014) was an American lawyer, environmentalist, and professor of environmental law. He is recognized as a pioneer in the field of United States environmental law, and is credited with helping create the field of environmental law. He was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York.

paragraphs: Sive died on March 12, 2014 in West Orange, New Jersey. He was 91 years old.


title: Sam Lacey

paragraphs: Samuel "Sam" Lacey (March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center. He played for the Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings, New Jersey Nets, and Cleveland Cavaliers in a thirteen-season career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

paragraphs: Lacey was born in Indianola, Mississippi to an African American family. After basketball, he worked in real estate.

paragraphs: Lacey died from natural causes on March 14, 2014 in Kansas City, Missouri, aged 66.


title: Violet & Daisy

paragraphs: Violet & Daisy is an action, comedy and drama movie of 2011. It was released in June 2013. It is about two teenage assassins who take a job they think may be easy. However, their plan is changed by one of the people they plan to kill. James Gandolfini plays Michael. Alexis Bledel plays Violet.

paragraphs: Reviews of the movie were mostly negative. Running time for the movie is 88 minutes.


title: The Possession

paragraphs: The Possession is an American melodramatic and supernatural horror movie of 2012. It is about a haunted box and things related to it. Kyra Sedgwick plays Stephanie Brenek.

paragraphs: Reviews of the movie were mixed. It made over $78 million.


title: Alexei Navalny

paragraphs: Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (born 4 June 1976) is a Russian lawyer, politician, and activist. He is a known critic of President Vladimir Putin.

paragraphs: Navalny was born in Butyn to a Ukrainian father and Russian mother. In 1993 he started his law degree at Peoples’ Friendship University, in Moscow. In 1998 he graduated. In 2000, Navalny joined the Russian United Democratic Party, "Yabloko".

paragraphs: He became known through his LiveJournal blog. In 2012, "The Wall Street Journal" described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most." In September 2013 Navalny came second in the Moscow mayoral election. Navalny is a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member. He is a Yale World Fellow. 60 minutes called Navalny ‘’the man trying to beat Putin’ in a program aired in December 2017.

paragraphs: He was a candidate for President of Russia in the 2018 election. He ran against President Vladimir Putin.

paragraphs: Navalny lives in Moscow with his wife and two children.

paragraphs: On 20 August 2020, Navalny was poisoned during a flight from Tomsk, Siberia to Moscow and was hospitalized in Omsk. He was soon in a coma, on a ventilator. On 7 September 2020, he woke up from the coma, and on 14 September, he was taken off the ventilator. He was released on 22 September.


title: Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

paragraphs: The Distinguished Service Cross (abbreviation DSC) is the second highest military award that can be given to a member of the United States Army. It is awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations, but are not high enough for the Medal of Honor. The Distinguished Service Cross is the same as the Navy Cross (Navy and Marine Corps). The Air Force) has the Air Force Cross and the Coast Guard has the equivalent Coast Guard Cross. All are equivalent (equal) awards.

paragraphs: The Distinguished Service Cross was first awarded during World War I. In addition, a number of awards were made for actions before World War I. These were to soldiers who had received a 'Certificate of Merit' for gallantry. At the time the certificate was given it was the only other honor for gallantry the Army could award other than a Medal of Honor. Others were awarded for earlier actions in the Philippines, on the Mexican Border and during the Boxer Rebellion.

paragraphs: The Distinguished Service Cross may be awarded to any person serving in any capacity with the United States Army. The person must distinguish himself or herself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in an action against an enemy. Or, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force or while serving with friendly forces. The act or acts of heroism must have been so notable and have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his or her comrades. But it is not sufficient to merit the Medal of Honor.

paragraphs: The Distinguished Service Cross is worn on the uniform after the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. It is to be worn before the Silver Star. When a second (or more) award is given an oak leaf cluster is added to the award.


title: Algebraic geometry

paragraphs: Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics studying polynomial equations. Modern algebraic geometry is based on more abstract techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry.

paragraphs: The main objects of study in algebraic geometry are algebraic varieties, which are geometric manifestations of sets of solutions of systems of polynomial equations. Examples of the most studied classes of algebraic varieties are: plane algebraic curves, which include lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas, cubic curves like elliptic curves and quartic curves like lemniscates, and Cassini ovals. A point of the plane belongs to an algebraic curve if its coordinates satisfy a given polynomial equation. Basic questions involve the study of the points of special interest like the singular points, the inflection points and the points at infinity. More advanced questions involve the topology of the curve and relations between the curves given by different equations.

paragraphs: Algebraic geometry occupies a central place in modern mathematics. The concepts it uses connects it to such diverse fields as complex analysis, topology and number theory. At the start, algebraic geometry was about studying systems of polynomial equations in several variables. Algebraic geometry starts at the point where equation solving leaves off: In many cases, finding the properties all the solutions a given set of equations have is more important than finding a particular solution: this leads into some of the deepest areas in all of mathematics, both conceptually and in terms of technique.

paragraphs: In the 20th century, algebraic geometry has split into several subareas.

paragraphs: Much of the development of the main stream of algebraic geometry in the 20th century occurred within an abstract algebraic framework, with increasing emphasis being placed on "intrinsic" properties of algebraic varieties not dependent on any particular way of embedding the variety in an ambient coordinate space. The developments in topology, differential and complex geometry occurred much in the same way. One key achievement of this abstract algebraic geometry is Grothendieck's scheme theory which allows one to use sheaf theory to study algebraic varieties in a way which is very similar to its use in the study of differential and analytic manifolds. This is obtained by extending the notion of point: In classical algebraic geometry, a point of an affine variety may be identified, through Hilbert's Nullstellensatz, with a maximal ideal of the coordinate ring, while the points of the corresponding affine scheme are all prime ideals of this ring. This means that a point of such a scheme may be either a usual point or a subvariety. This approach also enables a unification of the language and the tools of classical algebraic geometry, mainly concerned with complex points, and of algebraic number theory. Wiles's proof of the longstanding conjecture called Fermat's last theorem is an example of the power of this approach.


title: Lady Jane

paragraphs: The movie Lady Jane is a 1986 romance drama and biographical movie. It is about Lady Jane Grey.

paragraphs: After King Edward VI dies, Jane is named queen in place of the king's sister, Mary. Mary later becomes queen anyway. Jane is put into prison. Mary tells Jane that she will be killed if she does not become a Catholic. Jane refuses, and is executed with some of her family.

paragraphs: Helena Bonham Carter plays Lady Jane Grey. Patrick Stewart plays Jane's father.

paragraphs: This movie was released 7 February 1986. It is 141 minutes long.


title: Duke of Noailles

paragraphs: The title of Duke of Noailles was a French peerage created in 1663 for Anne de Noailles, Count of Ayen.

paragraphs: Noailles is the name of a great French family, derived from the castle of Noailles in the territory of Ayen, between Brive and Turenne in the Limousin, and claiming to date back to the 11th century. It did not obtain fame until the 16th century, when its head, Antoine de Noailles (1504–1562), became admiral of France and was ambassador in England during three important years, 1553–1556, maintaining a gallant but unsuccessful rivalry with the Spanish ambassador, Simon Renard.

paragraphs: Henri (1554–1623), son of Antoine, was a commander in the religious wars and was made Count of Ayen by Henry IV of France in 1593.

paragraphs: The title of Duke of Ayen was also given to the family. However, the heir to the Noailles dukedom was usually called the "Prince of Poix".

paragraphs: The family owned a lavish townhouse in Paris called the "Hôtel de Noailles".

paragraphs: The present holder of the title is Hélie de Noailles, but as France is now a republic, titles are not officially recognised.


title: Trump International Hotel and Tower (Vancouver)

paragraphs: Trump Vancouver (used to be known as Palm Court and Ritz-Carlton Vancouver, the building referred to as Vancouver's Turn) is a skyscraper that is located in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. It is 188 meters (617 feet) tall and has 63 floors. Once completed, it claimed the title of second largest building in Vancouver behind the Shangri-La tower.

paragraphs: Construction for the building was cancelled in 2009. On June 19, 2013, during a press conference, Holborn Group president Joo Kim Tiah and Donald Trump along with his three children unveiled the $360 million Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. The building opened in the fall of 2016. The hotel will feature Vancouver's first pool bar nightclub.


title: Sam LoPresti

paragraphs: Samuel Leo LoPresti (January 30, 1917 – December 11, 1984) was an American professional ice hockey goaltender. LoPresti played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks. LoPresti also played 3 seasons for the St. Paul Saints and 13 games with the Kansas City Americans; both of the AHA. He made NHL history on March 4 during a game against the Boston Bruins. He faced a league record 83 shots in a regulation, 60 minute game.

paragraphs: He decided to leave the NHL to join the United States Navy in World War II. He served as a gunner's mate on the SS "Roger B. Taney". When the ship was torpedoed and sunk during an Atlantic crossing in February 1943, LoPresti was listed as missing in action and was thought to be the first casualty among American professional athletes in the conflict.

paragraphs: He was one of 29 people who took refuge in a single lifeboat with a small amount of water or food. They drifted for 42 days and traveled nearly 2,500 miles (4,000 km) southwest before they were found and rescued off the coast of Brazil. The men collected rain water when they could and sometimes drank only 4 imperial fluid ounces (110 mL) per day and had only a small amount of biscuits and bakers chocolate for food. LoPresti was credited with having saved the men's lives after he caught the only real food they had during their entire ordeal after he noticed dolphins that were swimming around their boat on one occasion. He improvised a weapon by lashing a sheath knife to a boat hook, he plunged into the ocean, caught a 35-pound (16 kg) dolphin and they hauled it into the boat. They then drank its blood and cooked the meat in a metal bucket with rags and kerosene.

paragraphs: He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973. He died on December 11, 1984 in Eveleth, Minnesota from a heart attack.


title: American Athletic Conference

paragraphs: The American Athletic Conference (also known as "The American" or "AAC") is a big college sports conference in the United States. Its members play in NCAA Division I. In football, they play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; known before 2006 as Division I-A), the higher of two levels of Division I football.

paragraphs: The American has its roots in the original Big East Conference. That conference was started in 1979 as a basketball-first league by a group of schools in the Eastern U.S. The Big East added football in 1991. That led to years of conflict between schools that played I-A/FBS football and those that did not. In July 2013, the Big East split into two conferences. The seven schools that did not play FBS football left to form a new Big East Conference. The FBS schools that did not go to other conferences stayed in the old conference structure. Along with several new members, they began operating as the American Athletic Conference.

paragraphs: The American kept the original Big East charter. That makes it the legal successor of the old Big East. However, both The American and the new Big East claim 1979 as their founding dates. Both also claim the pre-split history of the old Big East, at least in corporate terms. However, both leagues agreed that the current Big East would maintain the sporting history of the original conference in most sports. The only exceptions are football and women's rowing, the only two sports sponsored by The American but not the current Big East. In those two sports, neither offshoot league recognizes the history of the original Big East.

paragraphs: Of the 12 current full members (those that house most of their sports in the league), only the newest member, Wichita State, does not have a football team.

paragraphs: As of the 2018–19 school year, The American has six "associate members" that play only one sport in the conference.

paragraphs: Two schools left The American after spending only the 2013–14 school year in the renamed conference. Before 2013, both had been members of the original Big East.

paragraphs: One other school was a member in a single sport starting from the Big East/American split in 2013 through 2015.

paragraphs: The American holds championships in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports:


title: Bob Mason

paragraphs: Robert Thomas Mason (born April 22, 1961) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Minnesota Wild. Mason played 145 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Quebec Nordiques and the Vancouver Canucks.

paragraphs: Mason started his career playing with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League. He then played college hockey for 2 years at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Aside from the NHL, Mason played 141 games in the AHL with the Hershey Bears, Binghamton Whalers, Halifax Citadels, Baltimore Skipjacks, and Hamilton Canucks. He also played 127 games in the IHL with the Milwaukee Admirals and Fort Wayne Komets.

paragraphs: He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1995. After retiring, Mason became the goaltending coach for the Minnesota Wild which he still is. He was also the goaltending coach for the Atlanta Thrashers during their first 2 seasons of play.


title: Nikki Haley

paragraphs: Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (simply called Nikki Haley; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician. She was the 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations beginning on January 24, 2017. She resigned on October 9, 2018 and left the office on December 31, 2018.

paragraphs: On January 12, 2011, she became the Governor of South Carolina. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is the first female governor of South Carolina. At the age of 42, she was the youngest governor in the United States, followed by another fellow Republican governor, Bobby Jindal.

paragraphs: Haley was born at Bamberg County Memorial Hospital in Bamberg, South Carolina. Her parents were Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhaw, from Punjab, India. Her father was a professor at Punjab Agricultural University. Her mother started a clothing company, Exotica International. Haley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Clemson University. She has one sister and two brothers.

paragraphs: On May 14, 2009, Haley announced that she would run for the Republican nomination for Governor of South Carolina in 2010.

paragraphs: The Republican gubernatorial primary took place on June 8, 2010, and Haley captured 49% of the vote. A runoff election happened on June 22, because nobody won 50% of the vote. Haley won handily in the runoff vote. Haley was elected governor on November 2, 2010, over the Democratic candidate, Vincent Sheheen 51% to 47%. On August 12, 2013, Haley announced she would seek a second term during a rally August 26, 2013, at the BI-LO Center in downtown Greenville. Haley was re-elected on November 4, 2014, with a 55.9 percent to 41.3 percent win, almost tripling her previous margin of victory over Sheheen in 2010 gubernatorial elections.

paragraphs: Haley supports lower taxes, opposes regulation and is extremely anti-union. In June 2015, following the Charleston church shooting, Haley led bi-partisan calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from the State Capitol and its grounds. In July 2015, Haley signed a Bill to authorize removing the Confederate flag from the flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol.

paragraphs: In April 2016, Haley indicated she would not support legislation introduced by the South Carolina State Senate which would require transgender individuals to use restrooms based on biological sex instead of gender identity.

paragraphs: On November 23, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Haley for Ambassador to the United Nations. On January 20, 2017, President Trump sent Haley's nomination to the Senate. Haley was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate 96-4 on January 24, 2017.

paragraphs: Her tenure focused on harsh responses to the Bashar al-Assad regime and sanctions against North Korea as tensions grew between Trump and Kim Jong-un.

paragraphs: Haley resigned on October 9, 2018 to return to her beloved home state. Multiple U.N. watchdogs called for an investigation over her many private jet plane travels. She was also falsely accused of overspending on $52,000 curtains which were actually purchased during the Obama Administration. She left the office on December 31, 2018.

paragraphs: In September 1996, she married Michael Haley, a South Carolina National Guard. They have two children: Rena and Nalin Haley.


title: Chao (Sonic)

paragraphs: Chao are fictional characters that appear in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series of video games. They are small, childlike creatures that do not have a gender. They have a pudding-like body and act like human babies. They first appeared in "Sonic Adventure".

paragraphs: In the "Sonic" games, Chao are digital pets. Several different types of Chao are in the game. The Chao can evolve into many different forms, depending on how the player raises it. The player can raise them and enter them into races or battles. They have also been a part of the games' story and are sometimes seen during parts of the games. For example, the character Cream the Rabbit has a Chao named Cheese, which she uses to defeat enemies.


title: Maurice Roberts

paragraphs: Maurice "Moe" Roberts (December 13, 1905 – February 7, 1975) was an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Roberts played 4 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Boston Bruins, New York Americans, and Chicago Black Hawks.

paragraphs: Roberts also played for the New Haven Eagles and Philadelphia Arrows of the CAHL, the Cleveland Falcons/Cleveland Barons of the IHL/IAHL/AHL, the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, and the Washington Lions of the EHL.

paragraphs: He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1947. Roberts for many years held the distinction of being both the youngest and the oldest goaltender in National Hockey League history. On December 8, 1925, he made his debut at age 19 for the Boston Bruins which made him the youngest goaltender in NHL history (the record was later broken by Harry Lumley 20 years later). On November 25, 1951, Roberts (at that point an assistant trainer with the Chicago Black Hawks) had to play the third period of the game because Lumley had been injured. Even though Roberts did not give up a goal, the Hawks still lost to the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2. Roberts at age 45, in his last NHL game, became the oldest player ever to play in an NHL game (the record was later broken by Gordie Howe and then Chris Chelios). He is still the oldest goaltender to play in an NHL game and was also the final NHL player to have been active in the 1920s.

paragraphs: He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.


title: Bev Perdue

paragraphs: Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue (aka Beverly Marlene Moore; born January 14, 1947) is an American politician. She is a member of the US Democratic party. From January 2009 to 2013, she was Governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina. She was the first female governor in that state.

paragraphs: Because of declining approval ratings, in January 2012, Perdue said she would not do another term. In January of the following year, Pat McCrory became governor.

paragraphs: Perdue was born in Grundy, Virginia in 1947.


title: Jane Swift

paragraphs: Jane M. Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician. She was the 69th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, in office from 1999 to 2003. She was the Acting Governor of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2003. As of 2014, she is the only female governor in the state of Massachusetts. Swift is Republican.

paragraphs: Swift was born in North Adams, Massachusetts.


title: Pawleys Island, South Carolina

paragraphs: Pawleys Island is a seaport town in northeastern South Carolina. In 2000, 138 people lived there. This town is near Georgetown.

paragraphs: Many cypress cottages on Pawleys Island were built during the 20th century. That made people call the town "arrogantly shabby". In September 1989, Hurricane Hugo struck south of Pawleys Island. Some cottages were totally destroyed.


title: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

paragraphs: Mount Pleasant is a coastal town in eastern South Carolina. It is near Charleston. The town had 67,843 people at the 2010 census. Its history began around 1680.


title: Florence, South Carolina

paragraphs: Florence is a city northeast South Carolina. Around 37,326 people lived there at the 2010 census. The city was officially chartered in 1871. It was incorporated in 1890.


title: Andrei Trefilov

paragraphs: Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov (born August 31, 1969) is an Russian retired professional ice hockey goaltender. Trefilov played 54 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Chicago Blackhawks.

paragraphs: He played 127 games in the IHL with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, Indianapolis Ice, Detroit Vipers, and Chicago Wolves. He also played 43 games in the AHL with the Saint John Flames and Rochester Americans, as well as 247 games in the DEL with the Duesseldorf EG and DEG Metro Stars.

paragraphs: He played for the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He also played for Russia when they won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics.


title: McClellanville, South Carolina

paragraphs: McClellanville is a fishing and port town in eastern South Carolina. At the 2000 census, 459 people lived there. The history of this town began in the 1860s. It was incorporated in 1926.

paragraphs: In September 1989, McClellanville was hit by the northern wall of Hurricane Hugo. During this hurricane, a storm surge nearly drowned refugees taking cover in a high school.


title: Falmouth, Massachusetts

paragraphs: Falmouth is a coastal town in southeast Massachusetts. The 2010 census population was 31,532. Falmouth is on southwestern Cape Cod, near the Atlantic Ocean.


title: Jim Henry (ice hockey)

paragraphs: Samuel James "Sugar Jim" Henry (October 23, 1920 – January 21, 2004) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Henry played 406 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and Boston Bruins.

paragraphs: Henry also played in the AHL for the New Haven Eagles/New Haven Ramblers and Indianapolis Capitals, as well as the USHL for the Kansas City Mohawks and the Omaha Knights. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1959 after playing 9 games with the St. Paul Saints of the IHL. After he retired, Henry coached the Toledo Mercurys of the IHL for 1 season and the Brandon Wheat Kings of the SJHL for 1 season.

paragraphs: On October 7, 1948, he was involved in a trade which sent him to the Chicago Black Hawkss for Emile Francis and Alex Kaleta. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum in 2004. He died on January 21, 2004.


title: Hughie Lehman

paragraphs: Frederick Hugh "Old Eagle Eyes" Lehman (October 27, 1885 – April 12, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach. He played 48 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks.

paragraphs: He is best known for his time in the PCHL with the Vancouver Millionaires/Vancouver Maroons. He spent 9 years with the franchise and won a Stanley Cup with them in 1914. He then spent 1 year with Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL and split the second year to coach them.

paragraphs: After he retired, he worked in the road construction business and became the president of a paving company. Lehman was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.


title: Poul Schlüter

paragraphs: Poul Holmskov Schlüter (, 3 April 1929) is a Danish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.


title: Klute

paragraphs: Klute is a 1971 American mystery thriller movie directed by Alan J. Pakula. It is set in New York City. It stars Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda, Charles Cioffi, Lee Wallace, Sylvester Stallone, Jean Stapleton, and Roy Scheider. It was released on June 25, 1971. Fonda won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role.


title: Mike Leigh

paragraphs: Mike Leigh, (born 20 February 1943) is an English screenwriter, movie director and actor. His best known movies are "Life Is Sweet" (1990), "Naked" (1993), "Secrets & Lies" (1996), "Career Girls" (1997), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "All or Nothing" (2002), and "Vera Drake" (2004).

paragraphs: Leigh was born in Brocket Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire. He was bought up in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire. He is Jewish. He was married to actress Alison Steadman from 1973 until they divorced in 2001. They have two sons, Toby and Leo. Leigh lives in Camden, London.


title: Catherine Martin

paragraphs: Catherine Martin (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian costume designer, production designer, set designer, and movie producer. She has won two Academy Awards for "Moulin Rouge!" (2001) in 2002 and another two for "The Great Gatsby" (2013) in 2014. This makes her the most awarded Australian in Oscar history.

paragraphs: Martin was born in Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales. She is married to movie director Baz Luhrmann. They have two children.


title: Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I

paragraphs: Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I is the first ruler of Hyderabad in 1720. He is the founder of Asaf Jahi dynasty.