title: Vonda Shepard

paragraphs: Vonda Shepard (July 7, 1963) is an American musician. She performs pop and rock music. She appeared in the television show "Ally McBeal" as a resident performer. She also plays piano and bass.

paragraphs: Shepard was born in New York City. She moved to California during her childhood.


title: Machairodontinae

paragraphs: The Machairodontinae are a sister group of the felines (Felinae). They were the last surviving group of sabretoothed cats.

paragraphs: They are an extinct subfamily of mammalian carnivora of the family Felidae (true cats). They lived in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. They survived from about 23 million until about 11,000 years ago.

paragraphs: The subfamily Machairodontinae included the famed genus "Smilodon". There were also other cats with canines which were not so long, such as "Homotherium". The sabretooth adaptation evolved a number of times in different carnivore lines. They were evidently very successful as ambush predators.


title: Carmen McRae

paragraphs: Carmen Mercedes McRae (8 April 1920 – 10 November 1994) was an American musician, composer and actress. She performed jazz music. She recorded more than sixty albums. Her hit singles included "Dream of Life", "Good Morning Heartache" and "God Bless the Child".

paragraphs: McRae was born in New York City. She died in Beverly Hills, California from a stroke at 74.


title: Gladys Cooper

paragraphs: Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (December 18, 1888 – November 17, 1971) was a British actress. Her career spanned almost seventy years in movies, on stage and in television. She performed in stage plays including "The Dollar Princess", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Bluebell in Fairyland", the latter of which was a musical. However, it was not until 1922 that she found strong success. Her most notable movies included "The Secret Garden" in 1949, "The Valley of Decision" and "My Fair Lady" in 1964.

paragraphs: Cooper was born in London, England. She died from pneumonia at age eighty-two.


title: Pearl White

paragraphs: Pearl White (4 March 1889 – 4 August 1938) was an American actress who began acting at age 6. She starred in "The Perils of Pauline", a serial. She also acted in silent movies. She retired from acting around 1924.

paragraphs: White was born in New Jersey, though she was raised in Springfield, Missouri. She died from cirrhosis in France at age forty-nine.


title: Mahinda V

paragraphs: Mahinda V was King of Anuradhapura in the 10th and 11th centuries. He was the last king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, and the last from the House of Lambakanna II. In 993, Anuradhapura was invaded and captured by the Chola, under the command of Rajaraja Chola I. Mahinda V fled to Ruhuna, the southern part of the country. He was later taken prisoner and taken to India, where he died as a prisoner in 1029. The Mahavamsa records that the rule of Mahinda V was weak and he was unable to control Sri Lanka correctly. The country was powerless and his army refused to follow orders.


title: Mercedes de Acosta

paragraphs: Mercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1893 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, novelist and playwright. She wrote four famous stage plays. She also published three volumes of poetry and one novel. That novel was not a success, though it did create controversy because of its lesbian themed subject.

paragraphs: De Acosta was born in New York City. She died there at age seventy-five.


title: Rajendra Chola I

paragraphs: Rajendra Chola I (Rajendra Chola the Great; ) was an emperor of the Chola dynasty in medieval India. He was the son of Rajaraja Chola I. He became the king of the empire in 1014 CE after his father died. He had been made co-regent in 1012. He was one of the greatest rulers and military leaders of the Chola Empire.


title: Rajaraja Chola I

paragraphs: Raja Raja Chola I was a renowned king who ruled over the Chola dynasty of southern India between 985 and 1014 CE. During his reign, the Cholas expanded beyond South India with their domains stretching from Sri Lanka in the south to Kalinga in the north. Raja Raja Chola also launched several naval campaigns that resulted in the capture of the Malabar Coast as well as the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Raja Raja Chola died in 1014 and was succeeded by his son Rajendra Chola I.


title: Katharine Cornell

paragraphs: Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893 – June 9, 1974) was an American state actress, author and theatrical producer. She played English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" in 1931. She also played Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1934. She wrote several biography books. The most notable one was "I Always Wanted to be an Actress", published in 1939. She was married to Guthrie McClintic.

paragraphs: Cornell was born in Berlin to American parents. She was raised in Buffalo, New York. She died at age 81 in Tisbury, Massachusetts.


title: Joris van Spilbergen

paragraphs: Joris van Spilbergen (1568 – 1620) was a Dutch naval officer in the 17th century. His first big exploration journey was in 1596, when he sailed to Africa.

paragraphs: He then left for Asia on 5 May 1601, commanding the company of the Moucheron (a trading company before the establishment of the Dutch East India Company). His ships were the "Ram", "Schaap" and "Lam". Spilbergen met the king of Kandy (Sri Lanka) Vimala Dharma Suriya in 1602, and talked about the trading of cinnamon.

paragraphs: In 1607, Spilbergen traveled on "Aeolus". He was with Jacob van Heemskerk at the Battle of Gibraltar.

paragraphs: In 1614, he sailed beyond the Strait of Magellan and invaded the Spanish settlements on the coast of California. From 1578, El Quisco together with the neighbor Algarrobo and El Canelo were a hiding place of pirates such as the Englishmen Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, Richard Hawkins and the Dutchmen Olivier van Noort and Joris van Spilbergen. He had some fights with Sebastián Vizcaíno and Nicolás de Cardona. He returned to Holland in 1617.

paragraphs: He died, poor, in Bergen op Zoom in 1620.


title: Norma Talmadge

paragraphs: Norma Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and movie producer. She appeared mostly in silent movies and melodramas. Her most famous movie was "Smilin' Through" in 1922. She was also in "Secrets" in 1924 and "The Lady" the following year. Talmadge was regarded as one of the most glamorous and elegant movie stars in the roaring twenties. However, by the end of the silent movie era, her popularity with movie audiences declined.

paragraphs: Talmadge was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1894. She died from pneumonia in Las Vegas at the age of sixty-three.


title: Homotherium

paragraphs: Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine sabertoothed cats. Their teeth are longer than a modern tiger, but shorter than "Smilodon". Therefore, they are sometimes called "scimitar-toothed cats".

paragraphs: "Homotherium" was widespread in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs (5 million years ago – 10,000 years ago).

paragraphs: It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago. In Eurasia it survived until about 30,000 years ago. In South America it is only known from a few remains in the northern (Venezuela), in the mid-Pleistocene. The last scimitar cat could have survived in North America until 10,000 years ago.

paragraphs: What we have of evidence comes from the skeletons. From its teeth, its killing method would have been somewhat different from "Smilodon". The canines look like they were used for a stabbing action rather than slashing. The build of the body is much stronger at the front and heavier than modern cats, which suggests an ambush strategy. That in turn suggests cover in woodlands, which were very common in the Pliocene and much of the Pleistocene.

paragraphs: The skull has noteworthy features. The incisors at the front were proportionately much bigger than modern cats, and stood proud in front of the canines. They must have played a role in holding and pulling the prey. The meat-slicing molars at the back were huge. The legs were fairly long, with the front legs longer than the hind legs. The short tail and short lumbar region of the spine completes the picture of a very strong animal, capable of wrestling with large prey. A reasonable summary is that "Homotherium" had features combinbing those of hyaenas and modern big cats. It was capable of ambush hunting, but also long-distance chases at moderate speeds. It would operate in open woodland.

paragraphs: Possibly all these sabretooths operated by jumping onto the prey's neck, hanging on with their strong front limbs, and digging into the prey's neck with their teeth. Their canines could penetrate the hide of large mammals, unlike modern lions, which have to suffocate their prey.

paragraphs: "Homotherium" skeletons have been found in association with those of mammoths, mastodons and rhinoceros. The implication is that juvenile elephants might have been on their menu.


title: The Lion King (musical)

paragraphs: The Lion King is a musical. It is based on a 1994 Disney animated movie of the same name. Tim Rice wrote the lyrics. Elton John wrote the music. Julie Taymor directed. The musical uses giant puppets.

paragraphs: The musical opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on 13 November 1997. A production opened in the West End at the Lyceum Theatre on 19 October 1999.

paragraphs: The musical has won many awards including Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards, a Theatre World Award, Lawrence Oliver Awards, and Molière Awards.


title: Vimaladharmasuriya I

paragraphs: Vimaladharmasuriya I, also known as Konappu Bandara, Dom Joan of Austria or Don Jhon Appuhamy, was a king of Sri Lanka. He ruled the country from 1590 to 1604. He was a late 16th-century to early 17th-century King of the Kandyan Kingdom, which was located in the central hills of the island of Sri Lanka. He successfully defeated the Portuguese in two major battles: in 1594, the battle of Danture and in 1602 the Battle of Balana.


title: Michael Berry Jr.

paragraphs: Michael Joseph John Berry, Jr. (born 1964 in Oxford, England) is a British actor known for portraying characters in well known films such as the Irish sailor Twigg in "", the man who kidnapped Julia Meade in "", Daniel the Bull in "Where the Wild Things Are" and Vladi in "The Hangover Part II".

paragraphs: Berry Jr. is also a writer for numerous television shows and plays such as "Spiderman and the Rope".


paragraphs: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a musical. It is based on a story from the Bible. The title character is Joseph, one of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob.

paragraphs: The lyrics were written by Tim Rice. The music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It was first performed in England, on the West End in 1970, and in the USA on Broadway, New York City, in 1982.


title: Nicholas Attygalle

paragraphs: Sir Nicholas Attygalle, KBE, FRCS, FRCOG (14 July 1894 – 27 March 1970) was a Ceylonese academic, surgeon and a Senator. He was the President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1953 to 1960. He was the first Ceylonese Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, where his nickname was "Iron Vice Chancellor".


title: Phil Bryant

paragraphs: Dewey Phillip "Phil" Bryant (born December 9, 1954) is an American politician from Mississippi. Bryant was the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, going against the Democratic Party candidate, Johnny DuPree in the 2011 general election. He used to serve as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, going against the Democratic Party candidate, Jamie Franks, in the 2007 general election. On November 8, 2011, he was elected Governor of Mississippi and took office on January 10, 2012.


title: Les Misérables (musical)

paragraphs: Les Misérables is a musical. It is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The book of the musical was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. The lyrics were written by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel. The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Herbert Kretzmer adapted the lyrics and text to English.

paragraphs: The musical opened in 1980 in Paris. In 1985, it opened in London's West End. In 1987, it opened on Broadway. It won a Tony Award for Best Musical, and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical. In 2012, it was adapted to a movie starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway.


title: Winthrop Sargent

paragraphs: Winthrop Sargent (May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820) was a United States patriot, politician, and writer. He was a member of the Federalist party.


title: James Taylor (planter)

paragraphs: James Taylor (born 29 March 1835 in Kincardineshire - died 2 May 1892 in Kandy) was a Scottish man who brought tea plantations to Sri Lanka (Ceylon). He arrived in Ceylon in 1852 and landed in Loolecondera. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death (more than half of his lifetime). He worked with Thomas Lipton, another Scottish immigrant, to grow the tea industry in Sri Lanka.


title: S. J. V. Chelvanayakam

paragraphs: Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (also spelled Chelvanayagam, born on: 31 March 1898 - died: 26 April 1977) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was Tamil. He was a Member of Parliament and was a political leader of the Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two decades.

paragraphs: His son Chandrahasan followed his father's footstep by becoming a public servant in Tamil Nadu.


title: Appapillai Amirthalingam

paragraphs: Appapillai Amirthalingam (, 26 August 1927 – 13 July 1989) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. He was a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. Amirthalingam was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers.


title: Occitan Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Occitan Wikipedia () is the Occitan-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in December 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 84,000 articles.


title: Sanskrit Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Sanskrit Wikipedia (, also known as sawiki) is the Sanskrit-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in December 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 9,000 articles.


title: Alemannic Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Alemannic Wikipedia (Alemannic: "Alemannischi Wikipedia") is the Alemannic-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in November 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 14,000 articles.


title: Scots Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Scots Wikipedia () is the Scots-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in June 2005. As of 2021, it has about articles.

paragraphs: In August 2020, the wiki received criticism from social media and the news for its bad translation from the English language, and is currently being reviewed by the Wikipedia community.


title: Marathi Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Marathi Wikipedia () is the Marathi-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in May 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 39,000 articles.


title: Aragonese Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Aragonese Wikipedia (also called Biquipedia) is the Aragonese-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004. As of July 2013, it has over 29,000 articles.


title: Telugu Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Telugu Wikipedia is the Telugu-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in December 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 52,000 articles.


title: Kannada Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Kannada Wikipedia is the Kannada-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in June 2003. As of July 2013, it has over 13,000 articles.


title: Min Nan Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Min Nan Wikipedia (also called Wikipedia Bân-lâm-gú or Holopedia) is the Min Nan-language edition of Wikipedia (Min Nan is a language spoken in southern China) This edition was started in 2003. As of June 2016, it has over [ 200,000] articles.


title: Carousel (musical)

paragraphs: Carousel is a musical. It is based on Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play, "Liliom", as adapted by Benjamin Glazer. Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the musical's book and lyrics. Richard Rodgers wrote the music. "Carousel" received the first New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical (1945-1946).

paragraphs: It opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on 19 April 1945, and closed on 24 May 1947 after 890 performances. The original production starred John Raitt as Billy and Jan Clayton as Julie. Robert Mamoulian directed, Agnes de Mille choreographed the dances, and Jo Mielziner designed the scenery and lighting.

paragraphs: "Carousel" opened on the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 7 June 1950 with Stephen Douglass and Iva Withers. In 1956, it was released as a Twentieth Century-Fox movie starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones.


title: Beauty and the Beast (musical)

paragraphs: Beauty and the Beast is a musical. It is based on a fairy tale by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, and the 1991 Disney animated movie, "Beauty and the Beast".

paragraphs: The book was written by Linda Woolverton. The lyrics were written by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The music was written by Alan Menken. The musical opened on Broadway in 1994, and in the West End in 1997.

paragraphs: On a cold winter night, an old beggar woman comes to a young spoiled prince's castle, offering him a single rose in return for shelter from the cold. But the prince turns her away solely for her appearance. The old woman warns him not to be fooled by appearances, as true beauty lies within, only to be rejected again. She then transforms into a beautiful enchantress and turns the prince into a hideous Beast and his servants into various household objects. She gives him the rose to use as an hour-glass. The only way he can break the spell is to learn to love another and earn her love in return by the time the last petal falls ("Prologue").

paragraphs: 10 years later, a beautiful young girl named Belle makes her way into town one morning in order to get a book from the local book seller. On the way she expresses her wish to live in a world like her books, full of adventure, while the townspeople note her unparalleled beauty but find her love of books odd ("Belle"). Belle has also attracted the attentions of Gaston (the local hunter and town hero) who admires her only for her beauty and not her intelligence.

paragraphs: Belle, however, is not oblivious to her peers' views of her. She voices her concerns about it to her eccentric father and inventor, Maurice who assures her that she is anything but strange ("No Matter What"). The two then put the finishing touches on his invention and Maurice heads off to an invention fair donning a scarf knitted for him by Belle ("No Matter What (Reprise)"). After surviving a wolf attack, he enters the Beast's castle where the servants, including Lumière, a maître d' turned into a candelabra, Cogsworth, the head of household turned into a clock, Babette, a maid turned into a feather duster that still seems to retain her flirtatious tendencies, Mrs. Potts, the head of the kitchen turned into a tea pot, and Chip, her son turned into a teacup. They welcome him, but the horrid Beast arrives and locks Maurice away in the dungeon for trespassing.

paragraphs: Back in town, Gaston proposes to Belle, which she politely rejects ("Me"). Appalled by Gaston's forwardness, Belle once again voices her need for a life outside this provincial life ("Belle (Reprise)"). Gaston's sidekick, LeFou, returns from the woods wearing the scarf Belle knitted for Maurice. Belle realizes her father is in danger and heads into the woods to look for him. She ends up at the castle where she finds her father locked away in a dungeon. She makes a deal with the Beast, Maurice goes free but she remains instead. They agree and Maurice is sent back to town without being allowed to say goodbye. Belle is given a guest room and ordered by the Beast to join him for dinner. She mourns her situation ("Home"), but Mrs. Potts and Madame de la Grande Bouche, an operatic wardrobe, attempt to cheer her up ("Home (Reprise)").

paragraphs: Back in town, at the local tavern, Gaston sulks at his loss of a bride. LeFou and the patrons attempt to cheer him up ("Gaston"), when Maurice rushes in claiming a Beast has Belle locked away, they laugh at him but Gaston formulates a plan ("Gaston (Reprise)"). Back at the castle, the Beast grows impatient as Belle has yet to join him for dinner. Cogsworth informs him she refuses to come, after a shouting match between Belle and the Beast (which ends in a victory for Belle) he tells her if she cannot eat with him then she will not eat at all. In his quarters, he sulks and notes his fate should the spell not break ("How Long Must This Go On?"). Eventually Belle does become hungry and ventures into the kitchen where the servants offer her dinner despite their master's orders. They treat her to an amazing cabaret show ("Be Our Guest").

paragraphs: After dinner, Belle gets a tour of the castle courtesy of Cogsworth and Lumière, her curiosity leads her to enter the West Wing, a place the Beast told her was forbidden. Mesmerized by a mysterious rose floating in a bell jar, she reaches out to touch it but before she can, the Beast stops her and orders her to get out accidentally shoving her in the process. Fearing for her life, Belle flees from the castle. Realizing his deadly mistake, the Beast knows he will be a monster forever if he cannot learn to love her ("If I Can't Love Her").

paragraphs: In the woods, Belle is attacked by wolves and is only rescued when the Beast comes to her aid, but he is injured during the fight and collapses ("Entr'acte/Wolf Chase"). Instead of taking the chance to run home Belle helps him back to the castle. She cleans his injuries and after a brief argument about whose fault this is, the Beast thanks her for her kindness and thus their friendship is born. Wanting to give her a thank-you gift, the Beast gives Belle his huge library, which excites her. She notes a change in the Beast's personality as the servants note a change in Belle and the Beast's relationship ("Something There"). They express their hope of being human once more ("Human Again") while Belle asks the Beast to accompany her to dinner that night.

paragraphs: Back in the village, Gaston meets with the asylum owner Monsieur D'Arque. They plan to lock Maurice away to blackmail Belle into marrying Gaston ("Maison des Lunes"). In the castle, the Beast and Belle attend a lovely dinner and personal ball, where they dance together in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast"). After, the Beast (who plans to tell Belle he loves her) asks her if she is happy here, she responds positively but notes that she misses her father. He offers her his Magic Mirror to view him. She sees that Maurice is sick and lost in the woods and fears for his life. Even though The Beast knows there is only a few hours left till the last petal falls from the rose, he allows Belle to leave in order to save her father; she departs after a tearful goodbye ("If I Can't Love Her (Reprise)").

paragraphs: Belle finds her father and brings him back to their house in the village. After she is able to nurse him back to health, she explains the transformation she seems to have gone through while she was with the Beast ("A Change in Me"). A mob arrives, led by Gaston to take Maurice to the asylum. Belle proves her father's sanity by showing the townspeople the Beast is real using the Magic Mirror, but doesn't realize the error in her gesture. The townspeople immediately fear the Beast, but Belle insists he's gentle and kind. Gaston catches her tone and recognizes the Beast as his rival for Belle's affections and organizes the mob to kill the Beast ("Mob Song"). In order to warn the Beast, Belle and Maurice decide to beat the mob to the castle. However, Gaston and the mob had already reached the castle before Belle and Maurice did.

paragraphs: At the castle, the servants are able to keep the lynch mob at bay but Gaston breaks through and finds the Beast in his tower. He engages in a fight with him, mercilessly beating and taunting him ("Battle"). The Beast has lost the will to live at Belle's departure. As Gaston moves in for the killing blow, Belle arrives. The Beast immediately turns on Gaston and is prepared to kill him, but spares his life after seeing the fear in his eyes. The Beast and Belle are reunited, but this reunion is cut short as Gaston plunges his dagger into the Beast's back. This act of violence causes Gaston to lose his footing and he falls to his death.

paragraphs: On the balcony, Belle assures the Beast he will live but they both know she is helpless to save him. She begs him not to leave her because she has found home in his company ("End Duet"), but despite this, he dies; Belle sobs on his body and says she loves him just before the last rose petal falls. A transformation takes place ("Transformation") and the Beast is alive and human once more. Though Belle does not recognize him at first, she looks into his eyes and sees the Beast within and they kiss. The two sing of how their lives have changed because of love and they dance once more as the company, now changed back to their human form, gathers in the ballroom ("Beauty and the Beast (Reprise)").


title: Cwmdonkin Park

paragraphs: Cwmdonkin Park is a park in Swansea, in south Wales. Poet Dylan Thomas grew up at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, not far from here. The fountain in the park is celebrated in his poem "The Hunchback in the park". In 1963, a memorial stone with lines from another poem by Thomas' "Fern Hill", was placed in the park.

paragraphs: The park has water gardens, tennis courts, a bowling green and a children's play area.


title: Alberta Hunter

paragraphs: Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter. She sang blues and jazz music. She was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s. She sang the critically acclaimed "Downhearted Blues" in 1922. She stopped performing in the 1950s.

paragraphs: Hunter was born in Memphis, but later moved to Chicago.


title: Tornadoes of 2011

paragraphs: This page describes the tornadoes that were recorded in 2011. Tornadoes that cause the most damage form most often in the United States, Bangladesh and eastern India. However, they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also appear regularly in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer season. They also form less regularly in Europe, Asia and Australiasia.

paragraphs: There were 1,897 tornadoes reported in the U.S. in 2011. Of these, 1,704 were confirmed. The year 2011 was an unusually severe year for tornadoes. At least 577 people were killed in tornadoes in 2011: 12 in Bangladesh, two in South Africa, one in New Zealand, one in the Philippines, one in Russia, one in Canada, and an estimated 553 in the United States. There were several very large tornado outbreaks in the middle and end of April and in late May. The outbreaks in April resulted in the second-most number of deaths in a single year for tornadoes in U.S. history.

paragraphs: Tornado described below are ranked using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

paragraphs: There were 29 tornadoes reported in the U.S. in January. Of these, 16 were confirmed.

paragraphs: A deadly series of tornado continued though the early hours of January 1. Seven tornadoes formed in Mississippi over three hours. The strongest of these was rated EF3. It had winds of , and caused major damage along Mississippi Highway 19. Overall damage in the state from the tornadoes totalled US$10.4 million. Three people were injured.

paragraphs: Three tornadoes formed in eastern Europe in late January. Two formed in Turkey and one in Greece. The strongest of these tornadoes was an F2 that formed in northern Rhodes.

paragraphs: There were 68 tornadoes confirmed in the U.S. in February.

paragraphs: Several tornadoes formed across parts of the Southern United States on February 24. The strongest tornado was in Nashville, Tennessee. Another tornado formed in Wilson County, where an emergency was declared. Both tornadoes were rated EF2.

paragraphs: Another severe weather event developed on February 27 and continued into February 28 across the Midwest and South. At least 35 tornadoes were reported across several states. The tornado that caused the most damage was in Franklin County, Tennessee on the afternoon of February 28. One person was killed by an EF2 tornado. It was the first death caused by a tornado of 2011. Other tornadoes formed in parts of Missouri and Illinois. There were 22 tornadoes in that region, some of which were as strong as EF2. Nobody was killed in those tornadoes, but they caused damage totalling $12,800,000.

paragraphs: There were 75 tornadoes confirmed in the U.S. in March.

paragraphs: One confirmed EF0 tornado hit the town of Crowley, Louisiana on March 5. An EF2 tornado struck Rayne, Louisiana early that afternoon. It killed a mother while she protected her daughter. At least 12 others were injured. Two EF0 tornadoes were also confirmed in the eastern part of North Carolina.

paragraphs: Several tornadoes formed on March 8 in northern Texas. They moved eastward to the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana was hit the worst. The most destructive tornadoes, rated EF2, formed just north of New Orleans.

paragraphs: There was a brief tornado in the afternoon of March 21 near Maxwell, California. The same system produced more severe weather across eastern Nebraska. Later, a group of supercells began producing tornadoes in south-central Iowa. On March 23, more tornadoes and severe weather developed. The strongest tornadoes formed in eastern Tennessee, where major damage was reported.

paragraphs: On March 29, a warm front over the Gulf of Mexico moved northward into the Gulf Coast States. It brought some severe weather. Three tornadoes formed in Louisiana. One person was killed in Mississippi after lightning caused a house fire. The worst weather shifted into central Florida on March 30. Ten tornadoes formed over the next two days. Damage totalled more than $5 million. Seven people were injured when one of the tornadoes hit a local festival.

paragraphs: There were 768 tornadoes were confirmed in the United States in April. That set a new record for the most tornadoes in the country over a one-month period. The previous record was 552 in May 2003.

paragraphs: Two tornadoes were reported in Kentucky during the early afternoon on April 4. Both were rated EF2 and caused several injuries. Many buildings were reported to be destroyed, trapping people under the wreckage. One person was killed by an EF2 tornado in Dodge County, Georgia. Nearly 100,000 and 147,000 residences lost power in Tennessee and Georgia respectively.

paragraphs: Two tornadoes formed on April 8, one of which was an EF2 that caused very bad damage in Pulaski, Virginia. Many houses were damaged and eight people were injured. During the afternoon of April 9, supercells moved through parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. At least four tornadoes were formed.

paragraphs: During the evening of April 9, several severe thunderstorms developed across Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. Over the far west of Iowa, a single supercell formed a group of ten tornadoes. The first was wide and struck Mapleton, Iowa. It destroyed about 100 homes. Nobody was killed, but about 14 to 16 people were injured.

paragraphs: During the afternoon of April 14, a warning was issued for much of eastern Oklahoma. Supercells developed over central Oklahoma. Several tornadoes were confirmed. A large and very strong tornado caused major damage in the towns of Atoka and Tushka. Many houses in these towns were destroyed. Two people were killed and 25 more injured in Tushka. Another two people were killed in Arkansas.

paragraphs: Thunderstorms developed again over parts of Mississippi, and tornadoes began to form again. An emergency was declared for the northern Jackson area shortly after 11:00 am CDT (1600 UTC). A destructive tornado moved across the area causing very bad damage and several injuries. A large tornado formed in east-central Mississippi and west-central Alabama and another tornado emergency was issued. At least eight people were killed between the two states.

paragraphs: On April 16, a massive outbreak of tornadoes formed in North Carolina. It became the state's worst tornado outbreak in 25 years. At least 24 died and 135 were badly injured. Tornadoes also struck South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Twelve supercells produced at least 25 tornadoes. At least 32 counties were affected. A total of 21 businesses and 440 homes were destroyed. Another 92 businesses and 6,189 homes suffered very bad damage. The worst damage was in Raleigh County.

paragraphs: More severe weather developed across the Midwest and southern Great Plains on April 19. Thunderstorms began in the late afternoon and early evening. They brought large hail and several tornadoes. A large tornado was reported near Octavia, Oklahoma. The supercells then merged into a very large squall line. Overnight, the squall line moved eastward and caused major wind damage. It formed several tornadoes across several states. A few were as strong as EF2, but most were brief and weak. In the early hours of April 20, a tornado moved through Oregon, Ohio. It caused some damage but nobody was injured. Three tornadoes hit New Albany, Indiana and Jeffersonville, Indiana. On April 22, several more tornadoes caused damage across the area. The strongest was rated EF4 and struck St. Louis. It caused extensive damage to the city. A few more tornadoes were reported on April 23–24, but most did not cause any severe damage.

paragraphs: Severe weather returned across parts of the Midwest on April 22. St. Louis was the hardest-hit area. The airport was badly damaged. There were several tornadoes reported in other areas. These included an EF2 tornado which moved through Henderson, Webster and Union County in Kentucky.

paragraphs: Between April 25 and 28, a huge outbreak of tornadoes happened across much of the Southern United States, as well as parts of the Midwest and Northeast. There were over 300 confirmed tornadoes. A total of 325 people were killed. It was one of the worst outbreaks in the history of the United States. More than 40 tornadoes were confirmed each day of the event: 46 on April 25, 55 on April 26, 206 on April 27 and 51 on April 28. In terms of violent tornadoes, the event ranks third (having a total of 15 EF4/5 storms), behind the 1974 Super Outbreak and 1965 Palm Sunday outbreak.

paragraphs: During May, there were 326 tornadoes confirmed in the United States. There was also one tornado in Taiwan, and another in the Philippines. The one in the Philippines caused very bad damage and killed one person.

paragraphs: On May 3, a series of thunderstorms hit the far north of New Zealand. Around 3:00 pm NZST, a tornado formed in the suburb Albany in Auckland. Winds were estimated at . The tornado ranked as a high-end EF2. It caused bad damage to much of the area. A total of 50 homes were damaged along the tornado's path. One person was killed and at least 20 others were injured.

paragraphs: On May 9, two tornadoes formed in South Dakota. They were rated EF1 and EF2. Continuing into May 10, the system slowly moved eastward to Minnesota. Thunderstorms in the state produced large hail. One EF1 tornado formed.

paragraphs: On May 21, several tornadoes formed in Kansas. One person was killed in Topeka, several others were injured and at least 20 houses were destroyed. After hitting Topeka, it hit several other towns. Several other tornadoes formed in the region that evening.

paragraphs: On May 22, a tornadic supercell formed over Minnesota. It caused major damage in and around Minneapolis. A strong tornado also moved towards Harmony that afternoon and a tornado emergency was issued. Late that afternoon, a very large and strong tornado resulted in serious damage in Joplin. Entire communities were destroyed. Many people were reported to have been trapped in destroyed houses. A total of 158 were killed, and more than 1,000 others were injured.

paragraphs: There were 156 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in June. A tornado watch was issued on June 1 for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. That afternoon, an EF3 tornado formed in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts and continued east for 39 miles. It caused major damage to many towns, and many injuries were reported. The tornado in Springfield was the first tornado in Massachusetts to kill somebody since 1995.

paragraphs: A large EF3 tornado formed north of Hill City, Kansas on June 19. Another formed later that afternoon near Elm Creek, Nebraska. Several other tornadoes were reported across the region including near Ravenna and in York County. Some were reported to have been very large and strong, but were mostly over open country. On June 21, tornadoes were reported in Anoka County, Minnesota, and Green Lake and Fond du Lac Counties in Wisconsin. A series of tornadoes moved across the area around Louisville, Kentucky late on June 22. A total of five tornadoes were confirmed in the area, including two that were rated EF2. One of the tornadoes hit Churchill Downs and badly damaged several buildings. Tornadoes were also confirmed in Mississippi, Tennessee, Michigan, and Indiana.

paragraphs: Over the course of July, at least four tornadoes formed in Alberta, Canada. They did not cause any major damage.

paragraphs: There were 101 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in July. On July 1, winds as high as caused damage through South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. The worst damage was made along the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Seven tornadoes formed, two of which were rated EF2. On July 16 and 17, at least 16 tornadoes formed over the northern Plains. Most of them were reported in North Dakota. A few of them caused major damage, including a house which was destroyed from a strong EF3 tornado in LaMoure County.

paragraphs: On August 1, an F2 tornado struck the city of Blagoveshchensk, in Russia. It stayed on the ground for 13 minutes. The storm damaged over 100 homes and 150 cars. One person was killed and 28 were injured. Damage from the tornado were estimated to cost €1.2 to 2 million ($1.8 to 2.9 million).

paragraphs: There were 59 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in August. Early on August 10, a strong tornado hit Oklahoma near Locust Grove. The tornado destroyed a mobile home, killing one person and injuring two others. The tornado was rated as an EF2.

paragraphs: A tornado formed in Wausaukee, Wisconsin on August 19. It was rated EF1, with winds up to . It killed one person.

paragraphs: An strong tornado formed late in the afternoon of August 21 over Goderich in Ontario. It struck the centre of town and caused very bad damage. It was the strongest tornado in Ontario since 1996. At least 37 people were injured and one person was killed. Winds were up to . The storm was a F3 tornado according to Environment Canada.

paragraphs: Hurricane Irene produced several tornadoes as it made landfall in North Carolina and moved northward. They were reported across several states along the east coast.

paragraphs: There were 51 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in September. Tropical Storm Lee resulted in at least 55 reports of tornadoes along the northern Gulf Coast beginning on September 3 and into September 4. Damage was reported from central Louisiana to the western Florida Panhandle.

paragraphs: Two tornadoes formed in South Africa on October 2. One was in the Free State and one in the East Rand, Gauteng. Several homes were destroyed and there were 2 people killed in the township of Duduza.

paragraphs: There were 23 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in October. Several tornadoes formed in central Virginia on October 13. The worst damage was in New Kent County. One other tornado formed near Dumfries, Virginia. In total, five tornadoes were confirmed on this day.

paragraphs: At least three tornadoes formed in Florida late on October 18. Dozens of homes were damaged in Broward County by a tornado with winds of 120 mph. A second tornado with wind speeds of 85 mph struck Indiantown. A third tornado with winds up to 65 mph caused major damage to a home in Indiro.

paragraphs: There were 46 tornadoes confirmed in the United States in November.

paragraphs: A series of tornadoes formed across the south-central U.S. on November 7 and 8. It was focused around Texas and Oklahoma. A total of 20 tornadoes were reported across the region. One of the tornadoes was rated as an EF4, and was the first F4 or EF4 tornado in Oklahoma in the month of November since records began in 1950. Most of the tornadoes, however, stayed in very rural areas.

paragraphs: A long series of tornadoes formed across a large part of the U.S. starting on November 14. They continued into November 15 and 16. Two EF2 tornadoes formed in southwestern New York. Farther south, more tornadoes formed late on November 15 into early on November 16 across Mississippi into Alabama. Several of the tornadoes caused very bad damage and several injuries. The activity spread into the Carolinas that afternoon. An EF2 tornado just south of Rock Hill, South Carolina caused the deaths of three people. Another EF2 tornado south of Thomasville killed two people, and caused very bad damage. Another person was killed in Forsyth County in Georgia.

paragraphs: On November 29, a tornado hit Manchester, in England, and caused damage to trees and buildings. A tornado rated F1 (T3) was confirmed in Rossington, South Yorkshire during the evening of November 28.

paragraphs: At least 15 tornadoes were confirmed in the United States in December. These were reported across Alabama and Georgia. The strongest of the tornadoes was an EF3. It caused very bad damage in parts of Floyd and Gordon Counties. At least two people were injured.

paragraphs: The north-west of Melbourne, Australia was hit by three tornadoes on December 25. The first tornado was reported in Fiskville, about 15 km west of Bacchus Marsh. The second was reported in the city of Melton. Another tornado was reported in Taylors Lakes.


title: Lindy Boggs

paragraphs: Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was an American politician. She served in the U.S. House of Representatives. She later served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was a permanent chairwoman in the 1976 Democratic National Convention. She was the mother of television journalist, Cokie Roberts.

paragraphs: Boggs died on July 27, 2013 in Chevy Chase, Maryland from natural causes, aged 97. A funeral mass was held on August 1, 2013 at St. Louis Cathedral at 615 Pere Antoine Alley in New Orleans. Interment was followed at St. Mary's Cemetery in New Roads. Governor Bobby Jindal ordered all U.S. and state flags in Louisiana to fly at half staff until August 2, 2013 in Mrs. Boggs' memory.


title: Mercedes McCambridge

paragraphs: Mercedes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress. She was born to an Irish-American Roman Catholic family. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She got that award for her performance in "All the King's Men" in 1949. Her other movies included "Johnny Guitar" and "Giant". She began her career in the 1940s performing on radio.

paragraphs: McCambridge was born in Joliet, Illinois. She died of natural causes in San Diego.


title: Bettie Page

paragraphs: Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model and pornographic actor.

paragraphs: Page was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She became famous in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. She was known for her erotic dance moves and adult movies. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month in January 1955.

paragraphs: She retired when she converted to Christianity in 1959. She moved to Southern California in 1979. She spent several years in psychiatric institutions there after she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She died from a heart attack at age eighty-five in Los Angeles.


title: Anne Baxter

paragraphs: Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress. She appeared in many movies. She starred in the 1946 movie "The Razor's Edge", and received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for that performance. She also acted in "The Ten Commandments" in 1956 and the Broadway play "Applause". Her grandfather was architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

paragraphs: The actress was born in Michigan City, Indiana. She died from an aneurysm in New York City at sixty-two.


title: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery

paragraphs: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery in Jerusalem. It is the oldest Jewish cemetery in the world. It is also the biggest cemetery for Jews. The cemetery is on the Mount of Olives. It faces the Old City of Jerusalem. The cemetery has over 150,000 graves.

paragraphs: The southwestern part of the cemetery is Kidron Valley necropolis continuing the cemetery from southwest in the Kidron Valley. a part of the Arab village of Silwan was built over this part of the cemetery.

paragraphs: Some Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem were built on the grounds of the cemetery after the Jordanian conquest in 1948 including: Al-Bustan, Ras al-Amud, Al-Sheikh, A-Tur,


title: Uniting Church in Sweden

paragraphs: The Uniting Church in Sweden () is a Christian Protestant denomination in Sweden. It was established on 4 June 2011 out of the Baptist Union of Sweden, the United Methodist Church and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as the Joint Future Church (). The name was changed during a conference in Karlstad on 11 May 2013.


title: Shinichi Hoshi

paragraphs: Shinichi Hoshi ( "Hoshi Shin'ichi", 6 September 1926 – 30 December 1997) was a Japanese writer　(The kanji for his real name were 親一). He is best known for his science fiction stories, the so-called "short-short" ones, often no more than three or four pages in length. He wrote over 1000 of these in his 26-year career. He also wrote mystery stories, and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968.

paragraphs: Shinichi was raised in Tokyo by his grandparents. His grandfather was a anatomist and anthropologist. His grandmother was a sister of a Japanese novelist, Ogai Mori. Hajime Hoshi, his father, was a president of Hoshi Pharmacy and founder of Hoshi University.


title: Sopho Gelovani

paragraphs: Sopho Gelovani () (21 March 1984) is a Georgian singer. She and Nodiko Tatishvili took part in the Eurovision for Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.


title: Clones

paragraphs: Clones ( ; ) is a small town in western County Monaghan, Ireland. The area is part of the Border Region with Northern Ireland. Historically "Clones" was also spelt "Clonis", "Clonish" and "Clownish". These are English language versions of the Irish "Cluain Eois", meaning "Eos's meadow". It has about 2,500 people in the town.

paragraphs: An abbey was built at Clones by Tigernach (also known as "Tierney" in English). It was built in the early 6th century. It was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. The ruins of a 12th-century abbey building can still be found in the town. There is also a sarcophagus. They say it was built for Saint Tighearnach after he died. Clones also has a 9th-century round tower and high cross.

paragraphs: The national inland waterways agency, Waterways Ireland, is planning to restore the Ulster Canal from the Newtownbutler area of Lough Erne to Clones.

paragraphs: Clones has a GAA stadium, St Tiernach's Park. This stadium is regularly used for inter-county matches during the Ulster provincial championship in Gaelic football, and traditionally hosts the final.


title: Chondrophore

paragraphs: The chondrophores or porpitids are a small and unusual group of hydrozoans. They are the family Porpitidae.

paragraphs: They all live at the surface of the open ocean, and are colonies of carnivorous, free-floating hydroids. Their life-style in the plankton is similar to that of pelagic jellyfish.

paragraphs: The chondrophores look like a single organism but are cooperatives of polyps.

paragraphs: The most familiar members of the family Porpitidae are the blue button ("Porpita porpita") and the by-the-wind sailor ("Velella velella").

paragraphs: Chondrophores may look like a jellyfish, but they really are not. Like the siphonophores they are not a single animal. They are a colony of clones, genetically identical zooids. These zooids are small, highly modified individual polyps. Though structurally similar to other cnidarians, the zooids do not live by themselves: they are attached to each other. Each type of zooid depends for survival on the others doing what it cannot do by itself.

paragraphs: This kind of set-up is also found in the siphonophores: the Portuguese man o' war. They evolved independently, and are classified in different orders.

paragraphs: A rare soft-bodied fossil was got from Mississippian strata in northeastern Kentucky. It was interpreted as a chondrophorine float. The origin of the group was probably in the Neoproterozoic era, some 650540 million years ago.


title: Yvonne De Carlo

paragraphs: Margaret Yvonne Middleton (or Yvonne De Carlo; September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian and American actress. She originally appeared in B movies. She played Lily Munster in the CBS television program "The Munsters" in the mid-1960s. She played Sephora in the 1956 movie "The Ten Commandments". She also performed in a lot of musical stage plays.

paragraphs: De Carlo was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She died in Los Angeles at eighty-four of natural causes.


title: Betty Hutton

paragraphs: Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American actress and comedian. She became very famous in the 1940s. She starred in many movies, including "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" in 1944 and "Incendiary Blonde" a year later. Her biggest screen role was "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1950. She stopped acting in 2000.

paragraphs: Hutton was born as Elizabeth June Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan. She died from colon cancer at eighty-six in Palm Springs, California.


title: Kitty Carlisle

paragraphs: Kitty Carlisle (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007) was an American actress and musician. In 1991, she received the National Medal of Arts. She began on Broadway in many operettas and musical comedies. She then worked in movies, including "Murder at the Vanities" in 1934, "She Loves Me Not" that same year, and "A Night at the Opera" in 1935. She was born Catherine Conn in New Orleans. She died in New York City, age 96.


title: Noah Munck

paragraphs: Noah Bryant Munck (born May 3, 1996 in Orange County, California) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as "Gibby Gibson" on the Nickelodeon television series "iCarly".

paragraphs: Noah Munck was born in Orange County, California. He began his career in advertising spots. These included Volkswagen and "Got Milk?" In spring 2007, he went in hip-hop courses with his sister. Munck acted in "iCarly" from 2007 to 2012. From the season 4, he played a main role. In 2011, he was in the movie "Bad Teacher" as Tristan.


title: Zelda Rubinstein

paragraphs: Zelda Rubinstein (28 May 1933 – 27 January 2010) was an American actress and activist for human rights and AIDS. She appeared on television programs, including "Caroline in the City", "Tales from the Crypt" and "Martin". She was also in many movies, though with minor playing roles. She was best known for her role in the movie "Poltergeist".

paragraphs: Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died from kidney and lung problems at seventy-six in Los Angeles.


title: The King and I

paragraphs: The King and I is a two-act musical. It is based on the novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the musical's book and lyrics. Richard Rodgers wrote the music. The musical received the 1952 Tony Award for Best Musical.

paragraphs: "The King and I" opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on 29 March 1951, and closed on 20 March 1954 after 1246 performances. The original production starred Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. It was directed by John Van Druten, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Scenery and lighting were designed by Jo Mielziner.

paragraphs: "The King and I" opened on the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 8 October 1953, and closed after 926 performances. In 1956, the musical was released as a Twentieth Century Fox movie starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.


title: Sheba Medical Center

paragraphs: The Sheba Medical Center is a hospital in Israel. It is located in Tel Hashomer, part of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv.

paragraphs: The medical center was established by the US Army in 1941. It operated until 1943. In 1944 the hospital was opened again by the British Army. In 1948 it was made the Israeli army medical center until 1953. It grew to become one of the biggest hospitals in Israel. It does surgery and treatments for patients from other countries.


title: Impact event

paragraphs: An impact event is a collision between objects in space. They happen regularly in planetary systems, such as our Solar System. They most often involve small objects, such as asteroids, comets or meteors. These have relatively little impact. When a large object collides with a planet like the Earth, it can have serious effects on the planet. We try to find out when one is going to hit Earth using impact prediction. Depending on the size of the object, much of the impact is reduced by the planet's atmosphere. Smaller objects explode or break apart as they enter the atmosphere. These are seen as bolides.

paragraphs: Impact craters, which are caused by impact events, can be seen on many of the planets and other objects in the Solar System. Some of the largest are on Mars and the Moon. These are said to be evidence of major impact events. The first time an impact event was recorded was in July 1994. A comet, Shoemaker–Levy 9, broke apart and collided with Jupiter. The collision was recorded by telescopes and satellites.

paragraphs: Impact events appear to have had a major effect on the how the Solar System has changed since it was formed. Major impact events have also shaped the history of the Earth, including the evolution of life. It is thought that the Chicxulub impact, which happened 66 million years ago, caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. There is debate over whether impacts caused any of the other extinction events throughout history. A giant impact event is thought to have produced the Moon.

paragraphs: Hundreds of impacts have been reported on Earth. Many happen without being seen by anyone on the ground. On average, asteroids with a diameter of impact Earth about once per year. These usually explode in the upper atmosphere, and most or all of the solids are vaporised. Asteroids with a diameter of collide with Earth every 500,000 years. Large collisions, of , happen once every twenty million years. Some much smaller asteroids have caused damage and injuries, but no human is known to have been killed directly by an impact. The Chelyabinsk meteor event in 2013 is the only impact event known to have resulted in a large number of injuries. It was about 20 metres wide. One of the most well-known impacts in modern times was the Tunguska event. This happened in Siberia in 1908. Impacts of that size are said to happen about once every thousand years.


title: Tripod (photography)

paragraphs: A tripod is a tool for balancing cameras. Without a tripod, it can be hard to keep a camera steady. A tripod is very useful when taking pictures in low light.


title: Hadassah Medical Center

paragraphs: The Hadassah Medical Center () is the largest hospital in Jerusalem. It is also one of the biggest medical centers in Israel. It was established in 1919 at 37 HaNevi'im Street in Jerusalem. In 1939, it moved to a new campus in Mount Scopus. After 1948, a new campus opened in the Ein Kerem neighborhood together with the campus of the Hebrew University including: the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Occupational Therapy, the National Library of Medicine, and hotel with a small shopping center.


title: Ten Days of Repentance

paragraphs: The Ten Days of Repentance (, "aseret yemay teshuva)" is a time of year when Jews focus on prayer and repentance. The ten days begin with the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and end with the fast of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

paragraphs: Because of the importance of repentance, the two holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are often called the High Holy Days or High Holidays (ימים נוראים, "yamim nora'im," "Days of ").


title: Yom HaShoah

paragraphs: Yom HaShoah (, "Holocaust Day") is the official day for remembering the Holocaust in Israel. It is also widely observed by Jews in other countries. Its date on the Jewish calendar is 27 Nisan. (This date usually falls in April or May.) This date was chosen because it was the start of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.


title: Melvil Dewey

paragraphs: Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator. He invented the Dewey Decimal System. He founded the Lake Placid Club.


title: Olei Hagardom

paragraphs: Olei Hagardom (, meaning "those hanged in the gallows") is the name of twelve Zionist activists who was were sentenced to death in the British Mandate of Palestine. They were members of the militant groups Irgun and Lehi, who fought against Arabs and the British for an independent Israel. The Olei Hagardom included nine members of Irgun and three members of Lehi, who were executed by hanging.

paragraphs: A national burial site of the Olei Hagardom is located in the national military and police cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. A museum for the Olei HaGardom is located in Jerusalem and the old city of Acre.


title: Jewish Parachutists of Mandate of Palestine

paragraphs: The Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine were a group of 250 Jewish people from Mandatory Palestine who volunteered to join the British Army and fight the Nazis in Germany during World War II. A national burial site for them is located in the national military and police cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. In the grave site are three graves of famous paratroopers and four empty graves for the paratroopers that were killed in the Holocaust in the death camps.


title: Saskatchewan Roughriders

paragraphs: The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team from Regina, Saskatchewan. The team were created in 1910. They have won 4 Grey Cups, with the most recent championship coming in 2013. They play at Mosaic Stadium.


title: June Havoc

paragraphs: Ellen Evangeline Hovick (known as June Havoc; November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, author and a theater director. She acted in many stage plays and movies. She began on Broadway, appearing in plays including "Pal Joey". She later moved to Hollywood and began acting in movies. Her first movie was "Gentleman's Agreement". She last appeared on the television series "General Hospital" in 1990.

paragraphs: Havoc was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her sister was Gypsy Rose Lee. Their father was Norwegian-American. She died in Stamford, Connecticut at 97.


title: Oliver Goonetilleke

paragraphs: Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, GCMG, KCVO, KBE (; 20 October 1892 – 17 December 1978) became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954-1962). He was the first Ceylonese to hold the vice-regal post. Goonetilleke played an important role in the war of independence for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from Britain.

paragraphs: Goonetilleke was Governor-General from July 17, 1954 to March 2, 1962. He served for 8 years. The monarch during his term as Governor-General was Queen Elizabeth II.

paragraphs: Goonetilleke was born on October 20, 1892 in Trincomalee, Ceylon. He died on December 17, 1978 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Goonetilleke had a wife named Esther Goonetilleke and had three children.


title: Herwald Ramsbotham

paragraphs: Herwald Ramsbotham GCMG, GCVO, OBE, MC, PC (6 March 1887 – 30 January 1971) otherwise known as "The Viscount Solabry", was a British politician. He was a government minister between 1931 and 1941 and served as the Governor-General of Ceylon between 1949 and 1954.


title: Machaeroides

paragraphs: Machaeroides ("dagger-like") was a genus of sabre-toothed creodonts which lived during the Eocene (56 to 34 mya). Its fossils were found in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the earliest known sabre-toothed mammal.

paragraphs: It looked like a small, dog-sized saber-toothed cat. "Machaeroides" had a longer skull than a cat-family animal, and it walked plantigrade, with its palms and heels on the ground, instead of on its toes like a cat or dog.

paragraphs: The long survival of these small animals shows that their killing method suited small cats as well as large cats.


title: Sally Eilers

paragraphs: Dorothea Sally Eilers (or just Sally Eilers; December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978) was an American actress. She was very popular in Hollywood during the 1930s. She appeared mostly in melodramatic and comedy movies. Toward the end of the 1930s, she became less popular. Her last appearance in a movie was in 1950.

paragraphs: In her final years, Eilers had poor health. She was born in New York City. She died after having a heart attack at age sixty-nine in Los Angeles.


title: Peggy Wood

paragraphs: Mary Margaret Wood (also known as Peggy Wood; February 9, 1892 – March 18, 1978) was an American actress. She acted mostly in stage plays, but was also in some television series and movies. She played Mother Abbess in "The Sound of Music" in 1965. She also played Marta Hansen in the television series "Mama" between 1949 and 1957.

paragraphs: Wood was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She died in Stamford, Connecticut following a stroke at eighty-six.


title: Hamilton Tiger-Cats

paragraphs: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team in Hamilton, Ontario. They won 8 Grey Cups. They play at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, which opened in 2014 at the site of their former home of Ivor Wynne Stadium. The Tiger-Cats were founded in 1950 when the Hamilton Tigers, founded in 1869, merged with the Hamilton Wildcats, formed in 1941.


title: Maybelle Carter

paragraphs: Maybelle Addington (or Maybelle Carter; 10 May 1909 – 23 October 1978) was an American country musician. She was a member of the Carter Family act. She released several albums of her own. Carter was the mother of June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny Cash.

paragraphs: Addington was born in Nickelsville, Virginia. She died from poor health at age sixty-nine.


title: Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire

paragraphs: Stamford Bridge is a village on the River Derwent, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in Great Britain. It is about east of York and north of Selby.

paragraphs: The village sits on an old river crossing over the Derwent river. The Romans established a fort here about 70 AD. Later a settlement of the same name was here. The Battle of Stamford Bridge was fought here on 25 September 1066. The battle marked the end of the Viking era in England.


title: Vivian Vance

paragraphs: Vivian Roberta Jones (or Vivian Vance; July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress and musician. She was in lots of notable television series and movies. She played Ethel Mertz in the American sitcom "I Love Lucy". She also played Vivian Bagley in "The Lucy Show". She also had many stage performances in her career.

paragraphs: Vance was born in Cherryvale, Kansas. She died in Belvedere, California due to bone cancer at age seventy.


title: Aliyah Bet

paragraphs: Aliyah Bet (, "Aliyah bet") is the name of the illegal immigration to by Jews to the British Mandate of Palestine between 1934 and 1948. It is also known as Ha'apala (, meaning ascension) in Hebrew. Over 100,000 people tried to illegally enter Palestine. There were 142 voyages by 120 ships. Over half were stopped by the British patrols. Over 1,600 drowned at sea. Only a few thousand actually entered Palestine.

paragraphs: A national burial site for those Jews who drowned in the sea during the "Aliyah Bet" is in the National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel in Mount Herzl. Other burials are in Carmel Beach cemetery in Haifa. A museum of the history of "Aliyah Bet" is in Atlit detainee camp. The central memorial for those who did the "Aliyah Bet" is in the London Garden in Tel Aviv.


title: Jacqueline Bisset

paragraphs: Jacqueline Bisset (born 13 September 1944) is an English actress. She has appeared in a lot of notable movies. She played Jackie in "Two for the Road" in 1967 (which also starred Audrey Hepburn). Bisset also played Miss Goodthighs in "Casino Royale", another 1967 movie. She has also appeared on television.

paragraphs: Bisset was born in Weybridge, Surrey, England. Her birth name is Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset She is the daughter of Arlette Alexander, a lawyer-turned-housewife, and Max Fraser Bisset, a general practitioner. She was brought up in Reading, Berkshire, where she lived in the suburb of Tilehurst. Her father was Scottish and her mother was of French and English ancestry;


title: Richard Rodgers

paragraphs: Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 - December 30, 1979) was an American composer. His lasting fame rests on the blockbuster Broadway musicals he wrote with Oscar Hammerstein II. These include "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I", the television musical, "Cinderella", and "The Sound of Music".

paragraphs: Rodgers was the first person to win all four top show business awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He also won a Pulitzer Prize.

paragraphs: Rodgers was born in New York City to Dr. William Rodgers and his wife, Mamie, who were of German Jewish descent. The family enjoyed musicals and opera. At 15, Rodgers chose music as his profession. He attended Columbia University, and wrote for the school's "Varsity Show".

paragraphs: Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II all attended Columbia University. At Columbia, Rodgers joined the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. In 1921, Rodgers changed his studies to the Institute of Musical Art (now Juilliard). Rodgers was influenced by composers such as Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern.

paragraphs: Late in life, Rodgers established scholarships and other awards for students of The Juilliard School of Music, the American Theater Wing and the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

paragraphs: In 1919 Rodgers met Lorenz Hart. The two wrote 26 musicals together, and song standards such as "I'll Take Manhattan", "My Funny Valentine", and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered".

paragraphs: Their first professional production was the 1920 "Poor Little Ritz Girl". In 1925 they became well known for the song "Manhattan". The duo then wrote several hit shows for both Broadway and London. Because of the Depression in the 1930s, they went to work in Hollywood. In 1935, they returned to Broadway. They wrote an almost unbroken string of hit shows. This ended with Hart's death in 1943.

paragraphs: In 1942, Rodgers teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II. They made the most successful partnership in American musical theatre history. Their first musical was the hit "Oklahoma!". The team went on to create four more of the most popular musicals to date: "Carousel" (1945), "South Pacific", "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959). All four were made into popular films.

paragraphs: Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals earned a total of 35 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards, and two Emmy Awards.

paragraphs: Rodgers, Hammerstein, and Joshua Logan won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "South Pacific". Rodgers and Hammerstein also won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for "Oklahoma!".

paragraphs: After Hammerstein's death in 1960, Rodgers wrote both words and music for his first new Broadway project. Rodgers went on to work with lyricists Stephen Sondheim and Sheldon Harnick.

paragraphs: Rodgers married Dorothy Feiner in 1930. They had two daughters, Mary and Linda. Mary is the composer of "Once Upon a Mattress" and an author of children's books. Her son Adam Guettel won a Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations for "The Light in the Piazza" in 2005.

paragraphs: Rodgers died in 1979. He was cremated, and his ashes scattered at sea.

paragraphs: Richard Rodgers is a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame.


title: Vanessa Morgan

paragraphs: Vanessa Morgan (born March 23, 1992) is a Canadian actress. She acts mostly on television. She played Sarah in "My Babysitter's a Vampire" and Amanda on the Family Channel show "The Latest Buzz". Morgan was born in Ottawa, Ontario.


title: Aaqib Javed

paragraphs: Aaqib Javed (; born 5 August 1972) is a Pakistani cricketer and coach. He was a right-handed medium-fast bowler with the ability to swing the ball both ways. He played 22 Tests and 163 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998. He was educated at Islamia College in Lahore.


title: Eliza Bennett

paragraphs: Eliza Bennett (born 17 March 1992) is an English actress and singer. She has acted in many movies and television programs. She played Tora in "Nanny McPhee" in 2005. She also starred as Meggie Folchart in the movie "Inkheart". Bennett was born in Reading, Berkshire in England.


title: Ashley Rickards

paragraphs: Ashley Rickards (b. May 4, 1992) is an American actress. She has appeared in both television series and movies. She played the role of Mandy, the autistic girl, in the 2011 independent movie "Fly Away". She also played Jenna Hamilton in "Awkward" on MTV. Rickards was born in Sarasota, Florida.


title: Kate Upton

paragraphs: Katherine "Kate" Upton (born 10 June 1992) is an American model and actress. She was on the covers of "Cosmopolitan", "GQ", "Vogue" and "Sports Illustrated". She starred as Sister Bernice in the 2011 adaptation of "The Three Stooges" and mistress for Mr. Hightower in the movie "Tower Heist", also in 2011. She was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, but was raised in Florida.


title: Cinderella (musical)

paragraphs: Cinderella is a musical. It is based on the fairy tale, "Cendrillon, ou La petite pantoufle de vere" by Charles Perrault. Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the musical's book and lyrics. Richard Rodgers wrote the music. Musical highlights include "In My Own Little Corner", "A Lovely Night", "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" and "Impossible".

paragraphs: The musical was written for the CBS Network. It was televised on 31 March 1957. Julie Andrews starred as Cinderella. The musical opened on 18 December 1958 at the Coliseum in London. It was remade for television by the CBS Network, and aired on 22 February 1965 with Lesley Anne Warren as Cinderella, Stuart Damon as the Prince, Walter Pidgeon as the King, and Celeste Holm as the Godmother. "Cinderella" premiered on Broadway on 3 March 2013.


title: Sky Ferreira

paragraphs: Sky Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American musician and actress. She performs indie-pop, alternative pop and folk music.

paragraphs: She appeared on the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of "Vs" magazine.

paragraphs: Ferreira was born in Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

paragraphs: Ferreira released her first album, "Night Time, My Time" in the United States on October 29, 2013 by Capitol Records. It got good reviews from music critics. Pitchfork gave it 8.1 out of 10. On November 27 2013 "Night Time, My Time B-Sides: Part 1" was released. It has four songs.


title: Radio program

paragraphs: A radio program (usually radio programme in the United Kingdom) or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode.

paragraphs: Well known radio programs are "Democracy Now!" and the chart show "Ö3 Austria Top 40".


title: Tiffany Evans

paragraphs: Tiffany Evans (born 4 August 1992) is an American musician. She plays pop music and rhythm and blues. She released her first studio album in April 2008. It was called "Tiffany Evans". The album was not very successful. Evans was born in New York City.


title: EMV

paragraphs: EMV is a standard protocol for credit cards and debit cards. Beforehand, such cards used a magnetic stripe to store information. This approach has two main problems: first, the amount of data that can be stored is relatively small. Such a card can store about 1024 Bits, or 128 bytes. The second problem is bigger: the data stored is not encrypted. Using a card with EMV technology, also called a "chip card" for the shiny, metallic "chip" on the front, can solve both problems: it can store much more data, and the data can be encrypted.

paragraphs: Payment cards that use chips have been in use since the early 1990s. Beforehand, each card issuer had their own protocol. With EMV, the protocol has been standardised. The first version of EMV was published in 1995, and there have been different versions since then. It was adopted in Europe before the United States, which required all new cards from 2015 on to have EMV chips.

paragraphs: Payments using EMV technology is often called "chip and PIN". This is because to use such a card to make a payment at a cash register or point-of-sale terminal, the card first needs to be inserted into a small machine called a "payment terminal" or "PIN pad", with the side where the chip is on facing up and towards the machine. Once the card is inserted, it is left there so that the terminal can read the data stored in the chip. The terminal will often ask the user to confirm the amount of the purchase or refund, choose the account in the case of a debit card, and will then require the user to enter a personal identification number (PIN). This number makes sure nobody other than the owner of the card can use it - if the wrong PIN is entered a certain number of times, the card is locked and cannot be used. Once the correct PIN is entered, the terminal will contact the bank to authorize the transaction. The bank will either "approve" (accept) the transaction, or "decline" (reject) it. Once this happens, the person removes his or her card from the terminal.


title: Thoroughly Modern Millie

paragraphs: Thoroughly Modern Millie is an American 1967 musical comedy movie. Julie Andrews stars as Millie Dillmount. Mary Tyler Moore plays the role of Miss Dorothy Brown. Carol Channing plays Muzzy Van Hossmere. The story is set in 1922 in New York City. It is about a young woman who tries to find a rich man to marry and discovers a human trafficking ring. This movie was released in March 1967. The reviews of the movie were very positive. The box office was also positive. This movie got nominations for many Academy Awards.


title: Detroit River

paragraphs: The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system. The river connects Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. It forms part of the border between Canada and the United States. It is long. It divides the cities of Detroit and Windsor. It is one of the busiest waterways in the world.

paragraphs: The name comes from the French "Rivière du Détroit", which means "River of the Strait".


title: Mill Ends Park

paragraphs: Mill Ends Park (sometimes called Mill's End Park) is a small urban park. It is located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway, approaching esplanade along the Willamentte Rivera near SW Taylor Street in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The park is a small circle across. It has a total area of . It is the smallest park in the world. This fact was included in the "Guinness Book of Records" in 1971.

paragraphs: The park was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day 1948, as "the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland". It was created by Dick Fagan. In 1948 the site that would become Mill Ends Park was supposed to be the site for a light pole. The pole did not work and weeds began to grow. Fagan, writer for the "Oregon Journal", planted flowers in the hole. He named it "Mill Ends", after his column. Fagan died of cancer in 1968. It was named the official city park in 1976. The small circle has featured many unusual items since its creation. These include, a swimming pool for butterflies (complete with a diving board), a horseshoe, a piece of the "Oregon Journal" building, and a small Ferris wheel.

paragraphs: On St. Patrick's Day, 2001, the park was decorated with leprechauns. The park continues to be the site of St. Patrick's Day festivities. The events held there include concerts by Clan Macleay Pipe Band, picnics, and rose plantings by the Junior Rose Festival Court. In March 2013, the park's tree was stolen. Law enforcement planted a replacement tree. The next day, a passerby found the original tree lying next to the new one.


title: Dick Gray

paragraphs: Richard Benjamin Gray (July 11, 1931 – July 8, 2013) was an American baseball player. Gray was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.

paragraphs: Gray is best known as the player who hit the first home run in Los Angeles Dodgers history and the first to homer in their opening game at LA Memorial Coliseum.

paragraphs: Gray was born on July 11, 1931 in Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He retired in 1993. Gray died on July 8, 2013 in Anaheim, California from heart failure, aged 81.


title: Concha García Campoy

paragraphs: Concepción García Campoy (28 October 1958 – 10 July 2013), also known as Concha García Campoy; was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.

paragraphs: Campoy was born on 28 October 1958 in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. She was raised in Ibiza, Spain. Campoy was divorced two times. Her first marriage was with Jaime Roig. She was also married to Lorenzo Díaz. Campoy had an affair with movie producer Andrés Vicente Gómez. She had two children. Campoy died on 10 July 2013 in Valencia, Spain from liver failure caused by leukemia, aged 54.

paragraphs: She was cremated and her ashes was scattered off the coast of Ibiza.


title: Carnegie Institution for Science

paragraphs: The Carnegie Institution for Science is an American research organisation founded by Andrew Carnegie.


title: Carlit

paragraphs: Pic Carlit (; ) is a mountain of the French Pyrenees and has an elevation of above sea level.

paragraphs: It is the highest point of the department of Pyrénées-Orientales and of the region Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

paragraphs: Pic Carlit is in the nortwestern part of the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees (; , often shortened as "Parc del Pirineu Català").

paragraphs: There are many small lakes in the region around the mountain. One of them is the man-made lake of Bouillouses, which is one of the point to begin hiking to get to the top of Pic Carlit.

paragraphs: The source of Têt (the largest river of the department Pyrénées-Orientales) is on the northeastern side of the mountain.

paragraphs: The first ascent of this peak was made by Henry Russell in 1864.


title: Kazakh Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Kazakh Wikipedia is the Kazakh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in June 2002.

paragraphs: As of July 2013, it has over 202,000 articles.


paragraphs: There are two Norwegian-language editions of Wikipedia: one for articles written in Bokmål or Riksmål, and one for articles written in Nynorsk. The Bokmål and Riksmål edition started in November 2001, while the Nynorsk edition started in July 2004.

paragraphs: The Bokmål edition is 20th and the Nynorsk is 46th largest by article count.

paragraphs: As of July 2014, the Bokmål and Riksmål edition has over 426,000 articles, and the Nynorsk edition has over 115,000 articles.

paragraphs: Until 2005, there was one Norwegian-language edition of wikipedia, that was called "Wikipedia på norsk" ("Wikipedia in Norwegian").


title: Haitian Creole Wikipedia

paragraphs: The Haitian Creole Wikipedia is the Haitian Creole-language edition of Wikipedia. It was started in August 2004. In October 2020, it had over 60,000 articles.


title: Henry Clay Jr.

paragraphs: Henry Clay, Jr. (April 10, 1811 – February 23, 1847) was an American politician and soldier. He was the son of Henry Clay. After his studies of law, he enrolled in the military. He fought in the Mexican-American War, and was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista.


title: Marjorie Main

paragraphs: Mary Tomlinson (better known as Marjorie Main; February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975) was an American character actress. She began working on Broadway. She often played mean, domineering and condescending ladies in movies. Those movies included "Dead End", a 1937 movie, and the 1939 adaptation of "The Women". Main acted as "Ma Kettle" in later movies. Main was born in Indiana. She died in Los Angeles at age eighty-five from lung cancer.


title: Alice Joyce

paragraphs: Alice Joyce (1 October 1890 – 9 October 1955) was an American actress. She appeared in more than two hundred movies in the 1910s and 1920s. She starred mostly in silent movies. Those included "The Green Goddess" in 1923. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She died resulting from heart problems at age sixty-five in Hollywood, California.


title: Lois Wilson

paragraphs: Lois Wilson (28 June 1894 – 3 March 1988) was an American actress. She appeared in silent movies. She played Molly Wingate in "The Covered Wagon" in 1923 and as Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" in 1926. In the 1930s, she became dissatisfied with the roles she was given. She retired from acting in movies in 1941.

paragraphs: Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She died from pneumonia in Reno, Nevada at 93.


title: Kiss Me, Kate

paragraphs: Kiss Me, Kate is a musical. The libretto was written by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The lyrics and music were written by Cole Porter. It is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew". It opened on Broadway in 1948. It starred Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949. The musical opened in the West End in 1951.

paragraphs: The story of the musical is about the backstage conflicts, tensions, and troubles between the four stars of a musical version of "Shrew".

paragraphs: A movie version of the musical was released in 1953. A television version was produced for the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1958 starring Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison. Another television version was made for BBC Two in 1964 with Howard Keel and Morison, and a third television production was made in 1968 with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence. In 2003, a "Great Performances" television production starred Brent Barrett and Rachel York.


title: Torch Song Trilogy

paragraphs: Torch Song Trilogy is a trio of plays by Harvey Fierstein about a Jewish drag queen. It won the 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play and the 1983 Tony Award for Best Play. The play was made into a movie in 1988.


title: Kambiz Hosseini

paragraphs: Kambiz Hosseini is an Iranian television and radio presenter in New York. He is now the presenter of the political satire news show "Poletik" and also a weekly podcast on human rights in Iran called "Five in the afternoon". He made and presented the successful television show "Parazit" on the Persian Voice of America from 2009-2012. This show had 30 million viewers in the world.


title: Volcanic plug

paragraphs: A volcanic plug is a landform created when volcanic magma hardens inside a vent on an active volcano. They are sometimes called volcanic necks or "puys". The plug is revealed when surrounding land is eroded.

paragraphs: As it forms, a plug may cause an extreme build-up of pressure if gas-charged magma is trapped beneath it. This sometimes leads to an explosive eruption. But if the explosion does not occur, then the volcano becomes a solid block made of hard material.

paragraphs: The plug is usually harder than the surrounding rock. Glacial erosion can lead to exposure of the plug on one side, while a long slope of material remains on the lee side. Such landforms are called crag and tail. If a plug is preserved, erosion may remove the surrounding rock while the erosion-resistant plug remains. This is what produces the distinctive upstanding landform.


title: Left–right politics

paragraphs: Political parties are often described as being either left-wing, right-wing, or center.

paragraphs: Left-wing parties are more socialist based, so they will tax more, but they offer more government services, such as cheaper or free education, and health. An example of a centre-left-wing country would be Norway. The maximum individual tax rate in Norway is 47.8% the minimum being 36%, but the government provides free education, health care, unemployment benefits, and pension benefits, to name a few.

paragraphs: Right-wing parties are more corporately based, and allow businesses to have more freedom from government control. They also expect a higher level of self-provision by people. Right-wing parties also try to reduce the level of government control over society and community. Businesses can get tax breaks, loosened tax rules, and the government also loosens up labor laws, making it easier for businesses to hire and fire people.


title: Cartoon Network (Europe)

paragraphs: Cartoon Network Europe is a television channel that broadcasts across Europe. It shows children's cartoons. It is based on the original American version of the channel. The channel was created by Turner Broadcasting, which is a part of Time Warner. It was launched on 17 September 1993.

paragraphs: The network broadcasts to countries with no Cartoon Network channel of their own. This includes North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova and Africa.

paragraphs: Most European countries received the European version of the channel until at least 2000, when the versions for each country were started to replace it.


title: Cartoon Network (Russia and Southeastern Europe)

paragraphs: Cartoon Network Russia and Southeastern Europe is a television channel broadcast in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia and the Balkans. It shows cartoons. The channel was created on 1 October 2009. It replaced the Pan-European Cartoon Network in those countries where this version is broadcast. It is available in four languages: Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian and English.


title: Avan Jogia

paragraphs: Avan Jogia (born February 9, 1992 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as "Beck Oliver" in "Victorious".

paragraphs: Jogia was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also grew up there. He is of Indian and European descent. His father was born in London and comes from India. His mother has Irish, Welsh and French ancestry.

paragraphs: In his youth, Jogia lived in Canada, Germany and England. He went to different schools in Vancouver like the "Killarney Secondary School" and the "King George Secondary School". He got also private education. In the 10th class, he left the school to concentrate on his acting career.

paragraphs: He began his career in 2006 as "Danny Araujo" in the film "". In 2007 he had small roles in the series "Aliens in America". He played in the film "" in 2008 and on the Nickelodeon television movie "Spectacular!" in 2009.

paragraphs: From 2010-2013 he played on the Nickelodeon television series "Victorious" as "Beck Oliver". In October 2012 he got the main role on the ABC Family series "Twisted". It started in March 2013

paragraphs: Since March 2012 are Jogia and Zoey Deutch a pair.


title: Codrin Țapu

paragraphs: Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born December 17, 1973) is a Romanian psychologist. He developed the hypostatic model of personality, which is a way of viewing the many sides of a person's character.


paragraphs: Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi () is a private university in Rome, Italy. It was started on 2004. The university has 6 specialized schools. The university's rector is Alessandra Briganti.


title: Boutique

paragraphs: A boutique is a small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items such as clothing and jewellery. The word is French for "shop".

paragraphs: "Boutique" was an everyday English word in the late 1960s when, for a brief period, Swinging London was the centre of the fashion trade. Carnaby Street and the Kings Road were the focus of much media attention as the most fashionable boutiques of the era were there.

paragraphs: Today, boutique may refer to a specialised firm, such as a boutique investment bank or boutique law firm. The word is often used to describe small private hotels, to distinguish them from larger chains (such as Hilton Hotels). In such cases the term suggest their operation is elite and highly specialised.

paragraphs: In the strictest sense of the word, boutiques would be one-of-a-kind but some chains are referred to as boutiques if they specialize in particular styles.

paragraphs: Recently, the term "boutique" has started being applied to normally-mass-market items that are either niche or produced in intentionally small numbers at very high prices. This may be referred to as boutique manufacturing. For example, a "Time Magazine" article suggested that Nintendo could become a "boutique video-game company", producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony.


title: Emily Meade

paragraphs: Emily Meade (born January 10, 1989) is an American actress. She began acting as a child. She played Ella Blake in the science fiction series "Fringe" in its third season. She played Fang and Leah in the movie "My Soul to Take" (2010). Meade also acted in other movies.


title: Kristin Herrera

paragraphs: Kristin Lisa Herrera (born 21 February 1989) is an American actress. She performs mostly on television. She played Lourdes Del Torro in "General Hospital". She played Dana Cruz in "Zoey 101". Herrera took a break from acting starting in 2008.


title: Lauren Bennett

paragraphs: Lauren Bennett (born 23 June 1989) is an English singer, singer and model. She has worked with various music groups. She worked with the Paradiso Girls in the late 2000s. She began working with the Pussycat Dolls in the 2010s. She also worked with the rap group LMFAO.

paragraphs: Bennett was born in Kent in the United Kingdom.


title: Charlotte Arnold

paragraphs: Charlotte Arnold (b. 27 July 1989) is a Canadian actress who appears mostly on television. She starred as Sadie Hawthorne in the TV series "Naturally, Sadie". She played Holly in "Degrassi: The Next Generation".


title: Elizabeth Gillies

paragraphs: Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26, 1993 in Haworth, New Jersey) is an American actress, singer and dancer.

paragraphs: Elizabeth Gillies went to Haworth Public School in her hometown. After this she went to Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest. She has a younger brother.

paragraphs: At the age of three years, she was in front of a camera for the first time. She made advertising spots. In 1995, she was in her first Nickelodeon series. She played the 4 year old "Melissa" on the series "6 to 8 Frozen Zone". In 2008 she got a role in the film "Harold". In summer 2008 she was cast in "Musical 13". Until January 4, 2009 it was a success. She won a National Youth Theatre Award in the category "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical" for her performance.

paragraphs: From 2010-2013 she was on the Nickelodeon television series "Victorious".She played Jade West. In winx club she played daphine's voice.In icarly she played iparty with victorious and in big time rush she played heather In 2011, she got a nomination at the "Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards" in the category "Favorite TV Show" with her whole crew of "Victorious".

paragraphs: She had a small role as "Heather" on the Nickelodeon television series "Big Time Rush". Since 2011 she voices "Daphine" on the Nickelodeon Animation series "Winx Club".


title: Shenae Grimes

paragraphs: Shenae Grimes (24 October 1989) is a Canadian actress who stars in both movies and television. She played Annie Wilson in "90210" and Darcy Edwards in "Degrassi: The Next Generation". She was also a recurring guest star in "Naturally, Sadie".


title: Rebecca Schaeffer

paragraphs: Rebecca Schaeffer (November 6, 1967 – July 18, 1989) was an American actress. She began modeling before beginning an acting career. She starred as Patricia "Patty" Russell in the sitcom "My Sister Sam" in the late 1980s. The sitcom aired for two seasons. She played Stephanie in "The End of Innocence".

paragraphs: Schaeffer was born in Eugene, Oregon. She was shot dead in Los Angeles, California, by an obsessed fan who had stalked her for almost three years.


title: Henry VI, Pt. 1

paragraphs: Henry VI, Pt. 1 is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a history play. Shakespeare's source was "Holinshed's Chronicles". The play was first performed between 1592 and 1593. It was probably first printed in the First Folio of 1623.


title: Cassie Scerbo

paragraphs: Cassandra Lynn Scerbo (or Cassie Scerbo; March 30, 1990) is an American singer and actress.

paragraphs: Scerbo was born in Long Island, New York. She grew up in Parkland, Florida.

paragraphs: She has performed in several movies. She acted as Lauren in "Make It or Break It". She played Ursela in "Not Another Teen Movie".


title: Henry VI, Pt. 2

paragraphs: Henry VI, Pt. 2 is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a history play. Shakespeare's source was "Holinshed's Chronicles". The play was first performed between 1594 and 1595. It was probably first printed in 1597. It was printed in the First Folio of 1623.


title: Aileen Pringle

paragraphs: Aileen Pringle (July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989) was an American actress who acted in silent movies and on stage. She played The Queen in "Three Weeks" and Mrs. Eva Boutelle in the movie "True as Steel", both released in 1924.

paragraphs: Pringle was born in San Francisco, California. She died at ninety-four in New York City.


title: Henry VI, Pt. 3

paragraphs: Henry VI, Pt. 3 is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a history play. Shakespeare's source was "Holinshed's Chronicles". The play was first performed between 1592 and 1593. It was probably first printed in 1594. It was printed in the First Folio of 1623.


title: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

paragraphs: A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a memorial or grave dedicated to a soldier whose dead body has not been identified.


title: Eli Cohen

paragraphs: 16 December 1924 – 18 May 1965) was a famous Israeli spy. He worked for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. He was caught and executed in Damascus, Syria. His burial place is unknown and his body was never returned to Israel despite repeated requests by his widow and his family to bring him to be buried in Israel. A memorial tomb was built for him in the Garden of the Missing Soldiers in the national military and police cemetery in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. His story of his life and his work for the Israeli secret services are documented in the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C..

paragraphs: Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt and died at the age of 40.