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Island Storm The Island Storm is a Canadian professional basketball team based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The team is a charter member of the National Basketball League of Canada which began play for its inaugural 2011–12 season. The Storm plays its home games at the Eastlink Centre. Former Vermont Frost H...
Joe Harasymiak Joe Harasymiak (born June 23, 1986) is an American college football coach. In January 2016, he became the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I football when he was named to the post at the University of Maine.
Alfond Stadium (University of Maine) Morse Field at Harold Alfond Sports Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Orono, Maine. The stadium opened as Alumni Field in 1947 and underwent extensive renovations from 1996 to 1998. It is home to the University of Maine Black Bears football team. The wood and steel g...
2017 Maine Black Bears football team The 2017 Maine Black Bears football team represents the University of Maine in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Joe Harasymiak and play their home games at Alfond Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. Mai...
Chris Harrison (baseball coach) Chris Harrison is a former American baseball coach. He was the interim head coach of the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from October 2001 to May 2002. He joined the Michigan coaching staff in September 1995 as an assistant baseball coach under Geoff Zahn; he remained in that position ...
The Stranger (novel) L’Étranger (The Outsider [UK], or The Stranger [US]) is a 1942 novel by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus' philosophy of the absurd and existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label.
The Rebel (book) The Rebel (French: "L'Homme révolté" ) is a 1951 book-length essay by Albert Camus, which treats both the metaphysical and the historical development of rebellion and revolution in societies, especially Western Europe. Camus relates writers and artists as diverse as Epicurus and Lucretius, Marquis de S...
Herbert Lottman Herbert Lottman (August 16, 1927, Brooklyn - August 27, 2014, Paris) was an American author who specialized in writing biographies on French subjects. An influential biographer, he published 17 biographies, 15 of which were related to French culture, commerce, or politics; including works on Albert Camu...
The Guest "The Guest" (French: "L'Hôte" ) is a short story by the French writer Albert Camus. It was first published in 1957 as part of a collection entitled "Exile and the Kingdom" ("L'exil et le royaume"). The French title "L'Hôte" translates into both "the guest" and "the host" which ties back to the relationship be...
The Fall (Camus novel) The Fall (French: La Chute ) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, "The Fall" consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-proclaimed "judge-penitent" Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he reflects upon his...
Marcel J. Melançon Marcel J. Mélançon is a Canadian philosopher and scientist. He was born in Saint-Barnabé, Quebec, in 1938, and is mostly known for his book on the French philosopher Albert Camus "Albert Camus, An Analysis of his thought" (Albert Camus. Analyse de sa pensée). He has mostly worked together with the bi...
Reflections on the Guillotine "Reflections on the Guillotine" is an extended essay written in 1957 by Albert Camus. In the essay Camus takes an uncompromising position for the abolition of the death penalty. Camus's view is similar to that of Cesare Beccaria and the Marquis de Sade, the latter having also argued that m...
H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century....
The Possessed (play) The Possessed (in French Les Possédés) is a play written by Albert Camus in 1959. The piece is a theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel "The Possessed", later renamed "Demons". Camus despised nihilism and viewed Dostoyevsky's work as a prophecy about nihilism's devastating effects. He ...
Albert Camus Albert Camus (] ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay "The Rebel" that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply i...
Uluru Uluru (Pitjantjatjara: "Uluṟu "), also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as "Uluru / Ayers Rock", is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. It lies 335 km south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs, 450 km by road.
Parga Formation Parga Formation (Spanish: "Formación Parga" ) is a geological formation of sedimentary rock in south-central Chile. The sediments of the formation were deposited during the Late Oligocene and Middle Miocene epochs. The formation's lower sections are made up of conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone some o...
American Border Peak American Border Peak is a mountain just south of the Canada–United States border, in the North Cascades of Washington state, with a corresponding sister peak, Canadian Border Peak, just north along a col connecting to it across the border. It is located within the Mount Baker Wilderness, part of th...
Paleontology in Kentucky Paleontology in Kentucky refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Kentucky's abundance of exposed sedimentary rock makes it an ideal source of fossils. The oldest exposed rocks in Kentucky are of Ordovician age. The geologic col...
Rock Howard Rock Howard (ロック・ハワード , Rokku Hawādo ) is a video game character appearing in various games from SNK. Rock makes his first appearance as a playable character in the fighting game "", the last chapter in the "Fatal Fury" series, as the new lead character from the series. Rock appears in the series as the son...
Colin Crabbe Racing Colin Crabbe Racing, also known as Colin Crabbe - Antique Automobiles and Antique Automobiles Racing Team, was a privateer team run by Colin Crabbe, a noted dealer in historic racing cars, that entered a single car in 17 Formula One races in 1969 and 1970. Vic Elford and Ronnie Peterson drove for th...
Bar stool Bar stools are a type of tall chair, often with a foot rest to support the feet. The height and narrowness of bar stools makes them suitable for use at bars and high tables in pubs or bars. In the 2010s, bar stools are becoming more popular in homes, usually placed at the kitchen counter, kitchen island, or a...
Pistol offense The pistol offense is an American football formation and strategy developed by Michael Taylor and popularized by Chris Ault in 2005, while the latter was head coach at the University of Nevada, Reno. It is a hybrid of the traditional shotgun and single back offenses. In the pistol offense, also commonly ...
Douglas Crabbe Douglas John Edward Crabbe (born 1947) is an Australian murderer currently imprisoned in Perth for a multiple murder which occurred when he drove his 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of Uluru, on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed and sixteen seriously injured.
Helmand River The Helmand River (also spelled "Helmend, Helmund, Hirmand"; Pashto/Persian: هیرمند, هلمند "Hīrmand, Helmand ", Greek: "Ἐτύμανδρος " ("Etýmandros"), Latin: "Erymandrus ") is the longest river in Afghanistan and the primary watershed for the endorheic Sistan Basin.
Sonoma Creek Sonoma Creek is a 33.4 mi stream in northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharging to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. The watershed drained by Son...
Guadalupe Watershed The Guadalupe Watershed consists of 170 sqmi of land within northern California's Santa Clara County. This watershed is owned and managed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The surface runoff from this area drains into the various rivers (namely the Guadalupe), streams, reservoirs or other bo...
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural resources of the Rideau River watershed...
Mokhotlong District Mokhotlong district (in Sesotho language "the place of the bald ibis") is a district of Lesotho. It includes the highest terrain in the Maloti Range and the source of the Senqu River, Lesotho’s primary watershed. Mokhotlong is the capital or camptown, and only town in the district. Mokhotlong border...
Baganga Protected Landscape The Baganga Protected Landscape, in Mindanao in the Philippines, is one of four protected watershed areas of the province of Davao Oriental. It covers the Upper Baganga River Basin in the Mindanao Pacific Cordillera, the primary source of water for the Baganga Water District. The Baganga Riv...
Cañada del Oro The Cañada del Oro (Spanish for "Canyon of Gold"), is a primary watershed channel in the valley of Tucson, Arizona, USA. The word "cañada" has a tilde "(ñ)" and is pronounced ] in Spanish; in English it is pronounced , not like the country of Canada.
Drangiana Drangiana or Zarangiana (Greek: Δραγγιανή , "Drangianē"; also attested in Old Western Iranian as "Zranka" was a historical region and administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire. This region comprises territory around Hamun Lake, wetlands in endorheic Sistan Basin on the Iran-Afghan border, and its prima...
Sangin Sangin (Pashto: سنگين‎ ) is a town in Helmand province of Afghanistan, with population of approximately 14,000 people. It is located on in the valley of the Helmand River at 888 m altitude, 95 km to the north-east of Lashkargah. Sangin is notorious as one of the central locations of the opium trade in the south ...
Milliken Creek (California) Milliken Creek is an 11.9 mi stream in Napa County, California that is tributary to the Napa River. There are approximately 7300 acre in this watershed, of which 90 acre are developed as vineyards. Milliken Creek rises on the western slopes of the east side of the Napa Valley and flows throu...
Stauntonia Stauntonia is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family. It is named after George Staunton, who brought it to Britain from China in the 19th Century.
Sinofranchetia Sinofranchetia is a genus of flowering plant in the Lardizabalaceae family. It contains a single species, Sinofranchetia chinensis.
List of Jimmy Fallon games and sketches The following is a list of recurring games, sketches, and other comedy routines from the NBC late night talk show "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", and its predecessor, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". The sketches feature host Jimmy Fallon, house band The Roots, announcer...
James Stannage James Stannage, born 22 February 1950, is an English late night talk show radio host. He is best known for presenting "The Late Night James Stannage Talk Show" on Manchester's Key 103. He was dismissed from Key 103 in June 2005 after numerous warnings and a history of run-ins with regulator OFCOM.
Joey Bishop Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk show host, then later hosted a late night talk show. He later beca...
The Week Show The Week Show is a television late night talk show sketch comedy program on Bite TV in Canada. It originally ran from December 2008 to mid-2010. The show is hosted by Matt Chin and Ricky Thompson, who started on an internet late night talk show "My Show with Matt Chin" online in 2001.
Coast to Coast AM Coast to Coast AM is an American late-night radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics. Most frequently the topics relate to either the paranormal or conspiracy theories. The program is distributed by Premiere Networks, both as part of its talk network and separately as a syndicated program. ...
David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted a late night television talk show for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982 debut of "Late Night with David Letterman" on NBC, and ending with the May 20, 2015 broadcast of "La...
Collateral Damage (Millennium) "Collateral Damage" is the eleventh episode of the third season of the crime-thriller television series "Millennium". It premiered on the Fox network on January 22, 1999. The episode was written by Michael R. Perry, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Collateral Damage" featured guest appe...
Late-night talk show A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show popular in the United States, where the format originated. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. The late-night talk show format was popularized, though not...
Night After Night with Allan Havey Night After Night with Allan Havey was a late night talk show which aired on The Comedy Channel and, later, Comedy Central from 1989 to 1992. The show featured the stream of consciousness of host Allan Havey, and other departures from the standard late-night talk show format. Havey's ...
Jebb Fink Jebb Fink is an American-Canadian stand-up comedian and television personality. Best known as a reporter and host for "the Big Breakfast" on A-Channel, Calgary. He won a Gemini as co-creator of the CBC comedy "An American in Canada" and was a weather presenter on "Your City" for City TV Calgary, he also hoste...
Salem College Administration Building Salem College Administration Building is a historic school administration building located on the campus of Salem International University at Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was built in 1909-1910, and is 2 1/2-story, stone and brick building with a truncated hipped roof ...
Brandenburg Gate The Brandenburg Gate (German: "Brandenburger Tor" ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after the (temporarily) successful restoration of order during the early Batavian Revolution. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it ...
Willow Mill Complex Willow Mill Complex is a complex of historic buildings located at Richboro, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the Shaw-Leedom House and spring house / smoke house and the Howard Sager House, wagon house, and grist mill. The Shaw-Leedom House was built about 18...
Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel (also called Brandenburg or Brandenburg City in English) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until replaced by Berlin in 1417.
Oderturm Der Oderturm is a 24-storey, 95 m office skyscraper in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, built between 1968 and 1976 when the city was part of East Germany. It is arguably the tallest office building in Brandenburg, with a mobile telephony mast. Its 89 m roof is 1 m less than that of the Stern-Plaza in Potsdam, built...
Trams in Brandenburg an der Havel The Brandenburg an der Havel tramway network (German: "Straßenbahnnetz Brandenburg an der Havel" ) is a network of tramways forming the centrepiece of the public transport system in Brandenburg an der Havel, a city in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany.
Little Falls City Hall Little Falls City Hall is a historic city hall located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built between 1916 and 1918, and is a 2 1/2-story, steel frame building faced in brick and terra cotta in the Classical Revival style. It has a slate covered mansard roof with decorative co...
Potsdam Potsdam (] ) is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg. It directly borders the German capital Berlin and is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, 24 km southwest of Berlin's city centre.
Villa Maria Academy (1892) Villa Maria Academy are two connected historic school buildings located at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1892, with additions and alterations in 1904 and 1927. The original building, known as the motherhouse, is a 2 1/2-story, red brick building with terra cotta trim in the...
Zeughaus The Zeughaus (old Arsenal) in Berlin, Germany is the oldest structure at Unter den Linden. It was built by the Brandenburg Elector Frederick III between 1695 and 1730 in the baroque style, to be used as an artillery arsenal for the display of cannons from Brandenburg and Prussia. The first building master was ...
Chandan Prabhakar Chandan Prabhakar is an Indian stand-up Comedian. He was the first runner up in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 3. He had played Various roles in Comedy Nights with Kapil On Colors and now plays the role of tea-stall owner Chandu in The Kapil Sharma Show which airs on Sony TV.Prabhakar is known as...
Sudesh Lehri Sudesh Lehri is an Indian stand-up comedian, film, and television actor. He participated in the 2007 comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge III" in 2007. He was a second runner up in the show after Kapil Sharma and Chandan Prabhakar. He then participated in the TV show, "Comedy Circus", as a cont...
Bhaji in Problem Bhaji in Problem (Punjabi: ਭਾਜੀ ਇਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਬਲਮ ) is a 2013 Indian Punjabi-language comedy film directed by Smeep Kang, who had earlier directed films like "Carry on Jatta" and "Lucky Di Unlucky Story", both of which featured Gippy Grewal in the lead role. Grewal also appears in this film, along with an ens...
Smeep Kang Smeep Kang is a Punjabi actor, film producer and director. He graduated from Punjab University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He is well known for directing the Punjabi comedy films Chak De Phatte (2008), Carry On Jatta (2012), Lucky Di Unlucky Story (2013).
Vaisakhi List Vaisakhi List (Punjabi: ਵਿਸਾਖੀ ਲਿਸਟ ) is a 2016 Punjabi film directed by Smeep Kang and starring Jimmy Shergill, Shruti Sodhi and Sunil Grover as the main cast and the film was released on 22 April 2016.
Lucky Di Unlucky Story Lucky Di Unlucky Story is a 2013 Punjabi comedy film directed by Smeep Kang, and featuring Gippy Grewal, Jaswinder Bhalla, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Binnu Dhillon in lead roles; the group earlier came together for 2012 Punjabi comedy "Carry On Jatta". The story is based on the lives of ladiesman Lucky;...
Kapil Sharma (comedian) Kapil Sharma (born 2 April 1981) (birth name Kapil Punj) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter, actor and producer. He hosted a television comedy show "Comedy Nights with Kapil" from June 2013 to January 2016. Currently, he is hosting another comedy show on Sony Entertainment Tele...
Lock (film) Lock is a 2016 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Smeep Kang, written by Pali Bhupinder Singh and starring Gippy Grewal, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Geeta Basra, Karamjit Anmol & Smeep Kang as the main protagonist of the film and released worldwide on 14 October 2016. The film is a remake of Malayalam film "Shut...
Sunil Grover Sunil Grover (born 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian He has acted in many comedy shows but gained popularity on the Comedy nights with Kapil Show, for his portrayal of a character called Gutthi. Other popular characters portrayed by him have been Dr. Mashoor Gulati and Rinku bhabhi on...
Sumona Chakravarti Sumona Chakravarti is an Indian film and Television actress who began her acting career at the age of 10 through Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala starrer "Mann" in the year 1999. In the next few years she did quite a few television shows but her big breakthrough happened in 2011 when she played the rol...
Docking (animal) Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears. The term cropping is more commonly used in reference to the cropping of ears, while "docking" more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail. The term tailing is also commonly used. The term arises because the liv...
Tensile testing Tensile testing, also known as tension testing, is a fundamental materials science test in which a sample is subjected to a controlled tension until failure. The results from the test are commonly used to select a material for an application, for quality control, and to predict how a material will react...
STOLport A STOLport or STOLPORT was an airport designed with STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) operations in mind, usually for an aircraft class of its weight and size. The term STOLport did not appear to be in common usage as of 2008 although was commonly used by pilots flying into Biggin Hill during 1986/87 when the ...
Trickle valve Trickle valves, also known as vacuum valves, are commonly used in industrial dust collection applications to maintain an airlock seal on a dust collector hopper while allowing bulk solid material to be automatically discharged. These valves are typically a less expensive alternative to more commonly used ...
Methyltestosterone Methyltestosterone (brand names Agovirin, Android, Metandren, Oreton, Testred, Virilon, others) is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) which is used in the treatment of androgen deficiency in males and for a number of other indications. It is also used illicitly for physique-...
Belling-Lee connector The Belling-Lee connector or IEC 61169-2 radio-frequency coaxial connector of type 9,52, known colloquially in countries where it is used as a TV antenna connector as a PAL antenna connector, IEC antenna connector, or simply as a TV aerial plug, is commonly used in Europe and Australia to connect ...
Anabolic steroid Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS), are steroidal androgens that include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic androgens that are structurally related and have similar effects to testosterone. They are anabolic and increase protein withi...
Metandienone Metandienone (INN) (brand names Averbol, Dianabol, Danabol, Metanabol, Naposim, Vetanabol), or methandienone (BAN), also commonly known as methandrostenolone, is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-methylated derivative of testosterone which was formerly used medically bu...
Steroid use in Australia Anabolic/androgenic steroids are drugs that are obtained from the male hormone, testosterone. Anabolic steroids are used for muscle-building and strength gain for cosmetic reasons as well as for performance-enhancement in athletics and bodybuilding. Anabolic steroids work in many ways by increa...
Pox (drink) "Pox" is a liquor commonly used for ceremonial purposes among the Mayans of Mexico and Central America. "Pox" is a liquor made of corn, sugar cane and wheat, very important in mayan culture for its ceremonial uses and is also known as aguardiente. Besides its religious significance it is also a somewhat pop...
Bill's Best Friend Bill's Best Friend is the 17th comedy album by Bill Cosby. Much of the material was recycled in the film and accompanying album "Himself". The story of the car with the airplane engine was previously attributed to Fat Albert, while on this album the owner is referred to as "Charlie Waynes". The car i...
It's True! It's True! It's True! It's True! (1969) is the ninth comedy album by Bill Cosby. It was his last for Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded live at Harrah's, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Due to a musician's strike, Cosby got extra stage time at Harrah's, much of which was captured on this album. It features Cosby perf...
Bill Cosby: Himself Bill Cosby: Himself is a 1983 stand-up comedy film featuring Bill Cosby. Filmed before a live audience at the Hamilton Place Theatre, in Hamilton, Ontario, Cosby gives the audience his views ranging from marriage to parenthood. The film also showcases Cosby's trademark conversational style of stand-...
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino is a hotel and casino in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned by Westgate Resorts and operated by Navegante Group. It has 2,956 hotel rooms including 305 suites. It opened in 1969 as the International Hotel, and was known for many years as the Las...
For Adults Only For Adults Only (1971) is the 13th comedy album by Bill Cosby. It was recorded at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, then known as the International Hotel. The title "For Adults Only" was also used for a 1959 Pearl Bailey LP (Roulette R-25016).
The Original Jam Sessions 1969 The Original Jam Sessions 1969 is a 2004 released album by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby recorded as backing music for "The Bill Cosby Show" in 1969.
Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) is a musical comedy album by Bill Cosby.
Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971) is an album by Bill Cosby. Unlike most of his recordings, this is not a full-fledged comedy album, but rather a record intended for children to school them on the dangers of drugs through songs and dialogue. It won the Grammy Award in 1972...
Bill Cosby 77 Bill Cosby 77 is an unreleased 2014 stand-up comedy film featuring Bill Cosby, filmed before a live audience at the San Francisco Jazz Center in California. Cosby chose the venue in honor of his friend Enrico Banducci and his establishment the hungry i. The comedian said his wife Camille Cosby helped with...
When I Was a Kid When I Was a Kid (1971) is the 12th comedy album by Bill Cosby recorded at the Westbury Music Fair. The cover is an early appearance of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura (木村 次郎右衛門 , Kimura Jirōemon , April 19, 1897 – June 12, 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian. He became the oldest verified male in history on December 28, 2012, at the age of 115 years and 253 days when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen who died in 1998, and also became the f...
Adegoke Adelabu Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu (3 September 1915 – 25 March 1958) was a prominent personality in the politics of Ibadan city and subsequently that of the Western Region of Nigeria right before the country's independence in 1960. He was Nigeria's Minister of Natural Resources and Social Services from January ...
Cagliostro-Walzer Cagliostro-Walzer op.370 is a waltz by Johann Strauss II composed in 1875 based on themes from his operetta, Cagliostro in Wien which premiered on 27 February 1875 at the famous Theater an der Wien.
List of compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff The compositions of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Russia, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev and Anton Arensky, and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano con...
The World According to Garp The World According to Garp is John Irving's fourth novel, about a man born out of wedlock to a feminist leader who grows up to be a writer. Published in 1978, the book was a bestseller for several years. It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and its first paperb...
Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son (German: "Sohn" ), Johann Baptist Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of d...
GetBackers GetBackers (Japanese: ゲットバッカーズ -奪還屋- , Hepburn: Gettobakkāzu Dakkan'ya , lit. "GetBackers: Recovery Service") is a Japanese manga series written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series was serialized and is published by Kodansha's "Weekly Shōnen Magazine" from 1999 until 2007, totaling 39 v...
James Sisnett James Emmanuel "Doc" Sisnett (22 February 1900 – 23 May 2013) was a Barbadian supercentenarian. Born and raised in Saint George, he spent his life as a blacksmith, sugar factory worker, and farmer, not retiring from the latter until he turned 100. In excellent health throughout his life, he died at the ag...
List of GetBackers episodes The episodes for the anime series "GetBackers" were produced by Studio Deen and based on the manga series of the same name written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series premiered on Tokyo Broadcasting System in Japan on October 5, 2002 and ran for forty-nine episodes unti...
Claude Choules Claude Stanley Choules ( ; 3 March 1901 – 5 May 2011) was an English-born military serviceman from Perth, Australia who at the time of this death was the oldest combat veteran of the First World War from England, having served with the Royal Navy from 1915 until 1926, after having emigrated to Australia ...
Julio Licinio Julio Licinio is deputy director (Translation Strategy and Process) at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute where he heads the Mind & Brain Theme. He is also Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Flinders University in Adelaide, clinical professor of psychiatry at...
Thomas Szasz Thomas Stephen Szasz ( ; Hungarian: "Szász Tamás István" ; 15 April 1920, Budapest, Hungary – 8 September 2012, Manlius, New York, U.S.) was an American academic, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical ...
John F. McDermott John F. McDermott is an American psychiatrist who lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is married to Sarah McDermott, and has two children - a boy named John F., III and a girl named Elizabeth C. He attended Cornell University and New York Medical College. He did his residency in Psychiatry and Child Psychia...
Henry Zvi Lothane Henry Z'vi Lothane, M.D., is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, educator and author. Lothane is currently Clinical Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, specializing in the area of psychotherapy. He is the author of some eighty scholarly articles and reviews on var...