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Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host. He was best known as the host of his radio show The Rush Limbaugh Show, which has been in national syndication on AM and FM radio stations. Limbaugh hosted a national television show from 1992 to 1996. He was among the most highly compensated figures in American radio. In 2018, Forbes listed his earnings at $84.5 million. In December 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States. Limbaugh also wrote seven books; his first two, The Way Things Ought to Be (1992) and See, I Told You So (1993), made The New York Times Best Seller list. Limbaugh was one of the premier voices of the conservative movement in the United States beginning in the 1990s, heightened by the repeal of the FCC fairness doctrine. He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. During the 2020 State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Limbaugh expressed controversial viewpoints on race, LGBT matters, feminism, and sexual consent. Limbaugh denied climate change and supported U.S. military interventions in the Middle East.

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The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales during 2021. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.

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Pilot Pirx is a fictional character introduced in 1966 in the science fiction stories of Polish writer Stanisław Lem: ten short stories (published in English in two parts, 1979's Tales of Pirx the Pilot and 1982's More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). Later he appeared in the novel Fiasco. In the stories, Pirx is progressively depicted as a spaceship cadet, beginner pilot, a seasoned pilot, navigator, and finally, captain (komandor). In 7 of the 10 stories Pirx acts in the role of Sherlock Holmes, to investigate mysterious events.

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Dan Engelstad is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team.

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Michael David Edwards (born September 16, 1944) is an American actor and model. He appeared briefly as "General John Connor" in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He is pictured and interviewed in the book Male Model: The World Behind the Camera.

Bee Rock is a rural unincorporated community in northern San Luis Obispo County, central California, United States. Bee Rock is 3 miles (4.8 km) east-northeast of Tierra Redondo Mountain, in the southeastern Santa Lucia Range. It is located on Interlake Road, between Lake Nacimiento and Lake San Antonio reservoirs.

Sixaola is a district of the Talamanca canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica. It is a border town together with Guabito, Panamá Sixaola is right across the Sixaola River from Guabito, Panama.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 May 2018. The elections decided the 329 members of the Council of Representatives, the country's unicameral legislature, who in turn will elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister. The Iraqi parliament ordered a manual recount of the results on 6 June 2018. On 10 June 2018, a storage site housing roughly half of the ballots from the May parliamentary election caught fire. In October 2018, Adil Abdul-Mahdi was selected as Prime Minister five months after the elections.

Angri is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy. It is around 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the town of Salerno.

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The following is a list of secondary schools in Ontario. Secondary education policy in the Canadian province of Ontario is governed by the Ministry of Education. Secondary education in Ontario includes Grades 9 to 12. The following list includes public secular institutions, public separate schools, and privately managed independent schools in Ontario. All public schools in Ontario (secular and separate) operate as a part of either an English first language school board or a French first language school board. Although Ontario's secular and separate school systems are both considered public, colloquially the term public school typically distinguishes a secular institution from its separate counterparts: institutions operated by a public secular school board are typically referred to as public schools, whereas institutions operated by a public separate school board are typically referred to as Catholic schools. Public secular secondary schools may operate under a number of designations, including collegiate institute, école secondaire, high school, and secondary school. Public separate secondary schools are typically named academy, Catholic high school, Catholic secondary school, college school or école secondaire catholique.

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The year 2000 saw the release of numerous video games as well as the launch of the PlayStation 2. Top-rated games originally released in 2000 include Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Perfect Dark, NFL 2K1, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

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Slate Star Codex (often abbreviated SSC) is a blog written under the pseudonym Scott Alexander by Scott Alexander Siskind, a San Francisco Bay Area psychiatrist. The blog is focused on science, medicine (especially within psychiatry), philosophy, politics, and futurism. Slate Star Codex was launched in 2013, and was discontinued by its author on June 23, 2020, due to fears of having his full name published in a then-upcoming piece by the New York Times. As of July 22, 2020, the blog was partially back online, with the content restored but commenting disabled. A follow-up blog, Astral Codex Ten, was launched on January 21, 2021. The first post revealed the previously pseudonymous author's name. Prior to starting Slate Star Codex, Alexander blogged at the rationalist community blog LessWrong under the name Yvain.

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"John Doe" and "Jane Doe" (for females) are multiple-use names that are used when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed. In the context of law enforcement in the United States, such names are often used to refer to a corpse whose identity is unknown or unconfirmed. Secondly, such names are also often used to refer to a hypothetical "everyman" in other contexts, in a manner similar to "John Q. Public" or "Joe Public". There are many variants to the above names, including "John Roe", "Richard Roe", "Jane Roe" and "Baby Doe", "Janie Doe" or "Johnny Doe" (for children).

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Dereköy is a village in the Mudanya district of Bursa Province in Turkey.

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Slate Star Codex (often abbreviated SSC) is a blog written under the pseudonym Scott Alexander by Scott Alexander Siskind, a San Francisco Bay Area psychiatrist. The blog is focused on science, medicine (especially within psychiatry), philosophy, politics, and futurism. Prior to starting Slate Star Codex, Alexander blogged at the rationalist community blog LessWrong under the name Yvain.

Blairgowrie and Rattray ( ()) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Locals refer to the town as "Blair". Blairgowrie is the larger of the two former burghs which were united by an Act of Parliament in 1928 and lies on the southwest side of the River Ericht while Rattray is on the northeast side. Rattray claims to be the older and certainly Old Rattray, the area round Rattray Kirk, dates back to the 12th century. New Rattray, the area along the Boat Brae and Balmoral Road dates from 1777 when the River was spanned by the Brig o' Blair. The town lies on the north side of Strathmore at the foot of the Grampian Mountains. The west boundary is formed by the Knockie, a round grassy hill, and Craighall Gorge on the Ericht. Blairgowrie and Rattray developed over the centuries at the cros

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Herbertus Bikker (born 15 July 1915 in Wijngaarden, Netherlands – died 1 November 2008 in Haspe, Germany), also known as The Butcher of Ommen, was a Dutch war criminal. He was a member of the Waffen-SS. In this function, Bikker served as a guard at the prison and work camp Erika near Ommen. He received his nickname due to his brutal behaviour at the prison camp. Bikker is the alleged murderer of Dutch resistance fighter who was killed, twenty-seven years old, on 17 November 1944. Bikker lived in Hagen as a pensioner until his death, which was not made public until April 2009.

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Learn Way (Hangul: 런웨이), is a South Korean variety show airing weekend on KakaoTV, which premiered every Sunday at 12 noon and a re-run on 1theK Originals' YouTube channel every Friday at 12 pm KST. The program is hosted by (G)I-dle's Song Yuqi.

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Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT, ICAO: KPIT, FAA LID: PIT), formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It is the primary international airport serving the Greater Pittsburgh Region, located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh, at an elevation of 1,202 feet (366 m) above sea level. Southwest Airlines is currently the airport's top carrier by market share. The airport is a maintenance base for American Airlines.

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The Gurez National Park, also known as Musk Deer National Park, is one of the protected areas of Pakistan. It is located in Neelum District in Azad kashmir, Pakistan, besides the Neelum River in the Gurez valley. It is located in the high Himalayas and Pir Panjal Range. It is a thirty-five minute drive from Gurez tehsil. It is also known as Gurez valley national park.

Arwe, in the historical mythology of the Solomonic dynasty explained in the Kebra Nagast, is the snake-king who rules over the land that is to become Ethiopia. He is a giant serpent ("No, Arwe is not beyond the hill, for the hill you see is Arwe") to whom humans and their children have to be sacrificed. One day an unknown man visits the country, and destroys the serpent: he feeds it a spotless white lamb, and then offers the serpent a bowl with juice from the poisonous Euphorbia tree, which kills the snake-king. The man's daughter, who rules the land after him, is Makeda, the Queen of Sheba.

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The official 2020/2021 snooker world ranking points for the professional snooker players on the World Snooker Main Tour in the 2020–21 season are based on performances in ranking tournaments over a two-year rolling period. The rankings at the start of 2020/2021 season are determined by prize money earned in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons and are updated after every tournament carrying ranking status; the players are re-ranked at the beginning of the current season after removing players relegated at the end of the previous season from the ranking list. As points are accrued from tournaments throughout the current season, the points from the corresponding tournaments from two seasons earlier are dropped. The rankings are used to set the official tournament seedings at various points throughout the season; even though the rankings are officially updated after every tournament carrying ranking status not all the rankings are used as seedings, and only the rankings officially used as seedings are documented below. The total points accumulated by the cut-off dates for the revised seedings are based on all the points up to that date in the 2020/2021 season, all of the points from the 2019/2020 season, and the points from the 2018/2019 season that have not yet been dropped.

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The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan, September 9, 1999 in North America, and October 14, 1999 in Europe. It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's eighteen years in the console market.

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 May 2018. The elections decided the 329 members of the Council of Representatives, the country's unicameral legislature, who in turn will elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister. The Iraqi parliament ordered a manual recount of the results on 6 June 2018. On 10 June 2018, a storage site housing roughly half of the ballots from the May parliamentary election caught fire. In October 2018, Adil Abdul-Mahdi was selected as Prime Minister five months after the elections. This election would be the last held under Webster/Sainte-Laguë method proportional representation, as electoral reforms passed in 2019 amid the 2019–2020 Iraqi protests created a district-based system, and sought to have representatives represent more local voices (as opposed to the entire governorate they were previously elected from), reduce deadlocks resulting from inconclusive coalition talks, as well as stop infighting amongst list members and a myriad of small lists from siphoning off votes and failing to meet the electoral threshold. It would also prevent parties from running on unified lists, which had previously led some to easily sweep all the seats in a particular governorate.

Rhys Priestland (born 9 January 1987) is a Welsh international rugby union player who primarily plays as a fly-half, but is also capable of playing at full-back. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin in Carmarthen, and he is a fluent Welsh speaker.

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Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (transl. Stay with me, my love) is an Indian drama television produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. The show premiered on 3 May 2010 on Star Plus. It starred Giaa Manek, Rucha Hasabnis, Mohammad Nazim, Rupal Patel and Devoleena Bhattacharjee. It revolved around the Modi family and explored morals and values of a typical Gujarati joint family, when cousins Gopi and Rashi marry Modi sons, Ahem and Jigar. The storyline took several leaps including one year leap in June 2013, eight years leap in February 2014, and a further ten years in March 2015, four years in May 2016 and three months in March 2017. The series ended on 23 July 2017, completing 2,184 episodes. It was replaced by Tu Sooraj, Main Saanjh Piyaji. A new season of the series Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 premiered on 19 October 2020 on StarPlus starring Sneha Jain and Harsh Nagar and Akanksha Juneja.

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Abigail Lynn Dahlkemper (born May 13, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Manchester City of the FA Women's Super League (WSL), as well as the United States women's national soccer team.

Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian naval officer who later acquired U.S. citizenship. He was the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical play and film The Sound of Music. His naval exploits during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. Under his command, the submarines SM U-5 and SM U-14 sank 13 Allied ships totaling about 45,669 gross register tons (GRT). Following Austria-Hungary's collapse after the war, Trapp returned to his family, but lost his wife, Agathe Whitehead, to scarlet fever in 1922. Five years later, he married Maria Augusta Kutschera, the tutor for one of his daughters. Most of the family's wealth was wiped out during the Great Depression, after Trapp had transferred his savings from a bank in London into an Austrian bank. Maria later trained the children to perform at various events, as a way of earning a livelihood. The family came under increasing threats of persecution from the Nazis after the Anschluss when Trapp refused to serve in the German Navy, due to his opposition to Nazi ideology. He fled with his family to Italy and later to the United States, where he set up a farm and lived until his death in 1947. Maria von Trapp wrote of their time together in her 1949 memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was the inspiration for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway stage musical The Sound of Music in 1959, which was produced and directed by Robert Wise into a popular movie in 1965.

Pilot Pirx is a fictional character introduced in 1966 in the science fiction stories of Polish writer Stanisław Lem: ten short stories (published in English in two parts, 1979's Tales of Pirx the Pilot and 1982's More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). Later he appeared in the novel Fiasco. In the stories, Pirx is progressively depicted as a spaceship cadet, beginner pilot, a seasoned pilot, navigator, and finally, captain (komandor). In 7 of the 10 stories Pirx acts in the role of Sherlock Holmes, to investigate mysterious events. Although Pirx appears in the first half of Lem's later novel Fiasco, the identity of the protagonist in the second half is never firmly established, but Pirx is one of the two possibilities. The bulk of the novel is set much further in the future, and it is vastly different from Lem's previous works.

The Practical Statutes of the Session, later called Paterson's Practical Statutes, was published from 1850 onwards and included annotated copies of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed between 1849 and 1943. The Practical Statutes of the Session 1849 was published in 1853 and edited by Charles John Belcher Hertslet. The Practical Statutes of the Session 1850 was published in 1850 and edited by Edward William Cox and William Paterson. Other editors included James Sutherland Cotton, William de Bracy Herbert and A L Malcolm.

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The Royal Burgh of Haddington (Scots: Haidintoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Adainn) is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local government reforms took the form of the county of Haddingtonshire for the period from 1889 to 1921. It lies about 17 miles (27 kilometres) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the sixth or seventh century AD when the area was incorporated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the rest of the Lothian region, was ceded by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124–1153), gi

The Martian Chronicles is a science fiction fix-up, published in 1950, by American writer Ray Bradbury that chronicles the settlement of Mars, the home of indigenous Martians, by Americans leaving a troubled Earth that is eventually devastated by nuclear war. The book is a work of science fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, dystopian fiction, and horror that projects American society immediately after World War II into a technologically advanced future where the amplification of humanity's potentials to create and destroy have both miraculous and devastating consequences.

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Brian Kellock (born 1962) is a Scottish jazz pianist.

Willemsoord is a large former Naval base of the Royal Netherlands Navy in Den Helder. It is now connected to the city center of Den Helder, and focuses on entertainment and tourism.

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American radio personality, conservative political commentator, author, and television show host. He was best known as the host of his radio show The Rush Limbaugh Show, which has been in national syndication on AM and FM radio stations. Limbaugh expressed controversial viewpoints on race, LGBT matters, feminism, and sexual consent. Limbaugh denied climate change and supported U.S. military interventions in the Middle East.

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The River Poddle (Irish: An Poitéal) is a river in Dublin, Ireland, a pool on which (dubh linn, "the black pool" or "dark pool" in Irish) gave the city its English language name. It rises in the southwest of the traditional County Dublin in the Cookstown area, northwest of Tallaght, and flows into the River Liffey at Wellington Quay in the centre of Dublin. Flowing in the open almost to the Grand Canal at Harold's Cross, its lower reaches, including multiple connected artificial channels, are almost entirely culverted. The river was a key source of potable water for the city from the 13th century, supplying homes, and businesses including breweries and distilleries, tanners and dyers. Its volume boosted by a drawing off from the much larger River Dodder, it also powered multiple mills, provided for the moat at Dublin Castle, through which it still runs. It is mentioned briefly in Joyce's Ulysses, and multiple times in Finnegans Wake.

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Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (December 10, 1955 in Vareš, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia – January 12, 1994 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a Bosnian rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme.

Francis Rugge (1535 – 18 October 1607), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Freeman, Norwich 1563, alderman from c.1570, sheriff 1572-3, and Mayor of Norwich 1587-8, 1598-9 and 1602-3. Francis Rugge was the 4th son of Robert Rugge (d.1559), Mayor of Norwich, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wood of Norwich, gentleman of the horse to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. His uncle was William Rugge, Bishop of Norwich, and his brother was John Rugge (d. February 1581/2), Achdeacon of Wells. According to Norwich Heritage: Two children were baptised to Francis Rugge and Anne Aldrich:

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Saracens Football Club () are an English professional rugby union club based in London, England. They play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of rugby in England. Established in 1876, since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Copthall stadium in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road in Southgate, Enfield. The club's home playing colours are black and red. Saracens have won 10 major trophies, they were European champions three times in 2016, 2017 and 2019. They have won Premiership Rugby five times, most recently in 2019, and won the domestic cup twice in 1998 and 2015. They have also won the second division title twice in 1989 and 1995. The current Director of Rugby is Mark McCall who was appointed in January 2011. In November 2019, Saracens were handed a 35-point deduction and fined £5.3m after they were found to have breached Premiership Rugby salary cap regulations over the previous three seasons.On 18 January 2020 Premiership Rugby announced they would be relegated to the RFU Championship at the end of the season, following the investigation into Saracens breaking the rules of the competition over several seasons.

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Chrome OS (sometimes styled as chromeOS) is a Gentoo-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. However, Chrome OS is proprietary software. Google announced the project in July 2009, conceiving it as an operating system in which both applications and user data reside in the cloud: hence Chrome OS primarily runs web applications. Source code and a public demo came that November. The first Chrome OS laptop, known as a Chromebook, arrived in May 2011. Initial Chromebook shipments from Samsung and Acer occurred in July 2011. Chrome OS has an integrated media player and file manager. It supports Chrome Apps, which resemble native applications, as well as remote access to the desktop. Reception was initially skeptical, with some observers arguing that a browser running on any operating system was functionally equivalent. As more Chrome OS machines have entered the market, the operating system is now seldom evaluated apart from the hardware that runs it. Android applications started to become available for the operating system in 2014, and in 2016, access to Android apps in Google Play's entirety was introduced on supported Chrome OS devices. Support for a Linux terminal and applications, known as Project Crostini, was released to the stable channel in Chrome OS 69. This was made possible via a lightweight Linux kernel that runs containers inside a virtual machine. Chrome OS is only available pre-installed on hardware from Google manufacturing partners, but there are unofficial methods that allow it to be installed in other equipment. Its open-source upstream, Chromium OS, can be compiled from downloaded source code. Early on, Google provided design goals for Chrome OS, but has not otherwise released a technical description.

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Paulius Golubickas (born 19 August 1999) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays mostly as an attacking midfielder or forward for Gorica, and the Lithuania national team.

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Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007. She was also a producer for the show's final season. Fischer's first book, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, with an introduction by Steve Carell, was published in November 2017.

Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and an abusive perfectionist bandleader (J. K. Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory. Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist co-star. After Chazelle completed the script of Whiplash, Right of Way Films and Blumhouse Productions helped him turn 15 pages of the script into an 18-minute short film. The short film received acclaim after debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which attracted investors to produce the complete version of the script. Whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014, as the festival's opening film; it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize for drama. Sony Pictures acquired the worldwide distribution rights, releasing the film under its Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films banners for its North American and international releases respectively. The film opened in limited release domestically in the United States and Canada on October 10, 2014, gradually expanding to over 500 screens and finally closing on March 26, 2015. The film grossed $49 million on a production budget of $3.3 million. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and at the 87th Academy Awards, Whiplash won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor for Simmons, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

The River Poddle (Irish: An Poitéal) is a river in Dublin, Ireland, a pool on which (dubh linn, "the black pool" or "dark pool" in Irish) gave the city its English language name. It rises in the southwest of the traditional County Dublin in the Cookstown area, northwest of Tallaght, and flows into the River Liffey at Wellington Quay in the centre of Dublin. Flowing in the open almost to the Grand Canal at Harold's Cross, its lower reaches, including multiple connected artificial channels, are almost entirely culverted.

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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian naval officer who later acquired U.S. citizenship. He was the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical play and film The Sound of Music. His naval exploits during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. Under his command, the submarines SM U-5 and SM U-14 sank 13 Allied ships totaling about 45,669 gross register tons (GRT).

The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition among the top four hurling clubs in Derry. The winners represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. Slaughtneil were the 2018 champions, beating Banagher 2-12 to 0-10 in the final in September 2018 to win their sixth title in a row.

Petar Šimun "Šime" Budinić Zadranin (Latin: Piersimeone Budineo) (1535 – 13 December 1600) was a 16th-century Venetian-Croatian Catholic priest and writer from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia). He was a translator of psalms and catechetical texts, promoter of post-Tridentine Catholicism, and a poet.

Mark Felton (born 1974) is a British YouTuber, author, and historian of the Second World War. He has written over 20 books and posted nearly 400 history shorts on YouTube. While his main focus is on World War II, he also produces works on the Cold War, and other military-related events of the 20th century.

Saracens Football Club () are an English professional rugby union club based in London, England. They play in the RFU Championship, the second tier of rugby in England. Established in 1876, since 2012, Saracens have played their home games at Copthall stadium in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet; previous grounds have included Vicarage Road in Watford, and Bramley Road in Southgate, Enfield. The club's home playing colours are black and red. The current Director of Rugby is Mark McCall who was appointed in January 2011.

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Francis Rugge (1535 – 18 October 1607), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Freeman, Norwich 1563, alderman from c.1570, sheriff 1572-3, and Mayor of Norwich 1587-8, 1598-9 and 1602-3. Francis Rugge was the 4th son of Robert Rugge (d.1559), Mayor of Norwich, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Wood of Norwich, gentleman of the horse to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. His uncle was William Rugge, Bishop of Norwich, and his brother was John Rugge (d. February 1581/2), Achdeacon of Wells. He married Anne (d. 23 May 1611), daughter of John Aldrich (by 1520–1582) by Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Sotherton, alderman of Norwich, on 14 June 1561 at St. Clement's Church, Norwich. Anne had previously been the wife of Nicholas Bacon (d.1560). Nicholas Bacon and Anne Aldrich had been married on 19 February 1559 in the same church. The entry for their marriage is a couple of entries above the entry for that of Francis and Anne. He was buried at St. Clement's Church, Norwich on 20 of November 1560. His entry is a couple of entries above the one for the burial of Anne and Francis's infant son. It was Francis who inherited his father’s position as a Norwich mercer. In his father's will he was left two manors and some money and plate, and he was appointed one of the executors of said will. His father passed away in 1559. According to Norwich Heritage: The couple had no children. They lived in a house built 1470 - 90 on land at the corner of Bridewell Abbey and St Andrew's Street. An inner entrance of the house has been preserved at the Telephone Exchange in St Andrew's Street. Two children were baptised to Francis Rugge and Anne Aldrich: 1.
* Robert, baptised on 12 July 1562 at St. Clement's Church, Norwich, buried on 21 July 1562 at St. Clement's Church, Norwich 2.
* Jone, a daughter, baptised in January 1563/4 at home by the midwife, buried on 22 January 1563/4 at St. George Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England. The couple's monument survives, and is located in the same chapel as the monuments of Robert Suckling , also a Norwich politician, and his son Sir John Suckling, who was knighted in 1616 and served as Secretary of State to both James I and Charles I. At the east end wall, on the northernmost part, St. Mary's chapel in St. Andrew's Church, Norwich, there is an inscription which reads: Hic prope Patricio RUGGORUM sanguine cretus FRANCISCUS recubat, qui septaginta duosque, Per-vivens annos, isti ter præfuit Urbi, ANNA que ab Aldricijs quæ progeneratur avitis, Hujus FRANCISCI nuper fidissima conjux, Condidit hunc Tumulum recubantis honore Mariti. Obijt Ille die xviii° Mensis Octobris A° Dni. 1607. Obijt Illa die xxiii° Mensis Maij 1611. A Senator of Senators renowned Race, Was FRANCIS RUGG, now intombed in this Place, He was thrice Mayor in 72 Years Life, ANN, being by birth an Aldrich late his Wife, In Love hath reared this Memorial, To celebrate his worthy Name withal. The Rugge coat of arms, Gules, a chevron engrailed, between three mullets pierced, argent, can be seen on this monument, though the chevron does not appear to be engrailed. Francis Blomefield, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, however, confirms this to be the coat of arms of Rugge in his An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 4, Containing the History of Norwich, Part II. This coat of arms quarters, 1st, Argent, a chevron engrailed between three pairs of keys erect, addorsed azure, Mynshawe; 2nd, arg. a chevron ingrailed sab. between three birds. 3rd, Ermine, a chief indented gules, Brome. There is a crescent for difference. The said quartered coats impale Aldrich, on a fesse bull passant, and there is a shield of Aldrich single. Of the other coats of arms the Rugge coat of arms is quartered with, Argent, a chevron, between three birds (martlets), sable, appears to be the coat of arms of his mother's Wood family. This quartering could indicate a Mynshawe and a Brome heiress in Francis Rugge's ancestry, which marriages are now lost to time.

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Blairgowrie and Rattray ( ()) is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Locals refer to the town as "Blair". Blairgowrie is the larger of the two former burghs which were united by an Act of Parliament in 1928 and lies on the southwest side of the River Ericht while Rattray is on the northeast side. Rattray claims to be the older and certainly Old Rattray, the area round Rattray Kirk, dates back to the 12th century. New Rattray, the area along the Boat Brae and Balmoral Road dates from 1777 when the River was spanned by the Brig o' Blair. The town lies on the north side of Strathmore at the foot of the Grampian Mountains. The west boundary is formed by the Knockie, a round grassy hill, and Craighall Gorge on the Ericht. Blairgowrie and Rattray developed over the centuries at the crossroads of several historic routes with links from the town to Perth, Coupar Angus, Alyth and Braemar. The roads to Coupar Angus and Braemar form part of General Wade's military road from Perth to Fort George. The town's centrepiece is the Wellmeadow, a grassy triangle in the middle of town which hosts regular markets and outdoor entertainment.

Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom The Office, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007. She was also a producer for the show's final season. Since then, Fischer has appeared in such films as Blades of Glory (2007), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), The Promotion (2008), Hall Pass (2011), and The Giant Mechanical Man (2012), a film directed by her husband, Lee Kirk. She also appeared as Rhonda McNeil in the NBC's comedy-drama series You, Me and the Apocalypse. Fischer also starred in the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together (2018–2019). Fischer's first book, The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, with an introduction by Steve Carell, was published in November 2017.

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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO, pronounced [ˈpeɪ.hoʊ], PAY-hoe) is an international public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It is part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and as the health organization of the Inter-American System. It is known in Latin America as the OPS or OPAS (Spanish: Organización Panamericana de la Salud; Portuguese: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde).

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WPC 56 is a British television police procedural series, created and partly written by Dominique Moloney and broadcast on BBC One. The stories feature the first woman police constables (WPC) to join Brinford Constabulary in 1956. Series one and two focus on Gina Dawson (Jennie Jacques) as she struggles to gain acceptance at a male-dominated police station and having to deal with the sexist attitudes that were commonplace at that time.

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Herbertus Bikker (born 15 July 1915 in Wijngaarden, Netherlands – died 1 November 2008 in Haspe, Germany), also known as The Butcher of Ommen, was a Dutch war criminal. He was a member of the Waffen-SS. In this function, Bikker served as a guard at the prison and work camp Erika near Ommen. He received his nickname due to his brutal behaviour at the prison camp. Bikker is the alleged murderer of Dutch resistance fighter who was killed, twenty-seven years old, on 17 November 1944. Following the end of World War II, he was sentenced to death by a Dutch court. Together with Klaas Carel Faber, and four other convicted war criminals, he managed to escape from prison in Breda on 26 December 1952 and fled to Germany, crossing the border at Ubbergen near Cleves. Settling in the city of Hagen, he lived in Germany undetected until 1995. Following a decree from 1943, foreign members of the Waffen-SS automatically received German nationality. Germany does not extradite its own nationals. Finally, being one of the few surviving war criminals, he was taken to court after all in Germany. Bikker's only chance to evade prosecution and trial was to claim diminished responsibility due to illness. When a doctor attested Bikker's limited responsibility, his case came to court. However, following a breakdown and fainting in court, neurologists advised against Bikker standing trial due illness. Court was adjourned on 2 February 2004. Bikker lived in Hagen as a pensioner until his death, which was not made public until April 2009.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal are the highest civilian awards of the United States. The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and, while it is a civilian award, it can also be awarded to military personnel and worn on the uniform.It was established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, superseding the Medal of Freedom that was established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to honor civilian service during World War II.

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Christopher Lee (1941 – February 2021) was a British writer, historian and broadcaster, best known for writing the radio documentary series This Sceptred Isle for the BBC read by Anna Massey and directed by Pete Atkin.

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Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and an abusive perfectionist bandleader (J. K. Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory. Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist co-star. The film received widespread critical acclaim, and at the 87th Academy Awards, Whiplash won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor for Simmons, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.

WPC 56 is a British television police procedural series, created and partly written by Dominique Moloney and broadcast on BBC One. The stories feature the first woman police constables (WPC) to join Brinford Constabulary in 1956. Series one and two focus on Gina Dawson (Jennie Jacques) as she struggles to gain acceptance at a male-dominated police station and having to deal with the sexist attitudes that were commonplace at that time. The third series depicts the experiences of her successor at the station, Annie Taylor (Claudia Jessie). Each series is a set of five episodes and broadcast on five consecutive afternoons, initially during March 2013, February 2014 and March 2015.

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Colby Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Seth Rollins. Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable with Jimmy Jacobs. During his time in ROH he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice with Jacobs, as well as the winner of the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro (FIP), where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion, also with Jacobs. Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion. After WWE rebranded FCW into NXT, he became the inaugural NXT Champion. Alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, he debuted on WWE's main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series as part of a faction called The Shield. He won his first main roster championship while with the group, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Reigns. Following the team's first breakup in June 2014, Rollins went on to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Universal Championship, WWE Intercontinental Championship and the WWE United States Championship. He is the 29th Triple Crown Champion and the 18th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history, and also holds the record for most title reigns with the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship, with six. In addition, he is the 2014 Money in the Bank winner, the 2015 Superstar of the Year and the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble winner, and is the only wrestler to have held all three of WWE's current world titles (WWE, Universal, and NXT Championships). Rollins has headlined numerous major pay-per-view events for WWE, including WrestleMania 31. Industry veteran Sting, who wrestled his final match against Rollins, described him as the most talented professional wrestler he has ever seen or worked with. He was the cover athlete for video game WWE 2K18. He has been named the No. 1 wrestler in the world by Pro Wrestling Illustrated's PWI 500 list in both 2015 and 2019.
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Pokémon Stadium is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. First released in Japan on April 30, 1999, it was later released as the first Stadium title in Western regions the following year, and is a sequel to the Japanese-only 1998 Nintendo 64 release Pocket Monsters Stadium. The gameplay revolves around a 3D turn-based battling system using the 151 Pokémon from the Game Boy games Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow. The game was originally intended for the Nintendo 64's DD add-on, but ended up turning into a standard console game after the add-on failed. Using the Transfer Pak accessory that was bundled with the game, players are able to view, organize, store, trade, and battle their own Pokémon uploaded from Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow. One of the main focuses of the game is the completion of the four stadium cups, each of which is a series of three-on-three Pokémon battles against an ordered lineup of opponents. Another battle mode called Gym Leader Castle allows battles against the eight Kanto gym leaders and the Elite Four. Other features of Pokémon Stadium include mini-games, versus-style battles, a hall of fame, compatibility with the Game Boy Printer, and a built-in emulation function for Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow. Pokémon Stadium went on to become one of the Nintendo 64's best-selling titles, reaching one million copies sold before the end of 2000. Critical reception of the game was mixed, with critics praising the game's visuals but finding fault with the audio quality. A sequel, Pokémon Stadium 2, was released in 2000 as a counterpart for the next-generation Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, and Pokémon Crystal games.

Chrome OS (sometimes styled as chromeOS) is a Gentoo-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface. However, Chrome OS is proprietary software.

Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. It is about a bus that is rigged by a mad bomber: the bus bomb will arm itself once the bus reaches 50 miles per hour and it will explode if the bus subsequently drops below 50 miles per hour. Released on June 10, 1994, it became critically and commercially successful, grossing $350.4 million on a $30 million budget and winning two Academy Awards, for Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Sound, at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995. A critically panned sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997.

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Polk County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 602,095, as of the 2010 census. Its county seat is Bartow, and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. This MSA is the 87th-most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 89th-most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales. Polk County is home to one public university, one state college, and four private universities. One Fortune 500 company, Publix Super Markets, has headquarters in the county.

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Pokémon Stadium is a strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. First released in Japan on April 30, 1999, it was later released as the first Stadium title in Western regions the following year, and is a sequel to the Japanese-only 1998 Nintendo 64 release Pocket Monsters Stadium. The gameplay revolves around a 3D turn-based battling system using the 151 Pokémon from the Game Boy games Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow.

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Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT, ICAO: KPIT, FAA LID: PIT), formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It is the primary international airport serving the Greater Pittsburgh Region, located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh, at an elevation of 1,202 feet (366 m) above sea level. First opened in 1952, the airport was initially served by five airlines and became a small hub for Trans World Airlines for over two decades. The airport underwent a massive $1 billion rebuilding and expansion which was completed in 1992 and became a major hub for US Airways. The new airport was one of the most innovative in the world, dubbed the "airport of the future" by the New York Times, and helped to pioneer modern airport design with its X-shape to reduce distance between gates, underground tram to transport passengers around the airport, and array of shopping options, all of which were cutting-edge at the time. Traffic peaked at 20 million passengers in the late 1990s, but US Airways, which was facing bankruptcy, abandoned it as a hub in 2004, eliminating thousands of jobs and nearly bankrupting the airport itself, which was built largely to suit US Airways' needs. The airport experienced a resurgence in the 2010s, doubling the number of carriers to 16 as the Allegheny County Airport Authority has aggressively courted airlines and lobbied for new routes. In 2017, the airport reopened access to the post-security terminal for passengers who are not flying, as long as they can pass through security, becoming the first airport in the country to do so after the federal government lifted restrictions put in place after 9/11. Southwest Airlines is currently the airport's top carrier by market share. The airport is a maintenance base for American Airlines. In 2017, local officials unveiled plans for a $1.1 billion renovation which will include a new terminal for check-in, security, and baggage claim adjacent to the gates. Officials emphasized that the renovations would make the airport more suited to Pittsburgh, rather than to US Airways. The project was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is now projected to open in 2025. Pittsburgh International Airport is the busiest airport in western Pennsylvania and the second-busiest airport in the state, after Philadelphia International Airport. In 2019 it served 9.78 million passengers, the highest rate since 2007. Traffic dropped to 3.65 million passengers in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Polk County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 602,095, as of the 2010 census. Its county seat is Bartow, and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. This MSA is the 87th-most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 89th-most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales.

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The official 2020/2021 snooker world ranking points for the professional snooker players on the World Snooker Main Tour in the 2020–21 season are based on performances in ranking tournaments over a two-year rolling period. The rankings at the start of 2020/2021 season are determined by prize money earned in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 seasons and are updated after every tournament carrying ranking status; the players are re-ranked at the beginning of the current season after removing players relegated at the end of the previous season from the ranking list. As points are accrued from tournaments throughout the current season, the points from the corresponding tournaments from two seasons earlier are dropped. The rankings are used to set the official tournament seedings at various points th

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The following is a list of secondary schools in Ontario. Secondary education policy in the Canadian province of Ontario is governed by the Ministry of Education. Secondary education in Ontario includes Grades 9 to 12. The following list includes public secular institutions, public separate schools, and privately managed independent schools in Ontario. All public schools in Ontario (secular and separate) operate as a part of either an English first language school board or a French first language school board.

Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels. It is about a bus that is rigged by a mad bomber: the bus bomb will arm itself once the bus reaches 50 miles per hour and it will explode if the bus subsequently drops below 50 miles per hour. A critically panned sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997.

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Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (transl. Stay with me, my love) is an Indian drama television produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. The show premiered on 3 May 2010 on Star Plus. It starred Giaa Manek, Rucha Hasabnis, Mohammad Nazim, Rupal Patel and Devoleena Bhattacharjee. A new season of the series Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 premiered on 19 October 2020 on StarPlus starring Sneha Jain and Harsh Nagar and Akanksha Juneja.

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Colby Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Seth Rollins. Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable with Jimmy Jacobs. During his time in ROH he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice with Jacobs, as well as the winner of the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro (FIP), where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion, also with Jacobs.

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The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan, September 9, 1999 in North America, and October 14, 1999 in Europe. It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's eighteen years in the console market. In contrast to the expensive hardware of the unsuccessful Sega Saturn, the Dreamcast was designed to reduce costs with "off-the-shelf" components, including a Hitachi SH-4 CPU and an NEC PowerVR2 GPU. Released in Japan to a subdued reception, the Dreamcast enjoyed a successful U.S. launch backed by a large marketing campaign, but interest in the system steadily declined as Sony built hype for the upcoming PlayStation 2. Sales did not meet Sega's expectations despite several price cuts, and the company continued to incur significant financial losses. After a change in leadership, Sega discontinued the Dreamcast on March 31, 2001, withdrawing from the console business and restructuring itself as a third-party publisher. In total, 9.13 million Dreamcast units were sold worldwide. Although the Dreamcast had a short lifespan and limited third-party support, reviewers have considered the console ahead of its time. Its library contains many games considered innovative, including Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Phantasy Star Online, and Shenmue, as well as high-quality ports from Sega's NAOMI arcade system board. The Dreamcast was also the first console to include a built-in modular modem for internet support and online play.

The Martian Chronicles is a science fiction fix-up, published in 1950, by American writer Ray Bradbury that chronicles the settlement of Mars, the home of indigenous Martians, by Americans leaving a troubled Earth that is eventually devastated by nuclear war. The book is a work of science fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, dystopian fiction, and horror that projects American society immediately after World War II into a technologically advanced future where the amplification of humanity's potentials to create and destroy have both miraculous and devastating consequences. Events in the chronicle include the apocalyptic destruction of both Martian and human civilizations, both instigated by humans, though there are no stories with settings at the catastrophes. The outcomes of many stories raise concerns about the values and direction of America of the time by addressing militarism, science and technology that could result in a global nuclear war (e.g., "There Will Come Soft Rains" and ""); depopulation that might be considered genocide (e.g., "", "" and ""); racial oppression and exploitation (e.g., ""); ahistoricism, philistinism, and hostility towards religion (e.g., ""); censorship and conformity (e.g., ""); and war-time prosperity (e.g. "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Million-Year Picnic"), among others. On Bradbury's award of a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 2007, the book was recognized as one of his "masterworks that readers carry with them over a lifetime."

The Royal Burgh of Haddington (Scots: Haidintoun, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Adainn) is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local government reforms took the form of the county of Haddingtonshire for the period from 1889 to 1921. It lies about 17 miles (27 kilometres) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the sixth or seventh century AD when the area was incorporated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the rest of the Lothian region, was ceded by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124–1153), giving it trading rights which encouraged its growth into a market town. Today Haddington is a small town with a population of fewer than 10,000 people; although during the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town House, built in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When first built, it inheld a council chamber, jail and sheriff court, to which assembly rooms were added in 1788, and a new clock in 1835. Nearby is the Corn Exchange (1854) and the County Courthouse (1833). Other nearby notable sites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and the birthplace of author and government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, marked by a commemorative plaque.

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