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Biography of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. His time of birth is an assumption of course, given by this website, from Gilles Roy : http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/index2.html http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/jc.html. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek, itself a transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshua or Hebrew-Aramaic Yeshua, meaning "YHWH is salvation"; and where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek christós, meaning the "Anointed One", which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The main sources of information regarding Jesus' life and teachings are the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Most scholars in the fields of history and biblical studies a...
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Biography of Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is often known simply as Elvis, and is also called "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as a singer of rockabilly, performing country and rhythm and blues songs. He developed a combination of country music and blues with a strong back beat, and an energetic delivery - one of the earliest forms of rock & roll. He also had success with ballads, country, gospel, blues, pop, folk and even semi-operatic and jazz standards. In a career of over two decades, Presley set many records for concert attendance, television ratings and records sales. He subsequently became one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. ...
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Biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War. Kennedy's leadership during the USS PT-109 incident in the Second World War in the South Pacific was a major turning point in his life. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts from 1947 to 1960, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then, in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy (Democrat) was elected president of the United States i...
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Biography of Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955 (birth time source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank)) is an American actor, producer and singer. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage and then in television in the 1980s, most notably as David Addison in Moonlighting (198589). He is perhaps best known for his role of John McClane in the Die Hard series, which were mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has appeared in over sixty films, including Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), Armageddon (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Sin City (2005), Red (2010) and The Expendables 2 (2012). Motion pictures featuring Willis have grossed US$2.64 billion to 3.05 billion at North American box offices, making him the eighth highest-grossing acto...
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Biography of Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, LMR, BC)) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing lead actor of all time, with a combined gross of over USD$3.3 billion and a worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion. Hanks followed Philadelphia with the 1994 summer hit Forrest Gump. Hanks explained what appealed to him about the script: "When I read the script for Gump, I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and t...
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Biography of Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, R. Craft, BC)) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer and activist. Norton has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in the films, Primal Fear, American History X and Birdman. He also starred in other roles, such as Everyone Says I Love You (1996), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Fight Club (1999), Red Dragon (2002), 25th Hour (2002), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Illusionist (2006), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He has also directed and co-written films, including his directorial debut, Keeping the Faith (2000). He had his uncredited work on the scripts for The Score, Frida and The Incredible Hulk. Alongside his work in cinema, Norton is an en...
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Biography of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Albert II, Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958), styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco. Early life Born in the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco, Albert's godmother was Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. Albert attended the Albert I High School, graduating with distinction in 1976. He was a camper and later a counselor for six summers at Camp Tecumseh on Lake Winnipesaukee, Moultonborough, New Hampshire in the 1970s. He spent a year training in various princely duties, and enrolled at Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1977 as Albert Grimaldi, studying political science, economics, music, and English literature, and also joined Chi Psi ...
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Biography of Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová (born 10 March 1973) is a Czech model and actress. Career Herzigová was born in Litvínov, in the then Central bloc country of Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance was the Wonderbra campaign in 1990s. She was also featured in Guess? jeans advertisements. She has also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. Herzigová has also appeared in several movies. She posed nude for Playboy in August 2004. In 2006 she was Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. She married Tico Torres, the drummer...
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Biography of Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age eleven, and his short career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received an Academy Award nomination and won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award. Gyllenhaal's first major film appearance was in 2001's cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a teenager troubled by psychological problems. In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event alongside Dennis Quaid. He then played against type as a confused and frustrated ...
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Biography of Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Cage has also worked as a director and producer, through his production company Saturn Films. As of 2007, he has been nominated twice for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning one of them for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Early life Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California. His father, August Floyd Coppola, is a comparative literature professor and a pioneer of studies for the blind, while his part German American mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a choreographer and dancer who suffered from chronic depression; the two divorced in 1976. Cage's father is an Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an a...
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Biography of Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976 (birth time source "biography of Benedict Cumberbatch" by Nigel Goddall, "Benedict was born on Wednesday, July 19, 1976, in Hammersmith, West London, at 12:00pm, at Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital on Goldhawk Rd.") is an English film, television and theatre actor, voice artist and producer. His first West End theatre performance was as George Tesman in Sir Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has had leading roles in Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2010) and Danny Boyle's Frankenstein (2011). His first main part on television was as the title character in Hawking in 2004. This was followed by notable television portrayals of Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2010 and Christopher ...
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Biography of Christian Bale
Christian Charles Philip Bale (also known professionally as Christian Morgan Bale; born 30 January 1974) is an English actor who is known for his roles in the films American Psycho, Equilibrium, Batman Begins and The Prestige, among others. Bale is also known for his versatility as an actor, including mimicking nearly any English-based accent, harsh regimens of shedding and gaining weight (particularly for The Machinist, Batman Begins and, most recently, Rescue Dawn), and generally inhabiting the characters he plays. Before he found success in playing Batman, he was heavily involved in independent films. Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun at the age of 13, playing a British boy who becomes separated from his par...
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Biography of Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert 'Ted' Bundy (November 24, 1946 January 24, 1989) was one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. Bundy raped and murdered scores of young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. After more than a decade of vigorous denials, Bundy eventually confessed to thirty murders, although the actual total of victims remains unknown. Typically, Bundy would rape then murder, or murder then rape (which qualifies him as a necrophiliac), his victims by bludgeoning, and sometimes by strangulation. Despite the brutality of his crimes, Bundy is believed to have had a brilliant mind and was frequently described as educated and charming. His personal friends and acquaintances would remember him as a handsome and articulate young man....
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Biography of Jean-Pierre Danel
Jean-Pierre Danel (born 4 June 1968 in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire) is a French self-taught guitarist, record producer and composer. Biography Danel started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14. He was then mainly influenced by the English guitarist Hank Marvin and The Shadows. After many tours and studio recordings with French session musicians, he released various guitar albums, 7 gold discs in Europe. In the US, his album Stratospheric was named Best Album of the Year 2000 by the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame, and Danel was also named Composer of the Year for his track "Ballad For a Friend". As a guitarist, the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame described him as "brilliant and expressive". In 2001, he was featured on the charitable Unic...
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Biography of Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977 (birth time source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/may/20/observer-profile-michael-fassbender)) is an actor, born in Heidelberg, Germany, brought up in Killarney, county Kerry, Ireland, and currently a resident of London. He played Azazeal in the Sky One UK Television series Hex. Other credits include Band of Brothers and the Frank Miller film 300 in which he plays Spartan soldier Stelios ("Then we shall fight in the shade"). Has been cast in the lead role of Heathcliff in the John Maybury version of "Wuthering Heights" due in 2009 ] Early years and facts Michael Fassbender was born on April 2, 1977 in Heidelberg, Germany. His parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland only a few years after his birth. Michael attended St. Br...
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Biography of 50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975) is an American rapper commonly known by his stage name 50 Cent. He rose to fame following the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre. 50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over twenty-one million records worldwide. Born in South Jamaica, Queens in New York, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s' crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing in favor of pursuing a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After the release of his mixtape compilation Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Drewho produced his first major commercial successeshe became one of the highest sellin...
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Biography of Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police. Personal life Sting married actress Frances Tomelty from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, the couple had two children: Joseph (born 1976) and Fuchsia Catherine (born 1982). Joe is following in his father's musical footsteps and is a member of the band Fiction Plane. In 1982, shortly after the birth of his second child, Sting separated from Tomelty and began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler. The couple eventually married in 1992. Sting and Styler have fo...
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Biography of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the (Low) German Adrian VI in the 1520s. He is one of only four people to have been named to the Time 100 for both the 20th century and for a year in the 21st. The official title of John Paul II was: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Saint Peter, Head of the College of Bishop...
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Biography of Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair (born July 18, 1967 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)), better known by his stage name Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his portrayals of Dominic Toretto in The Fast and the Furious film series and Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick series. He was also a producer on sequels in both franchises. Diesel has also starred in films such as xXx (2002) and Find Me Guilty (2006). His voice acting work includes The Iron Giant (1999), the video game spin-offs from The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a short film titled Multi-Facial and the feature-length drama film Strays. He is the founder of the pro...
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Biography of George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963) is an English singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album Faith which sold 14 million copies on release and to date has crossed well over the 20 million mark worldwide. George Michael is one of the world's most successful male artists, selling over 85 million records globally and encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 9 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums....
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Biography of Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England), is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated English actor. Career Ralph Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. In 2001, Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.. Fiennes made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. But it was in the following year that he became known internationally, portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, for which he was nominated for the Acade...
Biography of Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Ruquier (born February 24, 1963 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a popular French journalist and TV and radio host. Laurent Ruquier was born in Le Havre, in Normandy. He now currently hosts a talk show called "On a tout essayé", meaning in french "We tried everything", in access prime-time on France 2. He also hosts a talk show on the radio Europe 1. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Ruquier"...
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Biography of Brooke Shields
Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion model to ever appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue magazine. Later that same year (at age 15), Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline, "Do you wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and controversial child actress. TIME magazine report...
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Biography of Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 1 March 1969 (birth time source: Astrodatabank "Starkman quotes Juan Estadella quoting B.C. in hand "veinte y una treinta": 21:30 hours.")) is a Spanish actor. In 2007, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. He has also garnered critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los Lunes al sol and Mar adentro. He portrayed the main antagonist Raoul Silva in the 2012 James Bond movie Skyfall, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Bardem has also won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, five Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Be...
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Biography of Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Davyhulme, near Manchester. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the English band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a successful solo career, racking up ten Top 10 singles in the UK. Biography Morrissey was born in Park Hospital, now known as Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme, on 22 May 1959 to Irish Catholic immigrants. His father, Peter Morrissey was a hospital porter whilst his mother, Elizabeth Dwyer, was a librarian. His parents had emigrated to England just before Morrissey's birth and, along with his elder sister Jackie, Morrissey was raised in Harper Street in Hulme, Manchester. In 1965, the family moved to Queens Square in Hulme ...
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Biography of Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in the North East of England. As a member of the British Cabinet he is also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in July 1994 following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many decades-old policy goals. Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, ending 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party; it was the worst Conservative defeat since 1832. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister...
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Biography of Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith (born April 21, 1959 in Blackpool, England), is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and has been the lead singer of British post-punk band The Cure since its founding in 1976. NY Rock calls him "pop cultures unkempt poster child of doom and gloom", and describes his songs as "somber introspection over lush, brooding guitars" Smith is a multi-instrumentalist and can play 6 and 12-string guitars; 4 and 6 string bass guitars; double bass; keyboards and violins. Musical career Early years See also the history of The Cure Robert Smith is the third of four children born to Alex and Rita Smith. His siblings are Richard, Margaret, and Janet. Janet is married to Porl Thompson, the "second" guitarist of The Cure, as he and Smith switch between playing lead and rhythm ...
Biography of David Icke
David Vaughan Icke (pronounced "IKE" /aɪk/) (born April 29, 1952) is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching "who and what is really controlling the world." A former professional football player, reporter, television sports presenter, and spokesman for the Green Party, he is the author of 20 books explaining his views. Icke argues that he has developed a moral and political worldview that combines New Age spiritualism with a passionate denunciation of what he sees as totalitarian trends in the modern world, a position that has been described as "New Age conspiracism." At the heart of Icke's theories is the view that the world is ruled by a secret group called the "Global Elite" or "Illuminati," which he has linked to The Protocols ...
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Biography of David Grohl
David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the drummer of Nirvana from 1990 until the band dissolved in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the Foo Fighters in 1995. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, DC area bands, most notably the punk rock band Scream. Early life When Grohl was a young child, his family (father James, mother Virginia, and older sister Lisa) relocated from Ohio to Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother. At the age of twelve, Grohl began tinkering with the guitar. He started with lessons, but eventually grew tired of them, and began to play in band...
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Biography of Criss Angel
Criss Angel (born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19, 1967) is an American magician, illusionist, musician, mentalist, hypnotist, escapologist, stunt performer and actor. He is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Angel was born on December 19, 1967, raised in East Meadow, New York and is of Greek descent. Angel grew up loving music (playing drums, flute and accordion) and has always had an interest in magic. His parents are John and Dimitra Sarantakos. His mother hails from Mystra, Greece. He has two brothers, Costa and JD, as well as two cats, Minx and Hammy (short for Hamlet). One of Criss's biggest influences has been his father, who died from stomach cancer. Criss Angel first became interested ...
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Biography of Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 (birth time source: himself in one of his songs, texts at http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/aliceinchains/frogs.html 18th line, and also for the precise time at this second songs: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/aliceinchains/nothinsong.html) - ca. April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the short-lived supergroup Mad Season, known for his powerful and soulful voice. By the 90's, he was addicted to heroin, which led to the downfall of his career, and eventually took his life. History Early life Layne Thomas Staley was born on August 22, 1967 to Phil Staley and Nancy McCallum in Kirkland, Washington. He was eight years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and sisters...
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Biography of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (/ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) May 28, 2014) was an African-American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than 50 years. She received dozens of awards and over fifty honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen and brought her international recognition and acclaim. She became a poet and writer after a series o...
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Biography of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born Patrick Poivre, September 20, 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he is the longest serving current newsreader in the world. Biography PPDA was born in Reims, France. He obtained his Baccalaureat at the age of 15, the same year he became a father. He attended the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, where he studied Law and Oriental Languages at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Journalistic career Poivre started training as a journalist at the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) at age 22. He obtained his first job in 1971 on France Inter as the morning news-reader...
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Biography of Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. In 1979, Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter, where he played a disturbed Vietnam vet alongside Robert De Niro. Walken was nominated again in 2002 for Catch Me if You Can. He has a considerable body of work in theatre, with over 100 plays to his credit. Walken won the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in The Lion in Winter in 1966 and an Obie for his 1975 performance in Kid Champion. He has played the main role in a number of Shakespeare plays, notably Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Walken tried his hand at writing and directing with the short five-minute film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role i...
Biography of David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge (birth time source: http://www.astrologiainlinea.it/Astro_Magazine/Articoli/astromagazine_dett_articolo.asp?ID=238 (unfortunately with no source)) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a member of the band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. Gilmour has been very active in many charity organisations over the course of his career. In 2003, he was appointed CBE for this work. Gilmour was also voted No. 1 in Fender's Greatest Players of all time poll in the February 2006 issue of Guitarist (UK) magazine. Early life Gilmour was born and grew up in the affluent Grantchester Meadows area of Cambridge, England. His fathe...
Biography of Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teen idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as an adult actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film Crash. Early life Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Paul Dillon (a painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer) and Mary Ellen (a homemaker). He has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin, is also an actor. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and attended Hommocks School in Larchmont, New York. Career Dillon in My Bodyguard, 1980In 1979, casting director...
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Biography of Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instrumentsincluding piano and harmonicahis style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the lynchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished, yet consistently evocative sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronica throughout a varied career, his be...
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Biography of Elle MacPherson
Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow, 29 March 1963) is an Australian supermodel and actress. She is most famous worldwide for her five cover appearances on Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed The Body, she is 183cm tall. Early life Macpherson was born in Cronulla, New South Wales, and is the eldest of four children. Her parents divorced when she was fourteen, and her mother later married Neil Macpherson. Macpherson then changed her last name for her stepfather's. She studied law for one year at the University of Sydney. Rise to fame While on holiday in Tasmania, Macpherson was discovered and signed to Click Model Management. Macpherson became an international star through her appearance in ELLE magazine. She appeared in every issue for ...
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gEDA Resources
From Evil Mad Scientist Wiki
Useful resources for working with gEDA, the GPL'd suite and toolkit of Electronic Design Automation software.
- Note 1: This page is a continuing work in progress.
- Note 2: This wiki is publicly editable; topical contributions are welcome.
[edit] Basics
- gEDA Project Homepage
- gEDA Answers @ Launchpad: Have questions about how to do something with gEDA? You can ask the developers.
- All about gEDA at Open Circuits
[edit] Installing gEDA
[edit] Installing gEDA on Windows
- gEDA can be run on Windows natively, as a cygwin application, or in a virtual machine.
- "Official" Windows installers are available here, maintained by DJ Delorie, one of the core gEDA developers.
- In case of difficulty with the latest, "official" versions, there are also unofficial "native" installers available. We would recommend this installer by Peter Clifton.
- Another set of unofficial installers.
- Virtual machine method: Download Virtualbox and download Ubuntu, so that you can run Ubuntu in a virtual machine on your computer. (It's fast and easy!) Then, install gEDA (gschem and PCB) from the Ubuntu software center.
[edit] Installing gEDA on Mac
- gEDA can be run on the Mac as an X11 application or in a virtual machine.
- Standard method 1: Use MacPorts, and install both "geda-gaf" and "pcb." You may also want to use the Porticus GUI to make that process easier.
- Standard method 2: Use Fink, and install the "geda-bundle." You may also want to use the Fink Commander GUI to make that process easier. More about this process here.
- Standard method 3: Use Homebrew and "brew install geda-gaf pcb".
- Virtual machine method: Download Virtualbox and download Ubuntu, so that you can run Ubuntu in a virtual machine on your computer. (It's fast and easy!) Then, install gEDA (gschem and PCB) from the Ubuntu software center. Note: this is faster than the Fink method-- under 1 hour, if you have a reasonably fast internet connection.
[edit] Installing gEDA on Linux
- In Ubuntu, install gEDA (gschem and PCB) from the Ubuntu software center.
- Similar packages are available for other Linux flavors, for example as Debian Packages.
- Those familiar with git, those keen to contribute to the code base, and those seeking the latest version, should consider building from source under linux, see git.geda-project.org for further details.
[edit] Introductory tutorials
- The classic tutorial by Bill Wilson
- Getting started with gEDA 7 MB PDF tutorial, from Cambridge University Engineering Department, covering schematics, layout, and spice
- PCB tutorial (layout only) by DJ Delorie
- Tutorials by Abhijit Kshirsagar
- PCB basics and gEDA/PCB Tips and Tricks -- a forum post at 5 Man Conspiracy
[edit] In-depth documentation about gschem and PCB
- gschem user guide at the gEDA wiki
- PCB manual
- PCB Tips at the gEDA wiki. Extremely helpful.
[edit] Symbols and Footprints
[edit] Symbols: Schematic symbols for use in gschem
- gedasymbols, the largest single repository
- The gedasymbols repository accessible via cvs: time spent learning to checkout a copy of the repository via cvs will be rewarded with a local copy of the gedasymbols content and the ability to share your symbols, footprints and utilities with others
- translate2geda a java utility that will convert .bxl (Vendor neutral format), .ibs, .symdef (gschem utility), .bsd (BSDL), .lbr (Eagle XML format) device descriptions into gEDA gschem and geda PCB compatible footprints (.fp) and symbols (.sym). Gerber files can also be converted into a gEDA PCB footprint with translate2geda.
- BXL2text, a utility to convert manufacturer supplied BXL files; BXL files contain schematic symbols and footprints.
- Symbols by Matt Sarnoff
- Tutorial on creating your own symbols
- KicadSymbolToGEDA a java utility that will let you convert Kicad symbol libraries (.lib) into gEDA gschem compatible symbols (.sym). Kicad is another FOSS PCB design tool. Large repositories of Kicad libraries are available online and by importing existing symbols, quite a lot of time and effort can be saved.
[edit] Footprints: component footprints for use in PCB
- gedasymbols, the largest single repository
- Footprints by Matt Sarnoff
- PCB Footprints by John C Luciani -- excellent collection
- Ronja Guidelines - Creating SMD footprints (simple guide)
- translate2geda a java utility that will convert .bxl (Vendor neutral format), .ibs, .symdef (gschem utility), .bsd (BSDL), .lbr (Eagle XML format) into gEDA gschem and PCB compatible footprints (.fp) and symbols (.sym). The translate2geda utility can also convert LT-Spice (.asc) and QUCS (.sch) files into gschem compatible schematic (.sch) files. Gerber files can also be converted into a gEDA PCB footprint with translate2geda which is useful for extracting footprints or modifying legacy designs.
- KicadModuleToGEDA a java utility that will let you convert Kicad legacy modules and the newer s-file modules into gEDA PCB footprints. Kicad is another FOSS PCB design tool.
- BXL2text, a utility to convert manufacturer supplied BXL files; BXL files contain schematic symbols and footprints.
- PDF to PCB footprints via pstoedit.
- Image file to silkscreen footprint elements via a small utility image2footprint
[edit] Footprint-generating utilities
- Footgen, Darryl Harmon's python-based footprint generator for geda/pcb
- Ruby-based footprint generator by Stefan Salewski
- Footprintbuilder interactive Java-based footprint design tool supporting gEDA/PCB and KiCad by Robert Fitzsimons
- Browser-based footprint generator
- Browser-based rectangular footprint generator by chlazza.net
- A method of making constraint-based footprints
- FootprintTextForPCB a java utility to turn text into footprint silk line elements that can be used as footprints or added to other footprints. Cyrillic, Greek and German Gothic(!) are also supported.
- dxf2pcb a python script that will convert dxf files into either elements for use in footprints, or pcb layout snippets for uses such as defining board outlines and mounting holes, by Gabriel Denk.
- SpiralInductorFootprintGenerator a java based spiral pcb inductor generator for gEDA PCB.
[edit] Format documentation
- gschem symbol creation guide at the gEDA wiki
- PCB Footprint guide at the gEDA wiki
- Footprint Creation Guide (1.1 MB PDF document)
[edit] gEDA Utilities
- Wedana: Cross-platform browser-based tools to view and edit data from gEDA applications.
- A script to convert gschem .sch files to SVG
- Additional fonts for PCB: Hershey single stroke fonts for gEDA PCB, some of which are decorative, as well as Chinese, Japanese and Korean glyphs, as well as Hebrew, Cyrillic and Greek fonts for the intrepid
- Using pstoedit to create silkscreen versions of bitmaps: How to add custom images to the silkscreen layer for gEDA PCB, using pstoedit
- A video tutorial on how to convert .svg and .ps graphics to silkscreen layer artwork using inkscape, pstoedit and a text editor.
- eaglepcb2freecad 3D modelling utility which allows gEDA PCB designs to be exported to FreeCAD for 3D visualisation.
[edit] Simulating circuits with gEDA and friends
- Beginners tutorial at Ashwith, the first of several
- Tutorial by Stuart Brorson
- translate2geda a java utility that can convert LT-Spice (.asc) and QUCS (.sch)files into gschem compatible schematic (.sch) files. This is useful for those who use LT-Spice or QUCS for circuit modelling, but lay out designs for manufacture in gschem +/- gEDA PCB, or require gschem to produce schematics suitable for publishing. Simulator compatible symbols in the repository need to be added to gschem's local default symbol library.
- ltc2pcb a utility for importing LT-Spice netlists into gEDA PCB.
[edit] Platform-specific tips and resources
[edit] For Mac users
- Using themes for fink
- Mac OS X Wrappers: Little mac-friendly "launcher" apps, to launch gEDA apps in the normal Mac way. By Matt Sarnoff.
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Collection of thirteen carte-de-visite photographs of famous nineteenth-century boxers highlighted by the legendary John L. Sullivan. Each CDV (2.5 x 4 inches) is mounted on thick card stock with rounded corners (as made) with a brown decorative trim that surrounds the image. This is an extraordinarily rare and high-quality series, though it is unknown how this set was issued as there is no advertising on the reverses. Each boxer is identified beneath his photo, some with an additional title (e.g. "Jem Smith, The Champion of England"). The collection is comprised of: John L. Sullivan (HOF), Peter Jackson (HOF), Tom Sayers (HOF), Jake Kilrain, Jem Smith, Nunce Wallace, Ted Pritchard, Frank Slavin, Bill Goode, Jem Barry, Jim Mace/John Knifton/Pooly Mace (all three posed together on one card), Charles "Toff" Wall, and one unidentified (name present but very light and illegible). Many of the studio images are similar to other boxing issues from the era. Sullivan has a different style mount with square corners. Extremely rare boxing cards such as these are currently valued at a very small fraction of the value of similarly rare and substantial baseball cards. In comparison, they represent an extraordinary value. Nine of the cards grade Vg-Ex to Ex including Sullivan, and four grade Vg. This set is currently uncatalogued. Total 13 CDVs. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $4,930.00
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"Last year we had 19 fires and this year we are already have 30 fires. The fuel conditions that we are seeing and projecting are essentially lining up to be a busy fire season," said Jalbert.
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Cal Fire has 10 fully staffed fire engines already, and on May 17th, they will have 12 fully staffed engines. This usually doesn't happen until early June or July.
Jalbert said there's no doubt the state will be breaking into their $172 million emergency fund.
"With the possible increase of fire activity it's not just locally it's going to be state wide-the potential for our resources to be called to other places is increased," said Jalbert.
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In a complaint filed today in Manhattan federal court, Julio Jose Jimenez-Artunduaga and Heather Carpenter claimed the police violated protesters' constitutional rights against unlawful detention and arrest and used excessive force after the Oct. 15 demonstration.
Carpenter, 23, a Citibank account holder from Port Jefferson on New York's Long Island, decided to close her account after being notified that the bank was imposing a $17 monthly fee unless she maintained a balance of $6,000, according to the complaint.
She said in that she and other protesters, including Jimenez-Artunduaga, joined a demonstration inside the branch at 555 LaGuardia Place in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
According to the complaint, Carpenter left the branch after closing her account and began filming demonstrators as they interacted with police. An unidentified officer arrested Carpenter, saying, "You were inside with everybody else. You have to come with me," according to the complaint.
Carpenter said that when she questioned officers and showed them the receipt for her closed account, Jimenez-Artunduaga approached police. Officers dragged the two of them into the bank vestibule, where Jimenez-Artunduaga was kicked in the back of the knee, knocked to the ground and handcuffed, the couple alleged. They were both arrested after the incident, according to the complaint.
The couple seeks unspecified damages and lawyers' fees. Their attorney, Ron Kuby, and the Manhattan District Attorney's office said the charges were dropped.
Paul Browne, Deputy Commissioner for Public Information for the New York Police Department, disputed the account of the incident described by the plaintiffs in their lawsuit.
'Disrupting Business'
"Both individuals were observed early on disrupting business inside the bank, and then slipping outside as arrests were under way, claiming falsely they were not engaged in the disruption," he said in an e-mailed statement. "While still inside the bank, they were told to leave by bank personnel and did not. In fact, the males can be seen on a separate YouTube video videotaping, and at one point going behind the bank's customer service desk to do so," he said.
Kate O'Brien Ahlers, a spokeswoman for the New York City Law Department said, "We will review the plaintiffs' papers after the city is served with the complaint."
The case is Carpenter v. New York City Police Department, 11-cv-8414, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).


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But Germany has a message for obama, Germany's minister is rejecting US president obama's calls on Europe's crisis, he told obama to get the American deficit under control instead.
Wolfgang Schaeuble told public broadcaster ZDF in an interview late Sunday that "people are always very quick at giving others advice."
He says: "Mr. Obama should first of all take care of reducing the American deficit, which is higher than in the euro-zone."
The 17-nation eurozone is struggling to overhaul its institutions and streamline its decision making to restore investors' confidence. The bloc's debt relative to its economic output stands at about 80 percent, while it is about 100 percent in the U.S.
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More than anything else in life—more even, it seems, than life itself—Betsy Sneith wanted to be a mother. Few women could have had better reason to remain childless. Her health had long been precarious, and on Feb. 24, 1980 she had received a heart transplant. Nevertheless, on Sept. 16, 1984, against the advice of her doctors, the 23-year-old woman got her wish, giving birth to a healthy baby girl. As the first woman in history to undergo the rigors of childbirth after having received a heart transplant, Betsy became an instant celebrity, making appearances on TV shows like Good Morning America, where she was portrayed as the ultimate, independent, self-sacrificing mother.
But when the TV lights went off, a different truth emerged. Though Betsy tried to put her child before herself, she never quite succeeded at motherhood. Unwed and struggling financially, she seemed overwhelmed by her responsibilities. Almost as soon as Sierra Jamieson Sneith was born, her mother began leaving her with friends so that she could spend nights drinking at a local bar. She was already at risk from skimping on essential heart medication during her pregnancy, and her health and spirit failed rapidly. On February 20, Betsy Sneith was rushed to the University of California San Diego Medical Center, where she soon died of heart failure. "Her one goal in life was to have a baby," says friend Chuck Okrusch, "and after that she had no goal."
Sierra is now in the care of Betsy's parents, Robert and Nada Sneith, who won interim custody of her last month. A San Diego juvenile court judge ruled that they could keep her at home in Plum, Pa.—the Pittsburgh suburb where Betsy grew up—while they wade through the red tape of legal adoption. "It will be a shock to have a baby around again," says Nada, 43, who has three other children, ages 22, 19 and 14. "But we're very pleased." Nevertheless, they and Betsy's friends are left to wonder why the independent, self-willed woman had seemingly given up on life in her last months.
After all, Betsy always was determined. "When she decided to do something, she just went ahead and did it," recalls her mother. "She didn't let anyone or anything stop her." She was only 17 when she learned in June 1978 that a large, noncancerous tumor was growing on her heart. Doctors said she would live less than two years without a heart transplant. Although stunned by the medical verdict, Betsy resolved to live a "normal life" while she waited for an available heart. In February 1980 she made medical history by getting out of bed and walking, just two days after receiving the heart of a 23-year-old auto-accident victim.
Within a year after the operation, Betsy was taking community college classes while working as a cashier at a gas station in Pittsburgh. She never got her degree, quitting school after about two years. In 1983 she was a candidate for a Plum council seat but dropped out of the race before the general election. She became a computer operator at the University of Pittsburgh, and she also began an affair with a married man, according to friends. Then, for reasons that remain unclear, she lost her job and in January 1984 moved to San Diego in search of a healthier climate and better employment.
Shortly after she arrived on the West Coast, Betsy learned she was pregnant. Her doctors told her not to risk having the child. The drugs she was taking to stop her immune system from rejecting her transplant might threaten the fetus' health, and the strain of labor could endanger her own. Though she had no religious or moral objections to abortion, Betsy stubbornly determined to carry her baby.
Betsy described the pregnancy as the worst period of her life. Stuck on welfare with no permanent place to live, she was depressed much of the time. Claudia Beddoes, a friend with whom Betsy lived for three months after moving to California, says Betsy ate a lot of junk food and smoked a pack of cigarettes a day throughout her nine months. Although she was supposed to take some dozen pills a day, she began skipping her regular dosages for fear of harming her baby. She said nothing to her parents about her pregnancy until eight weeks before the birth. Because the baby was in a breech position, she had to be delivered by cesarean section, but otherwise, 7-pound 1-ounce Sierra emerged without complications.
After Sierra's birth, Betsy went downhill. "She was dependable. She worked out all right," says Okrusch, co-owner of the Casa de Oro, a dusky neighborhood tavern where Betsy bartended weekends. "But after she had Sierra, she started to drink a lot. She was at the bar almost every night." Betsy would often leave Sierra in the care of Gary Dale, 31, a bartender, and his wife. "I knew Betsy was out partying sometimes when I was taking care of Sierra," says Dale, "but I never resented her for it. Betsy had a lot of problems. Anyway, a young woman needs to get out of the house."
Gary and Betsy's other friends agree, however, that she had changed "into a totally different person. She had radical mood changes. She said things I don't think she meant. She was short with people." Betsy didn't tell Sierra's father about the baby until several months after she was born, but last Christmas she visited home, partly in hope of reestablishing contact. "We knew she was having some problems, but we had no idea it was as bad as it was," says her own father, Robert Sneith, 52, a machine operator. "Everyone commented on how good she looked. If ever there was a time when we thought she was out of the woods, it was then."
Betsy told friends that she would like to see Sierra's father again this summer, but when she returned to San Diego, she seemed to know her time was running out. "Betsy was not a huggy, touchy person," says her friend Bonnie Helm. But 10 days before Betsy died, Bonnie adds, "She gave me a big hug, which really shocked me. She said, 'Bonnie, I love you.' I think she was telling me goodbye."
On February 19 Betsy was evicted from her apartment for failure to pay rent. Loading her things into a borrowed truck, she drove with Sierra to her one refuge: the Casa de Oro. At the bar she ate a hot dog, drank a 7-Up and started to cry. Suiko Gutzmer, the bar's co-owner, offered a place to stay. That night she felt ill, and the next morning Gutzmer called an ambulance. Betsy's heart failed a few hours later. Autopsy results showed her body had rejected the transplanted heart. She also had a benign brain tumor the size of a golf ball, which doctors say may have affected her emotions and reasoning.
Betsy's friends held a potluck wake for her at the Casa de Oro, where a sign still hangs over the bar advertising the amount of money donated to date by local residents for Betsy's baby: "Sierra Sneith Fund: $2,340." The locals won't soon forget either mother or daughter. "Everybody in this town loves that baby," says Dale. "Sierra is a little fighter, just like her mother."
The Only Child Born to a Heart Transplant Patient Finds a Home
updated 05/13/1985 AT 01:00 AM EDT
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New hubby joins Sanchez for holiday greeting
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, this morning sent out her annual holiday greeting card, this one dubbed "New Friends and Old," featuring Jack Einwechter, whom she married in July, and, on the tree ornaments, the face her late cat Gretzky, who has appeared on all her previous holiday cards and who died last year.
Sanchez's cards have become a seasonal event in Washington and in her district, among fans and critics, with some - like her 2006 "Pet the Cat" greeting - arousing some clucking from foes. The cards are paid for from campaign funds and this year were delivered by email.
Sanchez's tradition this year spurred a counterpart from the other side of the aisle, the sarcastic "Occupy North Pole" greeting by Republican consultant Jim Bieber of Santa Ana. Sanchez also plays on the "Occupy" theme.
"I'm proud to introduce my new husband Jack to my friends and supporters," Sanchez in the email I got from her. "I'm also glad we have found a way to include Gretzky in my card, even after his passing."
With Gretzky pawing sand in the great litter box in the sky, Sanchez held an online poll this year to take suggestions for a new theme. She said thousands cast their vote and overwhelmingly checked the "surprise me" option.
I don't know if that will start a trend for polling for elected officials, but she indicated it's the start of trend for her cards.
"I hope this holiday card gave you a chuckle and I can't wait to see what you suggest next year," she said. "Soon I will be asking friends and family to vote on my new pet."
See Sanchez's previous holiday cards.
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Using an on-board GPS to indicate position and track car movements in real-time is not new, but Kenwood's FlyOver Technology builds a "from-the-air" 3D image as you drive enabling you to envision your position and intended route more readily.The technology delivers satellite and aerial images via narrowband transmission and its creators envisage broad usage of the system in digital devices - PCs, PDAs and mobile handsets - as well as In-Car Navigation Systems. The image can be manipulated in 3D to provide a realistic "Flyover", but the killer app set to drive the uptake of the technology is "Visual Mining". This function enables a layer of graphical links to data to be superimposed on the image so that users can access data from point-of-interest commerce providers - a bit like an enhanced Yellow Pages. Potentially information on the evening's restaurant could be accessed whilst driving there, and you could even pay for the first round of drinks while you're at it.Visual Map technology has been implemented in Kenwood's latest Hard Disk Drive-based Car Navigation System released for the Japanese market. "Aerial map Sky Cruise View" offers route guidance, point of interest placement and supports split screen viewing. Different map scales and variable angles of view are selected via pitch, pan and zoom controls. Te new Kenwood HDD system covers 13 major Japanese cities and FlyOver Technologies is also operational in Singapore and Israel.Visit the Active R&D site at www.2flyover.com to view online demos of FlyOver Technology.


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Fantasy football knows no such thing as garbage time.
That helps explain how quarterbacks like Matt Cassel of Kansas City and Ryan Fitzpatrick of Buffalo have either outscored or matched the production of superstars like New England's Tom Brady and Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers through the first two weeks of the season.
Cassel is tied for eighth in fantasy points in standard ESPN leagues, while Fitzpatrick is tied for 15th - with Brady.
Struggles from high draft picks have been a big source of frustration for owners this year. So what should you do with those underperforming stars on your roster?
Here are a few suggestions:
. Rodgers: To be fair, he hasn't been bad; he just hasn't lived up to his draft status. That should change over the next three weeks, though. Rodgers visits the Seahawks on Sunday - he's 2-0 against Seattle with 445 yards and three touchdowns in his career - then gets New Orleans and Indianapolis on the schedule. Hold tight on Rodgers; he'll start putting up elite stats soon.
.Brady: New England visits Baltimore on Sunday night. The Ravens rank just 26th against the pass in the first two weeks, though, so the matchup isn't as difficult as it might sound. Then in Week Four, the Pats come to Western New York. Last season's game here notwithstanding, Brady has owned the Bills. Even with tight end Aaron Hernandez out the next few weeks, Brady is another player you can't trade. He'll come around.
. Peyton Manning, QB, Denver: Monday night was an alarmingly poor performance. I don't like Manning's schedule over the next month, either. He's got the best defense in the NFL on Sunday in the Texans, then a breather with Oakland at home before he crisscrosses the country with road games at New England and San Diego the next two weeks. Manning still carries the name recognition that can bring solid value in a trade. Put him on the block if you've got a capable backup.
. Chris Johnson, RB, Tennessee: Sell, sell, sell. Johnson has almost as many carries (19) this year as he does rushing yards (21). He's playing behind a poor offensive line and the schedule (Detroit, at Houston, at Minnesota) doesn't do him any favors in the short term. Take what you can get for Johnson, because a turnaround doesn't look to be in his future.
. Jamaal Charles, RB, Kansas City: The good news is the setback in his left knee that was operated on for a torn ACL last season doesn't sound too bad. Charles practiced fully Wednesday after rushing just six times for 3 yards against the Bills in Week Two. The bad news is he'll still have to share carries with Peyton Hillis. Charles is worth hanging on to, though, and gets a great matchup this week with New Orleans, which has allowed the second-most points to opposing running backs.
. Steven Jackson, RB, St. Louis: He's yet to crack 60 yards in a game or find the end zone, and his status is questionable this week against the Bears. If you're deep at running back, Jackson's not untouchable.
. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Arizona: One catch for 4 yards. That was Fitzgerald's production in Week Two. Five catches for 67 yards. That's it for the season. Great as he is, Fitzgerald can't throw the ball to himself in Arizona. He has just two touchdown catches in his last 10 games with quarterback Kevin Kolb. It's a shame such a talented player is saddled with such a bad quarterback situation, but there are no signs things will get better soon. You can't overlook the fact he's not in the top 70 in wide receiver scoring.
. Andre Johnson, WR, Houston: Johnson ranks 59th in red zone targets this season. The problem is the Texans run the all so well that sometimes they don't need to throw it. But unlike Fitzgerald, Johnson has a quarterback he can believe in. He's got a couple of tough cornerback matchups in the coming weeks (Champ Bailey and Denver this Sunday, Darrelle Revis and the Jets in Week Five), so Johnson shouldn't be counted on for No. 1 receiver numbers, but you shouldn't actively seek to trade him, either.
. Wes Welker, WR, New England: Bill Belichick has made his point by severely limiting Welker's playing time in the first couple of weeks. Welker is still one of New England's best weapons, though, and should get more involved in the coming weeks with Hernandez out of the lineup.
Analyzing the Bills
Start C.J. Spiller is the easiest fantasy advice there is right now. Given the Browns' secondary issues, I'd also recommend playing Stevie Johnson and Scott Chandler this week.
As for Fitz, he does have five touchdown passes this year. There are better quarterback options, though.
On the Cleveland side, the only must-start is running back Trent Richardson. Receiver Mohamed Massaquoi hasn't had great success against the Bills, with just four catches for 59 yards in two career games. Buffalo, though, has given up five touchdowns to opposing receivers this year, and the third-most fantasy points. That makes Massaquoi a decent flex option.
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