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Puff Dick was the next elected, an expert at cheating with loaded dice, and excelled in "all manner of vice". He repeated Cowdiddle's requirement for thieves and beggars to spend their ill-gotten gains and not save them. Rid says he ruled for 8 years before dying of "the pox and Neapolitan scurf".

Laurence Crossbiter (aka Long Laurence) was the next elected leader, a serving man aged 50–60. His art was "crossbiting"; theft from the customers of whores. He is also reported to have died "his bowels . . . eaten out with the pox while he was yet alive". Rid described him as cowardly and slavish for failing to come to the aid of the rebel Perkin Warbeck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitch_Wars

never heard of this before

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(Pink_Floyd_album)#Critical_reception

The band played much of Wish You Were Here on 5 July 1975 at an open-air music festival at Knebworth. Roy Harper, performing at the same event, on discovering that his stage costume was missing, proceeded to destroy one of Pink Floyd's vans, injuring himself in the process. This delayed the normal setup procedure of the band's sound system. As a pair of World War II Spitfire aircraft had been booked to fly over the crowd during their entrance, the band were not able to delay their set. The result was that a power supply problem pushed Wright's keyboards completely out of tune, damaging the band's performance. At one point he left the stage, but the band were able to continue with a less sensitive keyboard, a piano and a simpler light show. Following a brief intermission, they returned to perform The Dark Side of the Moon, but critics displeased about being denied access backstage savaged the performance.

I read that as:

At one point he left the stage, but the band were able to continue with a less sensitive keyboard player.

On February 16, 2015, [Patty] Hearst's Shih Tzu, Rocket, won the "Toy" category at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.[74]

Throughout his career as an executioner, Franz Schmidt also had a side job as a healer. According to Joel Harrington who authored an account of his life, Schmidt's own estimate of patients seeking medical advice amounted to some 15,000 consultations.[3]

https://youtu.be/ek922pOajRQ

Dude interviews metal guys to fact check wikipedia entries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_University,_Twickenham

Notable staff[edit]

Monsignor Thomas Capel (Vice-Principal, 1854–58)
Seán Ó Faoláin (Lecturer, 1929–33) – Irish short story writer who wrote his first two books while working at the College.
Reginald C. Fuller (Lecturer, 1968–1972) – Previous Canon (hon.) of Westminster Cathedral
Right Reverend Monsignor Roderick Strange (Visiting Professor)[15]
Albus Dumbledore Order of Merlin, First Class; Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, OWLs, NEWTs (Visiting Professor in Philosophy)
Mary McAleese ( Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies ) Previously President of Ireland. [16]
Cherie Blair CBE QC ( Visiting Professor in Law)[17]
Ruth Kelly (Pro Vice-Chancellor) [18]

The gopnik stereotype is known for his predominant use of underworld Mat slang, his flagrant disrespect for the laws (such as mugging and beating passers-by up; public consumption of alcoholic beverages, most usually — the least obvious "Jaguar" cocktail) and his love for snacking on roasted sunflower seeds while remaining squatted.

On August 2, 2007, after much independent investigation, it was revealed that discredited South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unknowingly produced the first human embryos resulting from parthenogenesis. Initially, Hwang claimed he and his team had extracted stem cells from cloned human embryos, a result later found to be fabricated. Further examination of the chromosomes of these cells show indicators of parthenogenesis in those extracted stem cells, similar to those found in the mice created by Tokyo scientists in 2004. Although Hwang deceived the world about being the first to create artificially cloned human embryos, he did contribute a major breakthrough to stem cell research by creating human embryos using parthenogenesis.[85] The truth was discovered in 2007, long after the embryos were created by him and his team in February 2004. This made Hwang the first, unknowingly, to successfully perform the process of parthenogenesis to create a human embryon and, ultimately, a human parthenogenetic stem cell line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_people_of_Walloon_descent

This single had more promo releases than most bands have releases, and across this myriad of 12" and CD singles the band released more than twenty distinct remixes and edits of "White Lines", many of which were crafted by DJ Junior Vasquez.

unusual details in woflram alpha:

J. Mosely is leading an effort to construct a large Menger sponge out of old business cards.

Slightly off-topic, but Jesus Christ how badly written is the 'Challenges and Barriers' section in this artictle? -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership

When there are too many tasks they seem to all fall short of the hoped perfection.

Brutally Pessimistic Quotes By Anguished Wikipedia Contributors

One of the largest issues that can be discussed, communication can be a huge downfall

Deep, man, deep.

These recordings eventually landed in the hands of Island/Def Jam Records, which led to Andrew W.K.'s record deal. Subsequently the release on Bulb was canceled. Many of these songs were eventually re-recorded or altered and released on other albums. An unreleased album could be considered ambiguous by its very nature. This is especially true for this album due to the fact of it taking form in various shapes over time. It is best understood when considering all of its contexts.

Two songs on the album, "Let's Get Fucked Up" (which contains profanities) and "Baby Got Back" (which contains sexual references), gave it a parental advisory warning. The rest of songs contain no explicit content. A clean version of the album, which removes the profanities in "Let's Get Fucked Up", was also released. The song is censored by blanking and the use of a sound of a record scratching.

During his last years, his conversations became repetitive, to the disappointment of friends who had known him earlier as a witty and wide-ranging conversationalist.[10][37]

ouch

(re: W. H. Auden)

Boris Karloff (1887-1969) His famous last words were: "Walter Pidgeon" Why the actor most famous for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster mentioned the Canadian actor is unknown.

Dillon was the shortest cast member in Saturday Night Live history at 4'11" (150 cm).

A pipe organ that has been properly maintained has no finite lifespan

Not all Catholics were executed, however. Some 199 were exiled and were both ridiculed and watched closely for the remainder of their lives.

It is a pop[13][14] and pop rock[15][16][17] song, with a rock edge and a electronic arrangement[18][17] running through a synthesizer beat[13][10] and electric guitar riffs.[9]

Saw this referenced elsewhere so:

Caroyln Griffey, Jeffrey Daniel and Howard Hewett performed a series of eight UK tour dates in April 2015 and another tour of four UK dates in July 2015.[14][15] Meanwhile, original member Jody Watley registered the trademark Shalamar in an effort to stop misuse of her likeness, reformed for American audiences and proceeded to introduce new members Nate Smith and Rosero McCoy [16] Because of the continued shady practices evidenced with the vandalism of this page, this information will be deleted or slandered upon by people associated with Griffey Daniels and Hewett and you can take that to the bank.

Alan Moore's Neonomicon utilises Nyarlathotep in the form of Johnny Carcosa, a masked drug dealer who frequents Cthulhu-themed clubs and occult shops. His manner of converting new followers is to place them in a vegetative state, subsceptible to "Aklo" - words related to Lovecraft's work, which alter the consciousness of those who listen to them. In Moore's story, he serves the allegorical role of the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation, informing the protagonist that she has been impregnated and will soon give birth to Cthulhu.

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[cartoonist Justin] Green is first cousins with film director William Friedkin (Green's father and Friedkin's mother are siblings)

The first three EPs, plus live material, were reissued in 1997 by Grand Royal (US) and Mo' Wax (UK). After the collapse of both these labels as well as their entire lives, Domino Records released the music from all three original 12"s plus extra tracks and early live recordings as Slip In And Out Of Phenomenon in 2008.

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Requirements for male hand models vary, depending on whether the job calls for a burly, construction worker type hand or a more white-collar look. For print media hand models, a necessary trait is the ability to pose in a relaxed, graceful fashion. Professional hand models avoid what photographers call "the claw," the rigid grip that novices often use before the camera. Hand models are prevalent in TV commercials, although the hand may not always be visible. Most food commercials have hand models pouring gravy, dipping a French fry or cutting meat. Here perfect hands are not as important as the timing and patience required to "hit one's mark."

did someone recently tell you you have nice hands?

No, I have more of a burly claw and often miss my mark when I'm pouring the gravy.

The Little Debbie brand sponsored the Wood Brothers #21 Ford Fusion for several years in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The brand switched to the #47 JTG Daugherty Racing team in 2009 season. From sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, the Little Debbie logos are covered or removed, and the crew wears non-Little Debbie attire as a condition of sponsorship because McKee Foods was founded and is run by owners who are Seventh-day Adventists.[9]

It raises basic questions about the fight against Communism and goes into the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Missile Crisis and, perhaps most important[1], raises questions about the assassination of JFK and who was ultimately responsible.

1. ^ the phrase is in apposition and the word "importantly" is grammatically incorrect

yessss

When thinking of a subject to write about for the website, he picks something that he is interested in and writes about it. He usually works at home. But as he finds it difficult to do in long periods, because of the lack of social contact, he often goes to a coffee shop to work. Inman finds that it is much easier to gain exposure for his work with the web than it would have been 20 years ago. He enjoys making people laugh at his work. And although he notes that he cannot actually see the reaction of others to his work, he still appreciates seeing the high number of page views that his website receives.

hmmm, what do we think: writing own entry, or interview in print being strip-mined for facts by a fan?

Megatrend University has awarded an honorary doctorate to Muammar Gaddafi, the former leader of Libya. When asked to comment on this subject, the deputy Minister of education, prof. Srbijanka Turajlić just said that "this is not a deed on which any University should be proud of, but taking into account the quality of the university, it is not surprising that the doctorate was awarded to the dictator".[10][11]

In Series 22 Episode 3 of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson makes a brief humorous reference to the song during a sequence in which he comes face to face with a mannequin's genitals.

In 1890s Wyckoff Villa was built by William O. Wyckoff, a sales agent for E. Remington and Sons, who later formed the Standard Typewriter Manufacturing Company, Incorporated in 1886. Designed by William Henry Miller, the Richardsonian Romanesque-Tudor Revival hybrid mansion was occupied briefly as Wyckoff died a day after moving into the mansion in 1895

Among the early Mellotron owners were Princess Margaret, Peter Sellers, King Hussein of Jordan and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard (whose Mellotron is now installed in the Church of Scientology's head UK office at Saint Hill Manor)

Ray fired Foreman as his attorney, and derisively called him "Percy Fourflusher" thereafter.[citation needed]

In 1890s Wyckoff Villa was built by William O. Wyckoff, a sales agent for E. Remington and Sons, who later formed the Standard Typewriter Manufacturing Company, Incorporated in 1886. Designed by William Henry Miller, the Richardsonian Romanesque-Tudor Revival hybrid mansion was occupied briefly as Wyckoff died a day after moving into the mansion in 1895

Maybe an "Either those curtains go or I do" scenario

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The Duke of Bedford's Vole (Proedromys bedfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in China.

Harvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C., S:::I:::I:::, 33° 66° 95°, PhD (November 25, 1883 – August 2, 1939), a noted Rosicrucian author, occultist, and mystic, was the founder in the USA and the first Imperator of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), from 1915 until 1939.

Notes

Note 1: F.R.C. is a Rosicrucian title.
Note 2: S:::I:::I::: is a Martinist title.
Note 3: 33°66°95° are degrees given to him by the Rite of Memphis-Misraïm.

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He attended the wedding of Victor and Brandi Quintanilla who were married at Calvary Christian Center in Yuba City, CA.