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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prabhakar Christopher Benjamin Balaram (1906-07-10 - 1968-01-17) was an Indian Bishop of The Methodist Church (USA), elected in 1965. Benjamin (as he was known) was born 10 July 1906 in Hyderabad, India. His ancestors had been of a priestly caste. However, he had a remarkably dedicated Christian mother. On one occasion, at a special service held soon after his birth, his mother (then only sixteen) made an offering. She put into an envelope all the money she had, writing on the outside: "I offer to the Lord these three rupees and my son." Balaram was an apt student. He studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh, with additional study in Denmark. He was chosen by the Methodist Episcopal Church as a Crusade Scholar, going onto further higher education in the U.S.A. Completing his B.A. degree, Phi Beta Kappa, he went on to complete his Master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the settlement and political rule over much of the western hemisphere which was initiated by the Spanish conquistadores and fought mostly by their native allies. Beginning with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, over three centuries the Spanish Empire expanded from early small settlements in the Caribbean to include Mexico, Central America, most of South America, and what today is Southwestern United States, the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of North America, reaching Alaska. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Spanish possessions in America began a series of independence movements, which culminated in Spain's loss of all of its colonies on the mainland of North, Central and South America by 1825. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Superman, also known as Superman: The Movie, is a 1978 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Richard Donner directed the film, which stars Christopher Reeve as Superman, as well as Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Valerie Perrine and Ned Beatty. The film depicts the origin of Superman, from infancy as Kal-El of Krypton and growing up in Smallville. Disguised as reporter Clark Kent, he adopts a mild-mannered attitude in Metropolis and develops a romance with Lois Lane, while battling against the villainous Lex Luthor. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Abstinenz ( lat.: abstinere ?sich enthalten, fernhalten?) bedeutet Enthaltsamkeit oder Verzicht im weiten Sinne. Der Begriff wird in der Alltagssprache und in verschiedenen Fachsprachen mit leicht abweichender Bedeutung verwendet. Seine Verwendung impliziert oft Verhaltensregeln, die jeweils bekannt sind.Sexuelle Abstinenz bezeichnet die Enthaltsamkeit von sexuellen Aktivitäten und/oder die Enthaltsamkeit von Masturbation. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Christopher Tytler (25 September 1818-10 September 1872) was a British soldier, naturalist and photographer. His second wife Harriet is well known for her work in documenting the monuments of Delhi and for her notes at the time of the 1857 revolt in India. A species of bird, Tytler's Leaf-warbler, is named after him. His father, Robert Tytler, served in the Bengal medical service and his mother was the daughter of a German count. Tytler joined the Bengal army in 1834 while still in England, and arrived in India in 1835 to join his father's regiment, the 34th Native Bengal Infantry. He saw many years of active military service in India, and in 1842 he was promoted to baggage-master. He later became interpreter and quartermaster and took part in the actions of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!She was a touring backing vocalist for R&B singer Chaka Khan from 1982 to 1985. She is also a former member of the industrial dance band known as My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and sang with the group Sonia Dada. She is the sister of the R&B singer, keyboardist, and producer, Gavin Christopher. She sang the lead vocals on a song by deejay and record producer, Lil Louis, titled "French Kiss", in 1989. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart that year. During the 1990s, she also scored three #1 singles on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in her own right: "Another Sleepless Night", in 1991 (which also reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #50 on the UK Singles Chart ); "Don't Lose the Magic", in 1992 (which peaked at #71 on the Hot 100, and UK chart #30); and "Sweet Freedom", in 1998. In addition, she sang backing vocals on Jimmy Somerville's #1 Hot Dance Club Play track from 1995, "Heartbeat". ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The St. Christopher Ameiva (Ameiva erythrocephala) is a lizard species in the genus Ameiva. It is found on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, and on Saint Kitts and Nevis, where it is more scarce. Adult males reach a length of 135 mm snout-to-vent. Adults of both sexes have a dark olive-green dorsal surface, tinged with reddish-brown. Its head is more reddish, and its sides more pink. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christopher S. Hyatt (eigentlich Alan Ronald Miller; * 12. Juli 1943 in Chicago; † 9. Februar 2008 in Scottsdale, Arizona) war ein US-amerikanischer Psychologe, Okkultist und Autor mehrerer Bücher und CDs zu den Themen Selbsttransformation, Psychologie und Westliche Magie. Christopher Hyatt ist ausgebildeter klinischer und experimenteller Psychologe und arbeitete längere Zeit als Psychotherapeut. Bekannt ist er als Vertreter einer Position, die er selbst „Extremen Individualismus" bezeichnet. Er war Schüler von Israel Regardie, der ihn stark beeinflusst hat und ihm Techniken Aleister Crowleys und Wilhelm Reichs vermittelte. Auch Robert Anton Wilson und Timothy Leary gehören zu Hyatts Freunden. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges that is located in Olympia, Washington, USA. Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college. Faculty issue narrative evaluations of students' work rather than grades, and Evergreen organizes most studies into largely interdisciplinary classes that generally constitute a full-time course load. The current Evergreen President is Thomas L. (Les) Purce and its Board Chair is Christopher Hedrick. Evergreen offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Bachelor of Science, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Public Administration, Master of Education, and Master in Teaching. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pre-Columbian Art is the art of Mexico, Central and South America in the time prior to the arrival of European colonizers in the 16th century.Pre-Columbian art thrived over a wide timescale from 1800 BC to AD 1500. Despite the great range and variety of artwork, certain characteristics were repeated throughout the region, namely a preference for angular, linear patterns, and three-dimensional ceramics.Most of the now known artworks made in Central America and South America before the voyage of Christopher Columbus have been found in tombs. Enormous amounts of time, energy and materials were spent to properly equip the societies' leaders and elite for their after-death journeys. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel (born May 1968) and Jan Müller (born February 1970); they are also known as Rough and Rush. They are producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg, Germany. Although their music retains the 4/4 drum patterns of Goa trance music and has a dependence on riffs, X-Dream have a unique sounds different from most other artists in the genre. They are well-known for their high quality of production and well-placed psychedelic sounds. Muller was educated as a sound engineer. Maichel was a musician familiar with techno and reggae, and was already making electronic music in 1986. In 1989 the pair first met when Marcus was having problems with his PC and someone sent Jan to help fix it. That same year they teamed up to work on a session together. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ra's al Ghul, sometimes written R?'s al Gh?l (Arabic: ??? ??????), is a DC Comics supervillain and is one of Batman's greatest enemies. His name is Arabic for "The Demon's Head," and references the name of the star Algol. Created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams, he was introduced in Batman #232's "Daughter of the Demon" (June 1971). Given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Superman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Ra's al Ghul has been featured in various media adaptions, most notably the 2005 Christopher Nolan film, Batman Begins, where he was portrayed by actors Liam Neeson and Ken Watanabe, the latter being a decoy. ... Read more