1923 births

Rishi: Literally "seer"; refers to one who sees the reality of life as described in the Veda and Vedic literature.

(See also: Rishi ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Moksha: Freedom from birth and death liberation from the bondage of worldly action based on detachment and freedom within oneself. The nearest English equivalent is salvation.

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Laya Yoga: The goal of Laya Yoga is to quiet the conscious mind and give birth to the ecstatic state of Samadhi.  Related to Kundalini Yoga, Laya Yoga stimulates the latent power of Kundalini, making it travel from the spine to the head.

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"Who do you say I am?" (Luke 9:20, NIV) The question was first asked of Peter by Christ nineteen centuries ago, and has continued since then to the present day to be the litmus test of spiritual authenticity. Perhaps never in the history of the Christian church has this question been more relevant than it is today. One reason for this is that New Agers have taken the New Testament sculpture (if you will) of Christ, crafted an esoteric/mystical chisel, and hammered away at this sculpture until a completely new image has been formed.

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Chakra: Literally, the wheel of a wagon; it is a term used to represent the energetic centers of the body.  In Hindu Yoga there are seven such centers that store and release life force (prana): the base of the spine, the genitals, the naval, the heart, the middle of the forehead, and the top of the head.

(See also: Chakra ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Rama: A very popular hero god who is an avatar of Vishnu, whose story is told in one of the most famous in India - The Ramayana. His wife is Sita.

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Hanuman: The monkey king, and one of the heroes of the Ramayana. He was devoted to Lord Rama, for whom he performed many acts of magic and daring.

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Smriti: Memory.

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Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the bad fortune to begin his professional career just as Swing Music and Big Bands – so many of which were led by clarinet players like Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman – were fading in popularity. DeFranco was perhaps the only major jazz clarinet player to adapt to this change, and until the 1980's, he was the only notable jazz musician who played clarinet exclusively. H ...

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• Buddy DeFranco - External link

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His Eminence Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua (b. June 17, 1923 at Brooklyn, New York) is an American priest who became an archbishop and cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was one of eleven children born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn. He entered the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, New York, in 1943 and was ordained on June 11, 1949. As Father Bevilacqua, he served the diocese of Brooklyn for 34 years. During this time he also took several degrees, a doctorate in Canon Law from the P ...

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• Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua - External link

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Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an influential American Blues guitarist and singer. One of the "Three Kings" of the Blues guitar (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), he stood 6 foot 4" weighed in at 260 pounds (118 kg) and was known as "The Velvet Bulldozer". He was born Albert Nelson into a humble family in Indianola, Mississippi, at a cotton plantation where he worked in his early days. One of his earlier influences in music was his own father, Will Nelson, who would often play the guitar. Du ...

Including:

• Albert King - Discography
• Albert King - Notes

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Arvid Carlsson (b. January 25, 1923) is a Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. Carlsson won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard. Carlsson was born in Uppsala, Sweden, son of Gottfrid Carlsson, historian and later professor of history at the University of Lund, where he began his medical education in 1941. Although Sweden was neutral during World War II, Carlsson's education ...

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• Arvid Carlsson - External link

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Chris Schenkel (born August 21, 1923 in Bippus, Indiana; died September 11, 2005 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and baritone voice. Schenkel began his broadcasting career while studying for a premedical degree at Purdue University. After military service in World War II, he resumed sportcasting in Providence, Rhode Island; in 1947 he called the first American football game e ...

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• Chris Schenkel - Trivia

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Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space, though his first flight was only sub-orbital. He attended the East Derry primary and secondary schools in his birthplace of Derry, New Hampshire; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1944, an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1962, and Honorary Doctorate of Science from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) in 1971, and an Honorar ...

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• Alan Shepard - Naval career
• Alan Shepard - Astronaut career
• Alan Shepard - Awards and honors
• Alan Shepard - Later years
• Alan Shepard - Media
• Alan Shepard - External link

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Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – 19 December 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews is an American author. Most of her novels are Gothic horrors and family sagas, usually consisting of a series of five books, where the last book is a prequel explaining much of the events of the series. Most of her stories evolve around family secrets and forbidden love, and they often include a rags-to-riches story. Her novels are translated in many foreign languages including: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japane ...

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• Virginia C. Andrews - Novels by V. C. Andrews and Andrew Neiderman
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Dollanganger series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Casteel series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Cutler series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Landry series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Logan series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Orphans series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Wildflowers series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Hudson series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Shooting Stars series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The DeBeers Series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Broken Wing series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Gemini series
• Virginia C. Andrews - The Shadows series
• Virginia C. Andrews - Short stories and novels

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Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the bad fortune to begin his professional career just as Swing Music and Big Bands – so many of which were led by clarinet players like Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman – were fading in popularity. DeFranco was perhaps the only major jazz clarinet player to adapt to this change, and until the 1980's, he was the only notable jazz musician who played clarinet exclusively. H ...

Including:

• Buddy DeFranco - External link

Read more here: » Buddy DeFranco: Encyclopedia - Buddy DeFranco

Ayya Khema (1923 - November 2, 1997), a Buddhist teacher, was born in Berlin to Jewish parents. Khema dodged the Nazis during World War II, but was interred by the Japanese. She eventually moved to the United States. After travelling in Asia she decided to become a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka in 1979. She was very active in providing opportunities for women to practice Buddhism, founding several centers around the world. In 1987 she co-ordinated the firs ...

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• Ayya Khema - Biography
• Ayya Khema - External link

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In 2004, The BBC commissioned Richard Symons to produce "The Cobra Ferrari Wars" that tells the story of how from an idea and just one employee (his girlfriend at the time), Shelby's 3 year roller coaster ride sees him go on to make some of the most desirable cars on the planet (the Cobra, Mustang, and GT40), grow to 800 employees across 5 racing teams, and ultimately beat Enzo Ferrari and the European establi ...

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Carroll Shelby, Carroll Shelby - Shelby vs Ferrari, Carroll Shelby - Shelby Dodges and Dodge Shelbys, Carroll Shelby - Series 1, Carroll Shelby - Ford-Shelby Projects

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Frederik Pohl (in his autobiography The Way the Future Was) and Damon Knight (in his memoir The Futurians) both give vivid descriptions of Kornbluth as a man of odd personal habits and vivid eccentricities. Among the traits which they describe: Kornbluth decided to educate himself by reading his way through an entire encyclopedia from A to Z; in the course of this effort, he acquired a great deal of esoteric knowledge that found its way into his stories ... in alphabetical order by subject. When Kornbluth wrote a s ...

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Cyril M. Kornbluth, Cyril M. Kornbluth - Personality and habits, Cyril M. Kornbluth - Selected bibliography

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Gordon is particularly famous for his titanic saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray, which were a popular live attraction that also produced several albums between 1947 and 1952. Many would characterise Gordon's sound as being 'large' and spacious (a feature partially owed to his physical stature) and his tendency to play behind the beat is discernible. One of his major influences was Lester Young. While never considered as revolutionary as Charlie Parker or John Coltrane, his influence is still heard in modern jazz saxophonists. One of his idiosyncrasies was to recite t ...

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Dexter Gordon, Dexter Gordon - Life and works, Dexter Gordon - Trivia, Dexter Gordon - Quotations

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