William Seward Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical. He saw all his writing as a single, vast book [1]. William S. Burroughs - Life. Burroughs was born to a prominent family in St. Louis, Missouri. His grandfather, also named William Seward Burroughs, founded the Burroughs Adding Machine company, which evolved into the Burroughs Corporation. Burroughs' mother, Laura Lee Bu ...

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A doppelgänger is the ghostly double of a living person, adapted from German Doppelgänger (look-alike). The word comes from doppel meaning "double" and Gänger translated as "goer". The term has, in the vernacular, come to refer to any double of a person, most commonly in reference to a so-called evil twin, or to bilocation: Somewhere, in a parallel universe, your evil twin exists. Identical to you in every physical attribute, its mind is twisted, evil and hell-bent on destruction; it is everything you ...

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Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American child actress. Known professionally as Dakota Fanning, she is one of the first major stars among the youngest members of Generation Y. Dakota Fanning - Television. Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven and Joy Fanning, began her quick rise to stardom at age five, when she was chosen for a Tide commercial. Her first significant acting job was a guest-starring role in the NBC prime-time drama, ER, which remains one of her favor ...

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This is a list of television-related events in 2000. 1999 in film 2000 in film 2001 in film 1999 in home video 2000 in home video 2001 in home video 1999 in television 2000 in television 2001 in television 2000 in television - Events. January 17 - Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show Forgive or Forget. January - Ta ...

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This is a list of television-related events in 2005. 2004 in film 2005 in film 2006 in film 2004 in home video 2005 in home video 2006 in home video 2004 in television 2005 in television 2006 in television 2005 in television - Events. January 1 - The U.S. channel package "PT East", originally created by the New York, New York, company PrimeTime 24, and ...

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Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has facilities in over 20 countries, including development studios in Montreal, Canada; Barcelona, Catalonia; North Carolina; Düsseldorf, Germany; and Milan, Italy, amongst other locations. As of 2004, it is the third-largest independent video game publisher in Europe, and the seventh largest in the US. The "Ubi" in Ubisoft is sometimes pronounced [juːbi] or more often [u'bi], however i ...

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A coroner is either the presiding officer of a special court, a medical officer or an officer of law responsible for investigating deaths, particularly those happening under unusual circumstances. Many jurisdictions have the office of coroner, or their equivalent (medical examiner is a frequent alternative title in the United States). Coroner - England and Wales. In England and Wales a coroner is a judicial officer appointed and paid for by the local authority. The coronial system has r ...

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24 is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. It is named 24 because the action on the show ostensibly occurs in "real time", with each season covering the events of one day in the life of federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). The show also follows Jack's colleagues at the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles, as well as the actions of both various terrorists and the White House. Every episode in a season covers the events of one hour in that day (henc ...

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The Body Farm, or the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Facility, is located a few miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, near the University's medical center, and is used for the study of forensic anthropology, human decomposition that occurs after death. The facility was founded by anthropologist Dr. William M. Bass, after he found that no such facilities existed that specifically studied decomposition. It consists of a three acre (12,140 m²) wooded plot, surrounded by a razor wire fence. A number of bo ...

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Autoerotic asphyxiation, or AEA, is the practice of self-strangulation, typically by the use of a ligature, while masturbating. The decrease of blood to the brain is said to heighten the sexual pleasure as more endorphines are produced when the body reaches the near state of asphyxia. AEA is an extremely dangerous practice that results in many deaths each year, most of them accidental. A small number of people doing AEA use a plastic bag over their head. But most prefer the strangulation method. 99% of those practising AEA or showing an interest to do so are said to be men. AEA is virtually ...

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Asia Television Limited (ATV) (亞洲電視有限公司; pinyin: Yàzhōu Diànshì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is the first television station in Hong Kong, founded on May 29, 1957. It was at first known as Rediffusion Television, and renamed as Asia Television Limited in 1982. ATV is one of the two free-to-air broadcasters in Hong Kong. It operates two channels: the 24-hour Home channel, which broadcasts in Cantonese; and 22-hour World channel, which broadcasts primarily in English. Throughout the y ...

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The movie revolves around the plan of a group of Russian Nationalists to hijack the presidential aircraft (Air Force One) and use the President, his family and other hostages as bargaining chips in the terrorists' demand for the release of their comrade, an imprisoned general whom they believe can restore Russia to glory. The story develops as the President, largely single-handedly, takes control of the plane back from the terrorists. To make the action story plausible, the President is explained to have had a rigorous military bac ...

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The major body of Burroughs' novels can be divided into three different categories: Junkie and Queer are quite straight-forward, common novels Naked Lunch a fragmentaric collection of "routines" from The Word Hoard-manuscripts from Tangier, Paris and London, blending over into the cut-up and fold-in fiction also mainly based off The Word Hoard: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, Dead Fingers Talk and the larger part of Interzone ...

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Ballistic gelatin is prepared by dissolving 1 part gelatin into 9 parts of warm water (by mass), mixing the water while pouring in the powdered gelatin. It is chilled to 4 degrees Celsius (39 degrees Fahrenheit). To ensure accurate results, immediately prior to use the gelatin block is "calibrated" by firing into it a standard steel BB, from a BB gun, over a chronograph at a velocity of 590 feet per second (180 m/s). The BB should penetrate 8.5 cm (3.35 inches). MacPherson's Figure 5-2, Velocity Variation Correction to Measured BB Penetratio ...

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CSI: Miami - Main characters. Horatio Caine (David Caruso), head of the Miami-Dade crime lab, a forensic analyst and former bomb squad officer. He's very protective towards his people. Horatio is sometimes called 'H' by his team. His trademark is putting on and removing his sunglasses, often several times in an episode. During the first three seasons, Horatio's slowly-revealed backstory mainly concerned his late brother. In season 4, after the resolution of that storyline, a new part of Horatio's his ...

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Nine Network - Re-Branding. On January 30, 2006, the Nine Network and its affiliate stations relaunched to co-incide with Nine's 50th year of broadcasting. [3] The decision to relaunch was made by interim CEO Sam Chisholm and late PBL Deputy Chairman Kerry Packer early in 2005. Rumours of a new logo surfaced after a damaging newspaper advertisment featuring the "Nine dots" from the ...

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2006 in television - 1940s. Meet the Press (1947-present). Candid Camera (1948-present). 2006 in television - 1950s. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present). Guiding Light (1952-present). The Today Show (1952-present). Panorama (UK) (1953-present). Face the Nation (1954-present). The Tonight Show (1954-present). As the World Turns (1956-p ...

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The use of cyanoacrylate glues in medicine was considered fairly early on. Eastman Kodak and Ethicon began studying whether the glues could be used to hold human tissue together after surgery. In 1964, Eastman submitted an application to use cyanoacrylate glues to seal wounds to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Soon afterward Dr. Harry Coover's glue did find use in Vietnam--reportedly in 1966, cyanoacrylates were tested on-site by a specially trained surgical team, with impressive results. In an interview with Dr. Coover ...

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Crossing Jordan premiered in 2001 on NBC. It originally aired Friday and Sunday, its current air date. The scientific aspects of the show are comparable to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation but come with a rock and roll sensibility owing to Jordan's psychological Sturm und Drang. The show was put on hiatus for the 2003-2004 season due to Hennessy's real-life pregnancy, but returned to the airwaves on March 9, 2004. The previous cliff-hanger plotline was dropped in a new episode which featured a humorous sub-plot whic ...

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Crossing Jordan, Crossing Jordan - Main Characters, Crossing Jordan - Supporting Cast, Crossing Jordan - Recurring Characters, Crossing Jordan - Previous Recurring Characters, Crossing Jordan - Show Information, Crossing Jordan - International, Crossing Jordan - Episode List

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Even after her divorce, Catherine's ex-husband Eddie continues to reappear. He appears in several episodes, including once as a suspected rapist ("Who are you?"). When he files for a second mortgage on their home, without Catherine's knowledge, she is furious when she finds out. They have a fight while Catherine is at work, and Grissom steps in because it appears Eddie is going to hit her. Eddie accuses them of having "something going on." Later, he files a complaint with Child Services, complaining that Catherine is neglecting Lindsay for h ...

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