Faith (Cure album) - Faith (Cure album) Faith is a very Introspective, textural, & hypnotic album by The Cure..
The Cure - The Cure This article is about The Cure, the rock band. For other article subjects named The Cure see The Cure (disambiguation). The Cure are considered to be one the most important bands of the 1980s, and have had much influence on later bands. They are often described as a goth band, though some dispute this labelling. The creative force behind the band is the singer Robert Smith, who has written all the lyrics (with the exception of songs the band has covered, and the song "Grinding Halt," the words to which were written by Laurence Tolhurst and almost all the music (he wrote the entire album The Head on the Door). They have existed since 1976, and originally went by the names "Malice" and "Easy.
Karla Michelle - baby. After a lot of medical treatment, doctors were able to save her life, but there was something they couldn't cure: as a consequence of her life threatening conditions, she would be a very small person for the rest of her life. Karla didn't give up on her hopes and she started studying acting at a very young age. Although she stands only 3'7 (43 inches) nowadays, she was given a chance to act in the popular Hector Marcano television show by the show's producer, Marcano himself. Her character in the show became very popular, and she was able to become a sex symbol around Puerto Rico, her bikini clad figure making it to various Vea covers in 2002, and causing Vea to make plans to include her in their bikini.
Keith Henson - campaign to keep them from being spread to the four corners of the earth. Henson examined these writings, entitled New Era Dianetics (known as NOTS in Scientology, and to the organization's critics), and from his examination of these "secret" documents, he claimed that Scientology was committing medical fraud. The NOTS documents, he said, contained detailed instructions for the treatment of physical ailments and illnesses through the use of Scientology practices. However, a Supreme Court decision in 1971 had declared that Scientology's writings were meant for "purely spiritual" purposes, and all Scientology books published since then have included disclaimers stating that Scientology's E-meter device "does nothing" and does not cure any physical ailments. The NOTS procedures, Henson claimed, were a violation of this decision. To prove his claim, Henson posted two pages.
Killer Instinct - the boxing circuit due to his bionic arms. Ultratech promises him to return his title if he wins the tournament. Spinal He's another of Ultratech's minions. He's a product of cell regeneration, a living skeleton. Thunder He's a Native American Chief, armed with a tomohawk, who enters the tournament looking for his brother. Glacius He's an alien who is promised freedom if he wins the tournament. He gets his nickname from his body's icy liquid composition and ability to shape-shift. Fulgore He's a cyborg created by Ultratech and is a prototype for future robots. Cinder He's a modificating human from Ultratech. He's a flame man with fire covering every part of his body. Sabrewulf He's a man stricked by Lycanthropy. As he is now a wolf-man, he is promised a cure.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa - America although he had been directing for nearly ten years professionally. Kurosawa first achieved international acclaim with his hypnotic serial killer film Cure (1997). Also that year, Kurosawa experimented by filming two thrillers back-to-back, Serpent's Path and Eyes of the Spider, both of which shared the same premise (a father taking revenge for his child's murder) and lead actor (Sho Aikawa) but spun entirely different stories. Kurosawa followed up Cure with a semi-sequel, Charisma (1999), which established his penchant for apocalyptic imagery and themes of identity and isolation. In 2001 Kurosawa directed Pulse, a bleak and striking horror film about ghosts invading the world of the living via the Internet. Most recently Kurosawa has released Bright Future (2003), starring Asano Tadanobu; this is his first film shot using a 24P HiDef.
King Munmu of Silla - of Appreciated Blessing) and dedicated it to his father, he built a waterway for the sea dragon to come to and from the sea and land, and he built a pavilion, Eegun, overlooking the islet so that future kings could pay their respects to the great King Munmu. In a dream, King Munmu and the famous general Kim, Yoo-Sin appeared to King Sinmun and said to him "Blowing on a bamboo flute will calm the heavens and the earth." King Sinmun awoke from the dream, rode out to the sea and received the bamboo flute Monposikjuk. It was said that the blowing of the bamboo flute invoked the spirits of King Munmu and General Kim, Yoo-Sin and would push back enemy troops, cure illnesses, bring rain during drought and halt the.
Jane Austen - to his mother and sisters' use. (Their house today is open to the public.) Jane never married; she was once engaged to a much younger man, Harris Bigg-Wither, but changed her mind. Having established herself as a novelist, she continued to live in relative seclusion, and began to suffer ill-health. It is now thought she may have suffered from Addison's Disease, the cause of which was then unknown. She travelled to Winchester to seek a cure, but died there and is buried in the cathedral. While her first novel, the posthumously published Northanger Abbey, pokes fun at the Gothic novels of Ann Radcliffe, Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form of socially conscious comedies of errors. These, especially Emma, are often cited for their perfection of.
Vitamin C - peoples living in marginal areas incorporated this into their medicinal lore. For example, infusions of pine needles are used in the arctic zone, or the leaves from species of drought resistant trees in desert areas. Through history the benefit of plant food for the survival of sieges and long sea voyages was recommended by enlightened authorities. In the seventeenth century Richard Woodall, a ship's surgeon to the East India Company, recommended the use of lemon juice as a preventive and cure in his book "Surgeon's Mate" The early eighteenth century Dutch writer, Johannes Bachstrom gave the firm opinion that "scurvy is solely owing to a total abstinence from fresh vegetable food, and greens; which is alone the primary cause of the disease." The first attempt to give scientific basis for the.
Jerry Cornelius - of Time series has a character called Jherek Carnelian; Una Persson appears in the Dancers series, the Oswald Bastable books, and possibly as Oona in the latest Elric books; and Colonel Pyat has his own non-SF series of books by Moorcock, beginning with Byzantium Endures. The Jerry Cornelius quartet of novels comprises: The Final Programme A Cure for Cancer The English Assassin The Condition of Muzak Other Jerry Cornelius related books: Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century The Entropy Tango The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (aka Gold Diggers of '77) The Alchemist's Question (a novella) Firing the Cathedral (a novella) Other characters in the Jerry Cornelius universe: Miss Brunner Bishop Beesley Una Persson Catherine Cornelius Major Nye Jerry.
Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol - a maison santé or private asylum in 1801 or 1802. Esquirol's maison was quite successful, being ranked, in 1810, as one of the three best such institutions in Paris. In 1805 he published his thesis The passions considered as causes, symptoms and means of cure in cases of insanity. Esquirol, like Pinel, believed that the origin of mental illness lies in the passions of the soul and was convinced that madness does not fully and irremediably affect a patient’s reason. Esquirol was made médecin ordinaire at the Salpêtrière in 1811, following the death of Jean-Baptiste Pussin 1745-1811, Pinel's trusted concierge. Pinel chose Esquirol because he was "a physician…devoted exclusively to the study of insanity," arguing that with his many years of maison de santé experience he was the only man suited.
John Wyclif - himself with natural science and mathematics, as master he had the right to read in philosophy. More significant was his interest in Bible study, which he pursued after becoming bachelor in theology. His performance led Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury, to place him at the head of Canterbury Hall in 1365; there, twelve young men were preparing for the priesthood. Islip had designed the foundation for secular clergy; but when he died in 1366, his successor, Simon Langham, a man of monastic training, turned the leadership of the college over to a monk. Though Wyclif appealed to Rome, the outcome was unfavorable to him. This case would hardly have been thought of again had not contemporaries of Wyclif, such as William Woodford, seen in it the genesis of his later energetic.
Joey Skaggs - news crew. Trick annoyed ASPCA and the Bureau of Animal Affairs until Skaggs revealed the truth after a subpoena. ABC did not detract the story and received an Emmy Award from it. Celebrity Sperm Bank (1976): Skaggs organized a sperm bank auction in New York. But the sperm bank had been robbed and semen supposedly taken as hostage. Wall Street Shoeshine (1979): Slaggs became Joseph Bucks, a shoeshine that had became rich in Wall Street and was working for the last day – a $5 a shine. Metamorphosis (1981): Skaggs played Dr Gregor, an inventor of Cockroach Vitamin Pill which was supposed to be a cure-all drug. It was a nod to Franz Kafka’s story Metamorphosis. Gypsies Against Stereotypical Propaganda (1982): Gypsy King JoJo (Skaggs) led a protest that demanded that.
John Flaxman - became his closest friends. He had already begun to work in clay as well as in pencil. At twelve years of age, he won the first prize of the Society of Arts for a medal, and became a public exhibitor in the gallery of the Free Society of Artists; at fifteen he won a second prize from the Society of Arts and began to exhibit in the Royal Academy. In the same year, 1770, he entered as an Academy student and won the silver medal. All these successes were followed by a failure. In the competition for the gold medal of the Academy in 1772, Flaxman was defeated, the prize being adjudged by the president, Sir Joshua Reynolds, to another competitor named Engleheart. tThis reverse proved no discouragement, and indeed seemed.
Johannes Secundus - most famous work, though, was the 'Basia', a short collection consisting of nineteen poems in various metres, in which the poet explores the theme of the kiss. The 'Basia' are really extended imitations of Catullus (in particular poems 5 and 7); Secundus situates his poetry, stylistically as well as thematically, firmly with the Neo-Catullan tradition. Variations on the central theme include: imagery of natural fertility; the 'arithmetic' of kissing; kisses as nourishment or cure; kisses that wound or bring death; and the exchange of souls through kissing. Secundus also introduces elements of Neo-Platonism and Petrarchism into his poems..
John Mytton - of port. Mytton was spendthrift and cared little about warnings that his money was running out. He could drop bank notes in his estate and gave his servants lots of spending money. Once he lost his racetrack winnings - several thousand - in Doncaster races when the wind blew them off. His workmen and tenants regarded him as a generous man. Over fifteen years he managed to spend his inheritance and then fell into deep debt. In 1830 he fled to France to avoid his creditors. During his stay in France he tried to cure his hiccups by setting his shirt in fire. It apparently did work but only the intervention of his friends spared him of more serious injuries. After couple of years he decided to return to England and.
Yellow fever - Public health Yellow fever is one of the few diseases in the world for which some countries have a legal requirement for vaccination for someone travelling to an affected area. There countries also usually have regulations requiring quarantine for people who arrive from yellow fever endemic areas who do not provide evidence of their having being vaccinated against yellow fever. This is because the vector for transmission of yellow fever, the Aedes mosquito, exists in other tropical parts of the world which are not affected by yellow fever and an outbreak could potentially erupt if the disease is inadvertently brought in. Prevention A vaccine for yellow fever was developed which gives a 10-year immunity from the disease and effectively protects people travelling to the affected areas and being a means to.
Juliana of the Netherlands - set up a temporary Dutch government. At home though, she expressed her gratitude to Canada by sending the city of Ottawa 100,000 tulip bulbs. The following year (1946), Juliana donated another 20,500 bulbs, with the request that a portion of these be planted at the grounds of the Ottawa Civic Hospital where she had given birth to Margriet. At the same time, she promised Ottawa an annual gift of tulips during her lifetime to show her lasting appreciation for Canada's war-time hospitality. On August 2, 1945 Princess Juliana was reunited with her family on Dutch soil. Soon though, their austere father was convinced his children's manners had been thoroughly corrupted from their time in Canada. At their first family dinner at Soestdijk Palace, two-year-old Margriet beat a spoon on her plate,.
Jusenkyo - that when something drowns in one of these pools, the pool becomes cursed, and anyone falling into that pool will become whatever drowned there, although they retain their mind, personality and abilities. The cure (albiet temporary) is to be splashed with hot water. Then you remain in your natural form until again encountering cold water. For some strange reason, Jusenkyo has become a 'proving ground' for martial artists. On the Ranma 1/2 series, people have fallen into the springs of the drown girl, panda, duck, piglet, cat and at least one character chose to bathe in several different springs! External Links The Cursed Springs of Jusenkyo, a listing of the different cursed springs that appear in the manga and anime..
Idolatry - pagan worship. Paul of Tarsus said that it was permitted to do so, provided that scandal was not caused by it; however, he says that the gods worshipped in idolatry are in fact demons, and that any act of direct participation in their worship remained forbidden. (1 Corinthians 10:14-22) [1] Paul's teaching is largely consonant with contemporary Jewish understandings; while he mocked the idols themselves as delusive non-entities, their worship was nonetheless a spiritual menace. When Constantine I ended the persecution of Christians and began to favor Christianity, though, its status as the favoured imperial religion brought in a large influx of pagan converts who remained attached to their former religious practices. Protestant historians believe that over time, this tended to diminish the church's zeal to reject idolatry, and to encourage.
