title: Heirloom tomato

text: There are two main ways to save heirloom tomato seeds.  The first method is to let the tomato ripen completely, even to the point of beginning to rot, and then remove the seeds with a spoon and spread them on a piece of cloth or paper to dry. Some people spread them out on a paper towel, let them dry, and then plant the paper towel and seeds together in potting or germinating soil. The second method to save tomato seeds using the fermentation process. The tomatoes are allowed to overripen and then cut to expose the seed cavities. The seeds are then scooped out and put into a container. The tomatoes need to be stirred one or more times per day for three or more days until the seed mixture is soupy. As fermentation occurs, some fungal growth will appear on top of the mixture, but that is normal. At the end of the fermentation process, the seed mixture is stirred, and the seeds dislodge from the gel and sink to the bottom of the container. Water is then poured into the mixture; the pulp and the bad seeds will rise to the top and flow over the side of the container, while the good seeds sink to the bottom. Once the water becomes clear strain the remaining seeds, then spread the seeds out to dry. Once the seeds are dry, mix the seeds together, breaking apart any that are stuck together, and put the seeds in a tightly sealed plastic bag. Seeds should be dated, labeled, and stored at room temperature, away from direct sunlight. Heirloom tomato seeds may be stored for up to ten years.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: I Kill Giants is a 2017 fantasy drama film directed by Anders Walter with a screenplay by Joe Kelly, based on Kelly and Ken Niimura's graphic novel of the same name. The film stars Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade, Rory Jackson, Art Parkinson, Noel Clarke, Jennifer Ehle and Zoe Saldaña.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: "I Kill Giants" had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2017, and was released in the United States on March 23, 2018, by RLJE Films.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: Barbara Thorson is a young, independent teenager who lives with her brother and supportive older sister Karen.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: Barbara has created a fantasy world inspired by her love of Dungeons & Dragons and the career of former Phillies pitcher Harry Coveleski. Believing that giants from other worlds are coming to attack her hometown, Barbara spends her days crafting weapons and traps to fend off the monsters. In actuality, Barbara's imagination separates her from real world traumas that include her being bullied at school and coping with her mother's terminal illness.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: One day, Barbara meets Sophia, an exchange from Leeds, England who expresses an interest in getting to know Barbara, but the latter initially remains aloof. While at school, a confrontation between Barbara and a group of bullies is interrupted by her being called by the school psychologist Mrs. Mollé. Mollé herself is unable to communicate with Barbara as she thinks she is a distraction from her fantastical routine.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: After school, Barbara explains the mythology behind the giants to Sophia and shows her the baits and traps she creates to lure and trap giants, even presenting a magical "warhammer" inscribed as Coveleski which she keeps in her handbag. She also tells Sophia about Harbingers, ghostly apparitions that warn her whenever there is a nearby giant. After Barbara is given detention by the principal for insulting a teacher, she takes Sophia with her on a hunt for a giant all the while Sophia begins to doubt Barbara's claims.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: When Mrs. Mollé learns about Barbara's interest in baseball, her mention of the hobby causes Barbara to become lost in bad memories. In a daze, Barbara is startled by Sophia and accidentally strikes her. Though Barbara tries to apologize, Sophia runs off, upset.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: Sophia is later approached by Taylor, the leader of the bullies, who promises to tell her a secret about Barbara if Sophia will show them some of the "freaky things" she does. Sophia reluctantly agrees, leading Taylor and her friends to the sanctuary, where they proceed to dismantle many of Barbara's traps. Barbara arrives and, armed with Coveleski, proceeds to attack Taylor but the weapon turns out to be a jawbone tied to a stick. Furious, Taylor and her friends viciously beat up Barbara.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: A sympathetic Sophia takes Barbara to her home to recover. Barbara wakes and becomes very upset at being brought upstairs, telling Sophia to slowly move away before "it" sees her. Sophia unfortunately looks into one of the rooms and flees the house. A despondent Barbara visits Mollé seeking help but grows more uncomfortable upon being introduced to her family.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: After Barbara goes truant for several days, Sophia and Mollé visit her house. In the basement, Sophia discovers a recording of Barbara and her mother telling the story of Coveleski's "Giant Killer" nickname. Sophia finds Barbara, trying to convince her that the giants don't exist, though Barbara shuts out the question of her mother's health and is unable to hear it. Barbara angrily storms off and is visited by Harbingers who taunt her, telling Barbara that she is too weak to defeat a giant.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: Barbara heads to face the giant at an abandoned train yard. She hides in the trains but is hunted by the giant, eventually activating a train control station rigged to nearby electrical poles which electrocutes it and sets fire to some of the train cars. Sophia arrives just as Barbara is leaving. The next day, in retaliation for her bullying, Barbara humiliates Taylor by placing a skeleton in her locker, an act which worries Mrs. Mollé and Karen who proceed to look for Barbara. Desperate and in despair, Barbara heads to her sanctuary, where she prays for the return of Coveleski.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: As an unexpected storm bears down on the town, Mollé confronts Barbara on her way to the sanctuary, telling her that her mother is desperate to see her but a disillusioned Barbara ignores Mollé. Upon arriving, Barbara witnesses a scene of destruction with Sophia explaining that Taylor wrecked the area as revenge for what Barbara did and that she tried to stop her.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: Suddenly, a titan appears out of the water. Barbara stands against it, and draws forth the restored Coveleski from her handbag, revealing a massive, glowing war hammer. She proceeds to defeat the giant with it, fueled by her wrath that it came for her mother. Lying injured upon the beach, the giant reveals that he came for Barbara, not her mother. Barbara is stunned, and demands that the titan "finish it".


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: The giant snatches her up, and draws her close to its head, so she can strike it down with Coveleski. As the giant falls back into the ocean, it brings Barbara with it. Sinking below the waves, she hears the voice of the giant telling her that every living thing must die. It says to run from death is to reject life, and that she must find joy in every moment while she can. Barbara swims back to the beach, where she reunites with Sophia.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: The next day, Barbara climbs upstairs to see her mother, who lies dying in her bed. They share heartfelt messages and Barbara apologizes for avoiding her. After the summer break, Barbara's mother dies, but Barbara rekindles her relationships with Mollé, Karen and Sophia. On the first night of school, she is awoken by the titan, who stands in the ocean, watching her before she goes back to sleep.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: On March 23, 2015, it was announced that Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura's graphic novel "I Kill Giants" was being adapted into a live-action feature film, for which Kelly would write the screenplay. Chris Columbus came on board to produce the film through his 1492 Pictures, along with Ocean Blue Entertainment, Man of Action Studios and XYZ Films. Treehouse would fully finance the film, while XYZ would handle the international sales. Anders Walter would make his feature film directing debut.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: On September 11, 2015, Zoe Saldaña and Madison Wolfe joined the film, in which Wolfe would play Barbara, a young misfit girl battling both internal and external monsters in her life, while Saldaña would play Mrs. Mollé, a school psychologist. Wolfe was cast in the film after a search through 500 actors. On September 10, 2016, Imogen Poots was confirmed to star in the film.


title: I Kill Giants (film)

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77% based on 62 reviews, and an average rating of 6.63/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""I Kill Giants" moody magical realism sometimes slips into the mundane, but impressive CGI and a powerhouse performance by Madison Wolfe pack an unexpected punch." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: A sketch (ultimately from Greek σχέδιος – "schedios", "done extempore") is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work. A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees, it might record or develop an idea for later use or it might be used as a quick way of graphically demonstrating an image, idea or principle. Sketching is the most inexpensive art medium.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Sketches can be made in any drawing medium. The term is most often applied to graphic work executed in a dry medium such as silverpoint, graphite, pencil, charcoal or pastel. It may also apply to drawings executed in pen and ink, digital input such as a digital pen, ballpoint pen, marker pen, water colour and oil paint. The latter two are generally referred to as "water colour sketches" and "oil sketches". A sculptor might model three-dimensional sketches in clay, plasticine or wax.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: A line drawing is the most direct means of expression. This type of drawing without shading or lightness, is usually the first to be attempted by an artist. It may be somewhat limited in effect, yet it conveys dimension, movement, structure and mood; it can also suggest texture to some extent.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Line gives character but shading gives depth and value-it is like adding an extra dimension to the sketch.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: When the pencil is handled almost as if it was a brush, resulting a paintlike quality, then the technique is called Pencil Painting.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Starting with a pencil drawing first, then washing over the pencil areas with a sable haired water color brush dipping it into the benzine is called Wash and Benzene. Benzene does not itself add color, but merely modifies the shaded pencil areas.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Sketching is generally a prescribed part of the studies of art students. This generally includes making sketches (croquis) from a live model whose pose changes every few minutes. A "sketch" usually implies a quick and loosely drawn work, while related terms such as study, modello and "preparatory drawing" usually refer to more finished and careful works to be used as a basis for a final work, often in a different medium, but the distinction is imprecise. Underdrawing is drawing underneath the final work, which may sometimes still be visible, or can be viewed by modern scientific methods such as X-rays.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Most visual artists use, to a greater or lesser degree, the sketch as a method of recording or working out ideas. The sketchbooks of some individual artists have become very well known, including those of Leonardo da Vinci and Edgar Degas which have become art objects in their own right, with many pages showing finished studies as well as sketches. The term "sketchbook" refers to a book of blank paper on which an artist can draw (or has already drawn) sketches. The book might be purchased bound or might comprise loose leaves of sketches assembled or bound together.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: Sketching is also used as a form of communication in areas of product design such as industrial design. It can be used to communicate design intent and is most widely used in ideation. It can be used to map out floor plans of homes.


title: Sketch (drawing)

text: The ability to quickly record impressions through sketching has found varied purposes in today's culture. Courtroom sketches record scenes and individuals in law courts. Sketches drawn to help authorities find or identify wanted people are called composite sketches. Street artists in popular tourist areas sketch portraits within minutes.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: We're Only in It for the Money is the third studio album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two efforts, it is a concept album, and satirizes left- and right-wing politics, particularly the hippie subculture, as well as the Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". It was conceived as part of a project called "No Commercial Potential", which produced three other albums: "Lumpy Gravy", "Cruising with Ruben & the Jets", and "Uncle Meat".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: "We're Only in It for the Money" encompasses rock, experimental music, and psychedelic rock, with orchestral segments deriving from the recording sessions for "Lumpy Gravy", which was previously issued as a solo instrumental album by Capitol Records and was subsequently reedited by frontman Frank Zappa and released by Verve; the reedited "Lumpy Gravy" was produced simultaneously with "We're Only in It for the Money" and is the first part of a conceptual continuity, continued with the reedited "Lumpy Gravy" and concluded with Zappa's final album "Civilization Phaze III" (1994).


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: While filming "Uncle Meat", Frank Zappa recorded in New York City for a project called "No Commercial Potential", which ended up producing four albums: "We're Only in It for the Money"; a revised version of Zappa's solo album "Lumpy Gravy"; "Cruising with Ruben & the Jets"; and "Uncle Meat", which served as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, which finally saw a release in 1987, albeit in incomplete form.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Zappa stated, "It's all one album. All the material in the albums is organically related and if I had all the master tapes and I could take a razor blade and cut them apart and put it together again in a different order it still would make one piece of music you can listen to. Then I could take that razor blade and cut it apart and reassemble it a different way, and it still would make sense. I could do this twenty ways. The material is definitely related."


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: As the recording sessions continued, the Beatles released their acclaimed album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". In response to the album's release, Zappa decided to change the album's concept to parody the Beatles album, because he felt that the Beatles were insincere and "only in it for the money". The Beatles were targeted as a symbol of Zappa's objections to the corporatization of youth culture, and the album served as a criticism of them and psychedelic rock as a whole.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Band member Ray Collins had left the Mothers before the New York recording sessions took place, but later rejoined when the band was recording the doo-wop songs that formed the album "Cruisin' with Ruben & the Jets". Gary Kellgren was hired as an engineer for the project, and subsequently wound up delivering whispered pieces of dialogue that linked segments of "We're Only in It for the Money". During the recording sessions, Verve requested that Zappa remove a verse from the song "Mother People". Zappa complied, but reversed the recording and included the backwards verse as part of the dialogue track "Hot Poop", concluding the album's first side, but this would be removed by Verve themselves on subsequent represses of their own. Also censored on all copies was the Lenny Bruce reference in "Harry, You're A Beast", and a spoken segment of "Concentration Moon" in which Kellgren called the Velvet Underground "as shitty a group as Frank Zappa's group".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: While recording "We're Only in It for the Money", Zappa discovered that the strings of Apostolic Studios' grand piano would resonate if a person spoke near those strings. The "piano people" experiment involved Zappa having various speakers improvise dialogue using topics offered by Zappa. Various people contributed to these sessions, including Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and Tim Buckley. The "piano people" voices primarily consisted of Motorhead Sherwood, Roy Estrada, Spider Barbour, All-Night John (the manager of the studio) and Louis Cuneo, who was noted for his laugh, which sounded like a "psychotic turkey".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: During the production, Zappa experimented with recording and editing techniques which produced unusual textures and musique concrète compositions; the album featured abbreviated songs interrupted by segments of dialogue and unrelated music which changed the continuity of the album. Segments of orchestral music included on the album came from a solo orchestral album by Zappa previously released by Capitol Records under the title "Lumpy Gravy" in 1967. MGM claimed that Zappa was under contractual obligation to record for them, and subsequently Zappa re-edited "Lumpy Gravy", releasing a drastically different version on Verve Records, after the release of "We're Only in It for the Money". The artwork of "Lumpy Gravy" identified it as "phase 2 of "We're Only in It for the Money"", while "We're Only in It for the Money" was identified in its artwork as "phase one of "Lumpy Gravy"", alluding to the conceptual continuity of the two albums.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: For some pressings of the album, MGM censored several tracks without Zappa's knowledge, involvement or permission. On the song "Absolutely Free", the line "I don't do publicity balling for you anymore" was edited by MGM to remove the word "balling", changing the meaning of the sentence. Additionally, on "Let's Make the Water Turn Black", the line "and I still remember Mama, with her apron and her pad, feeding all the boys at Ed's Cafe" was removed. Zappa later learned that this line was censored because an MGM executive thought that the word "pad" referred to a sanitary napkin, rather than a waitress's order pad. The Kellgren dialogue segment in "Concentration Moon" was also re-edited, making it seem that he was calling the Velvet Underground "Frank Zappa's group." Zappa later declined to accept an award for the album upon being made aware of the censorship, stating "I prefer that the award be presented to the guy who modified this record, because what you're hearing is more reflective of his work than mine."


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: In his lyrics for "We're Only in It for the Money", Zappa speaks as a voice for "the freaks—imaginative outsiders who didn't fit comfortably into any group", according to AllMusic writer Steve Huey. Subsequently, the album satirizes hippie culture and left-wing politics, as well as targeting right-wing politics, describing both political sides as "prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness."


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Zappa later stated in 1978, "hippies were pretty stupid. [...] the people involved in [youth] processes [...] are very sensitive to criticism. They always take themselves too seriously. So anybody who impugns the process, whether it's a peace march or love beads or whatever it is – that person is the enemy and must be dealt with severely. So we came under a lot of criticism, because we dared to suggest that perhaps what was going on was really stupid."


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Another element of the album's lyrical content came from the Los Angeles Police Department's harassment and arrests of young rock fans, which made it difficult for the band to perform on the West Coast, leading the band to move to New York City for better financial opportunities. Additionally, Zappa made reference to comedian Lenny Bruce; the song "Harry, You're A Beast" quotes Bruce's routine "To Is A Preposition, Come Is A Verb".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: The song "Flower Punk" parodies the garage rock staple "Hey Joe", and depicts a youth going to San Francisco to become a flower child and join a psychedelic rock band. Additionally, the track makes a reference to "Wild Thing", one of the songs that defined the counterculture of that period. The rhythmic pattern of "Flower Punk" is complex, consisting of 4 bars of a fast 5 (2-3), followed by 4 bars of 7 (2-2-3).


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Zappa's art director Cal Schenkel and Jerry Schatzberg photographed a collage for the album cover, which parodied the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Zappa spent US$4,000 () on the photo shoot, which he stated was "a direct negative" of the "Sgt. Pepper" album cover. "["Sgt. Pepper"] had blue skies ... we had a thunderstorm." Jimi Hendrix, a friend of Zappa, took part in the photo shoot.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Zappa phoned Paul McCartney, seeking permission for the parody. McCartney told him that it was an issue for business managers, but Zappa responded that the artists themselves were supposed to tell their business managers what to do. Nevertheless, Capitol objected, and the album's release was delayed for five months. Verve decided to package the album with inverted cover artwork, placing the parody cover as interior artwork (and the intended interior artwork as the main sleeve) out of fear of legal action. Zappa was angered over the decision; Schenkel felt that the "Sgt. Pepper" parody "was a stronger image" than the final released cover. In recent years, the album has been reissued with the intended front cover.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: The album was released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. It peaked at number 30 on the "Billboard" 200.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: In 1984, Zappa prepared a remix of the album for its compact disc reissue and the vinyl box set "The Old Masters I". The remix reinstated audio that had been censored by Verve, as well as the original "Mother People" verse. It also featured new rhythm tracks recorded by bassist Arthur Barrow and drummer Chad Wackerman. Zappa would later do the same with "Cruising with Ruben & the Jets", stating "The master tapes for "Ruben and the Jets" were in better shape, but since I liked the results on "We're Only in It for the Money", I decided to do it on "Ruben" too. But those are the only two albums on which the original performances were replaced. I thought the important thing was the material itself."


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: "Lumpy Gravy" was also remixed by Zappa, but not released at the time. After the remixing was announced, a $13 million lawsuit was filed against Zappa by Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner and Don Preston, who were later joined by Ray Collins, Art Tripp and Motorhead Sherwood, increasing the claim to $16.4 million, stating that they had received no royalties from Zappa since 1969.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Zappa would later prepare a CD of the original stereo mix for release by Rykodisc in 1995. Unlike the remix, this retained the censorship applied to "Concentration Moon," "Harry You're a Beast" and "Mother People" on the original releases.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: The audio documentary box set "The Lumpy Money Project/Object" chronicles the production of "We're Only in It for the Money", including the orchestral version of "Lumpy Gravy", a 1968 mono mix of "We're Only in It for the Money" and 1984 remixes of "We're Only in It for the Money" and the reedited "Lumpy Gravy" album, as well as additional material from the original recording sessions.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: Barret Hansen praised the album in an April 1968 review for "Rolling Stone". He felt it was the most "advanced" rock album released up to that date, though not necessarily the "best"; he compared Zappa with the Beatles, and felt that the wit and sharpness of Zappa's lyrics was more intelligent, but unless one were to adopt a utilitarian view, he would not deny the beauty of the Beatles' music. He concluded that while the initial listening may be significantly profound, due to the reliance on shock, subsequent listening may be reduced in value; and he returns to a comparison with the Beatles, in which he feels that Zappa has the greater musical genius, but is less comfortable to listen to.


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: AllMusic writer Steve Huey wrote, "the music reveals itself as exceptionally strong, and Zappa's politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making "We're Only in It for the Money" quite possibly his greatest achievement." Robert Christgau gave the album an A, writing, "With bohemia permanent and changed utterly, this early attack on its massification hasn't so much dated as found its context. Cheap sarcasm is forever." In 2012, "Uncut" described the album as a "satirical psych-rock gem".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: It was voted number 343 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's "All Time Top 1000 Albums" (2000). As of 2015, the album was ranked number 297 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Additionally, "Rolling Stone" ranked the album number 77 in its August 1987 article, "The Top 100: The Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years". It is also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" along with the Mothers' first release, "Freak Out!".


title: We're Only in It for the Money

text: In 2005, the U.S. National Recording Preservation Board included "We're Only in It for the Money" in the National Recording Registry, calling it "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" and "a scathing satire on hippiedom and America's reactions to it".


title: Leukocytosis

text: Leukocytosis is a condition in which the white cell (leukocyte count) is above the normal range in the blood. It is frequently a sign of an inflammatory response, most commonly the result of infection, but may also occur following certain parasitic infections or bone tumors as well as leukemia. It may also occur after strenuous exercise, convulsions such as epilepsy, emotional stress, pregnancy and labor, anesthesia, as a side effect of medication (e.g., lithium), and epinephrine administration. There are five principal types of leukocytosis:


title: Leukocytosis

text: This increase in leukocyte (primarily neutrophils) is usually accompanied by a "left upper shift" in the ratio of immature to mature neutrophils and macrophages. The proportion of immature leukocytes increases due to proliferation and inhibition of granulocyte and monocyte precursors in the bone marrow which is stimulated by several products of inflammation including C3a and G-CSF.


title: Leukocytosis

text: Although it may indicate illness, leukocytosis is considered a laboratory finding instead of a separate disease. This classification is similar to that of fever, which is also a test result instead of a disease.


title: Leukocytosis

text: "Right shift" in the ratio of immature to mature neutrophils is considered with reduced count or lack of "young neutrophils" (metamyelocytes, and band neutrophils) in blood smear, associated with the presence of "giant neutrophils". This fact shows suppression of bone marrow activity, as a hematological sign specific for pernicious anemia and radiation sickness.


title: Leukocytosis

text: A leukocyte count above 25 to 30 × 10/L is termed a "leukemoid reaction", which is the reaction of a healthy bone marrow to extreme stress, trauma, or infection. It is different from leukemia and from leukoerythroblastosis, in which either immature white blood cells (acute leukemia) or mature, yet non-functional, white blood cells (chronic leukemia) are present in peripheral blood.


title: Leukocytosis

text: Leukocytosis can be subcategorized by the type of white blood cell that is increased in number. Leukocytosis in which neutrophils are elevated is neutrophilia; leukocytosis in which lymphocyte count is elevated is lymphocytosis; leukocytosis in which monocyte count is elevated is monocytosis; and leukocytosis in which eosinophil count is elevated is eosinophilia.


title: Leukocytosis

text: An extreme form of leukocytosis, in which the WBC count exceeds 100,000/µL, is leukostasis. In this form there are so many WBCs that clumps of them block blood flow. This leads to ischemic problems including transient ischemic attack and stroke.


title: Leukocytosis

text: Leukocytosis is very common in acutely ill patients. It occurs in response to a wide variety of conditions, including viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection, cancer, hemorrhage, and exposure to certain medications or chemicals including steroids. For lung diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, WBC count is very important for the diagnosis of the disease, as leukocytosis is usually present.


title: Leukocytosis

text: The mechanism that causes leukocytosis can be of several forms: an increased release of leukocytes from bone marrow storage pools, decreased margination of leukocytes onto vessel walls, decreased extravasation of leukocytes from the vessels into tissues, or an increase in number of precursor cells in the marrow.


title: Leukocytosis

text: Leukocytosis is an expected finding in healthy women during the post-partum period and is not a cause for alarm unless accompanied by clinical manifestations of infection.


title: Leukocytosis

text: Below are blood reference ranges for various types of leukocytes/WBCs. The 97.5 percentile (right limits in intervals in image, showing 95% prediction intervals) is a common limit for defining leukocytosis.


title: Leukocytosis

text: While treatment is usually not necessary in the majority of cases, hyperleukocytosis (WBC count > 50 or 100 × 10/L), which can be seen in some leukemic patients, is treated to prevent leukostasis.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Amy Duggan "Sister" Archer-Gilligan (October 31, 1873 – April 23, 1962) was a nursing home proprietor and serial killer from Windsor, Connecticut. She murdered at least five people by poisoning them. One of her victims was her second husband, Michael Gilligan; the others were residents of her nursing home.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: It is possible that Archer-Gilligan was involved in more deaths. The authorities counted 48 deaths in her nursing home, the "Archer Home for the Elderly and Infirm."


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: The case attracted wide publicity at the time and has been cited as an inspiration for the play "Arsenic and Old Lace" and for Frank Capra's later film of the same name.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Amy E. Duggan was born on October 31, 1873 to James Duggan and Mary Kennedy in Milton, Connecticut, the eighth of ten children. She attended the Milton School and the New Britain Normal School in 1890.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Amy Duggan married James Archer in 1897. A daughter, Mary J. Archer, was born in December 1897. The Archers first became caretakers in 1901, hired to care for John Seymour, an elderly widower. They moved into his home in Newington, Connecticut. Seymour died in 1904. His heirs converted the residence into a boarding house for the elderly, and the Archers remained to provide care for the elderly for a fee. They paid rent to Seymour's family. They ran the boarding house as Sister Amy's Nursing Home for the Elderly.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: In 1907, Seymour's heirs decided to sell the house. The Archers moved to Windsor, Connecticut, and used their savings to purchase their own residence on Prospect Street in Windsor Center. They soon converted it into a business, Archer Home for the Elderly and Infirm.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: James Archer died in 1910, apparently of natural causes. The official cause of his death was Bright's disease, a generic term for kidney diseases. Amy Archer had taken out an insurance policy on him a few weeks before his death. The policy benefit enabled her to continue operating Archer Home.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: In 1913, Amy married Michael W. Gilligan, a widower with four adult sons. He was reportedly wealthy and interested in both Amy and in investing in the Archer Home. However, on February 20, 1914, after only three months married to Amy, Michael died. The official cause of death was "acute bilious attack" (in other words, severe indigestion). Amy was once again financially secure because during their short marriage her new husband had drawn up a will which left his entire estate to her. The will would later be determined a forgery as it was apparently written in handwriting matching Amy Archer-Gilligan's own.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Between 1907 and 1917, there were 60 deaths in the Archer Home. Relatives of her clients grew suspicious as they tallied the large number of deaths. Only 12 residents died between 1907 and 1910, but 48 residents died between 1911 and 1916. Among them was Franklin R. Andrews, an apparently healthy man. On the morning of May 29, 1914, Andrews was doing some gardening in the Archer house. His robust physical condition deteriorated in a single day and he was dead by evening. The official cause of death was gastric ulcer.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: After Andrews' siblings (including Nellie Pierce) came into possession of some of his letters, they noted occasions where Amy Archer-Gilligan was pressing their brother for money. Amy's clients showed a pattern of dying not long after giving her a large sum of money.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: As the deaths continued, Nellie Pierce reported her suspicions to the local district attorney, but he mostly ignored her. So she took her story to the "Hartford Courant". On May 9, 1916, the first of several articles on the "Murder Factory" was published. A few months later, the police started to seriously investigate the case. The investigation took almost a year to complete.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: The bodies of Gilligan, Andrews, and three other boarders were exhumed. All five had died of poisoning, either arsenic or strychnine. Local merchants were able to testify that Amy had been purchasing large quantities of arsenic, supposedly to "kill rats". A look into Gilligan's will established that it was actually a forgery written by Amy.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: According to M. William Phelps, author of "The Devil's Rooming House", investigation appeared to show that Amy was buying the arsenic to kill large numbers of rats. However, it appears that she did not buy all of the arsenic which killed her patients. The doctor and some of the patients had signed off to purchase it. The investigation pursued Dr. King because more evidence was piling up against him, but suspicions were focused back on Amy when someone suggested to clearly check all records of arsenic purchases.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: When evidence was found of Amy sending her patients to the drugstore to buy quantities of arsenic, the police were able to arrest and convict her.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Archer-Gilligan was arrested and tried for murder, originally on five counts. Ultimately her lawyer managed to have the charges reduced to a single count, the murder of Franklin R. Andrews. On June 18, 1917, a jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to death.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: Archer-Gilligan appealed and was granted a new trial in 1919. At this trial, she pled insanity. Mary Archer testified that her mother was addicted to morphine. Archer-Gilligan was again found guilty of murder, but this time she was sentenced only to life imprisonment.


title: Amy Archer-Gilligan

text: In 1924, Archer-Gilligan was declared to be temporarily insane and was transferred to the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane in Middletown, where she remained until her death on April 23, 1962.


title: Max Homa

text: John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In college, he won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. As a professional he has won five times on the PGA Tour.


title: Max Homa

text: Homa was born in Burbank, California. He is Jewish. In December 2018, he tweeted: "Despite 6 years of Hebrew school and the completion of my Bar Mitzvah, the most Jewish I've ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking “that electric bill must be brutal". In November 2019, he married Lacey Croom, and the couple lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with their dog, Scotty.


title: Max Homa

text: Homa attended Valencia High School in the Santa Clarita Valley. There, he was a four-time first-team All-Foothill League selection, and 2009 Foothill League MVP, graduating in 2009.


title: Max Homa

text: He then played college golf at University of California, Berkeley on scholarship, earning a degree in Consumer Behavior. There, as a junior in 2011-12 Homa was a third-team PING Division I All-American and second-team All-Pac-12 and PING Division I All-West Region. As a senior in 2012-13 he was ranked No. 19 nationally by "Golfweek" (5/19) and No. 22 according by "Golfstat" (5/21), was first-team All-Pac-12, ranked No. 17 on the final Palmer Cup Ranking, and won the Pac-12 Championship with an opening-round nine-under par 61 breaking the course record at the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club and tying for the lowest round posted in the U.S. He was named a first-team All-American and to the All-Nicklaus Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.


title: Max Homa

text: In 2008, Homa was selected to represent Southern California on the Junior America's Cup team. In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association Robinson Ranch (72-73=145).


title: Max Homa

text: In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate An Byeong-hun. Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com.


title: Max Homa

text: In 2011, Homa won the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70=133). He ended the year ranked 8th in California, 36th in the U.S., and 89th in the world according to amateurgolf.com. In 2012, he ended the year ranked 5th in California, 18th in the U.S., and 50th in the world according to amateurgolf.com.


title: Max Homa

text: Homa competed as an amateur at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He was selected to the 2013 Walker Cup squad, and turned pro after the event.


title: Max Homa

text: In October 2013, Homa finished T-9 at the Frys.com Open, his first PGA Tour event as a pro. In December 2013, he tied for 6th place in the Web.com Tour qualifying school. In May 2014, he earned his first professional win at the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am, defeating fellow rookie Jonathan Randolph by one stroke, earning $117,000. He finished 17th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list, to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.


title: Max Homa

text: In the 2015 PGA Tour season, Homa entered 27 events. He made 12 cuts and won $380,339. He finished 163rd in the FedEx Cup standings and lost his tour card. In the 2016 Web.com Tour season, Homa won the Rust-Oleum Championship in Ivanhoe, Illinois, coming from seven shots back, and ultimately regained his PGA Tour Card for the 2016–17 season.


title: Max Homa

text: In the 2017 PGA Tour season, Homa made only two cuts in 17 events and lost his card. That year he made just $18,008. In 2017 he tweeted: "Had a few caddies hit me up recently hoping to team up. They heard they usually get weekends off which is apparently a great selling point."


title: Max Homa

text: On May 5, 2019, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour victory, with a three-shot victory over Joel Dahmen. Homa received $1.422 million for his win, a two-year extension of his PGA Tour card, as well as spots in the PGA Championship and in the 2020 Masters Tournament.


title: Max Homa

text: On February 21, 2021, Homa earned his second PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational in a playoff over Tony Finau.


title: Max Homa

text: In September 2021, Homa won his third PGA Tour title at the Fortinet Championship, the opening event of the 2021–22 season. In May 2022, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for a second time. He ended the season finishing in a tie for 5th at the Tour Championship.


title: Max Homa

text: In September 2022, he successfully defended the Fortinet Championship, chipping-in for a birdie on the final hole to beat Danny Willett by one stroke. He was selected to play on the U.S. team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won all four of the matches he played.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () on dirt. Colts and geldings carry ; fillies . It is the second jewel of the Triple Crown, held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: First run in 1873, the Preakness Stakes was named by a former Maryland governor after the colt who won the first Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico. The race has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of Maryland's state flower is placed across the withers of the winning colt or filly. Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America among equestrian events, surpassed only by the Kentucky Derby.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Two years before the Kentucky Derby was run for the first time, Pimlico introduced its new stakes race for three-year-olds, the Preakness, during its first-ever spring race meet in 1873. Then Maryland governor Oden Bowie named the then mile and one-half (2.41 km) race in honor of the colt Preakness from Milton Holbrook Sanford's Preakness Stud in Preakness, Wayne Township, New Jersey, who won the Dinner Party Stakes on the day Pimlico opened (October 25, 1870). The New Jersey name was said to have come from the Native American name "Pra-qua-les" ("Quail Woods") for the area. After Preakness won the Dinner Party Stakes, his jockey, Billy Hayward, untied a silk bag of gold coins that hung from a wire stretched across the track from the judges' stand. This was the supposed way that the "wire" at the finish line was introduced and how the awarding of "purse" money came to be. In reality, the term "purse", meaning prize money, had been in use for well over a century.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The first Preakness, held on May 27, 1873, drew seven starters. John Chamberlain's three-year-old, Survivor, collected the $2,050 winning purse by galloping home easily by 10 lengths. This was the largest margin of victory until 2004, when Smarty Jones won by 11 1/2 lengths.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In 1890, Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx, New York hosted the Preakness Stakes. This race was run under handicap conditions, and the age restriction was lifted. The race was won by a five-year-old horse named Montague. After 1890, there was no race run for three years. For the 15 years from 1894 through 1908, the race was held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. In 1909 it returned to Pimlico.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Seven editions of the Preakness Stakes have been run under handicap conditions, in which more accomplished or favored horses are assigned to carry heavier weight. It was first run under these conditions in 1890 and again in the years 1910–1915. During these years, the race was known as the Preakness Handicap.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In March 2009 Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns Pimlico, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy thus throwing open the possibility the Stakes could move again. On April 13, 2009, the Maryland Legislature approved a plan to buy the Stakes and the Pimlico course if Magna Entertainment cannot find a buyer.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Attendance at the Preakness Stakes ranks second in North America and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races including the Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup and the Kentucky Oaks. The attendance of the Preakness Stakes typically only trails the Kentucky Derby, for more information see American thoroughbred racing top attended events.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In February 2017, the Maryland Stadium Authority released the first phase of a study saying that Pimlico needed $250 million in renovations. As of May of that year, no one showed interest in financing the work. The Stronach Group, owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park, was only interested in moving the Preakness Stakes to Laurel Park unless someone else financed work on Pimlico.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In October 2019, The Stronach Group reached an agreement in principle with the city of Baltimore and groups representing Maryland horsemen that would permanently keep the Preakness at Pimlico. As part of the agreement, Pimlico's grandstand would be demolished and replaced with a smaller structure, and temporary seating would be added to handle the attendance during Preakness week.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The Racing and Community Development Act, approved by the Maryland state legislature in May 2020, allows the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue $375 million in bonds for the renovation of both Stronach Group tracks.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The 145th running of the Preakness Stakes was held on Saturday, October 3, 2020, a delay resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak earlier in the year, and setting the year's contest four weeks after the also-delayed Kentucky Derby. It was held without spectators for health reasons because of the outbreak.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The Preakness is the second leg in American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown series and almost always attracts the Kentucky Derby winner, some of the other horses that ran in the Derby, and often a few horses that did not start in the Derby. The Preakness is miles, or furlongs (1.88 km), compared to the Kentucky Derby, which is miles / 10 furlongs (2 km). It is followed by the third leg, the Belmont Stakes, which is miles / 12 furlongs (2.4 km).


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Since 1932, the order of Triple Crown races has the Kentucky Derby first, followed by the Preakness Stakes and then the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1932, the Preakness was run before the Derby eleven times. On May 12, 1917, and again on May 13, 1922, the Preakness and the Derby were run on the same day.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: To date, the Preakness is run on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks before the Belmont Stakes. Consequently, the race is run no earlier than May 15, and no later than May 21. One exception is 2020, as that race was run in early October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Traditionally, just after the horses for the Preakness were called to the post, the audience was invited to sing the third verse of "Maryland, My Maryland", the official state song of Maryland. For many years, the Baltimore Colts' Marching Band would lead the song from the infield; in later years, it was sung by the United States Naval Academy Glee Club. Use of the song was discontinued as of the 2020 edition of the race—the song "which celebrates the Confederacy, is considered by some to be racist.”


title: Preakness Stakes

text: As soon as the Preakness winner has been declared official, a painter climbs a ladder to the top of a replica of the Old Clubhouse cupola. The colors of the victorious owner's silks are applied on the jockey and horse that are part of the weather vane atop the infield structure. The practice began in 1909 when a horse and rider weather vane sat atop the old Members' Clubhouse, which was constructed when Pimlico opened in 1870. The Victorian building was destroyed by fire in June 1966. A replica of the old building's cupola was built to stand in the Preakness winner's circle in the infield.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: A blanket of yellow flowers daubed with black lacquer to recreate the appearance of a black-eyed Susan is placed around the winning horse's neck at this time, and a replica of the Woodlawn Vase is given to the winning horse's owner. Should that horse have also won the Kentucky Derby, speculation and excitement immediately begin to mount as to whether that horse will go on to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing at the Belmont Stakes in June.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In 1917, the first Woodlawn Vase was awarded to the Preakness winner, who was not allowed to keep it. Eventually, a half-size reproduction of the trophy was given to winners to keep permanently. The original trophy is kept at the Baltimore Museum of Art and brought to the race each year under guard, for the winner's presentation ceremony.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In 1940, it was proposed to drape the winning horse in a garland of the Maryland State flower, "Rudbeckia hirta", commonly called black-eyed Susans. This posed a problem, as the race is run nearly two months before the flowers come into bloom in late June or July. At first, yellow Viking daisies were painted to resemble black-eyed Susans. Painted flowers have been discontinued since the first decade of the current millennium and viking poms, a member of the chrysanthemum family, are now used. Although the Preakness is sometimes referred to as "the race for the black-eyed Susans", no black-eyed Susan is ever used.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In 1918, 26 horses entered the race, and it was run in two divisions, providing for two winners that year. Currently, the race is limited to 14 horses.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: At its inauguration in 1873, the Preakness carried a value of $1,000. The first major increase occurred in 1919 when the race had a $25,000 value. It climbed to $100,000 in 1946 and in 1959 was raised to $150,000. Subsequent increases occurred from 1979 to 1989, when the purse rose four times from $200,000 to $500,000, before going to $1 million in 1997. On December 12, 2013, the Maryland Jockey Club announced for the 2014 running of the Preakness, the purse would be increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: The race has had something of a party atmosphere in the past, especially in the infield, which is general admission. The course had a "bring your own booze" policy until 2009, formerly including kegs of beer but in the 2000s restricted to all the beer cans a person could carry in a cooler. However, despite crowds in excess of 100,000, the BYOB policy was canceled in 2009 after videos of intoxicated people running along the tops of lines of portable toilets while being pelted by beer cans reached a large audience.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: In 2009, with the alcohol ban, race attendance dropped to 77,850 after topping 100,000 for eight consecutive years. In 2010, and the Maryland Jockey Club responded with a new event called "InfieldFest" with performances by musical acts, the "Mug Club", which included an infield ticket and an unlimited-refill beer mug, and a mascot named "Kegasus", a play on keg and pegasus (though actually a centaur). The much-derided Kegasus was retired in 2013. In 2010, ticket sales had recovered to 95,760 and have since stayed high.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Aside from InfieldFest, the race is known for its fancy hats and official cocktail, the Black-eyed Susan, made with vodka, St-Germain liqueur and pineapple, lime and orange juices.


title: Preakness Stakes

text: Secretariat, the 1973 winner (and ultimately Triple Crown winner) was originally credited with a running time of 1:55. Two "Daily Racing Form" clockers, however, had timed Secretariat's Preakness in 1:53 , which would be a new stakes record. A hearing was held over the time discrepancy, where a video replay showed Secretariat reached the wire faster than Canonero II, the then-current record holder, but instead of giving Secretariat the record, the Maryland Jockey Club decided to split the difference and make its official time that of Pimlico's clocker, who had timed the race in 1:54 . The matter was finally resolved in June 2012, when a meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission unanimously ruled to change Secretariat's final time to 1:53 based on testimony and analysis of the race replays. Consequently, Secretariat holds the current official record for all three Triple Crown races.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: Horton Hears a Who! is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss. It was published in 1954 by Random House. This book tells the story of Horton the Elephant and his adventures saving Whoville, a tiny planet located on a speck of dust, from the animals who mock him. These animals attempt to steal and burn the speck of dust, so Horton goes to great lengths to save Whoville from being incinerated.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "A person's a person, no matter how small" is the most popular line from "Horton Hears a Who!" and also serves as the major moral theme that Dr. Seuss conveys to his audience. Horton endures harassment to care for and ensure the safety of the Whos, who represent the insignificant. "Horton Hears a Who!" has been well-received in libraries, schools, and homes across the world. The book has been adapted as a 1970 television special and a 2008 animated film by Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation, and much of its plot was incorporated into the Broadway musical production "Seussical".


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: Geisel began work on "Horton Hears a Who!" in the fall of 1953. It is his second book to feature Horton the Elephant with the first being "Horton Hatches the Egg". The Whos would later reappear in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". The book's main theme, "a person's a person no matter how small", was Geisel's reaction to his visit to Japan, where the importance of the individual was an exciting new concept. Geisel, who had harbored strong anti-Japan sentiments before and during World War II, changed his views dramatically after the war and used this book as an allegory for the American post-war occupation of the country. His comparison of the Whos and the Japanese was a way for him to express his willingness for companionship. Geisel strived to relay the message that the Japanese should be valued equally, especially in a stressful post-war era. He dedicated the book to a Japanese friend.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who, while splashing in a pool, hears a speck of dust talking to him. Horton surmises that a small person lives on the speck and places it on a clover, vowing to protect it. He later discovers that the speck is actually a tiny planet, home to a community called Whoville, where microscopic creatures called Whos live. The Mayor of Whoville asks Horton to protect them from harm, which Horton happily agrees to, proclaiming throughout the book that "a person’s a person, no matter how small."


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: Throughout the book, Horton is trying to convince the Jungle of Nool that "A person is a person no matter how small" and that everyone should be treated equally. In his mission to protect the speck, Horton is ridiculed and harassed by the other animals in the jungle for it, as they believe that anything which can't be seen or heard is nonexistent. He is first criticized by the sour kangaroo and her joey. The splash they make as they jump into the pool almost reaches the speck, so Horton decides to find somewhere safer for it. But the news of his odd new behavior spreads quickly, and he is soon harassed by the Wickersham Brothers, a group of monkeys. They steal the clover from him and give it to Vlad Vladikoff, a black-bottomed eagle. Vlad flies the clover a long distance, with Horton in pursuit, until Vlad drops it into the middle of a field of clovers that stretches for hundreds of miles.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: After an extremely long search, Horton finally finds the clover with the speck on it. However, the Mayor informs him that Whoville, the town on the speck, is in bad shape from the fall, and Horton discovers that the sour kangaroo and the Wickersham Brothers (along with their extended family) have caught up to him. They tie Horton up and threaten to incinerate the speck in a pot of "Beezle-Nut" oil. To save Whoville, Horton implores the little people to make as much noise as they can, to prove their existence. So almost everyone in Whoville shouts, sings, and plays instruments, but still no one but Horton can hear them. So the Mayor searches Whoville until he finds a very small shirker named JoJo, who is playing with a yo-yo instead of making noise. The Mayor carries him to the top of Eiffelberg Tower, where JoJo shouts out a loud "Yopp!", which finally makes the kangaroo and the monkeys hear the Whos. Now convinced of the Whos' existence, the other jungle animals vow to help Horton protect the tiny community.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "Horton Hears a Who!" was published on August 28, 1954, by Random House Children's Books which is a division of the publishing company Random House. There are four formats of the book that exist including a hardcopy version, a paperback version, an e-book version, and an audio version. There are several editions of the hardcopy version including a "Party Edition" and a 65th-anniversary edition. Dr. Seuss has sold hundreds of millions of copies in over thirty languages of his well-known children's books, which includes "Horton Hears a Who!"


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "Horton Hears a Who!" is written in anapestic tetrameter, like many other Dr. Seuss books. Unlike some of his books, however, "Horton" contains a strong moral message—"a person's a person, no matter how small"—which Thomas Fensch identifies as "universal, multinational, multi-ethnic. In a word: Equality."


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: The book unites two polar opposite worlds through Horton’s determination, integrity, faithfulness, and bravery.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "Horton Hears a Who!" received praise for the moral message Dr. Seuss exemplifies through Horton the Elephant. A 2002 news article in the "Santa Fe Reporter" details comedic performer Susan Jayne Weiss saying, "Horton is the ultimate metaphor for believing in yourself, your mission and what you know to be true, against societal prescriptions to the contrary." Ben Witherington of the Asbury Theological Seminary applauds Dr. Seuss for his work in the characterization of Horton as the elephant fights to show the other animals that even the small people are people deserving of respect and love. Additionally, Witherington commended Dr. Seuss for his disdain for cynicism while proving that the imagination can solve life's troubles.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: Peter Tonguette, writing for "National Review", lauded the book's intricate and thoughtful rhymes and appealing illustrations defined Seuss's work.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: In recent years, the book has been co-opted by the United States anti-abortion movement, with some interpreting “a person's a person, no matter how small” as being an allegory for the human fetus. This interpretation has been criticized by many, including Audrey Giesel, the widow of the author, and Karl ZoBell, an attorney for Dr. Seuss Enterprises.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "Horton Hears a Who!" was adapted into a half-hour animated TV special by MGM Animation/Visual Arts in 1970. It was directed by Chuck Jones, produced by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), and narrated by Hans Conried, who also voiced Horton. The Sour Kangaroo's name is Jane Kangaroo while her son is named Junior. Horton's contact in Whoville was not the Mayor, but a scientist named Dr. Hoovie who was also voiced by Hans Conried. Jane Kangaroo was voiced by June Foray. Dr. Seuss was awarded a Peabody Award for the animated special "Horton Hears a Who!"


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: The story, along with "Horton Hatches the Egg", also provides the basic plot for the 2000 Broadway musical "Seussical" with "the biggest blame fool in the jungle of Nool," Horton the Elephant, as the main protagonist. "Seussical" debuted on November 30, 2000, at the famed Richard Rodgers Theatre with high expectations. The music in the play was written by Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. The show flopped and eventually closed six months later on May 20, 2001. Known as one of "Broadway's biggest losers," "Seussical" lost an estimated 11 million dollars. During its time on Broadway, "Seussical"s Kevin Chamberlin was nominated for one Tony Award (Best Actor in a Musical).


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: "Horton Hears a Who!" was adapted into a computer-animated feature-length film of the same name in 2008, using computer animation from Blue Sky Studios, the animation arm of 20th Century Fox. The cast includes Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, and Amy Poehler. It was released March 14, 2008. The hit movie received 18 award nominations including a Kids' Choice Award, Golden Schmoes Award, and Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The film also won the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Award at the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards show.


title: Horton Hears a Who!

text: On March 15, 2022, it was announced that Netflix had ordered a "Horton Hears a Who!" series aimed at preschoolers among other Seuss story adaptations, possibly due to the success of their adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Vincent Gardenia (born Vincenzo Scognamiglio; January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973) He also portrayed Det. Frank Ochoa in "Death Wish" (1974) and its 1982 sequel, "Death Wish II", and played "Mr. Mushnik" in the musical film adaptation of "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986).


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Gardenia's other notable feature films include "Murder Inc." (1960), "The Hustler" (1961), "The Front Page" (1974), "Greased Lightning" (1977), "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), and "The Super" (1991).


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: In 1990, Gardenia was awarded the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a television movie or television series for the HBO production "Age Old Friends". Gardenia was twice honored for his performances on Broadway. In 1972, he won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", and was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical in 1979 for "Ballroom". Off-Broadway, he was twice awarded with the Most Distinguished Performance Award by an actor, 1960 for "Machinal", and again in 1969 for "Passing Through From Exotic Places".


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Ercolano, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy, the elder son of Elisa ( Ausiello) and Gennaro Cardenia (or Cardenia Gennaro) Scognamiglio. When he was two years old, the family immigrated to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: His father established an acting troupe that presented Italian-language melodramas. As a child, he performed in the troupe in Italian-American neighborhoods in and around New York City, having later said, "the titles changed, but they were usually about a son or daughter who gets in trouble, runs away, then begs forgiveness". He debuted in the company at age five, portraying a shoeshine boy. He graduated to character roles while still a teenager. He remained a member of the company until 1960, five years after his first English-speaking role on Broadway.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Gardenia played a small role in the film "The House on 92nd Street" and bit parts in other films, including "Cop Hater" and "A View From the Bridge". His first English-speaking role was in 1955, as a pirate in the Broadway play "In April Once". The following year, at age 36, he appeared as Piggy in his Off-Broadway debut in "The Man with the Golden Arm". He described his role in the film "Little Murders" as a "turning point". He won Obie Awards in 1960 and 1969.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: A life member of The Actors Studio, Gardenia won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1972 for his performance in "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", opposite Peter Falk. In 1979, he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in "Ballroom".


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: In film, he was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in "Bang the Drum Slowly" and "Moonstruck".


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: In television, Gardenia won the 1990 Emmy Award for his performance in "Age-Old Friends", with Hume Cronyn. Among his best remembered TV roles is his portrayal of Archie Bunker's neighbor Frank Lorenzo on "All in the Family" (1973–74) (and as a part of a swinger couple in an earlier episode) and J. Edgar Hoover in the miniseries "Kennedy" (1983). He also played in an episode of "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea "titled "Escape From Venice."


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: In December 1992, Gardenia was in Philadelphia to perform in the stage production of the Tom Dulack comedy "Breaking Legs". He was beginning a three-week run as restaurant owner Lou Graziano in the off-Broadway hit at the Forrest Theatre. It was a role he had performed since the show's New York City opening in May 1991.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Around 1 a.m. on December 9, 1992, hours after the final preview performance, Gardenia had returned to his hotel room at Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Hotel, after dining with stage director John Tillinger, producer Elliot Martin, and cast members. According to Martin, Gardenia showed no signs of illness, adding, "It was just a jolly evening." According to authorities, when Gardenia failed to appear the next morning for a radio interview to promote the play's run, press representative Irene Gandy and cast member Vince Viverito became alarmed. When they arrived at Gardenia's hotel room, there was no answer. The hotel sent an engineer who opened the door and Gardenia was discovered dead of a heart attack, dressed and clutching the telephone. He was 72.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: That evening, in the theatrical tradition of "the show must go on" and just hours after Gardenia's death, the play's official opening took place. The company dedicated its opening performance to Gardenia's memory. Harry Guardino assumed Gardenia's role as the restaurant owner.


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Gardenia is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, along with his parents, Elisa Scognamiglio (1901–1967) and Cardenia Gennaro (or Gennaro Cardenia) Scognamiglio (1896–1965).


title: Vincent Gardenia

text: Gardenia never married or sired children. He was survived by his younger brother, Ralph Frank Scognamiglio (September 30, 1925 – January 31, 2018), who had two children. A section of 16th Avenue in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where he resided until his death, bears the secondary name of Vincent Gardenia Boulevard in his honor.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won the gold medal in 2000, defeating Russia's three-time reigning gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final. Karelin was previously unbeaten for 13 years in international competition. Gardner won a bronze medal at the 2004 Games.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner was born in Afton, Wyoming. He is the son of Reed and Virginia Gardner and the last of nine children. His second great grandfather was Archibald Gardner, who was one of the early settlers of Star Valley, Wyoming. He attributes his strength to the physical labor that he performed growing up and working on the family's dairy farm.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: In 2005, Gardner published his autobiography (co-written by Bob Schaller), "Never Stop Pushing: My Life from a Wyoming Farm to the Olympic Medals Stand", in which he describes his Greco-Roman wrestling career, his academic struggles (as someone who suffers from a learning disability) and an account of his near-death experience when stranded after a snowmobile accident.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: As of 2011, Gardner worked as a motivational speaker, often appearing as a keynote presenter and event host. He has appeared at corporate events, celebrity golf tournaments, trade shows, and conventions. He also has licensing deals, as well as print and television endorsements.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: In 2012, Gardner and his wife Kami filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in a Salt Lake City Federal court, with $2.9 million in liabilities.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: After the Athens Olympics, Gardner gained 210 pounds, culminating in a total body weight of 474 pounds. In January 2011, he was announced as a contestant on of the American reality television show, "The Biggest Loser". After 16 weeks on the show, Gardner had lost 173 pounds. Gardner shocked the trainers, staff, and contestants on the April 26 episode by announcing he would be leaving the show "for personal reasons", and left the show without a final weigh-in. He did not appear on the final episode of the season, except in the background of scenes of other contestants.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: When Gardner was in elementary school, he was injured during a class show-and-tell, when his abdomen was punctured with an arrow.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: In 2002, Gardner went snowmobiling with some friends in the mountains surrounding Star Valley, Wyoming. At one point, he became separated from the group. During his efforts to regain his composure and regroup, he fell into the freezing Salt River with his snowmobile. Unable to move any farther, Gardner decided to build a shelter and wait for a rescue team. He remained stranded for the next 18 hours. After several hours in his makeshift shelter, he stopped shivering, which led him to believe that he was dying. When he was eventually rescued, he was experiencing hypothermia and severe frostbite. Due to the physical damage, a saw had to be used to remove his boots. The harrowing experience cost Gardner the middle toe on his right foot, which he keeps in formaldehyde in a jar in his refrigerator, to remind him of his mortality. He told his story on a first-season episode of "I Survived...".


title: Rulon Gardner

text: On February 24, 2007, Gardner and two other men survived a crash when a light aircraft he was traveling in crashed into Lake Powell, Utah. The men swam an hour in 44 °F (7 °C) water to reach shore, and then spent the night without shelter. None of the three sustained life-threatening injuries.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner attended Star Valley High School in Afton, Wyoming, and was a three-sport letter winner and standout in football, wrestling, and track and field. He was an All-State selection in both football and wrestling, and was also the 1989 Wyoming wrestling state heavyweight champion. In track and field, as a senior, he took second at the state finals in the shot put.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner attended junior college at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) in Rexburg, Idaho, and as a sophomore won the NJCAA national heavyweight wrestling championship. He and his first wife Sheri lost their daughter, Stacey in a terrible car accident on December 26, 1990. He then earned a scholarship to attend the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. While at Nebraska, Gardner finished fourth in the 275 lb. weight class at the 1993 NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors. He graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He attended both Ricks and Nebraska on wrestling scholarships.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner is known for his defeat of three-time reigning gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Karelin had been undefeated for 13 years, and had not given up a point in six years, prior to his loss in the gold medal match to Gardner.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: In 2001, Gardner added a world championship to his list of accomplishments with a victory in the finals over Mihaly Deak-Bardos of Hungary. His win made him the only American to ever win both a World and Olympic title in Greco-Roman wrestling.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: After the 2000 Olympics he suffered a series of injuries from both a snowmobiling and motorcycle accident. These injuries included an amputated toe and a dislocated wrist, but he still went on to win the U.S. Olympic trials for his weight class and then to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was unable to repeat his 2000 performance, coming away with the Bronze medal, and after his match, he placed his shoes in the middle of the mat as a symbol of retirement from competitive wrestling.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner competed once in mixed martial arts, and in 2004 he became the host for a professional wrestling league called Real Pro Wrestling.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: Gardner attempted a comeback for the 2012 Olympics but was unable to make the 264.5 pound max weight limit for the U.S. Olympic Trials and therefore ineligible to compete for a position on the Olympic team.


title: Rulon Gardner

text: On December 31, 2004, Gardner fought Hidehiko Yoshida in a judo vs wrestling mixed martial arts (MMA) bout for the Pride Fighting Championships at an event named PRIDE Shockwave 2004. Yoshida, in addition to being an Olympic gold medalist in judo, was a highly successful MMA fighter. Gardner, trained by Randy Couture at Team Quest, won the bout via unanimous decision.


title: Darth Bane

text: Darth Bane is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He was created by George Lucas, within the "Star Wars" canon where he is first mentioned in a deleted scene from "", where Bane is an ancient Sith Lord who lived a thousand years before the films, and is known for being the originator of the "Rule of Two" that the Sith Lords follow, which establishes: "One master and one apprentice can be the only Sith in the galaxy at a time", which still remains as his backstory. Darth Bane's only on-screen appearance happens when he appears as a ghost to Jedi master Yoda in the animated series "", voiced by Mark Hamill (who portrays Luke Skywalker in the films).


title: Darth Bane

text: In 2014, when Lucasfilm officially rebranded the "Star Wars" expanded universe as "Star Wars Legends", and declared it non-canon to the franchise, all of his other appearances, including the comic book series "Jedi vs. Sith" and the novels "", "" and "", ceased to be canon, leaving his only canonical appearance the cameo in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" hence making Bane canon to the Star Wars universe.


title: Darth Bane

text: In the "Star Wars" universe, Darth Bane is an extremely powerful Sith Lord who lived a millennium before the events of "". The character was created in the script for "Episode I" and first mentioned in the novelization of the film. In both instances, he was established as the originator of the Sith "Rule of Two", which states: "A master and an apprentice can be the only Sith in the galaxy at one time", before which the Sith empire was structured like the Jedi but due to its shortfalls he created this new rule. The Rule of Two is mentioned by Yoda, but the part where he mentioned Darth Bane was cut from the film. The Rule of Two philosophy would aid Palpatine in taking over the galaxy a thousand years later in "".


title: Darth Bane

text: In the television series "" sixth season, Darth Bane appears as an apparition to Yoda on the Sith home planet Moraband. He is voiced by Mark Hamill, who portrayed Luke Skywalker in the films. Prior to taking on the role of Bane, Hamill did not know of the character or how Bane fit into the overall arc of "Star Wars". His son Nathan knew about the history of the character, however, and was able to explain it to his father once he took on the role. For the portrayal, Dave Filoni recorded Hamill reading his lines using multiple inflections, each portraying different emotions, and then blended all together into the version heard within the episode. Previous to that appearance, the developers of the show had considered and rejected for Darth Bane to appear during the third season's "Mortis Trilogy" arc alongside Darth Revan, acting as an influence on the Son (an embodiment of the dark side). For now, this serves as Bane's only canon appearance.


title: Darth Bane

text: With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014.


title: Darth Bane

text: Darth Bane's backstory is established in "" by Drew Karpyshyn. He is born as Dessel on the planet Apatros, the son of a miner named Hurst. An abusive alcoholic, Hurst blames the boy for the death of his wife in childbirth, and often calls him the "Bane" of his existence. Bane's father takes him into the mines at a young age where the boy is bullied and abused well into adulthood. With his latent affinity in the dark side of the Force, Bane subconsciously uses this power to kill his father in his sleep.


title: Darth Bane

text: After he kills a Republic Navy ensign in self-defense, Bane flees Apatros to evade arrest, and joins the armies of the Brotherhood of Darkness, an amassing of Sith Lords and acolytes. His instinctive use of the Force (which he initially believes to be a myth) brings him to the attention of the Sith Lord Kopecz. Dessel is sent to the Brotherhood's Academy on Korriban to be trained in the ways of the dark side. Dessel (who renames himself Bane) becomes a star pupil after killing another student in cold blood. In particular, he attracts the attention of Sirak, the top student at the Korriban Academy.


title: Darth Bane

text: After Bane realizes that he had indeed killed his father with the dark side, he subconsciously retreats from the Force, losing his power. Bane falls out of favor in the Academy, and is eventually refused any personalized training. Months later, in a vain attempt to reestablish himself, Bane challenges Sirak to a fight and is seriously injured in the ensuing duel.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane's training in and ascension to the Sith is detailed in both "Path of Destruction" and "Jedi vs. Sith". As a student, he meets a new apprentice (and former Jedi) named Githany, who secretly plans to use him to bring down Sirak. Githany reestablishes his connection to the dark side by showing him in secret what the Sith Lords are teaching her. Most importantly, and to the dismay of the instructors, Bane studies tomes from the Golden Age of the Sith. He soon realizes that the Brotherhood's teachings are incomplete.


title: Darth Bane

text: Githany tells Bane that she intends to challenge Sirak, assuming that Bane would offer to assassinate him to spare her. However, Bane surprises her by revealing his intentions to destroy Sirak personally in the dueling ring, and that he had known all along she was using him. During the duel, he seriously wounds his opponent, but stops just short of killing him.


title: Darth Bane

text: Qordis, the main Sith there, knows of his secret training with Githany. He tells him so, and ends up angering Bane. Bane leaves the academy, hoping to find the secrets of ancient Sith Masters in the Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban. To his disappointment, however, he finds nothing. He returns to the academy, where Githany lures him to the archives, apparently intending to kill him. When the trap comes to fruition, however, Bane realizes that the trap is actually meant for Sirak. Githany kills Sirak's henchmen, and Bane defeats and kills his old nemesis in a lightsaber duel.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane takes the long-abandoned Sith title of Darth, leaves the Brotherhood, and travels to Rakata Prime. There, he discovers a Sith Holocron left behind by Darth Revan. Bane completes his training, learning numerous Sith techniques, including the "thought bomb" designed to kill all Force-sensitive beings in reach. He sends this to Lord Kaan. Bane then devises the "Rule of Two": only two Sith Lords, a master and an apprentice, are allowed to exist at one time ("One to embody power and one to crave it.")


title: Darth Bane

text: Kaan orders that all of the students on Korriban be made into Lords and brought to battle on Ruusan. Kaan sends Kas'im to bring Bane back to Ruusan to join the Brotherhood on pain of death. Upon meeting his former teacher, Bane considers taking him as an apprentice, but ultimately kills him after being refused. Afterwards, Bane takes it upon himself to destroy the remaining Sith and take on an apprentice to carry on the Sith legacy after him.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane sends a staged message to Kaan asking to join the Brotherhood; Githany volunteers to kill Bane. Unknown to Githany, Bane had also sent the thought bomb, supposedly as a token of goodwill. Githany finds Bane, and pretends to accept his offer to join the Brotherhood. Githany slipped him poison in a kiss, and he is rendered violently ill. Barely alive, Bane eventually finds a healer named Caleb and extorts his help by threatening his daughter. Caleb cures Bane of the poison and nurses him back to health.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane returns to Ruusan, where Kaan agrees to follow his lead in battle. During meditation, Bane uses his own body and power as a focusing agent to unleash a wave of destruction upon the forests of Ruusan, where the Jedi's Army of light is hiding. When the other Sith Lords mutiny, Bane orders the commander of the space forces to engage the Jedi fleet. Realizing he is facing defeat, Kaan retreats to some caves with the other Sith Lords. When the thought bomb detonates, it destroys the Jedi and Sith armies, including Kaan, Githany, and the leader of the Jedi Army of Light, Jedi Master Hoth.


title: Darth Bane

text: In both "Jedi vs. Sith" and the end of "Path of Destruction", Bane meets a Force-sensitive young girl named Rain, who had been brought to Ruusan by the Jedi. Rain had been travelling with her friend Laa, a native of Ruusan, called a "Bouncer", and had saved Laa from being warped by the Sith destruction to Ruusan. Laa is shot dead by two Jedi troops, because every other Bouncer they had encountered after the destruction caused by Bane and the other Sith had been driven mad. As Bane watches, Rain unintentionally draws on the dark side out of anger and kills the two Jedi soldiers. Bane realizes Rain's potential, and accepts her as his apprentice, Darth Zannah.


title: Darth Bane

text: In "", Darth Bane goes to Onderon's moon, Dxun, to scavenge an ancient Sith temple. He leaves Zannah with her first mission: to find her way to Onderon in 10 days by her own cunning and strategy. Bane finds his objective: Freedon Nadd's holocron. During the quest, however, parasites called orbalisks cover his body. He uses the holocron to gain further knowledge of the dark side, as well as information on the orbalisks. He learns that Nadd faced the same problem with the orbalisks, so the Dark Lord before him created a suit that would stop them growing on his face, hands and feet. Meanwhile, his apprentice sabotages a Republic craft and lands in an unknown strip of land which belongs to Dxun's infamous beast Riders. She nearly dies in the attempt, but Bane saves her. Then, the pair goes into hiding on Ambria, establishing illegal contacts through the galaxy through the use of an information broker.


title: Darth Bane

text: Over the next decade, Zannah acts as Bane's lieutenant, carrying out his orders as she grows stronger in the dark side. He orders her to coerce secession movements to move against the Republic too early; the secessionists are subsequently crushed, both removing threats to the Sith's power and deflecting attention off of the two Sith lords.


title: Darth Bane

text: After a botched assassination attempt against the Chancellor, Zannah discovers a dark side user, Hetton, who has uncovered the location of a tomb of an ancient Sith on the Deep Core planet of Tython. It is rumored that this tomb contains a Holocron with the key that Bane needs to produce his own. After killing the pseudo Sith, Bane and Zannah set off on their respective missions: to recover the ancient Holocron, and infiltrate the Jedi Archives for information on removing the orbalisks.


title: Darth Bane

text: Upon arrival on Tython and entering the tomb, Bane is attacked by scores of technobeasts, creations of the ancient Sith to guard her crypt. He eventually defeats them and successfully recovers the Holocron. Zannah is able to obtain the information she needs, but her cover is blown at the last minute by her cousin Tomcat, now a healer in the care of the Jedi. Realizing she will need him to remove the orbalisks, she takes him hostage and heads for Tython, with the Jedi on their trail.


title: Darth Bane

text: Once Zannah and Tomcat arrive on Tython and warn Bane, they retreat to the interior of the temple, waiting for the attack. When it finally comes, the two sides are evenly matched, despite the Sith being outnumbered. When Bane is about to unleash an attack on the last remaining Jedi, his opponent suspends a Force Shield around him. The lightning bounces off the interior of the shield and cooks Bane alive for seconds, melting his flesh and causing the orbalisk to burrow further into his flesh, resulting in unbearable pain. Bane blacks out and is almost killed by the Jedi, but Zannah saves her master and brings him to Ambria, dragging Tomcat along.


title: Darth Bane

text: Once there, Tomcat (aka Darovit) creates an agreement between Zannah and Caleb (the healer who helped Bane in the previous novel) designed to ensure their survival. Caleb heals Bane under the assurance that Bane will be arrested and imprisoned by the Jedi Council long before Bane is strong enough to fight back. Darovit then sends a message drone containing their location's coordinates to the Jedi. Also, he disables their ship to ensure that the Sith cannot escape. After several days, Bane awakens, infuriated when he hears that his apprentice has sent a message alerting the Jedi to their presence. Begging her to kill him, he over-exerts himself and passes out again. Zannah kills Caleb and disables Tomcat with a Sith spell of madness. She then hides herself and her Master in a secret compartment under Caleb's bed. When the Jedi arrive, Tomcat attacks them in his delusional state, and he is killed. Finding no other living beings, the Jedi assume they have finally killed the last of the Sith. Zannah nurses Bane back to health — even as she pledges to kill him when her training is complete — and they go back into hiding.


title: Darth Bane

text: Ten years later, Darth Bane and Zannah are living on Ciutric IV, disguised as merchants. Bane is growing older and weaker, but Zannah has not yet made any attempt to confront him. Fearing that she is too weak to pursue his legacy, he starts to search for the lost knowledge of Darth Andeddu, a Dark Lord of the Sith who harbored the secret of eternal life. When Bane discovers that a clue to the secret can be found on the planet Prakith, he distracts Zannah by sending her to Doan to investigate the death of a Jedi Knight.


title: Darth Bane

text: Zannah knows that, despite his frail appearance, Bane is tremendously powerful and that his frailty might be a trap to lure her into attacking him. Zannah also knows that, if she was to defeat Bane and take on the mantle of the Dark Lord of the Sith, she would need an apprentice of her own. During her investigations on Doan, she meets a Dark Jedi named Set Harth who collects Sith artifacts. After a brief duel, which Set loses, Zannah takes him on as her apprentice.


title: Darth Bane

text: Meanwhile, Bane arrives on Prakith through a series of hazardous micro-jumps into the Deep Core. He storms Andeddu's temple, which is inhabited by a cult called the Malevolence, and easily recovers the Dark Lord's holocron. On the trip back, Bane is frustrated by the holocron's gatekeeper's stalling and forcefully uses his power to "hack" the holocron, discovering Darth Andeddu's technique of essence transfer, the ability to transfer one's consciousness into another's body. Armed with this knowledge, Bane returns to Ciutric IV expecting to confront Zannah.


title: Darth Bane

text: During these course of events, Serra, Princess of Doan, discovers that her father has been killed and suspects Bane's survival. She hires an assassin known as the Huntress to capture Bane. On Ciutric IV, the Huntress and a group of mercenaries ambushes Bane, and manages to incapacitate him by a potent nerve poison supplied by Serra's healer knowledge.


title: Darth Bane

text: While in captivity in the Stone Prison on Doan, Bane is tortured by Serra as revenge for the death of her father. However, Serra's bodyguard and best friend, Lucia, recognizes Bane as Des, commander of the Gloom Walkers who saved her squad multiple times during the Sith Wars. Lucia secretly counteracts the poison restraining Bane, and he successfully breaks out. However, Bane also senses that Zannah had tracked him to Doan and attempts to elude because of his weakened state. Bane runs into Lucia, but their reunion is cut short when Zannah arrives and engages Bane in a duel. Lucia is killed as collateral damage. Despite being weakened and unarmed, Bane is able to hold his own against Zannah.


title: Darth Bane

text: Serra is initially hesitant about activating the self-destruct system for the prison, but upon discovering Lucia's death, she promptly activates the system. Bane manages to escape from Zannah, and each attempt to escape on different shuttles. Prior to this, Set, who accompanied Zannah, tracks down the aura of Darth Andeddu's holocron among Bane's confiscated possessions. He attempts to escape, but he is waylaid by the Huntress in the shuttle bay. He manages to evade her and escape on a shuttle. The Huntress then encounters Bane, and pledges to become his next apprentice, offering him back his lightsaber and holocron which she stole from his estate.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane and the Huntress, now renamed Darth Cognus, follows Serra back to Ambria near Caleb's cottage. The princess, who has now learned to let go of her hatred, calmly awaits Bane and allows Cognus to kill her. Bane then sends a message to Zannah directing her to Ambria to finish their duel.


title: Darth Bane

text: Zannah arrives and they restart their duel, with Bane now armed. Zannah now knows that she cannot best Bane in combat, so she resolves to utilize her specialty of Sith sorcery. Their fight progresses with Bane pressuring Zannah until Zannah unleashes a mind attack. Bane powers through her illusions, but Zannah reveals her trump card and summons sentient tentacles of pure dark side energy. Bane evades them and rushes Zannah, but his final blow is cut short by a tentacle severing the arm holding his lightsaber. As a last resort, he invokes Darth Andeddu's essence transfer technique to possess Zannah. His body is destroyed and reduced to ash as a side effect of the technique and the two fight a battle of wills within Zannah's body. The fight ends and it is unclear who is the victor. Zannah proclaims : "Darth Bane is gone. I am Darth Zannah, Dark Lord of the Sith and your new Master". Cognus approaches Zannah and proclaims her loyalty to the new Sith Master, as her apprentice. Still, Cognus cannot help but notice as Zannah speaks she was continually clenching and unclenching the fingers of her left hand. Bane's method of halting the tremors that plagued his old body. Bane's essence remains dead, but a part of his influence lives on in Zannah.


title: Darth Bane

text: Bane is also featured in "" and "Legacy: Shards", set 130 years after "Return of the Jedi". In "Shards", Darth Bane appears with two other long-dead Sith Lords, Darth Nihilus and Darth Andeddu, in a vision to the series' chief villain, Darth Krayt. Bane condemns Krayt for taking more than one apprentice, and prophesies that Krayt's new Sith Empire will collapse when his followers turn on themselves, since his "One Sith" philosophy isn't an improvement on the Rule of Two.


title: Milenio Televisión

text: Milenio Televisión is a Mexican television cable news channel owned by Grupo Multimedios. The news programming uses the resources of the Milenio newspaper, one of the largest in the country. Programming is 24 hours a day, through news, analysis and specialized programs. The channel is available in various pay TV systems throughout Mexico and the US, and on the internet. Milenio has also been available on the second digital subchannels of Multimedios television stations, as well as those of XHIJ-TDT and XHILA-TDT.


title: Milenio Televisión

text: The network produces newscasts specifically for Los Angeles called "Noticias 22 Milenio". The newscasts air weekdays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., daily from 7 to 8 p.m. and daily from 10 to 11:30 PM (Pacific Time). on KWHY-TV 22.


title: Milenio Televisión

text: During 2012, Milenio Television began broadcasting on Digital Television on 12.2 of XHAW-TDT; until 2015 it moved to 12.2 of XHSAW-TDT. In 2017, it changes to channel 13.2. In February 2018, due to the change of XHAW-TDT from 12.1 to 6.1, XHSAW-TDT returns to 12.1 and Milenio Television in 12.2.


title: Milenio Televisión

text: In 2016, Milenio Televisión's open signal increased when it received authorization from the IFT to be transmitted as part of the multiprogramming of the main channel in the cities of: Torreón, León, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Victoria, Tampico and Matamoros.


title: Milenio Televisión

text: As a result of the IFT-6 tender, Multimedia won frequencies in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Durango, Ciudad Juarez and Monclova, Milenio Televisión is available at stations in those cities.


title: Jason Antoon

text: Antoon was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Lebanese descent. Antoon has been married to actress Seana Kofoed since 2010; they have two children.


title: Jason Antoon

text: Antoon is best known for his role in the 2000 Tony Award-winning musical "Contact". For his performance, he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.


title: Jason Antoon

text: Among his television work, Antoon starred on the short-lived TV series "Kings", in addition to numerous guest roles on various programs such as "Modern Family" in the episode Game Changer. On the big screen, he had a featured role in "Minority Report", cast when Steven Spielberg discovered him in "Contact". In 2008, he had a cameo in "Taking Woodstock" and he was seen in two 2010 George Gallo films, "Columbus Circle" and "Middle Men". Antoon voiced the role of Garrison "Knobs" Butler in the web series "Electric City", and portrayed 35-year-old struggling actor Alowisus Hewson who is a vampire in the web series "Vamped Out". He has a supporting role on the TNT drama Claws, playing Dr. Ken Brickman. In 2021 he began appearing as regular cast member Ernie Malik, on .


title: Black turtle bean

text: The black turtle bean is a small, shiny variety of the common bean ("Phaseolus vulgaris") especially popular in Latin American cuisine, though it can also be found in the Cajun and Creole cuisines of south Louisiana. Like all varieties of the common bean, it is native to the Americas, but has been introduced around the world. It is also used in Indian cuisine, Tamil cuisine, where it is known as "karuppu kaaramani" and in Maharashtrian cuisine, where it is known as "Kala Ghevada". It is widely used in Uttrakhand India also known as “Bhatt “ . It is rich source of iron and protein.The black turtle bean is often simply called the black bean ("frijoles negros", "zaragoza, judía negra, poroto negro, caraota negra," or "habichuela negra" in Spanish; and "feijão preto" in Portuguese), although this terminology can cause confusion with at least three other types of black beans.


title: Black turtle bean

text: The black turtle bean is the only type of turtle bean. It is called "turtle" because of its hard outer "shell".


title: Black turtle bean

text: The black bean has a dense, meaty texture, which makes it popular in vegetarian dishes, such as "frijoles negros" and the Mexican-American black bean burrito. It is a very popular bean in various regions of Brazil, and is used in the national dish, "feijoada". It is also a main ingredient of "Moros y Cristianos" in Cuba, is a required ingredient in the typical "gallo pinto" of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is a fundamental part of "Pabellón criollo" in Venezuela, and is served in almost all of Latin America, as well as many Hispanic enclaves in the United States. In the Dominican Republic cuisine, it is also used for a variation of the "Moros y Cristianos" simply called "Moro de habichuelas negras". The black turtle bean is also popular as a soup ingredient. In Cuba, black bean soup is a traditional dish, usually served with white rice.


title: Black turtle bean

text: The bean was first widely grown in the present-day United States after the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). However, initially the variety was primarily grown as a snap pea (for the edible seed pod).