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George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981. He has been called one of the most important innovators of funk music, next to James Brown and Sly Stone. Clinton is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

Further Reading:

• http://www.last.fm/music/George+Clinton
• http://parliamentfunkadelic.georgeclinton.com/
• http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/pfunk.html

The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai?), also referred to as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai), is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan.

Further Reading:

• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/japan/edo/edo-p.htm
• http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2128.html
• http://www.jref.com/culture/edo_period_era.shtml

Flight 19 was the designation of five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers which disappeared on December 5, 1945 during a United States Navy-authorized overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The assignment was called “Navigation problem No. 1″, a combination of bombing and navigation, which other flights had or were scheduled to undertake that day.

Further Reading:

• http://www.visionandpsychosis.net/Flight19.htm
• http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-1.htm
• http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/flight_19.html

Diabetes mellitus, often referred to simply as diabetes (Ancient Greek: διαβήτης “to pass through urine”), is a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). Blood glucose levels are controlled by a complex interaction of multiple chemicals and hormones in the body, including the hormone insulin made in the beta cells of the pancreas. Diabetes mellitus refers to the group of diseases that lead to high blood glucose levels due to defects in either insulin secretion or insulin action.

Further Reading:

• http://diabetes.webmd.com/
• http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
• http://www.diabetes.com/

Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-’40s to the early ’90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn’t there to push it forward.

Further Reading:

• http://www.miles-davis.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
• http://www.last.fm/music/Miles+Davis

William M. Dalton, called Bill Dalton, (1866–June 8, 1894, age 27–28) was an Old West outlaw, co-leader of the Wild Bunch gang which was also called the Doolin-Dalton gang, and was a brother to those forming the Dalton Gang.

Bill Dalton was born William Marion Dalton, in Kansas. For a time, he was one of the two success stories of the Dalton family, for a time being a member of the California legislature. His older brother Frank Dalton was a highly respected Deputy US Marshal. However, by 1890 he was tired of politics, and joined his brothers in a train robbery outside Los Angeles, California. He and his brother Grat Dalton were captured, but later escaped. When his brothers were killed in the infamous 1892 raid on Coffeyville, Kansas, Dalton moved to Oklahoma, where he met Bill Doolin, and the two formed their own gang. They called the gang by two names, the Doolin Dalton Gang and the Oklahombres, but it became best known as the Wild Bunch.

Further Reading

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Dalton
• http://www.gunslinger.com/dalton.html
• http://www.gunslinger.com/d-raid.htm

In Hinduism, sadhu is a common term for an ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty). The sadhu is solely dedicated to achieving moksha (liberation) through meditation and contemplation of God. Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolizing renunciation.

Further Reading:

• http://www.adolphus.nl/sadhus/
• http://wwws.kamat.com/kalranga/people/sadhu.htm
• http://www.roadjunky.com/guide/687/hindu-sadhu-guide-india