September 2015

Mira Furlan at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon

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Mira Furlan was born on September 7, 1955 in Zagreb, in the then Yugoslavia, now Croatia. During her career she worked in stage, television and cinema productions. In the ’70 and ’80 she worked in Yugoslavia but after the start of the civil war she moved to the USA with her husband, the director Goran Gajic. There she was cast for the roles she’s best known for: ambassador Delenn in the TV show “Babylon 5” and Danielle Rousseau in the TV show “Lost”. During the last decade she resumed working in her native Croatia.

Artistic representation of a Pentecopterus decorahensis (Image courtesy Patrick Lynch / Yale University. All rights reserved)

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An article in the journal “BMC Evolutionary Biology” describes the discovery of fossils of Pentecopterus decorahensis, a sea scorpion that lived in the Ordovician period, about 467 million years ago, in Iowa. It was huge by arthropods standards because it’s estimated that its length could reach 180 cm (almost 6 feet). It’s in fact one of the largest arthropods ever lived and according to James Lamsdell, the lead author of this study, was part of a group of important predators in the Paleozoic era.

Mardy Fish at the 2009 Delray Beach tournament

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Yesterday, after the defeat in the match with Feliciano Lopez at the U.S. Open, Mardy Fish retired from his professional tennis activity. Born on December 9, 1981 in Edina, Minnesota, USA, during his career he won a numbero of tournaments and has been in the Top 10 of the ATP ranking. A cardiac arrhythmia and especially an anxiety disorder stopped him in recent year, so much that during this summer he decided to retire.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. During his career as a writer he published series that are still reprinted after a century creating iconic characters such as Tarzan but also John Carter of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs died on March 19, 1950 following a heart attack.