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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian film director, film producer,
deep-sea explorer, screenwriter, and editor who has directed the two
biggest box office films of all time. He first found success with the science-fiction hit
The Terminator (1984). He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct
Aliens (1986); three years later he followed up with
The Abyss (1989).
He found further critical acclaim for his use of special effects in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After his film
True Lies (1994) Cameron took on his biggest film at the time,
Titanic (1997), which earned him Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Film Editing. After
Titanic, Cameron began a project that took almost 10 years to make: his science-fiction epic
Avatar (2009), for which he received nominations for the same three Academy Awards. In the time between making
Titanic and
Avatar,
Cameron spent several years creating many documentary films
(specifically underwater documentaries) and co-developed the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. Described by a biographer as part-scientist and part-artist, Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies. On March 26, 2012, Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, in the
Deepsea Challenger submersible. He is the first person to do this in a solo descent, and is only the third person to do so ever.
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Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the English-language album
Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
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Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species. In cold climates, these trees store starch
in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then
converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring. Maple trees can
be tapped by boring holes into their trunks and collecting the exuded
sap. The sap is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water,
leaving the concentrated syrup.
Maple syrup was first collected and used by the indigenous peoples of
North America. The practice was adopted by European settlers, who
gradually refined production methods. Technological improvements in the
1970s further refined syrup processing. The Canadian province of Quebec
is by far the largest producer, responsible for about three-quarters of
the world's output; Canadian exports of maple syrup exceed C$145 million (approximately US$130.5 million) per year. Vermont is the largest producer in the United States, generating about 5.5 percent of the global supply.
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Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a
crosse or lacrosse stick.
It is often played as a contact sport. The head of the lacrosse stick
is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball.
Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball
into an opponent's goal, using the lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and
pass the ball to do so. Defensively, the objective is to keep the
opposing team from scoring and to gain the ball through the use of stick
checking and body contact or positioning. The sport has four major
types: men's field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse and intercrosse. The sport consists of four positions: midfield, attack, defense, and goaile.
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| UNESCO WH Sites in Canada - Date of Issue: May 16, 2014 |
Sent on: June 25, 2014
Received on: July 3, 2014
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