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Rex Ryan (born 1962) is an American football head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). After serving as an assistant coach for 22 years, Ryan attained his first head coaching job in the NFL with the Jets in 2009. He is the son of former Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals head coach Buddy Ryan and is the fraternal twin brother of Rob Ryan, defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys. Upon graduating from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Ryan spent the next 22 years serving as an assistant coach on different teams at both the college and professional level. At the behest of their head coach Brian Billick, Ryan joined the Baltimore Ravens in 1999 and spent nine years there. In 2005 he earned the title of defensive coordinator and in 2008 became the assistant head coach. Hours after the Ravens lost to the Steelers in the 2008 playoffs, Ryan accepted a contract offer from the Jets for their vacant head coaching position. He has become well known throughout the league for his outspoken manner, boisterous attitude and success with the Jets, and his teams are highly regarded by critics for their defensive capabilities. (Full article...) Recently featured: Pepper v Hart – Battle of Radzymin – Drosera regia Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using a Unha-3 carrier rocket. Indian sitar player and classical composer Ravi Shankar dies at the age of 92. Cheick Modibo Diarra, the Prime Minister of Mali, and his government resign after Diarra's arrest by leaders of the Malian coup d'état. John Dramani Mahama is re-elected President of Ghana. In the Romanian legislative election, the ruling Social Liberal Union wins a majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In Qatar, the UN Climate Change Conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2020. Seven people are killed and hundreds others injured during protests against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo. Recent deaths: Iajuddin Ahmed – Jenni Rivera – Patrick Moore Syrian civil war – Wikinews – More current events...
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December 13: Saint Lucy's Day; Republic Day in Malta (1974) 1577 – Sir Francis Drake left Plymouth, England, with five ships and 164 men on his round-the-world voyage. 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organized three militia units, an act considered to be the founding of the National Guard of the United States. 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg (pictured) in Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces captured Nanjing in China and then began to commit numerous atrocities over the next several weeks. 2001 – The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, resulting in 15 deaths, including those of the perpetrators. More anniversaries: December 12 – December 13 – December 14 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now December 13, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Chromodoris joshi is a species of nudibranch, a shell-less gastropod marine mollusk found in the Philippines, Sumatra, the Andaman Sea, and Indonesia. Reaching 60 mm (2.4 in) in length, it is yellow with three black stripes on its mantle and orange rhinophores and gills.

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