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Chimacum Creek is a stream in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. Located on the base of the Quimper Peninsula, the main stem originates from springs and ponds in the forested hills south of Discovery Bay. It flows south from its source, then turns east, then north, taking in tributaries before entering Chimacum Valley. It enters a ravine where it meets the sea in Port Hadlock-Irondale, creating a small estuary and an area of intertidal wetland as it enters Port Townsend Bay. The topography of the watershed was shaped by the Cordilleran ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum, which deposited large amounts of glacial outwash and sedimentary material. The area was the traditional lands of the Chemakum people, who were devastated by disease and massacres before the 1850s. The watershed was dredged and channelized during the early 20th century, turning the creek into a relatively straight channel. Environmental restoration projects help protect the spawning runs of coho salmon. (Full article...)

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father of the United States, a leader of the American Revolution, and the second U.S. president. He was a Province of Massachusetts Bay delegate to the Second Continental Congress and the leading advocate for American independence from Britain. In addition to seconding the Lee Resolution, Adams served on the Committee of Five, which drafted the United States Declaration of Independence. A dedicated diarist, Adams corresponded with his wife Abigail during this time, recording historical information on the era. In 1783, Adams was part of the American delegation that negotiated the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolutionary War. Adams was the primary author of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution, which influenced the 1789 United States Constitution, and he became the new nation's first vice president and its second president. After his presidency, Adams returned to Peacefield, his Massachusetts home and farm. (Full article...)

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Zombie Nightmare is a 1987 zombie film starring Adam West (pictured), Jon Mikl Thor, and Tia Carrere. The film centres around a baseball player killed by a group of teenagers, then resurrected as a zombie by a Haitian Vodou priestess. The zombie kills the teens, whose deaths are investigated by the police. The film was written to star mostly black actors but, at the request of investors, the characters' names were changed to more typically white names. While Jack Bravman was credited as director, John Fasano directed most of the film, causing problems with the production crew, who believed Fasano was the assistant director and ignored his directions. Zombie Nightmare was released direct-to-video by New World Video. It grossed C$1.5 million against a budget of $180,000. It received negative reviews from critics, but was praised for its heavy metal soundtrack featuring Motörhead, Girlschool, and Thor. Zombie Nightmare was shown in a 1994 episode of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. (Full article...)