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Other species include Asian fairy bluebirds, Bali mynahs, black-collored fruit pigeons, blue-crowned laughing thrushes, jambu fruit doves, Nicobar pigeons, ornate fruit doves, Victoria crowned pigeons, white-throated ground doves, and white-naped pheasant pigeons. 
 The Montane display is an open-fronted habitat that is surrounded by a rocky environment representing species who dwell in highland areas. 
 Masked bobwhite quails and thick-billed parrots live here.
 The Grasslands exhibit resembles the natural life-style of birds that roam in the African Savannah. 
 Black-winged red bishops, blue-breasted kingfishers, blue-naped mousebirds, buff-crested bustards, golden-breasted starling, northern carmine bee-eaters, and violet-backed starlings live here. 
 The Wetlands represents a simulated subset of a marsh swamp native with North American species including Double-crested cormorants, tri-colored herons, ruddy ducks, red-bellied, and peninsula cooters.
The Song Bird Exhibits are two darkened displays with the animals behind glass featuring species home to New Guinea and Australian species. 
 Bourke's parakeets, red-flanked lorikeets, scarlet-chested parrots, and gouldian finches. 
 The Arctic Islands is a display that simulates the natural, rocky shores of the Arctic lands. The exhibit also features an automatic wave machine to simulate the waters that constantly crash into the rocks. 
 Crested auklets, harlequin ducks, least auklets, smews, spectacled eiders, and whiskered auklets.
 The Arctic Sea Cliff display is a well obstructed display surrounding Arctic birds with a large vertical cliff with nests for breeding, and even a deep pool with underwater viewing for guests.
The Peacock Exhibit display is where Indian blue peafowl and green peafowl roam with a rainforest. Guests can walk-through the aviary and view the peacocks in a rainforest setting.

 The Vulture Encounter display is where all the species of vultures roam in a rainforest, savannah, and a desert with a river enclosure.  
 Common murres, harlequin ducks, horned puffins, pigeon guillemots, and spectacled eiders.
 The Sub-antarctic Coast is a long, cold-weathered display home to birds native to the southern most parts of South America and the coasts of Antarctica. 
 Black-faced ibis, Chiloe wigeons, blue-eyed cormorants, Inca terns, king penguins, Magellanic penguins and southern rockhopper penguins.
Rainforest 
Discovery Forest is a 4,500-square-foot tropical rainforest in a unique, two-story circular atrium. The setting is a tropical Latin American rainforest, incorporating interpretive elements from throughout Central and South America. In 2008, several neotropical animals like a two-toed sloth, a blue-and-gold macaw, and boa constrictors were added to emphasize the relationship between plants and animals.

The future

'Africa' 
Africa will be the largest animal exhibit in the Zoo's history, planned to be nearly 8-acres big and at a cost of $32,000,000. In Phase IV, the zoo will add the largest part of the future attraction, a wide Savannah teeming with some of Africa's most spectacular hoofstock such as zebras, gazelles, and elands. Along with some of the world's largest birds like ostriches, Marabou storks and grey-crowned cranes. This phase will be open in 2014.
The final phase will bring Nile hippos and crocodiles. The hippo area will give visitors a view above and below-water. In addition, this phase will include Nile crocodiles and possibly African wild dogs. This last area will open in 2015.

Related pages 
 List of botanical gardens

References

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Until 1995 Ethiopia was divided into provinces.  The provinces were divided into awrajjas or districts. In 1995 they were replaced by regions and two chartered cities. Eritrea was an Ethiopian province until 1993.

From 1942 until 1995 the provinces of Ethiopia were:

Older provinces, which are frequently used to indicate location within Ethiopia, include:

Ethiopia
Geography of Ethiopia
The provinces of Greece were divisions of some the country's prefectures. In 1887 the provinces were endeed as administrative units.  They were still used for some state services, especially finance services and education, as well as for electoral purposes. Before the Second World War, there were 139 provinces. After the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese Islands, their number grew to 147. The largest province is Dodoni.

Subdivisions of Greece
1887 disestablishments
The land of Greece was divided in Prefectures from 1833 to 1836.  It was divided again from 1845 until the Kallikratis reform in 2010.  Now Greece is divided into peripheral units.
Italy is divided into 20 Regions (Regioni in Italian) and every Region is divided into Provinces.  There are 110 provinces in Italy.  Each province is headed by a President assisted by a representative body, the Provincial Council, and an executive body, the Provincial Executive.

The three main jobs of a province are:
 Local planning and zoning
 Provision of local police and fire services.
 Transportation regulation (car registration, maintenance of local roads, etc.)

List of Italian Provinces

References

 
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An eggshell is the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg and of some forms of eggs with soft outer coats. It is a main character of the cleidoic egg, which allows amniotes to breed on land.

Worm 
Worms eggs present a three layered structure with an External Vitellin Layer, a Chitin Layer that confers mechanical resistance and an internal Lipid-rich layer that makes the egg chamber impermeable.

Amniotes 
Amniotes developed the cleidoic egg early in the Carboniferous period, and this meant they could live and reproduce on dry land. These early land animals evolved into the reptiles, birds and mammals of today. In contrast, the amphibia are land animals who must lay their eggs in water, because the eggs are not protected by a shell. 

The structure and composition of the eggshell protects the egg against damage, microbial contamination, and desiccation (drying out). Small molecules can pass through it, so the shell allows gas exchange for the growing embryo. It also provides calcium for the embryo's skeleton.
Reptile eggs 
While many reptiles lay eggs with flexible, calcified, eggshells, there are some that lay hard eggs. Eggs laid by snakes generally have leathery shells which often adhere to one another. Depending on the species, turtles and tortoises lay hard or soft eggs. Several species lay eggs which are nearly the same as bird eggs.

Bird eggs 
The normal bird egg is a fertilized egg sitting on the yolk surface and surrounded by albumen, or egg white. The albumen in turn is surrounded by two shell membranes (inner and outer membranes) and then the eggshell. The chicken eggshell is 95-97% calcium carbonate crystals, which are held together by a protein matrix. 

While the bulk of eggshell is made of calcium carbonate, it is now thought that the protein matrix has an important role to play in eggshell strength. These proteins affect crystallization, which in turn affects the eggshell structure.
The average laying hen, takes about 20 hours to make the shell. Pigmentation is added to the shell by papillae lining the oviduct, coloring it any of a variety of colors and patterns depending on the species.

Related pages 
Cleidoic egg
Amniote
Egg (biology)
Ovum

References 

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Pacheco is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, 4,183 people lived there. Pacheco is  north of Walnut Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Pacheco has a total area of .

History
The town was started in 1857. There was a post office there from 1859 to 1913. In 1955, postal service started again.

For a short time, Pacheco had a lot of very successful businesses. During that time, ships from the Pacific Ocean were able to get to the town by going through Pacheco Slough.  Then, during the 1860s, there were some fires, floods, and an earthquake. These destroyed the town and filled the slough with silt so that ships could not get there any more.  Many people later left Pacheco to go to the nearby town of Todos Santos, which was later renamed to Concord.
Annexation 
In January 2011, the Martinez City Council voted to take over the parts of Pacheco that are north of California State Route 4.  The government was expected to approve the takeover in the fall of 2011. In March 2012, enough people objected that an election would have to be held about the issue.

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The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was responsible for causing additional damage to an already earthquake-devastated region. The earthquake took place around 1420 New Zealand Standard Time and was centered next to 3.8 miles deep, six miles from Christchurch. It had been preceded by another 5.9 tremor that struck at a slightly deeper 5.5 miles. The earthquake of June 2011 cut down telephone lines and caused numerous outages which left next to 54,000 houses without power. The tremor triggered the death of an elderly man and several injuries.

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The Bombyliidae are a family of flies. Their common name is bee flies.

The Bombyliidae are a large family of flies. It has hundreds of genera, but the life cycles of most species are known poorly, or not at all. Some are very small (2 mm in length), but some can be very large for flies (wingspan of some 40 mm).

Adults normally feed on nectar and pollen. Those with a spectacularly long proboscis are adapted to plants (such as Lapeirousia) which have long, narrow floral tubes.

The Bombyliidae include a large number of species, but for its size this is one of the least understood families of insects. There at least 4,500 described species, and certainly thousands still to be described. The adult flies usually feed on nectar and pollen, and some are important pollinators.
Bee mimics 
Many Bombyliidae look like bees and so a common name for the family is the bee flies. The reason is probably aposematic: the adults are safer from predators because they share the warning colours of bees. The adult females usually lay eggs near the nests of possible hosts, often in the burrows of solitary bees, wasps or beetles.

Larvae 
The larval stages are predators or parasitoids of the eggs and larvae of other insects. The eggs hatch into larvae which eat the eggs and larvae of the 'host' insect. Although most bee-flies usually are fairly or highly host-specific, some species do attack a number of hosts.

References 

Flies
Gérard Paul Alain Feldzer, (born 10 February 1944) is a consultant and aeronautical popularizer for media, journalist at France Info since 2009. Former French airline pilot, he was President of the Aéro-Club de France between 1995 and 2005, and head of the Musée de l'Air (French Air and Space Museum) between 2005 and August 2010.

The 1st of January 2012, he becomes Officiers of the Légion d'honneur.

References

Further reading 
 Demain je serai pilote, Gallimard, 1999 ()
 Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique, Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. (), p. 212, FELDZER, Gérard

1944 births
Living people
Alumni of the École nationale de l'aviation civile
French aerospace engineers
French aviators
Phototropism is growth in the direction of light. Phototropism is common in plants, but can also occur in other organisms such as fungi. The cells on the plant that are farthest from the light have a plant growth hormone called auxin, which causes phototropism to occur. It causes the plant to have elongated cells on the farthest side from the light.

Phototropism is one of the many plant tropisms or movements which respond to external stimuli.  Growth towards a light source is a positive phototropism, while growth away from light is called negative phototropism. Most plant shoots have positive phototropism. Roots usually have negative phototropism, though gravitropism may play a larger role in root behavior and growth. Some vine shoot tips exhibit negative phototropism, which allows them to grow towards dark, solid objects and climb them.
Auxin collects mainly on the darker side of the stem and stimulates cell elongation. Thus, the cells on the side not directly exposed to light will grow faster than the opposing side, and the stem will curve towards the light source.

Phototropism in plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana is directed by blue light receptors called phototropins. Other photosensitive receptors in plants include phytochromes that sense red light, and cryptochromes that sense blue light.

References 

Plant physiology
A proboscis is a projection or elongated appendage at the front of the face. In vertebrates, the term is used to describe an elongated nose or snout. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking.

Gallery

Animal anatomy
Tuckman's stages of group development is a model of group development made by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. It has four phases: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. 

Forming is when the members of a team just got together.
Storming is when they are in conflict and are not agreeing with each other.
Norming is when they have finished deciding what is "normal".
Performing is when they are working together efficiently.

Tuckman believed that these stages are all necessary and always happen in order for a team:
to grow
to face challenges
to tackle problems
to find solutions
to plan work
to deliver results

This model has become the basis for later models.

More reading on this topic can be found here: 

Psychology
Performing this is a stage of a fully functional group where members see themselves as a group and get involved in the task.
Clerks is an 1994 American comedy movie directed by Kevin Smith. It takes place in and around a convenience store in New Jersey. Clerks was controversial. Due to graphic language it received an NC-17 rating, although the rating was later changed to R. Clerks was distributed from Miramax. It was released in October 1994.

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American comedy movies
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (, ; January 1, 1798 – April 14, 1861) also called Kuniyoshi, was a Japanese artist. He was a masters of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.

Career
Kuniyoshi was part of the Utagawa school of artists.  

The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals.  He is known images of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes. His work was affected by Western art and caricature.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of his students.

His work influenced Toyohara Chikanobu. 

Takashi Murakami credits the influence of Kuniyoshi in his work.
List of print series
This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
 Illustrated Abridged Biography of the Founder (c. 1831)
 Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (c. 1834)
 Heroes of Our Country's Suikoden (c. 1836)
 Stories of Wise and Virtuous Women (c. 1841-1842)
 Fifty-Three Parallels for the Tōkaidō (1843–1845) 
 Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (1843–1846)
 Mirror of the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (1844–1846)
 Six Crystal Rivers (1847–1848)
 Fidelity in Revenge (c. 1848)
 Twenty-Four Chinese Paragons of Filial Piety (c. 1848)
 Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido (1852)
 Portraits of Samurai of True Loyalty (1852)
 24 Generals of the Kai Provence (1853)

Gallery

Multi-panel impressions, tryptichs

Yoko-e, a print in horizontal or "landscape" format

Single panel format

Themes
Kuniyoshi made many images of cats. 

.

Kuniyoshi made images which were caricatures.

References

Other websites
Other websites

 University of Vienna, Ukiyo-e Caricatures 1842-1905 
 JapanSociety.org,  Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters  
  Kuniyoshi Project
 Artencyclopedia.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
 Artelino.com, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kuniyoshi
1798 births
1861 deaths
The Weinstein Company was an independent movie studio founded in March 2005 by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein after they left Miramax Films. The studio owned Dimension Films. TWC made melodrama, horror movies and raunchy comedy. Its division Dimension handled the genre movies.

After Harvey Weinstein was accused in 2017 of sexually attacking several women in Hollywood, then later convicted and sent to prison for his crimes, many companies, film makers, actors and actresses refused to work with Weinstein or his studio again, and many people in the company itself quit. The Weinstein Company was put up for sale and eventually renamed Lantern Entertainment, which is now considered a separate company.

References

2002 establishments in the United States
American movie studios
Dimension Films are a network which represents genre movies. It was originally under ownership of Miramax (which was then owned by Disney), then Weinstein Company, before it was sold to Lantern Entertainment. Dimension is responsible for making movies, such as Scream franchise and Scary Movie.

American movie studios
Chilton County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.  In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned a new vessel, the USS Chilton, in honor of Chilton County. In 2020, the population was 45,014. The county seat is Clanton.  It is a dry county which means alcoholic drinks cannot be sold.  

The county is known for its peaches and its unique landscape. It is home to swamps, prairies and mountains due to the foothills of the Appalachians.  It also has the Coosa River basin and is close to the Black Belt Prairie.

History 
Baker County was formed on December 30, 1868.  It was named for Alfred Baker, with its county seat at Grantville. Residents of the county asked the Alabama legislature for the renaming of their county. In 1874, they chose the name Chilton County. William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Later he represented Montgomery County in the Congress of the Confederate States of America. It is not known when the county seat was moved.
Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.03%) is land and  (or 0.97%) is water.

Major highways
 Interstate 65
 U.S. Highway 31
 U.S. Highway 82
 State Route 22
 State Route 139
 State Route 145
 State Route 155

Adjacent counties
Shelby County (north)
Coosa County (east)
Elmore County (southeast)
Autauga County (south)
Perry County (southwest)
Dallas County (southwest)
Bibb County (northwest)

National protected area
 Talladega National Forest (part)

Settlements

Cities
Calera
Clanton

Towns
Jemison
Maplesville
Thorsby
Verbena

Unincorporated communities
Isabella
Mountain Creek
Stanton

References

Alabama counties
1868 establishments in the United States
1860s establishments in Alabama
Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 8,768. The city is the county seat of Chilton County.

History
The town was founded by Alfred Baker in 1868, when Chilton County was formed. Clanton was named in honor of General James H. Clanton, a brigadier in the Confederate States Army.  It was incorporated on April 23, 1873. Baker was also elected first mayor of the town.

Early Civil Rights activist Ida B. Wells made a photographic postcard showing an 1891 lynching in Clanton.  This was to educate the white public of the atrocities committed against blacks.

During World War II, a small German Prisoner of War camp was located in Clanton.

Geography
Clanton is located at 32°50'23.316" North, 86°37'41.477" West (32.839810, -86.628188).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of .   is land and  (0.15%) is water.
Government
Clanton is governed by the mayor-council system. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The city council has five members elected from one of five wards.

Economy
Over 80% of Alabama's peach crop comes from Chilton County.

Education
The Chilton County School System provides public education for Clanton. Students in Clanton may attend any public school in Chilton County.

High Schools
 Chilton County High School (Grades 9 through 12)
 LeCroy Technical Center (Grades 10 through 12)

Middle School
Clanton Middle School (Grades 6 through 8)

Elementary Schools
 Clanton Intermediate School (Grades 3 through 5)
 Clanton Elementary School (Grades K through 2)

Media

Newspaper
 The Clanton Advertiser (daily)

Culture and recreation
Clanton has hosted the annual Chilton County Peach Festival since 1952.
Notable residents
 Randall Atcheson, Concert Pianist
 Clay Carroll,  Major League baseball player
 Jackie Hayes, major league baseball player
 Jackson W. Moore, former CEO of Union Planters Bank and Regions Financial Corporation
 Jarrod Patterson, major league baseball player
 Drew Roy, actor 
 Grayson Russell, Child actor

References

Cities in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
A port is a place at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for ships to load and unload their cargo. Persons on ships can get on or off ships at a port. It is also called a harbour or harbor. This kind of port is the same as sea port.

A good port is easy to get to over water or land. It is also in a place that is not easily hurt by bad weather, like strong wind or big waves. 

Some ports are important for trade; other ports are important to a country's navy.

Types of ports
If a port is visited by ships that can go on the ocean, it is called a "sea port" or just a "port". If a port is visited only by river boats like barges, it is called a "river port".

If a port is on a lake, river, or canal that goes to a sea or ocean, that port can be called an "inland port".

A fishing port is a port or harbour used by people who are fishing.

A warm water port is a port where the water does not freeze in winter time.
A cruise home port is a port where people get on and off cruise-ships. It is also where the cruise ship gets its supplies, like fresh water, fuel, and food. The Port of Miami, Florida is called the "Cruise Capital of the World". Port Everglades, Florida and the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico also have big cruise ports.

A port of call is a place where a ship stops before it has finished its trip. 

A cargo port is a port that is used to move things people want to buy or sell.
Choctaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was formed on December 29, 1847 and named for the Choctaw tribe of American Indians. As of 2020 the population was 12,665.  The county seat is Butler.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.20%) is land and  (or 0.80%) is water.

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 84
 State Route 10
 State Route 17

Border counties
Sumter County (north)
Marengo County (northeast)
Clarke County (southeast)
Washington County (south)
Wayne County, Mississippi (southwest)
Clarke County, Mississippi (west)
Lauderdale County, Mississippi (northwest)

National protected area
 Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge

Settlements

Cities and towns
Butler
Gilbertown
Lisman
Needham
Pennington
Silas
Toxey

Unincorporated communities
Bladon Springs
Jachin
Mount Sterling
Pushmataha
Yantley

References

Alabama counties
1847 establishments in the United States
1840s establishments in Alabama
Clarke County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.  As of 2020, 23,087 people lived there. The county seat is Grove Hill.

History 
Clarke County was formed on December 10, 1812 by the Mississippi Territory. It is named in honor of General John Clarke of Georgia, who was later elected governor of that state.  The county had many forts, built by settlers for protection during the Creek War (1813-1814).  One of the most notable was Fort Sinquefield.

The first county seat was Clarkesville, formed in 1820.  The seat was moved to Macon, later renamed Grove Hill, in 1831. During the American Civil War, the county was notable for its salt production.

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 43
 U.S. Highway 84
 State Route 5
 State Route 69
 State Route 154
 State Route 177
 State Route 178
 State Route 295

Border counties
Marengo County (north)
Wilcox County (northeast)
Monroe County (east)
Baldwin County (south)
Washington County (southwest)
Choctaw County (northwest)

Settlements

Cities
Jackson
Thomasville
Towns
Coffeeville
Fulton
Grove Hill

Communities
Alma
Bashi
Campbell
Carlton
Dickinson
Gainestown
Gosport
Morvin
Suggsville
Tallahatta Springs
Toddtown
Walker Springs
Whatley

Former communities
Choctaw Corner
Clarkesville
Failetown

References

Alabama counties
1812 establishments in the United States
1810s establishments in Alabama
Grove Hill is a town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,818.  It is the county seat of Clarke County and home of the Clarke County Museum.

Education
Public Educationis provided by the Clarke County School System. Located in Grove Hill are Clarke County High School (grades 9 through 12), Wilson Hall Middle School  (grades 5 through 8), and Grove Hill Elementary School (grades K though 4).

There is one private school in Grove Hill. Clarke Prep School provides education for grades K through 12.

Media

Radio station
WBMH 106.1 FM (Classic Country)

Notable natives 
Doug Barfield - Auburn University football coach
John W. Cranford - Representative for Texas.
 Mike Duke - Pop musician member of Wet Willie and song writer
Grant Gillis - Major League Baseball player
F. David Mathews - United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Cliff Nobles - Pop musician

References 

Towns in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
Lisette Melendez (born 1967 or 1976) is a Puerto Rican freestyle music and Latin pop singer. She is best known for the 1991 song Together Forever. Her exact birthdate is not clear, with some sources claiming Melendez was born as far back as 1967 or 1968. Others mention that she was born as recently as 1976. She was raised in  East Harlem in New York City.

In Japan, Melendez won a Grammy for the Best New Artist. This was for her 1994 studio album True to Life.

References

singers from New York City
Pop musicians
1967 births
Living people
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American movie and television director, producer and actor. 

Pollack was born in Lafayette, Indiana. During his childhood he moved to South Bend, Indiana. He moved to New York City when he was 17.

He won an Emmy Award in 1966. He won two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for 1985 movie Out of Africa. 

He died of cancer of unknown primary origin in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.

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Cleburne County is a county in the US state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, of Arkansas. As of 2020, 15,056 people lived in the county.  Its county seat is Heflin.

History 
Cleburne County was formed on December 6, 1866.  The county was made from territory in Benton (now Calhoun), Randolph, and Talladega counties.  In 1867, Edwardsville was made the county seat.  In 1905 Heflin became the county seat.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the area of the county is .  (or 99.86%) is land and  (or 0.14%) is water. Alabama's highest natural point on Cheaha Mountain is in Cleburne County. Cheaha Mountain is in the far south part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Major highways
 Interstate 20
 U.S. Highway 78
 U.S. Highway 431
 State Route 9
 State Route 46

Rail
Norfolk Southern Railway
Amtrak
Border counties
Cherokee County, Alabama – north
Polk County, Georgia – northeast
Haralson County, Georgia – east
Carroll County, Georgia – southeast
Randolph County, Alabama – south
Clay County, Alabama – southwest
Talladega County, Alabama – southwest
Calhoun County, Alabama – west

National protected area
 Talladega National Forest (part)

Cities and towns 
Edwardsville
Fruithurst
Heflin
Hollis Crossroads
 Micaville
 Muscadine
Ranburne

References

Alabama counties
1866 establishments in Alabama
Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs. George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River in 1790 near present-day Cherokee.

The county seat of Colbert County is Tuscumbia. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals".  As of 2020, 57,227 people lived there.

History 
Colbert County was first formed on February 6, 1867.  It split from Franklin County over political issues after the American Civil War.  It was ended but was reestablished on February 24, 1870. It is also the location of Ivy Green, the birthplace of noted author Helen Keller.  Colbert County is also home of the towns Sheffield and Muscle Shoals where many popular musicians such as Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones recorded music.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 95.34%) is land and  (or 4.66%) is water.
Major Highways
 U.S. Highway 43
 U.S. Highway 72
 State Route 20
 State Route 157
 State Route 247
Natchez Trace Parkway

National protected area
 Natchez Trace Parkway (part)

Rail
Norfolk Southern Railway  - freight lines going South, East, and West.

River
Tennessee River

Border Counties
Lauderdale County, Alabama - north across the Tennessee River
Lawrence County, Alabama - southeast
Franklin County, Alabama - south
Tishomingo County, Mississippi - west

Settlements

Cities
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Tuscumbia

Towns
Cherokee
Leighton
Littleville

Unincorporated communities
Allsboro
Barton
Buzzard Roost
Colbert Heights
Ford City
White Oak

References

Alabama counties
1867 establishments in the United States
1860s establishments in Alabama
Conecuh County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is believed to be derived from a Creek Indian term meaning "land of cane."  As of the 2020 census, 11,597 people lived there. Its county seat is Evergreen, Alabama.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.80%) is land and  (or 0.20%) is water.

Major highways
  Interstate 65
  U.S. Highway 31
  U.S. Highway 84
  State Route 41
  State Route 83

Adjacent counties
 Butler County (northeast)
 Covington County (southeast)
 Escambia County (south)
 Monroe County (northwest)

Cities and towns 
 Castleberry
 Evergreen
 McKenzie (part - part of McKenzie is in Butler County)
 Repton

References

Alabama counties
1818 establishments in Alabama Territory
Zooey Claire Deschanel (  ; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter.

Early life
Zooey Deschanel was born in Los Angeles in 1980. She is the younger daughter of Academy Award–nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). Her paternal grandfather was French, from Oullins, Rhône. Her ancestry also includes Swiss, Dutch, English, Irish, and other French roots.

Acting career
She starred in movie (500) Days of Summer and plays the central character in TV series New Girl. She also produces the show.

Singing career
She and M. Ward are music duo She & Him. They have released five studio albums since 2008. She has collaborated with artists such as Prince and Brian Wilson. She wrote the main theme for New Girl and Winnie the Pooh: The Movie.
Personal life
She married musician Ben Gibbard on September 19, 2009. The couple are separated; she filed for divorce on December 27, 2011. It was finalized on December 12, 2012.
She married producer Jacob Pechenik in 2015. They have a daughter born in July, 2015.

References

Other websites
 

Actors from Los Angeles
American movie actors
Singer-songwriters from California
American television actors
American voice actors
Musicians from Los Angeles
Singers from Los Angeles
1980 births
Living people
Coosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2020, 10,387 people lived there.  Its county seat is Rockford.

History 
It was formed on December 18, 1832.  Its name is from a town of the Creek tribe.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 97.91%) is land and  (or 2.09%) is water.

Major Highways
 U.S. Highway 231
 U.S. Highway 280
 Alabama State Route 9
 Alabama State Route 22

Border Counties
Talladega County (north)
Clay County (northeast)
Tallapoosa County (east)
Elmore County (south)
Chilton County (west)
Shelby County (northwest)

Cities and towns 
Equality (part of Equality is in Elmore County)
Goodwater
Kellyton
Rockford

References

Alabama counties
1832 establishments in Alabama
Rockford is a town in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 349. The town is the county seat of Coosa County.

History

Coosa County was formed on December 18, 1832.  The first name of the town was Lexington. In 1835 the name was changed to Rockford.

Education
Public education in Rockford is provided by the Coosa County Board of Education. There are four schools located in Rockford: Central High School (grades 9 through 12), Central Middle School (grades 5 through 8), Central Elementary School (grades (K through 4), and Coosa County Science and Technology Center (grades 9 through 12).

Fred the Town Dog
In 1993, a sick dog wandered into Rockford. The animal was called "Fred" and was nursed back to health by town residents. For the next ten years, Fred was the town mascot.

Fred gained popularity through a regular newspaper column, "A Dog's Life," about his activities and encounters.  He was on a television show on cable TV's Animal Planet.
Fred died on December 23, 2002 in a Birmingham animal hospital, from a mysterious animal bite. He was buried behind the town's old jailhouse. A full-size grave marker, donated by a Montgomery businessman, was added in May, 2003. Fred was inducted into the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association Animal Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Towns in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
1832 establishments in Alabama
Covington County, Alabama, is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2020, 37,570 people lived there.  Its county seat is Andalusia.

History 
Covington County was formed on December 17, 1821.  Its name is in honor of Brigadier General Leonard Covington of Maryland. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic.  It was a disaster area again in October 1995 due to Hurricane Opal.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.04%) is land and  (or 0.96%) is water.

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 29
 U.S. Highway 84
 U.S. Highway 331
 State Route 54
 State Route 55

Border counties
Butler County and Crenshaw County (north)
Coffee County and Geneva County (east)
Walton County, Florida (southeast)
Okaloosa County, Florida (southwest)
Escambia County and Conecuh County (west)

National protected area
 Conecuh National Forest (part)

Settlements
Settlements

Cities and towns
Andalusia
Babbie
Carolina
Florala
Gantt
Heath
Horn Hill
Libertyville
Lockhart
Onycha
Opp
Red Level
River Falls
Sanford

Unincorporated communities
Antioch
Beck
Beda
Bethlehem
Beulah
Blairs
Blue Springs
Boston
Boykin
Brooks
Cedar Grove
Clear Springs
Clearview
Coldwater
County Line
Dunns
Duvall
Eoda
Estothel
Fairfield
Flaco
Five Points
Friendship
Green Bay
Harmony
Howells
Huckaville
Loango
McRae
Opine
Rawls
Red Oak
Rome
Rose Hill
Stanley
Stedman
Straughn
Valley of Shiloh
Wiggins

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Alabama counties
1821 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Alabama
Crenshaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2020, 13,194 people lived there.  Its county seat is Luverne.

History 
Crenshaw County was formed from Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes and Pike counties on November 30, 1866. Its name is in honor of a judge, Anderson Crenshaw.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.79%) is land and  (or 0.21%) is water. Much of the land is covered by forests that are used for logging.

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 29
 U.S. Highway 331
 State Route 10
 State Route 97
 State Route 106

Border counties
Montgomery County (north)
Pike County (east)
Coffee County (southeast)
Covington County (south)
Butler County (west)
Lowndes County (northwest)

Cities and towns 
Brantley
Dozier
Glenwood
Highland Home
Honoraville
Luverne
Petrey
Rutledge

References

Alabama counties
1866 establishments in Alabama
Pastygate is the name given to a political scandal in the United Kingdom in March 2012. The government had said that it was going to place a 20% VAT charge on hot pasties.

A Labour Member of Parliament asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP George Osborne, about when he last ate a Cornish pasty. Osborne answered that he had no idea when he had last eaten one. This answer has been used to show how out of touch with ordinary people the Conservative party had become. The Prime Minister David Cameron later said that he had recently eaten a Cornish pasty at Leeds railway station "and that it was very good". However, The Sun newspaper then reported that there was no place to buy Cornish pasties at Leeds railway station at the time David Cameron claimed to have eaten one there.
The issue, which at first appeared to be unimportant, was then taken up by several other newspapers and political commentators. They pointed out that the Conservatives seemed not to know that the pasty was a basic food eaten by many ordinary people in the country. The VAT rise on the pasty would affect both these customers and the pasty industry itself. These newspapers and commentators made fun of David Cameron's attempt to show himself as a regular pasty eater (i.e. as one of the people) and that George Osborne's did not know what a pasty was.

References

2012 in the United Kingdom
Political scandals
The eastern black-and-white colobus monkey, or mantled gueraza (Colobus guereza) is a species of monkey. It can be as big as over  long (excluding tail) and up to . In the wild, they live about 20 years.

Colobus monkeys are vegetarian. They have a three-chambered stomach to help digest leaves.

References 

Mammals of Africa
Old World monkeys
Cullman County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel John G. Cullmann.  As of 2020, 87,866 people lived there.  Its county seat is the town of the same name, Cullman, Alabama.

History 
The historic Cherokee and Choctaw lived here at the time of European encounter. The Echota Cherokee are a recognized tribe still here.

Cullman County was formed by German American immigrants from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1877.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 97.83%) is land and  (or 2.17%) is water.

Major highways
 Interstate 65
 U.S. Highway 31
 U.S. Highway 278
 U.S. Highway 231
 State Route 67
 State Route 69
 State Route 91
 State Route 157

Rail
CSX Transportation

Border counties
Morgan County (north)
Marshall County (northeast)
Blount County (east)
Walker County (southwest)
Winston County (west)
Lawrence County (northwest)
Cities and towns 
Arab (part - most of Arab is in Marshall County)
Ardell
Arkadelphia
Baileyton
Battleground
Berlin
Bethel
Bremen
Birdsong
Bolte
Brooklyn
Brushy Pond
Bug Tussle
Central
Clifty
Colony
Corinth
Crane Hill
Cullman
Dodge City
East Point
Etha
Fairview
Garden City (part - part of Garden City is in Blount County)
Goldridge
Good Hope
Goodwin
Hanceville
Harmony
Holly Pond
Jones Chapel
Joppa
Logan
Panama
Providence
Riverside
Simcoe
South Vinemont
Thrasher Crossroads
Trade
Trimble
Walter
Welti
West Point
Wheat
Wilburn

Education
Public education in Cullman County is provided by two systems: the Cullman City School Board and the Cullman County School Board, which governs all municipalities except the City of Cullman.
Cullman High School - under the governance of the Cullman City School Board
Private educational institutions in the county include:
Christ Covenant School - in Cullman (Grades K-2)
Cullman Christian School - in Cullman (Grades K-12)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary School - in Cullman (Grades PreK-6)
St. Bernard Preparatory School - in Cullman (Grades 7-12)
St. Paul's Lutheran School - in Cullman (Grades K-6)
Vinemont Christian Academy - in South Vinemont (Grades PreK-12)

Cullman is also the home of the state-owned and operated Wallace State Community College in Hanceville. It was named for the former Governor of Alabama, George C. Wallace.  His father and his wife, Governor Lurleen B. Wallace, also had junior colleges named for them.

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Alabama counties
1877 establishments in the United States
1870s establishments in Alabama
Dolores, also spelled Delores, is a female given name. It is pronounced [ duh-lawr-is, -lohr- ].The Spanish name Dolores has its roots in the Latin word "dolor," which translates to "pain" or "sorrow." This name is quite common in Spanish-speaking nations and is frequently used as a way to refer to the Virgin Mary.  This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

People 

 Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician
 Dolores Hope, American singer, entertainer, philanthropist (1909-2011)
 Dolores Claman, Canadian composer (1927-2021)

References

Given names
Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama. Cullman is along Interstate 65, about  north of Birmingham, and about  south of Huntsville. According to the 2020 census, it has 18,213 people.
Cullman is the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama.

Education
The Cullman City School System operates five schools: Cullman Primary School (Pre-K - First Grade), East Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade), West Elementary (Second Grade - Sixth Grade), John G. Cullman Middle School (Seventh and Eighth Grades), and Cullman High School (Ninth Grade - Twelfth Grade).

Other schools in Cullman include the Saint Bernard Preparatory School, a Benedictine boarding school (Ninth Grade - Twelfth Grade), Saint Bernard Middle School (Seventh and Eighth Grade), Sacred Heart Elementary School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade), Saint Paul's Lutheran School (Pre-K - Sixth Grade), and Cullman Christian School (Pre-K - Twelfth Grade).

Media
Media

Radio stations
WFMH 1340 AM (Sports/Talk)
WKUL 92.1 FM (Country/Talk)
WMCJ 1460 AM (Southern Gospel)
WYDE 101.1 FM (Talk Radio)

Newspaper
The Cullman Times (daily)
The Cullman Tribune (weekly)
Cullman Sense  (weekly)

Television
Cullman is in the TV broadcasting areas of both Birmingham, Alabama, and Huntsville, Alabama.

Also, there is one low-power broadcasting station in Cullman: WCQT-LP TV-27

Health care
Cullman Regional Medical Center - a 115-bed hospital.

Transportation
 Interstate 65
 U.S. Highway 31
 U.S. Highway 278
 Alabama State Route 69
 Alabama State Route 157
CSX Transportation Railroad
Folsom Field municipal airport

Sister city
  - Frankweiler (Germany)
Notable persons from Cullman
Scot Ponder, inventor and world traveller
JoJo Billingsley, singer/songwriter
Wesley Britt, National Football League player
James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, Governor of Alabama 1947 - 51 and 1955 – 59
James E. "Little Jim" Folsom, Jr., Governor of Alabama 1993 - 95, former and current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
Robert Hall, professional make-up artist
Roger Hallmark, country musician
Kurt Heinecke, composer and voice actor
Charles Kleibacker, fashion designer
Greg Knighten, Army specialist
Harold E. Martin, journalist and 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner
Julian L. McPhillips candidate for Attorney General of Alabama in 1978.
Johnny Lee Smith, martial arts instructor and founder of Triad Martial Arts Academy; portrayed himself (with the nickname "Tiger Claw") on '90s TV show WMAC Masters.
Channing Tatum, actor/model
Holly Williams, country music singer (and daughter of Hank Williams, Jr.)
Larry Willingham, professional football player

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Cities in Alabama
County seats in Alabama
1878 establishments in the United States
1870s establishments in Alabama
Freeway is a 1996 crime drama movie. It stars Reese Witherspoon as Vanessa, Brooke Shields as Mimi and Brittany Murphy as Rhonda. This melodramatic thriller was released into theaters on August 23, 1996 and received very positive reviews from critics. Freeway was originally rated NC-17 for graphic language. It was trimmed to obtain an R before release.

1996 movies
American crime movies
English-language movies
American independent movies
1996 independent movies
Dale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Most of the Fort Rucker U.S. Army Aviation Center for Excellence is in Dale County. Its name is in honor of General Samuel Dale.  As of the 2020 census, 49,326 people lived there.  Its county seat and largest city is Ozark.

Geography
Dale County is in the southeastern corner of the State of Alabama. According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 99.72%) is land and  (or 0.28%) is water.

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 84
 U.S. Highway 231
 State Route 27
 State Route 51
 State Route 85
 State Route 92
 State Route 123
 State Route 134

Border counties
Barbour County (north)
Henry County (east)
Houston County (southeast)
Geneva County (southwest)
Coffee County (west)
Pike County (northwest)
Municipalities and census-designated places 
Ariton
Asbury (northeast of Ozark)
Clayhatchee
Daleville
Dothan (part - most of Dothan is in Houston County, with additional portions in Henry County)
Enterprise (part - most of Enterprise is in Coffee County)
Fort Rucker (U.S. Army base, treated as a census-designated place)
Grimes
Level Plains
Midland City
Napier Field
Newton
Ozark
Pinckard
Unincorporated communities
Arguta (southwest of Blue Springs)
Barefield Crossroads (west of Abbeville)
Barnes (southeast of Abbeville)
Beamon (northeast of Ozark)
Bells Crossroads (northwest of Clayton)
Bertha (southeast of Blue Springs)
Bethel (southwest of Clio)
Browns Crossroad (northeast of Newton)
Clopton (southeast of Blue Springs)
Dill (north of Ozark)
Dillard (northwest of Ozark)
Dykes Crossroad (southwest of Blue Springs)
Echo (east of Ozark)
Ewell (southeast of Ozark)
Gerald (northwest of Daleville)
Kelly (southwest of Newton)
Mabson (east of Ozark)
Marley Mill (northwest of Ozark)
Plainview (north of Newton)
Roberts Crossroads (south of Blue Springs)
Rocky Head (southwest of Clio)
Skipperville (northeast of Ozark)
Sylvan Grove (northeast of Midland City)
Waterford (north of Newton)

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Alabama counties
1824 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Alabama
Dallas County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. The county seat is Selma.

History 
Dallas County was formed on February 9, 1818. It was named for U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander J. Dallas of Pennsylvania. At first the county seat was at Cahaba. In 1865, the county seat was moved to Selma.

Geography
Dallas County is in the Black Belt region. The Alabama River is in the county.

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of .  (or 98.73%) is land and  (or 1.27%) is water.

Border Counties
Chilton County (north)
Autauga County (northeast)
Lowndes County (southeast)
Wilcox County (south)
Marengo County (west)
Perry County (northwest)

National protected areas
 Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (part)
 Talladega National Forest (part)

Transportation

Major highways
 U.S. Highway 80
 State Route 5
 State Route 14
 State Route 22
 State Route 41
 State Route 89

Airports
 Craig Field (SEM) in Selma
 Skyharbor Airport (S63) in Selma

Communities

Cities
Selma
Valley Grande