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St. Francis River is a river that feeds into the Mississippi River. It is about long, and is located in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States.
The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri Bootheel.
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, broadcast on BBC One and later on BBC Three. The show is set in the English town of Rochdale from series one until the end of series seven, and the Scottish town of Greenock from the beginning of series eight until the end of the show in series ten. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015. "Waterloo Road" ran for 200 episodes and exactly nine years. In September 2019, the series was made available on BBC iPlayer.
Set in a failing comprehensive school in Rochdale, the series focuses on the life's of the teachers and pupils who are at the school.
List of Waterloo Road characters
This article lists the characters and the actors who played them in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road". The longest-running cast members were Philip Martin Brown (Grantly Budgen), Jason Done (Tom Clarkson), Chelsee Healey (Janeece Bryant), and Denise Welch (Steph Haydock), who appeared from series 1 until their exits in series 9 for Brown, 8 for Done and Healey, and 6 for Welch, respectively. Healey was not in series 5, however. The longest-serving Headteacher was Rachel Mason, who was played by Eva Pope, from series 3 until series 5.
List of Waterloo Road episodes
Tullus Hostilius
Montgomery, Louisiana
Montgomery is a small town in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English actor. He was born in Cliftonville, Kent. He was known for his roles in "Brief Encounter" (1945), followed by "The Third Man" (1949). He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
He declined a CBE in 1982. He won a BAFTA Award in 1959 and an Emmy Award in 1963.
Howard died on 7 January 1988 from liver failure complicated by cirrhosis in Arkley, Barnet, aged 74.
Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer (28 May 1929 – 29 March 2019) was a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He was known for providing the voice of Scott Tracy in the British television series "Thunderbirds" (1965–66).
His movie appearances include "Dr. Strangelove" (1964), "Rollerball" (1975), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), "Gandhi" (1982), "Out of Africa" (1985), "Crusoe" (1989), "Spy Game" (2001) and "Batman Begins" (2005).
Rimmer died on 29 March 2019 in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire at the age of 89.
Shriram Lagoo
Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian actor. He was known for his character roles in movies. He acted in over 100 Hindi and Marathi movies. He won the 1978 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the Hindi movie "Gharaonda". He also starred in the movie "Gandhi".
Lagoo died at a hospital in Pune of cardiac arrest on 17 December 2019 at the age of 92.
Terrence Hardiman
Terrence Hardiman (born 6 April 1937) is an English actor. He is best known for playing "The Demon Headmaster" and also for his role as Luftwaffe Police Major Reinhardt in the 1970s drama series "Secret Army". He also starred in the movie "Gandhi". Hardiman was born in Forest Gate, Essex.
John Briley
John Richard Briley (June 25, 1925 – December 14, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He was best known for screenplays of biographical movies. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 1982 Oscars for "Gandhi".
He died on December 14, 2019, aged 94.
Billy Williams (cinematographer)
Billy Williams OBE, BSC (born 3 June 1929) is a British cinematographer. He was born in London.
Williams is known for his works for "Women in Love" (1969), "Gandhi" (1982), for which he won an Oscar, and "On Golden Pond" (1981). He worked in the RAF as a photographer. On leaving the RAF he got a job with British Transport Films (BTF), filming all forms of transportation.
Williams retired on New Year's Day 1996. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
Alyque Padamsee
Alyque Padamsee (5 March 1928 – 17 November 2018) was an Indian actor. He was born in Gujarat, India. He is probably best known in the English-speaking world for playing Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the movie "Gandhi". In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri.
Padamsee died on 17 November 2018 from a long-illness at the age of 90.
Ju Wenjun
Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. She was born in Shanghai.
Carrie Nye
Carolyn Nye McGeoy (October 14, 1936 – July 14, 2006), known professionally as Carrie Nye, was an American actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965, a Primetime Emmy Award in 1980, and a Drama Desk Award in 1981. She was known for her roles in "The Group" (1966), "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" (1979), "Creepshow" (1982), "Too Scared to Scream" (1985), and "Hello Again" (1987).
Nye was born in Greenwood, Mississippi. She studied at Yale University. She was married to Dick Cavett from 1964 until her death in 2006. They had no children.
Nye died on July 14, 2006 in Manhattan, New York from lung cancer at the age of 69.
Chlorella is a genus of single-cell green algae. It is in the division Chlorophyta. It is microscopic in size and round in shape.
"Chlorella" has in its body two green color substances: "chlorophyll-a" and "chlorophyll b." It uses photosynthesis, similar to plants which also have chlorophyll. It multiplies rapidly, needing only carbon dioxide, water, sunlight, and a small amount of minerals to reproduce.
Many people believe "Chlorella" can serve as a possible source of food and energy. This is because its photosynthesis process can, in theory, reach 8% efficiency. This is even better than that of other highly efficient crops such as sugar cane, which are already being used for food and energy.
In 1961, Melvin Calvin of the University of California received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the pathways of carbon dioxide assimilation using "Chlorella".
Chlorella reproduce asexually by aplanospores. A single chlorellon cell produces at least 16 non-motile aplanospores and each one of them matures into an individual unicellular alga (chlorellon) under favourable conditions. There are no any reports of sexual reproduction in Chlorella.
Bully (disambiguation)
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Arirang
"Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. It is sometimes thought of as the unofficial national anthem of Korea. There are almost 3,600 variations for 60 versions of the song. All of these have a part of the song similar to "Arirang, arirang, arariyo ()". People think that the song is almost 600 years old.
"Arirang" is on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list two times. This is because both South Korea and North Korea submitted the song for being included on the list. South Korea submitted the song in 2012 and North Korea submitted the song in 2014.
People think that "Arirang" came from Jeongseon in the Gangwon Province of South Korea. According to a legend, the song came from the story of a man and a woman who fell in love. This was while they were picking camellia flowers. In one version of the story, the man can't cross the Auraji river because the water is too high. Because of this, they sing a song to show how sorrowful they were. In the second version of the story, the man tries to cross the Auraji and drowns. In that version, he sings the song after he dies.
Another theory says that the song came from Lady Aryeong. It says that "arin" came from the Jurchen word for "hometown" and a Chinese song called "Airang."
Time in Morocco
Morocco uses Central European Time (CET) () all year round since 26 October 2018. The country used to observe daylight saving time (DST).
Morocco first used DST in 1939 and 1940 and again in 1950. It returned in 1967 but was abandoned after that and returned in 1974 and was observed until 1978. After that, Morocco used Western European Time (WET) (UTC+00:00) all year round. In 1984, Morocco changed to Central European Time (CET) (UTC+01:00) and returned to WET in 1986.
In 2008, Morocco once again started using daylight saving time. DST in 2008 started on Sunday 1 June and ended on Monday 1 September. In 2009, it started on Monday 1 June and ended on Friday 21 August. In 2010, DST started on 2 May and ended on 8 August, and in 2011 it started on Sunday 3 April and ended on Sunday 31 July.
In 2012, Morocco changed the rules for DST as it started on the last Sunday in April with a pause during Ramadan, and ending on the last Sunday in September. In 2013, the end of DST shifted to the last Sunday of October and adopted the European daylight saving schedule.
In 2018, Morocco stopped using summer time and moved to Central European Time (CET) (UTC+01:00) all year round. This is the first time Morocco has used CET since 1984.
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Xuanwu Lake
Xuanwu Lake is a lake in Xuanwu District in Nanjing, China. It is surrounded by a park. Local visitors and foreign tourists often visit the Xuanwu Lake.
The lake's area is about 5.02 square kilometers or 1.94square miles, making it the largest former imperial garden lake in China.
Dating back to the Qin family of rulers, Xuanwu Lake has a history of about 2,300 years. It was one of the emperor's gardens during the Six Dynasties part of China's history and again under the Ming rulers.
The lake and its park are open from 6 to 9. There is a Nanjing Subway station nearby and several bus stops.
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Faunus (mythology)
Faunus ([fau̯nʊs]) was the horned god of the forest, plains and fields in Roman mythology. When he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. Many of his characteristics are similar to the Greek god Pan.
Sun Yat-sen's Tomb
Sun Yat-sen's Tomb is the tomb (place for the dead body) of Sun Yat-sen and a large park around the tomb. It is a scenic spot and historical site in Nanjing, China.A mausoleum is a building used to store the remains of people who have died. Instead of being buried in soil, like in a cemetery, they are placed in chambers behind walls, or in a vault under the floor. The word came from the name of an ancient king.Sun yat sun is a leader of China.You can go to there by bus Route254,324.
Sun Yat-sen's tomb is so big that it is also called . (A mausoleum is a tomb so big that it is like a palace.)
Sun Yat-sen was a famous leader of China. He changed China's political system. After he died, the Chinese government made him this tomb.
Hongshan Forest Zoo
Hongshan Forest Zoo (), “The Red Mount Forest Zoo” is a zoo that located in Suanwu District, Nanjing, and covers about 1026 acres. It was built in 1998. For adults, the price is 40 yuan, but for children, the price is 20 yuan. It is open from 7:30 to 16:30.
The park is divided into bird area, beast area, herbivores and primates exhibition area, Amphibian and reptile hall and other major animal exhibition spots, gathering more than 3000 rare animals of more than 280 kinds from all over the world. It also has some rare animals in the world like Elephas maximus, white tiger, mandrill, and some first class national protect animals such as pandas, golden monkeys, gibbons, red-crowned cranes, amur tigers, Yangtze alligators.
Nanjing Massacre Museum
The Nanjing Massacre Museum is a museum about the 1937–1938 Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing, China. It is also known as the because it is also a memorial hall to remember the many Chinese people who were killed during the massacre by the Imperial Japanese Army.
Nanjing (then spelled "Nanking" in English) was China's capital city during the 1920s and 1930s. At that time, Japan was an empire that included Korea and Taiwan. During the 1930s, Japan started the Second Sino-Japanese War and tried to take over all of China. This became part of World War II, as Japan's friend Germany took over Poland and Italy joined their wars and started some of its own. When the Japanese army got to Nanjing in December 1937 and January 1938, it did not only fight the Chinese army; it also killed many other people who were not fighting at all. It also committed many, many war crimes against the people in the city. It is even hard to count how many people were killed or hurt in all, because the Japanese treated the bodies and the people so badly. The Chinese government says 300,000 people were killed and more were hurt.
To remember the people who were killed and hurt and to fight Japanese people who say nothing very bad happened in Nanjing, the city government built the Nanjing Massacre Museum in 1985. In 1995, with the city growing richer from China's Opening-Up Policy, the museum was made larger and better.
The memorial (place to remember something) consists of three major parts: a museum that shows historical records and other things from the massacre, an outdoor area, and a covered area that holds the bones of many of the people who died in the massacre. The building has about 3,000 square meters or 32,000 square feet of floor space. The rest of the museum covers another 25,000 square meters or 6 acres of land around the building. The memorial uses architecture, sculptures, and videos to show what happened during the Nanjing Massacre.
Admission to the Nanjing Massacre Museum is free. It is open from 8:30 to 4:30 from Tuesday to Sunday. The museum is closed every Monday.
You can go there by taking the underground or by buses.
Philip Martin Brown
Philip Martin Brown (born 9 July 1956) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Grantly Budgen in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road", he was the longest serving cast member, appearing in nine series, from 2006 to 2013. He has also had large roles in TV shows such as "A Horseman Riding By", "Wing and a Prayer", "City Central", "Casualty", "Coronation Street", "Death Comes to Pemberley", and "The Worst Witch".
He attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys where his favourite subject was English. At the end of his fifth year, Brown was asked to leave the school, later stating that he was a "dreadful troublemaker". He lives in Paddock Wood, Kent, with his wife. They have two children.
In 2010, Brown was nominated for the Best Actor prize in the 2010 "TV Choice" Awards, and won it three years in a row.
He is an ex-epileptic and had to leave the stage until he underwent brain surgery which has left him seizure-free for 22 years.
Brown was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 19 and is now an ambassador for the charity Young Epilepsy.
Nanjing Temple of Confucius
The Nanjing Temple of Confucius is a temple honoring Confucius in Nanjing, China. It is located on the north bank of the Qinhuai River in Qinhuai District. It is also the largest traditional ancient market in China. People fixed most of the old buildings such as Mingde Hall and the Changnan Examination Hall, so the temple attracts a lot of people every year. You can eat the local food there, and visit the Imperial examination museum. To go there, you can take Subway line 3 goes to Confucius temple, and subway line 1 goes to sanshan street. At night, you can enjoy the colourful light on the river also on the building.
Nanjing Presidential Palace
The Nanjing Presidential Palace is the palace in Nanjing, China, that was used by China's president when Nanjing was China's capital city in the 1920s and 1930s. Its Chinese name is the "Nánjīng Zǒngtǒngfǔ" (南京总统府). It is located at 292 Changjiang Road in Nanjing's Xuanwu District.
It includes an office block for the Kuomingtang. It was built in March 1853. On 1 January 1912, Sun Yat-sen became the Provisional President of the Republic of China here. After that, it became the official residence of the Jiangsu military governors. It became the office of the Kuomingtang in 1927. After the occupation of Nanjing by Japanese troops in December 1937, the offices of the Kuomingtang served as the headquarters of the Japanese troops. On 23 April 1949, the People's Liberation Army reached Nanjing. They occupied the Presidential Palace on the next day.
The presidential palace includes the West and East Gardens, two classic Chinese gardens. There are many trees and flowers among the pavilions, bamboo, and two lakes.
Nanjing Presidential Palace is near Dahanggong Station (Line 2) and Zhujiang Road Station (Line 1) on the Nanjing Subway.
Hongshan Zoo
Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo is a zoo located on Yanlu Road in Gulou District, Nanjing, China. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction. The total area of the park is 68 hectares or 168 acres.
85% of the mountain area of the zoo is covered with a forest. It has 216 species and 2600 species of rare animals from around the world.
Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo has more than 4000 animals and rare species. These include white tigers, ring-tailed lemurs, chimpanzees, chromotropic pythons, and penguins. It has government-protected animals: giant and red pandas, golden and black-leafed monkeys, gibbons, red-crowned cranes, manchurian tigers, green peacocks, and alligators. There are also Asian elephants, giraffes, zebras, kangaroos, leopards, and other rare animals. Among the 20 kinds of birds are grey and blue magpies,and parrots.
Drosophila obscura
Drosophila obscura is a very common European species of fruit fly. It lives in most habitats except coastal areas and open heathland.
Larvae can be found in the sap runs of deciduous trees.
The name covers a whole group of very similar species. They are all in the subgenus "Sophophera", which includes the common Mediterranean fly "Drosophila subobscura" and the North American "D. pseudoobscura". The group is called the "Drosophila obscura" species group.
Nanjing Museum
Nanjing Museum. Nanjing Museum covers an area of 70,000 square meters. Itis located at the southern foot of the beautiful Purple Gold Moutain, with Zhongshan Gate of the city on its east side and the remains of the imperial palace of the early Ming Dynasty on its west side.
Nanjing Museum , China's first comprehensive state museum,was initiated by Cai Yuanpei and president of the state Central Research Academy. It was originally planned to build three exbition halls including Humanity. Handicraft and Nature halls, but only the hall of Humanity was completed which is the current main building. It imitate the style of Liao-Dynasty architecture, with the roof covered with golden tiles and looking solemn and magnificent.
After 1949, when new China was founded, the museum entered into a new era of development. In March, 1950, it was renamed as Nanjing museum and a number of major excavation activities were conducted in following years.
Nanjing City Wall
The Nanjing City Wall is the city wall of Nanjing, China. Most of it was made during the early Ming Dynasty, when Nanjing was the capital of China.
The city wall has a Jingshiying Tianfu four city wall pattern. It consists of four walls: namely, the imperial city, the imperial city, the capital city, and the outer city. Now, the name mainly refers to the well-preserved capital city wall, which is the longest, largest, and best-preserved old city wall in the world, with a total preserved length of 25.1 km.
The city wall you see in Nanjing today was built in 1366 (Yuan to Zheng 26 years) and completed in 1393 (Ming Hongwu 26 years), 27 years in all. Building it used 1 ministry, 3 weis, 5 provinces, 28 prefectures, and 152 prefectures and counties. A total of 280,000 migrant workers made it using about 350 million urban bricks.
Its gates include the Gate of China, the Zhongshan Gate, and the Xuanwu Gate.
Brittany Petros
Brittany Petros (born September 9, 1974) is an American actress, producer, and television personality. She first rose to fame as a cast member on the first season of the reality-television competition "Big Brother" (2000), and has since gone on to appear as an actress in various roles. She has also done extensive work in production and casting roles.
Jiming Temple
Jiming Temple was first built in the Western Jin Dynasty. It is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Nanjing. Since the Middle Ages, Jiming Temple has been known as the First Temple of the Southern Dynasties.
The history of Jiming Temple can be traced back to Qixuan Temple in Wu during the Three Kingdoms. At that time, the place where Jiming Temple now sits was a garden around a hilltop. Around the year 300, a temple was built on the hill. After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was part of the Tingwei Department. In 527, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty built Tongtai Temple on Jiming Island, which made it a real Buddhist resort. In 1387, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered the demolition of its old houses and a reconstruction and enlargement of its temples. This emperor is the one who named it "Jiming Temple". After the improvements of the Xuande, Chenghua, and Hongzhi Emperors, the courtyard was very large, covering more than 100 mu. Later, the ancient temple was destroyed by a fire in Xianfeng. Although it was rebuilt during the Tongzhi Era and its incense has flourished, the scale of the temple has been greatly reduced.
Purple Mountain is a mountain in Xuanwu District in Nanjing, China. It is 448.9 meters or 1,472 feet high.
Purple Mountain is a scenic spot and historic site in Nanjing. It is one of the Four Famous Mountains South of the Yangtze River and a national ecological and cultural demonstration site.
Purple Mountain Observatory is on the mountain. Nanjing Museum is just to its south.
Norwegian is one of the largest airlines in the world. It is based in Norway. Its headquarters are at Bærum, near Oslo.
Alan Watson (legal scholar)
William Alan J. Watson (1933 – 7 November 2018) was a Scottish law and legal history expert. He was born in Edinburgh. He was known for his works in Roman law, comparative law, legal history, and law and religion. He is known for creating the term "legal transplants".
Watson worked at Oxford University, before taking the Douglas Chair in Civil Law at the School of Law of his alma mater, the University of Glasgow. He was Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law at the time of his death.
Watson died on 7 November 2018 at the age of 85.
Harold Basch
Harold Basch (; 29 November 1940 – 8 November 2018) was an American-born Israeli chemist and educator. He was born in New York City. He was a Professor of Chemistry who worked in Computational Chemistry. He worked at Bar Ilan University.
In 1970 he joined the Chemistry Department at Bar-Ilan University (BIU) as an Associate Professor and became a full Professor in 1977. During his career, Prof. Basch published more than 180 papers and book chapters.
Basch died in Ramat Gan, Israel on 8 November 2018 at the age of 77.
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D. J. Finney
David John Finney (3 January 1917 – 12 November 2018), was a British statistician
and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was born in Latchford, Warrington.
He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society. He was known for the development of systematic monitoring of drugs for detection of adverse reactions.
Finney turned 100 in January 2017 and died on 12 November 2018 at the age of 101 following a short illness.
Everett A. Kelly
Everett A. Kelly (September 2, 1926 – November 13, 2018) was an American Republican politician. He was born in Foley, Alabama.
He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing 35th district from 1978 to 1982, the 46th district from 1982 to 1992, and the 42nd district from 1992 until 2000.
Kelly was Speaker Pro Tempore from 1990 to 1992. He died in Tavares, Florida on November 13, 2018 at the age of 92.
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John Bluthal
John Bluthal (12 August 1929 – 15 November 2018) was a Polish-born British-Australian actor. He was best known for his comedy work in the United Kingdom with Spike Milligan. He was known for his roles in "Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width" and as Frank Pickle in "The Vicar of Dibley".
His lost role was as Professor Marcuse alongside George Clooney in the Coen Brothers' movie "Hail, Caesar!" (2016).
Bluthal died on 15 November 2018 at the age of 89.
Adolf Grünbaum
Adolf Grünbaum (; May 15, 1923 – November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher and a critic of psychoanalysis. He was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1960 until his death. He was born in Cologne.
He also was Co-Chairman of its Center for Philosophy of Science from 1978 until his death, Research Professor of Psychiatry since 1979, and Primary Research Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science since 2006.
His works include "Philosophical Problems of Space and Time" (1963), "The Foundations of Psychoanalysis" (1984), and "Validation in the Clinical Theory of Psychoanalysis" (1993).
Grünbaum was Jewish. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 15, 2018 at the age of 95.
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Nguyễn Phú Trọng (born 14 April 1944) is a Vietnamese politician. He is the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 19 January 2011. Nguyễn is also the President of Vietnam, "de jure" head of state of Vietnam, in office since 23 October 2018. Nguyễn Phú Trọng was also Chairman of the National Assembly from 2006 to 2011.
Pablo Ferro
Pablo Ferro (January 15, 1935 – November 16, 2018) was a Cuban-born American graphic designer, movie titles designer, and founder of Pablo Ferro Films. He was known for designing the titles for "Dr. Strangelove", "A Clockwork Orange" and "Bullitt". Ferro was born in Antilla, Cuba.
Ferro died in Sedona, Arizona on November 16, 2018 from complications of pneumonia at the age of 83.
Sedona, Arizona
Sedona is a city in the counties of Coconino and Yavapai in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,031.
Richard Baker (broadcaster)
Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster. He was best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982. He was the first reader of the "BBC Television News" (in voiceover) in 1954.
Baker made cameo appearances in three episodes (30, 33 and 39) of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" and in the 1977 "Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show". He also narrated "Mary, Mungo and Midge" (1969).
Baker died on 18 November 2018, at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, aged 93.
Héctor Beltrán Leyva
Héctor Beltrán Leyva (February 15, 1965 – November 18, 2018) was a Mexican drug lord. He was the leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was the brother of Arturo Beltrán Leyva (deceased), former leader of the cartel.
He was the second-in-command and rose to the leadership of the criminal organization after his brother's death on 16 December 2009 during a confrontation with Mexican marines.
Beltrán Leyva was arrested by the Mexican Army on 1 October 2014. He would be imprisoned and died at a jail cell in Toluca, Mexico on November 18, 2018 from a heart attack at the age of 53.
Uladzimir Zhuravel
Uladzimir Ivanavich Zhuravel (; ; 9 June 1971 – 18 November 2018) was a Belarusian professional football player and coach. He played for the national team from 1992 to 1997. He was born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR. In 2018 he was a head coach in Shakhter Karagandy. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1990 for FC Dinamo Minsk.
Zhuravel died from cardiac arrest on 18 November 2018 in Minsk at the age of 47.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Hingham is a town on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts in northern Plymouth County. At the 2010 census, the population was 22,157. Hingham is known for its colonial history and location on Boston Harbor.
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Waldyr Boccardo
Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo (28 January 1936 – 18 November 2018) was a Brazilian basketball player. Boccardo was born in São Manuel, Brazil. He was a member of the team that won the title at the 1959 World Championship and the bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.
Boccardo died in Rio de Janeiro on 18 November 2018 from pneumonia at the age of 82.
Lincoln County, Oregon
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, its population was 46,034. The county seat is Newport. The county is named for Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.
Moncombu
Moncombu (; also spelled Mankombu; see below) is a village situated in the Alappuzha district in the state of Kerala, India. The place is famous for many things including the Moncombu Bhagavathy Temple and the Rice Research Centre. The ancestors of Dr M S Swaminathan, the father of the green revolution in India, came from this village.
Since the English name is close to the name in the local Malayalam language, there are several spellings in use. "Moncombu" is the spelling used by the Postal Department of India as well as in government communications. But yet other variants such as "Mankombu" are in use by the mass media.
Mažeikiai (, Samogitian: "Mažeikē") is a city in northwest Lithuania on the Venta River. Around 43,547 people live there, and it is the eighth largest city in Lithuania.
Pennsylvania German ("Deitsch"; also called Pennsylvania Dutch) is a dialect of German spoken in the United States and Canada. Most speakers of Pennsylvania German are members of the Amish or Mennonite communities. About 350,000 people speak the dialect.
The ancestors of Pennsylvania German speakers mostly come from the Palatinate area in Germany. Other immigrants came from Switzerland, Swabia, Baden, and/or Alsace. These immigrants mostly settled in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. The Pennsylvania German dialect was widely spoken in Pennsylvania until the 20th century. The Amish and Mennonite communities continued to speak the dialect.
Kutztown University has a Pennsylvania German program, and offers a minor degree to students.
Pennsylvania German grammar is simpler than Standard German. The genitive case is lost, and adjective endings are simplified.
The sounds œ, ø (ö) and y (ü) in Standard German are not present in Pennsylvania German. So the word "Köpfe" (heads) becomes "Kepp" in the dialect. Also, "Kühe" (cows) becomes "Kieh".
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Mark McGowan
Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is the 30th and current Premier of Western Australia. He became premier on 17 March 2017. He is from the Labor Party.
Garaad
Garaad is the name for a Dhulbahante clan ruler. He is traditionally from the baharsame sub-clan of the Dhulbahante.
There is no specific word for a garaad's wife. The word "garaad" is from the Somali language. It means "intelligence". The dynasty and lands ruled by the Garaad is called a Garaadship.
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai is one of 85 federal subjects of Russia. It is located in the Asian part of Russia. It is grouped and governed as part of the Far Eastern District. The Far Eastern District contains ten other federal subjects too.
Local Koryak people lived in the region for a long time before European explorers first arrived. They were described to be war-like. In the 17th century, Russian explorers first arrived in the area. But the area's harsh climate, land and unfriendly natives made exploration difficult. Multiple fighting later broke out between the natives and the Russians throughout the 18th century. This was because the Tsar ordered more Russian explorations of the area. In 1768-1769, the smallpox disease nearly wiped out the population. The natives were finally brought under control because of the disease. In 1854, the area saw fighting between the Russians and the British and French during the Crimean War. In 1867, after the sale of Alaska to the United States, Kamchatka loss its importance. It was because travelers were no longer stopping over the area to go to Alaska. During the last months of World War II, the area became an important point for Soviet troops to invade Japan. After the war the area became a military zone. This zone was closed off to Soviet citizens till 1990 and foreigners till 1991. Today it remains as a Krai (federal subject) within Russia.
Kamchatka is found in the far eastern part of Siberia. Because of this, it has a subarctic climate, which have long, cold winters, and short, mild summers. Rainfall in the area is unusually higher than the rest of Eastern Siberia. This is because westerly winds blow in from the Sea of Japan. The landscape is mostly mountainous, with the Sredinny Mountain Range occupying a large part of the region. The Sredinny Range has the most amount of glacier in North-East Asia. The area also has a high density of mountains that are active volcanoes. These volcanoes are included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is prone to volcano eruption and earthquake. This is because it lies around the Pacific Ring of Fire. There are plenty of animals, birds and plants in the area. It is because of the good climate, geography and low human population.
Kamchatka's population at the end of the Soviet Union decreased for some time, according to data. It is currently increasing again. Most of the population live in cities and towns, like the capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Ethnic Koryaks and other natives compose of a very small percentage of the population. Russians compose a great majority of the population. Most people in Kamchatka practice Orthodox Christianity, while a sizable population are irreligious. Shamanism, which is a belief that worships spirits and nature, is still practiced by some natives in the area. Russian is taught and used commonly in Kamchatka. While native languages like Koryak, Itelmen or Chuvan are hardly taught or used at home.
The economy of Kamchatka is mostly based on fishing and processing of natural resources. These resources include wood, coal and gold, involving the lumber and mining industries. Kamchatka lies along major shipping routes. It thus provide services such as ship building, repairing and the moving of goods among ships. In the past, Kamchatka was part of the region's fur trade. This fur trade was connected with places like China and Alaska.
The Governor of Kamchatka is the leader of the Krai. The Governor is chosen by public vote every five years. The Kamchatka Legislative Assembly, is the Krai's parliament. The Legislative Assembly lawmakers are chosen similarly by the public every five years. The majority of lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly are currently from the United Russia party. The United Russia party is the ruling party of Russia. The Krai was formed on 1 July 2007 from the merge between Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous Okrug.
Generally, Kamchatka is isolated from the rest of Russia. There are no railway and road linking it with the rest of Russia. Flying is the most convenient way of entering or leaving Kamchatka. There are several airports, like the Yelizovo Airport. Flights from these airports link Kamchatka to cities further away. However, there are no international flights into the area. Kamchatka also lies along major shipping routes. These shipping routes connect Kamchatka with Alaska and East Asia by sea.
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Noble died on 15 November 2018 at the age of 88.
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Muñoz was appointed to this position by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1993. He is the longest tenured Latino and fourth longest tenured member of the Chicago City Council.
On August 2, 2010 Muñoz took the unusual step of admitting that he was an alcoholic just six months before standing for re-election.
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Burke is the longest-serving aldermen in Chicago history.
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On November 1, 2018, it was reported that President Trump offered Nauert the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations to replace the outgoing officeholder, Nikki Haley. On December 7, 2018, President Trump nominated her to replace Haley. She withdrew her nomination on February 16, 2019.
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