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A Real Basket Case is a fictional mystery novel that was written by Beth Groundwater. It was published by Five Star Publishing on March 21, 2007. It was later re-published in large print in January 2008. The novel follows the story of Claire Hanover who sets out to find out who murdered her husband.

It was put up for the Best First Novel Agatha Award in 2007. The sequel, To Hell in a Handbasket is scheduled to be published in 2009.

Awards 
Even though Beth Groundwater won the Princess of Rejection prize from the Sisters in Crime Guppies Chapter for having the second most rejections for her writings in the winter of 2005, A Real Basket Case was put up for the Best First Novel Agatha Award in 2007.

Reviews 
The novel got good reviews in several large newspapers. Barbara Bibel from Booklist review said that, "This will appeal to Desperate Housewives fans and those who like cozies with a bit of spice." Kirkus Reviews called A Real Basket Case "A tense, exciting debut." Author J.B. Thompson praised the novel, but he also said the main character could have been written better.

References 

2007 books
Novels
Leon Jackson (born 30 December 1988) is a Scottish singer. He won the 2007 UK series of the television show The X Factor. His singles are "When You Believe", "Don't Call This Love" and "Creative". His album is Right Now.

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Living people
British pop musicians
Jazz musicians
Scottish rock musicians
Scottish singers
The X Factor winners
Boorowa is a small town in New South Wales. It is  from Yass. The town is built on the banks of the Boorowa River, which flows into the Lachlan River. The town was first called Burrowa. Boorowa and Burrowa are Aboriginal words in the Wiradjuri language meaning "birds". In 2008, there were 1350 living in Boorowa.

The first people to live in the area were the Wiraduri people. This was one of the largest tribes in New South Wales. They had several regular camping sites along the Lachlan and Boorowa Rivers. It is estimated that there were several thousand Wiradjuri people at the time of European settlement. A survey in 1851 showed that there were only 300 people left. Local Wiradjuri people were forced onto government reserves at Rye Park and Edgerton.

Early settlement
It is not known for sure who the first European explorers were in this area. Hamilton Hume and his neighbour, William Broughton, had explored the Yass area in 1821. They may have gone farther towards the Lachlan. Broughton had one of the first farms on the Boorowa River in 1828. By 1849, he had  of land in the area. Other early settlers were James Hassall in 1827. His family already had large farms at Cowra by 1823. His brother Tom Hassal, a clergyman and his wife Ann Marsden (daughter of Reverend Samuel Marsden) and other family members were given land in 1831. There was a law at the time which gave free land to the children of clergy.

Irish influence
Many of the settlers in Boorowa were from Ireland and the town shows their influence. Two early settlers in the 1820s were cousins, Roger Corcoran and Ned Ryan. They had been sent to Australia as convicts. Saint Patrick's Church, built in 1877 has a huge stained glass window brought from Ireland in 1881. It shows Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) the "Liberator of Ireland." The oldest building still standing in Boorowa is Shamrock Cottage, built in 1850, once the home of the owner of the Queens Arms Hotel.

Old buildings
There are many old buildings still standing in Boorowa. Webb and Crego's store, built in 1862, was robbed by bushranger Ben Hall in 1863. The Royal Hotel, built in 1860, is still a hotel although it is now called the Ram and Stallion Hotel. The Court House, built in 1884, is now an information centre for tourists.

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Towns in New South Wales
Guity Novin (born Guity Navran on April 21, 1944) is a Persian-Canadian painter and sculptor. She has started a movement in painting that she has named Transpressionism. She was born in Kermanshah, Iran, in 1944. She now lives and works in Vancouver and Toronto. Guity Novin was graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran in 1970. After leaving Iran, she moved to The Hague, Netherlands in 1975, and then to Manchester, UK where she completed her studies.

She moved to Canada in 1980 and lived and exhibited in Kingston (Ontario), Montreal, and Ottawa and finally settled in Vancouver, British Columbia.

She has introduced the Transpressionism style in 1994. By using this style she tries to convey her passionate philosophical ideas.

She has served on a UNESCO national committee of artists.

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1944 births
Canadian painters
Living people
Murringo is a small town in New South Wales. It is 25kms east of Young and 406 km west of the state capital, Sydney. The town was in the area often robbed by the bushranger, Ben Hall.

Early settlement
Europen settlers moved into the area in 1827. The first farm in the area was Marengo Station, 1833, owned by John Scarr. By 1840 there were about 40 people living in the area. When the town was laid out by the surveyors in 1849, they called the town Murringo. It has also been called Meringo, Marringa, Maringa, Muringo, Maringo and Marengo. In 1926 the town was officially called Murringo. In 1864, Ben Hall robbed John Scarr and his brother as they rode along the road to Burrowa.

The original plans included a market place, a big cemetery and large parks. When gold was found nearby at Lambing Flat in 1860, most of the people moved to the goldfields. Although there were only about 120 people living in the town, the people saved money and built the Christ Church Anglican Church in 1866. The foundation stone for the Sacred Heart Catholic Church was laid in 1871. A post office opened in 1857.

A number of historic buildings are still standing in Murringo. The church (1866), the Marengo Hotel, the police station (1880), the school (1870), school teacher's house (1879), the Plough Inn (a hotel) (built before 1860) and the Post Office (1857). A blacksmiths shop and cottage from the 1870's has been turned into a craft workshop.

Other websites
 Murringo Primary School 
 Murringo.com, Virtual Village

References

Towns in New South Wales
Binalong is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. It is 37 km north-west of Yass.

History
The Aboriginal people who lived in the area were part of the Ngunnawal people.  The first Europen to visit the area was Hamilton Hume in 1821. The name of the town is believed to come from either an Aboriginal word meaning 'towards a high place' or from 'Bennelong', the name of a famous Aborigine.

Binalong was outside the legal limits of European settlement in New South Wales. However farmers settled in the area before the law changed to allow settlement in 1839.  From 1847 there was a police camp at Binalong and a court. The old Cobb and Co inn was built at that time as a staging post for Cobb and Co coaches.

The town was officially listed in 1850. It was an important stop on the way for people going to look for gold at Lambing Flat. The school was started in 1861.  Gold also meant that there were bushrangers in the area.  The grave of John Gilbert is near the town in the field where the police kept their horses.  He was a member of Frank Gardiner's gang  and later Ben Hall's gang. He was shot dead by police in 1865.

Railway
The first railway station opened in 1875. The railway arrived in 1876.  The current building was put up when the railway line was moved in 1916. The station and the signal box are now closed.

Banjo Paterson
The family of the poet Banjo Paterson moved to the Binalong area in 1869 when he was five years old.  He went to the primary school in Binalong but later went to boarding school in Sydney. He only came home in the holidays.  Binalong features in a number of his poems, for example, Pardon, the son of Reprieve .  Paterson's father is buried in the local cemetery.

References

Other websites 
Banjo Paterson's story of the place where he spent his childhood 
Binalong Public School
History of Binalong 

Towns in New South Wales
Astro is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite service based in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore. Astro is owned by MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems, which is a subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks plc.

Related pages
 Astro corporate web site
 Astro All Asia Networks plc corporate web site
 Astro's Indonesia service website
 Astro All Asia Networks plc Annual Report FY2006

Channel List

6 Channel M

Television
Kuala Lumpur
Muscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of 2006, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of the city to be 12,703.

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Cities in Alabama
Moulton is a city in Lawrence County, Alabama. It is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 3,260. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County.

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Montevallo is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. A college town, it is the home of the University of Montevallo, a public liberal arts university with around 3000 students. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city of Montevallo was 4,825.

Cities in Alabama
Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 6,862. The city is the county seat of Monroe County.

Literary fame 
Author Harper Lee was born and raised in Monroeville. In her book To Kill a Mockingbird, the fictional town of Maycomb is modeled on her hometown. The book received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Millbrook is a city in Autauga and Elmore counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.  The population was 10,386 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cities in Alabama
Madison is a city in Limestone and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the  Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 36,824.

Madison is close to the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, a major US army installation.  Redstone Arsenal expanded in the 2000s when it took over the work of other Army installations that closed.  Madison is one of the fastest growing communities in Alabama.  The region's economy is also supported by NASA (the Marshall Space Flight Center), and major defense contractors.

Madison is served by a good public school system and by numerous private schools.  Some of the accredited private schools are Madison Academy, Westminster Christian Academy, Randolph School, and Faith Christian Academy.

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Cities in Alabama
Marion is the county seat of Perry County, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 3,686. The city was first called Muckle Ridge. It was renamed after a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.

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County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Midfield is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 5,626.

Cities in Alabama
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama. It is on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. As of the 2000 census, 12,480 people lived there.

Notable residents 
Upton Sinclair (winter visitor), author (The Jungle)
Winston Groom, author (Forrest Gump)
Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, actress in the movie Grease and The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Dean Mosher, well known historical painter

References

Cities in Alabama
Fairfield is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham.  The population was 12,381 at the 2000 census. Fairfield was founded in 1910.

References 

Cities in Alabama
1910 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Alabama
Fultondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a northern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 6,595. As of 2006, was estimated to be 6,905.

Cities in Alabama
Fruithurst is a city in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 270.

Cities in Alabama
Fort Payne is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 12,938. The city is the county seat of DeKalb County.  The city calls itself the "Official Sock Capital of the World."

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred here in 2003.

Local Attractions

Fort Payne has the headquarters for the nearby Little River Canyon National Preserve, a 14000 acre National Park Service facility.  The canyon itself is at Lookout Mountain outside the city limits.  Another attraction is DeSoto State Park, a smaller facility with a lodge, restaurant, cabins, and river access areas.

Education
Fort Payne is served by the Fort Payne City Schools system which includes:
Wills Valley Elementary (K-2)
Williams Avenue Elementary (3-4)
Fort Payne Middle School (5-8)
Fort Payne High School (9-12)

Fort Payne is also served by the Northeast Alabama Community College which is in Rainsville.

Health care
DeKalb Regional Medical Center- 134 bed facility

Media
Radio stations
WFPA-AM 1400 (News/Talk)
WZOB-AM 1250 (Country)
Newspapers
The Times-Journal
The DeKalb Advertiser

Transportation
  Interstate 59
 U.S. Highway 11
  Alabama State Route 35
Norfolk Southern Railway
 Isbell Field (municipal airport)

Notable natives and residents
Miles C. Allgood (1878–1977), United States Congressman
Jeff Cook,  Teddy Gentry, and Randy Owen, founders of the Country music band Alabama
Lt. Gen. Duward Crow (1919–1997), Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, USAF and Associate Deputy Administrator, NASA
Howard Finster (1916–2001), religious folk artist and Baptist minister
Flock Family (NASCAR drivers)
Bob Flock (1918–1964)
Fonty Flock (1921–1972)
Tim Flock (1924–1998)
Ethel Mobley (1920–1984)
Milford W. Howard, United States Congressman and writer
Lt. Gen. Forrest S. McCartney(ret.), USAF and director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center
Larry Nelson, professional golfer
Philip Ober (1902–1982), actor
Lilius Bratton Rainey (1876–1959), United States Congressman
Ron Sparks, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, 2010 Democratic gubernatorial nominee
Katherine Stinson, pioneer female pilot, fourth woman in the U.S. to become a licensed pilot

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County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Fort Mitchell is a community of 1,400 people in Russell County, Alabama, USA. It is south of Phenix City. The area was first a garrisoned fort. It was meant to help defend the area during the Creek War.

Landmarks 
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
Fort Mitchell Park

Cities in Alabama
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 7,590.

References

Cities in Alabama
Florala is a city in Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 1,964.

Cities in Alabama
Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Alabama, United States. The 2000 census lists the population as 4,922. The city is the county seat of Fayette County.

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Russellville is a city in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 8,971. The city is the county seat of Franklin County.

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County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 3,782.

Cities in Alabama
Roanoke is a city in Randolph County, Alabama,  United States.

Roanoke is served by a weekly newspaper, The Randolph Leader. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 6,563.

Cities in Alabama
Reform is a city in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 1,978.

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Cities in Alabama
Red Bay is a city in Franklin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 3,374.

Cities in Alabama
Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 4,499. Rainsville was incorporated in October of 1956.

Cities in Alabama
1956 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Alabama
Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cities in Alabama
Robert II (2 March 1316 - 19 April 1390) was King of Scotland from 1371 through 1390. He was the first king of the House of Stewart. He is known as Robert the Steward and succeeded the popular David II to the throne. He was crowned in 1371 and had 1 child, Robert III or "Robert the Lame" with Elizabeth Mure, he was mentally unstable and was born as John Stewart, he changed his name to Robert as he would be crowned John II recognizing John Balliol's claim as legitimate which would spark war.

Birth 
He was born on 2 March 1316 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire. He was the son of Walter Stewart and Marjorie Bruce. His mother died in childbith on 2 March and his father died 1326 and was buried in Paisley Abbey, where Robert II was born.

Reign 
His reign began on 22 February 1371 upon his uncle's death (David II), he descended through Robert the Bruce and was crowned on March 26th of 1371. He wasn't a very popular king and died on 19 April 1390, he was succeeded by his son Robert III.

Marriage 
He had 2 wives during his lifetime, his first wife Elizabeth Mure and his second wife Euphemia de Ross.King Robert II had more children than any other King of Scotland, in all 15 by his two marriages. 

By Elizabeth he had:

(1) John, Earl of Carrick (later ROBERT III) c.1337-1406

(2) Walter Stewart c. 1338-1362

(3) Robert, Earl of Albany c. 1340-1420

(4) Margaret Stewart m. John Macdonald, Lord of the Isles

(5) Alexander, Earl of Buchan 'The Wolf of Badenoch' c.1343-1405

(6) Marjorie Stewart m. (i) John Dunbar, Earl of Moray (ii) Alexander Keith

(7) Jean Stewart m. (i) Sir John Keith (ii) Sir John Lyon (iii) Sir James Sandilands

(8) Isabel Stewart m. (i) James Douglas, Earl of Douglas (ii) David Edmondstone

(9) Katherine Stewart

(10) Elizabeth Stewart m. sir Thomas Hay, Lord High Constable of Scotland

By Ephemia he had:

(11) David, Earl of Caithness d. before 1389

(12) Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl d. 1437

(13) Margaret Stewart

(14) Elizabeth Stewart m. David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

(15) Egidia Stewart m. Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale

Robert II also had 8 illegitimate children by various mothers

Depictions/Paintings

References
4. www.englishmonarchs.co.uk All rights reserved ® Scottish Monarchs

Kings and Queens of Scotland
1316 births
1390 deaths
Robert III (1337 - 4 April 1406) was the second King of Scotland from the House of Stuart, ruling from 1390 following the death of his father Robert II of Scotland till his own death in 1406 after 16 years as king. 

Kings and Queens of Scotland
1340s births
1406 deaths
James II (16 October 1430 - 3 August 1460) was King of Scotland from 1437 through 1460. He was born at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. He inherited the Scottish throne after the assassination of his father James I on February 21st 1437, only aged 6 and was crowned king of Scotland on March 25th 1437 at Holyrood Palace where he was born.

1430 births
1460 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
James III (c. 1451/1452 - 1488) was King of Scotland from 1460 through 1488.

1450s births
1488 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 1488 through 1513. He was an effective ruler and popular king unlike his unpopular father James III of Scotland.

Death 
He was killed in battle at the Battle of Flodden on 9th September 1513 and was replaced by his 17 month old son James V of Scotland.

Family
Some of James' relatives were:
James III of Scotland, his father
Margaret Tudor, his wife
James V of Scotland, his son
Mary, Queen of Scots, his granddaughter

References 

1473 births
1513 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
James V (1512-1542) was King of Scotland from 1513 through 1542. He was the father of Mary Queen of Scots.

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1542 deaths
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Thaksin Shinawatra (born July 26, 1949) is a former Prime Minister of Thailand, and he is in exile (as of 2017). He is also a businessman, politician, . He is a former leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party.

Education 
 High School- Montfort college, Chiang mai, Thailand.
 University- Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
 Master's Degree - Eastern Kentucky University, USA
 Doctor's Degree - Sam Houston State University, USA

Family
"[H]is young sister, former prime minister Yingluck, went into hiding [in 2017]. She failed to appear at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions Positions ... to hear the ruling in her rice-pledging scheme trial".

References

1949 births
Living people
Thaksin Shinawatra
Chatuchak Weekend Market (also spelled Jatujak) is a market in Bangkok. In the past, it was in Sanamluang. In Buddhist Era 2521, the government wanted this place to be the park for relaxing and exercising. Thailand’s government authorities train gave Pahonyothin area connected to southern of Chatuchak Weekend Market to make a new market so the Sanamluang market had moved there and changed the named after the area named “Pahonyothin area market”. In Buddhist Era 2530, it had been changed the named to “Chatuchak Weekend Market” until now. 

Nowadays Chatuchak Weekend Market has been made buying and selling culture and be famous around the world as the center of selling products. It has more than 112,000 square meters. Foreign tourists know Jatujak market as JJ market or Chatuchak Weekend Market.

References

 Chatuchak Market

Retail markets
Buildings and structures in Bangkok
Nitrous oxide is a gas with the chemical formula N2O. It is found naturally in the air. It is also made artificially, because it has many uses. It is a strong greenhouse gas, almost 300 times more so, per molecule, than carbon dioxide) and about one thousandth as plentiful. Because it is a greenhouse gas, people are trying to use it less.

Uses 
Nitrous oxide is used by doctors and dentists to reduce pain. In the body, it makes people feel happy. For this reason it is also called "laughing gas". It is sometimes used only to feel happy, like an illegal drug.

Nitrous oxide is used in high performance cars to increase the power of their engines. When it is used this way, it is usually called "nitrous" or "NOS". 

Nitrous oxide can also be used in aerosol spray cans, especially for foods like whipped cream. This is because it has a sweet taste and is not toxic, and also makes the whipped cream more fluffy.

Nitrogen compounds
Greenhouse gases

tr:Nos
George Benjamin (born 31 January, 1960, London, England) is a British composer.

Benjamin started playing piano when he was seven years old and soon started writing his first pieces of music.  In 1976 he went to study at the Paris Conservatoire where Olivier Messiaen taught him musical composition and Yvonne Loriod taught him the piano.  He then studied composition with Alexander Goehr at King’s College, Cambridge.

He was still only 20 when one of his compositions was played at the BBC Proms. Since then his works have been played by many famous orchestras.  He has worked regularly at the Tanglewood Festival. He has conducted famous orchestras like the London Sinfonietta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

George Benjamin lives in London where he is Professor of Composition at King’s College, London.  He has been given many honors including the Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1996.

Other websites
George Benjamin official website

1960 births
Living people
20th-century English composers
21st-century British composers
Episcopal High School was founded in 1839.  It is a private boarding school in Alexandria, VA.  The school's nickname is 'The Holy Hill' and it's campus is 130 acres large.  Around 435 students live on the campus.  These students are from 30 states, the District of Columbia and 17 countries.  The school does not take any day students, all of the students have to live on campus.

History
When it was founded in 1839, it was the first high school in Virginia.  It was originally called the 'Howard School'.  It became known as 'The High School'.  Originally only males were allowed to study at Episcopal. In 1991 the school allowed 48 female students to study.  Today 50% of students are female.

Honor Code
The school has a set of simple rules it calls honor code.  Many schools have rules similar to Episcopal's Honor Code.
Episcopal's Honor Code says:
I will not lie.
I will not cheat.
I will not steal.
I will report the student who does.
After a student finishes an important document, he or she must write the following and sign their name:
I hereby certify upon my honor that I have neither given nor received assistance on this examination, nor am I aware of any breach in the honor system.

Notable Alumni 
Stephen Ailes, Secretary of the Army (1964-1965)
Lee S. Ainslie, Managing Partner, Maverick Capital
Louis Bacon, hedge fund manager, Member of the Forbes 400
Lenox D. Baker, Member of the Board, Anthem Healthcare
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War (1916-1921)
T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician and creator of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
Gaston Caperton, ex-governor of West Virginia and president of the College Board
Virginius Dabney, editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch (1936-1969) and winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
Paul DePodesta, former GM, Los Angeles Dodgers
David R. Dougherty, Headmaster of The Hill School, Pottstown, PA
Jonathan Dunlap - NASCAR Nextel Cup driver
Todd Gray, Chef and Owner of DC's Equinox Restaurant
Tim Hightower, NFL Running Back, Arizona Cardinals
Lester Kinsolving, Political Talk Show Host on WCBM and Member of White House Press Corps
Ryder Lee, Lead Vocals, The Lost Trailers
Burnet R. Maybank Jr., Former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, candidate for Governor, SC Senator, and lawyer.
John McCain (1954), Republican senator from Arizona and the 2008 Republican Party candidate for President of the United States
R. Walton Moore, United States House of Representatives(D-VA), (1919-1931)
Andrew Nielson, Bass Guitar, The Lost Trailers
Stokes Nielson, Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter, The Lost Trailers
Jeff Potter, Drums, The Lost Trailers
Julian Robertson, financier
Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt
Bryson Spinner, NFL QB, San Francisco 49ers
Ernest M. Stires, Episcopal Bishop of Long Island
Tian Zheng, Financier

References

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1839 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Virginia
The Oryx (also called the sabre antelope) is a fast-running hoofed mammal that lives in dry regions of Africa and Asia (including the Arabian peninsula). They live in steppes (sparse grasslands), semi-deserts, and deserts.

Description 
These antelopes congregate in herds of 8 to 60 oryx. Newborn calves can run with the herd within minutes of their birth. Oryxes have a life span of about 20 years.
Some people think that the unicorn of legend was based upon the oryx.
Many types of oryxes (including the Arabian oryx and the scimitar-horned oryx) are endangered species, mostly because of overhunting and disease.

Diet and Water 
The Oryx is an herbivore (a plant-eater). It eats grasses, shrubs and roots, spending most of its time grazing. Oryx are ruminants; they swallow their food without chewing it. After a while, they regurgitate a partly-digested "cud" which they chew and then swallow for the last time.
This desert animal can go for weeks without water; it gets much of its water from the plants it eats. 

Bovines
Kyogo Kawaguchi (born October 1, 1974 in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. 
He is now working towards world peace with "Chikyukyoudai" ("World Siblings"). His notable works include "Sakura".

Singles

Other websites 

 Kyogo Kawaguchi official website

1974 births
Living people
Japanese singers
Songwriters
People from Tochigi Prefecture
I WISH was a Japanese music group. Members were: ai and nao. Ai is the vocal and plays piano. Nao plays piano　and keyboard. They were famous　for "Asueno Tobira", but this group ended in 2005.

Other websites 
I WISH Official site

Japanese musical groups
Musical groups established in 2002
2000s establishments in Japan
2002 establishments in Asia
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments
2000s disestablishments in Japan
Japanese pop music groups
The New Year's Eve is called "Omisoka" in Japan. People in Japan often eat "Toshikoshi soba ()”. People eat it with the wish of living a simple and long life next year.

Japanese culture
Buddhism
The Season of Advent, which begins on a Sunday about four weeks before Christmas Day, is celebrated by most Christian Churches, as well as some other Christian communities. It is a time for people to prepare themselves for two different things: for the coming of the baby Jesus and Christmas, and for the Second Coming of Jesus, when he shall rule over all the Earth in peace. Not all Christian people remember Advent. Some people use it as a time of fasting, study, meditation and prayer. Special Advent Calendars are made for children, with pictures or treats for each day of Advent. In a lot of countries it is very common to have an advent wreath with 4 candles, every advent Sunday one candle more will be lighted so that on Advent 4th all 4 candles are burning and its bright, a symbol for Jesus as the light is coming to us on Christmas.

Generally, Advent is a time when many people are very busy in preparation for Christmas Day, cleaning and decorating, buying food and gifts, writing cards and letters, and cooking the Christmas feast. Some churches use special candles during Advent.

Christmas
Liturgical calendar
Pyrih  (the plural is pyrohy) is a Ukrainian pie that can have either a sweet or savory filling. In Russia and Belarus it is called pirog (plural is pirogi).

Pastry 
Pyrih (pirog) is usually made from yeast-raised dough, but can also be made from shortcrust or puff pastry. Pyrohy or pirogi are full-sized pies, while pyrizhky or pirozhki are smaller-sized pies that can be eaten with one hand.

The standard shape for pyrohy is oblong with tapering ends, but rectangular or circular pyrohy are also common. They can be closed or open-faced with no crust on top (like a tart).

Filling 
The filling for pyrohy may be sweet and contain cottage cheese, or fruits like apple, plums or various berries. Savory versions may consist of meat, fish, mushrooms, cabbage, buckwheat groats or potato. In Ukrainian and Russian cuisines, pyrohy with a savory filling are traditionally served (like pirozhki) together with borscht, or soup.

Recipes 
 Pyrih with fish 
 Ukrainian Pyrih with Cabbage filling
 Ukrainian Vegetable and Meat Pastry Pyrih
 Ukrainian Easter Cheesecake with Raisins (Syrnyi Pyrih) 

Ukrainian food
Russia
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Queens' College is one of the colleges that make up the University of Cambridge in England. It was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou (the Queen of Henry VI), and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville (the Queen of Edward IV). This is why the name of the college is spelt Queens' and not Queen's: it was founded by two queens. 

The President's Lodge of Queens' is the oldest building on the river at Cambridge, dating from about 1460.

The college is on both sides of the river Cam. A bridge joins the two parts. This bridge is always called the "Mathematical Bridge". The students call the older part of the college "The Dark Side" and the newer part "The Light Side".

Many people take photographs of the college. There is a story that the bridge was designed and built by Sir Isaac Newton without the use of nuts or bolts. The story says that once some students tried to take the bridge apart and put it back together again, but were unable to do so. That is why they had to put nuts and bolts in which can be seen today. The story is not true. The bridge was built in 1749, after Newton had died. It was never taken apart although it was rebuilt twice.

Stephen Fry is one of many famous people who have studied there.

Other websites 
 Queens' College website

Colleges of the University of Cambridge
A scholarship is financial help (money) given to someone who wants to study. Scholarships can be given by schools or by universities or colleges or any other institution where people can study or where research needs to be done.  It is similar to a bursary.

There are very many kinds of scholarships.  Some scholarships will cover all the tuition fees (money that the student needs to pay to study), others may just help towards the tuition fees.  Some scholarships may include money for other things such as food and accommodation.

Sometimes the students are expected to do something in return for having a scholarship.  They may, for example, be expected to do some particular work after they finish their studies, or they may need to help the institution in some way.  Quite often the amount of money a student gets will depend on how much money the family has.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women says that scholarship must be equally given for girls without discrimination.

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The great egret (ardea alba) (also known an the common egret, large egret, great white egret, or great white heron) is a large wading bird found worldwide. 

It is the second-largest member of the heron family in America (second only to the great blue heron). It lives in mudflats, tidal shallows marshes, lakes, rivers and flooded paddy fields. It winters in the south down to Colombia. The great egret flies with slow wing beats and has a deep, croaking call. It is 90-102 cm long.

Diet 
The great egret eats fish, lizards, frogs, crayfish, small rodents, and insects. It often hunts in shallow water, usually impaling the prey on its long, sharp bill.

Egg and nests 
The great egret's nest is a platform of twigs and sticks that is built in trees or on the ground. Females lay 3-5 pale blue-green eggs in each clutch (a set of eggs laid at one time). The incubation period of the eggs is 23–26 days.

References 
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent-2010, Oxford University Press, Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp
Ciconiiformes
The Leeds Triennial Festival was a festival of music held in the town of Leeds, Yorkshire in England.  The festival started in the 19th century at a time when very large choirs were in fashion.  Although there is now no festival called the Leeds Triennial Festival the town of Leeds continues to put on music festivals.

History
On 7 September 1858 Queen Victoria opened the new Town Hall in Leeds.  It was a very large building, big enough for an audience of 4000 and a choir of 400 singers. The composer Sterndale Bennett conducted an orchestra and choir at the opening performance.

Although “triennial” means something that happens every three years, the next festival did not happen until 1874.  In 1880 the first festival called the Leeds Triennial Festival was conducted by Arthur Sullivan.  These festivals were very famous internationally because a lot of famous composers were asked to write new works for choir and to come and conduct them.  Composers such as Raff, Dvorak, Massenet,  Humperdinck, Parry, Stanford, Elgar and Sullivan himself all wrote new works for the festival.

Later in the 20th century many famous musicians continued to be associated with the festival including Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland.

Although the last Leeds Triennial Festival took place in 1985 both the Festival Chorus and the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus continue to perform at the Leeds International Concert Season in the Town Hall.

Other websites
A short history of the Leeds Triennial Festival

Classical music festivals
Music festivals in England
Leeds
19th-century establishments in England
The Trimeresurus trigonocephalus, commonly known as the "Sri Lankan Green Pit viper", is a species of venomous Pit vipers found in Sri Lanka. There are no subspecies currently recognized.

Description
Males are smaller than females who can grow to the length of around 130 cm, while males can grow up to the length of 80 cm. They are green in color, and their back has some shades of yellow, they also have black stripes all over them and have a black tail.

Behavior
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is nocturnal and arboreal (it lives in trees), but can sometimes be found on the ground looking for food like frogs, lizards, and small mammals, it also eats birds which it finds in the trees. In the morning Sri Lankan Green Pit vipers can be seen on top of trees so they can warm up their body with the sun rays that hit them.

Reproduction
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is viviparous, meaning they give live birth. They give birth to their young during June and July. The have around 5 to 25 young at a time.

Where they live
They are found in grasslands and rain forests of Sri Lanka

Common Names
The Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is also known as the "Pala Polonga" and the "Green Pit viper".

Venom
The venom of the Sri Lankan Green Pit viper is hemotoxic. The bite of a Sri Lakan Green Pit viper is very painful, when someone is bitten by a Sri Lankan Green Pit viper the bitten area swells up, and the pain may last for a few days. The cells of living tissue die, blisters occur, and ptosis and lymphadenopathy take place. However, there have been no reports on deaths.

References

Vipers
A venomous snake is a snake that uses venom (poison) on prey to stop them and for self-defense.

Families 
Over 600 species are known to be venomous -- about a quarter of all snake species.

References

Other websites
 For goodness snakes Treating and Preventing Venomous Bites.
 Venomous Snakes Pictures, videos and description of the most venomous snakes in the world.
 Venomous snakes and outdoor workers Bite-prevention and treatment information for outdoor workers.

Snakes
Venomous animals
Reptiles

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Trimeresurus jerdonii is a venomous pitviper species found in India (Assam), Burma, Tibet, China and Vietnam. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including this one.

Where they are found
Found from Assam in India, through northern Burma to Tibet, China (Hupeh, Szechwan and Yunnan) and Vietnam. The type locality given is "Khasi Hills, India.''

What they look like
Males grow to a maximum total length of 835 mm with a tail length of 140 mm; females 990 mm with a tail length of females 160 mm.

Subspecies

References

Vipers
Ernest Moeran (born Heston, Middlesex, England, 31 December 1894; died 1 December 1950) was an English composer.

Early life
Moeran (pronounce: “MOOR-an”) was born in Heston, to the west of London.  His father was an  Irish clergyman.  Ernest spent most of his childhood living on the coast of Norfolk.  He learned to play the violin and the piano.  At first he was taught at home by a  governess.  When he was ten he went to school.  In 1908, he went to Uppingham School where he spent five years.  When he left school in 1913 he started to study piano and composition at the Royal College of Music with Charles Villiers Stanford.

War service

Moeran’s studies at the Royal College of Music were interrupted after 18 months because of the start of World War I.  He joined the army as a despatch rider but he was soon badly injured in the head and could no longer fight in the army.    After the war he did some music teaching, but then he started to study music again.  His teacher this time was John Ireland who had been a pupil of Moeran’s earlier teacher Stanford.

Composing music

After these studies his music started to be performed a lot.  His First Rhapsody for orchestra was performed several times, including in 1924 by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty.  He was asked to compose a symphony for the Hallé Orchestra, but he preferred to write shorter pieces, especially chamber music and piano music.   In 1931 he wrote a String Trio which is one of his best works.   

Moeran became interested in folk music.  He liked to go to country pubs and listen to the people singing there.  He collected about 150 folk songs in Norfolk and Suffolk and made many arrangements of them.

By the mid-1920s, Moeran had become close friends with Peter Warlock.  They lived together and often went out drinking together.  Moeran gradually became an alcoholic.

In 1945, after Warlock had died, Moeran married the cellist Peers Coetmore. The marriage was not very happy although it helped Moeran to compose some of his best pieces:  the Cello Concerto and Cello Sonata.

Moeran was found drowned in the River Kenmare.  At first people thought he had committed suicide but then it was found that he had had a heart attack and died before he fell into the water.

His music
Moeran’s music is influenced by folk song.  His harmonies are often like those of Delius.  He was also influenced by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Bax, John Ireland and Peter Warlock.  For many years he concentrated on piano music, songs and chamber music, but in his later years he wrote larger works such as the Symphony in G minor (1934-7) and his Concertos for the Violin and the Cello.

Other websites 
The Worldwide Moeran Database by Andrew Rose, including a more detailed biography and a complete list of works.

20th-century English composers
1894 births
1950 deaths
The Ting Tings are an English duo Pop-Retro rock indie band formed in England in 2004. They are famous for the studio album We Started Nothing and famous for the hit pop singles Shut Up and Let Me Go, Great DJ, That's Not My Name, and Be The One. The pop band is only a 2 member band with Katie White and Jules De Martino. The band members met whilst at Leeds University.

Discography for The Ting Tings

Albums
 May 2008 - We Started Nothin

Singles
 That's Not My Name / Great DJ from We Started Nothin (May 2008)
 Fruit Machine from We Started Nothin (2007 [originally 2008])
 Great DJ (Re-Release) from We Started Nothin (Feb-March 2008)
 That's Not My Name (Re-Release) from We Started Nothin (2008)
 Shut Up and Let Me Go from We Started Nothin (July 2008)
 Be The One from We Stated Nothin (October 2008)

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We Started Nothing is an album recorded by Pop duo The Ting Tings. Singles include "Shut Up and Let Me Go", and "Be The One". The studio album was released May 2008. The album was also released as a limited edition LP on red vinyl limited to 2,000 copies.

Track Listing
 "Great DJ"
 "That's Not My Name"
 "Fruit Machine"
 "Traffic Light"
 "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
 "Keep You Head"
 "Be The One"
 "We Walk"
 "Impacilla Carpisung"
 "We Started Nothing"

2008 albums
Shut Up and Let Me Go (aka: Shut Up & Let Me Go) is the third single off the studio album We Started Nothing by The Ting Tings. The song was released in the United Kingdom on July 21st of 2008, and was the follow-up to the number one hit single "That's Not My Name". The song was added to the coveted A-list of BBC Radio 1's playlist, and has received a substantial amount of airplay during the day on the station. The single peaked at number six in both the UK Singles Chart and the UK Download Chart.

2008 songs
Curzon Street railway station is a former railroad station in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It opened in 1838 and became a goods yard in 1854. 

Railway stations in England
1838 establishments in the United Kingdom
1830s establishments in England
Bandai Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that makes toys and video games. It is the third largest toy maker in the world.

Companies of Japan
1950 establishments in Japan
John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) was the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and was the leader of the New Zealand National Party.
John Key entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2002 representing the north-west Auckland area of Helensville as a National MP, a seat that he still holds. In 2006 he succeeded Don Brash as the National Party leader in 2006. Key led his party to victory in the November 2008 general election.

On 5 December 2016, Key resigned as prime minister and as party leader. Bill English soon replaced Key as prime minister and party leader.

Personal Life 

Key was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to George Key and Ruth Key. His father, who was from the UK, died of a heart attack in 1967. Key and his two sisters were raised in a state house in Christchurch by his Jewish mother.

He attended Burnside High School, and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from the University of Canterbury in 1981. He has attended management studies courses at Harvard University, although he did not receive a degree from this institution.

Key met his wife Bronagh when they were both students at Burnside High School. They married in 1984. She is currently full-time mother of their two children, Stephie and Max.

Before politics 
In 1995, he joined Merrill Lynch as head of Asian foreign exchange in Singapore. That same year he was promoted to Merrill's global head of foreign exchange, based in London, where he may have earned around US$2.25 million a year including bonuses, which is about NZ$5 million at 2001 exchange rates. Some co-workers called him "the smiling assassin" for maintaining his usual cheerfulness while sacking dozens (some say hundreds) of staff after heavy losses from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. He was a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the New York Federal Reserve Bank from 1999 to 2001.

Prime Minister (2008-2016) 

Key became Prime Minister following the general election on 8 November 2008 which ended  the Labour-led government of nine years under Helen Clark. The National Party, promoting a policy of "change", won 45% of the party vote and 59 of the 122 seats in Parliament, a big margin over the Labour Party which won 43 seats.

Key was sworn in as Prime Minister on 19 November 2008 along with his new cabinet. His first international outing as Prime Minister was the 20th APEC meeting in Peru the following day.

Key announced he will step down from the role of Prime Minister and leader of the National Party effective 12 December 2016.

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1961 births
Living people
Jewish politicians
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People from Auckland
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Prime Ministers of New Zealand
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