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Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), known professionally as Slim Whitman, was an American country music and western music singer/songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth high octave falsetto. He sold in excess of 120 million records.

Whitman was born on January 20, 1923 in Tampa, Florida. He was married to Alma Christ from 1942 until her death in 2009. They had two children. Whitman died on June 19, 2013 in Orange Park, Florida from heart failure, aged 90.

Related pages
List of country musicians from Florida

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 Slim Whitman Lyrics
 

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Robert William Fogel (July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Fogel was born on July 1, 1926 in New York City, New York to Russian-Jewish parents. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Fogel graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1944. He studied at Cornell University, at Columbia University, and at Johns Hopkins University. Fogel died on June 11, 2013, at a health services center in Oak Park, Illinois of a short illness, aged 86.

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Nobel prize autobiography
Review of Fogel's "Escape from Hunger and Premature Death"
Lance Davis review essay on Fogel's Railroads and American Economic Growth 
Thomas Weiss review essay on Fogel and Engerman's Time on the Cross 
Podcast Interview with co-author Stanley Engerman on Time on the Cross on EconTalk at Econlib
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) updated information about Robert W. Fogel
Feature article in The University of Chicago magazine
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The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), was an English Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast, and children's author. Simply known as the Reverend W. Awdry, he was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the central figure in his acclaimed Railway Series.

Awdry was born on 15 June 1911 in Ampfield, Hampshire, England. He was raised in Box, Wiltshire, England. Awdry was educated at Marlborough House School, Sussex (1919–24), Dauntseys School, West Lavington, Wiltshire (1924–9); St Peter's Hall, Oxford (BA, 1932), and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

He was married to Margaret Awdry from 1938 until her death in 1989. They had three children, Christopher Awdry, Hilary Fortnum and Veronica Chambers. Awdry died on 21 March 1997 in Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England from natural causes, aged 85.

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 Internet Archive: 'Original' Awdry Family Website – contains some information not available on the later site
 Internet Archive: Sodor Enterprises (publishing company) – Formerly www.sodor.co.uk (Dead link discovered April 2010)
 
 Rev. W. V. Awdry  – Biography at the Official Awdry Family Website
 The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales – Home of the Rev. W. V. Awdry's study

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Eleanor Jane Mondale Poling (January 19, 1960 – September 17, 2011) was an American radio personality, television host, and actress.

Mondale was born on January 19, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Walter Mondale and to Joan Mondale. She studied at St. Lawrence University.

Mondale was married to Keith Van Horne from 1988 until they divorced in 1989. Then she was married to Greg Malban from 1991 until they divorced a few months later in 1991. Then she was married to Chan Poling from 2005 until her death in 2011. Mondale died on September 17, 2011 in Minnesota from brain cancer, aged 51.

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 Mirage at CityPages
 Mirage at Walker 

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Dansband (dance band) is a term in Swedish that describes a band that plays dansbandsmusik ("dance band music"). It is used for bands in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden that perform live music from stage, allowing the audience to dance partner dance. Famous Swedish bands have been Curt Haagers, Ingmar Nordströms, Matz Bladhs, Sten & Stanley, Sven-Ingvars, Thorleifs, Vikingarna and Wizex.

Such bands were very popular in Sweden by the mid 1970s. By the end of the same decade, the genre began to go through hard times, due to the arrival of disco music.

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The Division of Griffith is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was created in 1934. It is named for Sir Samuel Griffith, 9th Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and principal author of the Constitution of Australia. It was represented from 1998 to 2013 by Kevin Rudd, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013. On 13 November 2013, Rudd announced that he would resign from parliament at the end of week and retire from politics.

Boundaries
Griffith is in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, including Balmoral, Bulimba, Camp Hill, Carina Heights, Coorparoo, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Highgate Hill, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, Norman Park, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, and Woolloongabba, and parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi, and West End.

Members

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 2004 election result
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 Kevin Rudd's website

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"Over the River and Through the Wood" is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child. It appeared in the second volume of her Flowers for Children in 1844. The original title of the poem is, "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day".

Boston College writes: "Starting with the familiar line, "Over the river and through the wood", this poem is easily Child’s most famous work. Child never revised the poem herself, but the verses changed over time, especially when they were set to music.

With its bouncing rhythms and high spirits, the poem draws on the writer’s childhood memories of visiting her grandfather’s house on Thanksgiving.  Having gained notoriety for her ideas about race, Child kept her antislavery ideals out of this volume in an effort to avoid controversy and boost sales. Flowers for Children contains only two stories involving race, and they both avoid addressing racial prejudice head on. In this nostalgic poem, Child takes us back to the simple pleasures of a family holiday."

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Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American Chicago blues singer, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings.

Taylor was born on September 28, 1928 in Shelby County, Tennessee. She was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Taylor was married to Robert Taylor until they divorced in 1989. Then she was married to Hays Harris until her death in 2009. She had one daughter. Taylor died on June 3, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois from surgical complications, aged 80.

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 Hoekstra, Dave. "Chicago legend and 'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor dead at 80," Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. 
 Co-host of "Blues you can use", FM radio station WGVE 88.7, Gary, Indiana
 Interview with Koko Taylor on Centerstage Chicago (June 2007)
 
 "Queen of the Blues: Koko Taylor Talks About Her Subjects", interview by James Plath, 1994
 
 Wild Women Don't Have the Blues features interviews with Koko Taylor
 Koko Taylor - Daily Telegraph obituary

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Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902. He invented the crop machine the Reaper. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of his family became well known residents of Chicago. The McCormick Place is named after him.

McCormick was born on February 15, 1809 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He lived in Raphine, Virginia. He was married to Nancy Fowler from 1835 until his death in 1884. They had four children. McCormick died from a stroke on May 13, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, aged 75. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Uptown, Chicago.

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 Farm Equipment  on Antique Farming web site
 
 
 
 

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Samuel "Sam" Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American statesman, politician, and soldier.  He is best known for his leading role in bringing Texas into the United States. Houston, Texas and Sam Houston State University was named after him.

Shortly afterwards, he relocated to Coahuila y Tejas, then a Mexican state, and became a leader of the Texas Revolution. Sam Houston supported annexation by the United States. When he assumed the governorship of Texas in 1859, Houston became the only person to have become the governor of two different U.S. states through direct, popular election, as well as the only state governor to have been a foreign head of state.

Houston was born on March 2, 1793 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was of an Irish-Scottish descent. Houston was married to Eliza Allen from 1829 until they divorced in 1837. Then he was married to Diana Rogers Gentry until they divorced. Then he was married to Margaret Moffette Lee from 1840 until his death in 1863. Houston had seven children. Houston died on July 26, 1863 in Huntsville, Texas from pneumonia, aged 70.

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 Life of General Houston, 1793–1863 published 1891, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
 Sam Houston ; David Crockett. published 1901, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
 
 Sam Houston Memorial Museum 
 Sam Houston Memorial Museum Antiquities Collection  From Texas Tides 
 Sam Houston's Obituary – The Tri Weekly Telegraph, Houston, Texas July 29, 1863 – TexasBob.com
 Sam Houston Historic Schoolhouse in Maryville, TN USA
 Documentary film on life of Sam Houston.  Massive web site with many pictures, links, and educational tools.
 Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture entry
 Tennessee State Library & Archives, Papers of Governor Sam Houston, 1827–1829 
 Sam Houston Rode a Gray Horse 
 Houston Family Papers, 1836–1869 and undated, in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University
Booknotes interview with Marshall DeBruhl on Sword of San Jacinto: The Life of Sam Houston, May 2, 1993. 

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Leo Carbol (June 5, 1910 – November 13, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played a total of 6 games in the NHL for the Chicago Black Hawks. 

Carbol played most his ice hockey career with the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey Association and the American Hockey League with a combined 12 seasons. He also played 1 season for the Minneapolis Millers and 20 games for the Buffalo Majors of the AHA. He also played for the Detroit Olympics of the IHL.

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The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) also known as Wallich's pheasant (in Nepal: "Kahir", "Chihir") is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member of the genus Catreus.

The species was named as Phasianus wallichi by the English zoologist Thomas Hardwicke in 1827; he named it after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. Later the name was changed to the present name by the English ornithologist John Gould.

Description
The Cheer pheasant lacks the color and brilliance of most pheasants. The male has a brownish yellow plumage with black markings and a long gray crest; the skin of the face is red. Its long tail is mainly gray and brown, and has 18 feathers, something that puts this pheasant apart from similar species.

The female is smaller than the male, somewhat duller in plumage and more heavily marked, with reduced red facial skin, a shorter crest and lacking the male’s spurs.

Distribution
The Cheer pheasant is endemic to the western Himalayas; it is distributed in the highlands and scrublands (a place where small shrubs are abundant as well as small herbaceous plants, without trees) of the southern foothills, most frequently from  of the western Himalayas, from north Pakistan, through Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, India, to east to central Nepal.

Surveys in 1981 and 2003 in the Dhorpatan area of western Nepal found that there were 70 places where the birds were heard, suggesting that many birds exist in this area (approximately 200 birds). In another survey in 2010, Cheer pheasant was detected in 21 calling sites in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

Biology and social behaviour
These pheasants tend to be fairly gregarious (traveling in groups) for much of the year, with groups of five to fifteen birds, but form monogamous pairs during the breeding season from late April to June. They breed on steep cliffs during summer and the number of eggs in a nest is relatively large; there are usually ten to eleven eggs in each nest, though in some cases there as many as 14.

The Cheer pheasants get most of their food from the ground, digging with is powerful beaks; they eat roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds, insects and other small animals. They look for food mainly during the morning and evening, walking in pairs or, sometimes, in family groups.

In studies made in upper Beas Valley, it was found that the Cheer pheasants were sensitive to the presence of humans.

Conservation
Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and hunting in some areas, the Cheer pheasant is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES. The Cheer pheasant is legally protected in Nepal and India, and occurs in at least 12 protected areas in Himachal Pradesh, three in Uttar Pradesh and three in Nepal.

Attempts to reintroduce captive bred Cheer pheasants in Pakistan have been unsuccessful.

Gallery

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 ARKive - images and movies of the Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichi) 
 Animal Diversity Web - Catreus wallichii
 Catalogue of Life 
 ITIS Report

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Bradford Gates "Brad" Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is the highest winner on the American television game show Jeopardy!, and the highest winner on a game show.

Rutter became a five-time champion on Jeopardy! in 2000. He later won four tournaments: the Tournament of Champions in 2001, the Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002, the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions in 2005, and the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades in 2014 His win in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions made him the highest winner on a game show. This was later beaten by Ken Jennings in 2007 when Jennings won $500,000 on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.  However, Rutter reclaimed the record after he won the Battle of the Decades tournament.

In February 2011, Rutter played against Jennings and an artificial intelligence computer called Watson. Rutter came in third place, losing to Watson. He won $200,000 for placing in third place. 

In January 2020, Rutter played against Jennings and James Holzhauer in Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time.  The event was won by Jennings and Rutter finished in third place.

In addition to Jeopardy!, Rutter also appeared on the game show 1 vs. 100 as part of the show's "mob." He played four times: on December 1, 2006, December 8, 2006, December 15, 2006, and February 9, 2007. In 2007, he appeared on the game show Grand Slam. He lost to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant Ogi Ogas in the second round. In 2011, he appeared as part of a six-person team on the game show Million Dollar Mind Game. His team won $600,000.

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Alberto Zaccheroni (born 1 April 1953) is an Italian football manager. He led A.C. Milan to win the Serie A in 98/99. He currently manages the Japan national football team.

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Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727) was a colonial American businessperson and  writer. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She managed the family business after her father's death. She wrote The Journal of Madame Knight while travelling between Boston and NYC on business. The book is valued for its authentic peek at colonial life in 18th-century America.

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Ann Hennis Trotter Bailey (1742 – November 22, 1825) was a scout and a messenger during the American Revolutionary War. She is remembered for her 100-mile ride from Fort Clendenin to Fort Savannah in order to bring back much needed gun powder during an Indian attack.

Life
Ann was born in Liverpool, England in 1742.  She was poor and went to America when she was 19. In 1765, she married Richard Trotter. They moved to Staunton, Virginia.  Richard was killed by Indians during the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. Ann swore to avenge his death.

She began wearing men’s clothing and learned to shoot a gun.  She volunteered her services as a scout and messenger in the American Revolution. She sometimes met Indians during her trips to the frontier. They feared her because she was "mad". She was known as "Mad Ann".

She married John Bailey in 1785.  He was a Ranger and frontiersman. In 1788, he began duty at Fort Clendenin. In 1791, Indians were planning to attack the Fort. The militia did not have enough gun powder to fight them.  Ann volunteered to ride 100 miles to Fort Savannah for the needed gun powder. She returned a hero.

John Bailey died in 1802. Ann gave up her home. She lived in the wilderness for over 20 years. She travelled about visiting family and friends. She died on November 22, 1825. She was buried in Gallia County, Ohio. Her remains were moved to Point Pleasant at a later date.

References 
 NWHM: Ann Hennis Trotter Bailey

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Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. She was known for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre.  She was the first to sing many famous Broadway songs.  "There's No Business Like Show Business" became her theme song.

One of Merman's best remembered performances was as the stage mother in Gypsy. Merman was nominated for a Tony Award.  She lost to her close friend Mary Martin in The Sound of Music.  Rosalind Russell was given the role in the movie.  Merman said it was "The greatest professional disappointment of my life.".

Personal life
Merman was married and divorced four times:
William Smith, theatrical agent (1940–1941)
Robert Levitt, a newspaper executive (1941–1952)
Robert Six, President, Continental Airlines (1953–1960)
Ernest Borgnine, the actor, in 1964. Merman filed for divorce 32 days later.

Merman had two children with Levitt: Ethel (born July 20, 1942), and Robert, Jr. (born August 11, 1945).  Ethel Levitt died on August 23, 1967, of an accidental drug overdose.  Merman's son was married to actress Barbara Colby.  She was shot and killed for no known motive in Los Angeles in 1975.

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Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin was a French actor and singer. He is usually called Fernandel.  

He was born on 8 May 1903 in Marseille, France. He acted in comedies for vaudeville and operettas.  He was best known for his role in the Don Camillo series of motion pictures. His first Hollywood movie was Around the World in Eighty Days.

Fernandel died 26 February 1971 from lung cancer. He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy, Paris, France.

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East Rutherford, New Jersey is a place in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is close to Manhattan. It has several major local sports teams based at  MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

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Sake Dean Mahomed (, ; 1759 – 24 February 1851) was an Indian traveler, surgeon and entrepreneur. He introduced South Asian cuisine (and Indian) and shampoo baths to Europe, where he also offered therapeutic massage., in addition to that he was the first Indian writer to be published in English.

At the age of 11, Mahomed joined the East India Company Army and rose to the rank of captain. He fought in a number of campaigns until 1782 when he resigned from the army and two years later arrived in Britain. Staying in Ireland he wrote and published his book, The Travels of Dean Mahomet. He later moved to Portman Square where he became an assistant to Sir Basil Cochrane at his vapour bath.

This is where Mr Mahomed is said to have added an Indian treatment, champi (shampooing) or therapeutic massage, to Cochrane's bath which became very fashionable.

Sake Dean Mahomed also developed a fashionable massage.

In 1810 he opened the Hindoostane Coffee House which was located off of George Street, near Portman Square, Central London. The restaurant served Hookah with real Chilm tobacco and Indian-style dishes. The premises is now a building called Carlton House.

To many who are now part of the city's expansive curry house business, Mahomed was a pioneer.

Although forced to declare bankruptcy in 1812, he created a concept that was to become something of a phenomenon 100 years later, said Vivek Singh, chef at the Cinnamon Club, a Westminster restaurant serving New Indian cuisine.

Mr Mahomed's plan had been to serve "Indianised" British food which would appeal to the Indian aristocracy in London as well as British people who had returned from India, he said.

"The Indian aristocracy however would not come out to eat in the restaurant because they had chefs at home cooking more authentic food - it was just not a big enough draw to come out."

A few years later he opened special treatment baths on the seafront at East Cliff, Brighton.

He died in 1851 and was buried in St Nicholas' churchyard in Brighton

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Johann David Wyss (28 May 1743 – 11 January 1818) was a Swiss writer. He wrote [[Swiss Family Robinson (book)|Swiss Family Robinson]]'' in 1812.

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1818 deaths
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 black and white movie thriller-horror movie starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. It is about two aged women who are sisters and ex-movie actresses. It was directed by Robert Aldrich.

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Now, Voyager is a movie from 1942. It stars Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains. It was directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay is based on the book of the same name from 1941 by Olive Higgins Prouty.

1942 movies
1940s romance movies
1940s drama movies
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Dark Victory is an American drama movie from 1939. It was directed by Edmund Goulding. It stars Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ronald Reagan. The screenplay was based on a play of the same title from 1934 by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch.

1939 movies
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Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 American movie starring Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna Mae Oliver, Basil Rathbone, and Norma Shearer. It was directed by George Cukor. It is based on a play by William Shakespeare.

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Kuusamo is a town in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is in the eastern part of Lapland. Kuusamo has an area of . As of January 2014, it had a population of almost 16,000 people. Neighbouring municipalities are Posio, Salla, Suomussalmi and Taivalkoski. Oulanka National Park is in the areas of Kuusamo and Salla. 

There is also an airport in Kuusamo.

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Philip Rudolph Bessler (December 9, 1913 – February 13, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger that played a total of 31 games in the NHL.

Bessler played in the NHL with the Boston Bruins for 9 games, the Detroit Red Wings for 5 games and the Chicago Black Hawks for 17 games. He has also played with the Boston Cubs of the Canadian-American Hockey League for 2 seasons and the Pittsburgh Hornets, Cleveland Barons, and the Providence Reds of the International-American Hockey League. He played 3 seasons with Omaha Knights of the American Hockey Association and then retired from professional ice hockey.

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Forssa is a town in Finland. On 31 July 2013, there were 17,724 people living there.

Other websites 

 Town of Forssa – Official website 

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Municipalities of Kanta-Häme
Quidditch is a fictional sport in the Harry Potter books written by J. K. Rowling. Quidditch is a team game played by witches and wizards. It is played on flying brooms. There are seven players per team (three Chasers, two Beaters, a Keeper, and a Seeker). The game has many rules. Chasers shoot the Quaffle (the ball) into the other team's goal to score points. The Keeper tries to stop the Quaffle from getting through the goal. Players dodge Bludgers, balls that are charmed to hit players. Players called Beaters hit Bludgers away with bats. The game ends when the Seeker player catches a winged ball called the Snitch. The team of the Seeker who caught the Snitch gets 150 points. In 2005 a real sport called muggle quidditch was started at Middlebury College.
 
 
 
Harry Potter
Sports
Mono can mean several things

Mono Department, a department in the African country Benin
Mono County, California
Mono Lake
Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
Mono (sound)
Mono (software)
Anthony Peter McCoy OBE (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as A. P. McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a horse racing jockey from Northern Ireland. He lives and races in England.   

McCoy won for the first time in 1992. He was 17 years of age at the time. McCoy has rode over 3,850 winning horses. This is many more than any other National Hunt jockey ever.  McCoy has been Champion Jockey every year he has been professional. Even in his first season riding in Britain, McCoy won the Conditional Jump Jockeys Title with a record 74 winners for a conditional jockey. McCoy got his first Champion Jockey title in 1995/6. As of 2012/2013, he has won the title 18 times in a row. The old record was 7 consecutive titles by Peter Scudamore.  

McCoy has won almost every big race there is. His most high profile winners include the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, King George VI Chase and the 2010 Grand National, riding the horse "Don't Push It".  

McCoy has raced in over 13,000 races. This is equal to 31,000 miles or 1.25 times around the Earth. He has had a many of falls since becoming a jump jockey. McCoy has injured many bones in his body. These include middle and lower vertebrae, both shoulder blades, ribs, an ankle, cheekbones, a wrist, a leg, collar bone, fingers and teeth. 

McCoy was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010. He was the first jockey to win the award.

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Bedtime for Bonzo is a comedy movie starring Ronald Reagan. It is about a chimpanzee named Bonzo.

American comedy movies
English-language movies
Hellcats of the Navy is a 1957 American World II drama movie starring Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, his future wife and First Lady.

1957 drama movies
1950s war movies
American drama movies
American war movies
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Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 historical romantic movie about the capture of John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. A subplot involves a love triangle. The movie stars Ronald Reagan as Jeb Stuart, Errol Flynn as George Custer, Raymond Massey as John Brown, and Olivia de Havilland as 'Kit Carson' Holliday.

The Santa Fe trail was also a trail like the Oregon trail

Historical movies
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The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) is an historical movie starring Stephen Boyd, Christopher Plummer, and Sophia Loren. It is about ancient Roman history. It is sometimes considered the last of the big-budget peplum movies.

1964 drama movies
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ViSalus is a health and fitness products company that sells weight-management products, energy drinks, and nutritional supplements. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and Troy, MI and is majority-owned by Blyth, Inc. ViSalus' Chief Marketing Officer is Blake Mallen and Ryan Blair is the Chief Executive Officer.

History

In 2005, Blake Mallen, Ryan Blair, and Miamian Nick Sarnicola founded ViSalus. In 2008, Blyth, Inc. purchased a stake in the company and increased its ownership to almost seventy-five percent. In 2013, the company expanded to the United Kingdom, with an office in Guilford. Ros Simmons was appointed as Managing Director of ViSalus for the United Kingdom.

Product

ViSalus is best known for its Vi 90-Day Challenge, a health challenge for customers. ViSalus also markets products including NEURO, Vi-Net, Vi-Net Mobile, and Vi-Shape Nutritional Shake Mix. The company sells its products in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ViSalus uses direct marketing and employs 92,000 promoters. In 2012, the Miami Herald reported that Hulk Hogan and Alfonso Ribeiro endorsed ViSalus products.

Awards and recognition

 In 2013, ViSalus won a Silver Telly award in the Branded Content- Promotional Branding category for its "Vi-Anthem" video.
 In 2010, DSN Global awarded Visalus CEO Ryan Blair its DSN Global Turnaround Award.

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Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) died at 23 while in training to be a Jesuit. He cared for those suffering from an epidemic in Rome, hence his early death. He is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.

Other websites
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1568 births
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A tuber is the thickened part of an underground stem of a plant, such as the potato, with buds from which new plant shoots (stems and young leaves of a new plant) grow.

Most tubers are formed in the ground, but sometimes they can be formed above the ground, in the aerial stems; that is the case of the air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera).

Functions
Tuber stems (or part of stems) are made bigger to store nutrients. Starch (formed by a lot of glucose molecules) is the most commonly stored food in the tubers, although other carbohydrates, such as inuline (formed by many fructose molecules), are stored in the tubers of certain kinds of plants, like the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus).

The purpose of tubers are saving food and reproduction. Under natural conditions, the parts of the stem that connect the tubers with the main stem die in the autumn or winter.  The tubers are left in the ground and are able to produce shoots from their buds the following spring.

Potatoes are also artificially reproduced by tuber pieces, called "seed pieces". A tuber is cut into pieces, each with one or more "eyes" (an "eye" of potato is a group of buds covered by very small leaves). These pieces are planted and each produces a new plant from one of its "eyes".

Tuberous roots

A tuberous root or storage root, is a modified lateral root, made bigger to function as a storage organ; sometimes these roots are called "tubers" but they are roots, not modified stems like the true tubers. They are thus different in origin but similar in function and appearance to tubers. Examples of plants with important tuberous roots include the sweet potato, cassava, yam and dahlia.

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Chinese American describes citizens of the United States who have come from China or whose family came from China. They are the largest group of Asian Americans. Famous Chinese Americans include Yo Yo Ma, Bruce Lee and George Li. As of 2010 there are nearly 4 million Chinese Americans, just over 1% of the total population of the U.S.

Related pages 
 Chinese Australians
 Chinese Canadians

References

Other websites

Stanford page 
 Factfinder Chinese Americans 2005 American Community Survey 
 The Rocky Road to Liberty: A Documented History of Chinese American Immigration and Exclusion
 Famous Chinese Americans Comprehensive list of famous Chinese Americans organized by professions. Includes short biographical notes and Chinese names.

Ethnic groups in the United States
American
America
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a crossover fighting video game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game consoles. It was developed by SuperBot Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America. It was released in North America on November 20, 2012, in Europe on November 21, 2012, and in Japan on January 31, 2013.

Gameplay
The game plays similar to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series. The point of the game is to beat the character(s) you are fighting by knocking them off of the stage. During a match, players can collect orbs that are in a stage. Collecting orbs builds up a power meter that is at the bottom of the screen. When a player is hit, their meter goes down. When the meter is full, the player can use one of three very powerful attacks that can be used to beat opponents and get points. Up to four players can battle with characters from Sony's video games, including God of War, Sly Cooper and PaRappa the Rapper.

Characters

Notes
 These characters can be downloaded for free from the PlayStation Store. They are not available from the start.

Items
There are many different items from Sony's different series that can be picked up and used by players. They can be used by players to do better in the match or hurt opponents.

Stages
There are 14 stages in the game. Each stage is based on a combination of two games. For example, the stage "Stowaways" is based on the games Uncharted and Bioshock Infinite.

References

Other websites
Official website 

2012 video games
Fighting games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation Vita games
Lily of the valley is a flowering plant.  It is found in the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.  It is also in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States.  The scientific name is Convallaria majalis.

Lily of the valley is a herbaceous perennial plant. The flower has a sweet scent and also national flower in Finland.  The plant is highly poisonous.  They bloom in late spring.

Other websites
Convallaria majalis fact sheet  – NC State University Urban Horticulture

Asparagales
Flowers
Plants of Asia
Chips was a country and schlager group from Sweden. It was active from 1979 to 1983. When consisting of Elisabeth Andreassen and Kikki Danielsson, the group represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song Dag efter dag, finishing eighth.

Members
Britta Johansson (1979–1981)
Elisabeth Andreassen (1980–1983)
Kikki Danielsson (1979–1983)
Lasse Holm (1979–1981, songwriter-only from 1982)

Svensktoppen songs
"Mycké, mycké mer" (1980)
"High School" (1980)
"God morgon" (1981)
"Här kommer solen" (1982)
"Dag efter dag" (1982)

Discography

Albums
Chips (1980)
Having a Party (1982)
20 bästa låtar (1997 compilation album)

Singles
Mycke' mycke' mer/Can't Get over You (1980)
God morgon/It Takes More than a Minute (1981)
Dag efter dag/Här kommer solen (1982)

References

Swedish musical groups
1970s Swedish music groups
1980s Swedish music groups
1979 establishments in Sweden
Musical groups established in 1979
Musical groups disestablished in 1983
1983 disestablishments in Europe
1980s disestablishments in Sweden
Wizex is a dansband from Sweden. It was established in 1973. With Kikki Danielsson as vocalist, the band participated att Melodifestivalen in 1978 with the song Miss Decibel, finishing second behind the Björn Skifs song Det blir alltid värre framåt natten.

Discography

Albums
Skratta och le (1974)
Rusar vidare (1975)
Har du glömt (1976)
Wizex bäzta (1976)
Som en sång (1977)
Miss Decibel (1978)
Carousel (1978)
Some Girls & Trouble Boys (1979)
Greatest Hits (1980)
You Treated Me Wrong (1980)
Nattfjäril (1982)
Julie (1983)
Det är dej jag väntar på (1984)
Ska du komma loss (1985)
Dansa i månens sken (1987)
Mjölnarens Irene (1988)
Vägen hem (1989)
Spanska ögon (1990)
Musik Paraden (1991)
Jag kan se en ängel (1992)
Jag måste ge mej av (1992)
Vår hemmagjorda dansmusik (1993)
Julafton hemma (1993)
Wizex med Lena Pålsson & Kikki Danielsson (1995)
Varma vindar (1995)
Några enkla rader (1997)
Jorden snurrar (1997)
Samma ensamma jag (1997)
Mot nya mål (1998)
20 Bästa (1998)
JubileumsDans (1998)
Take Me to Your Heaven (1999)
Place de Trocadero (1999)
Tusen och en natt (1999)
Om du var här (2000)
Guldkorn (2002)
Wizexponerad (2006)
 Innan det är för sent (2010)
Simsalabim (2012)
Morgonsol (?)
12 favoritlåtar (?)
Bugga loss till Wizex (?)

References

Other websites 
 Official website

Swedish musical groups
1970s music groups
Dansbands
1973 establishments in Sweden
The Monarchy of Pakistan was the form of government of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1956. Under this system, Pakistan was an independent Commonwealth realm with a hereditary, constitutional monarch as the head of state. The monarch was the monarch of the United Kingdom, and was also shared with a number of other countries. The role of the monarch was defined under the Constitution. Most of the monarch's duties were carried out by the Governor-General of Pakistan.

The monarchy of Pakistan was created by the Indian Independence Act of 1947. This act, made by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, divided its British India into two new countries: India and Pakistan, each of which became an independent constitutional monarchy. Succession to the throne of Pakistan was, like that of the United Kingdom, governed by the Act of Settlement 1701.

Pakistan Adopted a New constitution on the 23rd of March in 1956. This constitution abolished the monarchy, making Pakistan a Republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. Pakistan left the Commonwealth on the 30th of January in 1972 over the Rebellious issue of the former East Pakistan province becoming a separate Independent Bangladesh. It re-joined on the 1st of October in 1989, then was Suspended from the Commonwealth twice: firstly from the 18th of October in 1999 to the 22nd of May in 2004 and secondly from the 22nd of November in 2007 to the 22nd of May in 2008-present.

List of Pakistani monarchs

List of Pakistani consorts

References

Government of Pakistan
Politics of Pakistan
Pakistan
Sten & Stanley is a dansband from the town of Karlskoga in Sweden. It was established in 1962.

Discography
 Guns of Bofors 1963
 I lust och nöd 1965
 Varsågod 1966
 Sten & Stanley's australisk sångbok 1967
 Röd var din mun 1967
 Sten Nilsson 1968
 Sten Nilsson & Sten & Stanleys kör och orkester 1969
 Sten & Stanley Sten Nilsson 1970
 A Touch of Sweden 1970
 Sten Nilsson nu 1971 
 Kända låtar i stereo 1972
 Kända låtar i stereo 2 1973
 En god och glad jul 1973
 De' är dans 1974
 Sten & Stanleys bästa bitar 1975
 Bella Bella 1976
 Jambalaya 1977
 Sten Nilsson 1977
 Sten & Stanley's framsida 1977
 Copacabana 1979
 På gång 1980
 På gång 2 1982
 Adios Amor 1983
 Jag har inte tid 1984
 God jul 1984
 Musik, dans & party 1985 
 Musik, dans & party 2 1986
 En god och glad jul 1986
 Musik, dans & party 3 1987
 Musik, dans & party 4 1988
 Minnets melodi. Sten & Stanley 1963-1989 1989
 Som ett ljus. Musik, dans & party 5 1990
 Dansparty Sten & Stanley 1991
 Dansparty Sten & Stanley 1991
 Musik, dans & party 6 1991
 Musik, dans & party 7 1992
 På begäran 1989 
 Musik, dans & party 8 1993
 Musik, dans & party 9 1994
 Musik, dans & party 10 1995
 Julnatt 1995
 Vågar du så vågar jag. Musik, dans & party 11 1996
 Jag vill vara din, Margareta 1997
 San Diego. 35 år 20 hits 1997
 De tidiga åren 1998
 Bröder 1998
 Stjärnan lyser klar 2000
 Sten & Stanley framsida 2000 2000
 Du är min bästa vän 2001
 Om bara jag får 2001
 Musik, dans & party 94-96 2001
 40/40 En samling 2002
 Samlade TV-hits 2003
 Sten & Stanley önskefavoriter 2004
 Sten & Stanley då & nu 2006
 Då kommer minnerna 2011
 Sten & Stanleys 20 bästa

References

Other websites 

 Official website

Swedish musical groups
1960s music groups
Dansbands
Poppy Montgomery (born 15 June 1972) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing Samantha Spade on the television series Without a Trace. She acts mostly on television but has done a small number of movies. She played Caroline Tate in The Other Sister in 1999. Montgomery was born in Sydney.

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Australian movie actors
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1972 births
Living people
Vikingarna was a dansband from Sweden. It was established in 1958, and disbanded in 2004.

Discography
Det går som en dans 5 (1973)
Här kommer Vikingarna (1974)
Kramgoa låtar 1 (1975)
Kramgoa låtar 2 (1975)
Kramgoa låtar 3 (1976)
Kramgoa låtar 4 (1977)
Kramgoa låtar 5 (1977)
The Vikings Export (1978)
Kramgoa låtar 6 (1978)
Kramgoa låtar 7 - Djingis Khan (1979)
Greatest Hits (1979)
Vikingarnas julparty (1979)
Kramgoa låtar 8 - Mot alla vindar (1980)
Kramgoa låtar 9 - Hallå Västindien (1981)
Kramgoa låtar 10 - Den stora dagen (1982)
Kramgoa låtar 11 - Save Your Love (1983)
Kramgoa låtar 12 - Albatross (1984)
Kramgoa låtar 13 (1985)
Julens sånger (1985)
Kramgoa låtar 14 (1986)
Kramgoa låtar 15 (1987)
Kramgoa låtar 16 (1988)
Kramgoa låtar 17 (1989)
Kramgoa låtar 18 (1990)
Kramgoa låtar 19 (1991)
Gitarrgodingar (1991)
Kramgoa låtar 20 (1992)
Vikingarna Gold! (1993)
Kramgoa låtar 1995 (1995)
Kramgoa låtar 1997 (1997)
Kramgoa låtar 1998 (1998)
Kramgoa låtar 1999 (1999)
Kramgoa låtar 2000 (2000)
100% Vikingarna (2000)
Kramgoa låtar 2001 (2001)
Kramgoa låtar 2002 (2002)
100% Guldfavoriter (2003)

References

Swedish musical groups
1950s music groups
Dansbands
1958 establishments in Europe
2004 disestablishments in Sweden
1950s establishments in Sweden
Lasse Stefanz is a dansband from the town of Kristianstad in Sweden. It was established in 1967.

Discography
 Kära Rut, 1970 (single)
 Ett snurrande hjul, 1972 (single)
 Vad tiden går, 1974
 Spelmansminnen, 1975
 Strandpartajj, 1976
 Sunshine, 1977
 Darlin', 1978
 Vid en liten fiskehamn, 1981
 Oh, Julie!, 1982
 Marie Marie, 1983
 Elaine, 1984
 Fredens duva, 1985
 Den lilla klockan, 1986
 Nere på Söder, 1987
 Det här är bara början, 1988 (Mariann)
 Peppelinos Bar, 1988
 Livets ljusa sida, 1988
 Mot nya mål, 1989
 Vindarnas sång, 1990
 Tic Tac Toe, 1992
 På begäran, 1992
 Min ängel, 1994
 Bara du, 1995
 Sommardansen, 1995
 Dig ska jag älska 1996
 Sommardansen 2, 1997
 I ett fotoalbum, 1998
 Över en kopp i vår berså, 1999
 Sommardansen 3, 2000
 Emelie, 2001
 I tomteverkstan, 2001
 Mi Vida Loca, 2002
 Det här är bara början, 2003
 Röd Chevrolet, 2004
 Pickup-56, 2006
 Vagabond, 2007
 Rallarsväng, 2008
 Svängjul, 2008
 En vän som du, 2009
 Truck Stop, 2009
 Texas, 2010
 Lasse Stefanz Goes 70's, 2010
 Cuba Libre, 2011
 Vår bästa country, 2012
 Rocky Mountains, 2012
 Kärlek & rock'n'roll, 2013
 Trouble Boys, 2013
 Lasse Stefanz stora julparty, 2013
 Honky Tonk Rebels, 2014
 Whiskey Barrel, 2015

DVD / VHS  
 Från Österlen till Oklahoma, 2003
 Ingen dans på rosor, 2009
 På väg till Malung med Lasse Stefanz, 2010

References

Other websites 

 Official website

1960s music groups
1967 establishments in Europe
Dansbands
Swedish musical groups
Sven-Ingvars is a dansband from Slottsbron in Sweden. It was established in 1956. The band was popular back in the 1960s, before a 1991 performance at Hultsfredsfestivalen led to a revival throughout the 1990s.

Discography
 
 Dans ikväll (1966)
 Nu är vi här... igen (1968)
 Sven-Ingvars i Carnegie Hall (1970)
 Sven-Ingvars i Frödingland (1971)
 Man borde inte sova (1972)
 På turné (1973)
 Allt går igen (1973)
 Guld (1975)
 Playa blanca (1976)
 Åh, va skönt (1977)
 Ett vykort från Sven-Ingvars (1978)
 Apropå (1980)
 Sven-Ingvars jubileums à la carte (1981)
 Å vilka tider (1982)
 Våga - vinn (1983)
 Exposé (1985)
 Nya vindar (1987)
 Sven-Ingvars kvartett rainbow music (1989)
 Dansparty (1992)
 Allt går igen (1993)
 Två mörka ögon (1994)
 På begäran (1994)
 Byns enda blondin (1994)
 En dröm om våren (1995)
 Du flicka med vind i ditt hår (1995)
 Septemberbarn (1995)
 Kärlekens alla färger (1995)
 Lika ung som då (1996)
 Hus till salu (1997)
 Nio liv (1998)
 Älskar du mig (1999)
 Retro aktiv (2000)
 Här nere på jorden (2001)
 Guld & glöd (2002)
 Musik vi minns (2003)
 Livet är nu (2005)
 Högt i det blå (2007)
 Lycklig (2009)

References

Other websites 
 Official website 

Swedish musical groups
1950s music groups
Dansbands
Linköpings HC is an ice hockey club in the town of Linköping in Sweden. The club was established on out of the BK Kenty ice hockey section 4 August 1976.

Linköpings HC progressed to the Swedish top division for first time in 1999. The club made it to the Swedish national finals in 2007 and 2008. They lost both times.

References

Other websites

 Official website

Ice hockey teams in Sweden
1976 establishments in Sweden
Linköping