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Chavo Guerrero Sr.

Salvador Guerrero III (January 7, 1949 – February 11, 2017) better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero Sr., and also known during the 21st century as "Chavo Classic", was a professional wrestler. He was born in El Paso, Texas.

He was best known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for being the father of third generation wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr.. He was the oldest son of Salvador "Gory" Guerrero, and part of the Guerrero wrestling family. 

He was the oldest WWE Cruiserweight Champion. On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing multiple SmackDown! house shows. 

On February 11, 2017, Guerrero died of liver cancer in El Paso at the age of 68.

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John Howes

John Forman Howes ORS (June 19, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was an American educator. He was the Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for over 30 years. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 2003, Howes was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan for his outstanding contributions to the Canada-Japan community. After retirement from UBC, he taught at Obirin University, near Tokyo.

Howes died on February 4, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, aged 92.

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Arrondissements of the French Guiana department

There are 2 arrondissements in the French Guiana department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of French Guiana are:

History 
 1946 : lthe French Guiana becomes an overseas department of France with only the arrondissement of Cayenne.
 1951 : the territory of Inini became the second arrondissement of the department.
 1969 : thearrondissement of Inini was changed to become the arrondissement'' of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

Related pages 
List of arrondissements of France

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French Guiana
Arrondissement of Cayenne

The arrondissement of Cayenne is an arrondissement of France, in the French Guiana department. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Cayenne.

History
When the French Guiana became an oversea department of France in 1946, Cayenne was the only arrondissement in the department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Cayenne is in the eastern half of the department. It has the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to east and south, and the Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni arrondissement to the west.

The arrondissement of Cayenne is the has an area of  and a population of 164,489 inhabitants.

Composition
The arrondissement of Cayenne has 14 communes; they areː

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the French Guiana department
 List of arrondissements of France

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French Guiana
Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

The arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is an arrondissement of France, in the French Guiana department. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

History
The arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni was created in 1969.

Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is in the western half of the department. It has the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the Cayenne arrondissement to the east, Brazil to the south, and Surinam to the west.

The arrondissement of Cayenne has an area of  and a population of 87,849 inhabitants.

Composition
The arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has 8 communes; they areː

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the French Guiana department
 List of arrondissements of France

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French Guiana
Melanne Verveer

Melanne Verveer is the Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.  She served as the U.S. Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.  She also served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues. She co-wrote the book Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose.  She has received many awards, including the U.S. Secretary of State’s Award for Distinguished Service.

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Yitzhak Livni

Yitzhak Livni (17 October 1934 – 12 February 2017) was an Israeli media personality and journalist. He served as editor of the magazines Bamahane Nahal (1956–1961) and Bamahane (1961–1971). He was the head of IDF's radio station Galatz (1968–1974). He was also the CEO of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (1974–1979).

Livni was born in Łódź, Poland. He moved to Tel Aviv as a child. He was married to poet Dahlia Ravikovitch in the 1960s. He was later married to Knesset member Eti Livni. They had three children.

Livni died on 12 February 2017, at the age of 82.

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James Hunt

James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver. He was best known for winning the Formula One World Championship in 1976. He later became a commentator after retiring from racing in 1979.

Biography
Hunt was born in Belmont, Surrey. He was well known for lifestyle and behaviour on and off the track. He was married to Suzy Miller and later Sarah Lomax. The couple had two children, Tom and Freddie. He was also engaged to Helen Dyson before his death. He was also a close friend of Niki Lauda.

Hunt began his career in the 1973 season. He entered 93 F1 races. He won a total ten official F1 races. In 1976, he won the Formula One World Championship, winning six of the official races. He won the Dutch Grand Prix (1975, 1976), Spanish Grand Prix (1976), French Grand Prix (1976), German Grand Prix (1976), Italian Grand Prix (1976), Canadian Grand Prix (1976), United States Grand Prix (1976, 1977) and Japanese Grand Prix (1977) races. During his career, he raced for Hesketh (1973–1975), McLaren (1976–1978) and Wolf (1979). He retired in 1979.

Hunt later became a commentator. He was known for commentating on F1 races with Murray Walker. He was played by Australian actor Chris Hemsworth in the movie Rush (2013).

Hunt died from a heart attack on 15 June 1993 in Wimbledon, London, at the age of 45.

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Ring toss

Ring toss is a common game where rings are tossed around a peg, or bottle. It is mostly played in carnivals.

Games
Wiesław Adamski

Wiesław Adamski (26 July 1947 – 10 February 2017) was a Polish sculptor. He was best known for his work on small sculptures, medals, portraits and blacksmithing. His works had been shown in Helsinki, Poltava, Berlin, Madrid, Washington, Warsaw, Rotterdam and Paris. One famous work by him is a potato monument in Biesiekierz. He was born in Szczecinek County.

Adamski died on 10 February 2017 in Wałcz, at the age of 69.hhhh

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Evionnaz

Evionnaz is a municipality of the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Finhaut

Finhaut is a municipality of the district Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

References

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Municipalities of Valais
Massongex

Massongex is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

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Keat Chhon

Keat Chhon  (; born 11 August 1934) is a Cambodian politician. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party. He represented Phnom Penh in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003. He was the Minister for Economy and Finance from 1994 to 2013. He was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia from 2008 to 2016.

Keat was born in Kratié Province. He is married to Lay Neari and has two children.

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Mex, Valais

Mex was a municipality in Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2013 Mex became part of the municipality Saint-Maurice.

Former municipalities of Valais
Salvan, Switzerland

Salvan is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

References

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Municipalities of Valais
Goms, Valais

Goms is a municipality of the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Blitzingen, Grafschaft, Münster-Geschinen, Niederwald and Reckingen-Gluringen merged into the new municipality of Goms.

References

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Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi

Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi  is a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party's vote base is mainly concentrated in the Kongu Nadu region of Tamil Nadu. It was a splinter party of Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam.On 21 March 2013, E. R. Eswaran launched new Party Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi, he also became the General Secretary of new party. He contested the May 2009 Loksabha elections as a Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the Coimbatore constituency and came third, securing more than one lakh votes. He also came third in the 2009 by election for Thondamuthur Assembly Constituency.

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People's Welfare Front

The People's Welfare Front is a Tamil Nadu political alliance formed in October 2015. It consists of four political parties: Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist),  Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The alliance is expected to contest Tamil Nadu and 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections as one unit. Later it made an electoral alliance with Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and Tamil Maanila Congress.

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Eilat Airport

Eilat Airport (, also known as J. Hozman Airport; ), or Hozman Airport, is an airport in Israel. It is in the coastal city of Eilat, in the south of the country.

Eilat Airport is a public airport, mainly for internal flights. It was established in 1949.

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Lactate dehydrogenase

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells (animals, plants, and prokaryotes). It catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvic acid and back
 
This is an important function because lactic acid builds up in muscle tissue. LDH works to prevent muscle fatigue and failure in various ways. 

Each LDH molecule is made of four subunits. There are somewhat different types of LDH in different tissues. The main type in the lungs has two M subunits and two H subunits (2H2M). The M and H subunits are coded by two different genes. The M subunit is coded by LDHA on human chromosome 11, and the H subunit is coded by LDHB on chromosome 12.

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Million Reasons

"Million Reasons" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.  It is the seventh track on her fifth studio album, Joanne.  The song became the second single from the album on October 28, 2016, after "Perfect Illusion".

The song first reached number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Gaga performed the song as the second-to-last song from her Super Bowl 51 halftime show, before "Bad Romance".  After her show, "Million Reasons" reentered at number four on the Hot 100. It became her 10th top-five and 14th top-ten song in the US. She performed it as the encore song on the piano on the Joanne World Tour.

The Recording Industry Association of America certified the song Platinum for sales and streams of over one million copies in the US alone.

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Barbara Carroll

Barbara Carroll (born Barbara Carole Coppersmith; January 25, 1925 – February 11, 2017) was an American jazz pianist and singer. Her career began in 1947. She was best known for her jazz trio, which had Benny Goodman in the line up. She also performed piano on Broadway plays. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts

Carroll died on February 11, 2017, at the age of 92.

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Damian (musician)

Damian Davey (born Damian Baker; 30 September 1964 – 12 February 2017), better known as simply Damian, was an English pop musician. He was best known for his 1989 song "The Time Warp", a cover version of the original track from The Rocky Horror Show. He also did a cover of the song "Wig-Wam Bam" by the Sweet. He was born in Manchester.

Damian died from cancer on 12 February 2017, at the age of 52.

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Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a commune and subprefecture of the French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France that is in northern South America.

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a border town in northwest French Guiana. It is the second most populous city of French Guiana, after Cayenne.

Name 
The name was given in 1856 by the Governor of French Guiana, Auguste Laurent Bauding, after his father and grandfather. Because the town is on the side of the Maroni river, the name was completed as is now: Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

History 
The town was made a commune in 1949. In 1969, it was made the capital of the new arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

Geography 

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a city in northwestern French Guiana to the west of Cayenne, on the Maroni River (in Dutch: Marowijne), opposite the town of Albina in Suriname which can be reached by ferry or small boats.

The commune has an area of ; at the city hall, the altitude is . It includes some islands in the river: Île Portal, Île de la Quarantaine and Île aux Lépreux.

The Maroni river flows through the commune, to which it gives part of its name. Many of its tributaries also flows the commune: Crique Sparouine (on the southern border), Crique Bastien, Crique Serpent, Crique des cascades, Crique Awara, Crique Balaté, Crique Margot, Crique Chameau, Crique aux bœufs lamentins and Crique Vaches (on the northern border).

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is surrounded by the communes Mana to the north and east, Grand-Santi to the south and southwest and Apatou to the northwest.

Climate 
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has a Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification: Af) in which there is no dry season - all months have mean precipitation values of at least .

The average temperature for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is . The warmest month, on average, is September with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is October with an average of .

Demographics
The inhabitants of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni are known, in French, as Saint-Laurentins (women: Saint-Laurentines).

The commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has a population, in 2014, of 44,169; its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Gallery

Related pages 
 Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

References

Other websites 

 Ville de Saint-Laurent du Maroni official website 
 Collectivité territorial de Guyane website 
 Prefecture website 
 Guyane-Amazonie Tourism

Communes in French Guiana
Subprefectures in France
Jan Grabowski

Jan Grabowski (27 May 1950 – 13 February 2017) was a Polish speedway rider. From 1970 to 1980, he represented Falubaz Zielona Góra. He won two bronze medals at the Team Speedway Polish Championship, in 1973 and 1979, with the team. He later became a speedway coach. He was born in Myślibórz.

Grabowski died on 13 February 2017 in Zielona Góra, at the age of 66.

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Keith Kellogg

Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. (born May 12, 1944), known as Keith Kellogg, is a retired general officer in the United States Army. President Donald Trump put Kellogg in charge of the  presidential transition agency action team for defense. He was named a foreign policy advisor to then presidential candidate Trump in March 2016. 

He was named Acting United States National Security Advisor on February 13, 2017 following the resignation of Michael T. Flynn.

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Clint Roberts

Clint Ronald Roberts (January 30, 1935 – February 13, 2017) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for South Dakota from 1981 to 1983. He was born in Presho, South Dakota.

Roberts died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on February 13, 2017 in Pierre, South Dakota, at the age of 82.

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Loukianos Kilaidonis

Loukianos Kilaidonis (; 15 July 1943 – 7 February 2017) was a Greek composer, songwriter and singer.

Kilaidonis was born in Athens. He studied at the Leonine Lycium of Patissia. afterwards he went to Thessaloniki where he studied architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for two years, where he finished his studies at the National Metsovo Polytechnic. 

Kilaidonis never did work in architecture because he started a career in music. His first work was the album Our city in 1970. Two years later he made the album Red Thread with Nikos Gatsos and the singers Manolis Mitsias and Dimitra Galani. 

Kilaidonis died in Marousi, Greece on 7 February 2017 from a respiratory infection, aged 73.

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Ren Xinmin

Ren Xinmin (; December 5, 1915 – February 12, 2017) was a Chinese rocket scientist. He was a specialist in astronautics and liquid rocket engine technology. He worked at the University at Buffalo.

Early life
Ren was born in Ningguo, China. He studied at Southeast University and at the University of Michigan.

Career
Ren was the technical director of the Long March 1 rocket. It was used for the successful launch of China's first satellite, and chief designer of Chinese store able propellant rocket engine. He was also the chief designer for Long March 3 launch vehicle, Fengyun, and SJ (Shijian) series satellites.

Ren was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980.

Ren, Huang Weilu, Tu Shou'e and Liang Shoupan were bracketed together as "four venerable pioneers of astronautics (航天四老)" in China. They were granted the Two Bombs and One Satellite Merit Medal in 1999.

Death
Ren died on February 12, 2017 in Beijing, aged 101.

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Harvey Lichtenstein

Harvey Lichtenstein (April 9, 1929 – February 11, 2017)  was an American arts administrator.

He was best known for his 32-year tenure (1967–99) as president and executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, or BAM. He led the institution to a renaissance, championing contemporary performance, establishing the Next Wave Festival, and providing a vital venue for dance, theater, music, and collaborations that bridged disciplines. When Lichtenstein retired, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation made the decision to honor his considerable accomplishments by foregoing its own naming rights and dedicating the BAM Harvey Theater in his honor.

Lichtenstein was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Brooklyn College and at Black Mountain College. Lichtenstein died in Manhattan, New York on February 11, 2017 from complications of a stroke, aged 87.

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Lucky Pulpit

Lucky Pulpit (foaled February 10, 2001 – February 13, 2017) was an American Thoroughbred stallion. He stood at Harris Farms in Coalinga, California.

Lucky Pulpit was a son of the Blue Grass Stakes winner Pulpit, who in turn is a son of 1992 United States Horse of the Year A.P. Indy. Lucky Pulpit was the sire of the 2014 Kentucky Derby and 2014 Preakness Stakes winner and subsequent 2014 Horse of the Year, California Chrome.

Lucky Pulpit died of a heart attack in Arcadia, California on February 13, 2017, aged 16.

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Åsleik Engmark

Åsleik Engmark (27 December 1965 – 12 February 2017) was a Norwegian comedian, actor, singer and writer. He was best known for his work as one of the co-founders of the Norwegian cabaret group Lompelandslaget. In Norwegian dubbing, he was well known for voicing Timon in the The Lion King series, Mike Wazowski in the Monsters, Inc. and Woody in the Toy Story series. He was born in Oslo.

Engmark died of an illness on 12 February 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of 51.

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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won a total of five Olympic medals, four silvers and a bronze. He won medals at the 1956 (Melbourne), 1960 (Rome) and 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo). He was born in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Yamanaka died from pneumonia on 10 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 78.

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Bobby Murdoch (footballer, born 1936)

Bobby Murdoch (25 January 1936 – 12 February 2017) was an English footballer. He played as a striker. He played for Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers, Barrow, Stockport County, Carlisle United, Southport and Wigan Athletic. He was also a player-manager for the amateur club South Liverpool. He was born in Garston, Liverpool.

Murdoch died on 12 February 2017, at the age of 81.

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1936 births
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Sara Coward

Sara Coward (30 January 1948 – 12 February 2017) was a British actress. She was born in Eltham, London. She was known for her role as Caroline Sterling in the BBC radio soap opera The Archers. She first appeared in the series in 1977. She had the role as a regular from 1979 until September 2016. She also appeared in the TV series Inspector Morse, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Rumpole of the Bailey.

Coward was told she had breast cancer in 2013. She died on 12 February 2017 in Warwickshire, at the age of 69.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is a Communist party in India. The party emerged from a split from the Communist Party of India in 1964. The CPI(M) was formed at the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of India held in Calcutta from 31 October to 7 November 1964. The power of CPI(M) is concentrated in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. At present in 2016, CPI(M) is leading the state governments in Tripura and Kerala. It also leads the Left Front in West Bengal.

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Beam balance

A beam balance is a device used to measure mass. An object is put into a disk on one side that hangs from one end of a bar. It is balanced with weights at the other end. It has a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm.

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M. K. Stalin

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin better known as M. K. Stalin is an Indian politician,present Chief minister of Tamilnadu and Executive Leader of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party as his father Karunanidhi was ailing illness. He became the 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 2009 to 2011.Stalin is the third son of famous Tamil Nadu politician Karunanidhi, and was born to his second wife, Dayalu Ammal. Stalin became the Minister for Rural Development and Local Administration in the Government of Tamil Nadu after the 2006 Assembly elections. On 29 May 2009, Stalin was nominated as Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. Stalin serves as the Treasurer and the Youth Wing President of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On 3 January 2013, M. Karunanidhi named him as his heir apparent, ending a long time confusion about who would take over the party reins after Karunanidhi's death. He was the Mayor of Chennai from 1996 to 2002.

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Goyescas

Goyescas is a Spanish opera with music by Enrique Granados and libretto by Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar. It is based on the piano work by Granados which is also called Goyescas. As the melodies had already been created for the piano work, the words of the opera had to be chosen to fit them.

The opera was first performed in New York, on January 28, 1916.  It is not performed as often as the piano version.

Story
Granados was inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya.

Principal characters
 Rosario - soprano
 Fernando - tenor
 Pepa - mezzo-soprano
 Paquiro - baritone

Discography
 1955: Consuelo Rubio (Rosario), Ginés Torrano (Fernando), Ana-María Iriarte (Pepa), Manuel Ausensi (Paquiro); Madrid Cantores, Orquesta Nacional de España, Ataúlfo Argenta - (Decca)
 1996: Maria Bayo (Rosario), Ramón Vargas (Fernando), Lola Casariego (Pepa), Enrique Baquerizo (Paquiro); Orfeón Donostiarra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Antoni Ros-Marbà - (Auvidis)
 1997: Carmen González (Rosario), Josep Ruiz (Fernando), Maite Arruabarrena (Pepa), Alfonso Echevarría (Paquiro); Coral de Bilbao, Orquesta de Cadaqués, Gianandrea Noseda - (TRITÓ)
 2001: Rafaella Angeletti (Rosario), Yikun Chung (Fernando), Francesca Franci (Pepa), Davide Damiani (Paquiro); Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos - (Dynamic)

Sources

 The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993. 

1910s operas
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1916 works
Sarah Knauss

Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American supercentenarian, and the world's oldest living person between the death of Canadian woman Marie-Louise Meilleur on April 16, 1998, and her own death from natural causes at age 119 years, 97 days, and also along with Danish-born Americanman Christian Mortensen, who was almost two years younger and died just nine days after Meilleur, the last two living people born before 1884. During the last 40 days of her life, she was also the last living person born before 1885.

Knauss is the second-oldest person in history, after the possibly disputed 122-year-old Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment.

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Bilice (Kotor Varoš)

Bilice is a populated place in the Kotor Varoš Municipality of Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Baština (Kotor Varoš)

Baština is a populated place in the Kotor Varoš Municipality of Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell (February 27, 1771 - February 17, 1832) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts (March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823). He graduated from Brown University (then Rhode Island College) in 1791. He was also appointed by James Madison to the Diplomatic Service in France in 1811. Russell was one of the five commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain in 1814, ending the War of 1812. Jonathan Russell died in Milton, Massachusetts on February 17, 1832 (aged 60). His final resting place is in the Russell Family Cemetery (Milton, Massachusetts).
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Inferior temporal gyrus

The inferior temporal gyrus is the part of the brain that helps you process shades

Anatomy of the brain
Ta Phong Tan

Tạ Phong Tần (born September 15, 1968 in Vĩnh Lợi District, Bạc Liêu Province)  is a Vietnamese blogger.  She was a member of the Vietnamese Communist Party and an  officer in the Vietnamese security forces. In 2013 she received an International Women of Courage Award.

In 2006, she started a blog “Truth and Justice.”  She wrote about news and politics.  In 2011, she went to prison.  She was convicted of propaganda against the state. 

She was freed from prison on September 19, 2015. She went to live in the United States.

Awards  

International Women of Courage Award, 2013
FreeThe20 campaign

References

Other websites 

 2013 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Living people
Vietnamese people
Bloggers
Pusheen

Pusheen is a cartoon cat and an internet meme. She is seen in comic strips and sticker sets on Facebook. Some of the stickers are animated.  Pusheen was created in 2010 by Hilary Duff a comic strip on her website, Everyday Cute. 

The original comic strip series used characters modeled after her owners, Belton and Duff. Also included was their dog named Care, and Pusheen, a female chubby gray tabby cat based on Belton's cat that now lives with her parents in Oregon. Pusheen's name comes from the word puisín, which means kitten in Irish.

Social media 

Pusheen is an example of the popularity of cats on the Internet and in social media.  An exhibition at the New York City Museum of the Moving Image used Pusheen along with other celebrity cats such as Grumpy Cat, Keyboard Cat and Lil Bub as examples. 

The Facebook page for Pusheen has over 8.9 million followers as of March 2020. 

The brand has expanded with merchandise from Barnes & Noble, Hot Topic, and Petco. Pusheen is also now seen on: Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter. The Pusheen Corp has created a mobile app to go along with their sticker collection that started on Facebook.  Also, the company has started releasing GIFs on their website several times a month.

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Internet celebrities
Fictional cats
Individual animals
Mary Akrami

Mary Akrami is an activist from Afghanistan.  She started the Afghan Women Skills Development Center, a women's shelter in Kabul.  In 2007 she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Life 

Akrami grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan.  During the war with the Taliban, her family left Afghanistan and went to live in Pakistan.  Akrami got a BBA degree in Administration and Economy from Peshawar in Pakistan.

Work 

Akrami worked with a group of women to start classes in English and computer literacy for Afghan women in refugee camps.  They got help from the Aurat Foundation (an NGO in Pakistan) and the Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC). 

In 2001, Akrami went to the Afghan Civil Society meeting in Bonn, Germany.  After the war, she went back to 
Afghanistan and started an economic development project for women in the small village of Ghazni. In April, she started a women's shelter with the help of Norwegian church Aid (NCA). The shelter provides psychological counseling and legal aid. 

To promote human rights for women, they started a  peace building program in the Parwan province. They started 12 peace committees 6 and 1 central Shura in each district.  Women have 50% representation in the peace committees.

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1970s births
Living people
BBC 100 Women
Hans Trass

Hans-Voldemar Trass  (2 May 1928 – 14 February 2017) was an Estonian ecologist and botanist. He was a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences from 1975 until his death. He was the president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society from 1964 to 1973 and 1985 to 1991. He was awarded the Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology in 1992.

Trass was born in Tallinn. He was married to Estonian Raine Loo. The couple had a son, composer and organist Toomas Trass.

Trass died on 14 February 2017, at the age of 88.

Related pages
List of Estonian scientists
List of ecologists

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2017 deaths
Botanists
Ecologists
People from Tallinn
Estonian scientists
Ricardo Arias Calderón

Ricardo Arias Calderón (4 May 1933 – 13 February 2017) was a Panamanian politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the first Vice President of Panama from 1989 to 1992.

Arias was born in Panama City. He studied at Yale and the Sorbonne. He was a Roman Catholic. He was married to Theresa and had four children.

Arias died on 13 February 2017 in Panama City, at the age of 83.

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Politicians
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The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish folk rock band. The members are twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962). They are best known for the songs "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Sunshine on Leith", "I'm on My Way" and "Letter from America". They are also known for singing with a Scottish accent.

The Reid brothers were born in Leith. They are fans of Hibernian and support Scottish independence.

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1962 births
Living people
Musical groups established in 1983
People from Edinburgh
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Scottish singers
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Jared Kushner

Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American real estate investor and developer and newspaper publisher. He was the senior advisor to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.

Career 
With White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, he forms Trump's leadership team. Kushner is said to be President Trump's most trusted advisor, showing "unwavering loyalty" to his father-in-law.

In August 24, 2017, Jared Kushner visited Israel to meet  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He went to Palestine to meet President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to restart a peace process in the Middle East.

Kushner married Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump in 2009. They have three children.

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Real estate developers
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Woody Johnson

Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV (born April 12, 1947) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom since August 29, 2017. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson), and the owner of the New York Jets of the National Football League.

Johnson was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom by then President-elect Donald Trump on January 19, 2017.

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Businesspeople from New Jersey
Businesspeople from New York City
Ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom
Politicians from New Jersey
Politicians from New York City
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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997) was an American singer and musician. He was also known as Bruddah Iz. He is best known for his versions of the songs "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", recorded in 1988 and released in 1993. He also played the ukulele to his songs. He was a Native Hawaiian and supported independence of the U.S. state to become a sovereignty.

Kamakawiwoʻole was born in Honolulu. He was married to Marlene. The couple had a daughter, Ceslieanne (born ).

Kamakawiwoʻole had health issues because of his obesity. He died on June 26, 1997, in Honolulu, at the age of 38.

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Deaths from heart failure
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Native Hawaiians
Elisabeth Rehn

Märta Elisabeth Rehn (née Carlberg; born 6 April 1935) is a Finnish politician. She is a Swedish-speaking Finn, and was a member of the Swedish People's Party. She was the Minister of Defence from 1990 to 1995. She was also an Undersecretary General of the United Nations from 1995 to 1999.

Rehn was born in Helsinki. She was married to Ove Rehn from 1955 until his death in 2004. They had four children. She has survived cancer twice.

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1935 births
Living people
Breast cancer survivors
Politicians from Helsinki
Talking Body

"Talking Body" is a 2014 electropop song from singer and songwriter Tove Lo. The song was released to American contemporary hit radio on January 13, 2015 by Republic Records. The song comes from her studio album Queen of the Clouds (2014).

The song is about trying to seduce someone into sex.

"Talking Body" hit #12 on Billboard Hot 100.

References

Pop songs
2014 songs
Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song)

"Bang Bang" is a pop-soul ballad from Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. The song is about female empowerment, sex and feminism.

The song was released on July 29, 2014 as the lead single from Jessie J's studio album Sweet Talker (2014). The song is also off Grande's album My Everything (2014).

"Bang Bang" began at #1 in the United Kingdom. It hit the Top Ten in several countries, like Australia, Canada and the United States.

It won Favorite Song of the Year at the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon.

References

Pop ballads
2014 songs
Ariana Grande songs
Albion, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Albion is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 20,449.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Jackson County, Wisconsin
Alma, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Alma is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,044.

References 

Towns in Wisconsin
Province of South Carolina

The Province of South Carolina (also known as the South Carolina Colony) was originally part of the Province of Carolina in British America. In 1776 the province became the U.S. state of South Carolina.

The Carolinas were named for King Charles II of England. The colony was first named "Carolana". Charles II had given the land to a group of eight nobles called the Lords Proprietors. In 1712 the Carolina Province split into the Province of North Carolina and Province of South Carolina. Both provinces became British royal colonies in 1729.

Lord Charles Montagu (1741-1784) was Royal Governor of the Province of South Carolina from 1766 to 1773.

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Bear Bluff, Wisconsin

Bear Bluff is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 138.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Brockway, Wisconsin

Brockway is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,828.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Jayalalithaa

Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian actor who became a politician. She served five terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, for over fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. From 1989 she was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a  Dravidian party. She was praised and popularly called by the party members as "Amma"(meaning: mother), "Thanga Tharagai" (meaning: Golden Maiden) and "Puratchi Thalaivi" (the woman revolutionary leader). 

Jayalalithaa first came into prominence as a leading film actor in the mid-1960s. She appeared in 140 films between 1961 and 1980 in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. She also earned the name of "Queen of Tamil Cinema."

In 1991 Jayalalithaa became Tamil Nadu's youngest chief minister. Despite a monthly salary of Rs.1, she made a grand marriage for her foster son Sudhakaran, lavishly spending. In the 1996 election, the AIADMK was nearly wiped out . Jayalalithaa herself lost her seat. The new DMK government filed several corruption cases against her, and she spend time in jail. Her fortunes revived in the 1998 general election, as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam became a key component of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee government that her withdrawal of support thrown the BJP government without majority and further triggered to another general election just in a year in 1999. 

She died in 5 December 2016 due to cardiac arrest according to the reports of the Apollo Hospitals. However, there remain questions about her death

Tamil Nadu politicians
City Point, Wisconsin

City Point is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 182.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Cleveland, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Cleveland is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 481.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Curran, Wisconsin

Curran is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 343.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Franklin, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Franklin is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 448.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Garden Valley, Wisconsin

Garden Valley is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 422.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Garfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Garfield is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 638.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Hixton (town), Wisconsin

Hixton is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 652.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Jackson County, Wisconsin
Irving, Wisconsin

Irving is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 751.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Knapp, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Knapp is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 299.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Komensky, Wisconsin

Komensky is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 509.

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Dinocephalosaurus

Dinocephalosaurus is a genus of long necked, aquatic Archosaurs which lived in the Triassic seas. Its fossils are found in 244 ± 1.3 million year old rocks.  

Didocephalosaurus means "terrible headed lizard". The first specimen found was just a skull, discovered near Xinmin in Guizhou Province, China in 2002. The second specimen found nearby, and was the head and much of the postcrainal skeleton, minus the tail. Dinocephalosaurus is the "first record of protorosaurid reptile (Order Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of China".

A new specimen found in Yunnan Province, southern China, showed evidence of live births (ovoviviparity). This is the earliest known example of this in the large group of tetrapods which includes dinosaurs, crocodiles, pterosaurs and birds.

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Manchester, Wisconsin

Manchester is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 704.

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Melrose, Wisconsin

Melrose is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 470.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Millston, Wisconsin

Millston is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 159.

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Towns in Wisconsin
North Bend, Wisconsin

North Bend is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 488.

References

Other websites 

 

Towns in Wisconsin
Northfield, Wisconsin

Northfield is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 639.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Springfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Springfield is a town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 623.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

Ashwaubenon is a village in Brown County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2014 the population was 17,111.

References

Other websites 

 Official village website

Villages in Wisconsin
Brown County, Wisconsin
Auburndale, Wisconsin

Auburndale is a village in Wood County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2014 the population was 679.

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Villages in Wisconsin
Wood County, Wisconsin
Avoca, Wisconsin

Avoca is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2014 the population was 627.

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Villages in Wisconsin
Iowa County, Wisconsin
Bagley, Wisconsin

Bagley is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2014 the population was 366.

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Villages in Wisconsin
Grant County, Wisconsin
Baldwin, Wisconsin

Baldwin is a village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2014 the population was 3,960.

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Villages in Wisconsin
Cady, Wisconsin

Cady is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 821.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Cylon, Wisconsin

Cylon is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 683.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Eau Galle, St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Eau Galle is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,139.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Emerald, Wisconsin

Emerald is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 853.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Erin Prairie, Wisconsin

Erin Prairie is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 688.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Forest, St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Forest is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,080.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Glenwood, Wisconsin

Glenwood is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of the 2010 census the population was 785.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Hammond, Wisconsin

Hammond is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2014 the population was 1,910.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Kinnickinnic, Wisconsin

Kinnickinnic is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2010 the population was 1,722.

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Towns in Wisconsin
Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin

Pleasant Valley is a town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2014 the population was 523.

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