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List of cities and towns in North Carolina

This is a list of all cities and towns in North Carolina with more than 25,000 people. It is in order by how many people they have.

Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Durham
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville
Cary
Wilmington
High Point
Greenville
Asheville
Concord
Gastonia
Jacksonville
Chapel Hill
Rocky Mount
Burlington
Wilson
Huntersville
Kannapolis
Apex
Hickory
Goldsboro
Indian Trail
Salisbury
Monroe
Mooresville
Wake Forest
New Bern
Sanford
Matthews
Holly Springs
Thomasville
Garner
Cornelius
Asheboro
Statesville

Lists about U.S. states
Lists of settlements in the United States
The Works Tour

The Works Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band Queen. During the tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985.

Tour dates

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
This concert was part of "Rock In Rio"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Tour band
John Deacon – Bass guitar, Vocals
Brian May – Lead guitar, Vocals
Freddie Mercury – Lead vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals
Additional musicians:
Spike Edney – Keyboards, piano, Vocals, Rhythm guitar (Hammer to Fall)

References

Queen (band)
Concert tours
Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is a 1,208 acre (488.86 ha) park along the lakefront of Chicago, Illinois' North Side, facing Lake Michigan. It is Chicago's largest public park. It is named after Abraham Lincoln. 

It stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Ohio Street (600 N) on the south to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue.

Several museums and a zoo are located between North Avenue (1600 N) and Diversey Parkway (2800 N) in the neighborhood that takes its name from the park, Lincoln Park. The park further to the north is surrounded by parkland, beaches, recreational areas, nature reserves, and harbors. 

To the south, there is a more narrow strip of beaches east of Lake Shore Drive, almost to downtown. With 20 million visitors a year, Lincoln Park is the second most visited park in the United States.

Parks in Chicago
Durham TurfDogs

Durham TurfDogs is a professional indoor lacrosse team that plays in Oshawa, Ontario. It is part of the Canadian Lacrosse League. The team started playing in 2012. Its home games are played in the GM Centre.

Canadian Lacrosse League
Sport in Ontario
Chicago Riverwalk

The Chicago Riverwalk is an open, pedestrian waterfront located on the south bank of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It spans from Lake Shore Drive to Franklin Street. It is often called the city's "Second Lakefront". It contains lush green spaces, cafes, retail spaces and is an overall "great place where office workers and families can relax, and a great place to get a bite to eat.”

References

Parks in Chicago
Ohsweken Demons

The Ohsweken Demons is a professional indoor lacrosse team that plays in Hagersville, Ontario. It is part of the Canadian Lacrosse League. The team plays its home games in Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

The team played its first season in 2012. It won the Creators' Cup league championship that year.

Canadian Lacrosse League
Sport in Ontario
Wacker Drive

Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River. The street is a multilevel street. 

The vast majority of it is double-decked; the upper level intended for local traffic, and the lower level for through-traffic and trucks servicing buildings on the road (and originally a dock).

Roads in Chicago
Hagersville, Ontario

Hagersville is a town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. It is about 45 kilometers southwest of Hamilton, Ontario. According to the 2011 census, the town's population is 2,579.

The town started in 1855, when a roadway (now Ontario Highway 6) was built through the area. It started growing after the Canadian Southern Railway built a line through the area in 1870. During World War II, the Royal Canadian Air Force built a training school near the town.

The Ohsweken Demons of the Canadian Lacrosse League plays its home games at Hagersville.

Towns in Ontario
Johan Witteveen

Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch economist, retired  politician and author. He was a member of the Senate (1958–63; 1971–73) and the House of Representatives (1963; 1965–67) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

He was Minister of Finance (1963–65; 1967–71) and managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1973–78). He also wrote books on Universal Sufism and economics.

He was the father of Willem Witteveen.

References

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1921 births
2019 deaths
Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands
Dutch academics
Dutch civil servants
Dutch economists
Dutch esotericists
Former members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Government ministers of the Netherlands
Managing Directors of the International Monetary Fund
People from Zeist
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
Politicians from Utrecht (province)
Sufis
Writers from Utrecht (province)
Clifford Husbands

Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands, GCMG, KA, QC (5 August 1926 – 11 October 2017) was a Barbadian politician. He was the Governor-General of Barbados. He held this office from 1996, when he was appointed after the death of Dame Nita Barrow, until he retired on 31 October 2011. 

Husbands died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 2017 at the age of 91.

On 7 July 2009 his wife Lady Ruby Husbands (née Parris) died.

References

1926 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Governors-General of Barbados
Haldimand County

Haldimand County is a single-tier municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is on the nothern shore of Lake Erie, on the Niagara Peninsula.

The county was created in 1800 from part of Norfolk County. In 1974, Haldimand was merged with Norfolk County to form the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. In 2001, they were separated into two counties again.

The main towns in Haldimand County are:
 Jarvis
 Hagersville
 Caledonia
 Cayuga
 Dunnville
There are also several smaller communities across the county. Two of the major highways through the area are Ontario Highway 3 and Ontario Highway 6. Rock Point Provincial Park is in the county.

The county's population according to the 2011 census is 44,876. The county is part of the federal riding of Haldimand—Norfolk and the provincial riding of Haldimand—Norfolk.

Counties of Ontario
César Pelli

César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect. He was known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. 

In 1991, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects. His many awards include the 1995 AIA Gold Medal.

Perhaps his most famous work are the Petronas Twin Towers, which were for a time the world's tallest buildings. He also designed the World Financial Center complex in downtown Manhattan.

Pelli died on July 19, 2019 at his home in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 92.

References

Other website

1926 births
2019 deaths
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Argentine people
American architects
Uhm Ji-won

Uhm Ji-won (born December 25, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in The Scarlett Letter, Traces of Love, The Good, the Bad, and the Weird, Like You Know It All, and in Hope.

Uhm married architect Oh Young-wook on May 27, 2014 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul.

References

Other websites 
 
 

1977 births
Living people
South Korean actors
Watsonville, California

Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, along the Pajaro River. The population was  51,199 according to the 2010 census.

References

Cities in California
Santa Cruz County, California
David Sills

David G. Sills (March 21, 1938 – August 23, 2011) was an American jurist. Sills served as the presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. He is a former mayor of Irvine, California. He was married to the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan.

Sills died in Irvine, California, aged 73.

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1938 births
2011 deaths
Reagan family
American mayors
American judges
People from Peoria, Illinois
Jack Hogan

Jack Hogan (born Richard Roland Benson, Jr.; November 25, 1929) is an American actor. He is most notable for the role of PFC William G. Kirby on the 1960s TV show Combat!.

References

Other websites

1929 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from North Carolina
Dundas, Illinois

Dundas is an unincorporated community in Richland County, Illinois, United States. Dundas is  north of Olney. Dundas has a post office with ZIP code 62425.

References

Unincorporated communities in Illinois
Sock puppet (internet)

A sockpuppet is a false identity used on the Internet intended to hide a person's real identity. Another word to describe a sock puppet would be alter ego. Often, a sock puppet identity is used to promote ideas or gather intelligence anonymously. Very often, they are used by individuals on the Internet praising themselves while pretending to be someone else. Politicians have frequently been accused of using sock puppets. Straw man sockpuppets are designed to create political mischief (making fun of an opponent's position for example). It can make it appear many people hold a certain opinion, when in fact that is false. Many online communities attempt to block sockpuppets.

History 
The term "sockpuppet" was used as early as July 9, 1993. By 1996 it was in general use.  The Oxford English Dictionary at first defined it as "a person whose actions are controlled by another". In 2000 the U.S. News and World Report associated the word minion with a sock puppet. In 2006, an aide to a Republican congressman was caught posting messages on Democratic Party sites. Using a false identity the aide was trying to convince Democrats not to support a certain candidate.

Other examples 

 The history of reviewing one's own work under another name predates the Internet. Walt Whitman and Anthony Burgess both reviewed their own books under pseudonyms (false names). 

 Benjamin Franklin was known to have used many pseudonyms. Some were invented to avoid censorship. Other alter egos were to invent people to argue every side of an issue. Some of his invented names were for the purpose of satire. Others were for humor to entertain his readers. 

 US Intelligence agencies use sockpuppets to hide the identities of people collecting intelligence. The Huffington Post ran an article a software provider working with the US agencies on software to help manage multiple online identities. 

 On October 21, 2013 the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) condemned paid advocacy sockpuppeting on Wikipedia and, on October 23, specifically banned editing by the public relations firm Wiki-PR.

Meatpuppet
A meatpuppet is similar to a sockpuppet, except a person joins users to a website, such as Wikipedia, to be used with sockpuppet behaviors. Such users are actually real individuals that come to support another user. If a person uses real people to create accounts that support that person's opinions, this form of meatpuppetry is often called "astroturfing", a type of false impression of support.

References

Other websites 
 Unmask Wikipedia sock puppets by the way they write
 How to Recognize an Internet Sockpuppet 
 Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media

Internet
Dick Wagner

Richard Allen "Dick" Wagner (December 14, 1942 – July 30, 2014) was an American rock music guitarist, songwriter and author. He was best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and KISS. He also fronted his own Michigan-based bands, the Frost and the Bossmen.

On July 30, 2014, Wagner died of respiratory failure at the age of 71. He had contracted a lung infection as a complication of recent heart surgery.

References

Other websites
Official website
Production Company
Official Book Website

Interview on Outsight Radio Hours

1942 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
American guitarists
American singer-songwriters
Musicians from Iowa
Writers from Iowa
Dick Smith (make-up artist)

Richard Emerson "Dick" Smith (June 26, 1922 - July 30, 2014) was an American special effects make-up artist (nicknamed "The Godfather of Make-Up"). He was known for his work on such movies as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, and Scanners. 

He won a 1985 Academy Award for Makeup for his work on Amadeus and received a 2012 Honorary Academy Award for his career's work.

Smith died from a long illness at the age of 92.

References

Other websites

Dick Smith's website
Dick Smith Legends of Makeup Scholarship at Cinema Makeup School 

1922 births
2014 deaths
Academy Award winning make-up artists
Make-up artists
Artists from New York
Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles
Peter Hall (planner)

Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall, FBA (19 March 1932 – 30 July 2014) was an English town planner and human geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, a Faculty of University College London. He was President of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association.

Hall died on 30 July 2014 at the age of 82.

References

Other websites
 Interview in The Guardian, 2007

1932 births
2014 deaths
British educators
British geographers
Scientists from London
Urban planners
Writers from London
Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki (January 9, 1944 - July 30, 2014) was a German filmmaker.

Farocki was born in Neutitschein, Sudetenland.

He has made over 90 movies, most of them were documentaries. Farocki studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1966 to 1968. He was a teacher at the University of California, Berkeley from 1993 to 1999.

Farocki died in Berlin from an illness, aged 70.

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1944 births
2014 deaths
German movie directors
German educators
Mukku Raju

Mukku Raju () (born Sagiraju Rajamraju) (died July 31, 2014) was a Tollywood movie actor. He started his career as choreographer but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 movies. He got Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his movie 1940 Lo Oka Gramam.

Raju died at the age of 83 after a short illness. His funeral will take place at Cherukuvada.

References

1930s births
2014 deaths
Indian movie actors
Kenny Ireland

George Ian Kenneth "Kenny" Ireland (7 August 1945 – 31 July 2014) was a Scottish actor and theatre director. He was best known to television viewers as part of Victoria Wood's "rep company" in the BBC series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV. He played Donald in Benidorm from 2007 until his death in 2014.

Ireland died on 31 July 2014 from brain cancer, aged 68.

References

Other websites
 

1945 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer
Scottish movie actors
Scottish television actors
Scottish theatre directors
Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad (; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer who recorded a lot of music with many artists including Ahmad Jamal, Grant Green, Grover Washington, Hank Crawford, Gene Ammons, and Houston Person.

Muhammad died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was 74.

References

Other websites
 Interview in Allaboutjazz
 Artist and album page of Lipstick Records 

1939 births
2014 deaths
American jazz musicians
American drummers
Musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana
Nabarun Bhattacharya

Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian Bengali writer. He was committed to a revolutionary and philosophy.

Bhattacharya was born at Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal. He was the only child of actor Bijon Bhattacharya and writer Mahashweta Devi.

He was known for his novel, Herbert (1993), which was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, and adapted into a movie of the same name in 2005, by Suman Mukhopadhyay.

Bhattacharya died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kolkata on 31 July 2014, aged 66.

References

1948 births
2014 deaths
Cancer deaths in India
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Indian writers
Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American television romantic comedy-drama television series. It was created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. It was broadcast from 1998 until 2004.

The show has 94 episodes. Throughout its six-year run, it was made by various producers, writers and directors.

The series stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon. They play four friends who live in New York City.

The series was followed by two movies, Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010) and prequel TV series The Carrie Diaries.

1998 American television series debuts
2004 American television series endings
1990s American drama television series
1990s American sitcoms
1990s comedy-drama television series
1990s romance television series
2000s American drama television series
2000s American sitcoms
2000s comedy-drama television series
2000s romance television series
American comedy-drama television series
Romantic comedy television series

Television series about friendship
Television series set in New York City
English-language television programs
Kristin Davis

Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 24, 1965) is an American actress. 

She first rose to fame for playing the role of Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place (1995-1996) and went on to achieve greater success as Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City (1998-2004). For her role on Sex and the City, she received an Emmy Award nomination in 2004. 

Her movies include Deck the Halls (2006), Sex and the City: The Movie (2008), Couples Retreat (2009). and Sex and the City 2 (2010).

References

Other websites

 
 
 Barnes and Noble biography 
 Kristin Davis at Emmys.com

1965 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
Actors from Colorado
Helen Slater

Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15, 1963) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She played Sandy Kessler in Ruthless People, and Bonnie Rayburn in City Slickers.

Other movies include Supergirl and The Secret of My Success.

Slater was born in Bethpage, New York. She is of Jewish descent.

References

Other websites 
 

1963 births
Living people
Actors from New York
American movie actors
American television actors
Jewish American actors
Singer-songwriters from New York
Jaimee Foxworth

Jaimee Foxworth (born December 17, 1979 in Belleville, Illinois) is an African-American actress and model. 

She is best known for her role of Judy Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters for four seasons (1989-1993). She later became a pornographic actress under the name Crave.

References

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1979 births
Living people
Actors from Illinois
African American actors
African-American sex industry people
American child actors
American pornographic actors
American television actors
Models from Illinois
People from Belleville, Illinois
Roshumba Williams

Roshumba Williams (born August 1, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, US) is an American model.

She first became known for her appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in the early 1990s.  She also works as an actress and reality TV show judge. Her career began in 1987.

References

Other websites

1968 births
Living people
Models from Chicago
Heather Kuzmich

Heather Kuzmich (born April 19, 1986) is an American fashion model. She lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she is studying video game design. She is best known for being a contestant of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9, in which she was the fourth runner-up of the show. 

During the show, it was revealed that Kuzmich has Asperger syndrome and ADHD.

References

Other websites
Heather Kuzmich Famous people with Asperger Syndrome

1986 births
Living people
Models from Chicago
Jorge Jacobson

Jorge Alberto Jacobson (25 February 1936 – 31 July 2014) was an Argentine radio and television journalist and newscaster. He was anchor of Telefe Noticias from 1997 to 2010 and as host in AM Del Plata, Radio 10 and Radio Continental. He was of Jewish descent.

Jacobson died from a heart attack in Buenos Aires, aged 78.

References

1936 births
2014 deaths
Argentine Jews
Argentine writers
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Jewish writers
People from Buenos Aires
Argentine journalists
Gogó Andreu

Ricardo César Andreu (27 July 1919 – 1 May 2012) was an Argentine actor, comedian and musician. He was known for his roles in Crosswords (2003), India pravile (2003), and in Gemini (2005).

Andreu was born in a family of actors. When he was 12 years old the tango singer José Razzano, brought him to the Broadway theatre where he met Carlos Gardel.

Andreu died in Buenos Aires from respiratory failure, aged 92.

References

Other websites
 

1919 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
Argentine movie actors
Argentine stage actors
Argentine television actors
Argentine comedians
Actors from Buenos Aires
Javier Portales

Javier Portales (Miguel Ángel Álvarez; 21 April 1937 - 14 October 2003) was an Argentine actor with work in television, movie and theater. He was known for his role in the 1962 movie Una Jaula no tiene secretos.

References

Other websites
 

1937 births
2003 deaths
Argentine actors
Argentine comedians
Abel Santa Cruz

Abel Santa Cruz (1915 - February 4, 1995 in Buenos Aires) was a major Argentine screenwriter. He has been thanked for writing nearly 130 movies spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema.

Santa Cruz first wrote the script for a movie called Un Señor mucamo in 1940. Ten years later in 1950 that his career had a breakthrough with his adaption of the Oscar Wilde play, The Importance of Being Earnest in Al compás de tu mentira.

In 1963 he wrote the script to the gangster comedy Alias Flequillo.  In 1969 he wrote the script to the Fernando Ayala movie  El Profesor Hippie.

Other websites
 

1915 births
1995 deaths
Argentine screenwriters
Writers from Buenos Aires
Juan Carlos Altavista

Juan Carlos Altavista (Buenos Aires, January 4, 1929 - July 20, 1989) was an Argentine actor and comedian. He was known for his roles in Mingo y Anibal, dos pelotazos en contra (1984), Mingo y Aníbal contra los fantasmas (1985), and in Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada (1986).

Altavista died in Buenos Aires on 20 July 1989, due to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, aged 60.

Other websites
 

1929 births
1989 deaths
Argentine movie actors
Argentine television actors
Argentine comedians
Actors from Buenos Aires
Luminous paint

Luminous paint or luminescent paint is a kind of paint that gives off visible light and that glows in the dark. There are several ways this can be done:
It is possible to convert invisible UV light into visible light. Typically, blue light, and the near-blue part of UV light is changed to a bigger wavelength, such as blue-green, yellow or red. This effect is known as fluorescence. At the same intensity, tones of red or yellow appear brighter to the human eye. This kind of paint is used for high-visibility clothing, for example.

It is possible to store the energy of the light, and to emit this energy in the form of visible light later on. The effect is known as phosphorescence. Emergency exits are marked with this kind of paint.
A  radioactive substance can be used; the energy of this radioactive decay can be converted into visible light. Today, the radiation of these substances is shielded easily, since the substances used only emit alpha radiation, or low-energy beta radiation. At the beginning of the 20th century, radium isotopes were used, which led to a number of cases of radiation poisoning; one of the most prominent cases is that of the Radium girls.

Related pages 
Luminosity
Luminescence
Bioluminescence

Paints
National Holiday (Quebec)

National Holiday of Quebec () is the official national holiday in the Canadian province of Quebec celebrating its national culture and language. It takes place annually on June 24th.

Other websites

  

Quebec
Holidays
Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932) was the first King of Norway. According to traditions today in Norway and Iceland, during the 12th and 13th centuries, he was king from 872 to 930. Most of what we know about him comes from several sagas, written up to three centuries after he died.

Life 

He was the son of Halvdan the Black. Harald was the first petty king to gain control of the coastal areas of Norway. After the battle of Hafrsfjord in 872 Harald became king of most of Norway. It was the last of a series of battles between Harald and other feudal states in Norway. 

Because of Skaldic poems (poems honouring heroes in Scandinavia), we know that he was successful in fighting against his opponents in Norway. Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, his two sons, became King after he died of old age. 

Fairhair may have had as many as 11-20 sons according to different Sagas. Twelve of them became Kings and were all assigned land.

Notes

References

More reading 
Viking Empires by Angelo Forte, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen (Cambridge University Press. June 2005)
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings Peter Sawyer, Editor (Oxford University Press, September 2001)
 Jakobsson, Sverrir, "Erindringen om en mægtig personlighed : den norsk-islandske historiske tradisjon om Harald Hårfagre i et kildekristisk perspektiv]," Historisk tidsskrift, 81 (2002), 213–30. 
 Raffensperger, Christian, "Shared (Hi)Stories: Vladimir of Rus' and Harald Fairhair of Norway," The Russian Review, 68,4 (2009), 569-582.

850 births
932 deaths
Kings and Queens of Norway
One Wall Centre

One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, is a mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. From 2001 to 2008, it was Vancouver's tallest building until the Living Shangri-La was built. The tower has 25 hotel floors in the lower levels with 344 rooms and 17 condo floors in the upper levels with 74 units. There are another 389 hotel rooms that are found in the connected Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel. In 2001, the building was awarded the Emporis Skyscraper Award for Best New Skyscraper.

The building was featured in the 2006 movie X-Men: The Last Stand as the Worthington labs building that they used to give the cure to the mutants.

References

Other websites 

Official website
Official hotel website
Emporis.com - One Wall Centre
SkycraperPage.com – One Wall Centre

Hotels
Skyscrapers in Canada
Vancouver
Berkley Bedell

Berkley Warren Bedell (March 5, 1921 – December 7, 2019) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served as representatives from 1975 to 1987. Bedell was a Democrat and supported Barack Obama in 2012. He was an active critic on Ronald Reagan during his presidency.

Bedell died in Naples, Florida on December 7, 2019 of a stroke-related problems, aged 98.

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1921 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Florida
Businesspeople from Iowa
United States representatives from Iowa
US Democratic Party politicians
Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress, dancer and model. She was known for her appearances in the movies I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Summer of Sam, and Crash, and in the television series Spin City, The Looney Tunes Show, Samantha Who?, and Blue Bloods.

References

Other websites
 
 

1973 births
Living people
Actors from New York City
American dancers
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Models from New York City
Valyantsin Byalkevich

Valyantsin Byalkevich (; 27 January 1973 – 1 August 2014), also sometimes spelled "Valiantsin Bialkevich") was a Belarusian football player. He is known for being a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2008 and their all-time leader in assists.

Byalkevich died on 1 August 2014, after suffering from a blood clot.

References

1973 births
2014 deaths
Belarusian footballers
Deaths from blood clot

People from Minsk
Tavernier, Florida

Tavernier is a census-designated place (CDP) and Unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on Key Largo. It is the largest island in the upper Florida Keys. Tavernier's population was 2,173 at the 2000 census.

Census-designated places in Florida
Unincorporated communities in Florida
Patricia Barry

Patricia Barry (November 16, 1922 – October 11, 2016) was an American movie and television actress and philanthropist. She was known for her roles in Riders of the Whistling Pines, Dear Heart, Send Me No Flowers, Safe at Home!, and in Sea of Love.

Barry was nominated for an Emmy Award three times during her career. She retired in 2001.

Barry was born in Davenport, Iowa. She studied at Stephens College. Barry married Philip Barry, Jr.  in 1950. They had two children. Philip Barry died in 1998.

Barry died on October 11, 2016 at her home in Los Angeles, California from natural causes, aged 93.

Some movies she was in
 Cry Wolf (1947)
 The Man I Love (1947)
 Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
 The Undercover Man (1949)
 The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
 The Donna Reed Show (1961)
 Dear Heart (1964)
 Kitten with a Whip (1964)
 Send Me No Flowers (1964)
 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)
 Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
 Sea of Love (1989)

References

Other websites

1922 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from natural causes
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American philanthropists
Actors from Davenport, Iowa
Richard Anderson

Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American actor in movie and television. His best-known role was that of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in both television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.

Anderson died on August 31, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California of congestive heart failure, aged 91.

References

Other websites

 
 
 
 An hour long video interview with Retro Rewind covering his career  (from 2010)

1926 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from congestive heart failure
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Los Angeles
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from New Jersey
Earl Holliman

Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928) is an American actor. Holliman was known for his roles in Forbidden Planet, Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and in The Sons of Katie Elder. He won a Golden Globe Award in 1956.

References

Other websites

Earl Holliman Fan website

Golden Globe Award winning actors
1928 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Louisiana
Jan Roar Leikvoll

Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian author. He was born in Bergen. 

Leikvoll made his debut in 2008 with the novel A Winter Story, followed by The Violins (2010), The Bovara Monastery (2012) and The Songbird in 2013. 

He was awarded Nynorsk Literature Prize for The Violins and Stig Sæterbakkens memorial prize for his three first novels. Leikvoll died on 1 August 2014 from a brain tumor, aged 40.

References

1974 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from brain cancer
Norwegian writers
People from Bergen
Byron White

Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American judge and former football player. he served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. He retired in 1993.

Before becoming an associate justice, White played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions from 1940 to 1941. He played as a halfback.

White died in Denver, Colorado from pneumonia, aged 84.

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Brisbane Roar FC

Brisbane Roar F.C. is a professional soccer club from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It competes in the A-League, under license from Football Federation Australia (FFA). Roar entered the competition as Queensland Roar FC. They won two league Premierships and three Championships. It has competed in two AFC Champions League competitions. Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code, with 36 league matches without defeat. Brisbane Roar are also the first and only club to win two straght A-League championships.

Honours

A-League
Premiers (2): 2010–11,  2013–14
Runners-up (1): 2011–12

A-League Finals
Champions (3): 2011, 2012, 2014

References

Other websites
 Official website

Australian football clubs
2004 establishments in Australia
Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Western Sydney Wanderers F.C. is an Australian professional soccer club from Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, under license from Football Federation Australia (FFA).

Honours
AFC Champions League
Champions (1): 2014

A-League
Premiers (1): 2012–13
Runners-up (1): 2013–14

A-League Finals
Runners-up (2): 2013, 2014

References

Other websites
Official website

Australian football clubs
Central Coast Mariners FC

Central Coast Mariners FC is an Australian professional soccer club from the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia (FFA).

Honours

A-League Premiership
Premiers (2): 2007–08, 2011–12
Runners-Up (2): 2010–11, 2012–13

A-League Championship
Champions (1): 2013
Runners-Up (3): 2006, 2008, 2011

'''A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup
Winners (1): 2005
Runners-Up (1): 2006

References

Other websites
Official website

Australian football clubs
2004 establishments in Australia
Travis Tritt

James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963 in Marietta, GA) is an American country music singer. He is best known for his bluesy, rock-and-roll country songs. In the 1990s he had three number one hits and a string of platinum albums.

Discography
Studio albums
 Country Club (1990)
 It's All About to Change (1991)
 T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1992)
 Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof (1994)
 The Restless Kind (1996)
 No More Looking over My Shoulder (1998)
 Down the Road I Go (2000)
 Strong Enough (2002)
 My Honky Tonk History (2004)
 The Storm (2007)
 The Calm After... (2013)

Singles

"It's a Great Day to Be Alive" (2000)

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1963 births
Living people
Country musicians from Georgia (U.S state)
People from Marietta, Georgia
Warner Bros. Records artists
Manfred Roeder

Manfred Roeder (6 February 1929 – 30 July 2014) was a German lawyer, Wehrmacht soldier, prominent Holocaust denier and convicted extreme-right activist.

Roeder was born in Berlin. He fought in World War II in 1945. In 1997, he stood as the NPD candidate (a far-right party) for Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern during the parliamentary elections, promoting himself as "Chancellor alternative 1998", but was unsuccessful.

Roeder died in Neukirchen on 30 July 2014 at the age of 85.

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Monty M. Wyche

Monty Meares Wyche (December 4, 1926–July 28, 2014) was an American judge. He was a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court based in Benton. He served from 1969 to 1988.

Wyche had jurisdiction in both Bossier and Webster parishes in the northwestern portion of his state.

Wyche died in Shreveport, Louisiana from a long-illness, aged 86.

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1926 births
2014 deaths
American judges
People from Louisiana
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)

The Liberal Democratic Party (abbreviation as LDP or called the Liberal Democrats) is a political party in Australia. It is a libertarian party. It was started in 2001.

The party has one senator, David Leyonhjelm, in the Australian Senate. It also also has two representatives at the local government level in New South Wales.

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Political parties in Australia
2001 establishments in Australia
Australian Country Alliance

The Australian Country Alliance (or ACA) is a small political party in Victoria, Australia. It was started in 2004 as an alternative to the National Party in Victoria. In 2014, the Victoria branch of the Katter's Australian Party merged with the Country Alliance.

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2004 establishments in Australia
Political parties in Australia
Government of New Zealand

The Government of New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. It is based on the Westminster system.

The head of state in New Zealand is the monarch of the United Kingdom. The monarch is represented by the Governor-General. The head of government is the Prime Minister. He is also a member of the Parliament of New Zealand. The current head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand; the current Prime Minister is Jacinda Ardern. The Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet.

Elections are held every 3 years.

New Zealand has been a self-governing country since 1853.

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New Zealand Parliament

The New Zealand Parliament is the legislature of New Zealand. Currently, it has only one chamber, the House of Representatives, which has 120 members.

The parliament was created by the British parliament with the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. It used to have an upper chamber, the New Zealand Legislative Council, but it was abolished in 1962. There have been several proposals to create a new upper chamber but none have passed into law.

Government of New Zealand
List of political parties in New Zealand

Politicians in New Zealand can belong to one of several political parties. Two of the largest parties are the Labour Party and the National Party.

List of major political parties 
The following parties have members in the New Zealand Parliament:
 ACT New Zealand
 Green Party
 Labour Party
 Māori Party
 National Party

List of minor political parties 
The following parties are registered political parties that can stand in elections but currently have no elected members of the New Zealand Parliament:
 Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
 Heartland New Zealand Party
 New Conservative
 New Zealand First
 New Zealand Outdoors Party
 ONE Party
 Social Credit Party
 Sustainable New Zealand Party
 Tea Party New Zealand
 The Opportunities Party (TOP)
 Vision NZ

New Zealand
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)

Wong Tai Sin Temple (黃大仙祠, or literally: the Temple for Big Deity Wong) is a famous temple in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The temple sits on land of about 18,000 m². This temple holds statue of Wong Chor Ping (黃初平) - a well-known celebrity of southern-China during East Jin Dynasty's time.

Transport 
 Hong Kong MTR (港鐵) to Wong Tai Sin Station (黃大仙站). The station is on Kwun Tong Line (觀塘綫) between stops of Lok Fu (樂富站) and Diamond Hill (鑽石山站).

Other websites 

Virtual Tour to Wong Tai Sin Temple
Wong Tai Sin Temple
Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple 
Sik Sik Yuen

Buildings and structures in Hong Kong
Temples in Asia
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Guangzhou)

Wong Tai Sin Temple () is a Taoist temple in Huadi County, Fangcun District, Guangzhou. It is dedicated to the Chinese deity Wong Tai Sin. It is a major tourist attraction. This temple is very famous in the Pearl River Delta.

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Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in southwestern Ohio. At the 2010 United States Census, 60,608 people lived there. It is the county seat of Clark County.

The city was founded in 1801. It was incorporated in 1827 as a village, and as a city in 1850.

Cities in Ohio
County seats in Ohio
1801 establishments in the United States
1800s establishments in Ohio
Break Free (song)

"Break Free" is a song by American recording artist Ariana Grande. It features Russian-German musician and producer Zedd. The song is the second single from Ariana Grande's second studio album My Everything (2014). It premiered on July 2, 2014 on Total Ariana Live, which is a revival of the MTV show Total Request Live, and was released later that day.

Release
"Break Free" made its premiere during the one-day revival of the MTV show Total Request Live in a half-hour special titled Total Ariana Live on July 2, 2014. Hours after the song's premiere, it was released several hours later. It soon reached number one on the iTunes sales chart.

Music video
The music video made its premiere on YouTube on August 12, 2014. It happened an hour after its official announcement was made. It premiered on television three days later on Disney Channel during the premiere of the original movie How to Build a Better Boy.

The plot consists of Grande on a fictional planet giving up her allegiance to an evil regime and freeing a group of prisoners from their cages. She is then attacked by a giant robot and the planet's overlord. Her character succeeds in killing the villain, and the clip ends with Grande and the prisoners she rescued flying away in a spaceship. The song's producer Zedd makes an appearance.

References

Other websites
 
 Music video on Vevo
 Full lyrics of this song  at MetroLyrics

2014 songs
Metatarsal bones

The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the foot. They are between the tarsal bones of the hind and mid-foot and the phalanges of the toes. 

The metatarsal bones are numbered from the side of the large toe: the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal. They can be numbered with Roman numerals. The metatarsals are like the metacarpal bones of the hand.

The metatarsal bones are often broken by soccer players. This may be caused by the lightweight design of modern football boots, which give less protection to the foot. In 2010 some soccer players began testing a new sock that had a rubber silicon pad over the foot to protect the top of the foot.

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Feet
Bones
Michael Johns (singer)

Michael John Lee (20 October 1978 – 1 August 2014), better known by his stage name Michael Johns, was an Australian singer-songwriter. He was best known for finishing in eighth place on the seventh season of the U.S. television series, American Idol, in 2008.

Johns was born in Perth, Western Australia. He moved to the United States in 1997. He married Stacey Vuduris in 2007.

Johns died from an ankle blood clot and cardiomyopathy on 1 August 2014 in Tustin, California. He was 35. He was later cremated and his remains were sent back to his native Australia.

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Soul musicians
Warren Bennis

Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author. He is thought to be a pioneer of Leadership studies. Bennis was a University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California.

Bennis died in Los Angeles, California, aged 89.

References

Other websites
 The Leadership Advantage by Warren Bennis, article, full text online 
 The Secrets of Great Groups, article, full text online 
 Creating a Transparent Culture, full text online 
 Warren Bennis biography on Leading Thinkers Board at Best Practice Institute
 Warren Bennis biography at BBC
 Warren Bennis article in Compass

1925 births
2014 deaths
Educators from New York City
Writers from New York City
Harvey Samuel Firestone

Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.

Firestone died peacefully at his vacation home in Miami Beach, Florida at the age of 69 from coronary thrombosis.

References

Other websites
Firestone Tires
Firestone Tires' History
Harvey Firestone: Where the Rubber Meets the Road 

Academy of Achievement's biography on Firestone 
Info Please biography on Harvey Firestone
NNDB biography on Harvey Firestone
Automotive Hall of Fame biography on Harvey Firestone 
About Firestone Canada
Harvey Firestone - Find-a-grave memorial page

1868 births
1938 deaths
Deaths from coronary thrombosis
Businesspeople from Ohio
Columbiana, Ohio

Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 6,384 at the 2010 census.

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Cities in Ohio
House of Representatives of New Zealand

The House of Representatives of New Zealand is the only chamber of the New Zealand legislature. The House and the Queen of New Zealand form the Parliament of New Zealand. There are 120 people who are elected to the House, who are called Members of Parliament.

New Zealand follows the Westminster system of government. It is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister, who are from the party which has a majority in the House of Representatives.

Usually, there are no more than three years between elections in New Zealand. The last elections were in 2011. The next elections are scheduled for 20 September 2014.

Government of New Zealand
C. K. Fauver

Clayton King Fauver (August 1, 1872 – March 3, 1942)  was an American football coach during the late 19th century. 

In 1895, he became the first paid coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 1896, Fauver served as the head coach at Oberlin College, compiling a record of 5–3–1. Fauver was also a Major League pitcher for the Louisville Colonels.

Fauver died from coronary thrombosis in Chatsworth, Georgia, aged 69.

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Sportspeople from Ohio
New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party is a social democratic political party in New Zealand. It is one of the two major parties in New Zealand politics. It was started in 1916, which makes it the oldest of New Zealand's political parties. It is currently the ruling party since 2017.

From the 2008 general elections through 2017 general elections, the Labour Party was the second largest party in the House of Representatives of New Zealand and was the official opposition. The current leader of the party is Jacinda Ardern since August 2017 and she was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand in October 2017.

Social democratic parties
Political parties in New Zealand
1916 establishments
Socialist International
Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson is a city on New Zealand's South Island. It is on the eastern side of Tasman Bay. It was founded in 1841 and is New Zealand's second oldest city and the oldest city on the South Island. It has a population of 46,437. Abel Tasman National Park, Kahurangi National Park, and Nelson Lakes National Park are all near the city.

Origin of the name 
The city was named in honor of the British Admiral Horatio Nelson. He defeated both the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson's Māori name was Whakatū. It meant to "build', "raise", or "establish".

History  
Early settlement of Nelson began in the 1300s by the Māori. The region was lived in by the Māori. But there were no permanent settlements in the area until the first Europeans arrived in the early 1840s. Queen Victoria made it the seat of an Anglican Bishopric in 1858 and Nelson became a city. The city grew slowly until the 1950s when it developed suburbs. Nelson remains a compact city with most attractions within walking distance. The city's main landmark is Christ Church Cathedral, on Church Hill.

References

Other websites 
 View of Nelson, New Zealand 2016: YouTube
 Nelson City Tourism Video - NZ; YouTube

Cities in New Zealand
1841 establishments
1840s establishments in New Zealand