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Beth Groundwater

Beth Groundwater is an American author who has written two novels in the Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series, A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket. The first, published in March, 2007, was put up for the Best First Novel Agatha Award in 2007.  The sequel, To Hell in a Handbasket was published in May, 2009.  She writes in the Mystery genre, and has also written several short stories.

Writing career
Groundwater first began writing fiction in the fifth grade, and in high school took an outside study in English.  She went to the College of William and Mary and got a degree in Psychology and Computer Science in 1978.  She worked in another job until 1999, then she chose to become a writer.

After going to a few writers' meetings, she began writing short stories.  Seven were published before she met a literary agent who agreed to publish her first novel, A Real Basket Case.  It was published in 2007, and was put up for the Best First Novel Agatha Award in 2007.  Of her short stories, eight have been published and one was written in Farsi.  Another of Groundwater's short stories has been made into a live play.

Awards
Groundwater's writings have won several awards.  Her first novel was put up for the Best First Novel Agatha Award in 2007.  Groundwater's short stories have won awards also. Her short story "New Zealand" won first place in the 2003 PPW Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest, and was the winner of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Short Story Anthology Contest.  "Flamingo Fatality" won the Great Manhattan Mysteries Conclave Short Story Anthology Contest in 2005, and her 2005 short story "Lucky Bear" was first in the Storyteller Magazine Flash Fiction Contest.

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Writers from Virginia
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Yanina Batyrchina

Yana (Yanina) Batyrshina (Russian:Яна (Янина) Фархадовна Батыршина, born October 07, 1979 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union)  is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She competed for Russia. She was born to Tatar father and Jewish mother.

Russian gymnasts
1979 births
Living people
A Real Basket Case

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

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

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

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

References 

2007 books
Novels
Right Now (Leon Jackson album)

Right Now is the debut album by X Factor winner Leon Jackson.

Tracklist 
 "Don't Call This Love"
 "Creative"
 "Stargazing"
 "All In Good Time"
 "Right Now"
 "You Don't Know Me"
 "Ordinary Days"
 "A Song For You"
 "Fingerprints"
 "Could Do Better"
 "Misty Blue"
 "Caledonia"
 "When You Believe" (UK Bonus Track)

Chart Performance

References

2008 albums
Debut albums
Pop albums
Jazz albums
Soul albums
Leon Jackson

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

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1988 births
Living people
British pop musicians
Jazz musicians
Scottish rock musicians
Scottish singers
The X Factor winners
Karditsa

Karditsa is a Greek city. It is in the center of Greece in the district of Thessaly. It had 35,971 people according to the 2001 census. Karditsa is build on the large plain which is named Thessaly plain. It is the second largest plain in Greece. So it is an agricultural city. Near Karditsa is the city of Trikala. The west of Karditsa is the Agrafa range. Agrafa is a part of Pindus range.  

Cities in Greece
Gooloogong, New South Wales

Gooloogong is a small town in New South Wales. It is built on the banks of the Lachlan River. It is 57km south east of Forbes, 34 km north west of Cowra and 358 km west of the state capital, Sydney. There are about 250 people living in Gooloogong.

The town was established in the 1860s on what was the Pastoral Lease 'Goolagong'of Edward Sheahan from around 1840.

The town was originally built much closer to the Lachlan River, but was moved to higher ground because of floods.

John O'Meally is buried in an unmarked grave in the Anglican cemetery at Gooloogong. He was a member of Ben Hall's gang. He was shot dead when the gang tried to rob the Campbell's farm, Goimbla Station, on November 19, 1863.

Facilities
Gooloogong has a hotel, shops and a park.

References

Towns in New South Wales
Boorowa, New South Wales

Boorowa is a small town in New South Wales. It is  from Yass. The town is built on the banks of the Boorowa River, which flows into the Lachlan River. The town was first called Burrowa. Boorowa and Burrowa are Aboriginal words in the Wiradjuri language meaning "birds". In 2008, there were 1350 living in Boorowa.

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

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

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

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

References

Towns in New South Wales
Guity Novin

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

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

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

She has served on a UNESCO national committee of artists.

References 

1944 births
Canadian painters
Living people
Murringo, New South Wales

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

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

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

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

Other websites
 Murringo Primary School 
 Murringo.com, Virtual Village

References

Towns in New South Wales
White Christmas

A white Christmas means that at least an inch of snow has fallen on Christmas Morning. This is more common in some countries than in others.  

For example, in  the United Kingdom, there are not a lot of White Christmases; but in Canada, there is almost always a White Christmas. Ireland's last "official" White Christmas was in 2004.

White Christmases in Canada

White Christmases in the United States

Since the 1950's, there are less White Christmases in the USA.

White Christmases in the United Kingdom

Related pages
Irving Berlin
Bing Crosby

References

Other websites 
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? 
White Christmas Sweet from Australia 

Christmas
Binalong, New South Wales

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

Towns in New South Wales
Astro (satellite TV)

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

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

Channel List

6 Channel M

Television
Kuala Lumpur
Muscle Shoals, Alabama

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

References 

Cities in Alabama
Moulton, Alabama

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

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Montevallo, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Monroeville, Alabama

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

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

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Millbrook, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Madison, Alabama

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

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

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

References 

Cities in Alabama
Marion, Alabama

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

References 

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Midfield, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Fairhope, Alabama

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

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

References

Cities in Alabama
Fairfield, Alabama

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

References 

Cities in Alabama
1910 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Alabama
Fultondale, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Fruithurst, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Fort Payne, Alabama

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

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred here in 2003.

Local Attractions

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

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

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

Health care
DeKalb Regional Medical Center- 134 bed facility

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

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

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

References

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Fort Mitchell, Alabama

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

Landmarks 
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
Fort Mitchell Park

Cities in Alabama
Foley, Alabama

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

References

Cities in Alabama
Florence, Alabama

Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is in the northwestern corner of the state.

References 

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Florala, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Fayette, Alabama

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

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Russellville, Alabama

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

References

County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Robertsdale, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Roanoke, Alabama

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

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

Cities in Alabama
Reform, Alabama

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

References

Cities in Alabama
Red Bay, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
Rainsville, Alabama

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

Cities in Alabama
1956 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Alabama
Rainbow City, Alabama

Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cities in Alabama
Robert II of Scotland

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

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

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

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

By Elizabeth he had:

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

(2) Walter Stewart c. 1338-1362

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

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

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

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

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

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

(9) Katherine Stewart

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

By Ephemia he had:

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

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

(13) Margaret Stewart

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

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

Robert II also had 8 illegitimate children by various mothers

Depictions/Paintings

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

Kings and Queens of Scotland
1316 births
1390 deaths
Robert III of Scotland

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

Kings and Queens of Scotland
1340s births
1406 deaths
Magic Tour

The Magic Tour was the biggest and last tour by the English rock band Queen with their lead singer Freddie Mercury. The tour started in Sweden on 7 June 1986. It ended in England on 9 August 1986. The next band's tour Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour began about 19 years later, after the death of Freddie Mercury and the retirement of John Deacon. The tour included performances on 26 dates at Europe's stadiums. It was in support of their album A Kind of Magic.

In 1987, Mercury was diagnosed with HIV. The band made the decision together to stop touring. This made the concert at Knebworth on 9 August the last time the four members of Queen would perform onstage together.

Tour dates

Queen (band)
Concert tours
1986 in Europe
James II of Scotland

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

1430 births
1460 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
James III of Scotland

James III (c. 1451/1452 - 1488) was King of Scotland from 1460 through 1488.

1450s births
1488 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
James IV of Scotland

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

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

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

References 

1473 births
1513 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
James V of Scotland

James V (1512-1542) was King of Scotland from 1513 through 1542. He was the father of Mary Queen of Scots.

Other websites

1512 births
1542 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
Thaksin Shinawatra

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

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

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

References

1949 births
Living people
Thaksin Shinawatra
Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok is an important province in history north of Thailand.

History of Phitsanulok

In the Sukhothai Period, Somdej Phra Maha Dhammaraja Lithai was   order to called Song Khwai. He order his son, Phra Sai Lue Thai to govern this city. 
In the Ayuahya Period, Song Khwai renamed to Muang Phitsanulok. And in Somdej Phra Borom Trai Lokkanat period, Muang Phitsanulok became the capital city for 25 years. Muang Phitsanulok became more importance. 
In the early Rattankosin Period, Phitsanulok still importance city of Thailand.

The brand of provincial
Phra Buddha Chinnaraj is the one of most beautiful Buddha image in Thailand. Phra Buddha Chinnaraj was build in 1900 B.E. Now Phra Buddha Chinnaraj is housed in 
Wat Phra Sri Maha That Woramahavihar.

Province slogan
พระพุทธชินราชงามเลิศ
ถิ่นกำเนิดพระนเรศวร
สองฝั่งน่านล้วนเรือนแพ
หวานฉ่ำแท้กล้วยตาก
ถ้ำและน้ำตกหลากตระการตา

References

Provinces of Thailand
Chatuchak Weekend Market

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

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

References

 Chatuchak Market

Retail markets
Buildings and structures in Bangkok
Nitrous oxide

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

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

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

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

Nitrogen compounds
Greenhouse gases

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Choral scholar

A choral scholar is a student at a university who gets money to help with the fees of his or her studies (a “scholarship”) in exchange for singing in the university’s choir.  Some private schools also have choral scholarships. 

In the United Kingdom there are choral scholarships available at schools belonging to a cathedral or to one of the university colleges in Oxford and Cambridge.  Some of these choirs are world famous for their church music such as the choirs of King’s College, Cambridge, St John’s College, Cambridge or New College, Oxford.  Choral scholars in such choirs will be expected to sing at the services in the morning and evening (late afternoon) on Sundays as well as at Evensong on several days during the week.  There will be rehearsals on most days.

References 
Collegium Regale – The Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge 
Choral scholarships in Britain 

Education
Choirs
Stanford

Stanford might mean:

Institutions 
 Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California, United States

People 
Charles Villiers Stanford
Stanford R. Ovshinsky

Places 
South Africa
 Stanford, Western Cape

United Kingdom
 Stanford, Bedfordshire
 Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
 Stanford, Kent
 Stanford, Norfolk
 Stanford, Northamptonshire
 Stanford-on-Avon nearby
 Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordsridge, Worcestershire
 Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire
 Stanford Rivers

United States
 Stanford, California
 Stanford, Indiana
 Stanford, Kentucky
 Stanford, Montana
 Stanford, New York, town in Dutchess County

Other disambiguation pages 
 Stamford (disambiguation)
George Benjamin

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

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

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

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

Other websites
George Benjamin official website

1960 births
Living people
20th-century English composers
21st-century British composers
Episcopal High School

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

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

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

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

References

Schools in Virginia
1839 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Virginia
Gordon Gray (politician)

Gordon Gray (May 30, 1909 – November 26, 1982) was a government official of the United States during the administrations of Harry Truman (1945-53) and Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61).

Other websites
Papers of Gordon Gray, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library 
Records of the White House Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library 
Undersecretary of the Army biography 
Secretary of the Army biography

1909 births
1982 deaths
Politicians from Baltimore
People from North Carolina
United States National Security Advisors
United States Secretaries of the Army
Yale University alumni
William Eustis

William Eustis (June 21, 1753 – February 6, 1825) Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He served as United States Secretary of War from March 7, 1809 to January 13, 1813. He was appointed United States Ambassador to Holland by President James Madison, serving from 1814 to 1818.

1753 births
1825 deaths
United States Secretaries of War
Governors of Massachusetts
Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Rheda-Wiedenbrück is a town in the district of Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. About 46,000 people live there. The town is famous for a lot of old and fine houses, which were built hundreds of years ago.

References

Gütersloh Rural District
Debrecen

Debrecen is a city in Hajdú-Bihar, Northern Great Plain, Hungary. It is Hungary's second largest city by population, after the capital, Budapest.

Twin Towns 
  Cattolica, Emilia-Romagna
  Jyvaskyla, Western Finland
  Klaipeda, Klaipeda County
  Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship
  New Brunswick, New Jersey
  Oradea, Bihor County
  Paderborn, North-Rhine-Westphalia
  Rishon LeZion, Center District
  Setubal, Lisboa region
  Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District
  Shumen, Shumen Province
  Syktyvkar, Komi Republic
  Taitung City, Taitung County

Cities in Hungary
Bryan Adams discography



Discography

Studio albums

Live, compilation & soundtrack albums

Singles

Videography

Video albums

Music videos

References

Other websites
 
 The Bryan Adams discography

Adams, Bryan
Bryan Adams
Oryx

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

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

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

Bovines
Kyogo Kawaguchi

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

Singles

Other websites 

 Kyogo Kawaguchi official website

1974 births
Living people
Japanese singers
Songwriters
People from Tochigi Prefecture
I WiSH

I WISH was a Japanese music group. Members were: ai and nao. Ai is the vocal and plays piano. Nao plays piano　and keyboard. They were famous　for "Asueno Tobira", but this group ended in 2005.

Other websites 
I WISH Official site

Japanese musical groups
Musical groups established in 2002
2000s establishments in Japan
2002 establishments in Asia
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
2005 disestablishments
2000s disestablishments in Japan
Japanese pop music groups
Dragon Ash

is a Japanese band. "Life goes on" is one of their popular songs.

Alternative rock bands
Hip hop bands
Reggae bands
Japanese rock bands
Masaharu Fukuyama

Masaharu Fukuyama is a Japanese singer and movie and television actor. He is from Nagasaki, Kyūshū. One of his most well-known songs is "Sakurazaka".

References

Other websites
Fukuyama Masaharu Official web site 

1969 births
Living people
Japanese movie actors
Japanese television actors
Japanese singers
People from Nagasaki Prefecture
Okonomiyaki

is a Japanese food dish of a pan-fried batter cake and different ingredients including meat, seafood, and vegetables. Most okonomiyaki has cabbage in it.

The name of this dish means "cook what you like". Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with Kansai or Hiroshima, but is widely available throughout the country.

Okonomiyaki is the popular food in Japan. In postwar Hiroshima, okonomiyaki was invented to save a few wheat flour  and vegetables (for example, cabbage, bean sprout, green onion and so on.) because foods are shortage. It is called "okonomiyaki (fried liking foods)" because people made okonomiyaki to include their favorite foods in the past.

How to make it 
First, you cook mixed water and wheat flour and shape like a thin circle.

Second, you put cabbage, pork , other toppings and tempura bits and turn it over.

Third, you put fried noodles on it.

Fourth, you shape egg like a thin circle and put it below.

Fifth, you turn it over and put sauce and green laver on it.

References

Japanese food
Ōmisoka

The New Year's Eve is called "Omisoka" in Japan. People in Japan often eat "Toshikoshi soba ()”. People eat it with the wish of living a simple and long life next year.

Japanese culture
Buddhism
Advent

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

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

Christmas
Liturgical calendar
Pirog

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian food
Russia
Pies

ru:Пирог
Queens' College, Cambridge

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

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

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

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

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

Other websites 
 Queens' College website

Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Peace and Truce of God

The Peace of God was a movement begun by bishops in southern France around 990 CE to limit the violence done to property and to the unarmed. The Carolingian Empire had collapsed and the nobles were making war almost all the time.

The Truce of God extended the Peace by setting aside certain days of the week when violence was not allowed. Where the Peace of God limited violence against the church and the poor, the Truce of God was about preventing fighting between Christians, especially knights.

References

Middle Ages
13th-century disestablishments
990s establishments
10th-century establishments in Europe
Establishments in France
Desmoxytes purpurosea

The shocking pink dragon millipede (also called the dragon millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea) is a millipede which has a bright pink color on its spiny body). It is very toxic. They have glands that release cyanide to protect them from predators.

The millipede has glands that produce hydrogen cyanide to protect it from predators, a fact advertised by its aposematic color. Because it produces cyanide, it smells like almonds.

It is one of a thousand new spcies found in the Greater Mekong region in the last ten years. It can be found at the Tai side of the Mekong river.

References

Millipedes
Scholarship

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

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

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

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

Related pages
Choral scholar
Right to education

Note

Education
Great egret

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

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

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

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

References 
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent-2010, Oxford University Press, Richard Grimmett, Carol Inskipp, Tim Inskipp
Ciconiiformes