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The Division of Parkes is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is the largest electorate in the state. It is located in the far north of the state, next to the border with Queensland. It is named after Sir Henry Parkes, seventh Premier of New South Wales and sometimes known as the 'Father of Federation'. It was set up in 1984. It includes the towns of Dubbo. It also includes the towns of Mudgee, Dunedoo, Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Coonamble, Walgett, Narrabri, Moree, Warren, Nyngan, Cobar and Bourke. The division does not include the town of Parkes. This is the second Division of Parkes. The first Division of Parkes (1901-69) was in suburban Sydney.  Members. Michael Cobb was found guilty of fraud in 1998. He claimed money for staying in hotels, but he was actually seeping in his car. John Cobb was Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and later Community Services in the Howard government. In the 2007 election Cobb moved to the Division of Calare. Since the 2013 election, Parkes is the safest seat in Australia. It would need more votes than any other seat to change to another political party.
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 - January 1, 2014) was an American movie and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Imitation of Life". She was the fifth African-American actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and the third in that category. Moore died on January 1, 2014 from natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. She was aged 99.
James La Rue Avery, Sr. (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. He was born in Virginia and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was best known for his role on the television show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". He played father and lawyer Philip Banks, Will Smith's character's uncle. He was also the voice of Shredder in the 1987 cartoon "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Avery died from problems after open-heart surgery in a hospital in Los Angeles. He was aged 68.
Albert Newsam (May 20, 1809 – November 20, 1864) was an American artist. He was a painter and made lithographs of people and places. Early life. Albert Newsam was born in the city of Steubenville in the state of Ohio in the United States. He was born deaf and mute. He was also an orphan. Newsam was making art when he was a little boy. When he was still a little boy, he met a man named William P. Davis. Davis acted like he was also deaf and mute, but he wasn't. He took Newsam to the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and forced Newsam to make art and Davis would sell it and make money off of it. In 1820, Newsam was saved from being with Davis and went to school at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Job as an artist. In the year 1827, Newsam started to make art as an apprentice to a printmaker named Cephas G. Childs. Newsam had a lot of artists who taught him when he worked for Childs. One of the artists was George Catlin. Newsam started making art all the time as an artist in 1829. His pictures were published and sold for money. Childs retired and another man named Peter S. Duvall became owner of the company. Newsam worked for him and became the main artist at the company. Newsam painted and drew pictures of politicians, preachers, and rich people. He also made pictures of landscapes, medical illustrations, and sheet music. Later life and death. Newsam started to lose his eyesight in the year 1857. In 1859, he had a stroke, which made him stop making art. He had to move to a place called the Living Home for the Sick and Well in the state of Delaware. Since he could not sell art anymore, his friends paid for him to move to the home. He died there in the year 1864. Legacy. His artwork is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and The Library Company of Philadelphia.
Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County in the state of Ohio in the United States. The city is next to the Ohio River. 18,161 people lived there in the year 2020. A fort used to be located where the city is. The fort was called Fort Steuben. It was there in 1786. The fort was named after Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Steubenville has a nickname. It is the "City of Murals". There are over 25 different murals around the city. Franciscan University of Steubenville and Eastern Gateway Community College are located in the city.
Katherine Milhous (November 27, 1894 – December 5, 1977) was an American artist, illustrator and author. She wrote and made the art for the book "The Egg Tree". In 1951, the book won the Caldecott Medal for best illustrations. Milhous mainly wrote children's books. Early life. Katherine Milhous was born November 27, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were named Osborn and Katherine Daly Milhous. They were Quakers and printmakers. The family moved to Pitman, New Jersey when Milhous was a little girl. A lot of Quakers lived in Pitman so the family wanted to move to be close to them. Milhous moved back to Philadelphia. She went to school at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial Art. She made art for magazines to pay for school. She also traveled outside of the United States with a fellowship she was given. Career. Milhous worked for the Federal Art Project in Philadelphia from the year 1935 until she stopped in 1940. She made a lot of posters to advertise the state of Pennsylvania. A lot of the art showed people and things from the Pennsylvania Dutch community. Milhous met Alice Dalgliesh and the two women would write books together. Milhous would make the art for the books. Milhous went to work for Charles Scribner's &amp; Sons where Dalgliesh worked. Milhous started to write and make art for her own books, too. Death and legacy. She died in Philadelphia in the year 1977. The University of Minnesota and the Free Library of Philadelphia own her archives.
Yeezus is the sixth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West. It was released on June 18, 2013, by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The album was given very good reviews by music critics. "Yeezus" entered the "Billboard" 200 at number one. It also reached number one in 30 other countries. "Pitchfork" gave the album a score of 9.5 out of 10. "Yeezus" faced a lot of controversy for its offensive lyrics. The name "Yeezus" is a combination of Ye and Jesus. "Yeezus" is a hip-hop album. Singles. "Black Skinhead" was released as the first single from the album on June 19, 2013. It reached 34 in the UK Singles Chart. "Bound 2" was released as the album's second single. The music video for the single had West's fiancee at the time, Kim Kardashian in it. Awards. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards. The fourth song on the album, "New Slaves", was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song. "Time" magazine chose "Yeezus" as the best album of 2013. In Pitchfork's 2013 Readers Poll, "Yeezus" was chosen as 2013's best album. Tour. On October 19 2013 West started The Yeezus Tour. A Tribe Called Quest gave their last performance there. The tour ended on December 23 2013. Track listing. Credits adapted from West's official website. Personnel. Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Guns, Germs and Steel is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond about the history of humans. The book is about why some humans societies (from small tribes to big countries) were able to use more inventions and conquer (take over) others. Diamond thinks that the answer is because of geography and not because of differences in the people themselves. The book deals with many topics like history, geography, biology, anthropology and sociology. In 2005, a TV program was made about the book's ideas, with Diamond as the presenter. This was shown on PBS. Summary. Introduction. In the introduction, Diamond writes about the time he met Yali, a man from New Guinea, in 1972. Yali asked "Why is it that you white people [made] so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" By "cargo", Yali meant inventions and objects that are made in a factory. Diamond thought about this question for years, which led to him writing the book. Diamond says that sometimes, one society has been far better at fighting wars and using inventions than another. This has led to times when one society found it very easy to conquer another. One example is when the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire in the 1530s. The Spanish won because they had far better weapons, and they also had horses. This is why thousands of Incas died fighting against 168 Spaniards at the Battle of Cajamarca. Another important reason why the Spanish won was diseases. The Spanish did not know that they had brought diseases to South America that killed many people. This also weakened the Inca Empire. The Spanish conquered the Inca Empire with their "guns, germs and steel", and other things. Diamond starts by talking about how modern humans ("homo sapiens") spread out of Africa and around the world. Diamond believes that it is unlikely that some modern humans could be born more intelligent than others, because if a more intelligent type of human appeared, they would spread around the world very quickly. How farming began. At first, humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies. This means that they lived by hunting animals and picking
Argentavis magnificens is one of the two largest flying birds ever discovered. This bird, sometimes called the giant teratorn, is an extinct species. It has been found at three sites from the late Miocene of central and northwestern Argentina. A good sample of fossils has been found. Estimates:
Joseph Curtis "Joe" Hennig (born October 1, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is better known by his ring name Curtis Axel and previous ring name Michael McGillicutty. He worked for the WWE from 2007 to 2020, where he is a former Intercontinental Champion and former two-time WWE (Raw) Tag Team Champion with David Otunga and Bo Dallas. He was also a member of The New Nexus which was led by CM Punk. Axel was born in Champlin, Minnesota. His father was "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and his grandfather is Larry "The Axe" Hennig. He chose his ring name Curtis Axel as a tribute to them.
Insider trading means the trading of public companies' stocks and other assets on stock markets using secret information. This is done by getting people who have confidential or non-public facts about how much a stock is really worth to tell traders so they can buy or sell to make profit and manipulate that particular stock. A stock could be worth more or less than the public knows, depending on how well a company is doing in making money, new innovations, sales and demand.  In many countries, insider trading with secret information is against the law. Some economists think insider trading should be allowed.
Arlene Francis (or Arline Francis Kazanjian; October 20, 1907 – May 31, 2001) was an American actress and radio talk show host. She hosted "What's My Line?" from 1950 to 1975. She was also a stage performer. Francis was born in New York City. She died in San Francisco from Alzheimer's disease caused by cancer.
Isaac Vorsah (born 21 June 1988) is a Ghanaian football player. He played for FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.  Club career. He began his career at Oscar FC in Kpando, Ghana and FC Maamobi. He transferred to Gamba All Blacks F.C. in 2005. In January 2007 Asante Kotoko bought Vorsah. The German team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim offered him a trial. After the trial he was loaned until 30 June 2008. On 1 April 2008 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim bought him and he signed until 30 June 2011. For Hoffenheim he played 130 times and shot 4 goals. He moved to Red Bull Salzburg in August 2012. After he came back from the Africa Cup 2013 he was injured badly and missed the 2013/14 season. International career. Vorsah played his first match for Ghana in 2007 against Senegal. For Ghana he played the Africa Cup 2010, 2012 and 2013. He was also part of the team for the FIFA World Championship 2010. In total he played 40 matches for Ghana and scored once. Honours. Club. Red Bull Salzburg International. Ghana
The leopard danio ("Brachydanio" "rerio" or "Brachydanio frankei") is a species of freshwater fish. They are native to India. In the aquarium. The leopard danio is an active fish that likes to live in shoals (groups). They are peaceful fish. They are often kept in community fish tanks. They grow to about 40–50 mm. They like to live in a water temperature of about 18–25 °C. Diet. Leopard danios are omnivores. In the wild, they mostly eat invertebrates. In tanks, they can eat bloodworms, brine shrimp and flake foods.
Elizabeth Jane Howard, Lady Amis, CBE, FRSL (26 March 1923 – 2 January 2014) was an English novelist. Before being a writer, Howard was an actress and a model. Howard died at the age of 90, at her home in Bungay, Suffolk. Personal life. She married Sir Peter Scott in 1942. They had a daughter, Nicola (born 1943). Howard left Scott in 1946 and they divorced in 1951.  Her second marriage to Jim Douglas-Henry in 1958 was brief. Her third marriage to novelist Sir Kingsley Amis lasted from 1965 until their divorce in 1983. Her stepson, Martin Amis, has said that she encouraged him to become a more serious reader and writer.
Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish-Canadian actress. She acted in "27 Dresses" in 2008 and in "Watchmen" in 2009. She also does singing and modeling. She played Kate Harrison in the ABC comedy "Trophy Wife". She will appear as Claire Wyden in the 2018 science fiction movie "Rampage". Åkerman was born in Stockholm. She moved to Canada at age two and was raised partly in Sweden and partly in Ontario.
Joost van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half for the national team. He played in the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups.  On 12 May 2011, van der Westhuizen's publicist announced that he had a muscle-related neural disease. It was believed to be a form of motor neurone disease. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States have since confirmed that he had motor neurone disease. They believed he had only a 20% chance of living for two to five years. On 6 February 2017, van der Westhuizen died at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa from complications of motor neurone disease, aged 45.
The Great Seal of the State of Missouri is an emblem that represents the U.S. state of Missouri. It was officially adopted on January 11, 1822. The center of the seal has two bears with the motto: "United we stand, divided we fall". The outer circle has the words "The Great Seal of the State of Missouri". The year 1820 is shown in Roman numerals. Missouri, however, did not become a state until August 1821.
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is an emblem that represents the U.S. state of Iowa. It was created in 1847, one year after Iowa became a state. The seal shows a soldier over fields of wheat surrounded by symbols important to Iowa's history. They include transportation, farms and mining. The seal has the words "The Great Seal of the State of Iowa" around the outside. Iowa became a state on December 28th, 1846. Before joining the Union, it was a territory. Iowa had a long history in civil rights. The territory was decades ahead of other territories and states. As part of its process in becoming a state, Iowa determined a motto that says this: "'Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain'."
The Great Seal of the State of Louisiana is an emblem that represents the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was adopted in 1902. It has four pelicans (one adult, the other three are little). Mother Pelican wounds her breast to feed her young. "Union, justice, confidence" are the words of the motto surrounding these four pelicans. The wording "State of Louisiana" is on the outer edge of the seal.
The state seal of Arkansas was adopted in 1864. It was changed to its present style on May 23, 1907. The inner seal contains an Angel of Mercy, Sword of Justice and Goddess of Liberty around a bald eagle. The outer ring has the words "Great Seal of the State of Arkansas".
Luhman 16 is a binary brown dwarf in the southern constellation Vela at 6.6 light-years from the Sun. It is also known as WISE 1049-5319. These are the nearest known brown dwarfs to the Solar System, and the closest system discovered since Barnard's Star in 1916.  The primary has a stellar classification of L8 ± 1, and the secondary is probably near the L/T transition. The pair orbit each other at a distance of about 3 AU with an orbital period of about 25 years.
Springhill is a city in the north of Louisiana. It is next to the border with Arkansas. The city was originally called "Barefoot". Its local government was set up in 1902.
Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was the first daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.. She was also the sister of Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice Albertine King. Yolanda's father was killed when she was only 12 years old. On April 4, 1968, the day that he was killed, her mother got a phone call from Jesse Jackson. Yolanda was the only one of her four brothers and sisters to realize that their father had been killed. She went to his funeral and tried to act like her mother after that. She graduated from her high school when she was 16 years old. She got bullied when she went to Smith College because she was her father's daughter, and did not know how to deal with the issue. She got over the bullying by reading his books and started thinking he was correct on his views when he was alive. After finishing her first year at the college, she went back home and at that point her grandmother Alberta Williams King was shot and killed. She died on May 15, 2007 after talking to her brother Dexter and falling in his home due to a heart disease.
Viva Bianca (or Viva Skubiszewski; 17 November 1983) is an Australian actress. She stars on the television show "Spartacus". She was also on other shows. Her maiden name is pronounced "scooby-shev-ski". She is from Victoria.
Dirk Sager (August 13, 1940 – January 2, 2014) was a German journalist. He was a member of P.E.N.. He worked for German broadcaster ZDF from 1968. Sager was born in Hamburg. He studied at Free University Berlin. He died in Potsdam from a stroke. He was aged 73.
Herman Pieter de Boer (9 February 1928 – 1 January 2014), also known as Johnny Austerlitz, was a Dutch writer, journalist and lyricist. He began his career during the late 1950s, and continued for more than 55 years. During this time, he wrote over 65 novels. De Boer was born in Rotterdam, South Holland. He was married twice during his life. He also had a long relationship with Dutch singer-songwriter Lenny Kuhr from 1981 to 1993. He died at the age of 85 after a long illness, in Eindhoven, North Brabant.
Lee Louis Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American actor, movie producer and director. He produced "Monster's Ball" and directed the movie "".  He has received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Director for "Precious". The movie won two of the awards. In 2013, Daniels directed "The Butler", a historical drama about the White House and its presidents during the 20th century. The movie had an ensemble cast. It received positive reviews and became a box office success. Daniels lives in New York City. He is openly gay and adopted his biological niece and nephew.
Eugene Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) was an American waiter and butler. He worked for the White House for 34 years until he retired in 1986. He served eight presidents of the United States. He began working at the White House in 1952. Allen's life was the inspiration for the movie "The Butler", released in 2013. Allen earned the highest rank of butlers serving in the White House. At the Maître d'hôtel in 1981, President Ronald Reagan invited Allen and his wife Helene to a state dinner at the White House. The dinner was in honor of Helmut Kohl. Allen was born in Scottsville, Virginia on July 14, 1919. He received no formal schooling. He began working as a waiter at a pool club. Allen met his wife Helene in 1942. They had a son, Charles Allen. Helene wanted to vote for Barack Obama in 2008, but she died the day before the election, on November 3, 2008.  Allen died at a hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland, from kidney failure. He was aged 90.
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014) was an English writer of crime fiction. She was commonly known as P. D. James, which was the name her books are published under. She was most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh. James was a life peer in the House of Lords. James died peacefully at her home in Oxford on 27 November 2014, aged 94.
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He is known for his role as the title character of the children's television program "Captain Kangaroo". It became an icon for millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984. Keeshan also played the original "Clarabell the Clown" on the "Howdy Doody" television program. Keeshan died in Windsor, Vermont from a heart attack. He was aged 76.
John Spencer (December 20, 1946 – December 16, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for playing White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry on the successful television series "The West Wing". He won an Emmy Award for this role in 2002. Spencer died of a heart attack in a hospital in Los Angeles. He was aged 58.
Bernard Aloysius Kiernan "Barnard" Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006) was an American movie, television, and stage actor. Hughes became famous for having many random roles. He was known for being cast as a grandfather or elderly figure on television. Hughes died in New York City, from natural causes. He was aged 90.
Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000) is an American model and actress. She is best known for her role as Renesmee Cullen, the daughter of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, in "". Her role as Renesmee earned her a Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film. Mackenzie Foy was born in Los Angeles.
Jake T. Austin (born Jake Austin Szymanski; December 3, 1994) is an American movie, television and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Max Russo on "Wizards of Waverly Place" and as Diego on "Go, Diego, Go!". He also appeared in "Hotel for Dogs" and "Rio".  Austin was born Jake Austin Szymanski in New York City. He is of Puerto Rican, Argentine, Spanish, Polish, Irish, and English descent.
Tomáš Plekanec (born October 31, 1982) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He also played for HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga and Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL). Plekanec was born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. Career. Before playing the NHL, Plekanec played two seasons with HC Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens with the 71st overall pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He played two seasons with their affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL), Hamilton Bulldogs. He played two games and then stayed in Hamilton for a third AHL season because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Since the 2005-06 NHL season, he has been part of the Canadiens. On June 22, 2010, he signed a contract to play with the Canadiens for six years. He will be paid CA$30 million. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, he played for his former team HC Kladno.