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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. His work includes "The Madness of George III" and its movie adaptation, the series of monologues "Talking Heads", the play and the movie "The History Boys", and popular audio books, including his readings of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Winnie-the-Pooh". Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds. He has a degree in history from Exeter College, Oxford. He is openly gay.
Randall Stout (May 6, 1958 – July 11, 2014) was an American architect. Stout was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His best known works were the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts in Birmingham, Alabama. Stout died from renal cell carcinoma in Los Angeles, California, aged 56.
The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (previously called the Shelby Street Bridge or Shelby Avenue Bridge) is a truss bridge that spans the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was originally opened on July 5, 1909. It was reopened as a pedestrian bridge on August 3, 2003. The bridge is long. It is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world. It was originally named the Shelby Street Bridge. It was renamed in April 2014 in honor of John Seigenthaler.
Parakeet is a name for any small to medium-sized species of parrot, often with long tail feathers. Basically, it is a common term for a small parrot. Another term used in America for parakeets is conure. Parakeets breed better in groups, but are usually fine breeding in pairs. Having other parakeets encourages a pair to breed, which is why breeding in groups is more successful. However, many breeders choose to breed in pairs because that way they know which parents produced any given birds. If the parakeet does lay eggs, it produces about six to eight.
A conure is a term in aviculture referring to 2 genuses of parrot, "Pyrrhura" and "Aratinga". In science, they are known as parakeets, because 'conure' is not a scientific name. Conures are in the Psittacidae family (neotropical parrots). Their range goes from upper Brazil to southern Argentina. Conures are often kept as pets, and can be very friendly with people. Conures are small birds. Many can grow up to 10 inches long, but some species can grow up to 20 inches long. Different types of conures have different colours, but the most common colour is green. Conures can eat many foods, including nuts, grains, fruits, and vegetables. Conures kept as pets must never be fed chocolate, avocado, salty foods, or caffeine.
Typhoon Bopha (aka Typhoon Pablo) was a severe tropical cyclone in December 2012. It hit the Philippines. The typhoon struck Palau first. It destroyed homes and caused power outages. The storm did a lot of damage to the Philippine island of Mindanao. Over 600 deaths were reported.  The names "Pablo" and "Bopha" were retired because of the large number of deaths and the great destruction.
Helix is a genus of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.  The genus "Helix" is known from the Oligocene onwards. This genus is native to Europe and the regions around the Mediterranean Sea.  The best-known species include "Helix aspersa", the common, or brown garden snail, and "Helix pomatia", the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, or edible snail. "H. pomatia" and some other species are eaten as escargots. "Helix" snails have been introduced throughout the world, where some, especially "H. aspersa", have become garden pests. Snails in this genus create and use love darts during mating. "Helix" snails prefer cool, damp environments, as they easily get dry. Snails are most active at night and after rainfall. During unfavourable conditions, a snail will remain inside its shell, usually under rocks or other hiding places, to avoid being discovered by predators. In dry climates snails will naturally congregate near water sources, including artificial sources such as waste-water outlets of air conditioners. The common garden snail ("Helix aspersa") is herbivorous. These snails are able to digest most vegetation including carrots and lettuce. They also have a specialized crop of symbiotic bacteria that help their digestion, especially by breaking down the polysaccharide cellulose into simple sugars.
Szymon Symcha Szurmiej (18 June 1923 – 16 July 2014) was a Jewish-Polish actor, director, singer, activist and theatre manager. He was the general manager of the Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska State Jewish Theater in Warsaw. He was also the director of the Yiddish Theater of Warsaw. He was later an activist for Jewish causes. Szurmiej was born in Lutsk, Volhynian Voivodeship (now Ukraine). He was a member of the World Jewish Congress. He was married to actress Gołda Tencer and had four children. Szurmiej died from natural causes on 16 July 2014 in Warsaw, aged 91.
John Ilhan (born Mustafa İlhan; 23 January 1965 – 23 October 2007) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as the founder and owner of Crazy John's, a mobile phone retail chain. He founded the company in 1991. In 2003, he was the richest Australian under the age of 40. After his sudden death, his wife sold the company to Vodafone. Ilhan was born in Yozgat, Turkey to a Muslim family. His family moved to the Australian state of Victoria when he was five. He was married to Patricia and had four children. Ilhan died from a heart attack on 23 October 2007, aged 42. He had been jogging in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton when he collapsed.
The Helcionelloida are an extinct class of fossil molluscs. They are among the earliest animals with mineralised shells. They are also the oldest known molluscs wth a shell. Some members of this class were mistaken for Monoplacophorans. The class was erected by Peel in 1991. The latest word on this group is the classification of Parkhaev, who splits it into three subclasses.
Rice Park is a public park located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. History. Before it became a park, Rice Park was used as an open space to dry laundry and graze animals. The land was eventually made into a "public square" in 1849 by John R. Irvine, a territorial pioneer and Henry M. Rice, territorial delegate and United States Senator. The park was named after early Minnesota Senator Henry M. Rice. Rice park sits atop a small hill where glacial melt failed to erode completely. The park was mostly ignored until 1860 when Mayor John S. Prince had shade trees planted. In the 1870s the park got a fountain and a bandstand. A pair of squirrels were given to the park by the chief of police in Memphis, Tennessee as an act of goodwill. Eventually, electric lights were installed in 1883. This was on the occasion of the visit by President Chester A. Arthur, former president Ulysses S. Grant, and General William Tecumseh Sherman, at the opening of Northern Pacific's West Coast rail line. The historic buildings, museums, and music halls that border the park were constructed over a period of nearly 100 years. On May 10, 1903 Saint Paul Globe reported that Rice Park was the traditional place in St. Paul for newly engaged couples to go and sit. The Women’s Institute of Saint Paul donated a new fountain to the park on June 14, 1965. Minnesota sculptor Alonzo Hauser designed the fountain, titled 'the Source', with a statue of a woman in the water. Rice Park has been honored as a Great Place in America by the American Planning Association in 2011. Location and Features. Rice Park is about 2 acres in size. It is located at 4th Street and Washington Street in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. Rice Park sits above the Mississippi River’s highest flood level, so its surroundings are important buildings like the Federal Customs House (now Landmark Center), Central Public Library, and the grand St. Paul Hotel. More recently the park was given character sculptures from the Peanuts cartoons to honor the birthplace of Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schul
Battleground (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on July 20, 2014 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. It was the second Battleground event held by WWE and the first to also stream live on the WWE Network. Background. Battleground featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's television programs, "Raw" and "SmackDown". The wrestlers portrayed good guys, bad guys or tweeners (morally ambiguous characters) as they followed a series of events which lead to a wrestling match or a series of wrestling matches.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Schiphol airport, Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 17 July 2014 the Boeing 777-200ER lost radar contact. The plane was shot down and crashed near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. All 298 people (283 passengers and 15 crew members) aboard died. It was suspected by Ukraine that the aircraft was shot down by a ground-to-air missile, fired by Pro-Russian separatists during war in Donbas. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called it an "act of terrorism." The investigation was carried out by the . Fighting delayed investigation, but in October 2018 Dutch investigators said the plane was destroyed as a result of the explosion of a BUK missile.
Lorraine Toussaint (born April 4, 1960) is a Trinidadian-American movie and television actress, and producer. She is known for her role as Rene Jackson in the television drama "Any Day Now" (1998-2002). She was also in the movies "Breaking In" (1989), "Hudson Hawk" (1991), and "Dangerous Minds" (1995). For "Middle of Nowhere" (2012) she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. Toussaint was also in the television series "Crossing Jordan" (2002-2003), "Saving Grace" (2007-2010) and "Orange Is the New Black" (2012).
Henry Mower Rice (November 29, 1816January 15, 1894) was a fur trader, commissioner and one of the first United States Senators from Minnesota. Early life. Henry Rice was born on November 29, 1816, in Waitsfield, Vermont. His parents were Edmund Rice and Ellen Durkee Rice. He went to school in Detroit and Kalamazoo, Michigan. He became a sutler at Fort Atkinson, Iowa. In 1847 he negotiated a treaty with the Winnebago and Chippewa Native American tribes. In 1848 he settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. He helped negotiate the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851. This opened up parts of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River to white settlers. In 1856 Rice, as a territorial delegate, worked hard to secure Congressional land grants for the railroads in Minnesota. Political career. Rice lobbied for the bill to establish Minnesota Territory. He was the delegate to the 33rd and 34th Congresses from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857. His work on the Minnesota Enabling Act, passed by Congress on Feb. 26, 1857, facilitated Minnesota's statehood. In 1858 Rice was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate. He served from Minnesota's admittance on May 11, 1858 to March 4, 1863 in the 35th, 36th, and 37th Congresses and was not a candidate for re-election. He supported John C. Breckinridge for president in 1860. Rice also served as a member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota from 1851 to 1859. Rice was president of the Minnesota Historical Society. In 1865 he ran for Governor of Minnesota, but lost the election. From 1878 to 1884 he was the treasurer of Ramsey County, Minnesota. As a United States Commissioner during 1887 – 1888, he continued to negotiate treaties with the Indians. He died on January 15, 1894, while on a
John Walton (1953 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian actor. He mostly appeared in miniseries and in soap operas. Walton was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He was best known for his role as Doctor Craig Rothwell in the television soap opera "The Young Doctors" during 1976 and 1977. He also appeared in the miniseries "Bodyline". Walton took the part of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in the Australian mini-series "A Thousand Skies". Walton died after a long illness in Sydney, aged 62.
Nikola "Niko" Mirotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Миротић; born February 11, 1991) is a Spanish-Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was contracted in 2014 for the Bulls. He is a 2.09 m (6 ft 10.25 in) tall 107 kg (236 lb.) power forward. He was born in Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia.
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. () commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club. They represent Comarca Lagunera, which includes Torreón, Gómez Palacio, and Lerdo. Santos Laguna currently plays in the Liga MX. The club started in 1982. They reached Mexico's top division in 1988 after buying the franchise belonging to the Ángeles de Puebla. They have won five league championship titles and the Apertura 2014 Copa MX. Invierno 1996, Verano 2001, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2012, Clausura 2015 Clausura 2018 Runner-up (5): 1993–94, Verano 2000, Bicentenario 2010, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2011 Apertura 2014 2004 Runner-up (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
Torreón () is a city in Coahuila, Mexico. In 2010, its population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality.  Torreón has a soccer team in Liga MX, Santos Laguna.
Nepal is divided into seven provinces. The provinces are divided into districts. The districts are divided into municipalities and rural municipalities. There are also six metropolitan city and eleven sub-metropolitan cities. Nepal's new constitution of 2015 has divided the country into seven provinces and removed the older Zones and Development region system. The new system has mostly kept old districts the same, and made very small changes on the boundaries of a few districts. History. Before 2017, Nepal was divided into four development regions which were then divided into zones. The zones were again divided into districts. The districts were divided into municipalities and village development committees. Provinces of Nepal. Nepal is divided into seven provinces. Districts of Nepal. Seven provinces are divided into districts. There are 77 districts in Nepal. Cities of Nepal. In Nepal, there are six metropolitan cities and eleven sub-metropolitan cities. There are 276 municipalities. Gaupalikas (rural municipalities). Nepal was divided into gaupalikas in 2017. In English, they are called rural municipalities. There are a total of 460 gaupalikas in Nepal.
Torreón is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in northeastern Mexico. The municipal seat is Torreón. The municipality covers an area of . As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 577,477.
Ciudad Lerdo (Lerdo City) is a small city in the northeastern Durango, Mexico. It is the municipal seat for Lerdo Municipality. In 2010, the city of Lerdo had a population of 79,669. That was up from 71,373 people in 2005. Lerdo Municipality had a population of 141,043. The city has a lot of plant life, but has an arid climate. Ciudad Lerdo is known for its parks, gardens, and ice cream.
The Mexico national under-23 football team are a team who play association football for Mexico at the under-23 level. The team won the gold medal in 2012 Summer Olympics, their first Olympic medal in association football.
Durango City (Tepehuan: Korian), officially Victoria de Durango and also known as Ciudad de Durango, is the capital and largest city of Durango, Mexico. It stands at an altitude of . In 2010, the city had a total population of 518,709, up from 463,830 in 2005. It serves as municipal seat of Durango Municipality which had a population of 582,267 in 2010.
The mountain communities () were created in Italy by law on 1971. Each "Comunità montana" is established by the Region to which it belongs and includes the municipalities that are in mountain areas and foothills. Its purpose is to promote mountain areas with specific functions. It can have some municipal functions, such as waste collection. Mountain communities exist in all regions, apart from Sicily, Sardinia and Trentino-Alto Adige. Name in regional languages in Italy. In regions where there is a regional language, the mountain communities are known also with their name in that language besides the Italian name:
The Club de Fútbol Monterrey is a Mexican football club from Monterrey, Nuevo León. The club has won 4 league titles in 1986, 2003, 2009 and 2010, a Copa México in 1991, and three straight CONCACAF Champions League tournaments in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Mexico 86, Clausura 2003, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010 Runner-up (4): 1992–93, Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005, Clausura 2012 1956, 1960 1956 1991 Runner-up (2): 1964, 1969 Runner-up (1): 2003 2010 1998 1993 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
The Comunità montana Evançon ("Evançon mountain community", in French "Communauté de montagne Évançon") is an association of a total of 9 "comuni" in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The headquarters of the mountain community are in Verrès. Purpose. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The main activities have been: Geography. These "comuni" are in the eastern part of Valle d'Aosta. The "Comunità" is named after the Evançon river that flows through the Val d'Ayas and is a left tributary of the Dora Baltea river, which flows through the "Comunità". The "Comunità montana Evançon" has a total area of about and a population of 11,617; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. Comuni. The following "comuni" are part of the Comunità:
The Comunità montana Grand Combin (" Grand Combin mountain community", in French "Communauté de montagne Grand-Combin") is an association of 11 "comuni" in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The "Comunità" is named after the Grand Combin mountain, one of the highest mountains in the Alps. Even if the mountain is completely in Switzerland, it can be seen from the two main valleys that are part of the "Comunità". Purpose. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The "Comunità" also helps with technical assistance to all the "comuni" of the region. The main activities have been: Geography. This "Comunità" is in the northern part of Valle d'Aosta, close to Switzerland. The "comuni" are in two small mountain valleys: "Valle del Gran San Bernardo" () and "Valpelline". There is another smaller valley where is the Bionaz "comuni". These three valleys form the larger system of side valleys of the Dora Baltea river. The main rivers in the "Comunità" are: The "Comunità montana Grand Combin" has a total area of about and a population of 5,825; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. The headquarters of the mountain community are in Gignod. The Comunità includes the following "comuni":
The Comunità montana Grand Paradis ("Grand Paradis mountain community", in French "Communauté de montagne Grand-Paradis") is an association of 13 "comuni" in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The "Comunità" is named after the Gran Paradiso mountain, a mountain in the Graian Alps between the Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy. The Gran Paradiso mountain can be seen from the "comuni" of the "Comunità". Purpose. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The "Comunità" also helps with technical assistance to all the "comuni" of the region. The main activities have been: Geography. This "Comunità" is in the central part of Valle d'Aosta, to the west and south of Aosta, the capital city of the region. The "comuni" are in the central valley of the region and in other small lateral valleys: Val di Cogne, Valsavarenche, Val di Rhêmes and Valgrisenche. The main river in the "Comunità" is the Dora Baltea that flows through the "Comunità" from east to west. The "Comunità montana Grand Paradis" has a total area of about and a population of 15,674; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. The headquarters of the mountain community are in Villeneuve. The Comunità includes the following "comuni":
The Comunità montana Mont Emilius ("Mont Emilius mountain community" is an association of 10 "comuni" in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The "Comunità" is named after the Monte Emilius mountain, a high mountain in the Graian Alps near the city of Aosta. Purpose. The "Comunità" was formed with very small communities that are at least partially in mountain regions in order to strengthen the economic development of the region and stop the rural-urban migration. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The "Comunità" also helps with technical assistance to all the "comuni" of the region. The main activities have been: Geography. This "Comunità" is in the central part of Valle d'Aosta, southeast east of Aosta, the capital city of the Valle d'Aosta. The Dora Baltea river flows through this "Comunità". The area of the "Comunità montana Mont Emilius" is about . The population is 22,528;, so its population density is of inhabitants/km2. The headquarters of the mountain community are in Quart. The Comunità includes these "comuni":
Chiapas Fútbol Club formerly known as Club de Fútbol Jaguares de Chiapas is a Mexican football club from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, currently playing in the Liga MX. The team plays their home matches at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna. They are also known as Chiapas Jaguar. 2003, 2005, 2007 2011
The Comunità montana Mont Rose ("Mont Rose mountain community", in French "Communauté de montagne Mont-Rose") is an association of 9 "comuni" in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta. The "Comunità" is named after the Monte Rosa mountain, the second highest mountain in the Alps. Purpose. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The "Comunità" also helps with technical assistance to all the "comuni" of the region. The main activities have been: Geography. This "Comunità" is in the southeastern part of Valle d'Aosta, to the east and south of Aosta, the capital city of the region. The "comuni" are in the central valley of the region and in two other small lateral valleys: Valle del Lys and Valle de Champorcher. The main river in the "Comunità" is the Dora Baltea that flows through the "Comunità" from east to west. The "Comunità montana Mont Rose" has a total area of about and a population of 9,869; its population density is of inhabitants/km2. The headquarters of the mountain community are in Pont-Saint-Martin. The Comunità includes the following "comuni":
Club León, (simply known as León) is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The club was founded in 1944. León won the Primera División title seven times: in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1992, Apertura 2013 and most recently Clausura 2014. They became the first Mexican "Campeonísimo" (winner of the League and the Copa México in the same year) in 1949. In 1993 León was the CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up, losing the to the Costa Rican team Deportivo Saprissa.