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The nuthatches are a part of Sitta, a genus of small passerine birds in the family Sittidae. They live in the Northern Hemisphere. They have large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet. Nuthatches advertise their territory with loud, simple songs. Most species have grey or bluish upperparts and a black eye stripe. They live in forests, often pine coniferous forests, on higher land (montane forests). As usual in such places, insects, nuts and seeds are their food. Unlike other birds, nuthatches can run down trees head-first, and hang upside down. They can run down trees as fast as they climb up them. Nuthatches use holes in trees for nests. This also means they compete with squirrels and woodpeckers for these holes. In fact both squirrels and the great spotted woodpecker kill nuthatches if they can. Owls and hawks also kill these small birds, but that is not to do with their nest-holes. In defense of their nests, nuthatches make the entrances smaller by packing the edges with mud or tree resin. Predation is not really a threat, just a fact of life for them. Loss of coniferous forest in some countries is a threat, as they cannot live in anything else except in trees. All nuthatches store food, especially seeds. They hide seeds in tree crevices, in the ground, under small stones, or behind bark flakes. These stores are remembered for as long as 30 days. Most nuthatches do not migrate. They stay in the forest through the winter, where they roost in large flocks. These flocks can have over 100 nuthatches. Sometimes they include other forest birds, such as tits and woodpeckers.
Steyr is a city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is the capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated city and the third largest city in Upper Austria. As of 1 January 2019, it has about 38,100 people living there. The city is in the Traunviertel region, with the two rivers Steyr and Enns flowing through it.
The Wels-Land District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 24 municipalities:
The Grieskirchen District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 34 municipalities:
U&amp;W (formerly W and earlier, Watch) is a British free-to-air channel that was launched on 7 October 2008. It replaced UKTV Style +2.  It is owned by the UKTV network. Until 2022, W was a pay channel, but this has since changed.
U&amp;Yesterday, previously known as Yesterday, is a British free-to-air history-oriented television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was originally launched on 30 October 2002 as UK History. It was later relaunched as Yesterday on 2 March 2009, and rebranded on 16 July 2024 as U&amp;Yesterday. It is available on satellite through Sky, Freesat and through the digital terrestrial provider Freeview.
U&amp;Drama, formerly known as Drama, is a British free-to-air comedy-drama history focused television channel broadcast the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
The Kirchdorf District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 23 municipalities:
The Perg District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 26 municipalities:
The Ried District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 36 municipalities:
The Rohrbach District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 40 municipalities:
A volumetric pipette is a kind of pipette which allows you to find the volume of a solution very accurately. It is also known as a bulb pipette or a belly pipette. Usage This kind of pipette has a large bulb on the top end, with a long narrow tube on the other end. It is used to accurately measure small amounts of liquids. You use it by placing the long, narrow end in the desired liquid, then squeeze the top end, the part with the bulb. Pipettes function on suction, sort of like sucking the air out of a water bottle. It gets harder and harder to suck the air out of the water bottle as the inside gets closer to a perfect vacuum. When the apparatus is removed, a small "sucking" sound may be audible. This is the air again reaching equilibrium with the outside air, as outside air rushes in. The same thing goes for a pipette. When you press down on the flexible bulb-like part of the pipette, you create an absence of air in the pipette. When you remove the pressure, the long part of the pipette sucks in the liquid that the end of the pipette is immersed in. A volumetric pipette uses measurements to suck up the exact amount needed of the liquid it is immersed in.
The Schärding District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 30 municipalities:
The Steyr-Land District () is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. It has an area of 971.7 km². As of 1 January 2019, 60,427 people lived there. The administrative center of the district is Steyr. The district has 21 municipalities:
The Urfahr-Umgebung District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 27 municipalities:
The Vöcklabruck District is a district in the state of  Upper Austria in Austria. The district has 52 municipalities:
The Leoben District is a district in the state of Styria in Austria. It has an area of 1,052 km². As of 1 January 2019, 60,060 people lived there. The administrative center of the district is Leoben. Municipalities. Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in "italics"; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in .
Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, 32,918 people lived there. The county seat is Rensselaer. History. Jasper County was created in 1838. It was named after Sgt. William Jasper, a famous scout for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Geography. According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.68%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water. Municipalities. The municipalities in Jasper County, and their populations as of the 2020 census, are: Townships. The 13 townships of Jasper County, with their populations as of the 2020 census, are:
Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza (4 January 1966 – 11 January 2020), better known as La Parka or La Parka II, was a Mexican masked professional wrestler (""). He worked for the professional wrestling promotion AAA from the mid-1990s until 2019. He was born in Hermosillo, Sonora. Escoboza was not the first wrestler to use the ring name "La Parka". Adolfo Tapia was the first "La Parka" but did not own the trademark or copyright on the name or the character. In the late 1990s, Escoboza was billed as "La Parka Jr.". In 2003, he became the "official" La Parka. Tapia was forced to stop using the name and instead became known as L.A. Park. Escoboza was badly injured in an October 2019 wrestling match. On 11 January 2020, he died of lung and kidney failure as a result of his injuries. He was 54.
Treasure Island is a 1999 movie. It is from Robert Louis Stevenson's story. It was written and directed by Peter Rowe. It stars Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver. Story. The story takes place in 1759. It differs from the book in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim, a 13-year-old boy, out of his rightful share of the treasure. Jim then teams up with Silver. Smollett, Trelawney, and Livesey are killed. Jim, Silver, and Ben Gunn escape with the treasure. Production. The film was shot in various locations on the Isle of Man. It was distributed by Columbia TriStar and Fries Film Group. The ship used as the Hispaniola was the tall ship Earl of Pembroke. Awards. Producer Adrienne Gruben was nominated for the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards.
Philo Judaeus, also known as Philo of Alexandria, was a Jewish philosopher who lived from c. 20 BC to c. 50 AD. Philo wanted to prove that the Torah and Greek philosophy actually agreed with each other and he used allegory to do that. In 38 AD, Philo was one of many Egyptian Jews to meet with the Roman Emperor Caligula and he wrote a book about it. Life. Either Philo’s father or his father’s father was a Jew who became a Roman citizen based on a decision of the dictator Julius Caesar. Philo went to the Second Temple of Jerusalem at least once. Philo lived at the same time as Jesus did. Embassy to Gaius. When Philo was living in Alexandria the Jews were treated badly by the Greeks. According to Philo’s book Against Flaccus, Egypt’s Roman ruler Aulis Avilius Flaccus persecuted the Jews because the Jews refused to worship Caligula as a god. Philo wrote his book Against Flaccus attacking him for doing that. Philo was one of many Jews who went to Rome to convince Caligula not to build a giant statue of himself as the god Jupiter and put it inside the Second Temple of Jerusalem because if Caligula did that the Jews would rebel against him. Philo wrote a book describing his mission to Caligula called Legatio ad Gaium (The Embassy to Gaius) because Gaius was Caligula’s real name. Josephus’s Version. According to the Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus, born Yosef ben Matityahu, in his book The Antiquities of the Jews, Philo was the brother of the Roman-appointed Jewish tax collector Alexander. In Josephus’s version, the Jews refused to worship Caligula even though he commanded them to and Philo believed the Jews were right and that to worship Caligula would be a sin against God. A Roman named Apion came to Alexandria to convince the Jews that they were traitors to the Emperor and that Caligula would punish them but Philo convinced them that “ they should be of good courage, since Gaius
is a Japanese light novel series. It is written by Patora Fuyuhara and the pictures are drawn by Eiji Usatsuka. It started being published online in 2013 on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. Hobby Japan later started publishing it as Light Novels. The English version of the series is released by J-Novel Club. A manga based on this light novel by Soto began publishing in Kadokawa Shoten's "Comp Ace" in November 2016. An anime television series by Production Reed aired from July to September 2017. The series has been licensed by Crunchyroll. The series is popular on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website. It has been viewed over 100,000,000 times in total.
Keselgaspe Manatunga Jayalath Manoratne (; 12 June 1948 – 12 January 2020) was a Sri Lankan actor. He appeared in movies, television and on stage. He had roles in "Doo Daruwo", "Handaya" and "Hiripoda Wassa". He was born in Nuwara Eliya. Manoratne died of brain cancer on 12 January 2020 in Maharagama, Colombo. He was 71.
Walter J. Boyne (February 2, 1929 – January 9, 2020) was an American USAF officer, command pilot, combat veteran, aviation historian and author. He wrote more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles. While most of his books were non-fiction, Boyne wrote some works of fiction, including "" (1986). Boyne served as director of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution. He was also chairman of the National Aeronautic Association. Boyne was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was married to Jeanne Quigley until her death in 2007. The couple had four children. In 2008, he married Terezia Takacs. Boyne died on January 9, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 90.
Aart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker. He was born in Nieuwendam, Amsterdam. He is best known for his role as Meneer Aart on "Sesamstraat", the Dutch co-production of "Sesame Street". Staartjes also presented the yearly arrival of "Sinterklaas" in the Netherlands. On 10 January 2020, Staartjes was injured in a car accident. Two days later, he died of his injuries in Groningen. He was 81.
Paulo Gonçalves (5 February 1979 – 12 January 2020) was a Portuguese rally racing motorcycle rider. He was born in Gemeses, Esposende. He notably won the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship in 2013. At the time of his death in 2020, his team was Hero MotoCorp. He was also a member of KTM, Honda and Husqvarna Motorcycles On 12 January 2020, Gonçalves crashed during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. He was taken to a hospital in the town of Layla where he was pronounced dead. He was 40.
Paulo Gonçalves (born 18 November 1936) is a Brazilian football manager. Gonçalves was the head coach of the Brazil women's national team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Tony Garnett (3 April 1936 – 12 January 2020) was a British producer of movies and television and actor. He was born in Birmingham. He acted in mostly TV roles from the late-1950s until the mid-1960s. He is best known for his partnership filmmaker Ken Loach. With Loach, Garnett's credits include "Cathy Come Home" (1966), "The Big Flame" (1969), "Kes" (1969), "Family Life" (1971) and "Black Jack" (1979). Garnett's later movie credits include "Prostitute" (1980), "Handgun" (1983), "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988) and "Beautiful Thing" (1996). Garnett died on 12 January 2020, at the age of 83.
The Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupted on January 12, 2020 with the alert level of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) escalating from Alert Level 2 to Alert Level 4.  The main crater spread ashes to Calabarzon, Metro Manila, and some parts of Central Luzon.
Robert Abela (born 22 June 1977) is a Maltese lawyer and politician. He was appointed the 14th Prime Minister of Malta on January 13, 2020. Abela is the son of former President of Malta George Abela.
The Parliament of Malta ( or also known as "Il-Maħdet ta' Malta") is the constitutional legislative body in Malta, located in Valletta. The parliament is unicameral, with a democratically elected House of Representatives and the President of Malta.  By Constitutional law, all government ministers, including the Prime Minister, must be members of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta () is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives of Malta.  The Speaker is responsible for controlling the flow of House business.
Joseph Azzopardi (born 8 April 1955) is a Maltese judge. He is the Chief Justice of Malta since 2018. He was born in Senglea, Malta. On 23 May 2003, Azzopardi was promoted by Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami (PN) as Judge of the Superior Courts.  In April 2018, at 63, Azzopardi was appointed by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (PL) as Chief Justice of Malta.
Hydrox is a cream-filled cookie sandwich made by Leaf Brands. It originally launched in 1908, and was made by Sunshine Biscuits for over 90 years. Hydrox cookies have a sweet filling and a crunchy cookie shell. The Oreo cookie, introduced in 1912, was inspired by the Hydrox. The Oreo eventually became more popular than Hydrox which resulted in Hydrox being thought of as a copy of Oreo. Hydrox was mostly closed in 1999 after Sunshine was bought by Keebler, which was later bought by Kellogg's. In 2008, fans of Hydrox made thousands of phone calls and an online petition asking Kellogg's to make Hydrox again for its 100th anniversary. Kellogg's started making Hydrox again for less than one year. In September 2015, Leaf Brands began making Hydrox again with a new recipe. Leaf Brands filed a report with the US Federal Trade Commission in 2019. Leaf Brands claimed that the maker of Oreos, Mondelez International, unfairly put Hydrox products behind Oreo products on supermarket shelves.
Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor (4 April 1943 – 13 January 2020) was a Spanish journalist and writer. She was born in the town of Alcoi, Valencian Community. She was thought to be one of the most important writers in the Catalan language. Simó was awarded several prizes, including the Premi Sant Jordi in 1993. As a journalist, she was the director of "Canigó" magazine and has a daily column in the newspaper "Avui". Simó died of a neurodegenerative disease in Barcelona on 13 January 2020 at the age of 76.
Steve Stiles (July 16, 1943 – January 11, 2020) was an American cartoonist and writer. He won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. He was born in New York City. He worked for "Underground comix" and "Heavy Metal".  On January 7, 2020, Stiles announced that he had terminal cancer. He died on January 11, 2020 from the disease at a hospital in Maryland, aged 76.
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton (; 27 February 194412 January 2020) was an English philosopher and conservative writer. He held traditionalist conservative views. He was the editor from 1982 to 2001 of "The Salisbury Review". Scruton wrote over 50 books on philosophy, art, music, politics, literature, culture, sexuality, and religion. His best known works were "The Meaning of Conservatism" (1980), "Sexual Desire" (1986), "The Aesthetics of Music" (1997), and "How to Be a Conservative" (2014). He was a regular contributor to the popular media, including "The Times", "The Spectator", and the "New Statesman". Scruton was born in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. He lived in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England. Scruton was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2019. He died on 12 January 2020 from the disease at his home in Brinkworth at the age of 75.
Joan Benson (October 9, 1925 – January 1, 2020) was an American keyboard player. Her works focused on the clavichord and fortepiano. She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  From 1968 through 1976, she taught at Stanford University until joining the faculty at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she taught through 1987. Benson died on January 1, 2020 in Eugene, Oregon at the age of 94.
John Robert "Jack" Cunningham, O.C., (January 5, 1927 – January 4, 2020) was a Canadian medical physicist. He was known for his works in the development of radiation treatment planning dose calculations in radiation therapy. In 1988 he was awarded the highest award given by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. He taught at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Cunningham died on January 4, 2020 at the age of 92.
Carlos Rojas Hernández, better known as Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, (28 March 1954 – 10 January 2020) was a Colombian harpist and songwriter. His genre of work was joropo. He was the director of Colombian band Cimarron. He was born in San Martín, Meta, Colombia. Rojas was part of the Colombian folkloric musicians that went with writer Gabriel García Márquez to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Rojas died of a heart attack on 10 January 2020 in Bogota at the age of 65.
Musharraf Karim (9 January 1946 – 11 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi writer and journalist. He was honored with the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2003. He was a fellow of Bangla Academy. Karim was born in Mymensingh. Khan was the news editor of "Daily Dinkal". He was a permanent member of the Jatiya Press Club.  Khan died on 11 January 2020 at a private hospital in Mymensingh at the age of 74.
Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge (born 14 July 1985) is an English actress and writer. She created, wrote, and starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series "Crashing" (2016) and the BBC comedy-drama series "Fleabag" (2016–2019).  She was also the showrunner and executive producer for the first series of the BBC America thriller series "Killing Eve" (2018–present).
Murad Wilfried Hofmann (6 July 1931 – 13 January 2020) was a German politician and author. He wrote many books on Islam, including "Journey to Makkah" () and "Islam: The Alternative" (). He was one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You. He was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Hofmann was a German ambassador to Algeria (1987–1990) and Morocco (1990–1994). Hofmann died on 13 January 2020 in Bonn, Germany at the age of 88.
The Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman is the monarch and head of state of Oman. It is the most powerful position in the country. The sultans of Oman are members of the Al Said dynasty, which is the ruling family of Oman. Since 11 January 2020, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said has been the current sultan.
James Barber (16 July 1940 – 5 January 2020) was a British biochemist. He was a senior research investigator and professor of biochemistry at Imperial College London, Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin and Visiting Canon Professor to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.  In 1989, he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea. In 1995, Barber became a member of the Australian Academy of Science. In 2005, he won the ENI Award. Barber became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2003. Barber died on 5 January 2020 at the age of 79.
Paul Francis Pelosi Sr. (born April 15, 1940) is an American businessman. He owns Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based real estate and investment company. He also owned the Sacramento Mountain Lions, a team in the United Football League (which does not exist any more). He is the husband of the U.S. House speaker, Nancy Pelosi and has had five children with her. In the early hours of October 28, 2022, a man broke into Pelosi's San Francisco home screaming "Where's Nancy?" multiple times and attacked Pelosi with a hammer. The suspect was taken into police custody, while Pelosi was hospitalized with blunt force injuries and had surgery on his skull. 42 year old, David DePape was the assailant.
David Bernard Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (18 August 1928 – 8 January 2020) was a British politician and businessman. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1976 through 1999 and again from 2005 through 2015. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975 and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2000. Montgomery died on 8 January 2020 at the age of 91.
Julie Ann Strain (February 18, 1962 – January 10, 2021) was an American actress and model. She was "Penthouse" Pet of the Month in June 1991. In movies, she appeared in "" and "Beverly Hills Cop III". From 1998 through 2001, she hosted "Sex Court". She was born in Concord, California. In November 2018, Strain announced that she had advanced dementia and was placed in hospice care. She died from the disease on January 10, 2021 at the age of 58.
The three-finger salute (, "three fingers"), usually known as the Serb salute, is a salute which, at first, represented the Holy Trinity, was used when making oaths, and as a symbol of Serbian Orthodoxy, but today it is usually a gesture for ethnic Serbs and Serbia. It is made by stretching out the thumb, index, and middle fingers of one or both hands.  In Serbian and Orthodox tradition, the number three is very important. Three fingers are used when signing the cross in Orthodoxy, to represent the three parts of the Trinity. In history, Serbs used the three-finger salute when they were making oaths. Often, the salute was done with both hands above the head. A Serbian proverb says that "There is no cross without three fingers" (нема крста без три прста). Karađorđe was made the leader of the First Serbian Uprising after all the members of the uprising raised their "three fingers in the air" and by doing that swore an oath to him.
Carlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez (3 November 1954 — 13 January 2020) was a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal at the 1980 Olympics. He was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.  On 13 January 2020, Girón died from pneumonia in Mexico City at age 65.
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado (22 January 1942 – 13 January 2020) was a Mexican movie director and screenwriter. He was born in Aguascalientes City, Mexico. He worked with Gabriel García Márquez on "Mary My Dearest" in 1979 and "The Summer of Miss Forbes" in 1988. His 1991 movie "Homework" was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Mention. On 13 January 2020, Hermosillo died in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico at the age of 77.