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Marc Chardonnens (1960 – 6 April 2020) was a Swiss government official. He worked at the Federal Office for Environmental Protection from 1987 to 2004, then at the Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape. In 2004, he was appointed as head of the environmental department of the Canton of Fribourg. He chaired the conférence des chefs des services de la protection de l'environnement from 2011 to 2015.  On 27 January 2016, the Federal Council elected him Director of the Federal Office for the Environment. He took office on 11 April 2016, and resigned in late January 2020.  Chardonnens died on 6 April 2020.
Stanislav Libenský (March 27, 1921 – February 24, 2002) and Jaroslava Brychtová (July 18, 1924 – April 8, 2020) were contemporary artists. Their works are included in many major modern art collections. Their works could be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria &amp; Albert Museum. Jaroslava Brychtová, a sculptor, and Stanislav Libenský, originally a painter and later a glass artist, met in 1954. They married in 1963 and worked together until Libenský's death in 2002. Libenský painted and sketched the designs, and Brychtová made clay sculptures from his designs.
Linda Rose Tripp (née Carotenuto; November 24, 1949 – April 8, 2020) was an American civil servant. She played an important role in the Lewinsky scandal of 1998. Tripp's action in secretly recording Monica Lewinsky's secret phone calls about her relationship with the president caused a sensation with their links to the earlier "Clinton v. Jones" lawsuit. Tripp claimed that her motives were patriotic, and she was able to avoid a wiretap charge for handing in the tapes. She then claimed that her firing from the Pentagon at the end of the Clinton administration was because she leaked the phone calls, while the administration claimed it to be a standard routine. From 2004, Tripp worked with her husband in a retail business in Middleburg, Virginia. Tripp was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She died from pancreatic cancer in Middleburg at the age of 70 on April 8, 2020.
Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru (1 April 1929 – 8 April 2020) was a New Zealand Māori language activist and trade unionist. He was known for creating Māori language radio and television channels. He had a 30-year relationship with the Tertiary Education Union. In 1995, Waikerepuru was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waikato. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He was a life member of the Tertiary Education Union. Waikerepuru died on 8 April 2020, aged 91.
Lobaye is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Mbaïki.  The prefecture is in the southern part of the country, bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Besides Mbaïki, other important cities include Boda, in the north, and Mongoumba, by the Ubangi River.
Mambéré-Kadéï is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Berbérati. Until 1992, it was named Haute-Sangha.
Ouham-Pendé is one of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic. Its capital is Bozoum.  In the north it has a border with Cameroon and Chad.
Batha is a region of Chad. The capital of the region is Ati. The region of Batha is divided into three departments: Batha Est, Batha Ouest and Fitri.
The regions of Chad are divided into 61 departments. The following is a list of departments grouped by region. Shown next to each department is its population as of 2009, the name of its capital or main town, and a list of sub-prefectures. Bahr El Gazel. Created in 2008 from the Kanem region's former Barh El Gazel department. Borkou. Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Borkou department. Ennedi. Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Ennedi Est and Ennedi Ouest departments. Sila. Created in 2008 from the Ouaddaï region's former Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar departments. Tibesti. Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Tibesti department. Wadi Fira. N'Djamena (capital). N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is also a special statute region. It has no departments, but is divided into 10 "arrondissements".
Chari-Baguirmi is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Massenya. The Chari River flows through the west and south of the region. The Chari-Baguirmi region is divided into three departments:
Hadjer-Lamis is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Massakory. The far north-west of the region borders on Lake Chad. The region of Hadjer-Lamis is divided into three departments:
Wadi Fira is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is the town of Biltine. Subdivisions. The region of Wadi Fira is divided into three departments. Each is listed with the name of its capital or main town and a list of sub-prefectures.
Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor, model and artist. He is known for starring as Daryl Dixon in the AMC series "The Walking Dead" (2010–present) and Murphy MacManus in the movie "The Boondock Saints" (1999) and its sequel "" (2009). He is the host of "Ride with Norman Reedus". He performed the motion capture and voice acting for the main character Sam in Hideo Kojima's video game "Death Stranding" (2019). He has also modeled for companies such as Prada and Levi's. Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida. He has a child with Danish model Helena Christensen. He is now in a relationship with German model Diane Kruger. The couple have one child.
Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for TV roles such as Sara Tancredi in Fox's "Prison Break" (2005–2009; 2017), Lori Grimes in AMC's "The Walking Dead" (2010–2013; 2018) and Katie Bowman in USA Network's "Colony" (2016–2018). Callies was born in La Grange, Illinois. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She married Josh Winterhalt in 2002. The couple have two children.
The Borkou region is a region of Chad. Its capital is Faya-Largeau. It was created in 2008 from the Borkou department of the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region.  Borkou is in the Sahara Desert. It has parts of the Tibesti Mountains in its north. The highest point in Chad, Emi Koussi, is in Borkou. The region is divided into 2 departments - Borkou (capital Faya-Largeau) and Borkou Yala (capital Kirdimi).
Ennedi-Est is a region in Chad. The capital of the region is Amdjarass. It was created in 2012 from Ennedi Region.  Subdivisions. Ennedi-Est Region is divided into two departments:
Ennedi-Ouest is a region in Chad. The capital of the region is Fada. It was created in 2012 from the western half of Ennedi Region.  Subdivisions. Ennedi-Ouest Region is divided into two departments:
Guéra is one of the 23 regions of Chad. The capital is Mongo. It was created in 2002 from the former Guéra prefecture. Half of the Zakouma National Park is within the region. Departments. The region of Guéra is divided into four departments, namely:
Kanem is one of 23 regions in Chad. The capital is Mao. It is named after the Kanem Empire. It was created in 2002 from the former Prefecture of Kanem. In 2008, a portion of the Kanem region (the Bahr el Gazel Department) was split off to become the new Bahr el Gazel Region. Since 2008, the region of Kanem is divided in three departments, namely:
Andrew Mills (born 18 June 1981) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 2004 and 2005. He was drafted from the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup, with the 52nd selection in the 1999 AFL Draft. He played 14 games in four seasons at the Tigers before he was delisted at the end of the 2003 season.
The Oromia Region is one of the regional states of Ethiopia. The capital city is according to the Adama city administration , which stated that 'On June 10, 2005, the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), part of the ruling EPRDF coalition, officially announced plans to move the regional capital to Addis Ababa'. It is the homeland of the Oromo people. It has a population of around 35,000,000; this makes it the largest regional state in terms of population. It is also the largest regional state by land size.  Administrative zones. Oromia Region is divided into 20 administrative zones:
Sharon Jones &amp; The Dap Kings were an American soul music band, comprised of Sharon Jones and ever dap king. Sharon Jones was the lead vocalist of the band. The band was formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2016. That was because Sharon Jones died on 18 November that year. The dap kings liked Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse. They were signed to Daptone Records.
Frances Hesselbein (November 1, 1915 - December 11, 2022) was an American businesswoman. She served as the CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA from 1976 to 1990. In 1998, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work with the Girl Scouts of the USA. Hesselbein was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She turned 100 in 2015. She died at her home in Easton, Pennsylvania, on December 11, 2022, at the age of 107.
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common, is an American rapper and actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His music has been compared to the likes of Kanye West. He graduated from Luther High School South. Later, he graduated from Florida A&amp;M University. He released his first album "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" using the stage name Common Sense. He started becoming more popular when he was forced to change his stage name. A reggae band from Orange County, California with the same name sued him. He won an Oscar for co-writing the song "Glory" for the 2014 movie "Selma". In 2018, Common was nominated for an Oscar. It was for the song "Stand Up for Something" from the 2017 movie "Marshall". Common appeared in many movies. These include "Smokin' Aces", "American Gangster", "The Kitchen", "Wanted", "Terminator Salvation" and "Just Wright".
Arthur Louis Thurlow (May 5, 1913 – May 27, 2020) is a Canadian politician and judge. He served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg County. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Thurlow was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He turned 100 in 2013.
Ruth Mosselle Apilado ("née" Mays; April 30, 1908 – August 15, 2021) was an American writer and anti-racism activist. She was known as the founder of the quarterly magazine "America's Intercultural Magazine" ("AIM"). She founded "AIM" in 1973. Apilado was born in Chicago, Illinois. She turned 100 in 2008, and 110 in 2018. Apilado died on August 15, 2021 in Federal Way, Washington at the age of 113.
The Walensee, also known as "Lake Walen" or "Lake Walenstadt" from Walenstadt, is a lake in eastern Switzerland. It is in the cantons of St. Gallen and Glarus. Other towns and villages at the lake include Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg. The three main rivers leading to this lake are the Seez, Murgbach, and Linth. The last continues its course from Walensee to Lake Zurich. The Schnittlauchinsel, at the eastern end of the lake, is the only island in the Walensee. The Churfirsten range raises steeply on the north side from the lake's level at 419 m to 2,306 m above sea level.
Badaun district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Badaun city is the headquarter. It is the part of Bareilly division. Tehsils. There are 5 tehsils in Budaun district.
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the capital of Bareilly division. In 2015 Bareilly is selected one of the smartest cities of India. According to 2011 Census of India, the population of the city is 904,797 out of 477,515 are males and 427,282 are females.
Moshe Brawer (‎; 3 November 1919 – 28 December 2020) was an Israeli geographer. In 2002, he won the Israel Prize for geography research. He was the author of "The Atlas of the World," an Israeli textbook published in at least 67 editions. Brawer was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family. His family moved to Jerusalem in 1920. He turned 100 in 2019. Brawer died on 28 December 2020, aged 101.
was a Japanese professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher and outfielder. He played for the Kintetsu Pearls/Buffaloes from 1950 to 1964. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants during the 1965 season. He later managed the Yokohama Taiyo Whales from 1982 to 1984 and the Yakult Swallows from 1987 to 1989. He was added into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He was born in Tokyo. Sekine died on 9 April 2020 in Tokyo, at the age of 93.
Frances Bartlett Kinne (May 23, 1917 – May 10, 2020) was an American educator, administrator and author. She served as president of Jacksonville University from 1979 to 1989. She was the first female university president to hold office in the state of Florida, and second in the United States. Her memoir, "Iowa Girl: The President Wears a Skirt", was published in 2000. Kinne was born in Story City, Iowa. She turned 100 in 2017. Kinne died on May 10, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida at the age of 102.
Shark Tale is a 2004 animated comedy movie. It was produced, made and owned by DreamWorks Animation Productions for DreamWorks Pictures and directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman. It is a different movie than A Fish Tale. Reception. The movie wasn't well-liked and many thought it was too similar to Jaws and The Godfather. And a lot of critics (including Roger Ebert) said that they liked Finding Nemo better. However, it did get #1 at the box office for three weeks straight and got nominated Best Animated Feature at the 2004 Oscars, but lost to The Incredibles. Future. In April 2011, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, commented that the studio did not have plans to produce future movie genre parodies like "Shark Tale", "Monsters vs. Aliens", and "Megamind", saying that these moviess "all shared an approach and tone and idea of parody, and did not travel well internationally. We don't have anything like that coming on our schedule now."
is a subway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation runs the station. It was opened on March 16, 1980. Lines. Ogawamachi Station is served by the Toei Shinjuku Line, and is 6.5 km from Shinjuku Station. The station has the number "S-07". It is connected to Awajichō Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line and Shin-Ochanomizu Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line from underground passages. Station Design. Ogawamachi Station has a one island platform design on the 6th level of the basement (also called ("B6F")), it has two tracks. Passenger Information. In 2011, the station was used by around 64,205 people everyday. Areas near the station. The station is located under the Tokyo Metropolitan Route 302 (Yasukuni-dōri) it is between Tokyo Metropolitan Routes 403 (Hongō-dōri) and 405 (Sotobori-dōri). There is many office buildings and apartment buildings in this area. Other places close by are:
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland is a 1999 video game. In this game, Elmo loses his blanket and both the blanket and Elmo end up in Grouchland. It was released in October 1999 in the United States. It is based on the movie of the same name. It was made for Windows. It was also released on the Game Boy Color in October 1999.
Woodbury is a town and village in Orange County, New York, United States. The town population was 12,197 at the 2020 census.
Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian couple known as feminist and gay-rights activists. Martin and Lyon met in 1950, became lovers in 1952, and moved in together on Valentine's Day 1953. They had been together for three years when they co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) in San Francisco in 1955. It was the first social and political organization for lesbians in the United States. They both acted as president and editor of "The Ladder" until 1963, and remained involved in the DOB until joining the National Organization for Women (NOW) as the first lesbian couple to do so. They were married on February 12, 2004, in the first same-sex wedding to take place in San Francisco after Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to begin providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. However, that marriage was voided by the California Supreme Court on August 12, 2004.  They married again on June 16, 2008, in the first same-sex wedding to take place in San Francisco after the California Supreme Court's decision in "In re Marriage Cases" legalized same-sex marriage in California. Martin was born in San Francisco. She died there of problems caused by a fall at the age of 87 in 2008. Lyon was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She died in 2020 at the age of 95.
The Daughters of Bilitis , also called the DOB or the Daughters, was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States.  The organization, formed in San Francisco in 1955 by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, was created to be another hangout area for lesbians other than lesbian bars. This was to avoid raids and police harassment. It later gave support to women who were afraid to come out.  The DOB educated them about their rights, and about gay history. The Daughters of Bilitis lasted for 14 years, becoming an educational resource for lesbians, gay men, researchers and mental health professionals.
Pale ale is a kind of beer. It's mainly made of malt, which is lighter in color. It is one of the older kinds of beer. At the beginning of the 19th century, Pale Ale existed in England. While it is common in England, there are also varieties in Belgium (Belgian Pale ale), and in the Noth of France (called bières de garde). Because of its color, the beer is sometimes called amber.
Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American lawyer, businessman, and convicted felon. He is the son of former U.S. president Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Hunter Biden. In 2009, he co-founded Rosemont Seneca Partners. President Donald Trump tried to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden by ending foreign aid to Ukraine. This caused an impeachment inquiry in September 2019, in which the President was not impeached. Biden was a member of the board of directors of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, from 2014 to 2019. Biden was on the board of Burisma Holdings from 2014 to 2019. He was a officer in the United States Navy Reserve for less than a year during 2013-2014. He was kicked out of the military after failing a drug test during his first weekend of duty. His rank was Ensign. Court cases in 2024. In December 2024, president Joe Biden gave a pardon (in regard to the crimes of) Hunter Biden; According to media, "In this case, the president's ... pardon covers any [federal crimes or] potential federal crimes the younger Biden may have [... done] during a period of more than 10 years from January 2014 to December 2024". Gun trial. "Biden [was] scheduled to be sentenced in the gun case in November" 2024, according to media; However, the judge "will likely cancel the sentencing" hearing, according to media. (A "hearing" is a legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury.) Earlier (and in 2023), Biden admitted to "illegally owning a gun while a drug user", because he knowingly denied drug use when applying for a permit to buy a gun. A "former employee of the ... gun store that sold Hunter the gun", gave testimony in court about a (document or) form, that the prosecution is using as evidence: "That form is wrong"; The employee claims that the form is missing information [that was on the form that the employee had used].  Biden "will
Miguel Jones Castillo (27 October 1938 – 8 April 2020) was a Spanish footballer. He played as a midfielder for SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid during the 1950s and 1960s. In October 1967, Jones was signed for a season with Osasuna, his last club. After retiring as a player he returned to live in Bilbao and was a director at SD Indautxu. He was born in Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea (now Malabo, Equatorial Guinea).  Jones, who had cancer, died on 8 April 2020 in Bilbao from COVID-19 at the age of 81.
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia.  He was a Professor Emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. Platnick described over 1,800 species of spiders from around the world.  Until 2014 he was also the maintainer of the World Spider Catalog, a website which tracks the arachnology literature. Platnick died on April 8, 2020 at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of problems caused from a fall, aged 68.
Raj Kumar Aggarwal (born 1949) was a Kenyan-British pharmacist, public health expert and businessman. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He was the first ever Honorary Consul for India with jurisdiction for Wales. He was responsible for helping to connect Welsh and Indian businesses. In March 2015, he was appointed president of the Consular Association of Wales. In 1973, he became a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (; 2 November 1948 – 9 April 2020), also known by his pen names Dmitri N. Smirnov, was a Russian-born British composer. He was born in Minsk. His best known works were "Tiriel" and "The Lamentations of Thel". His "Solo for Harp" won First Prize in a competition in Maastricht (1976). His two operas "Tiriel" and "Thel" on a text by William Blake were premiered in 1989. He was a "Composer-in-Residence" at University of Cambridge (St John's College), at Dartington, and "Visiting Professor" at Keele University (1993–8). Smirnov died of COVID-19 on 9 April 2020 in London at the age of 71.
Patrick James "Whitey" Stapleton (July 4, 1940 – April 8, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a defenceman. Stapleton played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA), mainly for the Chicago Black Hawks. He also played for the Boston Bruins, Chicago Cougars, Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. Stapleton was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. He was the father of Mike Stapleton, who had a lengthy career in the NHL as well. Stapleton died on April 8, 2020 of stroke-related problems in Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario, aged 79.
Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It had a 2016 population of 71,594. It is the largest city on Lake Huron and in Lambton County. It is near the St. Clair River. Media. CHOK 1070 CHKS 106.3
Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. Early life. Docter was born in Bloomington, Minnesota to Rita Margaret Kanne and David Reinhardt Docter. His parents are of Danish, English, French, German, Irish, Mohawk Native American, Scottish and Welsh descent.
Lake St. Clair () is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi.  It is part of the Great Lakes system. The St. Clair River brings water south from Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, brings the water south from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. Lake St. Clair has a total surface area of about and an average depth of just .
The Okanagan (), also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is an area in British Columbia, Canada, that is located around Okanagan Lake and the Okanagan River. It is part of the Okanagan Country, which is also in the United States as Okanogan Country Washington. The region's population is 403,950 in 2021. The largest city is Kelowna.
Okanagan Lake is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is long, between wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2.