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The western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) is a North American freshwater poeciliid fish in the Poeciliidae family. It is from the southern and midwestern United States and east coast of Mexico. Human beings brought it to many other places, for example Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Australia. It has caused problems as an invasive species. Some scientists say that the western mosquitofish has had the largest effect on the environment of any fish in the family Poeciliidae. Size. The adult male western mosquitofish grows to and the female to . It has a round tail fin. It eats algae, insects, and other invertebrates. It can eat more than its own body weight every day. It can live in water that is twice as salty as seawater. It can live in water as hot as 43°C. The western mosquitofish usually has 60 eggs at a time, but it can have as many as 300 at a time. The eggs stay inside the female's body until they hatch. Invasive species. In the early 20th century, human beings caught western mosquitofish and took them to other places. They did this because they thought the western mosquitofish would eat mosquitoes and their young. This did not work. Sometimes there were more mosquitoes than before: The western mosquitofish killed other fish that were eating mosquitoes. It did this by either eating the other fish, killing them without eating them, or eating so much of the food that the other fish died. The western mosquitofish sometimes killed fish that were better at killing mosquitoes than it was. It also ate some of the insects that had been eating the mosquitoes and mosquito young. It also ate zooplankton, which left more food for the mosquito young to eat themselves. The western mosquitofish can kill larger fish by biting their fins and eating their eggs and babies. It kills and eats smaller fish. It kills frogs by eating their eggs and tadpoles. After people put western mosquitofish in a body of water, there may be an algal bloom because the western mosquitofish kills
Nava Ebrahimi (born 1978 in Tehran) is a German writer living in Austria. She won a 2017 Austrian Book Prize. Life. She studied journalism and economics in Cologne. She worked as a journalist for the "Financial Times Deutschland" and the "Cologne City Revue". She was a consultant for the Federal Agency for Foreign Trade. In 2007 she was a finalist in the Open Mike literary award. In 2013 she was in the Bavarian Academy of Writing. For her first novel "Sixteen Words", she won the €10,000 debut prize of the 2017 Austrian Book Award. In 2020 she published her second novel, "Das Paradies meines Nachbarn," about Ali Najjar. In 2018 she was invited to "the New Literature Festival" in New York City .
Meral Kureyshi (born 26 March 1983 in Prizren) is a Swiss writer. Life. Meral Kureyshi was born in Prizren, Yugoslavia in 1983. Her family came from the Turkish-speaking minority in Kosovo. She has lived in Bern since 1992. She studied at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel. In 2015, her first novel, "Elephants in the Garden", was published. She was shortlisted for the Swiss Book Prize. She won the 2016 Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern. She read at the 2020 Bachmann Prize, at the invitation of Martin Wiederstein.
Hannah Tapp (born 21 June 1995) is an American volleyball player. She played at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. she also competed at the fivb World Cup 2019 in Japan She played for the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team and Volley Bergamo.
Sarah Wilhite Parsons (born 30 July 1995) is an American volleyball player. She played at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. She played for the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team, MTV Stuttgart 1843, and Futura Volley Busto Arsizio.
Kristen Hahn Tupac (born 21 June 1995) is an American volleyball player and coach. She played at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix,  She played for Iowa State University's women's volleyball team, TS Volley Düdingen, NawaRo Straubing, and Sm’Aesch Pfeffingen.
Karolina Ciaszkiewicz-Lach (born 7 September 1979) is a Polish volleyball player. She played at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix, and 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix.  She played for Stal Bielsko-Biala and Aluprof.
The pale frog, pallid rocket frog, pale rocket frog or peach-sided rocket frog ("Litoria pallida") is a frog from Australia. It lives in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. The adult frog can grow to 4.0 cm long from nose to rear end. It is light gray in colour with some stripes. It has yellow colour on its legs. Its front feet have a little webbing and its hind feet have more webbing. It lives in forests and grasslands and in caves and rocky places. It lays eggs 50–350 eggs at a time in temporary bodies of water. The tadpoles take 8 to 10 weeks to become frogs but sometimes they become frogs in as little as 5 weeks.
The Lamborghini Urus is an SUV made by Lamborghini. It is powered by a twin-turbo V8 engine. It was built in 2017 and released in February 2018 for the 2018 model year. Concept car. The Lamborghini Urus concept was revealed to the public at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show on April 23, 2012. It was later shown at Pebble Beach in 2012. The concept was powered by a 5.2 L V10 engine that was shared with the Gallardo. The engine had a theoretical power output of . The power was put through an all-wheel drive power system. The production version of the Urus was revealed in 2017. However, it looked different than the concept. It was also powered by a twin-turbo V8 instead of a V10. Powertrain. The Lamborghini Urus does not use Lamborghini’s V10 or V12 engines. Instead, the Urus is powered by a 4.0 L twin-turbo V8, which is a modified version of Audi's 4.0 L V8. The engine is built at a Volkswagen plant in Hungary. It is then shipped to Lamborghini's assembly plant. Performance. The Urus’s engine has a maximum power output of at 6,000 rpm. The Urus has a front-engine, all-wheel-drive layout, and a top speed of making it one of the world's fastest production SUVs. The Urus can accelerate from 0–100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.6 seconds and 0–200 km/h (124 mph) in 12.8 seconds.  The Urus, like all modern Lamborghinis, has several different driving modes. Each mode has a specific purpose. The modes are: Strada (street), Sport, Corsa (track), Terra (dirt), Sabbia (sand), and Neve (snow). The Urus has a seating capacity of either four or five people.
Al Wakrah () is a city in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge is the shore of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital city Doha is situated north of the city. It is governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani. It was originally a small fishing and pearling village. Over the years, it evolved into a small city with a population of more than 80,000 and is currently considered to be the second-largest city in Qatar. It has undergone extensive development and growth since the 21st century began while also being slowly merged by rapidly expanding Doha from the north. Notable milestones in the city's modern history include the May 2019 inauguration of Al Janoub Stadium, a stadium that will be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the opening of Al Wakrah Heritage Village in 2016, the Al Wakrah Main Road Project which is set to be completed in 2020, and the city's integration into the Doha Metro's Red Line. Situated off the Persian Gulf to the east, Al Wakrah is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the capital city Doha, 72 km (45 mi) south of Al Khor, 21 km (13 mi) north of Mesaieed, 36 km (22 mi) southeast of Umm Salal Mohammed, and 100 km (62 mi) southeast of Dukhan. The city has two public beaches and a mall named Ezdan Mall, which was completed in late 2016.
The Doha Metro is a rapid transit system in Doha, Qatar's capital city. It became operational on 8 May 2019. It has three lines with an overall length of about 76 km and 37 stations. The Doha Metro will have around 100 stations for the entire network when the project is finished.
Sky Raiders (also known as Assault on the Forbidden Fortress) is a 1976 American action adventure movie directed by Douglas Hickox and starring James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, Zouzou and John Beck. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Mike Harrington is an American computer programmer. He is the co-founder of the video game development and digital distribution company Valve. Previously a game programmer at Dynamix and a designer on the Windows NT operating system at Microsoft, Harrington founded Valve in 1996 with Gabe Newell, another former Microsoft employee. He and Newell privately funded the development of "Half-Life", which he also helped program. On January 15, 2000, after the success of "Half-Life", Harrington dissolved his partnership with Newell and left Valve to spend time with his wife. "At Microsoft you always wonder, 'Is it me being successful or is it Microsoft?' But with "Half-Life" I knew Gabe and I had built that product and company from scratch." According to Newell, Harrington did not want to risk another project after the success of "Half-Life". In 2006, Harrington co-founded Picnik with friend and former colleague Darrin Massena, which was later acquired by Google in March 2010. Harrington left Google in March 2011, and co-founded another company with Massena, called Catnip Labs, in January 2012. Harrington was the CTO at The Committee for Children from 2016-2018 and is now the CTO of Amplion.
The Ministry of Health () is a ministry in the Israeli government. It is responsible for deciding the health policies for the Israel. The present Health Minister is Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz).
Laura Hillman (born Hannelore Wolff; October 16, 1923 – June 4, 2020) was a German-born American survivor of Holocaust concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was also a "Schindlerjude", who survived the Holocaust with the help of Oskar Schindler.  In 2005, she published a young adult book about her experiences during the Holocaust which is titled "i will plant you a lilac tree – a memoir of a Schindler's list survivor." She was born in Aurich, Ostfriesland, Germany. Hillman died on June 4, 2020 in Rossmoor, California at the age of 96.
Noel Dawn Johnson (December 1, 1972 – June 9, 2020) was an American basketball player and the head coach of the Midwestern State Mustangs women's basketball team. She played for the national championship Texas Tech Lady Raiders in 1993. She was born in Shamrock, Texas. She also coached Midwestern State Mustangs from 2009 to 2020. Johnson died on June 9, 2020 from ovarian cancer, aged 47.
Peter E. Toschek (18 April 1933 – 25 June 2020) was a German experimental physicist. He researched nuclear physics, quantum optics, and laser physics. He was known as an important scientist of laser spectroscopy. He was a professor at Hamburg University. Toschek was born in Hindenburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Toschek died on 25 June 2020 in Hindenburg, aged 87.
Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach (29 July 1932 – 26 June 2020) was a French-born Laotian Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Savannakhet. Laos, from 1971 to 1975. Bach died on 26 June 2020, aged 87.
Thomas Joseph Finn (November 21, 1948 – June 27, 2020) was an American pop jazz singer-songwriter, guitarist and DJ. He was a founding member of the 1960s baroque pop group The Left Banke. Finn died on June 27, 2020 at the age of 71.
David Bruce Stronach ( – ) was a British archeologist of ancient Iran and Iraq. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was recipient of the 2004 Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Gold Medal for "Distinguished Archaeological Achievement". Stronach was an expert on the city of Pasargadae. Stronach died on June 27, 2020 at the age of 89.
Kim Bridgford (August 9, 1959 – June 28, 2020) was an American poet, writer, critic, and academic.  In her poetry, she wrote mainly in traditional forms, particularly sonnets. She was the director of Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, created in 2014 and first held in May 2015. She directed the West Chester University Poetry Conference from 2010 through 2014. She was born in Coal Valley, Illinois. Bridgford started teaching at Fairfield University in Connecticut in 1989. Bridgford died from cancer on June 28, 2020, at the age of 60, at a hospice care center in Bettendorf, Iowa.
John Thomas Kneebone (1935 – 28 June 2020) was a New Zealand farming leader. He was elected as president of Federated Farmers in 1974. He was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 1989. He was the inspiration behind the National Agricultural Fieldays in 1969. In the 1988 New Year Honours, Kneebone was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services and services to agriculture.  He died in Cambridge on 28 June 2020, aged 84.
Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe, DCVO, FSA (27 May 1944 – 28 June 2020) was an English writer on art. Roscoe was Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire from 2004 until 2018. Roscoe was editor-in-chief and co-author of "A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660–1851", published in November 2009.  Roscoe died on 28 June 2020, aged 76.
Bernhardus “Bernhard” van Haersma Buma (23 March 1932 – 26 June 2020) was a Dutch politician and writer. He was a member of the Christian Historical Union (CHU) and later on of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was mayor of Workum and Sneek. He was born in Stavoren, Netherlands. Buma died from a heart attack on 26 June 2020 at a hospital in Leeuwarden, Netherlands at the age of 88. Bernhard van Haersma Buma is the father of CDA politician Sybrand van Haersma Buma.
Madeleine Juneau (10 November 1945 – 26 June 2020) was a Canadian museologist and teacher. She was a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. She was awarded the Prix Gérard-Morisset in 2013. She was born in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec. Juneau died in Verdun, France on 26 June 2020, aged 74.
Rosemarie Müller-Streisand (11 August 1923 – 26 June 2020) was a German church historian, theologian and teacher. In 1963 she became a professor and in 1969 she was a main person of church history at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She retired in 1983. Müller-Streisand died in Berlin on 26 June 2020, aged 96.
Ernesto Marcel (23 May 1948 – 29 June 2020) was a Panamanian professional boxer. He competed from 1966 to 1974. He held the WBA featherweight title from 1972 to 1974 and challenged for the WBC featherweight title in 1971. Marcel was born in Colón, Panama. Marcel died on 29 June 2020 in Panama City, aged 72.
Ruben Armand "Benny" Mardones (November 9, 1946 – June 29, 2020) was an American pop singer-songwriter. He was known for his hit single "Into the Night," which hit the Top 20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 (#11) and again in 1989 (#20). He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Mardones died on June 29, 2020 at his home in Menifee, California from Parkinson's disease-related problems, aged 73.
Svend Aage Rask (14 July 1935 – 29 June 2020) was a Danish footballer. During his club career he played for Boldklubben 1909. He earned 1 cap for the Denmark national football team. He was in the finals squad for the 1964 European Nations' Cup. Rask died on 29 June 2020, aged 84.
The VSS, also called the Vintorez, (rus. Винторез, literally "screw cutter") is a sniper rifle featuring a built-in suppressor (similar to that of the AS-Val) the weapon is loaded with heavy subsonic 9×39mm SP5 cartridges and armor-piercing SP6 cartridges. It was manufactured (created) by the Soviet company TsNIITochMash during the late 1980s. It is issued primarily to Spetsnaz units for secretive operations, a role made evident by its ability to be broken down for transport in a specially fitted case. Design. The way the gun operates and the silencer system used on the VSS are based from the AS assault rifle. The VSS is a gas-operated select-fire rifle. It has a long-stroke gas piston operating rod in a gas cylinder above the barrel. The weapon catch is held in its place thanks to a rotating bolt who attach themselves to the appropriate socket when needed. The VSS is striker fired. It features a cross-bolt type fire selector switch located behind the trigger, inside the trigger guard; the safety lever and the charging handle resemble those used in Kalashnikov weapons. The skeletonized wooden stock is a more rounded version of that provided on the SVD rifle; it has a rubber shoulder pad and can be removed when the rifle is dismantled for compact storage. The forward handguard is made from a high-impact polymer. If needed, the weapon can be used in fully automatic mode using either its original 10-round magazine or the 20-round magazines from the AS rifle.
The M2 flamethrower was an American-made portable flamethrower that was used during World War II. It was the successor to the M1 and M1A1 flamethrowers. Although it could only shoot fire for around 7 seconds and the flame was only effective out to around 20–40 meters. However, with the arrival of flamethrower tanks, the need for flamethrower-carrying infantrymen to expose themselves to enemy fire was greatly reduced. Though some M2s were sold off, the majority were scrapped (thrown away) when they were declared obsolete (uneeded). Variants. The M2 was the WWII model had hexagonal gas caps and hourglass frames. It was also called the M2-2, M2 for the tank groups and -2 for the wand type. The M2A1-2 is the variation of the M2 mainly used during the Korean War. These had straight sided backpack frames, vented gas caps, a cylinder sized temperature guards and a safety catch. These are much more common today than WWII models. M2A1-7 was a flamethrower used by the American troops during the Vietnam War. It is the updated version of the M2A1-2 unit used during The Korean War. It has four controls: The M9A1-7 was the most common model used in Vietnam and is much lighter and easier to use. Tanks for this weapon are commonly found, but most wands were destroyed after the Vietnam war. Some U.S. Army flamethrowers have a front handgrip with the same shape as the rear handgrip. In these models the igniter controls are on the front handgrip, arranged in the same way as the rear handgrip controls. The M2 was replaced by the M9A1-7 flamethrower which was used in Vietnam. The M9A1-7 was replaced by the M202A1 FLASH.
Burslem is one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census revealed the ward had a population of 11,314 people. Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent are the other towns that make up the city. It is a very old town. The Domesday Book shows Burslem (then known as "Bacardeslim") as a small farming hamlet. Even as far back as the late 12th century, there was a pottery industry in the town. The Trent &amp; Mersey Canal flows through the west and south of the town centre. It was used as the main way pottery was moved from the factories. Heavy goods are most economically transported by water. The football club Port Vale F.C. is based in the town. It plays home games at Vale Park. Professional darts player Phil Taylor is from Burslem.
Agata Karczmarzewska-Pura (born 27 June 1978) is a Polish volleyball player. She played at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix, and 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix. She played for PTPS Nafta-Gaz Piła.
was a Japanese volleyball player. Life and career. Yumika Yokoyama was born on 2 March 1987 in Beijing. She studied at Shimokitazawa Seitoku High School and Waseda University. Her school friend was volleyball player Saori Kimura. She played at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix. She wanted to play in the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, she died before the event. She was diagnosed with cancer. She died of rhabdomyosarcoma on 17 April 2008, aged 21. She wrote a book, . It was adapted into a Japanese television drama in 2010.
Mihoko Tsutsui (, born 6 December 1985) is a Japanese volleyball player. She played at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix and 2014 FIVB Women's Club World Championship. She played for Hisamitsu Springs.
Verónica Contreras Flores (born 8 June 1977) is a Peruvian volleyball player. She played at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, 2007 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, and 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup. In 2012/13, she won the Liga Nacional Superior de Voleibol Femenino championship. She played for Regatas Lima, AD A Pinguela, CV Universidad César Vallejo, and CV Deportivo Géminis.
Tatiana Smyrnidou (born 21 June 1995) is a Greek volleyball player. She played at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She played for Filathlitikos Thessaloniki.
Claude B. Klee (born 1931, died April 3, 2017) was an French biochemist. She was awarded a 1991 Presidential Executive Rank Award. In 1992, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Education. She graduated from the University of Marseille. She studied with M. Staehelin. She worked with Herbert Tabor, Louis Sokoloff, and Maxine Singer. She worked at the National Cancer Institute.
Fernanda Gritzbach (born 10 January 1984 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She played at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. She played for CV Logroño. In 2019-20, she was MVP of the Iberdrola League.
Walsall is a market town in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. It iwas historically part of Staffordshire. Its town centre is 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Birmingham and 6 miles (10 km) east of Wolverhampton. A 2011 census revealed that 67,594 people live in the town and 269,323 people live in the borough. It is a very industrial town and was effected by the Industrial Revolution. The town used to have a large industry of making products such as saddles and chains. Walsall has been majorly redeveloped and modernised since the 1970s and is still being constantly developed. Barr Beacon is a hill located in Walsall. It is the highest point between itself and the Ural Mountains in Russia. The town has a professional football club, Walsall FC. Their nickname is "The Saddlers" and they play their home games at the Bescot Stadium in the Bescot suburb of the town. Twinning. Walsall has four twin towns. It is twinned with:
Tetyana Budko (ukr. Тетяна Будко; born 16 May 1984) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She played at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2002/2003 European Cups, 2004/2005 European Championships, and 2003 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship.
Yuliya Bogmatser (born 3 June 1984 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She played at the 2002 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship, winning a silver medal, 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship, and 2010 FIVB Women's World Championships. She was best setter in the Ukrainian Superliga in 2004/05 and in 2005/06.