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Ultimate Aaliyah is the second compilation album by R&amp;B singer Aaliyah. It was released on 10 May 2005 in the UK, Australia, and Japan (as "Special Edition: Rare Tracks and Visuals"). It includes two CDs and one DVD hat contains videos of Aaliyah.
Edward Norman Fadeley (December 13, 1929 – August 30, 2015) was an American attorney and former politician in the state of Oregon.  He was the 88th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Previously he served in both the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate, serving one session as President of the Oregon Senate.
The Bone Wars was a period of fossil finding and discovery in the U.S.A during the late 19th century. Most of the action took place in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. There was a heated rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope (of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia) and Othniel Charles Marsh (of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale). They used bribery, theft, and destruction of bones. Each scientist attacked the other in scientific publications, seeking to ruin his credibility and have his funding cut off. Their search for fossils led them west to rich "bone beds" in the western United States. From 1877 to 1892, both paleontologists used their wealth and influence. They paid for their own expeditions, and the services and dinosaur bones from fossil hunters. By the end of the Bone Wars, both men had exhausted their funds in this way. Cope and Marsh were financially and socially ruined by their attempts to disgrace each other. Their contributions to paleontology were massive and provided plenty of material for later work: both scientists left behind many unopened boxes of fossils after their deaths. 136 new species of dinosaurs were discovered and described by them, though today only 32 of their names are valid. The products of the Bone Wars increased our knowledge of prehistoric life, and sparked the public's interest in dinosaurs. This led to more fossil excavation in North America in the decades that followed. Several historical books and fictional adaptations have been published about this period of intense fossil-hunting activity. Between them, they discovered some of the most famous fossil sites in North America, such as the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming. The Morrison Formation extends into 13 states, and is still being searched wherever it outcrops onto the surface.
John Dennis Spellman (December 29, 1926 – January 16, 2018) was an American politician. Spellman was born in Seattle, Washington. He was the 18th Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985 and the first King County Executive from 1969 to 1981. As of 2015, he was the last Republican to serve as Governor of Washington. Spellman died on January 16, 2018 at a hospital in Seattle of pneumonia caused from a fall at the age of 91.
Daniel Jackson Evans (October 16, 1925 – September 20, 2024) was an American politician. He was the Governor of the state of Washington for three terms from 1965 to 1977. He represented Washington in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989. Early life. Evans was born in Seattle, Washington. He was in the United States Navy during the later years of World War II. Evans studied at the University of Washington. He originally studied to be a structural engineer. Political career. Governor of Washington (1965-1977). Evans was the 16th governor from 1965 until 1977. He is the only governor to serve three four-year terms in a row. A 1981 University of Michigan study named him one of the ten outstanding American governors of the 20th century. He chose not to run for a fourth term. Serial killer Ted Bundy served as a campaign aide for Evans and maintained a close relationship with the Governor. During the 1972 campaign, Bundy followed Evans' Democratic opponent around the state, tape recording his speeches and reported back to Evans personally. United States senator (1983-1989). In 1983, Governor John Spellman appointed Evans to the United States Senate to fill a seat left vacant by the death of longtime senator Henry M. Jackson. Evans won a special election later that year against Mike Lowry and filled the remainder of Jackson's unexpired term, retiring from politics after the 1988 elections. He was not happy as a U.S. Senator; he wrote an April 1988 piece in "The New York Times Magazine", "Why I'm Quitting the Senate", in which he complained of fighting and lack of action. Failed vice presidential bids. Evans was seriously considered for the Republican vice presidential nomination on the ticket with Gerald Ford in 1976 (but lost out to Bob Dole). Richard Nixon in 1968 had also hinted at a possible Evans nomination for the vice presidency. At the 1968 Republican National Convention (where he gave the keynote address) Evans refused to endorse Nixon for the presidential nomination, remaining a supporter of the unsuccessful candidacy of Nelson Rockefeller. Personal life
Ichnology is the study of trace fossils of once-living things. Burrows, trackways, trails and borings are all examples of traces made by organisms. Scientists study traces made by plants and animals to try to determine their behavior. An ichnologist is a scientist whose area of study and research is ichnology. A species name given to a fossil is called an ichnospecies. It is written in italics with a initial. It is shown to be an ichnospecies by the abbreviation "isp".
Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (20 October 1926 – 31 August 2015) was a British Conservative politician. He was best known for founding the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire. Montagu, who was bisexual, was also known for being convicted and imprisoned for homosexual sex in 1954. He was a member of the House of Lords from 7 November 1947 until his death. Montagu was born in London. His father, John, died when Edward was aged two in 1929. He was married twice, first to Belinda Crossley and later to Fiona Margaret Herbert. He had three children, two sons and a daughter. Montagu died after a short illness on 31 August 2015 at his Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest, Hampshire. He was 88.
Bibb Falk was a major league baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. He was born in Austin, Texas. He died in Austin, Texas. Bibb Falk was born on January 27, 1899 in Austin, Texas. He went to college at the University of Texas, where he played baseball and football. In 1920, he joined the Chicago White Sox, a major league baseball team from Chicago, Illinois. He began his career as a "spare outfielder", which is an extra player for the team. However, he later replaced "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, who played left-field for the team. He spent twelve seasons in major league baseball. After he retired from major league baseball, Falk coached baseball for several teams, including the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. He then coached the baseball team at the University of Texas for several years. Bibb Falk died in Austin, Texas on June 8, 1989 at age 90.
The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with San Francisco, California. People by field. Athletes. Baseball. The following Major League Baseball players were born in San Francisco: "See San Francisco Giants#Baseball Hall of Famers for San Francisco Giants players in the Baseball Hall of Fame." Political figures. See also List of mayors of San Francisco, California
This is a list of the people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the American city of Columbia, Missouri, and its surrounding metropolitan area.  Attending college in Columbia. Many people have lived in Columbia temporarily, while attending one of the city's institutions of higher education; such people are not included in this list. For lists of people who attended college in Columbia see:
"This list is now maintained through the Category . To add to that list, add the tag (in brackets) "Category: People from Kansas City" to the page you wish listed." This is a list of people who were born or lived a significant part of their lives in Kansas City, Missouri or the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Darrell Stuckey - NFL - San Diego Chargers
The following is a list of people who were born in, have lived in, or are otherwise associated with American city of Sedalia, Missouri; they are known as Sedalians. In addition to what follows, a list of more than fifty Sedalia "Old Timers", who had met at the Sedalia Courthouse on the previous evening, was published in the December 12, 1893, issue of the "Sedalia Bazoo"; the list indicated when they had arrived in Sedalia, and from whence they had come. Politics and government. Mayors of Sedalia. The following have been mayors of Sedalia:
The following is a list of noted current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey. (B) denotes that the person was born in Teaneck.
Julián Pastor Llaneza (18 October 1943 – 24 August 2015) was a Mexican movie director, actor, screenwriter, editor, and photographer. He was known for directing the movie "No One Writes to the Colonel". Pastor was born in Mexico City. Pastor died in Mexico City at the age of 71.
Gurgen Dalibaltayan (; 5 June 1926 – 1 September 2015) was an Armenian military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces during the Battle of Shusha on 8–9 May 1992. The battle took place during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Dalibaltayan was born in Bogdanovka, Javakheti, Georgian SSR (present-day Ninotsminda, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia). He was married to Shushanik Dalibaltayan (née Khachatryan). They have two children, a daughter Varduhi (b. 1952) and a son Varazdat (b. 1954). Dalibaltayan died on 1 September 2015 in Yerevan, aged 89.
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, conductor, songwriter, singer, music director and music producer. Menken is best known for his scores and songs for movies produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.  His scores and songs for "The Little Mermaid" (1989), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), "Aladdin" (1992), and "Pocahontas" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards.  He also composed the scores and songs for "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), "Newsies" (1992), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), "Hercules" (1997), "Home on the Range" (2004), "Enchanted" (2007) and "Tangled" (2010).
Sucka Free is the second mixtape by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. The album was released on April 12, 2008 through Young Money Entertainment and Dirty Money Records. "Sucka Free" features guest appearances from fellow rappers Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Jadakiss, Lil' Kim; a person who Minaj would argue with later on in her career and Ransom. The making of "Sucka Free". Just after Minaj's previous mixtape, "Playtime Is Over", was released in 2007, Minaj released "Sucka Free" with label mate Lil Wayne after he saw her on the Queens-made DVD series called "The Come Up".&lt;ref name="Billboard - Nicki/Wayne Tour"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Lil' Wayne helped Minaj with making the mixtape.
Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi (; 28 November 1938 – 30 August 2015) was an Indian scholar of Vachana sahitya (Vachana literature) and academic. He was the vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. A noted epigraphist of Kannada, he was awarded the National Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for "Marga 4", a collection of his research articles. Kalburgi was shot dead in the morning of 30 August 2015 at his residence in Dharwad district of Karnataka by two unidentified men.
The Volkswagen Golf Mk7 is the seventh generation of the compact car Volkswagen Golf. It was made from 2012 to 2020. Models. From 2014 to 2020, Volkswagen made a plug-in hybrid model called the Golf GTE. From 2013 to 2020, Volkswagen made a sports model called the Golf GTD. From 2013 to 2020, Volkswagen made a sports model called the Golf GTI. From 2014 to 2019, Volkswagen made a sports model called the Golf R. In November 2016, it was improved, It had new front lights, new rear lights, new bumper, new bonnet and new interior. From 2013 to 2020, Volkswagen made an estate model called the Golf Estate and Golf Variant. Volkswagen also made estate models called the Golf Alltrack and Golf SportWagen. From 2013 to 2020, Volkswagen made an electric car called the Volkswagen e-Golf.
Harry Roe Hughes (November 13, 1926 – March 13, 2019) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Hughes was the 57th Governor of Maryland from 1979 to 1987. Hughes died at his home in Denton, Maryland from pneumonia-related problems on March 13, 2019 at the age of 92.
In My Mind is the first studio album by American recording artist Pharrell Williams. It was released on July 25, 2006. The album features the hit single "Can I Have It Like That" which features singer Gwen Stefani. The album is mainly a hip hop album with a bit of R&amp;B. Reviews. The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Track listing. All songs produced by The Neptunes. Grammy Nomination. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards. It lost to "Release Therapy" by Ludacris.
Basic Instinct is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Ciara. It was released on December 10, 2010, by LaFace Records and Jive Records. Executively produced by A&amp;R agent Mark Pitts, Ciara, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, "Basic Instinct" returns Ciara to her urban roots with mid-tempo R&amp;B, hip hop and dance songs. Critical response. "Basic Instinct" received, on average, positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72. Personnel. Credits for "Basic Instinct" adapted from Allmusic.
This is a list of people from the state of Colorado, whether they lived, were born, or were raised there. Coloradans have been prominent in many fields, including literature, entertainment, art, music, politics, and business. This list attempts to maintain biographical notability of significant Coloradans, and to organize historically important men and women hailing from Colorado.
The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas. Notable women of Texas. "Please consider adding notable Texas women to other categories on this page that specifically concern their areas of notability." Athletics. Basketball. A–M Scholars, educators, academicians. "See also the listings on this page for individual areas of specialization (e.g., Literature, Science/medicine, Music)"
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are created by the United Nations and promoted as the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. They replaced the Millennium Development Goals that expired at the end of 2015. The SDGs run from 2015 to 2030. There are 17 goals and 169 specific targets for those goals. Goals. In August of 2015, 193 countries agreed to the following 17 goals:
Antonio Nirta (22 April 1919 – 1 September 2015) was an Italian criminal. He was the boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organization in Calabria. He was born in San Luca, and, together with his brothers Giuseppe, Francesco and Sebastiano, ruled the comune. Nirta died on 1 September 2015 in Benestare, Province of Reggio Calabria. He was 96.
Aleksandar Stipčević (10 October 1930 – 1 September 2015) was a Croatian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian. He was best known for studying the Illyrians. He wrote several works on the Illyrians. He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. Stipčević was born in the village of Arbanasi near Zadar (then Zara, Kingdom of Italy). He was of Albanian ancestry. Stipčević died on 1 September 2015 in Zagreb, aged 84. Works. Some of them are translated to other languages. He was the editor-in-chief of the second volume of the "Croatian Biographical Lexicon" (1983–1989).
Willy Juana Stähle (16 June 1954 – 27 August 2015) was a Dutch world water skiing champion. She won a gold for women's figure skiing and a silver medal for women's slalom at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. She was the Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 1971. Stähle was born in Amsterdam. Her death was announced on 1 September 2015.
Japandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia.  Career. The band was formed in 2006 by Brian King and David Prowse. King and Prowse met each other in 2000 while they were attending the University of Victoria in Victoria. They started going to live shows together regularly in Victoria and Vancouver after they found out that they had a mutual interest in music. In 2003, Prowse moved to Vancouver and transferred to Simon Fraser University. After King graduated in 2005, he moved to Vancouver to form the band with Prowse. The band was influenced by The Sonics and they started writing music in 2006. The band got their name from a combination of two other band name ideas: Japanese Scream and Pleasure Droids. The band self-released two EPs: "All Lies" in 2007 and "Lullaby Death Jams" in 2008. The EPs were only limited to 500 copies each but were re-released as a compilation titled "No Singles" in 2010. Their first studio album titled "Post-Nothing" was released on April 28, 2009 through Unfamiliar Records and re-released on August 4, 2009 on Polyvinyl Record Co. In March 2009, the website Pitchfork Media named the song "Young Hearts Spark Fire" as a 'Best New Track'. This helped the band gain more recognition outside of Canada. The band's second studio album "Celebration Rock" was released on June 5, 2012. The album's first single "The House That Heaven Built" was released on May 15, 2012. The album received positive reviews. Ian Cohen of Pitchfork said, "Japandroids have gone from having almost none at all [lyrics] to packing their songs with an astonishing command of legend and literalism that all but dares you to feel "something"." Spin named Japandroids 2012's "Band of the Year" and rated the album a 9 out of 10. Rolling Stone rated it a 4 out of 5 and listed the album as #10 on their "The 10 Coolest Summer Albums of All Time" list.
Opus isodomum is an ancient technique of wall building. It uses perfectly cut, completely regular square stone blocks of equal height, and sometimes of the same length. In classical antiquity this technique was perfected and widely used, especially for public buildings (temples, theaters, amphitheaters etc.). One of the most well-known examples is the Parthenon. Vitruvius briefly described this technique in his De Architectura, 2nd book, 8th chapter as following: "A wall is called “isodomum“ when all the courses are of equal height". Vitruvius further states that the stone blocks of opus isodomum are bound together by mortar, but more often they are not connected with mortar but with metal ties such as iron cramps, fixed in stone blocks with molten lead. Completely regular isodomum is relatively rare, especially in the provinces. More frequent is isodomum made of stone blocks of the same height but not of the same length. In order to strengthen this type of wall, builders always take good care that the ends of stone blocks in alternating courses of the wall do not match. Opus pseudoisodomum is a version of opus isodomum mentioned by Vitruvius, describing that it is a kind of stonemasonery in which "the rows of courses do not match but run unequally", referring to the height and length of the blocks, which are nevertheless still perfectly cut. Vitruvius considered both types of wall construction as Greek, emphasizing that "both kinds are strong".
The Alesha Show is the second studio album from British recording artist Alesha Dixon, the album is her first album to be released in the United Kingdom. It was released on 24 November 2008 in the UK by Asylum Records. The album was billed in Dixon's full name of Alesha Dixon. The album is mainly a R&amp;B album with soul and funk styles. A deluxe edition of the album was released on 23 November 2009, entitled The Alesha Show – Encore. The first single from the "Encore" edition was "To Love Again". All the singles released from the album, including the "Encore" edition, reached the top 15 on the UK Singles Chart. Reviews. "The Alesha Show" received mainly good reviews from music critics. Track listing. "Don't Ever Let Me Go" samples "Paper Aeroplane" by Angus and Julia Stone.
David Scott "Dave" Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work in "The Kids in the Hall", "NewsRadio" and the voice of Flik in the 1998 film "A Bug's Life". Personal life. Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario. His mother, Mary, was a homemaker. His father, Michael, was a pipefitter. His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent.
Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He was born in Decatur, Alabama. Jones was best known for his light-hearted leading roles in several Walt Disney movies between 1965 and 1977. He was known for his roles in "The Love Bug" and in "Beethoven".  Jones died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, California, aged 84.
Cinderella Man is a 2005 American biographical drama movie. It was directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Penny Marshall. "Cinderella Man" was released in the United States on June 3, 2005. The movie got positive reviews from critics. It has a 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Due to a low opening, AMC Theatres advertised on June 24, 2005 that it would offer a refund to any ticket-buyer dissatisfied with the film to try and help boost ticket sales.
Michael Harold Wenning (July 5, 1935 – June 28, 2011) was an South African-born American Presbyterian minister. From 1969 to 1977, he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa. He was known for performing President Reagan's state funeral. Early life. Wenning was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at Texas Christian University and at New York University. Career. From 1969 to 1977, he was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Durban, South Africa. In 1977 he returned to the United States where he worked for the next three decades as a pastor in various Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations, including one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Death. Wenning died at his home in Mission Viejo, California from kidney failure caused by leukemia, aged 75.
Owens Boomer Castleman (July 18, 1945 – September 1, 2015), better known by his stage name Boomer Castleman, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He and Michael Martin Murphey teamed up to make the pop music group The Lewis &amp; Clarke Expedition in the 1960s. His single "Judy Mae" peaked at #33 in the US charts. He also founded the independent country music record label BNA Records which he later sold to BMG Music. He invented the palm pedal. Castleman was born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Farmers Branch and Dallas, Texas. He had two daughters. Castleman died from cancer on September 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 70.
Kenneth Thomas "Ken" Cuccinelli II ( ; born July 30, 1968) is an American politician.  In June 2019, President Donald Trump appointed him to be acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services office. He is a former Attorney General of Virginia. In November 2019, he became United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election. He was elected as Virginia's 46th Attorney General in the November 2009 general election. From 2002 until January 16, 2010 he was a Republican member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 37th district in Fairfax County. He holds degrees in engineering, law and commercial policy, and co-founded a law firm.