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The cinereous shrew ("Sorex cinereus") is a type of shrew. It is found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. It is also called the masked shrew or the common shrew. Description. It is grey-brown in colour. It light grey belly and a pointed snout. It has a long tail. Its body is about 9 cm in length including a 4 cm long tail. It weighs about 5 g. They can live up to two years. Distribution. It lives in most of northern and southern North America to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and to the Appalachians in the east. This species was introduced into Newfoundland in the late 1950s. It can be found in many types of habitats like arid grasslands, places with lots of water, woodlands, and tundra. It mostly lives in humid places and with lots of plants to hide in. Feeding. Cinereus shrews eat insects, worms, snails, small rodents, salamanders, and seeds. They can only live for a few hours without food because of their high metabolism. Predators. Predators include larger shrews, hawks, owls, shrikes, snakes, herons, foxes, leopard frogs, bluebirds, brown trouts, and weasels. Behavior. The cinereus shrew can be diurnal or nocturnal depending on the weather. It digs tunnels but also uses tunnels made by other small mammals. It uses dry grass to make nests in these tunnels. It does not like other shrews to come into its territory. Reproduction. Cinereus shrews breed from May to September. Females give birth to 6 to 7 young ones. The young ones are born hairless and do not have claws. They become sexually mature at two months. But they wait until their first spring to breed.
Mandy Zollner (born 17 April 1985) is a German water polo player. She was part of the Germany women's national water polo team at the 2008 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads, 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship, and 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Tatjana Steinhauer (born 28 January 1990) is a German water polo player. She was part of the Germany women's national water polo team at the 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, and 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship. At the club level, she played for Hannoverscher SV, and SV Blau-Weiß Bochum.
The American pygmy shrew ("Sorex hoyi") is a type of shrew. It found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern and southern United States. It is found in northern coniferous and deciduous forests of North America. It is believed to be the second-smallest mammal in the world. Because of its fast metabolism, it is always eating. Description. The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal native to North America. Its is about 5 cm (2 in) long. It weighs about 2.0 to 4.5 g (0.07 to 0.16 oz). Its fur is reddish or grayish brown during the summer. It is white-gray during the winter. It molts about two times a year. It has a narrow head with a pointed nose, and whiskers. The eyes are small. Distribution. They are found from Northern Alaska, to the Rocky Mountains. They are also found from the Great Lakes region, to the Appalachians, to the eastern side of Canada. Even though the American pygmy shrew prefers wet habitats, it has been seen in places with both wet and dry soil. Feeding. It mainly eats insects and insect larvae, and worms. To stay alive, the American pygmy shrew has to eat every 15 to 30 minutes, day and night. Predators. Predators of the American pygmy shrew include hawks, brook trout, owls, snakes, and domestic cats. Reproduction. Little is known about the reproduction of American pygmy shrews. They appear to mate all year round. The gestation period is estimated to be 18 days. Females give birth to three to eight young ones. They usually leave the family at the age of 25 days. The maximum lifespan of an American pygmy shrew is believed to be about 16–17 months. Behavior. Pygmy shrews dig through soil to look for food. They can use tunnel made by other animals to help them look for food. They do not sleep or rest for a long time. They have great senses of smell and hearing to help them find their food.
Anja Seyfert (born 9 April 1990) is a German female water polo player. She was part of the Germany women's national water polo team at the 2010 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2012 Women's Water Polo World League, and 2016 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament. She studied medicine.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Liechtenstein in early March 2020. With total population of 38,749 (as of 31 December 2019), in 29 March infection rate is 1 case per 472 people. On 3 March 2020, the first case was reported in the country with a young man who had contact with an infected person in Switzerland. On 4 April 2020, one person died from the virus in Liechtenstein.
Kaspar Villiger (pronounced Caspar Feeleeger; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman and politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1989–2003). In 1995 and again in 2002, he was President of the Swiss Confederation. Villiger was born in Lucerne. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. In 2004, he became member of the board of directors of Nestlé and Swiss Re. On 15 April 2009, he was elected chairman of the Board of Swiss banking giant UBS, holding this post until 3 May 2012.
Lana J. Marks (born November 18, 1953) is a South African-born American handbag designer. She founded the fashion brand Lana Marks. She was also the United States Ambassador to South Africa for the Donald Trump administration. She became the ambassador on January 28, 2020 and left office a year later on January 20, 2021. In September 2020, it was reported that Iran was planning an assassination plot against Marks because of the U.S. involvement in the death of Qasem Soleimani.
Konstantina Kouteli (born 10 April 1981) is a Greek female water polo player. She was part of the Greek women's national water polo team at the 2006 Women's European Water Polo Championship, 2006 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup, and 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Elizabeth Jean Carroll (born December 12, 1943) is an American journalist and columnist. She is known for her "Ask E. Jean" column which appeared in "Elle" magazine from 1993 through 2019. In June 2019, Carroll accused Les Moonves and Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s. Both Moonves and Trump denied the allegations. Carroll later sued Trump for defamation and battery. On May 9, 2023, she was given $5 million by a jury, which found Trump guilty for defamation and sexual abuse against her.
The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions (ridings) of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West ridings. They have never been abolished along with the other historic counties and they are three of the historic counties of England, which do not change and neither do their boundaries. These can be found in the UK new passport inside the back cover as a hologram.
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island in Kenya. Situated by road northeast of Mombasa. Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa. It is believed to have been established in 1370. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Notable landmarks. The town was founded in the 14th century and it contains many fine examples of Swahili architecture. The old city is inscribed on the World Heritage List as "the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa". The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront. The fort was completed by the early 1820s. Transport. In 2011, proposals were being advanced to build a deep-water port which would have much greater capacity in terms of depth of water. China has begun to transform Lamu into the largest port in East Africa. Since the island has no cars, transportation and other heavy work is done with the help of donkeys. There are some 3000 donkeys on the island. In popular culture. The song "Lamu" by Christian singer Michael W. Smith is inspired by the island. The song is about running away from life's problems. Lamu is the setting of Anthony Doerr's short story "The Shell Collector" from his collection of stories by the same name. Part of the events in the novel “Our Wild Sex in Malindi” (by Andrei Gusev) takes place in Lamu.
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America. It contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. They are in the tribe Soricini of the subfamily "Soricinae". Species. The many species in the genus "Sorex" include:
Peter Gerard Scully (born 13 January 1963) is an Australian man who is imprisoned in the Philippines because he raped and murdered young children. Life. Peter Scully was born on 13 January 1963 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He said that he was raped by a priest as a child. He lived in the Narre Warren suburb of Melbourne, Victoria with his wife and two children. In 2011, he fled to the City of Manila, Philippines. There, he raped and tortured 75 children. He filmed it and sold the video named "Daisy's Destruction" for up to $10,000 on his website "No limits fun" ("NLF" for short) on the Darknet. He also filmed himself killing a girl named Cindy. On 20 February 2015, Scully was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for 100 years.
The montane shrew ("Sorex monticolus") is a type of shrew in the genus Sorex. It is also called the dusky shrew. Description. Montane shrews are small, long tailed shrews. They can grow up to 103 and 142mm long. It moults two times a year. They are brownish and silvery white or gray in summer. Distribution and Habitat. The montane shrew can be found from northern Alaska to New Mexico and from the Pacific coast to central Manitoba. They also live in the Rocky Mountains, Blue Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada. They can be found on Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Island. Montane shrews live in a lot of habitats such as tundra, alpine meadows, forests, and prairies. They are usually found in forest floor. They almost never dig a burrow. Behavior. Montane shrews are live by themselves. They do not hibernate. They almost never sleep or rest. They are always eating. Feeding. Montane shrews are insectivorous. It eats insects and their larvae, earthworms, spiders, snails, and, rarely eats small salamanders. Montane shrews have been seen eating conifer seeds, lichens, and fungi. Reproduction. The breeding season may last from February to August. The gestation period is estimated to be about 13 to 28 days. The young ones are born in a small nest made from grass and kept under a rock or fallen tree. They are given birth to blind and naked. At the age of 3 weeks they are weaned. The expected to live up to 12 to 18 months.
Sir Jeremy James Farrar (born 1 September 1961) is a British medical researcher. He is director of the Wellcome Trust, and has held this position since 2013. He was previously a professor of tropical medicine at the University of Oxford. Farrar's research interests are in infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, dengue fever, typhoid fever, malaria, and H5N1 influenza.
The eastern indigo snake ("Drymarchon couperi") is a type of snake in the family Colubridae. It is native to the eastern United States. It is the longest native snake in the United States. It is the largest snake in the United States. It is also the largest, non-venomous snake in the southeastern United States. Description. The eastern indigo snake has a blue-black colour. It is the longest native snake species in the United States. Males usually grow up to 1.58 m (5.2 ft) in length. Females usually grow up to 1.38 m (4.5 ft) in length. Males usually weigh 2.2 kg (4.9 lb). Females usually weigh 1.5 kg (3.3 lb). Distribution and Habitat. The eastern indigo snake is found from southwestern South Carolina south through Florida and west to southern Alabama and southeastern Mississippi. The eastern indigo snake likes flatwoods, hammocks, dry glades, stream bottoms, sugarcane fields, riparian thickets, and sandy soils. The eastern indigo snake mostly lives in scrublands in Florida and Georgia with different types of plants. These are mainly longleaf pine, southern live oak, laurel oak, Chapman oak, and myrtle oak. Feeding. The Eastern indigo snake eats other snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, toads, lots of small birds and mammals, and eggs. Reproduction. The Eastern indigo snake is oviparous. The breeding season is from November to April. Females lay their eggs from May to June. Females lay from 4 to 12 eggs. Young hatch in about 3 months, usually in August and September. Conservation status. The eastern indigo snake is threatened by habitat loss. It is believed to be extinct in Alabama. The eastern indigo snake was extinct in northern Florida because of habitat loss and fragmentation. The eastern indigo snake was last seen in Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve in 1982, until 2017 when 12 snakes were released as part of a conservation program. 20 more snakes were released in 2018. 15 snakes in 2019.
FiveThirtyEight is a website that makes forecasts about elections, sports, and other topics. It also publishes articles about those topics. It was created by statistician Nate Silver on March 7, 2008. FiveThirtyEight's name comes from the number of electors in the United States Electoral College. FiveThirtyEight is famous for correctly predicting the winner of all 50 states in the 2012 United States presidential election. In the 2016 election, FiveThirtyEight said that Donald Trump had a 28.6% chance to win. Trump did win. However, 28.6% was much higher than other people thought, such as The New York Times and The Economist. FiveThirtyEight has also analyzed at the calibration of their forecasts. If a forecast with good calibration says that many things each have a 40% chance of happening, then about 40% will. Their forecasts are fairly accurate.
Perri Arlette Reid (or "Pebbles"; born August 29, 1964) is an American R&amp;B and pop music singer-songwriter and businesswoman. She was famous for her hit songs "Girlfriend" (1987), "Mercedes Boy" (1988) and "Giving You the Benefit" (1990). Also, Reid created the contemporary R&amp;B group TLC.  Reid was born Perri Arlette McKissack, one of four siblings, to two mixed African American parents.  Reid began using the name Sister Perri as part of a religious conversion. Reid was born in Oakland, California.
Patrick J. "Pat" Smullen (22 May 1977 – 15 September 2020) was an Irish jockey. He won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times. Smullen was born in County Offaly, Ireland. Smullen died on 15 September 2020 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 43.
Aloysio de Andrade Faria (9 November 1920 – 15 September 2020) was a Brazilian banker and billionaire. At the time of his death he was known as being one of the world's oldest billionaires. He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Faria also owned one of the largest Guarana plantations in the world, the Transamerica Corporation, including a hotel and media groups. Faria died on 15 September 2020 in Campinas, Brazil at the age of 99.
William Lynn Ogg (May 17, 1937 – September 10, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002. His district was located in Scioto County, Ohio. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. Ogg was a member of the Democratic Party.  Ogg died on September 10, 2020 in Portsmouth at the age of 83.
An identity document is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card (IC, ID card, citizen card) or passport card. Some countries issue formal identity documents as national identification cards. Many countries require all foreigners to have a passport or national identity card from their home country available at all times if they do not have a residence permit in the country. The shape and size of identity cards were standardized in 1985 by ISO/IEC 7810. Some modern identity documents are smart cards including a difficult-to-forge embedded integrated circuit that were standardized in 1988 by ISO/IEC 7816. New technologies allow identity cards to contain biometric information, such as a photograph; face, hand, or iris measurements; or fingerprints. Many countries now issue electronic identity cards. Identity cards allow officials to look up security data on a person in the host country's information system. Photos of the person's head are scanned into the system to prevent identity theft. A scanned photograph of the face gives a unique series of numbers which identifies that particular individual. The earliest identity document was written into law by King Henry V of England with the Safe Conducts Act 1414. For the next 500 years and before World War I, most people did not have or need an identity document.
Richard Madden (born 18 June 1986) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Robb Stark in the first three seasons of HBO's fantasy drama "Game of Thrones". He also starred as Cosimo de' Medici in the first season of the historical fiction series "Medici" (2016), Prince Kit in Disney's live-action "Cinderella" (2015), John Reid in the biopic "Rocketman" (2019), and a lieutenant in the epic war movie "1917" (2019).
Renfrewshire () () is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It is located in the west central Lowlands. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being East Renfrewshire to the east and Inverclyde to the west.  It also shares borders with Glasgow, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde.
Paul Méfano (March 6, 1937 – September 15, 2020) was a French composer and conductor. He was born in Basra, Iraq.  In 1972 he was appointed director of the Conservatory of Champigny-sur-Marne until 1988. He also was professor of composition and orchestration at the Paris Conservatory until 2002. From 1996 until 2005 he directed the Conservatory of Versailles. Méfano died on September 15, 2020 at the age of 83.
Alien Huang (; 28 November 1983 – 16 September 2020), also known as Xiao Gui () was a Taiwanese singer, actor, television presenter, illustrator and fashion designer. He was born in Taipei. He was known for presenting the television variety show "100% Entertainment". He also starred as Christopher in "Already Famous" (2011) and as A-hsien in "" (2012). Huang was found dead with a head injury on 16 September 2020 in Taipei at the age of 36. The cause of death was a head injury caused by falling in the shower.
Nikolay Havrylovych Shmatko () (17 August 1943 – 15 September 2020) was a Ukrainian sculptor and painter. He was born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. In 2004, for his work "Sviatohorska Blessed Virgin" - a statue of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos "Hegumenia") for Sviato-Uspenskyi Sviatohorskyi Monastery - Shmatko was awarded the order of Nestor Letopisets by Volodymyr Sabodan, the Kyiv Metropolitan, and all of Ukraine. Shmatko died on 15 September 2020 in Kyiv at the age of 77.
Kapila Vatsyayan (कपिला वात्स्यायन) (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian scholar of classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She was a member of parliament between 2006 to 2012. She was the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. Vatsyayan was born in New Delhi. Vatsyayan died on 16 September 2020 at her home in New Delhi at the age of 91.
Jan Krenz (14 July 1926 – 15 September 2020) was a Polish composer and orchestra conductor. He was born in Włocławek, Poland. In 1968, he became artistic director of the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, and was General Director of Music in Bonn from 1979 to 1982. At the same time, he directed the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen.  On 26 March 1958, Krenz was the first person to conduct "Musique funèbre" by Witold Lutosławski. In addition to conducting many orchestras, he has also written many compositions. Krenz died on 15 September 2020 at the age of 94.
Lois Jane Stratton (January 5, 1927 – September 11, 2020) was an American politician. She was a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985. She also was in the Washington State Senate from 1985 to 1993. Stratton was a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in Springdale, Washington. In 1983, she unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Spokane, Washington. She was member of the Spokane Tribe. Stratton was the first female enrolled tribal member in the Washington State Legislature. Stratton died on September 11, 2020 in Spokane at the age of 93.
Springdale is a town in Stevens County, Washington, United States. The population was 234 at the 2020 census.
Martin John Dunn (March 9, 1956 – September 11, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He was the Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Dunn died on September 11, 2020 in Holyoke at the age of 64.
Francis Williams Sargent (July 29, 1915 – October 22, 1998) was an American politician. He was the 64th Governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party. Sargent died on October 22, 1998 in Dover, Massachusetts at the age of 83.
Gerry Lynn (May 28, 1952 – September 6, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the Judge-Executive of Meade County, Kentucky from 2011 until his death. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 27th district from 2005 to 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party. Lynn died on September 6, 2020, in Brandenburg, Kentucky at age 68.
Caroline of Brunswick (17 May 1768 – 7 August 1821) was the wife of King George IV. Her parents were Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Princess Augusta of Great Britain. Caroline married George on 8 April 1795, when he was the Prince of Wales. That made Caroline the Princess of Wales. When George became king on 29 January 1820, Caroline became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom. Caroline and George had one child, Princess Charlotte of Wales. They separated in 1796. Caroline died on 7 August 1821 at the age of 53. Her physicians thought she had an intestinal obstruction, but she may have had cancer. There were also rumours at the time that she had been poisoned.
The olive water-holding frog, spotted collared frog or Daly Waters frog ("Ranoidea maculosa") is a frog from Australia. Scientists have only seen it in one place in the Northern Territory, with a few on the other side of the border in Queensland. This place is called Daly Waters. This frog is 5.0 cm long. Most of the skin on its back is pale but it has very dark black marks.