Council areas of Scotland
A council area in Scotland is an area made for local government. There is a total of 32 council areas in Scotland. They are all governed by unitary authorities called "councils". The council areas were created on 1 April 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Act calls them "local authority areas" but most people call them "council areas".
The council areas have the option of being known as a "" when choosing to go by a Gaelic name. However, only Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Council of the Western Isles) has chosen this option, while the Highland Council (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd) uses both an English name and a Gaelic name.
Forks, Washington
Forks is a city in Clallam County of the state of Washington in the United States.
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an American poker player from the U.S. state of Texas. He is sometimes called by his nickname, Dolly. He was active as a child. He played basketball for a short time but while in a factory he by mistake broke his leg. Then he chose to play poker. In 1976 he won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. His winning hand was a ten and a two. In 1977 he won the Main Event again with the same hand and in 1980 he took second place at Main Event. He now has ten World Series of Poker bracelets and holds one World Poker Tour title.
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty was the Governor of Minnesota. He was elected Governor in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. He did run for another term in 2010. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. He was succeeded by Mark Dayton.
Pawlenty ran for governor again in the 2018 election, but lost the Republican nomination to county commissioner Jeff Johnson.
Pawlenty ran for president in 2012.
Tim Pawlenty´s wife is Mary Pawlenty. Pawlenty has a also written a book. At right is Pawlenty´s signature. Pawlenty is a Republican.
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is a city in the U.S. state of North Dakota along the Red River of the North. It was founded by Alexander Griggs on June 15 1870. It has a population of slightly over 50,000 and is now the county seat of Grand Forks County. It is the third-largest city in the state after Fargo and Bismarck.
Across the river is East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad was the Senior Senator of North Dakota. He took office as senator on January 3 1987 and is currently serving with Junior Senator John Hoeven. He was the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party.
Didí Torrico
Didí Torrico Camacho (born 18 May 1988 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football midfielder who currently plays for Wilsterman and the Bolivian national team.
Torrico began his career in 2005 playing for Iberoamericana before transferring to La Paz F.C. the following year. After three seasons in La Paz, he joined Wilstermann.
He has also played in six games for the Bolivian national team since 2008, and scored his first international goal against Mexico on March 11, 2009.
Internet fraud
Internet fraud means trying to trick or scam someone else using the Internet. This usually means that the person who is being tricked loses money to the people scamming them. Internet fraud can take place on computer programs such as chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, or Web sites. Advertisements that pop up on the internet have a big risk of being scams.
Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan or Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (Ottoman Turkish: ; Modern Turkish: Mimar Sinan) (15 April 1489 - 9 April 1588) was an Ottoman architect and civil engineer. He worked for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He worked about fifty years for Ottoman Empire. His masterpiece is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne. His most famous work is the Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul.
The Ashes
The Ashes is the symbol of international cricket matches played between England and Australia. The Ashes were supposedly what remained of English cricket after the Australians had beaten them in the first test match played in England.
The name comes from a small pot (known as an "urn") of ashes, which was made and presented to the England captain in 1882. It was based on a joke printed in "The Sporting Times", an English newspaper. Someone placed an advertisement in the pages of the paper, describing how English cricket had died and its body had been cremated.
Travelcard Zone 6
Travelcard Zone 6 is the sixth outward concentric zone of the Transport for London zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within Greater London. In this zonal system, Greater London is split into six (approximately concentric) zones for the purpose of determining the cost of a Travelcard. The zones are also used for pricing London Underground and Docklands Light Railway single journeys, but not single journeys undertaken entirely by bus or tram, for which a system-wide flat fare applies.
Gerresheim
Gerresheim is one of the oldest parts of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany. It is in the east of the city. About 28,200 live in Gerresheim today.
In the year 670 a church in Gerresheim is mentioned first time.
In 870 the church the Gerresheim Womans Abbay, St. Margaret's, (Gerresheim Abbey) was founded by Gerricus.
In 1368 got the City Rights by the Counts of Berg.
In the Truchsess War and later the Thirty Years' War Gerresheim was raided some times. Even the nons of Abbay became poorer.
So the city became poorer and lost its attraction.
In 1803 there was no Abbay anymore. In 1809 Gerresheim was taken over by Prussia.
In 1838 Gerresheim got its railway sation.
In 1909 Gerresheim became a part of Düsseldorf.
Independent Spirit Awards 2005
The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, will honor the best in movie for 2005.
"' Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Capote"
"' Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
"' "Good Night, and Good Luck." - Robert Elswit
"' Ang Lee - "Brokeback Mountain"
"' "Brokeback Mountain"
"' "Crash"
"' "Paradise Now", Palestinian Authority
"' "Capote" - Dan Futterman
"' Matt Dillon - "Crash"
"' Amy Adams - "Junebug"
Biggest losers:
Argostoli
Argostoli is a coastal Greek town. It is in Kefalonia island whose is a capital. Also it is a capital of Kefalonia prefecture which is conclude and Ithaca island. According to the 2001 census, 12.589 people lived there. Argostoli has a port and it connects with Peloponnese port, Killini.
Lefkada (city)
Lefkada City is a Greek town which is the capital of the Greek island Lefkada. The population of Lefkada City was 10,875 people, according to the 2001 census. It is located in the north of the island Lefkada.
Here is the narrow isthmus which separates Lefkada from continental Greece. Lefkada City is the first place visitors see, going to the island of Lefkada from continental Greece.
Lefkada has many earthquakes, so its houses are built by wood and metal.
Komotini
Komotini is a Greek city in Thrace. Thrace is a periphery in the northwest of Greece. Komotini is a capital of Rodopi prefecture. 52.659 people live there. Some of the people are Muslims. Komotini is the second city in Greece which has Muslims. The other city is Xanthi.
Raval
Raval is the God of the large Imperial Group known as The Imperial Zongian Empire, which hails from the internet game Second Life.