The red-and-green macaw ("Ara chloropterus"), is a large mostly-red macaw of the "Ara" genus. This is the largest bird of the "Ara" genus. It is commonly found in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America. They are found in flocks of 30 or more birds in the lowland areas. On forested slopes they form smaller flocks of two to three pairs. The flock roosts in trees at night. During the day they fly long distances to find fruit and seeds to eat. They spend a good part of the day resting, noisily arguing among themselves. Like other macaws, in recent years there has been a decline in its numbers due to habitat loss. They are hunted for food, feathers or are illegally captured for the parrot trade.
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Baku Zoo
Baku Zoo () is a state zoo in Baku. It is the oldest zoo in Azerbaijan. When it opened in 1928, it was in Lunacharski Park. In 1942 it was moved to its present location. It belongs to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan and to the Municipality of Baku city. The total area of the zoo is . The zoo is currently home to over 1,200 animals. There are over 160 species. It will soon be replaced by a new zoo near Güzdək on the Absheron Peninsula. The new larger zoo will house the animals in their natural surroundings.
Kenneth D. Taylor
Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Taylor, OC (October 5, 1934 – October 15, 2015) was a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman. He was best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" which helped free some hostages during the Iran hostage crisis.
Taylor died in New York City from colon cancer at the age of 81.
Robert M. White
Robert Mayer "Bob" White (February 13, 1923 – October 14, 2015) was an American meteorologist and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's first administrator from 1970 to 1977. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. White was also the director of the United States Weather Bureau from 1963 to 1965, director of the Environmental Science Services Administration from 1965 to 1970, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research from 1980 to 1983, and president of the National Academy of Engineering from 1983 to 1995.
Nate Huffman
Nathaniel Thomas Huffman (April 2, 1975 – October 15, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played most of his career outside of the United States with Maccabi Tel Aviv. Huffman played for the Toronto Raptors from 2002 through 2003.
On September 29, 2015, Huffman announced that he had stage 4 bladder cancer and his "condition is terminal". He died on October 15, 2015.
Michael McCaul
Michael Thomas McCaul, Sr. (born January 14, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. Since the beginning of the 113th Congress, he has been the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Elbert Glover
Elbert Glover is a researcher and writer. He mainly writes about tobacco addiction. He is the director of the Tobacco Research Center at the West Virginia University.
Dither fish
Dither fish are aquarium fish used by cichlid owners to make some species of cichlids less afraid.
Dither fish usually swim around the top of a fish tank. This behavior makes afraid fish less afraid. Fish that are not afraid hide less. The scared fish think (correctly) that no predators are in the tank.
The technique is based on the ability of cichlids in an aquarium to use the behaviour of other fish species as a sign that the place they are in is safe. Good dither fish are usually schooling species, such as some "Danio" species, barbs and some tetra species.
Obsidian Entertainment
Obsidian Entertainment is an American video game developer. It was ed in 2003 after the closure of Black Isle Studios.
LucasArts
LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game publisher and licensor Until 2013, it was also a video game developer.
The company was founded in May 1982 as Lucasfilm Games, the video game development group of Lucasfilm Limited, the film production company of George Lucas.
Lucasfilm Games could not develop "Star Wars" games in its early years because Atari had the license for "Star Wars" and because of that, Lucasfilm Games had to develop unique games and had their first projects published by other companies. Lucasfilm's early titles include: Ballblazer and "Rescue on Fractalus" both games were released in 1984", Koronis rift" released in 1985.
In 1987, Lucasfilm Games created the SCUMM engine which stands for <nowiki>"Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion" which would be used in many of LucasArt'</nowiki>s future adventure games. The SCUMM engine was first developed for the game "Maniac Mansion" which was released in 1987.
On October 30, 2012, LucasArts was acquired by The Walt Disney Company through the acquisition of its parent company Lucasfilm in a deal for $4.05 billion.
Lake County, Illinois
Lake County is a county in the Northeast Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the population was 703,462. Some of the main cities are Waukegan and Libertyville.
Slave to the Rhythm (Grace Jones album)
Slave to the Rhythm is the seventh studio album by Grace Jones, released on 28 October 1985 by Island Records.
Planned as "a biography" in the album's booklet, "Slave to the Rhythm" is a concept album, produced by ZTT Records founder and producer Trevor Horn. "Slave to the Rhythm" was released in 1985, three years after her last album "Living My Life" as she had taken a break and began to act in movies such as "Conan the Destroyer" in 1984 and in the James Bond film "A View to Kill" in 1985. The album was her first set of funk and R&B albums.
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Burning of Parliament
The Burning of Parliament was a great fire in London on 16 October 1834. The Palace of Westminster, the medieval royal palace used as the home of the British parliament, was largely destroyed. The blaze was caused by the burning of small wooden tally sticks. They had been used as part of the accounting procedures of the Exchequer until 1826. The sticks were disposed of in a careless manner. They were thrown in the two furnaces under the House of Lords, which caused a chimney fire in the two flues that ran under the floor of the Lords' chamber. The fire smoldered under the floor for most of the day. The senile housekeeper and a careless Clerk of Works ignored all the warning signs of the pending disaster. This led the Prime Minister to call it "one of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record".
The fire spread rapidly throughout the buildings. It became the worst fire to occur in London between the Great Fire of 1666 and the Blitz of the Second World War. the event attracted large crowds which included several artists who provided pictorial records of the event. The fire lasted for most of the night. The House of Lords and the House of Commons were destroyed along with most of their libraries, art collections and records.
John Soane
Sir John Soane (10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect. He was knighted in 1831. He was the greatest architect of his day. His house in Lincoln's Inn Fields is now Sir John Soane's Museum and is open to the public. On 15 November 1821 Soane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Goring-on-Thames
Goring-on-Thames is a village in South Oxfordshire.
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire is a district in Oxfordshire, England. About 140,000 people live in South Oxfordshire. It was created on 1 April 1974.
William Whitelaw (Perth MP)
William Whitelaw (Perth MP) (28th June 1918 - 1 July 1999) was a Conservative politician from Scotland. He served some Cabinet positions such as Home Secretary and deputy leader of the British Conservative Party during Margaret Thatcher's time as PM.
Whitelaw was likely appointed by Thatcher in some positions to get the Scottish to vote for her as he was Scottish and Thatcher was very unpopular in the area.
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw