Ty Lawson (born November 3, 1987 in Clinton, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also played for the Denver Nuggets from 2009 until 2015. He went to school at the University of North Carolina.
On July 20, 2015, the Nuggets traded him along with a second round pick in the 2017 NBA draft to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni, a first round pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and cash.
He Pingping
He Pingping (July 13, 1988 – March 13, 2010) was a Chinese citizen who was the world's shortest man who can walk. He was only 74 centimeters long. He met with Xi Shun, Sultan Kösen, and Svetlana Pankratova.
Pingping was born on July 14, 1988 in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China. He died on March 13, 2010 from heart failure in Milan, Italy, aged 21.
Svetlana Pankratova
Svetlana Pankratova (born April 29, 1971) is a Russian citizen who holds the record for world's longest legs on a female body 4 feet 4 inches. Her height is 6 feet 5 inches.
Pankratova was born on April 29, 1971 in Volgograd, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR. She studied at Virginia Commonwealth University. She now lives in London, England.
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon (October 28, 1951 – July 4, 2020) were American conjoined twins. They held the record for the oldest conjoined twins in the world. They were on a reality show "The World's Oldest Coinjoined Twins".
Ronnie and Donnie Galyon were born on October 28, 1951 in Dayton, Ohio. They share organs, so they can not be separated. They almost died when they suffered a blood clot. They lived in Dayton, Ohio.
Galyon died on July 4, 2020 under hospice care in Dayton from congestive heart failure, aged 68.
William M. Daley
William Michael “Bill” Daley (born August 9, 1948) is an American lawyer and former banker. He served as the White House Chief of Staff after Rahm Emanuel successfully ran for Mayor of Chicago from 2011 through 2012. He is the son of Richard J. Daley and brother of Richard M. Daley (who's successor was Emanuel as Mayor of Chicago). He also was the United States Secretary of Commerce from 1997 through 2000.
Daley was born on August 9, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at Loyola University Chicago and at John Marshall Law School. He is married to Bernadette Keller.
Daley was also a candidate for Governor in the 2014 gubernatorial election for the Democratic primary. On September 16, 2013, Daley made a surprise announcement that he was exiting the race for Illinois Governor due to the personal issues.
After two-term mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he would not seek reelection, it was reported on September 14, 2018, that Daley would run for Mayor of Chicago. He came in third place behind Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle.
Debra Winger
Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress who stars primarily in movies. She was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, into a Jewish family. She acted in "Urban Cowboy" (1980), "Mike's Murder" and "Everybody Wins". She took hiaus from acting from 1995 to 2001, and then resumed her career. She has recently acted in some independent movies.
Pulya Taylor
Pulya Taylor is an Aboriginal artist from central Australia. She makes wooden objects, known in the Western Desert as '. She makes these by carving the wood and then engraving patterns (') into its surface with a burning wire. This technique is called pokerwork. The wood she uses is sourced locally from the area around Uluṟu, where she lives.
Taylor was born and grew up around Walytjatjata, in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory. She began working in arts and crafts at Ernabella in the late 1940s. She later moved to Amaṯa with her husband, Tony Tjamiwa. In 1983, Taylor and Tjamiwa, together with Topsy Tjulyata, Walter Pukutiwara, Peter Yates and Pat D'Arango, travelled around artist communities in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. This was to discuss the idea of setting up a new craft centre at Uluṟu, which would sell artworks from around the region to tourists. The couple moved to Muṯitjulu so that they could help set it up. Taylor was one of the first artists for Maṟuku Arts, and she is still an executive member.
Taylor is probably best known for her sculptures of animals, such as birds, numbats, snakes, the echidna, and the perentie lizard. The animals all have spiritual "" legends attached to them, and each represents a different creation ancestor from the Dreamtime.
Taylor's work has been exhibited in many places around Australia. It has also been shown overseas, including at the Commonwealth Institute in London, in 2000. Examples of her work are held in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, the National Gallery of Australia, and the National Museum of Australia.
Rob Kardashian
Robert Arthur "Rob" Kardashian (born March 17, 1987) is an American television personality, model and socialite. His sisters are Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian. His half siblings include Burton Jenner, Casey Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Brody Jenner and Kendall Jenner.
He is best known for appearing on his family's reality television shows, such as "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Khloé & Lamar". He is also known for dating pop star Rita Ora for a short time. His mother is Kris Jenner and father was Robert Kardashian (1944-2003). Caitlyn Jenner used to be his stepfather. Kardashian competed in "Dancing with the Stars" with Cheryl Burke in fall 2011.
In December of 2015 it was reported that Kardashian was hospitalized after falling ill and diagnosed with diabetes.
In January 2016, E! News reported that he was dating Blac Chyna. Chyna's former partner, rapper Tyga, dated Rob's youngest half-sister, Kylie Jenner. Weeks later, Kardashian became engaged to Chyna, and they were expecting a baby due October 2016. Their daughter, Dream Renee Kardashian, was born on November 10, 2016. Dream is Kardashian's first child and Chyna's second, after having a son with Tyga.
Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges (born 15 July 1953 in North Carolina) is an American singer. She was popular in the late 1970s. Her hit song "I Love the Nightlife" was her signature song, although Bridges had other songs.
Batgirl
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) is a fictional Batman character who is the female crime solving-partner for Batman. She is the daughter of police commissioner James Gordon. In some cases she is either crippled or she gets killed by the Scarecrow or by The Joker.
She was played by Alicia Silverstone in "Batman & Robin". She was voiced by Tara Strong in some animated movies such as in "".
Joan Mondale
Joan Adams Mondale (née Adams; August 8, 1930 – February 3, 2014) was the wife of Walter Mondale. He is a former Vice President of the United States, Presidential candidate, and United States Ambassador to Japan. She was the unofficial second lady from 1977 to 1981. She was an advocate for arts and has had the name 'Joan of Art'. She has studied kinds of art, such as Japanese art.
Mondale was born to John Maxwell Adams and Eleanor Jane Hall. She was one of the three daughters in her family. She attended schools in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.
On February 2, 2014, the Mondale family announced that she had entered hospice care for Alzheimer's disease. She died at the hospice from the disease in Minneapolis the following day, surrounded by members of her family.
Dick Grayson
Dick Grayson is a comic book superhero created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger for DC Comics. As a supporting character to Batman, Dick was first introduced as Batman's crime-fighting partner Robin. As he transitioned into adulthood, Dick decided to take on the persona of Nightwing.
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