The flatback turtle is the least endangered of all of the sea-going turtles. Unlike other turtles, there is not a big human demand for the meat of the flatback. It does not swim far from shore, so it does not get caught in nets as often as other sea turtles. These reasons may be why it is not in more danger of extinction.
Dialect continuum
A dialect continuum is a group of language dialects that change over an area. In a dialect continuum, two dialects are more different when they are farther away from each other. People in the dialect continuum who are nearby may understand each other when they speak. People far away from each other may have trouble understanding each other or may not understand each other at all. For exapmle if a certain area speaks in a specific accent, it would be difficult for people from the same region but different area to understand and communicate.
Chelidae
The Chelidae are a family of freshwater turtles. They are "side-necked turtles". The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles, and its fossil history goes back to the Cretaceous.
The family Chelidae has about 60 living species in about twenty genera. The family is entirely Gondwanan in origin, with no members found outside Gondwana, either now or as a fossil.
They are called side-necked turtles because they withdraw their heads by moving the head sideways (see Pleurodira). Other turtles, if they withdraw their heads, pull them back in the vertical plane.
The subfamilies within Chelidae show that most of the South American species and all the Australian species are a clade, that is, evolved from the same ancestor (monophyly. The far more ancient turtle genus "Hydromedusa" is their sister taxon.
Nowadays, all these species live in fresh water, but we know from the fossil record that many of their forebears lived in seas around the world.
Dave Bartholomew
David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019) was an American Hall of Fame rock and roll musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer. His career was based in New Orleans.
He was known for his partnership with Fats Domino. Their best known songs were "Goin' Home" and "Ain't That a Shame".
Bartholomew's other hit songs as a composer include "I Hear You Knocking", "Blue Monday", "I'm Walkin'", "My Ding-A-Ling", and "One Night". He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
Bartholomew died on June 23, 2019 in New Orleans of heart failure at the age of 100.
Edgard, Louisiana
Edgard is a census-designated place (CDP) in, and the parish seat of, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,637 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
Timber Trails, California
Timber Trails is a unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies 1,102 meters above sea level.
Ecublens, Fribourg
Ecublens () is a municipality of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Ecublens
Ecublens is the name of two municipalities in Switzerland:
Grangettes
Grangettes is a municipality of the district Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
La Folliaz
La Folliaz was a municipality in Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2005 when the municipalities Lussy and Villarimboud joined together to become the municipality La Folliaz. On 1 January 2020 La Folliaz and Villaz-Saint-Pierre joined together to become the new municipality Villaz.
Massonnens
Massonnens is a municipality of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Le Châtelard, Fribourg
Le Châtelard is a municipality of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Mézières, Fribourg
Mézières is a municipality of the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2004 the former municipality of Berlens merged into the municipality of Mézières.
Siviriez
Siviriez is a municipality of the district Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
On 1 January 1978 the former municipalities of Villaranon and Le Saulgy merged into the municipality of Siviriez and on 1 January 2004 the former municipalities of Prez-vers-Siviriez, Villaraboud and Chavannes-les-Forts merged into Siviriez.
Torny
Torny is a municipality in the district of Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2004 the former municipalities of Middes and Torny-le-Grand merged into the municipality of Torny.
Villaz-Saint-Pierre
Villaz-Saint-Pierre was amunicipality in Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the municipalities La Folliaz and Villaz-Saint-Pierre joined together to become the new municipality Villaz.
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (; born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat. He was the 10th President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
He was said to be a leading neoconservative.
After serving two years, he resigned as president of the World Bank Group due to scandals.
Vuarmarens
Vuarmarens was a municipality in Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2006, Esmonts became part of Vuarmarens. On 1 January 2012 Vuarmarens became part of Ursy.
Sandy Ratcliff
Alexandra "Sandy" Ratcliff (2 October 1948 – 7 April 2019) was an English actress. She was best known for being one of the original cast members in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" in the 1980s. She portrayed played Sue Osman but left the role in 1989, after it was revealed that she was addicted to heroin and alcohol. Ratcliff was born in London.
Ratcliff died in her sleep at her home in London on 7 April 2019, aged 70.
Nikolai Gorbachev
Nikolai Stepanovich Gorbachev (, ; May 15, 1948 – April 9, 2019) was a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer. He competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Gorbachev also won three medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1974) and two bronzes (1971, 1975).
Gorbachev died on April 9, 2019 at the age of 70.
Villorsonnens
Villorsonnens is a municipality of the district Glâne in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. The municipality was created in 2001 when the municipalities of Chavannes-sous-Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Villargiroud and Villarsiviriaux joined together and became one new municipality.
James D. Hudnall
James David Hudnall (April 10, 1957 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer. He was born in Santa Rosa, California. Hudnall began his career in the comic book field in 1986 with the series "Espers", published by Eclipse Comics
He later worked for Marvel and DC on such titles as "Alpha Flight", "", and his own creation "Interface", which was a sequel to "Espers". He also wrote graphic novels such as "", "Sinking", "Streets" and "The Psycho".
Hudnall had diabetes, which in 2015 led to the amputation of his right leg. He died April 9, 2019, one day before his 62nd birthday.
Charles Van Doren
Charles Lincoln Van Doren (February 12, 1926 – April 9, 2019) was an American writer and editor. He was known for being involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s.
In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the show "Twenty-One". He was fired by NBC, he joined the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1959, becoming a vice president and writing and editing many books before retiring in 1982.
Van Doren died in a retirement community in Canaan, Connecticut on April 9, 2019 at the age of 93.
Canaan, Connecticut