Donald George Brewer (born September 3, 1948) is an American drummer. He is best known as the drummer, co-lead vocalist and only constant member of rock band Grand Funk Railroad. Other bands he was a member of are Terry Knight and the Pack and Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band.
Brewer was born in Flint, Michigan. He is married to Sunny Quinn. The couple have two children.
Columbia County, Washington
Columbia County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. The county seat is Dayton. 4,078 people lived there at the 2010 census which makes it the third-smallest populous county in Washington. The county was created out of Walla Walla County on November 11, 1875 and is named after the Columbia River.
Franklin County, Washington
Franklin County is a county in Washington in the United States. The county seat is Pasco. 78,163 people lived there at the 2010 census.
Agusan del Sur
Agusan del Sur (; Butuanon: "Probinsya hong Agusan del Sur") is a province of the Philippines. It is in the Caraga region in Mindanao. The capital is Prosperidad.
Aklan (province)
Aklan ("Akean") (Aklanon pronunciation: [ak'ɣan]) (Akeanon: "Eaeawigan it Akean"; ) is a province of the Philippines in the Western Visayas region. It is the oldest province in the Philippines. Its capital is Kalibo.
People from Aklan are called Aklanons. They are thought to be descendants of the Austronesian-speaking immigrants who came to the Philippines during the Iron Age. The name came from the river Akean, which means "where there is boiling."
Faqqu’a Iris
Gilboa Iris or Faqqu’a Iris "(Iris haynei)" is a species in the genus "Iris", subgenus Iris subgenus and section (botany) "Oncocyclus". It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the shrublands and mountainsides of Palestine.
It is written in Arabic as سوسن فقوعة. It was originally found in Palestine, on Mount Gilboa, by Hayne in April 1872, and then it was first published and described by John Gilbert Baker in The Gardeners' Chronicle Vol.6 on page 710 in 1876. This description was based on dried samples of plants that Haynes had originally found.
It is native to temperate to Western Asia.
On 5 April 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Affairs (Palestine) had adopted 'Sawsan Gilboa' ("I. haynei") as the national plant of the State of Palestine, to go with the Olive tree (as the national tree), Mountain gazelle (national animal), Palestine sunbird (national bird) and the 5th of March to be the national day for the Palestinian environment.
Albay (province)
Albay (; ; ) is a province located in the Bicol Region in southeastern Luzon of the Philippines. The capital is the City of Legazpi.
Artenay
Artenay is a French commune. It is in the Loiret department.
Antique (province)
Antique (; ; ) is a province of the Philippines. It is in the Western Visayas region. The capital is San Jose de Buenavista.
Apayao (province)
Apayao () is a province of the Philippines. It is in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. The capital is Kabugao.
Aurora (province)
Aurora (; ) is a province of the Philippines. It is in the eastern part of the Central Luzon region, facing the Philippine Sea. The capital is Baler.
Acqueville
Acqueville is the name of two communes in France:
Henk Overgoor
Henk Overgoor (30 April 1944 – 23 April 2020) was a Dutch footballer. He was born in Gendringen, Netherlands. He played for Go Ahead Eagles from 1963 to 1965 and for De Graafschap from 1965 to 1979.
Overgoor died on 23 April 2020 of COVID-19 in Amsterdam, aged 75.
Jefferson County, Washington
Jefferson County is a county in Washington in the United States. The county seat is Port Townsend. 29,872 people lived there at the 2010 census.
The county is named after US President Thomas Jefferson.
Claude Barthélemy
Claude Barthélemy (9 May 1945 – 6 April 2020) was a Haitian footballer. He played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He played for AS Capoise between 1961 and 1964, then joined Racing Club Haitien until 1967. He played one season for the Detroit Cougars in 1968. He played for the national team between 1965 and 1977.
Barthélemy was born in Cap-Haïtien. He died on 6 April 2020 in the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was 74.
Aschères-le-Marché
Aschères-le-Marché is a French commune. It is in the Loiret department.
Black garden ant
The Black garden ant ("Lasius niger"), also known as the Common black ant, Common house ant or Tramp ant, is a formicine ant. It is a species of the subgenus "Lasius", which is found across Eurasia and in some parts of South America, Southeast Asia and Australasia. The European species is now split into two species; "L. niger", which are found in open areas; and "L. platythorax", which is found in forests .
The ants build nests underground, commonly under stones, but also in rotten wood, or under roots. The nests can have up to 40,000 workers, but the average size is 4,000–7,000 ants. The colony has a single queen which can live up to 15 years, and it has been claimed that some have lived for 30 years. In the early stages of a colony there can two or three queens in the nest. They will tolerate each other until the first workers come, then it is most likely they will fight until one queen remains. In tests in laboratories, worker ants have lived at least four years.
The worker ants are dark glossy black, and 3–5 mm long. The queens are 9 mm long, glossy black color, and with slight brown stripes on her abdomen. After a queen mates, she removes her wings and eats her wing muscles as food over the winter. The male ants are 3.5–4.5 mm long and are only produced by queens for mating. They have a dark glossy body, which is a different shape from the workers, and look like a wasp. They have delicate wings which stand out from the rest of the body.
Ants mate while flying. The mating (or nuptial) flights of "Lasius niger" usually take place from June to September. In North America flights happen during the autumn, but in Europe they take place during the hot summer months of July and August. Flights can contain thousands of winged males and females. When the queen has mated, she will land and look for a suitable place to dig a tunnel. The males generally only live for a day or two after the mating flights.
The queen ant removes her wings to dig. When she has dug a tunnel, she blocks the entrance and then digs a small chamber to lay her eggs. The eggs hatch after 8–10 weeks. The queen does not leave the nest to look for food until eggs have hatched, and the larvae have grown into ants. She survives on the protein from eating her own wings.
The black garden ant, like other ants, has four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The eggs are tiny, white, kidney-shaped, with a smooth sticky surface. This helps them to be carried in a group instead of one by one. After hatching the larvae look like tiny maggots. They need to be fed by the queen (or workers in the case of an established colony) if they are to mature. As they grow, they shed their skin, doing so usually three times in total. With each molt, the larvae grow hooked hairs which allow them to be carried in groups. At the last molt they are too big to be carried as part of a group and so are carried individually. When it is big enough, it spins a cocoon around itself. To help, the queen (or workers) may bury the larva so that it can spin its cocoon undisturbed. When the process of metamorphosis is complete the worker ant comes out of the cocoon. It is completely white but it only takes one hour to turn black.