The Adirondack Mountains are not part of the Appalachian Mountains. They are a continuation of the Canadian Shield. Their origin is extremely ancient, dating back to the Mesoproterozoic era, in what is called the Grenville orogeny. After that old chain had been eroded away, recent uplifts produced the mountains we see today.
Keene, New York
Keene is a town in central Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,105.
Bladesmith
Bladesmith's are people who create anything that has a blade wheter it be a chef's knife to a crusader sword.
Hanau shootings
On 19 February 2020, two mass shootings occurred, targeting two shisha bars in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. Nine people were murdered and many others seriously wounded. After the attacks, the alleged perpetrator killed his mother and committed suicide. Police believe these attacks to have had a xenophobic, right-wing extremist motive.
Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled a planned trip to Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and expressed her condolences to the victims' families.
Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja
Marcelino Oreja y Aguirre, 1st Marquis of Oreja (born 13 February 1935) is a Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was a member of the People's Party. He was Foreign Minister of Spain between 1976 and 1980. Between 1984 and 1989 he was Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
In 1989 he became member of the European Parliament and he was until 1993. In 1994 he was appointed European Commissioner for Transport and Energy and then European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy.
Carlos Westendorp
Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza (born 7 January 1937) is a Spanish diplomat. He was Secretary General of the Club of Madrid. He was the 2nd High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1999 he was elected Member of the European Parliament representing the PSOE. He left the office in 2003. He was born in Madrid.
Jerry G. Melvin
Jerry G. Melvin (July 22, 1929 – February 19, 2020) was an American Republican politician and lawyer. He was born in Bonifay, Florida. Melvin was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1968 to 1971, again from 1973 to 1978 and lastly from 1995 to 2005.
Melvin died on February 20, 2020 in Crestview, Florida from heart failure, aged 90.
Charles H. Pitman
Charles H. Pitman (October 20, 1935 – February 13, 2020) was an American politician. He was lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. Pitman was Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation. He retired in 1990. He served during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart. Pitman was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Pitman died on February 13, 2020 from cancer, aged 84.
Winfried Freudenberg
Winfried Freudenberg (29 August 1956 – 8 March 1989) was the last person to die in an attempt to escape from East Germany to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall as he fell from an improvised gas balloon at high altitude over West Berlin.
Julius No
Dr. Julius No is a fictional character and the major villain in the 1958 "James Bond" novel and its 1962 movie version "Dr. No", the first of the series, in which he was portrayed by actor Joseph Wiseman.
He is a Chinese-German villain who works with SPECTRE and Ernst Stavro Blofeld. He is seen as a mad nuclear scientist.
Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian-American actor. He was well known for starring as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond movie, "Dr. No" in 1962.
Wiseman was also known for his role as Manny Weisbord on the TV series "Crime Story", and his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theatre."
John Langdon Down
John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician. He was best known for his description of the genetic condition now known as Down syndrome, which he originally discovered in 1862.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Mineral Wells is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. The city is named for mineral springs in the area, which were highly popular in the early 1900s.
Melissa, Texas
Melissa is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Anna, Texas
Anna is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Murphy, Texas
Murphy is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Graves County, Kentucky
Graves County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,181. Its county seat is Mayfield.
Pine Plains (CDP), New York
Pine Plains is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
Dick Cole (politician)
Dick Cole is the leader of Meyborn Kernow a Cornish separatist party
Centre-left
The centre-left is a political position that is closer to the left wing than the right wing and shares some politically left views and positions, but is still generally in the centre of the political spectrum.
The term 'centre-left' is most used in continental Europe. In the UK the corresponding term might be social democrat or liberal left. The Blair government would be an example. In the USA the ideology may be found in some part of the Democratic Party.
Pleasant Valley (CDP), New York
Pleasant Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
Harrietstown, New York
Harrietstown is a town in Franklin County, New York.
Kahoka, Missouri
Kahoka is a city in Missouri, United States. It is the county seat of Clark County.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia () is a 1974 Mexican-American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young, Kris Kristofferson and Robert Webber. It was distributed by United Artists.
Naftali Herz Imber
Naftali Herz Imber (, ‎; 27 December 1856 – 8 October 1909) was a Jewish poet of the Hebrew language. He is most notable for writing a poem on which "Hatikvah", the Israeli national anthem, is based. He was born in Złoczów (now Zolochiv, Ukraine), a city in Galicia, which then was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In 1892, Imber moved to the United States. He died due to alcoholism on 8 October 1909 in New York City. He was 52.
Mel Metcalfe
Mel Metcalfe is an American sound engineer. He has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Sound category three times: in 1987, for ; in 1992, for Beauty and the Beast; and in 1993, for Aladdin (1992 movie).
Jean-Claude Pecker
Jean-Claude Pecker (10 May 1923 – 20 February 2020) was a French astronomer, astrophysicist and author. He was born in Reims, Grand Est, France.
Pecker was a member of the Académie des Sciences and director of the Nice Observatory. He was the secretary-general of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1967. Pecker was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French amateur astronomical society, from 1973–1976.
He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen by the French Astronomical Society in 1967.
A minor planet (1629 Pecker) is named after him.< Pecker was a vocal opponent of astrology and pseudo-science and was the president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS).
Apparatjik
Apparatjik (pronounced "ap-er-rat-shik") is a supergroup, comprised of Guy Berryman (of Coldplay), Jonas Bjerre, Magne Furuholmen, and Martin Terefe.
They were formed in 2008.
John Martin (singer)
John Martin Lindstrom (born 22 August 1980) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, best known for his collaborations with the Swedish House Mafia. He performed a song by Haim.