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Puntarenas Province

**Puntarenas** is a province of Costa Rica. It is in the western part of the country, covering most the Pacific Ocean coast of Costa Rica. The provincial capital is the city of Puntarenas.

## Location
The Puntarenas province borders with the Alajuela, San José and Limón provinces to the north, with Panama to the east; with the Pacific Ocean to the south, and with the Pacific Ocean and the Guanacaste to the west.

Some of the rivers that flow through the province are Ario, Lagarto, Barranca, Grande de Tárcoles, Grande de Térraba, General, Coto Brus, Naranjo, Barú, Parrita, Savegre, Aranjuez and Coto.

## Demographics
A person from the province is known as *puntarenense* (men and women).

The Puntarenas province had a population, in 2011, of 410,929 for a population density of  inhabitants/km2. The canton of Puntarenas, with 115,019 inhabitants, is the canton with more inhabitants.

**Evolution of the population in Puntarenas**

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## Administrative divisions
The Puntarenas province is divided in 11 cantons, which are divided into 60 Districts.

## Economy
Important economic activities in the province are farming and fishing.

## Gallery

File:A gorgeous waterfall on isla del coco.jpg|A waterfall on Coco Island, Costa Rica
File:Catedral Puntarenas.jpg|Cathedral of Puntarenas
File:Playa Puntarenas CRI 07 2016 7642.jpg|Puntarenas beach

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In 1991 he was inducted into the New Zealand Soccer Media Association Hall of Fame and was then awarded FIFA's top award, the FIFA Order of Merit, before the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with Johan Cruyff and former South African president Thabo Mbeki.

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Ólöf was born in Reykjavík. She was married to Tómas Már Sigurðsson and had four children.

Ólöf died from pancreatic cancer on 8 February 2017 in Reykjavík. She was 50.

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## Early life
Palmer-Timkinson was born in Hampshire. She studied at Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After graduating, she moved to London where she worked at a bank.

## ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!*
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On February 16, 2015, Tolstykh was included by the European Council in their sanctions list.

Tolstykh was killed on February 8, 2017, in Donetsk, Ukraine by a rocket launcher explosion, aged 36.

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He worked at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts since 1991. In 1998, he received the Prize of Ferdinand Peroutka. His most notable works include *Všechny moje hlasy* (1967) and *Sudičky* (1968).

Přidal died on 7 February 2017 in Brno, Czech Republic from a stroke, aged 81.

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Since 2012, he served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Institute of Modern Russia. He is an elected member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition. He serves on the federal council of the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party and the Solidarnost pro-democracy movement.

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On 2 February 2017, Kara-Murza was hospitalized for sudden multiple organ failure and was placed on life-support.

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**Raymond Percy "Ray" Galton**, OBE (17 July 1930 &ndash; 5 October 2018) was an English scriptwriter. 

Galton was best known for the Galton and Simpson comedy writing partnership with Alan Simpson. He, along with Simpson, wrote the BBC sitcom *Steptoe and Son* (1962–1974), ''Hancock's Half Hour* (1954–1961)  and *Comedy Playhouse'' (1961–1975).

Galton died on 5 October 2018 at his Paddington, London home from dementia, aged 88.

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Arabesque (group)

**Arabesque** was a disco girl group. It was created in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany. When the trio formed in 1977, it had members: Karen Ann Tepperis, Mary Ann Nagel and Michaela Rose. They released a single called, "Hello Mr. Monkey". It became very successful in Asia, especially Japan and Korea.

Shortly after the release, Mary Ann Nagel decided to leave the group. Her spot was taken by Heike Rimbeau. In 1978, they released the successful album, *Friday Night*. Karen Ann Tepperis had a son in 1978 and left the group. A former gymnast named Jasmin Vetter replaced her. Heike left the group in 1979 due to her pregnancy. A country singer named Elke Brückheimer replaced Heike for a few months. Finally in June 1979, Sandra Ann Lauer was accepted into the group. The trio had members Michaela, Jasmin and Sandra from 1979, until they split.

The first album they released with Sandra was *City Cats*. In 1980, they released their most successful album, *Marigot Bay*. Apart from it being popular in Asia, it was the first album that was successful in their native country. That same year they released *Midnight Dancer*. In 1981, "In For A Penny, In For A Pound" was released. *Caballero* was released in 1982. Their last 3 albums had different musical genres than just disco. *Why No Reply*, *Dance Dance Dance* and *Time To Say Goodbye* were not as successful as their previous albums. Two songs from their last album, "Ecstasy" and "Time to Say Goodbye" became very popular in the 1980s.

Arabesque split up in 1984 because Sandra wanted to sing by herself. Jasmin and Michaela formed their own group called "Rouge". It lasted until 1988.

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Val Demings

**Valdez Venita "Val" Demings** (née **Butler**; March 12, 1957) is an American police officer and politician.

She was the member of the United States House of Representatives from  between 2017 to 2023. She served as Chief of the Orlando Police Department, the first woman to hold the position. She was the Democratic nominee in both 2012 and 2016 to represent Florida's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, the latter of which Demings won.

In June 2020, Demings became one of the final four finalists for Joe Biden's running mate for the 2020 election.

In May 2021, Demings announced her plans to run for the United States Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Marco Rubio in the 2022 election. She won the Democratic nomination in the August 2022 primaries. She lost the election to Rubio in November 2022.

## References
## Other websites
*Val Demings for Congress  *official campaign website*
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*Profile  at The Wall Street Journal
*Val Demings   Video produced by *Makers: Women Who Make America*
Ron Rifkin

**Ron Rifkin** (born **Saul M. Rifkin**; October 31, 1939) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Arvin Sloane on the spy drama *Alias*, Saul Holden on the American family drama *Brothers & Sisters* and District Attorney Ellis Loew in Curtis Hanson's Oscar winning movie, *L.A. Confidential*. 

## Awards 
In 1991, he won a Drama Desk Award. In 1998, he won a Tony Award.

## References 
## Other websites 
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Mohamud Muse Hersi

**Mohamud Muse Hersi ** (, &lrm;; 1 July 1937 &ndash; 8 February 2017), nicknamed "**Adde**", was a Somali politician. He was the President of the Puntland region from 8 January 2005 to 8 January 2009. He was a military general until the 1970s.

Muse Hersi died on 8 February 2017 in the United Arab Emirates, aged 79.

## References
Windsor Davies

**Windsor Davies** (28 August 1930 &ndash; 17 January 2019) was a British actor. He was best known for his roles as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum* (1974&ndash;81). He was also known for his roles in *Never the Twain*, *Doctor Who* and the *Carry On'' movies. He retired from acting in 2004.
## Biography 
Davies was born in Canning Town, East London. He moved to Wales in 1939. He was married to Eluned Davies. She died in September 2018. They had five children. He lived in France. He died on 17 January 2019 at the age of 88.

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Brendan Rodgers

**Brendan Rodgers** (born 26 January 1973) is the Celtic Football Manager and winner of the Scottish league 2023/2024. Formally a Northern Irish football manager and former player. He was the manager of Premier League club Leicester City. He managed Liverpool from 2012 to 2015, finishing second in the Premier League in 2014. He was sacked in October 2015. In 2016, he joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic. In his two-and-a-half seasons with Celtic, he won two domestic trebles. In 2019, he left Celtic to manage Leicester City. He has also managed Watford, Reading and Swansea City. In his playing days, he played for Ballymena United and Reading before retiring at the age of 20 due to injury.

Rodgers was born in Carnlough. His son, Anton (born 1993), is a footballer.

## References
## Other websites
* LFC History profile
States of Austria

The **Republic of Austria** (German: *Republik Österreich*) is a federal republic that is divided into nine **states** (German: *Bundesländer*):
Power Rangers (movie)

***Power Rangers*** (also called  '''Saban's Power Rangers'*) is an American superhero movie. It was directed by Dean Israelite. It was written by John Gatins, Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. The movie is based on the Power Rangers media franchise. Actors in the movie are Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks.

This was the first Power Ranger movie since 1997. The movie has many of the characters from the TV show *Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' but with new actors. The maker of the TV show, Haim Saban, helped to make the movie. The movie was released in the United States on March 24, 2017. A reboot of the film is also in development.

## Plot
Five young people with attitude are put together to become a new version of a group of goodies called the Power Rangers. The Earth must be protected by them from Rita Repulsa, a powerful witch. Rita is attacking to get the Zeo Crystal. She has an army of stone monsters called Putties and a giant golden monster called Goldar.

## Cast
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**From left:** Dacre Montgomery, RJ Cyler, Naomi Scott, Becky G and Ludi Lin.]]
* Dacre Montgomery as Jason Scott/Red Ranger: The leader of the Power Rangers and in love with Kimberly.
* Naomi Scott as Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger: A member of the Power Rangers and in love with Jason.
* RJ Cyler as Billy Cranston/Blue Ranger.
* Becky G as Trini Kwan/Yellow Ranger
* Ludi Lin as Zack Taylor/Black Ranger.
* Bill Hader as the voice of Alpha 5: The robot helper to Zordon.
* Bryan Cranston as Zordon: The teacher of the Power Rangers and first Red Ranger. Zordon lived over 9000 years ago before becoming a part of the Morphing Grid.
* Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa: An alien witch, and enemy of the Power Rangers. Repulsa is a 65-million-year-old former Green Ranger, who has become a baddie. She creates the monster Goldar in attempts to steal the Zeo Crystal, an artifact that channels the Morphing Grid dimension that weaves through all things and gives the Power Rangers their powers. Repulsa seeks to return the crystal to her master Lord Zedd.
* David Denman as Sam Scott: Jason's daddy.
* Sarah Grey as Amanda Clark
* Anjali Jay as Maddy Hart: Kimberly's mommy.
* Patrick Sabongui as Trini's daddy.
* Emily Maddison as Rebecca
* Kayden Magnuson as Pearl Scott: Jason's sister.
* Ranjit Samra as Security Guard 
* Jaime Callica as Officer Bebe

### Cameos
* Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson as Angel Grove Citizen.

Goldar and the Putty Patrol are in the movie too.

## References
## Further reading
PR Mini Production Notes FINAL(saved copy)

## Other websites
* Official Website
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Koila Moila

**Koila Moila** is a village in the Chirang district of Assam state in India.It is situated 31&nbsp;km away from the district headquarter of Kajalgaon and 202&nbsp;km from state capital Dispur.

## Educational institutes
* ST Peter's E.M High school
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* Zion English School
* Koila moila Junior College 
* Mount Everest English School .

## Town
Bijni and Bongaigaon Town are the nearest to Koila Moila.

## References
Lumberton High School

**Lumberton High School** is a high school located in Lumberton, North Carolina for grades 9-12 (freshman-senior). It is run by the Public Schools of Robeson County, as it is in Robeson County, North Carolina. It offers the following courses:

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Arrondissement of Apt

The **arrondissement of Apt** is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Apt.

## History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the *arrondissement* of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Apt is in the most southern of the *arrondissements* of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon *arrondissement* to the northwest and the Carpentras *arrondissement* to the north.

The *arrondissement* of Apt is the largest *arrondissement* of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

## Composition 
### Cantons 
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the *arrondissements* so they could have *communes* that belong to different *arrondissements*.

In the *arrondissement* of  Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its *communes* in the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:

# Ansouis (84002)
# Apt (84003)
# Auribeau (84006)
# La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
# La Bastidonne (84010)
# Beaumettes (84013)
# Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
# Bonnieux (84020)
# Buoux (84023)
# Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
# Cadenet (84026)
# Caseneuve (84032)
# Castellet (84033)
# Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
# Cavaillon (84035)
# Cheval-Blanc (84038)
# Cucuron (84042)
# Gargas (84047)
# Gignac (84048)
# Gordes (84050)
# Goult (84051)
# Grambois (84052)
# Joucas (84057)
# Lacoste (84058)
# Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
# Lauris (84065)
# Lioux (84066)
# Lourmarin (84068)
# Maubec (84071)
# Ménerbes (84073)
# Mérindol (84074)
# Mirabeau (84076)
# La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
# Murs (84085)
# Oppède (84086)
# Pertuis (84089)
# Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
# Puget (84093)
# Puyvert (84095)
# Robion (84099)
# Roussillon (84102)
# Rustrel (84103)
# Saignon (84105)
# Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
# Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
# Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
# Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
# Sannes (84121)
# Sivergues (84128)
# Taillades (84131)
# La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
# Vaugines (84140)
# Viens (84144)
# Villars (84145)
# Villelaure (84147)
# Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages 
* Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References
Serge Baguet

**Serge Baguet** (18 August 1969 &ndash; 9 February 2017) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He started his professional cycling career in 1991. He worked for Lotto for five years and one year for Vlaanderen 2002. He was born in Brakel.

Baguet was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014. He died on 9 February 2017 in Sint-Lievens-Houtem, at the age of 47.

## References
Brendan McGahon

**Brendan McGahon** (22 November 1936 – 8 February 2017) was an Irish politician. He was a Fine Gael politician. 

He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency. He was called a 'colourful' figure and with a reputation as a social conservative. McGahon was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the November 1982 general election and retained his seat until retiring at the 2002 general election. He was known for being against gay rights.

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Packy (elephant)

**Packy** (April 14, 1962 &ndash; February 9, 2017) was an Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, United States. He was famous for having been the first elephant born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years.

Packy was euthanized after suffering from tuberculosis at the Oregon Zoo on February 9, 2017, at the age of 54.

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Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department

There are 3 **arrondissements in the Vaucluse department**. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into *arrondissements*, which may be translated into English as **districts** (in some cases, as **boroughs**). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Vaucluse are:

## History 
The changes in the Vaucluse department are:
* 1793 : creation of the Vaucluse department with four districts: Apt, Orange, Ouvèze (Carpentras), Vaucluse (Avignon); its capital was Avignon.
* 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Avignon, Apt, Carpentras and Orange.
* 1926 : the arrondissement of Orange was eliminated and the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon
* 1933 : the subprefecture of Cavaillon was moved to Apt

## References
John Cullum

**John Cullum** (born March 2, 1930) is an American actor and singer. 

## Early life
Cullum was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He studied at the University of Tennessee.

## Career
Cullum's career began in 1960 in a debut role in the musical *Camelot*.

He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including *On the Twentieth Century* (1978) and *Shenandoah* (1975), winning the Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for each. 

He played Holling Vincoeur on the television drama series *Northern Exposure* (6 seasons). It earned him an Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. He was featured in fifteen episodes of the NBC television series *ER* as Mark Greene's father. He was the farmer in the landmark television drama *The Day After*. 

He has made multiple guest appearances on *Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* as attorney, now judge, Barry Moredock, and appeared as Big Mike in several episodes of *The Middle*.

Recently, Cullum appeared in *Casa Valentina* (2014), *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015) and in *Christine* (2016).

In 1975, he won a Drama Desk Award.

## Personal life
Cullum was married to Emily Frankel from 1959 until her death in 2024. They have one son, JD Cullum (John David Cullum), who is also an actor.

## References
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*John Cullum fansite 
* Star File: John Cullum
John Salt (bishop)

**John William Salt**  (30 October 1941 &ndash; 7 February 2017) was an English Anglican bishop. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent  and became a deacon in 1966 and a priest in 1967. He was the Bishop of St Helena from 1999 to 2011. During his time as bishop, he lived on the island of Saint Helena, which is in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Salt returned to the United Kingdom after he retired. He died on 7 February 2017 in Walsingham, Norfolk, at the age of 75.

## References
Luther Strange

**Luther "Big Luther" Johnson Strange III** (born March 1, 1953) was the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He served as the 49th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Alabama from 2011 through 2017.  Strange was a candidate for public office in both 2006 and 2010.

## Early life
Luther was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He studied at Tulane University earning his BA and JD degrees.

## Political career
In 2006, Strange ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and defeated George Wallace, Jr. in the Republican primary. Strange then lost the general election to Democrat Jim Folsom, Jr.. In 2010, Strange defeated incumbent Attorney General Troy King in the Republican primary, before going on to win the general election on November 2, 2010, against Democrat James Anderson.

### United States senator (2017&ndash;2018)
On December 6, 2016, Strange announced his candidacy for the seat held by Jeff Sessions after then-President-Elect Donald Trump had announced on November 18, 2016 that he would be nominating Sessions to the office of Attorney General of the United States. Strange was appointed as Senator on February 9, 2017, by Alabama governor Robert J. Bentley to fill out the seat after Sessions resigned to become Attorney General.

At  tall, Strange is the tallest U.S. Senator in history.

### 2017 special election
Strange ran for a full term in the 2017 special election and advanced to the Republican primary runoff, where he lost to the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, Roy Moore.

## Personal life
Strange is married to Melissa Strange. They have two children. 

## References
Dana Boente

**Dana James Boente** (, ; born February 7, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician. He served as acting United States Attorney General from January 30, 2017 until February 9, 2017. He also served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from September 2013 to January 2018.

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