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43335786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Spector | Louis Spector | Louis Spector (April 4, 1918 – January 4, 2003) was an attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and later served as a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1983.
Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Spector attended Niagara University, and received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1940. He entered private practice in Buffalo, New York, from 1941 to 1942, and then served in the United States Army during World War II. He did not serve overseas, but was assistant chief of the Legal Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Buffalo from 1942 to 1943, and then affiliated with the Atomic Bomb Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from 1943 to 1945.
Spector remained with the Army Corps of Engineers after the war, serving as chief of the Claims, Appeals, and Litigation Section in Chicago, Illinois from 1945 to 1946, and then a chief of the Legal Branch and Real Estate Division in Buffalo from 1946 to 1953. He was executive director of the Port Authority of Buffalo from 1953 to 1954 before becoming a member of the Board of Contract Appeals for the Army Corps of Engineers from 1954 to 1959, then Chairman of the United States Army Panel for the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals from 1959 to 1962, and finally first chairman of the Unified Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals from 1962 to 1968.
In 1982, Spector became a trial judge of the U.S. Court of Claims, serving in that capacity until October 1, 1982, when he was appointed by operation of law to a new seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims authorized by the Federal Courts Improvement Act, 96 Stat. 27. Spector assumed senior status on May 31, 1983, and resigned from the bench entirely on January 4, 1985. He died in Falls Church, Virginia. |
13041409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Eggan | Kevin Eggan | Kevin Eggan (born 1974 in Normal, Illinois) is a Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, known for his work in stem cell research (also known as "therapeutic cloning"), and as a spokesperson for stem cell research in the United States. He was a 2006 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes nicknamed the "genius grant"). In 2005, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
Biography
Background and education
Eggan grew up in Normal, Illinois, the son of Chris and Larry Eggan and one of five children, his father being a math professor at Illinois State University.
After completing his bachelor's degree in microbiology at the University of Illinois, he applied to medical school to become a doctor, but his doubts caused him to defer in favor of a two-year internship with drug company Amgen at the National Institutes of Health. In 1998 he applied to study for a Ph.D. in biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, arriving there shortly after Dolly the Sheep gained worldwide attention as the world's first cloned domestic animal.
Eggan began to explore both this process and also the reasons that cloned animals often appeared to develop abnormally, with organ defects and immunological problems – his first contact with stem cell research. After finishing his PhD in 2002, Eggan split his time between a post-doctoral program with genetics pioneer Rudolf Jaenisch and a collaborative project with Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize–winning scientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as spending time at the University of Hawaii.
Stem cell research
In August 2004, Eggan moved to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a junior fellow, becoming an assistant professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology at their Stem Cell Institute ("HSCI") in 2005. At the time, stem cell research in the United States was threatened by political pressure due to concerns over the ethics of human embryo research, and research such as this was at risk of potentially being made illegal. Federal funding for stem cell research had recently been removed, and part of his role was to obtain private funding to replace it. Eggan took on a second role as the assistant investigator for Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a philanthropical medical research group in Kansas City, Missouri.
Eggan's research goals at Harvard were to understand how nuclear transplantation works, and to make stem cells that carry genes for specific diseases such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), and Alzheimer's. In 2006, following "more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review", two groups of scientists at HSCI were granted permission to explore Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer techniques to create disease-specific stem cell lines as an approach to various currently incurable conditions. Eggan was in charge of one of these two groups and senior author of their results; a renowned co-director of HSCI ran the other. The groups initially collaborated in researching diabetes before Eggan's group switched to work on neurodegenerative diseases. Harvard President Lawrence Summers called the approvals "a seminal event".
Eggan also serves as the Chief Scientific Officer of The New York Stem Cell Foundation.
Work to date
Eggan's work has succeeded in developing a technique of merging stem and skin cells that has obtained considerable public attention as a possible avenue to avoid moral objections regarding stem cell research in the context of serious illness. It suggests that ultimately, treatment of serious illnesses and understanding of stem cell development may be possible to obtain without recourse to human embryos – a highly desirable state of affairs politically, given the concurrent controversy over stem cell research in the United States.
Eggan's team reported that they had created cells similar to human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos, a major step toward someday possibly defusing the central objection to stem cell research. These discoveries sparked extensive debate in the United States Congress, with opponents of the use of embryonic stem cells from fetuses arguing that these or similar methods of creating stem cells from skin might be eventually used instead to satisfy the conflicting demands of medical research and morals.
"Eggan's technique provides a window into exactly what happens to turn back the clock in cells during cloning--and, indeed, in the normal process of creating sperm, eggs and embryos. Somehow, aging is reversed, and old cells become young again. As Schatten puts it, the one-way freeway of life has an exit ramp. Understanding what happens when the cell is reprogrammed is one of the main goals of studying embryonic stem cells. But right now, the only way to solve that problem is to clone embryos, which is a difficult and expensive process.
Eggan himself is cautious about his team's work, with an early stage 2005 profile in Nature noting there was still much work to do:
The hybrids still contain two nuclei: one from a skin cell and one from an embryonic stem cell. So they have an abnormally high amount of DNA, and Eggan needs to work out how to remove the embryonic stem cell's DNA. Eggan adds that he has only just begun working with the hybrids, so it is not clear what they will or won't be able to do. "It's frustrating," Eggan says, "because they're implying that our work is a solution, which it is not yet. These are ideas in their most nascent stages."
Work as spokesperson
Forbes noted in Eggan's 2007 profile that:
"Eggan is also becoming one of science's more outspoken voices, defending the necessity of pursuing embryonic cell research through all available means as a way of understanding scourges [such as degenerative diseases]."
Publications
Eggan's five most highly cited publications are:
Humpherys, D; Eggan, K; Akutsu, H; Hochedlinger, K; Rideout, WM; Biniszkiewicz, D; Yanagimachi, R; Jaenisch, R. "Epigenetic instability in ES cells and cloned mice": Science, 293 (5527): 95-97 JUL 6 2001, Times Cited: 288
Rideout, WM; Eggan, K; Jaenisch, R. "Nuclear cloning and epigenetic reprogramming of the genome. Science, 293 (5532): 1093-1098 (2001). Times Cited: 250
Eggan, K; Akutsu, H; Loring, J; Jackson-Grusby, L; Klemm, M; Rideout, WM; Yanagimachi, R; Jaenisch, R. "Hybrid vigor, fetal overgrowth, and viability of mice derived by nuclear cloning and tetraploid embryo complementation," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 (11): 6209-6214, May 22, 2001. Times Cited: 191
Humphreys, D; Eggan, K; Akutsu, H; Friedman, A; Hochedlinger, K; Yanagimachi, R; Lander, ES; Golub, TR; Jaenisch, R. "Abnormal gene expression in cloned mice derived from embryonic stem cell and cumulus cell nuclei." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99 (20): 12889-12894 (2002). Times Cited: 157
Bortvin, A; Eggan, K; Skaletsky, H; Akutsu, H; Berry, DL; Yanagimachi, R; Page, DC; Jaenisch, R. "Incomplete reactivation of Oct4-related genes in mouse embryos cloned from somatic nuclei" Development, 130 (8): 1673-1680 (2003) Times Cited: 143
Awards
Winner of Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award in 2003 sponsored by the Basic Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Honored in Popular Science's fourth annual "Brilliant 10" in 2005
Technology Review Magazine's "Innovator of the Year" in 2005
MacArthur Fellows Program 2006
People Magazine's "Sexiest Genius" in 2006 |
62166588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naumikha | Naumikha | Naumikha () is a rural locality (a village) in Nizhne-Vazhskoye Rural Settlement, Verkhovazhsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 251 as of 2002. There are 6 streets.
Geography
Naumikha is located 2 km north of Verkhovazhye (the district's administrative centre) by road. Verkhovazhye is the nearest rural locality. |
14969750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Montagu%20%281660%29 | HMS Montagu (1660) | Lyme was a 52-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth, and launched in 1654.
After the Restoration in 1660 she was renamed HMS Montagu in honour of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, who died in 1644 after being imprisoned for supporting King Charles I. She was widened in 1675 and underwent her first rebuild in 1698 at Woolwich Dockyard as a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line. Her second rebuild took place at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she was relaunched on 26 July 1716 as a 60-gun fourth rate to the 1706 Establishment.
The Montagu was broken up in 1749. |
6437056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamlinux | Dreamlinux | Dreamlinux was a Brazilian computer operating system based on Debian Linux. It can boot as a live CD, from USB flash drive, or can be installed on a hard drive. The distribution's GUI aims to have a centered animated toolbar. As of October 2012, The Dreamlinux Project has been discontinued.
Editions
Dreamlinux 2.2 MM GL Edition (2007)
DreamLinux Multimedia Edition 2.2 with AIGLX provides Beryl-AIGLX by default, which can be utilized after the initial installation. One of its key features is its ability to configure AIGLX for NVIDIA and ATI cards automatically. The distribution received a favorable review for its appearance and functionality.
Dreamlinux 3.0 (2008)
Dreamlinux Desktop Edition 3.0 features a complete redesign. It supports a totally independent architecture named Flexiboost, based on overlaid modules. The feature allows the co-existence of two (or more) separate window managers (currently Gnome and Xfce), sharing the same customized appearance. Both working environments share all the applications available.
In addition to the 700MB iso file (CD image), a 130MB Multimedia Module is also available, including DVD support. This is primarily intended for use when running from USB flash drive, rather than from live-CD mode.
New applications
The following applications were not included in previous releases:
Gthumb (replacing GQview)
Pidgin instant messenger;
Ndiswrapper module
WineHQ + Wine Doors installer
Other improvements
Now booting from any CDROM or DVD-R/W unit
Improved Dreamlinux Control Panel
Improved Dreamlinux Installer
Improved Easy Install application
Theme-Switcher on Gnome changes theme without the need to restart X
Setup-Network Manager for stop, start, restart, stop network on booting, start network on booting. Network is now set up to automatically start during boot.
Cupsys also starts on boot
New wizard for emerald-themes
New wallpapers
New icons
New Avant Window Manager themes and AWN-Dock (check AWN Manager on DCP)
CompizFusion enabler in DCP switches default Engage dock to AWN Dock.
New GDM themes, now featuring countdowns
Dreamlinux 3.5 (2009)
Dreamlinux 3.5 is an update to the original Dreamlinux 3.0 desktop. This release features the XFCE desktop with the Gnome Desktop as an additional option in the form of a module. This release uses the Debian Lenny desktop. It features the Linux kernel version 2.6.28.5 as well as new icons and a new GTK+ theme.
There is also the option to install directly to a USB Memory Stick in two modes.
Live Dream
This runs the same as a Live CD, and does not save changes.
Persistent Dream
This runs as though Dream is installed onto the hard drive, and saves any changes to configuration that are made. It is only recommended for use on USB drives that are 2 GB.
DreamLinux 5.0 (2012)
DreamLinux 5.0 is based on Debian Wheezy 7.0 with Linux kernel 3.1. The only edition available is an ISO image around 956 MB. It features:
Xfce 4.8 desktop with quite similar look to MAC OS X user interface.
Programming environments for Ruby Lua, Vala, C, C++, Python and Perl
Server and network applications: Apache2, PHP5, MySQL, Samba, Netatalk, TorrentFlux, SSH, Bluetooth, Network-Manager, Avahi-Daemon (Bonjour), Preload, Fancontrol, Cpufreqd.
Pre-installed applications for end-users:
Chromium web browser.
Audio, video codec for playing many multimedia formats,
SoftMaker office suite Textmaker, Planmaker and Presentations.
Graphics editors “Gimp and InkScape“, along with shotwell photo manager and FoxitReader PDF reader application.
Dreamlinux 5.0 offers new installer called FlexiBoot which allows users to easily install Dreamlinux 5.0 in USB external hard drive and use it anywhere, or install it to the internal hard drive.
MKDistro is a simple utility that allows users to build their own customized Dreamlinux and Debian-based distribution.
Live USB
A Live USB version of Dreamlinux can be created manually or with UNetbootin. |
74490295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324%20Wis%C5%82a%20Krak%C3%B3w%20season | 2023–24 Wisła Kraków season | The 2023–24 Wisła Kraków season is the ninth season in the I liga and the 71st season in the Polish Cup.
Transfers
Summer transfer window
Arrivals
The following players moved to Wisła.
Departures
The following players moved from Wisła.
Competitions
Preseason and friendlies
I liga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Polish Cup
Squad and statistics
Appearances, goals and discipline
Goalscorers
Disciplinary record
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37327383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boinali%20Sa%C3%AFd | Boinali Saïd | Boinali Saïd Toumbou (born 25 September 1960 in Dzaoudzi, Mayotte) is a French politician who was elected to the French National Assembly on 17 June 2012, representing the 1st constituency of the department of Mayotte. He is a former trade union leader. He stood down at the 2017 legislative election. |
66771757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon%20Day%20%28activist%29 | Sharon Day (activist) | Sharon Day (born 1951) is an Ojibwe leader and Native American activist, artist and writer from Minnesota. She is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Day is most known for her water walks, a spiritual practice in which Day and others carry water for a long distances to raise awareness and pray for the health and future of the waterways.
Early life
Day was born in northern Minnesota. Her parents were Ojibwe from the Bois Forte Band. Day was raised within the tribal culture. She describes hauling water as a twice-daily occurrence, an act that gave her a lifelong respect for water. Day had a difficult childhood. She struggled to find a place for herself within her community as a lesbian. At the age of 21, she entered a recovery program for alcohol dependency, and subsequently studied chemical dependency and administration at the University of Minnesota. Following graduation, Day worked for the state of Minnesota as a chemical dependency program manager. Day was not raised to follow the religious and spiritual beliefs of the Ojibwe as a child, however at some point she became a Midewin, a spiritual practitioner of the Anishinaabe faith tradition.
AIDS activism
In the mid-1980s, Day began hearing about the emerging acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. Initially, reports of the illness were constricted to the East and West coast. In 1987, Day learned of two people she knew who had acquired HIV. She first encountered Carol LaFavor, an Ojibwe woman who would later become an AIDS activist and subject of the film, Her Giveaway. LaFavor had recently discovered that she was HIV-positive and, as both a Native American and lesbian woman, feared that she would be unable to get appropriate medical care. LaFavor pointed out that there were no health or educational services for Native people related to AIDS and challenged Day, asking "what are you going to do about it?"
Shortly after, Day learned that her brother, Michael, was also HIV-positive. Day and her family were devastated by the news, because "at that time, 1987, if you had AIDS, you were going to die." Shortly thereafter, Day began engaging in community outreach to Native Americans centered around the AIDS crisis. This activity coalesced into the Indigenous People's Task Force, a grassroots organization providing education and services to the Native American community of Minnesota. In the early years, Day dealt with a many gay and lesbian Native Americans and intravenous drug users who were alienated from the community. Some of the people she got to know in the early years died from the disease. She recalls that "it was a very frightening, very devastating time." The organization eventually began offering HIV testing, counseling and prevention services and help in getting treatment. Day continues to serve as the executive director of the task force.
Water and the environment
In 1998, Day got involved with a movement to protect Coldwater Spring, a site that is considered sacred by several Native Americans tribes near the Mississippi River in south Minneapolis, Minnesota from a threatened rerouting of a highway. Access, use and control of the site were contested. As Day became involved with protesting some of the development plans for the spring, she was arrested several times for acts of civil disobedience. Later, Day came to feel that some direct action was counterproductive, and that spending days in jail for civil disobedience placed an unfair burden on lower income and non-white activists, noting that "80% of the jails are already filled with people of color." Day assisted in preserving sacred practices at the spring by leading ceremonies and providing traditional offerings.
By 2003, Day began planning and leading a series of Nibi Walks. The word nibi means water in Ojibwe. Nibi walks involve carrying water along the river and serve as an extended prayer. The water walks often travel in the direction of the current and can span many miles. At first the walks were relatively short, however in 2011, Day was involved in organizing a four directions water walk. Water from the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic-Hudson waterway and the Gulf of Mexico were brought to a convergence point by the walkers and poured into Lake Superior. Day represented the southern direction and carried water from the Gulf of Mexico.
Day conceives of the walks and her water activism as a part of her religious and spiritual practice. In her culture, care for the water was traditionally the woman's job (while men cared for fire). On water walks, only women carry the water. Day perceives her life within the continuous span of existence, from ancestors to her great-grandchildren, recognizing that "it is our intention to make sure there is water to nourish our great-great-great grandchildren seven generations into the future. We do this because someone did this for us. My ancestors knew that one day I would be here. They sang the songs and offered the prayers so that I would be able to enjoy life."
In 2017, Day led a group on a 54 day water walk along the Missouri river, beginning at the headwaters in Montana and concluding in Missouri. The group took turns carrying a pail of water collected at the headwaters. Day describes the walks as having both spiritual significance and a practical purpose in raising awareness about water pollution. Day describes the act of bringing clean water from the headwaters to the river's end as "giving the river a taste of herself. We say to her this is how you began, pure and clean. This is how we wish for you to be again."
In 2013, Day wrote publicly against Native American tribes attempting to renegotiate treaties to allow for a portion of profits raised from fossil fuel energy extraction to flow to tribes. She argued that preserving the land and traditional ways was more important than entering into a wealth building exercise based on greed, though she thought that renewable energy projects would be better aligned with native practices.
In 2015, Day helped organize a protest at the Minnesota state capitol against oil pipelines bringing fossil fuel from the Canadian tar sands through the northern Midwest. Her opposition was motivated by a concern for the future, stating that "the fossil fuel industry thinks it is powerful, but it is the water and the people that are powerful. These waterways are our lifeblood. If you want your grandchildren’s grandchildren to have life and clean water, then we must all do what we can.”
Artist and writer
In 2003, Day co-edited a feminist anthology, Sing! Whisper! Shout! Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just World. The book, a collection of essays and poems, sought to build a more inclusive version of feminism. The piece shows how women of color have been deeply invested in the feminist movement, even as their contributions sometimes went unrecognized historically.
In 2018, Day's play, We Do It For The Water, premiered at the Pangea theater, a Minneapolis-based theater company for Native youth. The play presented a message of peace and unity between native and non-native people who seek to preserve the water.
Following the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020, Day felt sidelined from the activist energy in the Twin Cities. As an older person, she felt that she could not fully take part out of concern about the coronavirus. She became inspired to create a large scale art installation, a 12-foot tall driftwood sculpture titled Tree of Peace, Tree of Life, Tree of the Future. Day asked contributors to create leaves for the tree sculpture consisting of their wishes and prayers for the future. The piece was raised at the Minnesota state capitol in October, 2020, before traveling to various art galleries and a permanent home with the Piscataway people of Maryland.
Day was featured in a short film, Nibi Walk, presented at the 2020 Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C. |
22489371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltzar%20von%20Dahlheim | Baltzar von Dahlheim | Carl Baltzar von Dahlheim (1669-1756) was a German-Swedish military officer, born in Saxony as Baltzar Tahlheim, who distinguished himself serving Sweden during the Great Northern War.
Early life
After a short education, Dahlheim became a mercenary already as a teenager, participated in the battle of Vienna in 1683, and later in the English Glorious Revolution of 1688 under William III of Orange.
Great Northern War
At the time of the outbreak of the Great Northern War, Dahlheim joined a Swedish regiment and distinguished himself as military engineer during Charles XII's campaign in Poland after the battle of Narva. At the battle of Poltava in 1709 Dahlheim was wounded but managed to follow Charles XII to Bendery where he spent over four years. In 1711 he was ennobled and took the name von Dahlheim.
After leaving Bendery Dahlheim was promoted to the rank of colonel and participated in the fighting around the fortress of Stralsund. He was severely wounded again, captured, and spent two years convalescing in captivity in Berlin. In 1718 he was released and appointed quartermaster general in Charles XII's army of Bohuslän in preparation of the king's second campaign against Norway. The latter came to an abrupt end with the death of the king at Fredrikssten.
In 1719 Dahlheim made his most renowned military achievement, as organizer and leader of the defence of Baggensstäket against the invading Russian skärgårdsflottan. With scarce resources, he succeeded holding his ground during the battle of Stäket, despite being severely wounded yet again, until reinforcements arrived.
Later life
After the battle of Stäke Dahlheim's career took a turn to the worse, and he was discharged under bad terms in 1722, at the age of 52. In 1723 he purchased the Stångberga estate i Vallentuna parish where he lived under meagre circumstances, earning his livelihood principally from agriculture. In 1748 he became the first recipient of the Order of the Sword, but could not wear the decoration since he had pawned his finest coat.
Memorials attesting to the achievements of Dahlheim and others exist at Baggensstäket and Strömstad.
Caroleans
Swedish military officers
1669 births
1756 deaths
Military personnel from Saxony
Recipients of the Order of the Sword
17th-century German military personnel
18th-century German military personnel
Swedish nobility |
91865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry%20County%2C%20South%20Carolina | Newberry County, South Carolina | Newberry County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 37,719. Its county seat is Newberry. The name is of unknown origin, although one theory suggests that it was named by Quaker settlers in honor of their home of Newberry, a suburb of London in the United Kingdom.
Newberry County comprises the Newberry, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Newberry County was formed from Ninety-Six District in 1785. Prior to its formal founding, the area was the site of several American Revolutionary War battles: Williams' Plantation, Dec. 31, 1780; Mud Lick, March 2, 1781; and Bush River, May 1781.[3]The town of Newberry was founded in 1789 as the county seat and was sometimes called Newberry Courthouse for that reason.
Originally settled by yeomen farmers, in the nineteenth century numerous plantations were established for the cultivation of short-staple cotton. Its processing had been made profitable by invention of the cotton gin. Cotton was the primary crop grown in Newberry County before the American Civil War. Newberry was a trading town, and expanded with the arrival of the railroad in the early 1850s, which connected it to major towns and markets. Newberry College was established by the Lutheran Church in 1856.
The Civil War interrupted growth in the county; the warfare and loss of lives of many southern men disrupted the state economy. The first cotton mills were constructed in the county in the 1880s, and quickly became an important part of the economy and a source of jobs. With the mechanization of agriculture in the early 20th century, labor needs were reduced.
Since the 1970s the population of Newberry County has been growing from 29,416 in 1960 to 37,719 in 2020.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.62%) is water.
National protected area
Belfast Wildlife Management Area (part)
Sumter National Forest (part)
State and local protected areas
Belfast Wildlife Management Area
Broad River Scenic Area
Dreher Island State Park
Rocky Branch Natural Area
Major water bodies
Broad River
Bush River
Camping Creek
Cannon's Creek
Enoree River
Lake Murray
Parr Shoals Reservoir
Saluda River
Adjacent counties
Union County – north
Fairfield County – east
Lexington County – southeast
Richland County – southeast
Saluda County – south
Greenwood County – southwest
Laurens County – northwest
Major highways
Major infrastructure
Newberry County Water & Sewer Authority
Newberry Electric Cooperative
Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 37,719 people, 14,810 households, and 9,705 families residing in the county.
2010 census
At the 2010 census, there were 37,508 people, 14,709 households, and 10,129 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 17,922 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 62.1% white, 31.0% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.0% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 7.2% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 16.8% were German, 14.2% were American, 9.0% were English, and 7.7% were Irish.
Of the 14,709 households, 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.1% were non-families, and 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.97. The median age was 39.9 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $41,815 and the median income for a family was $49,560. Males had a median income of $38,146 versus $28,961 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,410. About 13.3% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.6% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
2000 census
At the 2000 census, there were 36,108 people, 14,026 households and 9,804 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 16,805 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 64.02 percent White, 33.12 percent Black or African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.29 percent Asian, 0.09 percent Pacific Islander, 1.30 percent from other races, and 0.90 percent from two or more races. Some 4.25 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 14,026 households, out of which 30.4 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2 percent were married couples living together, 16.1 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1 percent were non-families. 26.5 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 12 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.1 percent under the age of 18, 9.8 percent from 18 to 24, 27.6 percent from 25 to 44, 23.7 percent from 45 to 64, and 14.7 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $32,867, and the median income for a family was $40,580. Males had a median income of $29,871 versus $21,274 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,045. About 13.6 percent of families and 17 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.8 percent of those under age 18 and 16 percent of those age 65 or over.
Government and politics
Media
Newberry Magazine is a bimonthly magazine, published since 2004, by Summer Media, for Newberry County.
Communities
Cities
Newberry (county seat and largest community)
Towns
Little Mountain
Peak
Pomaria
Prosperity
Silverstreet
Whitmire
Census-designated place
Helena
Other unincorporated communities
Chappells
Stoney Hill
Jalapa
Kinards (partly in Laurens County)
Notable people
Lee Atwater, famous political consultant |
40121735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malsheykh | Malsheykh | Malsheykh (, also Romanized as Mālsheykh) is a village in Tayebi-ye Garmsiri-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Landeh County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. According to the 2006 census, Malsheykh's population was 652, spanning across 117 families. |
58375120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom-Bear | Pom-Bear | Pom-Bear is a teddy bear shaped potato chip sold under the Chio brand. They are produced by Intersnack in Doetinchem, the Netherlands and are sold in over 30 European countries. They were first introduced in 1987 in Germany where they are known as Pom-Bär and were later introduced to the UK in 1990.
Pom-Bear come in three main flavours (original, cheese and onion, and salt and vinegar) as well as other regional varieties. Over the years the brand has also been sold in a variety of limited edition flavours and shapes, including pizza and snowmen.
In 2008, the British Consumers Association criticised the smiling bear mascot featured on Pom-Bear packaging for promoting unhealthy snacks to children. The manufacturer responded to growing concerns over unhealthy snacks by reducing the level of unsaturated fat in the product.
In 2010, a specially produced advertisement featuring a 3D Pom-Bear was shown before screenings of Shrek Forever After and Toy Story 3. |