Gonzalez

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González, Cesar

González (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡonˈsales]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar.

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Coordinates: 8°24′N 73°20′W / 8.400°N 73.333°W / 8.400; -73.333

González (surname)

González is a Spanish family name. Its Portuguese variant is Gonçalves. In Spain, González is the second most common surname, possessed by 2.08% of the population (García is the most common surname in Spain). González is also a common surname in Latin America. It is one of the five most common surnames in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela, thus making it one of the most common in the Spanish-speaking world. In the United States, González ranked as the 23rd-most common surname in 2007.

Origin

González is of Spanish origin, and it means "son of Gonzalo". Common spelling variations include: Gonzales, Gonzáles, Gonzalés, González and Gonzalez (without an acute accent). The variant Gunsolleys appears among people descended from a Spaniard with the surname Gonsález who settled in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.

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Minutes (album)

Minutes is an album by Elkie Brooks.

Background

Minutes was Brooks' first contemporary album since Live and Learn in 1979. A&M wanted her to stick to the winning formula of the Pearls albums but Brooks had other ideas and recruited her own choice of producer and band to create what was an experimental album for the time. A mixture of solid pop tunes and dark 1980s rock, A&M had little faith in the product and held back promotion focusing on her forthcoming album, the safer and more commercial Screen Gems.

Two singles were released and with no promotion, neither entered the charts. Feeling disheartened, Brooks undertook a massive tour to increase sales. However, by the time the tour had begun A&M were ready to release her next album. To date, Minutes has never been available on CD.

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All tracks composed by Elkie Brooks and Duncan Mackay; except where indicated

Nineteen Minutes

Nineteen Minutes, published on March 9, 2007, is a novel by Jodi Picoult. It was her first book to debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. This book is about a school shooting, and focuses on the events leading up to and following the incident.

Plot

The story begins on March 6, 2007 in the small town of Sterling, New Hampshire, tracking the lives of a number of characters on an "ordinary day." The characters include Alex Cormier, a superior court judge; her daughter Josie, a junior in high school; Lacy, Lewis, and Peter Houghton; Detective Patrick Ducharme; and several victims-to-be.

At the local high school, Sterling High, the story follows a routine day of students in classes, at the gym, and in the cafeteria. Suddenly, a loud bang is heard from the parking lot, which turns out to be a bomb set off in Matt Royston's car. As the students are distracted by the noise, gunshots are fired. When Patrick, the only detective on the Sterling police force, arrives at Sterling High, he searches the school to seek out the gunman, who is alleged to be a student. After passing several dead and wounded victims, Patrick traps and arrests the shooter, Peter Houghton, in the locker room, where he finds two students, Josie Cormier and Matt Royston, lying on the floor surrounded in blood. While Matt is dead, having been the only victim shot twice, Josie is not seriously injured, but only shocked: she cannot remember what happened.

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers is an American non-fiction written by New York Times journalists Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn and published in 2005. As its title suggests, the book, using eyewitness testimony, covers firsthand accounts about the eyewitness' struggle inside the twin towers of the World Trade Center to survive during the 102 minutes that had elapsed from the first impact to the second collapse, after the September 11 attacks.

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