Pierron, Illinois

Pierron is a village in Bond and Madison counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 600 at the 2010 census.

History

The first post office was established at Pierron in 1870. Pierron was laid out as a village in 1871, and named for its founder Jacques Pierron. Pierron was incorporated as a village in 1893.

Geography

Pierron is located at 38°46′44″N 89°33′34″W / 38.77889°N 89.55944°W / 38.77889; -89.55944 (38.778767, -89.559306).

According to the 2010 census, Pierron has a total area of 0.84 square miles (2.18 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 653 people, 251 households, and 175 families residing in the village. The population density was 767.6 people per square mile (296.6/km²). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 315.0 per square mile (121.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.63% White, 0.15% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.61% from other races, and 2.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Guardians of Ga’Hoole is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series, which was intended to end in 2008 with the publication of The War of the Ember until a prequel The Rise of a Legend was published in 2013, has a total of sixteen books. Apart from the main series there are a few more books and spin offs set in the same universe. The first three books of the series were adapted into the animated 3D film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, directed by Zack Snyder.

Story

This series follows the adventures of Soren, a young barn owl, for the first six books, but follows Nyroc, Soren's nephew, later renamed Coryn, for books seven through eight, and twelve through fifteen. Books nine through eleven are half-prequels to the other books, following Hoole, the first king of the Ga'Hoole Tree.

Martin (play)

Martin is a play by Alasdair Gray, recorded on 6 January 1972 and broadcast as the last episode of the BBC TV series The Group. Gray later reworked this material for the chapter "The Proposal" in his novel Something Leather.

Martín (hache)

Martín (hache) is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.

It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress.

It was filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid, and Almería, Spain.

Plot summary

Martín, known as Hache, is a 19-year-old Argentinian boy who after his girlfriend leaves him has a nearly fatal drug overdose, thought by many to be an attempted suicide. Afterwards, his mother sends him to Madrid to live with his father, Martin.

Martin, a successful film-maker, doesn't want to take care of his son because he likes living alone and being able to socialize with his two friends, Alicia and Dante, without influencing his son in any negative way since both Alicia and Dante are experienced drug users. Regardless, he brings him into his home, hoping to ward off any evil influences that might cause his son to have a relapse and commit suicide.