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Palmer, Alaska

Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937.

History

The first people to live in the Matanuska Valley, where Palmer is located, were the Dena'ina and Ahtna Athabaskans. They moved throughout the area, living a subsistence lifestyle and trading with other native groups. Their trade routes were along the Matanuska River. Russians came to Alaska in 1741 and brought the Russian Orthodox religious tradition to the indigenous peoples of the region. In the mid-1880s, an entrepreneur named George W. Palmer built a trading post on the Matanuska River, near present-day Palmer. The town was later named after Palmer.

In the late 19th century, the U.S. government began to take interest in the Matanuska coal fields located north of Palmer. This interest sparked financiers to consider constructing the Alaska Central Railroad in 1904. The advent of World War I created a need for high quality coal to fuel U.S. battleships, and by 1917 the US Navy had constructed rail from the port of Seward to the Chickaloon coal deposits. At the end of WWI, the U.S. Navy distributed land in the coal fields to war veterans and additional land was opened to homesteading. Farmers, miners and homesteaders began to populate the area. The Palmer Post Office was opened July 6, 1917 under the name of Warton. With railroad accessibility, new markets for agriculture began to open up for farmers in the Matanuska Valley.

Palmer, Michigan

Palmer is an unincorporated community in Richmond Township, Marquette County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes and has no legal status as an incorporated municipality. The CDP population was 449 at the 2000 census.

The Palmer ZIP code is 49871; the area served by the ZIP code is slightly larger than that of the CDP.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all land.

Demographics

At the 2000 census, there were 449 people, 177 households and 109 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 760.8 per square mile (293.8/km²). There were 193 housing units at an average density of 327.0 per square mile (126.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.44% White, 1.34% Native American, 0.22% Asian, and 2.00% from two or more races.

There were 177 households of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.99.

Liz

Liz is a women's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise".

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List of characters in the Garfield franchise

This is a list of characters in the Garfield comic strip, created by Jim Davis. It includes notable characters from the comic strip as well as cartoons, and movies centered on the Garfield character, and is organized by what medium they appeared in first.

Comic strip

Garfield

First Appearance: June 19, 1978

Garfield is the strip's title character. He is a lazy, fat orange tabby. He is usually depicted eating or sleeping. His favorite food is lasagna. Hates Mondays, spiders and raisins. Loves bullying Odie and mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi.

Jon Arbuckle

First Appearance: June 19, 1978

Jonathan Quincy "Jon" Arbuckle is the owner of Garfield and Odie.

Odie

First Appearance: August 8, 1978

Odie is a yellow dog, also owned by Jon. He was initially owned by Jon's roommate, Lyman (see below), but later became Jon's dog.

Dr. Liz Wilson

First Appearance: June 26, 1979

Latest Appearance: January 24, 2016

Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Wilson is Garfield's veterinarian and a long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. Although she has a deadpan, sardonic persona, she finds Jon's outlandish and goofball behavior endearing on occasion. Jon often attempts to ask her out on a date, but rarely succeeds; however, in an extended story arc from June 20 to July 29, 2006, Liz finally admitted she was in love with him which led to Liz becoming established as the 4th main character. The two have been portrayed as a couple since. In the film Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Jon asks Liz to marry him and she accepts; they become engaged. However, this is not mentioned in or connected to the strips. Even though Garfield rarely sees her at the veterinary clinic, Liz nags Garfield to lose weight and reject junk food at home. However, Liz still does bring food that Garfield likes to the house and Garfield happily benefits from this.

Liz (musician)

Elizabeth Abrams, better known by her stage name Liz (often styled as LIZ), is an American singer from Tarzana, Los Angeles, California. She has been signed to Mad Decent label.

Life and career

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Liz started working with songwriters and producers at age 13.

In January 2013, she released the single, "XTC". Her second single, "Hush", was released in May 2013. In that year, she toured with Charli XCX. Her collaborative song with Ryan Hemsworth, entitled "Day n' Nite", was also released in 2013.

In February 2014, she released Just Like You. The EP featured a guest appearance from Tyga and was produced by Lido, C.Z., and Mike Parvizi. She also collaborated with Pharrell for "That's My Man", which appeared on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack.

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