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The town started in 1855, when a roadway (now Ontario Highway 6) was built through the area. It started growing after the Canadian Southern Railway built a line through the area in 1870. During World War II, the Royal Canadian Air Force built a training school near the town.
The Ohsweken Demons of the Canadian Lacrosse League plays its home games at Hagersville.
Johan Witteveen
Hendrikus Johannes "Johan" Witteveen (12 June 1921 – 23 April 2019) was a Dutch economist, retired politician and author. He was a member of the Senate (1958–63; 1971–73) and the House of Representatives (1963; 1965–67) for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
He was Minister of Finance (1963–65; 1967–71) and managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1973–78). He also wrote books on Universal Sufism and economics.
He was the father of Willem Witteveen.
Clifford Husbands
Sir Clifford Straughn Husbands, GCMG, KA, QC (5 August 1926 – 11 October 2017) was a Barbadian politician. He was the Governor-General of Barbados. He held this office from 1996, when he was appointed after the death of Dame Nita Barrow, until he retired on 31 October 2011.
Husbands died suddenly of a heart attack on 11 October 2017 at the age of 91.
On 7 July 2009 his wife Lady Ruby Husbands (née Parris) died.
Haldimand County
Haldimand County is a single-tier municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is on the nothern shore of Lake Erie, on the Niagara Peninsula.
The county was created in 1800 from part of Norfolk County. In 1974, Haldimand was merged with Norfolk County to form the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. In 2001, they were separated into two counties again.
The main towns in Haldimand County are:
There are also several smaller communities across the county. Two of the major highways through the area are Ontario Highway 3 and Ontario Highway 6. Rock Point Provincial Park is in the county.
The county's population according to the 2011 census is 44,876. The county is part of the federal riding of Haldimand—Norfolk and the provincial riding of Haldimand—Norfolk.
César Pelli
César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect. He was known for designing some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.
In 1991, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) listed Pelli among the ten most influential living American architects. His many awards include the 1995 AIA Gold Medal.
Perhaps his most famous work are the Petronas Twin Towers, which were for a time the world's tallest buildings. He also designed the World Financial Center complex in downtown Manhattan.
Pelli died on July 19, 2019 at his home in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 92.
Uhm Ji-won
Uhm Ji-won (born December 25, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in "The Scarlett Letter", "Traces of Love", "The Good, the Bad, and the Weird", "Like You Know It All", and in "Hope".
Uhm married architect Oh Young-wook on May 27, 2014 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul.
Watsonville, California
Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, along the Pajaro River. The population was 51,199 according to the 2010 census.
Kylie Kristen Jenner (born August 10, 1997) is an American reality television personality, businesswoman and model. She is known for appearing on the E! reality TV show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". She is a daughter of Caitlyn Jenner and Kris Jenner. She has one sister, Kendall Jenner, and eight half-siblings: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian.
Jenner is famous for creating her own cosmetics line called Kylie Cosmetics. She also recently created her individual clothing line where she sells items from customized undergarments to customized sweatshirts.
She is also known for her selfies on Instagram and her lip fillers.
She was a cheerleader for Sierra Canyon School, and her first modeling job was for a Sears clothing campaign titled Crush Your Style.
Kylie appeared in People and Beautiful People magazine with her sister Kendall. She started her modeling career with the Sears line "Crush Your Style"; she also posed in photo shoots for OK! magazine, Teen Vogue and for photographer Nick Saglimbeni. She also modeled during New York Fashion Week 2011 for the Abbey Dawn Avril Lavigne collection and in the Hello Kitty show in Los Angeles for Forever 21. In 2015 she took part in the fashion show of her brother-in-law Kanye West (husband of her half-sister Kim Kardashian) held in New York during Fashion Week.
Kylie also created, together with her sisters, the glazes of O.P.I.'s "Kardashian Kolors" line, and two other glazes called "Wear Something Spar-Kylie" and "Rainbow in the S-Kylie". Kylie & Kendall launched a clothing line called Kendall and Kylie for Pacsun in February 2013. In June, together with their sister Kendall, they collaborated with the Topshop brand to launch a new capsule collection. The sisters also created a capsule collection with OVS. In October 2015, Jenner starred in Tyga's music video in the song "Dope'd Up".
In May 2016, she made her musical rapping debut on Burberry producer Perry's song "Beautiful Day" with Lil Yachty. In the fall of 2016, Jenner was announced as the new face of PUMA along with Rae Sremmurd.
In November 2016, Jenner also launched its cosmetics line called Kylie Cosmetics: she created a vast amount of products such as matte lip kits, gloss lipsticks, eyeshadow palettes, eyeliner, blush and highlighter. On December 10, 2016 opened its online merchandising shop, called The Kylie Shop.
In April 2017, she appeared by surprise at the Rio Americano High School dance in Sacramento alongside young Albert Ochoa after hearing that her date had been rejected.
Until January 14, 2019, she held the record for the most liked photo on Instagram with 18 million likes.
In 2019, Jenner founded his skin care brand Kylie Skin, which was launched on May 22, 2019. The brand began producing derma products, including face washes, scrubs, moisturizers and makeup removal wipes. In 2020, Kylie started selling her Skin products not just in America and in the USA but also in Europe through Douglas.
According to "Forbes", in 2019, Jenner's net worth was said to be at US$1 billion, making her, at age 21, the world's youngest billionaire as of March 2019, though the notion of Jenner being self-made is a subject of controversy, owing to her privileged background.
In May 2020, however, "Forbes" released a statement accusing Jenner of faking tax documents so she would appear as a billionaire. It also said that Jenner faked money numbers for Kylie Cosmetics. Afterwards, she was stripped of her billionaire status and her title.
Jenner and rapper Travis Scott have a daughter, Stormi Webster, born February 1, 2018. The couple separated in September 2019. Scott was accused of cheating on Jenner with his ex Yungsweetro. Jenner had previously dated rapper Tyga from 2014 to 2017. She dated Jaden Smith when she was 15 years old.
In March 2019, Forbes magazine included Kylie Jenner on its list of billionaires. Jenner became the world's youngest billionaire at the age of 21. Aside from her television career that began with Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Jenner's wealth also comes from her make-up company, Kylie Cosmetics, valued at $800 million.
In 2015, Jenner admitted to getting lip fillers after people would participate in the Kylie Jenner lip challenge. They would blow up their lips with glass and injure themselves. Jenner previously lied she would only use lip liner to achieve bigger lips. Jenner is known for looking very different than she did in 2012. She has suspected to have had Botox, facial fillers, brow lift, breast implants, buttock implants, chin surgery and a nose job.
David Sills
David G. Sills (March 21, 1938 – August 23, 2011) was an American jurist. Sills served as the presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three. He is a former mayor of Irvine, California. He was married to the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan.
Sills died in Irvine, California, aged 73.
Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan (born Richard Roland Benson, Jr.; November 25, 1929) is an American actor. He is most notable for the role of PFC William G. Kirby on the 1960s TV show "Combat!".
Dundas, Illinois
Sock puppet (internet)
A sockpuppet is a false identity used on the Internet intended to hide a person's real identity. Another word to describe a sock puppet would be alter ego. Often, a sock puppet identity is used to promote ideas or gather intelligence anonymously. Very often, they are used by individuals on the Internet praising themselves while pretending to be someone else. Politicians have frequently been accused of using sock puppets. sockpuppets are designed to create political mischief (making fun of an opponent's position for example). It can make it appear many people hold a certain opinion, when in fact that is false. Many online communities attempt to block sockpuppets.
The term "sockpuppet" was used as early as July 9, 1993. By 1996 it was in general use. The "Oxford English Dictionary" at first defined it as "a person whose actions are controlled by another". In 2000 the U.S. News and World Report associated the word minion with a sock puppet. In 2006, an aide to a Republican congressman was caught posting messages on Democratic Party sites. Using a false identity the aide was trying to convince Democrats not to support a certain candidate.
A meatpuppet is similar to a sockpuppet, except a person joins users to a website, such as Wikipedia, to be used with sockpuppet behaviors. Such users are actually real individuals that come to support another user. If a person uses real people to create accounts that support that person's opinions, this form of meatpuppetry is often called "astroturfing", a type of false impression of support.
Richard Allen "Dick" Wagner (December 14, 1942 – July 30, 2014) was an American rock music guitarist, songwriter and author. He was best known for his work with Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and KISS. He also fronted his own Michigan-based bands, the Frost and the Bossmen.
On July 30, 2014, Wagner died of respiratory failure at the age of 71. He had contracted a lung infection as a complication of recent heart surgery.
Dick Smith (make-up artist)
Richard Emerson "Dick" Smith (June 26, 1922 - July 30, 2014) was an American special effects make-up artist (nicknamed "The Godfather of Make-Up"). He was known for his work on such movies as "Little Big Man", "The Godfather", "The Exorcist", "Taxi Driver", and "Scanners".
He won a 1985 Academy Award for Makeup for his work on "Amadeus" and received a 2012 Honorary Academy Award for his career's work.
Smith died from a long-illness at the age of 92.
Peter Hall (planner)
Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall, FBA (19 March 1932 – 30 July 2014) was an English town planner and human geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, a Faculty of University College London. He was President of both the Town and Country Planning Association and the Regional Studies Association.
Hall died on 30 July 2014 at the age of 82.
Harun Farocki
Harun Farocki (January 9, 1944 - July 30, 2014) was a German filmmaker.
Farocki was born in Neutitschein, Sudetenland.
He has made over 90 movies, most of them were documentaries. Farocki studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin from 1966 to 1968. He was a teacher at the University of California, Berkeley from 1993 to 1999.
Farocki died in Berlin from an illness, aged 70.
Mukku Raju
Mukku Raju () (born Sagiraju Rajamraju) (died July 31, 2014) was a Tollywood movie actor. He started his career as choreographer but ended as an actor and has acted in over 1000 movies. He got Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2008 for his movie "1940 Lo Oka Gramam".
Raju died at the age of 83 after a short illness. His funeral will take place at Cherukuvada.
Kenny Ireland
George Ian Kenneth "Kenny" Ireland (7 August 1945 – 31 July 2014) was a Scottish actor and theatre director. He was best known to television viewers as part of Victoria Wood's "rep company" in the BBC series "Victoria Wood As Seen On TV". He played Donald in "Benidorm" from 2007 until his death in 2014.
Ireland died on 31 July 2014 from brain cancer, aged 68.
Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad (; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer who recorded a lot of music with many artists including Ahmad Jamal, Grant Green, Grover Washington, Hank Crawford, Gene Ammons, and Houston Person.
Muhammad died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was 74.
Nabarun Bhattacharya
Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian Bengali writer. He was committed to a revolutionary and philosophy.
Bhattacharya was born at Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal. He was the only child of actor Bijon Bhattacharya and writer Mahashweta Devi.
He was known for his novel, "Herbert" (1993), which was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, and adapted into a movie of the same name in 2005, by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
Bhattacharya died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kolkata on 31 July 2014, aged 66.
Sex and the City is an American television romantic comedy-drama television series. It was created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. It was broadcast from 1998 until 2004.
The show has 94 episodes. Throughout its six-year run, it was made by various producers, writers and directors.
The series stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon. They play four friends who live in New York City.
The series was followed by two movies, "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010) and prequel TV series "The Carrie Diaries".
Kristin Davis
Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 24, 1965) is an American actress.
She first rose to fame for playing the role of Brooke Armstrong on "Melrose Place" (1995-1996) and went on to achieve greater success as Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's "Sex and the City" (1998-2004). For her role on "Sex and the City", she received an Emmy Award nomination in 2004.
Her movies include "Deck the Halls" (2006), "" (2008), "Couples Retreat" (2009). and "Sex and the City 2" (2010).
Helen Slater
Helen Rachel Slater (born December 15, 1963) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She played Sandy Kessler in "Ruthless People", and Bonnie Rayburn in "City Slickers".
Other movies include "Supergirl" and "The Secret of My Success".
Slater was born in Bethpage, New York. She is of Jewish descent.
Jaimee Foxworth
Jaimee Foxworth (born December 17, 1979 in Belleville, Illinois) is an African-American actress and model.
She is best known for her role of Judy Winslow on the ABC/CBS sitcom "Family Matters" for four seasons (1989-1993)"." She later became a pornographic actress under the name Crave.
Roshumba Williams
Roshumba Williams (born August 1, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, US) is an American model.
She first became known for her appearance in the "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition" in the early 1990s. She also works as an actress and reality TV show judge. Her career began in 1987.
Heather Kuzmich
Heather Kuzmich (born April 19, 1986) is an American fashion model. She lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she is studying video game design. She is best known for being a contestant of "America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9", in which she was the fourth runner-up of the show.
During the show, it was revealed that Kuzmich has Asperger syndrome and ADHD.
Jorge Jacobson
Jorge Alberto Jacobson (25 February 1936 – 31 July 2014) was an Argentine radio and television journalist and newscaster. He was anchor of Telefe Noticias from 1997 to 2010 and as host in AM Del Plata, Radio 10 and Radio Continental. He was of Jewish descent.
Jacobson died from a heart attack in Buenos Aires, aged 78.
Gogó Andreu
Ricardo César Andreu (27 July 1919 – 1 May 2012) was an Argentine actor, comedian and musician. He was known for his roles in "Crosswords" (2003), "India pravile" (2003), and in "Gemini" (2005).
Andreu was born in a family of actors. When he was 12 years old the tango singer José Razzano, brought him to the Broadway theatre where he met Carlos Gardel.
Andreu died in Buenos Aires from respiratory failure, aged 92.
Ontario Highway 6
Ontario Highway 6 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It is 472.4 kilometers (293.5 miles) long. It starts in the community of Port Dover and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway (Ontario Highway 17) in Baldwin, Ontario. The highway is divided into two parts. A ferry runs between one end in Tobermory, on the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula, and the other in Tehkummah, on Manitoulin Island.
Work on the highway started in 1919 and was finished in 1923.
Javier Portales
Javier Portales (Miguel Ángel Álvarez; 21 April 1937 - 14 October 2003) was an Argentine actor with work in television, movie and theater. He was known for his role in the 1962 movie "Una Jaula no tiene secretos".
Abel Santa Cruz
Abel Santa Cruz (1915 - February 4, 1995 in Buenos Aires) was a major Argentine screenwriter. He has been thanked for writing nearly 130 movies spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema.
Santa Cruz first wrote the script for a movie called "Un Señor mucamo" in 1940. Ten years later in 1950 that his career had a breakthrough with his adaption of the Oscar Wilde play, The Importance of Being Earnest in "Al compás de tu mentira".
In 1963 he wrote the script to the gangster comedy "Alias Flequillo". In 1969 he wrote the script to the Fernando Ayala movie "El Profesor Hippie".
Juan Carlos Altavista
Juan Carlos Altavista (Buenos Aires, January 4, 1929 - July 20, 1989) was an Argentine actor and comedian. He was known for his roles in "Mingo y Anibal, dos pelotazos en contra" (1984), "Mingo y Aníbal contra los fantasmas" (1985), and in "Mingo y Aníbal en la mansión embrujada" (1986).
Altavista died in Buenos Aires on 20 July 1989, due to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, aged 60.
Luminous paint
National Holiday (Quebec)
National Holiday of Quebec () is the official national holiday in the Canadian province of Quebec celebrating its national culture and language. It takes place annually on June 24th.
Harald Fairhair
Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932) was the first King of Norway. According to traditions today in Norway and Iceland, during the 12th and 13th centuries, he was king from 872 to 930. Most of what we know about him comes from several sagas, written up to three centuries after he died.
He was the son of Halvdan the Black. Harald was the first petty king to gain control of the coastal areas of Norway. After the battle of Hafrsfjord in 872 Harald became king of most of Norway. It was the last of a series of battles between Harald and other feudal states in Norway.
Because of Skaldic poems (poems honouring heroes in Scandinavia), we know that he was successful in fighting against his opponents in Norway. Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, his two sons, became King after he died of old age.
Fairhair may have had as many as 11-20 sons according to different Sagas. Twelve of them became Kings and were all assigned land.
One Wall Centre
One Wall Centre, also known as the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, is a mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. From 2001 to 2008, it was Vancouver's tallest building until the Living Shangri-La was built. The tower has 25 hotel floors in the lower levels with 344 rooms and 17 condo floors in the upper levels with 74 units. There are another 389 hotel rooms that are found in the connected Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel. In 2001, the building was awarded the Emporis Skyscraper Award for Best New Skyscraper.
The building was featured in the 2006 movie "" as the Worthington labs building that they used to give "the cure" to the mutants.
Berkley Bedell
Berkley Warren Bedell (March 5, 1921 – December 7, 2019) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served as representatives from 1975 to 1987. Bedell was a Democrat and supported Barack Obama in 2012. He was an active critic on Ronald Reagan during his presidency.
Bedell died in Naples, Florida on December 7, 2019 of a stroke-related problems, aged 98.
Jennifer Esposito
Valyantsin Byalkevich
Valyantsin Byalkevich (; 27 January 1973 – 1 August 2014), also sometimes spelled "Valiantsin Bialkevich") was a Belarusian football player. He is known for being a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2008 and their all-time leader in assists.
Byalkevich died on 1 August 2014, after suffering from a blood clot.
Tavernier, Florida
Tavernier is a census-designated place (CDP) and Unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on Key Largo. It is the largest island in the upper Florida Keys. Tavernier's population was 2,173 at the 2000 census.
Patricia Barry
Patricia Barry (November 16, 1922 – October 11, 2016) was an American movie and television actress and philanthropist. She was known for her roles in "Riders of the Whistling Pines", "Dear Heart", "Send Me No Flowers", "Safe at Home!", and in "Sea of Love".
Barry was nominated for an Emmy Award three times during her career. She retired in 2001.
Barry was born in Davenport, Iowa. She studied at Stephens College. Barry married Philip Barry, Jr. in 1950. They had two children. Philip Barry died in 1998.
Barry died on October 11, 2016 at her home in Los Angeles, California from natural causes, aged 93.
Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American actor in movie and television. His best-known role was that of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in both television series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman".
Anderson died on August 31, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California of congestive heart failure, aged 91.
Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928) is an American actor. Holliman was known for his roles in "Forbidden Planet", "Giant", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", and in "The Sons of Katie Elder". He won a Golden Globe Award in 1956.
Jan Roar Leikvoll
Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian author. He was born in Bergen.
Leikvoll made his debut in 2008 with the novel "A Winter Story", followed by "The Violins" (2010), "The Bovara Monastery" (2012) and "The Songbird in 2013".
He was awarded Nynorsk Literature Prize for The Violins and Stig Sæterbakkens memorial prize for his three first novels. Leikvoll died on 1 August 2014 from a brain tumor, aged 40.
Byron White
Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American judge and former football player. he served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. He retired in 1993.
Before becoming an associate justice, White played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions from 1940 to 1941. He played as a halfback.
White died in Denver, Colorado from pneumonia, aged 84.
Brisbane Roar FC
Brisbane Roar F.C. is a professional soccer club from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It competes in the A-League, under license from Football Federation Australia (FFA). Roar entered the competition as Queensland Roar FC. They won two league Premierships and three Championships. It has competed in two AFC Champions League competitions. Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code, with 36 league matches without defeat. Brisbane Roar are also the first and only club to win two straght A-League championships.
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Western Sydney Wanderers F.C. is an Australian professional soccer club from Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, under license from Football Federation Australia (FFA).
Central Coast Mariners FC
Central Coast Mariners FC is an Australian professional soccer club from the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia (FFA).
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963 in Marietta, GA) is an American country music singer. He is best known for his bluesy, rock-and-roll country songs. In the 1990s he had three number one hits and a string of platinum albums.
Manfred Roeder
Manfred Roeder (6 February 1929 – 30 July 2014) was a German lawyer, Wehrmacht soldier, prominent Holocaust denier and convicted extreme-right activist.
Roeder was born in Berlin. He fought in World War II in 1945. In 1997, he stood as the NPD candidate (a far-right party) for Stralsund in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern during the parliamentary elections, promoting himself as "Chancellor alternative 1998", but was unsuccessful.
Roeder died in Neukirchen on 30 July 2014 at the age of 85.
Monty M. Wyche
Monty Meares Wyche (December 4, 1926–July 28, 2014) was an American judge. He was a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court based in Benton. He served from 1969 to 1988.
Wyche had jurisdiction in both Bossier and Webster parishes in the northwestern portion of his state.
Wyche died in Shreveport, Louisiana from a long-illness, aged 86.
Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)
The Liberal Democratic Party (abbreviation as LDP or called the Liberal Democrats) is a political party in Australia. It is a libertarian party. It was started in 2001.
The party has one senator, David Leyonhjelm, in the Australian Senate. It also also has two representatives at the local government level in New South Wales.
Australian Country Alliance
The Australian Country Alliance (or ACA) is a small political party in Victoria, Australia. It was started in 2004 as an alternative to the National Party in Victoria. In 2014, the Victoria branch of the Katter's Australian Party merged with the Country Alliance.
Government of New Zealand
The Government of New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. It is based on the Westminster system.
The head of state in New Zealand is the monarch of the United Kingdom. The monarch is represented by the Governor-General. The head of government is the Prime Minister. He is also a member of the Parliament of New Zealand. The current head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand; the current Prime Minister is Jacinda Ardern. The Prime Minister is the leader of the Cabinet.
New Zealand has been a self-governing country since 1853.
New Zealand Parliament
The New Zealand Parliament is the legislature of New Zealand. Currently, it has only one chamber, the House of Representatives, which has 120 members.
The parliament was created by the British parliament with the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. It used to have an upper chamber, the New Zealand Legislative Council, but it was abolished in 1962. There have been several proposals to create a new upper chamber but none have passed into law.
List of political parties in New Zealand
Politicians in New Zealand can belong to one of several political parties. Two of the largest parties are the Labour Party and the National Party.
The following parties have members in the New Zealand Parliament:
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)
Wong Tai Sin Temple (黃大仙祠, or literally: "the Temple for Big Deity Wong") is a famous temple in Kowloon, Hong Kong. She sits on land of about 18,000 m². This temple holds statue of Wong Chor Ping (黃初平) - a well-known celebrity of southern-China during East Jin Dynasty's time.
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Guangzhou)
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield is a city in southwestern Ohio. At the 2010 United States Census, 60,608 people lived there. It is the county seat of Clark County.
The city was founded in 1801. It was incorporated in 1827 as a village, and as a city in 1850.
Knowledge of results
Knowledge of results is a term in the psychology of learning. A psychology dictionary defines it as feedback of information:
It describes the situation where a subject gets information which helps them to change behaviour in a desirable way, or to gain understanding. A primitive example is avoiding a behaviour after punishment. An advanced example is the way a human may improve understanding and behaviour after a teacher explains what was wrong with the previous effort.
There are a number of similar terms in psychology, but all of them have some problems.
So, knowledge of results, or sometimes "immediate" knowledge of results, is a useful term. It can be used for any learning where a student (or any animal) gets information after the action. The information is about how satisfactory the action is.
An early experiment on knowledge of results was the machine invented by Sidney Pressey, where a device both tested and taught multiple-choice questions. Note that this method tells the user (by inference) only whether the choice was correct or not. Since the material was multiple choice items, it was only intended as an addition to collecting classroom test scores.
Later work in training research and education used the term "knowledge of results" frequently.
An important question was whether scores would be improved more if direct teaching was given either before or after the question was asked. The answer in both cases was (broadly) yes. Using instructional films, Michael and Maccoby split groups into two halves. Half the students were given material which required active, explicit responses. After a pause, they were told the correct answer. The other half was not given feedback. Instructional time was identical. The result showed a "slight but significant gain" for the active-response procedure without feedback, but more gain when feedback was provided. The experimenters later described this as "KCR" rather than "feedback". Research on the active response itself is summarised in . Later discussion of experiments like these suggested that the results might be due to practice rather than feedback. Undoubtedly, the set-up had given extra practice on the questions as well as knowledge of results. In technical terms, the experiments had confounded the two factors.
Another factor is that knowledge of results may give information to the instructor as to ways the material can be improved. Using a teaching program on decimal arithmetic, an experienced teacher can put student mistakes into types. For example, one group of mistakes are due to the learners not understanding the rules about placement of the point in decimal multiplication. This shows where and how the learning material needs to be revised.
Conscious thought is not necessary for knowledge of results to have its effect. Research on implicit learning shows that complex information can be got by humans without their awareness. This is also shown by experiments on animal learning which show the effects of knowledge of results on later behaviour. It seems likely that unconscious learning by results evolved first in early metazoa, and conscious thought very much later. This is what Reber calls the "primacy of the implicit", meaning implicit (unconscious) learning came first in evolution.
Break Free (song)
"Break Free" is a song by American recording artist Ariana Grande. It features Russian-German musician and producer Zedd. The song is the second single from Ariana Grande's second studio album "My Everything" (2014). It premiered on July 2, 2014 on "Total Ariana Live", which is a revival of the MTV show "Total Request Live", and was released later that day.
"Break Free" made its premiere during the one-day revival of the MTV show "Total Request Live" in a half-hour special titled "Total Ariana Live" on July 2, 2014. Hours after the song's premiere, it was released several hours later. It soon reached number one on the iTunes sales chart.
The music video made its premiere on YouTube on August 12, 2014. It happened an hour after its official announcement was made. It premiered on television three days later on Disney Channel during the premiere of the original movie "How to Build a Better Boy".
The plot consists of Grande on a fictional planet giving up her allegiance to an evil regime and freeing a group of prisoners from their cages. She is then attacked by a giant robot and the planet's overlord. Her character succeeds in killing the villain, and the clip ends with Grande and the prisoners she rescued flying away in a spaceship. The song's producer Zedd makes an appearance.
Metatarsal bones
The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the foot. They are between the tarsal bones of the hind and mid-foot and the phalanges of the toes.
The metatarsal bones are numbered from the side of the large toe: the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal. They can be numbered with Roman numerals. The metatarsals are like the metacarpal bones of the hand.
The metatarsal bones are often broken by soccer players. This may be caused by the lightweight design of modern football boots, which give less protection to the foot. In 2010 some soccer players began testing a new sock that had a rubber silicon pad over the foot to protect the top of the foot.
Michelle Jenneke
Michelle "Shelly" Jenneke (; born on June 23, 1993) is an Australian hurdler and model, who won a silver medal for the 100 meters hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She became well known in 2012 for her dancing before a race.
Jenneke was born in Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia. She went to The Hills Grammar School. She likes Australian rules football, soccer and handball.
She is learning engineering at Sydney University.
Jenneke has worked with coach Mick Zisti since she was 10 years old at the Cherrybrook Athletics Club. She ran at the 2008 Pacific School Games in the 90 and 200 meters hurdles.
In March 2010, Jenneke won 1st place in the 100 m hurdles and broke the Australian record in the women's sprint medley relay at the 2010 Australian Junior Championships. She ran in the 2011 Pirtek Athletic Allstars event. In July 2010, Jenneke was in Australia's team at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games, running the 100 meter hurdles and the women's medley relay. In the hurdles, she came in second place with a time of 13.56 seconds, which the fastest she had ever run, and the medley relay team finished in fourth place. Her medal was the first Australia won at the Games in her sport.
In 2011, she ran at the Cooks Classic in New Zealand. At the 2011 Australian Junior Championships, she won first place in hurdles for runners under 20 years old. In April 2011 she ran at the 89th Australian Athletics Championships and came in third place in the 100 meter hurdles behind the world champion Sally Pearson.
On July 15, 2012, Jenneke came in fifth place in the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 100 meter hurdles. After the race, a video of her running was put on a video website, and she became well known around the world.
Jenneke was on Australia's 2014 Commonwealth Games team.
In those 2014 Commonwealth Games she set a new personal best time in a race, running it in 13.33 seconds and was 5th place in the final race with a time of 13.36 seconds. Jenneke was the youngest runner in the final race.
In July 2012 videos of Jenneke dancing before a race at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona went viral on YouTube. One clip received 19 million views by the following week and was featured on the American late night talk show, "The Tonight Show".
Jenneke was in a short funny video made by the website The Chive called "Forever Alone Meets Michelle Jenneke", being herself talking about her viral race video. The "Forever Alone" video had received over ten million views on YouTube by 2014.
In January 2013 Jenneke was tenth on AskMen.com's 99 Most Desirable Women 2013. She was one of the athletes featured in the 2013 "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue".
In 2014 Jenneke was featured in a mobile phone application on stretching techniques called "Stretch with Michelle Jenneke".
Michael Johns (singer)
Michael John Lee (20 October 1978 – 1 August 2014), better known by his stage name Michael Johns, was an Australian singer-songwriter. He was best known for finishing in eighth place on the seventh season of the U.S. television series, "American Idol", in 2008.
Johns was born in Perth, Western Australia. He moved to the United States in 1997. He married Stacey Vuduris in 2007.
Johns died from an ankle blood clot and cardiomyopathy on 1 August 2014 in Tustin, California. He was 35. He was later cremated and his remains were sent back to his native Australia.
Warren Bennis
Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author. He is thought to be a pioneer of Leadership studies. Bennis was a University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California.
Bennis died in Los Angeles, California, aged 89.
Harvey Samuel Firestone
Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.
Firestone died peacefully at his vacation home in Miami Beach, Florida at the age of 69 from coronary thrombosis.
Columbiana, Ohio
Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 6,384 at the 2010 census.
House of Representatives of New Zealand
The House of Representatives of New Zealand is the only chamber of the New Zealand legislature. The House and the Queen of New Zealand form the Parliament of New Zealand. There are 120 people who are elected to the House, who are called Members of Parliament.
New Zealand follows the Westminster system of government. It is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister, who are from the party which has a majority in the House of Representatives.
Usually, there are no more than three years between elections in New Zealand. The last elections were in 2011. The next elections are scheduled for 20 September 2014.
C. K. Fauver
Clayton King Fauver (August 1, 1872 – March 3, 1942) was an American football coach during the late 19th century.
In 1895, he became the first paid coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 1896, Fauver served as the head coach at Oberlin College, compiling a record of 5–3–1. Fauver was also a Major League pitcher for the Louisville Colonels.
Fauver died from coronary thrombosis in Chatsworth, Georgia, aged 69.
New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party is a social democratic political party in New Zealand. It is one of the two major parties in New Zealand politics. It was started in 1916, which makes it the oldest of New Zealand's political parties. It is currently the ruling party since 2017.
From the 2008 general elections through 2017 general elections, the Labour Party was the second largest party in the House of Representatives of New Zealand and was the official opposition. The current leader of the party is Jacinda Ardern since August 2017 and she was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand in October 2017.
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on New Zealand's South Island. It is on the eastern side of Tasman Bay. It was founded in 1841 and is New Zealand's second oldest city and the oldest city on the South Island. It has a population of 46,437. Abel Tasman National Park, Kahurangi National Park, and Nelson Lakes National Park are all near the city.
The city was named in honor of the British Admiral Horatio Nelson. He defeated both the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson's Māori name was Whakatū. It meant to "build', "raise", or "establish".
Early settlement of Nelson began in the 1300s by the Māori. The region was lived in by the Māori. But there were no permanent settlements in the area until the first Europeans arrived in the early 1840s. Queen Victoria made it the seat of an Anglican Bishopric in 1858 and Nelson became a city. The city grew slowly until the 1950s when it developed suburbs. Nelson remains a compact city with most attractions within walking distance. The city's main landmark is Christ Church Cathedral, on Church Hill.
Diocese of Edmonton
The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. It covers the central part of Alberta and the headquaters of the diocese is in Edmonton.
The diocese was created in 1913 from part of the Diocese of Calgary. The current bishop of the diocese is Jane Alexander, who became bishop in 2008. The diocese's cathedral is All Saints' Anglican Cathedral in Edmonton.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Alberta. It was created in 1912. The archdiocese covers Central Alberta, Edmonton Capital Region, and the middle and upper half of the Alberta's Rockies region. It has 129 parishes. The archdiocese's cathedral is St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton.
The archdiocese has two suffragan dioceses, both located in Alberta: the Diocese of Calgary and the Diocese of Saint Paul.
The current archbishop of Edmonton is Richard William Smith, since 2008.
Andrew Edward McKeever
Andrew Edward McKeever DSO, MC & Bar, DFC (21 August 1894 – 25 December 1919) was a Canadian World War I two-seater flying ace. He is thought to have won 31 battles. He was the highest scoring two seater fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force.
Thrombosis
Thrombosis (Greek: θρόμβωσις) is the formation of a blood clot (thrombus; Greek: θρόμβος) inside a blood vessel, blocking the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel is injured, the body uses platelets (thrombocytes) and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss.
Al Brady
Al Brady (October 25, 1910 – October 12, 1937) was an armed robber and murderer. He became one of the FBI's "Public Enemies" in the 1930s. He and a partner in crime were shot dead in an ambush by FBI agents in downtown Bangor, Maine in 1937.
Al Brady was born in Indiana in 1910. Both his parents died while he was still young. At age 18, he committed his first robbery in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was shot and wounded. After getting out of jail, he got together with a gang. Using guns, they stole cars and robbed places in Indiana; mostly grocery stores. They murdered a 23-year-old Indianapolis store clerk. Then they killed an Indianapolis policeman. After probably killing another police officer, the gang was put in jail in 1936. Brady and some of the gang escaped from jail and robbed a bank in Goodland, Indiana. While running away, they killed one policeman and injured another.
Brady and his gang ended up hiding out in Bangor, Maine. They had about $5,000 left from their robberies. Brady thought Maine would be an easy place to get guns and ammunition without questions being asked. This was because there are many deer and bear hunters in the area.
In Bangor, Brady began trying to buy automatic weapons at Dakin's Sporting Goods store, in downtown Bangor. On Sept. 21, 1937, Brady asked the owner, Everett Hurd, for 500 rounds of 30 calibre ammunition. Seeing a large amount of cash, the store owner became suspicious. Hurd called the police after taking their order. He told them to return in a few weeks to pick up their guns.
Brady and his gang came back to the store on October 12, 1937. Many FBI agents were waiting in ambush, inside the store and across the street. One of the gang was caught by an FBI agent in the store. Brady and the other one drew their weapons in the street. They were shot down in a lot of gunfire.
Brady was killed by FBI agent Walter Walsh. Walsh was wounded, and recovered. He lived to be the FBI's oldest retired Special Agent.
Pictures of the bodies lying dead in the middle of the downtown street became locally famous. For many years, they could be looked at in Dakin's store. In the pictures, a large crowd of people is shown. It was Columbus Day, so people were already lining the streets to see a parade before the shooting began.
No one came to get Brady's body, because he did not have any family. He was buried in a grave without a headstone at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor. In 2007, the grave was finally marked with a stone, with a short funeral.
Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Marie Morrison (born April 12, 1979) is an American actress, movie producer and model. She played Emma Swan in ABC's "Once Upon a Time". She also played Dr. Allison Cameron in the series "House".
Morrison was born in Chicago.
Anne Parillaud
Anne Parillaud (b. 6 May 1960) is a French actress. She has appeared in over 30 movies since 1977. She played Nikita in the movie "Nikita". She also played Marie in the horror movie "Innocent Blood".
Civil disobedience act
In December 1929, the Indian National Congress Party agreed to start a movement for complete independence from British rule. The Party decided to start a movement named to disobey British rule. It became the civil disobedience movement. They decided to observe 26th January 1930 as the complete Independence Day. Many other political parties and revolutionaries came together to support this movement. Gandhi started this movement. Thus the civil disobedience movement began, and it soon spread throughout India. Indians started to break unfair laws in a peaceful manner in protest against the British rule.
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584 – June 13, 1645), was also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku. He was a Japanese Samurai and rōnin. Even from a young age Musashi became well known for his excellent swordsmanship and won some sixty duels. He always had money and had a number of other rōnins as followers. Musashi is best known as the author of The Book of Five Rings. It is a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy. The book is very popular in modern Japan and the western world among successful business people.
Osamu Dazai
Osamu Dazai (June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948), was a Japanese author. Dazai was born Tsushima Shūji in Aomori, northeastern Japan. He is best known for his novels "The Setting Sun" (1947) and "No Longer Human" (1948). Dazai wrote a number of novels about the meaning of life, pessimism and alcoholism based on his own private life. Dazai remains the most popular author among Japanese college students.
On June 13 1948, he killed himself with his beloved woman friend. His corps was discoved on June 19, his birthday, of the same year.
Barbara Lawrence
Barbara Lawrence (February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013) was an American actress, writer, real estate businessperson and model. She played Gertie Cummings in the movie version of "Oklahoma!". She also played Marybelle in "Margie". In 1962, after retiring from acting, she worked in real estate.
Lawrence was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma and died of kidney failure in Los Angeles.
Patricia Anthony
Patricia Anthony (January 3, 1947 – August 2, 2013) was an American science fiction and slipstream author. She published her first science fiction novel, "Cold Allies", in 1992. Other novels include "The Happy Policeman" and "Brother Termite".
She was born in San Antonio, Texas. She died at age sixty-six.
Ebola (disambiguation)
Ebola is the common name of the Ebola virus disease.
Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland (born Margaret Turner; 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013) was an English composer, writer and jazz pianist. She was the host of "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio between 1978 and 2011.
McPartland was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire. She died at 95 of natural causes in Port Washington, New York.
Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship refers to the skills of a "swordsman". It is a modern term mainly used to refer to small sword fencing. But it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. The English word "swordsman" is parallel to the Latin word "gladiator". This was a professional fighter who fought against other fighters and others for the entertainment of spectators in the Roman Colosseum. The word "gladiator" itself comes from the Latin word "gladius", meaning "sword".
Japan's greatest swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi won sixty duels. His classic book on swordsmanship is called the Book of Five Rings, written about 1645.
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke was called "the greatest knight who ever lived". He was one of England's greatest swordsmen.
Guy Chabot, Seigneur de Jarnac was famous as France's finest swordsman. He won by a slashing blow to his opponent's buttocks so he could no longer stand. Winning a duel using this method has since been called a "coup de Jarnac".