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On September 6, 2006, it was reported that Eaton was in the hospital after he suffered a heart attack. He was released from the hospital two days later and he released a statement through the Wrestling Observer website saying that he did not have a heart attack but was diagnosed with high blood pressure with a hint of diabetes. He has also suffered several health issues later on which include cardiac problems which have seen him hospitalized on several occasions. In June 2013, he had a pacemaker inserted.
Mynämäki
Mynämäki is a municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland. As of January 2014 about 7950 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
Most people speak Finnish.
Muurame
Muurame is a municipality in Central Finland. As of January 2014, about 9,500 people lived there. The only municipality it shares a border with is Jyväskylä. Toivakka is another nearby municipality but there is water in between.
Most people in Muurame speak Finnish.
Muurame was established in 1921.
Prince of Carignan
The title of Prince of Carignan is the French form of the Italian title of "Prince of Carignano". The title is more often than not seen in its French form due to the many ties the Carignans had with French royalty and the minor nobility The title stems from a younger son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. Due to their links with the former Ducal family of Savoy the Prince was entitled to the highest rank at the Savoyard court and should the ruling Duke die without heirs the Prince was entitled to succeed to the Ducal throne. The Princes had a Palace in Turin called the "Palazzo Carignano". The title is similar to that of Prince of Condé in France.
It was a junior line of the House of Savoy. It was founded by Prince Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince di Carignano 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656), an Italian military commander. His descendants were accepted as "princes strangers" (Foreign Princes) at the court of France, where some held prominent positions, eventually coming to reign as kings of Sardinia from 1831 to 1861 and as kings of Italy from 1861 until the dynasty's deposition in 1946. The Carignanos also, briefly, supplied a king each to Spain and to Croatia, as well as queens consort to Bulgaria and Portugal.
Following the succession of Charles Albert to the throne the title was not used again the family preferring to use other titles named after Italian cities. The famous Princess Marie Louise of Savoy ("princesse de Lamballe") was a Savoyard princess of this line.
Sometimes the style of "Highness" was used but at the Savoyard and French courts the style of "Serene Highness" was more often than not used
Jonathan Glover
Jonathan Glover (born 1941) is a British philosopher. He teaches ethics at King's College London. Glover is a fellow of the Hastings Center. His first book, "Responsibility", was published in 1970.
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Pöytyä
Pöytyä is a municipality in Southwest Finland. As of January 2014 about 8,600 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Loimaa, Marttila, Mynämäki, Nousiainen, Oripää, Rusko, Säkylä, Tarvasjoki and Turku.
Most people in Pöytyä speak Finnish.
The Pink Panther is a series of comedy movies. The main character is a French police detective named Inspector Clouseau. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards. The theme music was composed by Henry Mancini.
In the films, the Pink Panther is a large and valuable diamond. The diamond is called the "Pink Panther" because the flaw at its centre is said to look like a leaping pink panther. The phrase was used for all the films in the series even when the jewel was not in the plot. It was in six of the eleven films.
The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence. It featured the "Pink Panther" character. This character then had its own series of animated cartoons.
, eleven Pink Panther films have been made:
Irene, South Dakota
Irene is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in three counties: Clay County, Turner County, and Yankton County. It became a city in 1895, and 420 people lived there at the 2010 census.
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Leo Vroman
Leo Vroman (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a Jewish-Dutch-American hematologist, a writer and a poet (mainly writing in Dutch) and an illustrator.
Vroman was born in Gouda. He studied biology at Utrecht University. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he went to London.
After the war, Vroman went to New York. There he worked as a hematology researcher. He has been an American citizen since 1951.
Vroman spent his last years in Fort Worth, Texas. He died on February 22, 2014, aged 98.
Joaquín Guzmán
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (; ; born 4 April 1957) is a Mexican drug lord who headed the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was initially formed.
Loera is known as "El Chapo Guzmán" ("Shorty Guzmán") for his height. He became Mexico's top drug kingpin in 2003 after the arrest of his rival Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel. He was thought to be one of the "most powerful drug traffickers in the world" by the United States Department of the Treasury.
Guzmán was once again arrested by Mexican authorities in Mexico on February 22, 2014. He was found in a beach resort in Mazatlan, but details of the arrest have not been revealed. On January 8, 2016, Guzmán was captured at the coastal city of Los Mochis, in northern Sinaloa, following a gun battle by the Mexican Navy.
He was extradited to the United States on 19 January 2017 to face criminal charges related to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was found guilty by a jury in Brooklyn on 12 February 2019 of all drug trafficking counts and is scheduled for life imprisonment.
Wakonda, South Dakota
Wakonda is a town in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is located in Clay County, and 321 people lived there at the 2010 census.
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (1882–1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The other key leaders were Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.
Mawson was born in Shipley, West Yorkshire on 5 May 1882. When he was only two years old, his family immigrated to Australia and settled in Rooty Hill, New South Wales. He went to Fort Street Model School. Then he studied at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in 1902 with a Bachelor of Engineering. Mawson spent his life on Antarctic expeditions and academic work. He died in Brighton, South Australia on 14 October 1958.
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician. She was the United States Senator from California from 1993 to 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party and has been on the senate since January 1993.
Before that, she was in the United States House of Representatives. She was also on the Board of Supervisors of Marin County, California.
In January 2015, Boxer announced she will not be running for re-election in the 2016 senate elections and also announced her retirement from politics. California Attorney General Kamala Harris was elected to replace her.
Boxer was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She attended Brooklyn College.
Her daughter, Nicole Boxer married Tony Rodham (the brother of former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton) at the White House in 1994. They divorced in 2000.
Zsuzsa Csala
Zsuzsa Csala (9 July 1933 – 22 February 2014) was a Hungarian actress. She began her career in 1954 on stage.
Csala died after a long illness on 22 February 2014 in her hometown of Budapest. She was aged 80.
Per Theodor Haugen
Per Theodor Haugen (8 October 1932 – 14 October 2018) was a Norwegian actor. He started stage acting in 1950. He had a supporting role in the comedy movie "Støv på hjernen" (1959).
He was born in Kongsberg. He was married to actress Sissel Sellæg who died on 5 January 2014 in Oslo. They had a son together, actor Kim Haugen.
Haugen died in Oslo on 14 October 2018 at the age of 86.
Marek Židlický
Marek Židlický (born February 3, 1977) is a Czech NHL ice hockey defenceman. He played for the New Jersey Devils. He also played for the New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, and Nashville Predators
Before playing in the NHL, Židlický played five seasons in the Czech Extraliga with HC Kladno and four seasons in the SM-liiga with HIFK. He was drafted by the New York Rangers with the 176th overall pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
The Rangers and Židlický could not agree on contract terms and he stayed in Finland for a year to play with the HIFK. On December 12, 2002, he was traded along with Rem Murray and Tomáš Klouček to the Nashville Predators for Mike Dunham. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he returned to Finland and returned to play for HIFK. He signed a four-year contract worth $13.5 million with the Predators on May 8, 2006.
The Predators traded him to the Minnesota Wild for Ryan Jones and a second round draft pick on July 1, 2008. He played four seasons with the Wild. He was traded to the New Jersey Devils for Kurtis Foster, Nick Palmieri, Stephane Veilleux and a 2nd round draft pick from the Washington Capitals. The Devils resigned him in July 2013.
Marajó is an island in Brazil at the mouth of the Amazon River. It is part of the state of Pará.
Marajó has a land area of 40,100 km² (15,500 sq mi). That is similar in size to Switzerland. The island is almost completely surrounded by fresh water. Large parts of the island are flooded during the wet season because of higher water levels of the Amazon River.
The most important towns are in the southeast of the island: Soure, Salvaterra, and the largest city, Breves.
Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor (K of L) was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. One of its first leaders was Terence V. Powderly. The Knights started as a secret society with many elaborate rituals. By 1878 they became more of an open group. They greatly expanded their membership in the 1880s.
The Knights of Labor began during the era of labor unions. The Garment Cutters Association of Philadelphia failed and was dissolved on 9 December 1869. Several members voted to form a new organization. They were convinced their new union needed more secrecy. As they drew up plans for the new organization each member was required to take an oath of secrecy. The title for the presiding officer was "Master Worker" and other titles were similarly named. On December 28th they adopted the name of Knights of Labor. The membership fees were $1. In 1878 they held their first general meeting. The early Knights took up campaigning for an 8-hour workday. Child labor exploitation was another of their causes. About 20% of the Knights were women and black workers. The members were mainly working class people. Certain professions were banned from membership. This included lawyers, bankers, and stockbrokers. As a measure of how these occupations were viewed, saloon keepers and gamblers were also excluded.
Workers in the 1880s began going on strike to gain better . Only about half belonged to unions. There were an average of about 500 strikes a year between 1881 and 1885. In 1886 this increased to over 1400 strikes. On 4 May 1886 in Chicago a peaceful rally was held to support workers striking for an eight-hour day. Someone threw a bomb into the crowd at Haymarket square. At least eight police officers and several civilians were killed. Labor unions were blamed even though the person throwing the bomb was never caught. The press and the American people held labor unions responsible. As one of the largest labor organizations the knights of Labor were blamed more than the other unions. The Haymarket affair caused the decline of the Knights of Labor even though they were not directly involved. By the early 1900s they were all but gone.
Tagetes is a genus of flowers commonly called marigold. Tagetes has 56 species of plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae). The genus is native to North and South America.
"Tagetes" species vary in size from 0.1 to 2.2 m tall. Most species have pinnate green leaves. Blooms naturally occur in golden, orange, yellow, and white colors. In horticulture, they are usually planted as annuals.
John William Finn
John William Finn (23 July 1909 – 27 May 2010) was an American sailor in the United States Navy. He served as a chief petty officer. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. Finn was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient in the United States and the last living of the Pearl Harbor recipients.
Finn was born on 23 July 1909 in Compton, California. Finn dropped out of school after the seventh grade. He then attended General Aviation Utilities Training at Naval Station Great Lakes. In 1939, Finn married his wife Alice Finn.
As a chief aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, he earned the medal by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded. He continued to serve in the Navy and in 1942 was commissioned an ensign.
In 1947 he was reverted to chief petty officer, eventually rising to lieutenant before his 1956 retirement. In his later years he made many appearances at events celebrating veterans. At the time of his death, Finn was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient and the last living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
His wife, Alice Finn, died in 1998. Since 1956, Finn lived in a ranch in Live Oak Springs, near Pine Valley, California.
Finn died at age 100 on the morning of 27 May 2010, at the Chula Vista Veterans Home from natural causes. He was buried besides his wife at the Campo Indian Reservation's cemetery, after a memorial service in El Cajon.
Hershel W. Williams
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (born October 2, 1923) is a retired United States Marine. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. He is also the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from that battle.
Praça Diogo de Vasconcelos
The Praça Diogo de Vasconcelos (or Praça da Savassi; in English: Diogo de Vasconcelos Square or Savassi Square) is a public square in the area of Savassi, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
It is located where the roads "Cristóvão Colombo" and "Getúlio Vargas" meet. Also near there are the streets "Pernambuco" and "Antônio de Albuquerque". The square a lively meeting place for the people who live in Belo Horizonte. It is located in the center of Savassi, an important commercial neighborhood.
Its name honors the politician and historian Diogo de Vasconcelos. He was an early is considered the first historian of art in Brazil. Although its official name is "Square Diogo de Vasconcelos", this name is not very widely used. The name "Square Savassi" comes from the Savassi Bakery. It was located at the corner of Rua Pernambuco and Cristóvão Colombo avenue. The original bakery could still be seen on the site until a coffee shop Arturo's replaced it.
The square used to be surrounded by mostly boutiques, restaurants and snack bars, shops. Since 2006, however, mobile phone companies have set up shops there. The patrons of the traditional "Café Três Corações" (Three Hearts Café) came to protest against its closure at the site due to the opening of a store operator Claro. After the protest, the cafe has been reopened in a smaller area. It correspons to a small fraction of the old shop's size, with access only by Rua Antonio de Albuquerque.
Oleksandr Turchynov
Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov () (born March 31, 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciences. Turchynov is the current Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliment. He has previously served acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine. Turchynov became acting president after mass protest across Ukraine caused the impeachment and removal of Viktor Yanukovych presidency.
Lukas Ammann
Lukas Ammann (September 29, 1912 – May 3, 2017) was a Swiss retired actor. He appeared in German and Swiss movies and television shows.
He was born in Basel, Switzerland on September 29, 1912. He began his movie career in the 1939 Swiss movie "Wachtmeister Studer". He continued to work steadily for over 60 years. His most famous roles is the German detective series Graf Yoster, where he played the main part of the same name between 1967-1977.
His professional acting career came to an end in 2005 with the short "Herr Goldstein" being his last role. He was once married to German soprano Liselotte Ebnet.
Ammann died at his home in Munich, Germany on May 3, 2017 from surgical complications at the age of 104.
Esther Peterson
Esther Eggertsen Peterson (December 9, 1906–December 20, 1997) was an American consumer and women's advocate.
Esther Eggertsen grew up in a Mormon family in Provo, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1927 with a degree in physical education. She obtained master's degree from Teachers' College, Columbia University, in 1930. She held several teaching positions during the 1930s. She taught at Bryn Mawr College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. The school brought milliners, and garment workers onto the campus. She later moved to New York City where she married Oliver Peterson. In 1932, the two moved to Boston, where she taught at the Winsor School and volunteered at the YWCA. Peterson was a Latter-day Saint.
In 1938, Peterson became a paid for the American Federation of Teachers. In her job she traveled around New England. In 1944, Peterson became the first for the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. In 1948, the United States Department of State offered Peterson’s husband a position as a diplomat in Sweden. The family returned to Washington D.C., in 1957. Peterson joined the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, becoming its first woman lobbyist.
Peterson was Assistant Secretary of Labor. She was also Director of the United States Women's Bureau under President John F. Kennedy. Peterson worked hard to help get the Equal Pay Act of 1963 passed into law. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson named Peterson to the newly created post of Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs. She later served as President Jimmy Carter's Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs. Peterson was also Vice President for Consumer Affairs at Giant Food Corporation. She was also president of the National Consumers League.
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Peterson was named a delegate to the United Nations as a UNESCO representative in 1993. In 2013, Esther Peterson was inducted into the US Department of Labor's Hall of Honor.
Peterson died in December 1997.
Monique Alexander
Monique Alexandra Rock (born May 26, 1982), better known by her stage name Monique Alexander, is an American pornographic actress, dancer, and nude model. At age 18 she began working in the adult industry as a stripper in Sacramento. This was to add to her daytime earnings as a receptionist.
Alexander was born in Vallejo, California. She identifies herself as being bisexual.
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Yvette Lebon
Simone "Yvette" Lebon (14 August 1910 – 28 July 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in 39 movies between 1931 and 1972.
Lebon was born in Paris. During World War II, she was the mistress of Jean Luchaire, a French journalist and politician. After moving to Hollywood, California, she married Belgian-American producer Nathan Wachsberger who died in 1992. They had a son together, Patrick Wachsberger of Summit Entertainment. In August 2013, she turned 103, making her the France's oldest surviving actor.
Lebon died from natural causes on 28 July 2014 in Cannes, aged 103.
Zohra Sehgal
Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan (Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014), was better known by her stage name Zohra Sehgal. She was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She also worked with him for the next eight years.
She has been in many Bollywood movies as a character actor. She has also been in English language movies and television shows. She has appeared in "Bhaji on the Beach" (1992), "The Mystic Masseur" (2001), "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002), "Dil Se.." (1998) and "Cheeni Kum" (2007), "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984), "Tandoori Nights" (1985–87), "Amma and Family" (1996). She retired in 2007.
Sehgal was born in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1912. She grew up in an aristocratic Muslim family. She received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, in 2010. She described herself as an agnostic, having been an atheist in her youth.
Sehgal died in a hospital in New Delhi from cardiac arrest caused by pneumonia on 10 July 2014 at the age of 102.
Trypanosomatida
A blood test , also known as bloodwork, is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample. The sample is usually taken from a vein in the arm using a needle, or via fingerprick. Blood tests are used to determine physiological and biochemical states, such as disease, mineral content, drug effectiveness, and organ function. They are also used to test for certain drugs.
Swedish Football Association
Swedish Bandy Association
Federation of International Bandy
The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) is the international governing body for the sport of bandy, including the variant called rink bandy.
The federation was formed in 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has had its base in Sweden since 1979. The present office is situated in Söderhamn, headed by FIB Secretary General Bo Nyman. Boris Skrynnik is the FIB President.
The federation was named the International Bandy Federation (abbreviated IBF) between 1957 and 2001. The current name was adopted in 2001. The name change was made at a request from the International Olympic Committee (abbreviated IOC) when the IOC made bandy a "recognized sport". The abbreviation IBF was already in use by the International Badminton Federation. In 2004, FIB was fully accepted by IOC.
When FIB was formed in 1955, it introduced the same rules for bandy all over the world. Especially in Russia, different rules had been used prior to this. Bandy World Championship for men have been organized since 1957 and Bandy World Championship for women have been organized since 2004.
Remo Capitani
Remo Capitani (19 December 1927 – 14 February 2014), also known as Ray O'Connor and Ray O'Conner, was an Italian actor from Rome. He was best known for his role in the western "They Call Me Trinity" as Mezcal, a Mexican thief.
Capitani died on 14 February 2014 in his hometown of Rome. He was aged 86.
Skënder Sallaku
Skënder Sallaku (25 January 1935 – 11 February 2014) was an Albanian actor and comedian from Tirana. He is a recipient of the People's Artist of Albania award.
Sallaku died on 11 February 2014 at a hospital in his hometown of Tirana. He was aged 79.
Kaskinen
Kaskinen () is a town in western Ostrobothnia, Finland. There were 1,341 people lived there in January 2014. It is the smallest city in Finland by population. Only nearby municipality is Närpes. The people of Kaskinen speak two languages, Finnish and Swedish.
Kaskinen is buildt on an island. The island is also called Kaskinen.
Kaskinen was established in 1785.
Pope Victor I
Pope Victor (189-198C.E.) I was the fourteenth Pope, the official title is Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church.
Pope Victor was the first African pope. He attempted to resolve the ongoing controversy over the celebration of Easter through a great meeting of church members from Rome and Gaul (France) and areas of and around Mesopotamia (Iraq) that Easter should be celebrated on a Sunday instead of on Passover, whichever that day occurred on. The Asia Minor church however, stayed fast to the celebration on Passover. Pope Victor at first declared the congregation in Asia Minor excommunicated but under protest seems to have withdrawn and those members of the church were accepted back into the Church.
He secured the release of some Christians who were condemned to the mines of Sardinia as a result of his request with the emperor's mistress.
His feast day is celebrated on July 28.
Loviisa
Loviisa () is a town in Uusimaa, Finland. As of January 2014, almost 15,500 people lived there. Nearby municipalities are Kouvola, Lapinjärvi, Myrskylä, Porvoo and Pyhtää.
Loviisa was established in 1745. The people living there speak two languages: Finnish and Swedish.
Aram Mp3
Aram Mp3 ( Mp3; born 5 Apil 1984), is an Armenian singer-songwriter and actor. He was chosen to represent Armenia in Eurovision Song Contest 2014. He sang the song "Not Alone". He placed fourth.
Masku is a municipality in Southwest Finland. As of January 2014 about 9740 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Mynämäki, Nousiainen, Rusko, Raisio, Naantali and Taivassalo.
Most people there speak Finnish.
Masku is known for the Maskun Kalustetalo, a furniture shop that originally started there.
Nousiainen
Nousiainen is a municipality in Southwest Finland. As of January 2014 about 4,900 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Masku, Mynämäki, Pöytyä, Rusko and Turku.
Part of Kurjenrahka National Park is located in part of the area of Nousiainen.
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Adelobasileus
Adelobasileus is an extinct proto-mammal from the Upper Triassic, about 225 million years ago. There is only a partial skull from strata in western Texas.
Skull features, like the housing of the cochlea, suggest that "Adelobasileus" is a transitional form in the evolution from cynodonts to end-Triassic mammals. For this reason, it may be close to the common ancestor of modern mammals. Their sleek body type suggests they moved very fast.
Aura, Finland
Aura is a municipality in Southwest Finland. As of January 2014, 3950 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Lieto, Pöytyä, Rusko, Tarvasjoki and Turku. The municipality was established in 1917.
Praça da Liberdade
Praça Rui Barbosa
Praça Rui Barbosa (also called Praça da Estação, Station Square in English) is a square in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
It has this name because it is close to the "Estação Central de Belo Horizonte" ("Central Station of Belo Horizonte").
The square has the first public clock in the city.
National War Labor Board
The National War Labor Board (NWLB) was an agency of the United States government created in early 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson which was made up of twelve members from business and labor. The were former President William Howard Taft and attorney Frank Walsh. Its purpose was to make sure labor strikes did not hurt the war effort. The board ended after the war in May 1919. The National War Labor Board was reestablished on January 12, 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The chairman was William Hammatt Davis. This board ended its duties.
The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Soon the government became concerned that labor strikes might stop the production of military equipment and supplies. In response President Woodrow Wilson created the National War Labor Board. The board recognized the worker's right to organize unions and bargain collectively. Former President Taft and labor attorney Frank Walsh were the co-chairmen. The board had little real power but depended on their ability to negotiate compromises between the two sides. They succeeded in preventing a number of strikes. After Germany was defeated the board was disbanded. In 1919 several strikes broke out in the coal and steel industries. The board supported an eight-hour day for workers and equal pay for equal work regardless of sex.
The National War Labor Board was started up again by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on January 12, 1942. The chairman was William Hammatt Davis. The board's job was to prevent labor disputes. Also to insure that higher wage settlements did not cause inflation. The board was generally favorable to unions. The board encouraged the use of fringe benefits instead of inflation-causing higher wages. In 1942 the board began a "maintenance of membership" policy which attracted new members into labor unions. Unions understood they had to minimize any activism among their members in order to gain favorable rulings from the NWLB. Dispite the efforts of labor unions there were wartime strikes. Most of these were unauthorized (by the unions) or wildcat strikes (non-union). The CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations), later part of the AFL-CIO, largely cooperated with the board. When the number of strikes peaked in 1944 CIO members maintained their no-strike pledge. By the time the war ended, membership in the CIO was nearly 5 million. The NWLB provided on an honorary basis, that is, without fees. But they encouraged paid arbitrators and by war's end most who arbitrated disputes were paid a fee of from $25–$100 per day. In 1945 the board was disbanded. A wave of strikes broke out just the same as when the NWLB ended in 1918.
David Krejčí
David Krejčí (born April 28, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey center. He currently plays for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) where he serves as their alternate captain.
Before playing in the NHL, Krejčí played one season in the Czech Extraliga with HC Kladno and four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Gatineau Olympiques. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins with the 63rd overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Before playing with Boston, he played a season with their AHL affiliate Providence Bruins. He was called up and played in his first NHL game on January 30, 2007. The game ended in a 7-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres and Krejčí suffered a concussion from Buffalo right winger Adam Mair. He scored his first hat-trick in a 8–5 Bruins win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins on June 15, 2011 when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7.
Alexandre Borges
Alexandre Borges Corrêa (born February 23, 1966) is a Brazilian actor. He is known for his works on Brazilians soap operas. He was Cadinho in the Brazilian sitcom "Avenida Brasil".
Denis Norden
Denis Mostyn Norden, CBE (6 February 1922 – 19 September 2018) was an English comedy writer and television presenter. He was known for presenting the radio programme "My Word!".
He also presented "My Music", "Looks Familiar" and blooper shows "It'll Be Alright on the Night" and "Laughter File". He retired in 2006.
Norden was born in Mare Street, Hackney, London on 6 February 1922. He studied at City of London School. Norden married Avril Rosen in 1943. She died in July 2018. They had two children. Norden died on 19 September 2018 at a hospital in Hampstead, London at the age of 96.
Glenn McCuen
Glenn McCuen (born February 3, 1991) is an American actor.
John Pickstone
John Victor Pickstone (29 May 1944 – 12 February 2014) was an English historian of science. He was the Wellcome Research Professor in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, in the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Manchester. He was born and raised in Burnley, Lancashire.
Pickstone died after a short illness on 12 February 2014. He was aged 69. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.
René Teulade
René Teulade (17 June 1931 – 13 February 2014) was a French politician and civil servant. He was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Corrèze department. He was a member of the Socialist Party. He was born in Monceaux-sur-Dordogne, Corrèze.
Teulade died from a stroke on 13 February 2014 in Paris. He was aged 82.
Mansour Koushan
Mansour Koushan (26 december 1949 – 16 February 2014) was a prominent Iranian author, playwright, poet, journalist and director of movies and plays. He has published 14 collections of poetry and short stories, 7 novels, 12 books of analysis on Culture, Literature, Society and politics, and hundreds of analytical essays, and more than 30 plays. While in Iran, he was an active member of the Council of the Association of Iranian Writers.
From 1967 to 1977 he was editor of four independent literary periodicals in Iran. In addition, Koushan presided over the newspaper Takapou in 1996 before it was shut down for being the sole outlet to publish the "1994 Declaration of 134 Iranian Writers," a letter against censorship that would result in the deaths of many of its signatories at the hands of the Iranian regime's secret service.
Koushan has directed movies and plays for TV and staged 7 plays by international writers. In December 1998, Koushan traveled to Norway to deliver a speech at the 50th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights Charter. During this time, the first instances of kidnapping and killing of Iranian writers and intellectuals began, and he was forced to remain in exile.
Mansour Koushan was the artistic manager and director for the Sølvberg Theater in Stavanger, Norway from 2000 to 2006. He won the 2010 Carl von Ossietzky prize, awarded annually to a writer for his outstanding efforts for human rights and freedom of speech.
Koushan died from gastric cancer on 16 February 2014 in Stavanger. He was 65. At the time he was the chief editor of a Persian quarterly on literature culture and art called "Jonge Zaman".
Nico Nicolaiewsky
Nelson "Nico" Nicolaiewsky (9 June 1957 – 7 February 2014) was a Brazilian actor, musician, composer and comedian. He was best known for performing with Hique Gomez for over thirty years. He was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
Nicolaiewsky died from leukemia on 7 February 2014 in Porto Alegre, aged 56.
Patricia Janečková
Patricia Janečková (born on 18 June 1998) is a Slovak singer. She was the winner of the Czecho–Slovak television show "Talentmania" in December 2010. She became famous through the broadcasting of CNN television at once after the winning.
Janečková was born in Germany.
Grant Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television presenter and former motor racing driver. He is best known for being the former weather presenter of the Seven Network breakfast television program "Sunrise". He is currently the host of "Family Feud" on Channel 10.
Denyer was born Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. He is married to television producer Cheryl Rogers. They have one daughter, Sailor (born 2011).
Nidal Malik Hasan
Nidal Malik Hasan (born September 8, 1970) is a former United States Army Major and psychiatrist. On 5 November 2009 he entered the Soldier's Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. He fired approximately 100 rounds at soldiers in the center. Hasan admitted to the shootings at his court-martial in August 2013. The jury convicted him of 45 counts (crimes) of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder. One count each for the 13 soldiers he killed and one count for each of the 32 people he shot at. On 28 August 2013 the same military court sentenced Hasan to death. He is in prison at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Hasan is awaiting execution while his case is reviewed by appellate courts.
Hasan was born in Arlington County, Virginia. His Palestinian parents immigrated to the United States. The shooting was believed to have been bought on by his Islamic religious radicalism. Before the shooting, he communicated with the late American-Yemeni Islamic militant, Anwar al-Awlaki.
Cerebral edema
Cerebral œdema (or cerebral edema) is a build-up of extra fluid in the brain. It causes swelling. It is caused by physical trauma or an injury to the brain. This includes inflammation of the brain caused by some infections. Also, mountain climbers at high altitude have been known to experience cerebral oedema primarily due to reduced air pressure acting on the cranium.
Tea Ista
Dorothea Ida Eveliina Witikka (born Dorothea Ida Eveliina Ista; 12 December 1932 – 20 February 2014), better known by her stage name Tea Ista, was a Finnish actress. She began her acting career in 1952. She was born in Evijärvi.
Ista died after a serious illness on 20 February 2014 in Espoo. She was aged 81. She was outlived by her daughter, Minna Maria, with her late husband Jack Witikka.
Cementation
Cementation is what makes rocks solid. It is the process where grains of sediment get stuck together. It is a chemical process, and the cement is a precipitate which crystallises in the spaces between the matrix of grains. Silica (SiO) and calcium carbonate (CaCO) are the most common types of cement.
Ions carried in groundwater precipitate to form new crystalline material in sediment pores: this is how "sediment" becomes "rock". The new pore-filling minerals form "bridges" between original sediment grains, thereby binding them together. So "sand" becomes "sandstone", and "gravel" becomes "conglomerate".
Cementation occurs mainly below the water table. Large volumes of pore water must pass through sediment pores for new mineral cements to crystallize and so millions of years are generally required to complete the cementation process.
Sedimentation does not always occur. Many quarries used for sand and gravel have them as loose particles and stones, just as if they came from a present-day beach. In England, most of these quarries are from beds laid down in the Jurassic, 150+ million years ago. By chance, the conditions for cementation have never occurred there.
West End of London
The West End of London (usually referred to as the West End) is an area of central London.
It contains many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment venues (including the commercial :West End theatres). Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross. For strategic planning, the area is one of two "international centres" in the London Plan.
The West End is the second most expensive place in the world in which to rent office space, after Tokyo.
Raisio
Raisio () is a city in Southwest Finland. As of January 2014 about 24,500 people live there. Neighbouring municipalities are Masku, Naantali, Rusko and Turku.
Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free
Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free is the national anthem of Zambia. The music is taken from the hymn God Bless Africa, which was written by Enoch Sontonga in 1897. The words for the anthem were written when Zambia became independent.
International Organization for Standardization
Aura can mean several things:
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
Swift (disambiguation)
A swift is a type of bird.
Swift could also mean:
Royal Palace of Turin
The Royal Palace of Turin () is a building in Turin, Italy. It was the centre of the court of the old Duchy of Savoy for almost two hundred years.
The palace was the centre of the Savoyard royal court. It was the home of the royal family. It was greatly remodelled by Christine of France during the seventeenth century. The building was worked on by the famous architect Filippo Juvarra. The complex also includes the "Palazzo Chiablese" the home of the former Duke of Chablais. The Palace was also redecorated by Marie Jeanne of Savoy.
Before the marriage of Maria Antonia of Spain to Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia in 1750, the royal apartments were redecorated again.
Before becoming a royal residence, it was the centre of the Viceroys of Savoy that were appointed by Francis I of France after the French captured Savoy in 1536. The building later included the Bishops Palace called the "Palazzo San Giovanni".
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Living with You
"Living with You" is a song by Welsh musician and composer John Cale. It was on his album "Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood".
On 25 February 2013, it was released as digital single. On B-side was also the "Organic Mix" and new remix by Laurel Halo.
Original version of this song features together with Cale (vocals, keyboards, electric viola, electric guitar, percussion) also Dustin Boyer (acoustic guitar) and Michael Jerome Moore (drums, cajón).
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Pope Zephyrinus
Pope Zephyrinus (ca. 198/9-217 C.E.) was the fifteenth Pope, the official title is the Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church. He served for seventeen years but was consider an weak and ineffectual pope without education who relied heavily upon his deacon Callistus who would become the next Pope.
During his time there was a group of people who practiced Montanism and Adoptionism who preached things which were against the teachings of the Catholic Church. Both these groups taught that Jesus Christ was a holy person but not the son of God. Theologians at that time were very disappointed with Pope Zephrynus for not taking severe action against these groups. They considered him a weak pope.
His feast day is celebrated August 26.
Riot grrrl
Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk rock movement. It started in the early 1990s in Washington. Kathleen Hanna's band the Bikini Kill made riot grrrl famous. Bratmobile was another influential riot grrrl band. Riot grrrl is associated with zine culture and third wave feminism.
In 1992 a zine distro called Riot Grrrl Press was started by Erika Reinstein and May Summer.
Pussy Riot are a Russian punk rock band that are influenced by Bikini Kill.
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American comedic actor, director, producer and writer. His best known movie roles were as Egon Spengler in "Ghostbusters" (1984) and Russell Ziskey in "Stripes" (1981), both movies he co-wrote. He also wrote and directed "Caddyshack" (1980), "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), "Groundhog Day" (1993) and "Analyze This" (1999).
Ramis was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Jewish family. He was married to San Francisco artist Anne Plotkin from 1967 until their divorce. They had a daughter, Violet, whose godfather is actor Bill Murray. He later married Erica Mann in 1989. They had two sons: Julian Arthur and Daniel Hayes.
Ramis died from an infection of the blood vessel (vasculitis) at his home in North Shore, Chicago. He was 69.
Carlos Páez Vilaró
Carlos Páez Vilaró (1 November 1923 – 24 February 2014) was a Uruguayan abstract artist, painter, potter, sculptor, muralist, writer, composer and constructor. He composed numerous musical pieces in the two genres and conducted an orchestra. He was born in Montevideo. He was of Catalan ancestry.
Vilaró died on 24 February 2014 at his home in Punta Ballena, Maldonado. He was aged 90.
Bob L. Harris
Bob Lee Harris (October 11, 1922 - February 14, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and the father of Ed Harris. He was known for his roles in "Riders of the Purple Sage", "Pollock", and in "Appaloosa". He also appeared on television as Borklund in "American Playhouse".
Harris was born on October 11, 1922 in Walters, Oklahoma. He died on February 14, 2014 at the age of 91 from a long illness.
Joe Bell
Joseph Alexander Bell (November 27, 1923 – February 17, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 62 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers.
He was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on November 27, 1923. His brother Gordon Bell also played in the NHL. Joe died in February 2014, at the age of 90.
Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Stephanie Kwolek
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was an American chemist. She invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide—better known as Kevlar.
She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Kwolek won many awards for her work in polymer chemistry.
Kwolek died in Wilmington, Delaware from a short-illness, at the age 90 on June 18, 2014.
Suicide in Greenland
Suicide is a serious problem in Greenland. According to the government of Greenland, one person in five has attempted suicide. Because of this, the Greenland government has taken a number of steps to reduce the suicide rate. One example is roadside posters.
The number of suicides in Greenland began to rise in the 1970s. Before that it had been very low. It kept getting higher until 1986. In 1986, suicide was the leading cause of death in several towns, such as Sarfannguit. Before 1970, the rate of suicide in Greenland had been very low. But by 1994, it had become one of the highest in the world. The rate was 107 per 100,000 persons committing suicide per year. Government data in 2010 suggested that almost one suicide occurred a week.
An article was published in the journal "BMC Psychiatry" in 2009. It reported that 1351 suicides took place in Greenland during the 35 years (1968–2002). The study noted seasonal changes in the suicide rate. Suicides were higher in June and lower in the winter months. Suicide rates in northern parts of West Greenland are higher than in southern parts. Suicide rates are higher for men than women. Most of the people committing suicide are young men between the ages of 15-24. Unlike in other Western countries, the suicide rate in Greenland goes down with age.
Several reasons are blamed for Greenland's high rate of suicide. These including alcoholism, depression, poverty, poor relationships with partners and dysfunctional parental homes. The higher summer suicide rate is blamed on insomnia caused by longer periods of daylight.
The increase in suicide rates started about the time television appeared in Greenland. But it may be more the "modernization package" in general that is causing the problem. Culture clash between the traditional culture and modern Western culture is also assumed to be a factor.
The most common methods were hanging (46%) and shooting (37%). Other methods include jumping from heights, cutting with sharp objects, drowning, overdose of medication, and poisoning.
Greenland's Government and other organizations have made a number of efforts to prevent suicides. There are different associations that provide support for people that feel suicidal. Measures include posters placed along the roads, which read: "The call is free. No one is alone. Don't be alone with your dark thoughts. Call." Suicide consultants are used to show movies discouraging teenage suicide attempts.
Stanley Brotman
Stanley Seymour Brotman (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 2014) was an American federal judge. He was born in Vineland, New Jersey. He grew up in the nearby village of Brotmanville, which had been established by his grandfather, who was a Russian immigrant. He left Yale University to serve in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He returned to Yale and received a B.A. in Eastern Studies from Yale University in 1947 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951.
On January 27, 1975, He was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Mitchell H. Cohen. Brotman was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 1975, and received his commission on March 14, 1975. He assumed senior status on April 23, 1990. He retired in September 2013.
Brotman died on February 21, 2014 at a hospital in Stratford, New Jersey. He was aged 89.
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H. B. Reese
Harry Burnett "H. B." Reese (May 24, 1879 – May 16, 1956) was an American inventor. He was best known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company.
He was born in York County, Pennsylvania. He was of Welsh ancestry. He married Blanche Edna Reese (née Hyson) on August 1, 1900. By 1928, the couple had sixteen children.
Reese died from a heart attack on May 16, 1956 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 76.
Zbigniew Romaszewski
Zbigniew Jan Romaszewski (2 January 1940 – 13 February 2014) was a Polish conservative politician and human rights activist.