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In August 2012, the song hit #1 in Ireland on the Irish Singles Chart. It also hit #20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
"Little Talks" was later certified platinum in the United States.
Minnesota City, Minnesota
Minnesota City is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is in the southeast part of the state. It is near Winona. The population was 204 at the 2010 U.S. Census.
Ridgway, Colorado
Ridgeway is a city in Ouray County, Colorado.
Lynwood, California
Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California.
Lynwood, Illinois
Lynwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois.
Cedarville, Illinois
Cedarville is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois.
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was known as "the world's greatest drummer" and for his virtuoso technique, power, groove, and speed. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Rich died in Los Angeles, California from heart failure, aged 69.
Buddy Roemer
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III (October 4, 1943 – May 17, 2021) was an American politician and banker. He served as the 52nd Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.
Roemer was a candidate for the presidential nominations of the Republican Party and the Reform Party in 2012.
In March 1991, while serving as governor, Roemer switched his party from the Democratic to the Republican Party. In 2012, he became a member of the Reform Party. A year later, Roemer switched parties to become a Republican again.
Roemer was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His parents were Charles Elson "Budgie" Roemer, II and Adeline McDade. He was raised in Bossier City.
In 1964, he graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. In 1967, he received an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School. After college, Roemer returned to Louisiana to work in his father’s computer business and later founded two banks. He was elected in 1972 as a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention held in 1973.
As a member of Congress, Roemer Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the northwestern section of the state, anchored about Shreveport and Bossier City. After his 1980 election victory, Roemer won congressional re-election without opposition in 1982, 1984, and 1986.
In Congress, Roemer frequently supported Reagan policy initiatives and fought with the Democratic congressional leadership, though he remained in the party. He also criticized then Democratic House leader Tip O'Neill of Massachusetts for being "too liberal".
After Roemer left the House to become governor, he was succeeded by his administrative assistant, Republican Jim McCrery.
Roemer was one of a large number of Democratic candidates to challenge three-term incumbent governor Edwin Edwards. Roemer won the election by winning 33% of the vote compared to Edwards' 28%.
Roemer entered the governor's office on March 14, 1988. In October 1989, voters rejected a number of Roemer tax initiatives but approved a constitutional amendment for transportation improvements. Facing a $1.3 billion deficit in the state budget, his first job was eliminating the deficit. Roemer called a special session of the legislature to push an ambitious tax and fiscal reform program for state and local governments. He vowed to slash spending, abolish programs, and close state-run institutions. Voters rejected his proposals in a statewide constitutional referendum.
In March 1991, Roemer switched to the Republican Party just months before the state elections, apparently at the urging of Bush White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu. Roemer lost his re-election after loosing the Republican primary to David Duke. Duke would soon loose to Edwin Edwards.
Roemer left office on January 13, 1992. He would run again for the Republican nomination for governor, but lost to Mike Foster.
In the summer of 2004, Roemer briefly considered entering the race to succeed retiring U.S. Senator John Breaux. Roemer shortly after decided not to run for the senate.
In January 2011, Roemer told Baton Rouge television station WAFB that he was considering a bid for the U.S. presidency in 2012. On July 21, 2011 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Roemer announced his entry as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. On November 30, 2011, Roemer officially announced that he would seek the Americans Elect nomination. On February 23, 2012, Roemer dropped out of the GOP nomination to seek the Reform Party's nomination. On May 17, 2012, Americans Elect announced that it would not run a candidate in the 2012 presidential elections.
On May 31, 2012, he announced that he was ending his 2012 presidential campaign altogether, citing the lack of ballot access to be the reason
Roemer was married to Cookie Delmer until they divorced. Then he married Patti Crocker until they divorced. He was married Scarlett Roemer. Roemer had three children with Delmer.
Roemer died at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from problems caused by diabetes, aged 77.
Peg Phillips
Peg Phillips (September 20, 1918 – November 7, 2002) was an American actress. She is best known for playing storekeeper Ruth-Anne Miller on the television series "Northern Exposure". Phillips was born in Everett, Washington.
Phillips died from lung disease in Seattle, Washington, aged 84.
William Demarest
Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 28, 1983) was an American character actor. He is best known for playing Uncle Charley in "My Three Sons". He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Demarest died from prostate cancer and pneumonia in Palm Springs, California, aged 91.
Swedish Chef
The Swedish Chef is a Muppet character that appeared on "The Muppet Show". He was voiced by Jim Henson and performed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Since Jim Henson's death, he has been played by Bill Barretta. He is known for not speaking English, but instead a fake version of the Swedish language, mostly just saying "Børk".
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Edcouch, Texas
Edcouch is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
Charleston is a city in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
Pine nut
Pine nuts are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus "Pinus"). About 20 species of pine produce seeds large enough to be worth harvesting. Other pines have edible seeds too small to be useful as a human food.
Pine nuts have been eaten in Europe and Asia since the Paleolithic period. They are often added to meat, fish, salads and vegetable dishes or baked into bread. In Italian they are called "pinoli". They are an essential part of Italian pesto sauce.
Pine nuts can be pressed to extract pine nut oil, which is valued for its mild, nutty flavour. The large edible seeds of the Southern Hemisphere conifer genus "Araucaria" produce nuts rather like pine nuts.
Fernando Gómez
Fernando Gómez may refer to:
International Geographical Union
The International Geographical Union (IGU; , "UGI") is an international association of geographical organizations around the world. The organization was established in 1922 in Belgium after the first geographical congress, which was in 1871.
The Union has 34 Commissions and four task forces. One of these commissions is the Urban Geography Commission. This compares cities in the capitalist economy world and cities in the socialist economy world. It was created at the UGI conference in Moscow in 1976. It was proposed by Prof. Kasimierz Dziewonski from Poland.
International Festival of Geography
The International Geography Festival is an event held every year by the Association for the Development of FIG (ADFIG). It is related to geography. It is held in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in France. It was first held in 1990. The festival is under the patronage of the International Geographical Union.
Argument from authority or appeal to authority is a form of argument or reasoning that could become a fallacy if it is misused.
In informal reasoning, the appeal to authority is an argument of the form:
The argument may be right in many cases, but it might be wrong in other cases. In cases where the argument is wrong, it would be a fallacy. Therefore, the appeal to authority is not a generally strong argument for proving facts.
An example of a poor appeal to authority is if someone says that "God doesn't exist. I know because Stephen Hawking said so." This is a poor example because even though almost everyone who knows about Stephen Hawking would agree that he was very intelligent man, his knowledge about physics (which he was a professor of) is not important to knowing about whether or not God exists.
An example of a good appeal to authority is if a someone says “I need to take my medicine. I know so because my doctor prescribed it,” This is believable because most doctors have a lot of knowledge and training in how to improve people's health, and it is very likely that the doctor has given similar prescriptions many times before.
Vernell Eufaye "Bimbo" Coles (born 1968) is a retired American basketball player. He played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also nicknamed "Colsie".
Vernell Coles was born Apr 22, 1968 in Covington, Virginia. Coles was a standout at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He played his college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies for four seasons (1986–87 to 1989–90). He was a member of the United States 1988 Olympic basketball team which won a bronze medal. His NBA career started when he was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1990 NBA Draft. He was immediately traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for veteran guard Rory Sparrow. After Coles' first of the two times he played with the Miami Heat, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors. He also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics. He was utilized primarily as a backup point guard.
Coles is now the fitness director of CountryRoads Crossfit. It is a physical fitness center in Lewisburg, West Virgina. In February of 2011, Coles was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
The March 2–3, 2012 tornado outbreak was several tornadoes that hit the Southern United States and Ohio Valley. Two of them were EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. This included Ohio and Kentucky.
The storms killed 43 people.
Brampton Bryan Castle
Brampton Bryan Castle is a castle in the small village of Brampton Bryan in north-western Herefordshire, England, 50m south of the River Teme. The castle guarded an important road from Ludlow along the Teme Valley to Knighton and on into Central Wales.
The castle is listed in the Domesday Book (1086). In 1295 it was described as a "tower with curtilage". The castle was almost entirely destroyed during the Civil War. The ruins that are still standing include an outer gate house, parts of the inner gatehouse, part of the south wall of the kitchen, and the great hall.
When Bryan de Brampton died in 1294, his son-in-law, Robert Harley, inherited the castle. For almost 700 years since the castle has remained in the Harley family. During the Civil War, the castle was defended by Lady Brilliana Harley, the wife of Robert Harley. Harley was a puritan and a Member of Parliament.
University of Lausanne
St. John's Co-Cathedral
St. Johns Co-Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Valletta, Malta. It was built by the Knights of Malta between 1573 and 1578. It was commissioned (ordered to be built) in 1572 by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière. He made it the main church of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John, also known as the Knights of Malta. The Church was designed by the Maltese architect Glormu Cassar (Girolamo Cassar). The church is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Baroque architecture in Europe.
Silkworm (missile)
The Silkworm missile was the NATO reporting name for these kinds of Chinese anti-ship missiles:
These missiles were the Chinese version of the Soviet P-15 Termit missile. They used hot launch mechanism for launching the missile from ships.
Transglutaminase
A transglutaminase is an enzyme that forms a chemical bond between two protein molecules. The reaction also produces a molecule of ammonia. Transglutaminases were first described in 1959. In 1968 it was discovered they form a role in blood coagulation.
Transglutaminase have many uses. They can be used as a binding agent to improve the texture of protein-rich foods such as surimi or ham. Other examples of foods made using transglutaminase include imitation crabmeat, and fish balls.
Muppets Most Wanted is a 2014 American-German-Spainish-Irish-British musical comedy caper film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth movie featuring the Muppets. It was directed by James Bobin and written by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller. Muppets Most Wanted is a sequel to 2011's "The Muppets" and stars Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, and Tina Fey. In "Muppets Most Wanted", the Muppets find themselves unwittingly involved in an international crime caper while on tour in Europe.
The majority of the production team behind "The Muppets" returned for "Muppets Most Wanted". This was including Bobin, Stoller, producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films. Music supervisor Bret McKenzie also returned. The movie started filming in January 2013 at Pinewood Studios in London. "Muppets Most Wanted" premiered March 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California and was released in North America on March 21, 2014.
Ricardo Mórtola
Ricardo Mórtola Di Puglia (c. 1950 – 22 April 2014) was an Ecuadorian architect and businessman. He was known for constructing Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo in Barcelona. He won many awards during his twenty-year career. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Mórtola died in Guayaquil, Ecuador from respiratory arrest caused by testicular cancer, aged 63.
Windows 2.x
Windows 2.x is a graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft. It was said to look almost the same to the first Mac OS and more closely matched Microsoft's pre-release publicity for Windows 1.0.
Five months after the release of Windows 2.03, Microsoft released Windows 2.10, and after 10 months, Windows 2.11. They were the first versions that require an Intel 80286 or 80386 processor to run.
Iveta Bartošová
Iveta Bartošová (8 April 1966 – 29 April 2014) was a Czech singer and actress. She played in the music poll Zlatý slavík (1986, 1990 and 1991). She was also known for her life style attracting the attention of the Czech tabloid media. She was born in Čeladná, Czech Republic.
On 29 April 2014, she committed suicide by throwing herself under a train in Uhříněves, Prague. Many people think that the reason why she committed suicide was because of the media harassing her.
Tahar Chaïbi
Tahar Chaïbi (17 February 1946 – 29 April 2014) was a Tunisian footballer. He played as a midfielder for Club Africain and the national team. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.
Chaïbi died from complications from a stroke, aged 68.
Michael Kadosh
Michael "Lufa" Kadosh (April 23, 1940 in Alexandria - April 29, 2014) was a former Israeli footballer. He worked as the manager of Hapoel Jerusalem. He won many awards during his 50 year career.
Kadosh died on 29 April 2014 from cancer at the age of 74.
Dennis Kamakahi
The Rev. Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi (March 31, 1953 – April 28, 2014) was an American slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister. He has won multiple Grammy Awards. In 2009 was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Kamakahi was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kamakahi died in Honolulu, Hawaii from lung cancer, aged 61.
West Covina, California
West Covina is a city in Los Angeles County, California.
Wall cloud
Wall clouds (or pedestal clouds) are localized, large and persistent lowering cloud formations that develop below the rain-free region of thunderstorms. Rotating wall clouds are indicative of mesocyclones in thunderstorms. Wall clouds do not always rotate, though.
Wall clouds are formed by a process known as entrainment, when an inflow of warm, moist air rises and overpowers rain-cooled air during a downwind downdraft.
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Santeria (song)
"Santeria" is the second single off American ska punk band Sublime's third and final studio album "Sublime". The song was released on January 7, 1997.
The title of the song refers to Santería, a religion practiced in the Caribbean. The song tells a story about a jealous ex-boyfriend that plans to take revenge out on the man that stole his girlfriend. He mentions using violent force when he talks about "popping a cap in Sancho" and "putting that barrel straight down Sancho's throat". Lead singer Bradley Nowell refers to the man as "sancho" and his ex-girlfriend as "heina". In Mexico, "sancho" is often used to describe a man who steals another man's girlfriend. "heina" is used to describe a man's woman or girlfriend.
The song was featured in the 2008 video game "Guitar Hero World Tour" and as a downloadable song in the 2010 video game "Rock Band 3". The song was also featured in the 2012 movie "This Is 40".
"What I Got" is the first single off American ska punk band Sublime's third and final studio album "Sublime". The song was released on August 27, 1996.
It is the band's biggest radio hit and was one of the most popular singles of 1997 in the United States. When the song was released, it was able to reach #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and was also a mainstream Top 40 hit, reaching #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. The song was ranked #83 in "Rolling Stone"'s "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".
The song was featured in the 2010 video game "Rock Band 3", the 2011 video game "", the 2000 video game "Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX", and the 2009 video game "Guitar Hero 5".
Deep Green Resistance
List of motorways in the United Kingdom
Sidewinding
Sidewinding is a type of locomotion unique to some snakes. They use it to move across loose or slippery ground like sand or mud. It is often used by the Saharan horned viper, "Cerastes cerastes", and the sidewinder rattlesnake, "Crotalus cerastes", to move across loose desert sands. It is also used by some snakes in Southeast Asia to move across tidal mud flats. Other snakes can be induced to sidewind on artificial smooth surfaces, with various degrees of success. Sidewinding is not the only way snakes can move on sand.
Sidewinding is done by simply lifting all the segments with the same slope off the ground. In the movement, the snake's body is always in static (as opposed to sliding) contact with the ground. The head seems to be "thrown" forward, and the body follows, being lifted from the prior position and moved forward to lie on the ground ahead of where it was originally. Meanwhile, the head is being thrown forward again. In this way, the snake slowly progresses at an angle, leaving a series of mostly straight, J-shaped tracks. Because the snake's body is in static contact with the ground, imprints of the belly scales can be seen in the tracks, and each track is almost exactly as long as the snake.
Below is a crude animated line-drawing showing sidewinding in action. The light brown areas are the tracks left behind, and show where the body of the snake touched the ground.
This mode of locomotion overcomes the slippery nature of sand or mud by pushing off with only static portions on the body. The static nature of the contact points can be shown from the tracks of a sidewinding snake, which show each belly scale imprint, without any smearing. This mode of locomotion has very low caloric cost, less than ⅓ of the cost for a lizard or snake to move the same distance. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that sidewinding is associated with the sand being hot.
Dickie Moore (ice hockey)
Richard Winston "Dickie" Moore (January 6, 1931 – December 19, 2015) was a Canadian former professional hockey player, and successful businessman. He twice won the Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League's leading scorer and was added into that Hockey Hall of Fame.
Moore played with the Montreal Canadiens from 1951 to 1963. He started playing with the Montreal Jr. Royals for three seasons from 1947 to 1950, and made his debut with the Montreal Canadiens in the middle of the 1951–52 season. Moore had played on two Memorial Cup winners, one with the Montreal Royals in 1949 and Montreal Junior Canadiens the following year. He was known for his hard accurate shot and his ability to stickhandle the puck. He twice won the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the league's leading scorer. Moore broke Gordie Howe's record of 95 total points in a regular season play with 41 goals and 55 assists.
Moore won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 1953 and was a member of the Montreal Canadiens team that won five cups in a row from 1956–60. He retired following the 1962–63 season, but came back after a year's break to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Another three-year break saw Moore return to play 27 games for the St. Louis Blues.
In 1974, Moore was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was ranked number 31 on "The Hockey News"' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
Following his retirement from hockey, Moore became a successful businessman, operating a tool rental business in Montreal.
On November 12, 2005, the Canadiens retired the uniform number 12 in honor of both Moore and Yvan Cournoyer.
On August 27, 2006, Moore suffered neck, spine and rib injuries when his car was hit by a truck in Montreal. He was trapped in the car for 45 minutes before rescue.
Moore died on December 19, 2015 in Montreal, Quebec from prostate cancer at the age of 84.
Dickie Moore can mean:
Dit Clapper
Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 – January 21, 1978) was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player, playing his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Clapper was the first NHL player to play twenty seasons, and one of only two to be an All-Star at both forward and defence. The right wing on the powerful "Dynamite Line"—one of the first forward lines to receive a nickname in hockey history—along with linemates Cooney Weiland and Dutch Gainor, he contributed to the breaking of several scoring records in the 1930s. Towards the end of his career, he was named player-coach of the Bruins, and held the coaching position after his retirement as a player.
Aubrey Clapper, son of Bill Clapper, was raised in Hastings, Ontario. Clapper was given his nickname at an early age when he would lisp his name, the result coming out "Dit."
Clapper started his hockey career at age 13, playing minor hockey in Oshawa, and going on to play with the junior league Toronto Parkdale club of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1925, scoring a goal in the team's Memorial Cup run that season. The following season he turned professional, playing for the Boston Tigers of the Canadian-American Hockey League.
The Boston Bruins bought Clapper's contract from the Tigers in 1927. Hitherto a defenceman, Bruins' coach Art Ross decided to try Clapper at right wing, and the experiment stuck. He scored his first NHL goal - ten seconds into his first shift—in the season opener against the Chicago Black Hawks.
The following season, Ross teamed Clapper up with Cooney Weiland and Dutch Gainor to form the Dynamite Line, one of the first named forward lines in history. The Bruins won the American Division that season and went on to their first Stanley Cup championship, with Clapper scoring the winning goal in the first game of their best-of-three series with the New York Rangers.
In the 1930 season, the league changed the passing rules, effectively eliminating offsides. The Stanley Cup champion Bruins took especial advantage, breaking many scoring records and recording the highest winning percentage the league would ever see, unsurpassed as of 2012. Leading the charge was the Dynamite Line, as Weiland led the league in scoring, Clapper finishing third and Gainor finishing ninth; Clapper's goal total of 41 was the third most in league history at that time. The Dynamite Line scored 102 of the Bruins' league record 179 goals, as many as last-place Pittsburgh managed. While Clapper scored four goals in six playoff games, the Bruins were shocked in the Stanley Cup finals by the Montreal Canadiens in their best-of-three series.
While Clapper kept his production high in the 1931 season, Gainor's scoring fell off badly, and the Dynamite Line was broken up at season's end. Clapper's 22 goals were good for eighth in the league, and he was named Second Team All-Star at right wing at year's end, the first season such All-Stars were named. The following year Clapper—with Bud Cook replacing the traded Gainor on his line with Weiland—was named team captain and again finished eighth in league scoring, but an injury-riddled Bruins' team fell into last place and out of the playoffs. While Weiland was dealt to Ottawa for the 1933 season, the Bruins purchased Montreal Maroons star Nels Stewart and paired him with Clapper to form a powerful offensive unit that led the Bruins back to a division championship.
The largest forward of his era at 6'2" and 200 lbs, Clapper was a notably peaceful player who nonetheless was involved in an unusual incident in the 1937 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Montreal Maroons. Highsticking Maroon Dave Trottier twice in the head, referee Clarence Campbell (the future NHL president) called Clapper a profane name, and Clapper knocked the referee to the ice with a single punch. Speculation was heavy that Clapper's punishment would be severe, but Campbell himself pleaded Clapper's case, stating that he felt he had provoked the Bruin into the blow; Clapper received only a $100 fine for the incident.
By 1938, Ross believed the Bruins needed an overhaul, and as part of it asked Clapper to move back to defence. Paired with perennial superstar Eddie Shore on the backline, the move proved highly successful, and Clapper was named a First Team NHL All-Star on defence in 1939, 1940 and 1941, leading the Bruins to Stanley Cup victories in 1939 and 1941.
In February 1942, Clapper suffered a severed tendon in a collision with Toronto player Bingo Kampman and was done for the season. It was feared he would be forced into retirement, but he came back next year and returned to form. During the 1944 season, Clapper broke Hooley Smith's career record for games played, holding the record until Maurice Richard surpassed him in 1957.
During the 1944 season, Clapper filled in as interim coach when Art Ross took ill. In 1945 Ross retired as Bruins' coach, retaining his general manager's position, and named Clapper as player-coach, the only one in team history. Clapper retained his team captaincy until his retirement as a player in 1947, ultimately serving as team captain for longer than any NHL player until Ray Bourque surpassed his total in the 1990s.
Due to injuries and with his skills not what they used to be, Clapper originally retired before the start of the 1946–47 season, but returned to play in November 1946 to replace the injured Jack Crawford in the Bruins' lineup. He played only once in awhile thereafter, and retired for good on February 12, 1947. Leading the Bruins to a 10-1 victory over the New York Rangers in his final game (in which Bill Cowley broke the league career scoring record, the Bruins further announced that day that his number #5 sweater would be retired, and the Hockey Hall of Fame immediately inducted him as an Honoured Member; he was the only active player ever to be inducted into the Hall, and at the time the only living Member inducted.
Of his prowess, Bruins goaltending legend Tiny Thompson said: "Clapper diagnosed the plays like a great infielder in baseball," said. "He put himself where the puck had to come."
He coached the Bruins for two more seasons until, unhappy with the club's performance in the 1949 playoffs against Toronto and uneasy about coaching friends with whom he had played, he resigned. Save for a single season coaching the American Hockey League's Buffalo Bisons in 1960, in which the team recorded a 33-35-4 record and failed to make the playoffs, he did not again participate in professional hockey.
Clapper ran a plumbing firm and a sporting goods store in Peterborough in retirement, while serving as a director of the Peterborough Petes of the OHA. He briefly attempted a political career, standing as a Liberal candidate for the Peterborough West riding in the 1949 federal election, losing by less than 250 votes to incumbent Progressive Conservative Gordon Fraser.
Dit Clapper died of complications from a 1973 stroke, which had left him confined to a wheelchair, on January 21, 1978. He is buried in Trent Valley Cemetery, Hastings, Ontario.
In 1983, the Bruins signed former Montreal Canadiens star Guy Lapointe, Lapointe sought to wear his customary #5 jersey, which had been retired in Clapper's honor nearly forty years before. Team general manager Harry Sinden agreed to Lapointe's request, but under protests from Clapper's family, Bruins superstar Bobby Orr and the public, Lapointe was switched to #27 after a handful of games.
In August 2012, former NHL coach Scotty Bowman, who was a young Peterborough Petes coach when Clapper served on the club's board of directors, paid tribute to Clapper. The occasion was the unveiling by Dit's daughter, Marilyn Armstrong, of a new street sign named "Dit Clapper Drive" in Hastings, Ontario.
Districts of Luxembourg
The former three districts of Luxembourg (, , ) were the top-level administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The districts were divided into cantons:
The districts (and cantons) were created on 24 February 1843. In 1857, the "Mersch" district was created from the cantons of Mersch and Redange. However, this fourth district was abolished in 1867.
In October 2015, the districts were abolished.
Diekirch (district)
The District of Diekirch (, German: "Diekirch", ) was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital was the city of Diekirch.
It was the northernmost of the districts and, with an area of , the largest of the three districts. It has a population of 83,661 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km², the lowest density of all districts.
When the districts were created on 24 February 1843, Diekirch was one of the three of the country.
On 2012, the communes of Heinerscheid and Munshause were made part of the commune of Clervaux; Hosingen, Consthum and Hoscheid were merged to made the new commune of Parc Hosingen; Ermsdorf and Medernach were merged to made the new commune of Vallée de l'Ernz; Heiderscheid and Neunhausen were joined to Esch-sur-Sûre. So the number of communes changed from 43 to 36.
The Diekirch district is bordered to the west and north by Belgium (Belgian provinces of Luxembourg and Liège), to the east by Germany (German "Land" of Rhineland-Palatinate, to the south by the Luxembourg district and to the southwest by the Grevenmacher district.
The two highest hills in Luxembourg, the Kneiff () and Buurgplaatz (), are in this district, in the "commune" Troisvierges.
The former Diekirch District coincides with the Oesling Region, except for the southern parts.
The Diekirch district has 5 cantons and 36 "communes".
Diekirch (canton)
Diekirch () is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Diekirch.
On 1 January 2012, the canton lost the "commune" of Hoscheid when it was made part of the new "commune" Parc Hosingen in the Clervaux canton, and the "communes" of Ermsdorf and Medernach were merged to make the new "commune" of Vallée de l'Ernz.
With an area of , and a population (2017) of 32,244, the Diekirch canton has a population density of inhabitants/km².
It is bordered on the north by the cantons Clervaux and Vianden, on the east by the German district of Bitburg-Prüm (part of the "Land" of Rhineland-Palatinate) and the canton of Echternach, in the south by the canton of Mersch, and to the west by the cantons Redange and Wiltz.
The Diekirch canton consists of the following 10 communes (2017 population).
Diekirch
Diekirch (; from "Diet-Kirch", i.e. "people's church") is a commune with city status in north-eastern Luxembourg, capital city of the canton Diekirch and the district of Diekirch. The city is situated on the banks of the Sauer river.
The National Museum of Military History of Luxembourg is in Diekirch.
Diekirch is mentioned in 938 as "Theochirica" and then as "Diecirke" in 1182 and "Diekirke" in 1221. The word Diekirch means, in Luxembourgish, "people's church".
The town of Diekirch, which lies in the south of the "commune", has an area of . The altitude is high. At the church, the altitude is high.
Diekirch is surrounded by four "communes": Tandel (Vianden canton) to the north, Bettendorf to the east, Vallée de l'Ernz to the south, and Erpeldange to the west.
The most important river is the Sauer (German, Luxembourgish) or Sûre (French) that flows through the city.
There were 6,472 persons living in the "commune" in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km².
Evolution of the population in Diekirch
The town's mascot is the donkey. There is a donkey fountain in the centre of Diekirch.
The city of Diekirch has, as twin cities, the following cities:
Sauer
The Sauer (German, Luxembourgish) or Sûre (French) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left tributary of the river Moselle, and so it is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river.
The Sauer river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of .
The source of the Sauer is, as Sûre, in the southeast of Belgium in the Ardennes (Luxembourg province), on the western part of the Rhenish Massif, at an altitude of about .
From there, the Sauer flows to the east and crosses the border between Belgium and Luxembourg near Martelange. It forms the border between Belgium and Luxembourg for north of Martelange. On their way through the mountainous north of Luxembourg (the Oesling), it passes through the Lac de la Haute Sure, an artificial lake to the west of Esch-sur-Sûre.
After flowing through Ettelbruck and Diekirch, the Sauer forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany for the last of its course, passing Echternach before joining, as left tributary, the Moselle in Wasserbillig, at about of altitude.
Norma Pons
Norma Delia Orizi (18 August 1942 – 29 April 2014) known by her stage name Norma Pons, was an Argentine actress and vedette. She was known for her roles in "El hombre del año", "Crimen en el hotel alojamiento", "Adiós Sui Generis", and in "El pozo". Pons was born in Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina.
Pons died on 29 April 2014 from a heart attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aged 70.
Livingston, Montana
Livingston is a city in Montana, United States. It is the county seat of Park County. About 7,000 people lived there in 2010.
It is along the Yellowstone River, north of Yellowstone National Park.
Walter Walsh
Colonel Walter Rudolph Walsh (May 4, 1907 – April 29, 2014) was an American FBI agent, United States Marine Corps shooting teacher and Olympic shooter. Walsh joined the FBI in 1934. He was there during the public enemy era. He was known for capturing Arthur Barker and for killing Al Brady.
Walsh was the oldest retired FBI agent. He competed as a shooter at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was the oldest surviving Olympic competitor until his death in 2014.
Walsh received awards for his marksmanship. He was the coach of the Olympic shooting team until 2000. At age 100, he was present at a re-enactment of the Al Brady shootout in Bangor, Maine. At this event, he was presented with a plaque and the key to the city.
Walsh was born in Union City, New Jersey. He studied at Rutgers Law School. He joined the National Guard in 1928.
Walsh had three daughters and two sons. His wife died before him. He died in his home in Virginia from natural causes. His death was less than a week before his 107th birthday.
Union City, New Jersey
Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey.
Ian 'Roscoe' Ross (24 June 194030 April 2014) was an Australian television news presenter. He worked in "Seven News" in Sydney and for the "National Nine News". Ross was born in New South Wales, Australia.
Ross died on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from pancreatic cancer, aged 73. He was divorced from his wife, by whom he had three children and he was in a relationship with a man and was bisexual. He is survived by his partner and children.
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Footprints are shapes on the ground where people or animals walked. The foot touches the ground and at that position a footprint appears afterwards. This can happen because the ground is muddy or snowy and the foot sinks a little bit into the ground. Another possibility is that the foot is dirty or has fresh color on it. When the foot touches the ground the dirt or color remains at the ground and marks the position of contact.
Footprints mark the way of people or animals. Hunters for example are able to follow an animal by following its footprints. Like that leaving footprints can be a big disadvantage.
In the time of internet people also talk about digital footprints. This are not real footprint but small bits of data (for example the IP address) which enable computer professionals to follow the way of an user in the internet. This can also be a disadvantage for the user who is leaving the digital footprints.
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Çorum
Çorum is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Karadeniz Region. In 2013, 270,864 people lived there.
Chris Harris (actor)
Chris Harris (14 December 1942 – 30 April 2014) was an English actor, director and writer. He appeared in several UK television series including "Into the Labyrinth" and "Hey Look... That's Me". He also had a career in pantomime. He was born in Bridgwater, Somerset.
Harris died from cancer on 30 April 2014 in Portishead, Somerset. He was 71.
Assi Dayan
Asaf "Assi" Dayan (23 November 1945 – 1 May 2014) was an Israeli movie director, actor, screenwriter and producer. By 2008, he had acted in some 50 movies and television series episodes. He was born in Nahalal.
Dayan died on 1 May 2014 in Tel Aviv. He was 68.
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New Madrid, Missouri
New Madrid is a city in New Madrid County in Missouri. It is in southeast Missouri on the Mississippi River. At the 2010 census, 3116 people lived there.
The city was established in 1776 to 1778.
Windsor Heights, Iowa
Windsor Heights is a city in Polk County, Iowa. It is near Des Moines. It is in central Iowa. At the 2010 census, 4,860 people lived there.
The city was established on July 19, 1941.
Marine iguana
The marine iguana ("Amblyrhynchus cristatus") is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands. It is the only modern lizard, to live and forage in the sea. Also unusually, it is a vegetarian. It only eats algae.
The iguana can dive over into the water. It has spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and is sometimes called the Galápagos marine iguana. It mainly lives on the rocky Galápagos shore to warm from the comparably cold water. It can also be spotted in marshes and mangrove beaches. Charles Darwin described them:
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The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Before 2010, there were many different Acts (laws) and Regulations (rules) in Great Britain which protected against different kinds of discrimination. The Equality Act's goal was to put all of these laws and protections together into one law, and make it easier to understand.
All of these laws were put together to make the Equality Act:
The Equality Act has the same goals as the four major European Union Equal Treatment Directives (laws made by the European Union that protect against discrimination).
The Equality Act protects against discrimination because of:
The Act says that all of these groups must be treated equally at work, when applying for jobs, and in private and public services.
People with disabilities have special protections under the Act. The Act says that employers and service providers (like stores or schools) have to make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities if needed. Reasonable accommodations are changes to places or ways of doing things that help people with disabilities do their jobs, go to school, and do other important things just like people without disabilities can. Accommodations do not have to be made if they are not reasonable (if they would be very expensive or difficult to make).
Most of the Equality Act does not apply to Northern Ireland.
Clara Zetkin
Clara Josephine Zetkin (born "Clara Josephine Eissner"; 5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist and advocate for women's rights.
Clara Zetkin was born in Wiederau. She trained as a teacher at Leipzig Teachers College for Women. During her studies, she became involved with the women's and labour movements. In 1878 she joined the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany. In 1910, she proposed the celebration of International Women's Day, which is celebrated today every 8 March.
Zetkin was a member of the Spartacus League, with Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. She was a member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933 for the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Zetkin died near Moscow.
Dave Gettleman
Dave Gettleman is the General Manager of the Carolina Panthers. As General Manager he is most famous for releasing wide receiver Steve Smith. Before he became the Carolina Panthers General Manager, he was a scout and intern with several other teams in the National Football League.
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No Frills (styled as nofrills) is a Canadian supermarket chain. The chain was created in East York, Toronto, Ontario on July 5, 1978. The chain is owned by Loblaw Companies Limited which is a subsidiary of George Weston Limited. The chain currently has 26 stores throughout Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. They also have seven outlets in Atlantic Canada.
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Legends of Chima
Legends of Chima is an TV show series based on the Legends of Chima LEGO sets. It is shown on Cartoon Network. It is about a young lion warrior named Laval who is part of the Lion Tribe. He teams up with other good tribes to go on epic quests and defeat evil tribes.
M. V. Devan
Madathil Vasudevan, popularly known as M. V. Devan (January 15, 1928 - April 29 ,2014) was an Indian painter, sculptor, writer, art critic and orator. He was made the Chairman of Kerala Lalithakala Akadem, an art institute, from 1974 to 1977. He was born in Panniyannur village in Thalassery in northern Kerala.
During this time, he created an organization called "Perunthachan", which helped with the housing sector. Throughout his life, Devan tried to protect many paintings in India and parts of the world.
Devan died of an illness on 29 April 2014 at his home in Aluva, Kerala, aged 86.
Reuven Feuerstein
Reuven Feuerstein (; August 21, 1921 – April 29, 2014) was an Israeli clinical, developmental, and cognitive psychologist. He is known for his theory of intelligence which states “"it is not ‘fixed’, but rather modifiable"”. He was born in Botoşani, Romania.
Feuerstein died in Israel from unknown causes, aged 92.
Eduard Khil
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (often known as Edward Hill) (4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012) was a Russian baritone singer. He is a recipient of the People's Artist Award of the Russian SFSR. He was born in Smolensk, Western Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Khil became known to the international audience in 2010 when a 1976 recording of him singing a version of the song "I Am Glad, 'Cause I'm Finally Returning Back Home". It became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololo" or the "Russian Rickroll". The song is now commonly associated with Internet trolling.
Khil died in the hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia on 4 June 2012, from complications from a stroke, aged 77.
Edgars Vinters
Edgars Vinters (September 22, 1919 – April 29, 2014) was a Latvian painter. Vinters worked for magazine companies, illustrating the cover, but is mostly known for his landscape paintings. He began his career in 1935. He was born in Riga, Latvia.
Vinters died in Riga from an illness, aged 94.
Juan Formell
Juan Clímaco Formell Fortuna (2 August 1942 – 1 May 2014) was a Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger. He was best known as the director of Los Van Van Orchestra. He began a career in the music industry in 1957. He was a Grammy Award in the Latin/Best Salsa Performance category for his work on the album "Van Van is Here (Llegó Van Van)" in 1999. He was born in Havana.
Formell died on 1 May 2014 in Havana, aged 71.
Juan de Dios Castillo
Juan de Dios Castillo González (31 January 1951 – 1 May 2014) was a Mexican association football player and coach. He coached Honduran club C.D. Motagua before his death. He also became the head coach of El Salvador national football team in July 2012. He was born in Mexico City.
Castillo died from skin cancer on 1 May 2014 in Monterrey, Nuevo León. He was 63.
Blue Seduction
Blue Seduction is a 2009 Canadian thriller movie. It was directed by Timothy Bond and written by Jacqueline Giroux.
A middle aged lyricist get caught in a seduction game. This is by an attractive young female singer who wants her "fifteen minutes of fame".
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Proto-Sinaitic script
Proto-Sinaitic is a Middle Bronze Age script. It is known only from a few inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula.
Because there are so few Proto-Sinaitic signs, little is known with certainty about the nature of the script. The script co-existed with Egyptian hieroglyphs, so it is likely that it represented true writing, but this is not certain. From the shape of the signs, Proto-Sinaitic may be an alphabet, and the ancestor of the Phoenician alphabet, from which nearly all modern alphabets descend.
There have been two major discoveries of inscriptions of the Proto-Sinaitic script. The first was in the winter of 1904–1905 in Sinai by Hilda and Flinders Petrie, dated to circa 1700–1400 BC. The second find was more recently in 1999 in Middle Egypt by John and Deborah Darnell. This is dated to the 18th century BC.
Blood Lad
Blood Lad is a manga series created by Yuuki Kodama. It is about a vampire who falls in love with a human girl.
One day a high school girl wanders into the monster world and lands in the territory of a vampire. The vampire falls in love with her. But she is eaten by a carnivorous plant and turned into a ghost. The story is about him finding a way to make her human again.
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Year 38 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Saturday, Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Flaccus.
38 BC was year 1 of the Spanish era calendar that was used in Hispania until the 15th century.
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Mike Baird (politician)
Michael Bruce "Mike" Baird MP (born 1 April 1968), an Australian politician. He was the 44th Premier of New South Wales from 2014 to 2019. He was also the Minister for Infrastructure, the Minister for Western Sydney. He has represented the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Manly for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007. Before he became Premier, he was the Treasurer of New South Wales in the O'Farrell government.
Baird's father, Bruce Baird, was member of the New South Wales Parliament representing Northcott, and a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Cook, for the Liberal Party.
Baird attended The King's School, Parramatta. He studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Sydney. Baird joined the National Australia Bank (NAB) under a graduate program working as an investment banker. He later joined Deutsche Bank as a senior manager.
Baird is a Christian. He studied at Regent College, in Canada, so he could become a minister in the Anglican Church, but while there decided to enter politics. In 1999, he unsuccessfully tried to be chosen as the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Manly. He then went back to NAB, working for a time in London, before returning to Sydney to work for HSBC Australia.
Baird was elected to the New South Wales Parliament in 2007. He was given a number of junior shadow ministries and in 2008 he was made Shadow Treasurer. Following the election of the O'Farrell government in 2011, Baird was made Treasurer,
Baird has opposed dangerous drinking, embryonic stem research, euthanasia, and same-sex marriage.