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Harold Varmus

Harold Eliot Varmus (born  December 18, 1939) is an American scientist. He won a Nobel Prize. He is the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute. He was appointed to that post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama. 

Varmus was a co-recipient, with J. Michael Bishop, of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the origin of retroviral oncogenes. Varmus described the work in his Nobel lecture.

He also serves as one of three co-Chairs of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

References 

1939 births
Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Jewish American scientists
Living people
Ostrobothnia (region)

Ostrobothnia is a region in western Finland. As of November 2013, there were about 180,000 people living there. In 2010, about 51% of people living in Ostrobothnia spoke Swedish as their first language.

Municipalities 
15 municipalities, 6 of those are cities (marked bold).

 Isokyrö
 Kaskinen
 Korsholm
 Korsnäs
 Kristinestad
 Kruunupyy
 Laihia
 Luoto
 Malax
 Närpes
 Pedersöre
 Jakobstad
 Nykarleby
 Vaasa
 Vörå

Other websites 

 Webpage

Regions of Finland
Central Ostrobothnia

Central Ostrobothnia is a region in western Finland. As of November 2013, almost 70,000 people lived there. Neighbouring regions are Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and Southern Ostrobothnia.

Municipalities 
Central Ostrobothnia has 8 municipalities, two of those are cities (marked bold).

 Halsua
 Kannus
 Kaustinen
 Kokkola
 Lestijärvi
 Perho
 Toholampi
 Veteli

Other websites 

 Official website

Regions of Finland
Southwest Finland

Southwest Finland is a region in Finland. As of November 2013, there were about 471,000 people living there. Neighbouring regions are Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Satakunta, Uusimaa and the Åland Islands.

Municipalities 
Southwest Finland has 28 municipalities, 11 of those are cities, listed below.

 Turku
 Salo
 Kaarina
 Raisio
 Naantali
 Loimaa
 Uusikaupunki
 Parainen
 Paimio
 Somero
 Laitila

Three municipalities:
 Vehmaa
 Oripää
 Masku

Other websites 

 Webpage

Regions of Finland
Southern Ostrobothnia

Southern Ostrobothnia is a region in western Finland. As of 2013, about 194,000 people lived there. The City of Seinäjoki is the center of the Southern Ostrobothnia. 

Neighbouring regions are Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa and Satakunta.

Municipalities 
Southern Ostrobothnia has 18 municipalities, 8 of those are cities, listed below.

 Alajärvi
 Alavus
 Kauhajoki
 Kauhava
 Kurikka
 Lapua
 Seinäjoki
 Ähtäri

Other websites 

 Official website

Regions of Finland
Prince Escalus

Prince Escalus is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. He is the Prince of Verona. He holds authority over the Montague and Capulet families who are feuding. He first punishes Capulet and Montague for the quarrel between Tybalt, Benvolio, and a handful of servants. In his next appearance he is too late to stop the fatal fight between Romeo and Tybalt. After Romeo kills Tybalt, Prince Escalus banishes him from Verona. Prince Escalus returns in the final scene after the suicides of Romeo and Juliet, and at last orders the lords of the feuding families to make peace. The two make peace. Then Montague promises to make a golden statue of Juliet. Capulet promises to place a golden statue of Romeo next to the statue of their daughter.

References 

Characters in Shakespeare's plays
Margaret Battye

Margaret Battye (9 August 1909 – 16 November 1949) was an Australian lawyer. She became influential in politics, business, and the legal advancement of women. Battye was the first woman to represent a client and begin a legal practice in Western Australia. 

Battye died of thyrotoxicosis in 1949.

References

Other websites
 Davidson, Dianne, Women on the warpath : feminists of the first wave, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1997.

1909 births
1949 deaths
Australian lawyers
People from Western Australia
Mirkka Rekola

Mirkka Elina Rekola (26 June 1931 – 5 February 2014) was a Finnish writer from Tampere. She published poems, aphorisms and essays. Her poetry was called "difficult". Many people read her work as late as in the 1990s. She was awarded many times.

Rekola died on 5 February 2014 in Helsinki. She was 82.

References

Other websites
 Tomas Sjöblom, Mirkka  Rekola - A Lyrical Poet Against a Dualistic Worldview.
 Herbert Lomas, No need to go anywhere.
 

1931 births
2014 deaths
Finnish poets
Essayists
Bridge Creek, Oklahoma

Bridge Creek is a small town in Grady County in the US state of Oklahoma. As of the 2006 US census, about 340 people lived there.

History
Bridge Creek was made a town in 2000.  It is part of an area of northern McClain and Grady Counties sometimes called the "Tri-City Area" with Newcastle, Tuttle and Blanchard.

References

Towns in Oklahoma
Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry was an American country music band. It was started in 1998. The band is made up of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. Both are from Kentucky. The duo is known for its Southern rock influences. They have collaborated with Charlie Daniels, Toby Keith, Five for Fighting, and members of the Allman Brothers Band. In 1999, they were awarded Favorite New Artist—Country at the American Music Awards. Both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association named them Duo of the Year in 2000. They have been been nominated for this award by both associations in every year until 2016. 

In 2009, they were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash on September 8, 2017, aged 50.

Discography
Studio albums
 Tattoos & Scars (1999)
 Carrying On (2001)
 My Town (2002)
 You Do Your Thing (2004)
 Some People Change (2006)
 Back When I Knew It All (2008)
 Rebels on the Run (2011)
 TBA (2015)

Notes

References 

1998 establishments in the United States
Country bands 
Musical duos
20th-century establishments in Kentucky
Coronon, Davao del Sur

Coronon, Davao del Sur is a barangay of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Philippines. It is on the coast of Mindanao. Coronon's barangay captain is Proceso Gido II (Jun Gido). Coronon is next to the Mt. Apo Natrual Park Area.

Geography 
Coronon contains the Coronon River I, Coronon River II and the Coronon River III.

Climate 
Coronon has a favorable climate all year round. It has wet and dry seasons. It is inside the typhoon belt. Generally the months of November to April are dry periods. Wet season occurs from May to October. This type of climate is in the plain and coastal areas. Rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year. Most often in Coronon, heavy downpour occurs every afternoon while in the morning the sun shines.

Demographics 

Population census of Coronon
1970: 1
1975: 16
1980: 23
1985: 81
1990: 411
1995: 761
2000: 867
2005: 1,179
2010: 1,457
2014: 1,814

Source: National Statistics Office (2014)

Languages 
The languages spoken in Coronon are Tagalog, Cebuano, Mansakan and English.

Economy

Resources 

Agriculture... Among agriculture crops, coconut leads in production followed by banana and sugarcane. Other major crops are corn, coffee and vegetables. The barangay also produces high value fruits like mango, lanzones and durian. Cattle leads in livestock production.

Fisheries... The 24-kilometer long coastline of Coronon which forms part of the Davao Gulf provides a rich fishing grounds and is suitable for aquaculture.

Mineral... Deposits of sulfur ore, rock phosphate, guano, limestone and cement raw materials were also traced but still have to be tapped for commercial and industrial uses.

Forestry... Tropical evergreen and other timber cover the vast timberland and forest area. Rattan, bamboo and other vines are also in abundance.

Major industries 
Banana, Coconut and Seaweed cultivation.

Existing industries 
Franklin Baker Company of the Phils - established in 1968 and produces 20-25 million pounds of desiccated coconut annually.
Gido Farm - established in 2014 and produces 1-2 million pounds of produce.

Under construction 
Harry's - is a restaurant under construction.
The Port of Coronon - is a port on the coast of Coronon.

Planned industries 
Coronon Rizal Airport - is an airport going to be built on an artificial island in the Davao Gulf.

Education

Schools 
Coronon Elementary School
Panaytubo Elementary ng Coronon

Barangays
1970 establishments in Asia
1970s establishments in the Philippines
John Tower

John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician. He was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction. 

He served from 1961 until his retirement on January 3, 1985, after which time he was appointed as the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. He was George Herbert Walker Bush's nominee for Secretary of Defense in 1989 but was rejected by the Senate, 53–47.

On April 5, 1991, Tower and his middle daughter, Marian, and the astronaut Sonny Carter were killed along with twenty other people in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311.

Other websites
Handbook of Texas article on John Tower
Oral History Interviews with John Tower, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library 

 Southwestern University and SMU's John G. Tower Digital Media Collection contains videos and audios by John Tower throughout his career.
Booknotes interview with Roger Gittines on Consequences: John G. Tower, A Personal and Political Memoir, June 30, 1991. 
John G. Tower Papers – Official repository for John Tower's Senate and personal papers, Special Collections, Southwestern University.
Speech by John Tower given on November 11, 1970. Audio recording. From the University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary Issues.

1925 births
1991 deaths
Aviation deaths
United States senators from Texas
Politicians from Houston, Texas
US Republican Party politicians
Al Jaffee

Abraham Jaffee (born March 13, 1921), known as Al Jaffee, is an American cartoonist. He is known for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. As of 2013, Jaffee remains a regular in the magazine after 58 years and is its longest-running contributor. Only one issue of Mad has been published since 1964 without containing new material by Jaffee.

Jaffee was born March 13, 1921 in Savannah, Georgia.

References

Other websites

 Complete list of Jaffee's Mad articles
 Al Jaffee Wins the Reuben Award, Cartoonist of the Year
 Part One of a Jaffee interview , TheDailyCrosshatch.com
 Part Two of a Jaffee interview , TheDailyCrosshatch.com
 Part Three of a Jaffee interview , TheDailyCrosshatch.com
 "Fold-Ins, Past and Present", NYTimes.com interactive feature, March 28, 2008

1921 births
Living people
American comics artists
People from Savannah, Georgia
Ralph Waite

Ralph Waite (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as John Walton, Sr., on the 1970s CBS TV series The Waltons. He played the slave ship third mate Slater in the mini-series Roots.

Waite died on February 13, 2014, aged 85, from natural causes

References

Other websites

Ralph Waite at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection 

1928 births
2014 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from New York
Georgy Martyniuk

Georgy Yakovlevich Martyniuk (Russian: Гео́ргий Я́ковлевич Мартыню́к; 3 March 1940 – 13 February 2014) was a Russian movie and theater actor.

He was born in Orenburg on 3 March 1930. Martyniuk graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in 1962. In 2003, he received the People's Artist of Russia honor.

He was married to actress Valentina Martyniuk (Russian: Валентина Мартынюк). He died on 13 February 2014 in Moscow, after a long illness in Moscow, Russia.

References

Other websites
 

2014 deaths
Russian movie actors
Russian stage actors
1940 births
Disease-related deaths in Russia
Actors from Moscow
Stasi

The Stasi was the official state security service of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic or GDR. The Stasi motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei" (Shield and Sword of the Party). "The Party" was the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The main job of the Stasi was to prevent opposition to the Party.

It was one of the most effective and ruthless secret police agencies in the world. The Stasi headquarter was in East Berlin, with a group of buildings in Lichtenberg and several other buildings in Berlin. 

One of its main tasks was spying on the people, through a vast network of citizens who were informants ("snitches"). Informants were paid, or given favours for this.  

The Stasi also worked as an intelligence agency abroad, using espionage and covert operations in foreign countries. Under its long-time head Markus Wolf it got a reputation as one of the most effective intelligence agencies of the Cold War. After German reunification in 1990, many Stasi officials were prosecuted for their crimes. The files that the Stasi had kept on millions of East Germans were laid open. Now citizens can see their personal files on request; these files are kept by the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives.

References 

1950 establishments in Europe
1990 disestablishments in Germany
East Germany
Intelligence agencies
1950s establishments in Germany
International Institute of Hotel Management

International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) is a chain of hospitality and hotel management schools. It was founded in 1994 at Kolkata, India. IIHM has campus sites at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and in Bangkok, Thailand. The school offers a Bachelor's degree in International Hospitality Management. A large number of students study at these campuses. Students also may complete their degree at Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh or the University of West London, in London.

References 

Colleges and universities in India
1994 establishments in Asia
1990s establishments in India
Langar

The langar (, ) is a common kitchen where food is served at a Sikh temple (gurdwara). One is attached to every temple, and the food is served to all the visitors for free. At the langar, only vegetarian food is served. It is usually bread (poori), yogurt and lentils. Samosas and spring rolls are served on special occasions. Kheer may be served as a dessert.

The langar is open to both Sikhs and people who are not Sikhs. After a person eats at the langar they are not supposed to eat meat for the rest of the day.

Sikhism
Siilinjärvi

Siilinjärvi is a municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland. It had almost 21,600 people living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are  Kuopio, Lapinlahti and Maaninka.

History
Siilinjärvi was established 1925.

Villages
Aappola, Hakkarala, Hamula, Heinämäki, Jälä, Jännevirta, Kaaraslahti, Kasurila, Kehvo, Koivumäki, Koivusaari, Kolmisoppi, Kumpunen, Kuuslahti, Lehdonkylä, Pajujärvi, Pöljä, Rissala, Räimä, Siimes and Väänälänranta.

Other websites 

 The official Siilinjärvi page

Municipalities of Northern Savonia
Pope Telesphorus

Pope Telesphorus was the seventh Pope of the Catholic Church, the official title is  Bishop of Rome from approximately 125-136 C.E.

This Pope was born in Calabria to Greek parents and there is a parish church dedicated to him today. 

Earlier in his life he worked with the hermits of Mount Carmel in Palestine and is still remembered in the Carmelite Order of Monks.  He is credited with the custom of the Midnight Mass, celebrated at Christmas and for the period of reflection during the season of Lent but this is disputed.  He celebrated Easter on Sundays whereas many early Catholics were observing the Jewish custom and celebrating it on Passover.

His martydom under the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius can be confirmed. He was made a Saint by the Catholic Church. His feast days are celebrated on January 5, February 3 and 22.

Reference 

Linus
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Maaninka

Maaninka is a former municipality in the middle of Northern Savonia, Finland. It had over 3,750 people living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Iisalmi, Kuopio, Lapinlahti, Pielavesi, Siilinjärvi and Tervo.

History
Maaninka was established in 1872.  It was merged with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2015.

References

Other websites 

 The official Maaninka page

Former municipalities of Finland
Pope Hyginus

Pope Hyginus was the eighth Pope of the Catholic Church (the official title is Bishop of Rome). He served around 138142 AD.  Hyginus was a Greek born in Athens.

He served as Pope during the heretical teachings of the Gnostics. Heresy is a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion.  The Gnostics taught that Yahweh, (the Old Testament name for God) and Jesus Christ were two different Gods. This was against the Catholic Church teachings. Hyginus declared these men, Valentinus and Cerdo, to be heretics.

Pope Hyginus died a martyr. He was made a Saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated on January 11.

Reference 

Linus
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Savassi

Savassi is a neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is in the central-south zone of the city. It has many bars, nightclubs, and restaurants. It has a busy and well developed shopping district and several shopping malls. Savassi is one of the most prestigious areas in Belo Horizonte. It used to be a region inside the traditional and wealthy Funcionários neighborhood. In 2006, it was changed by the Town House before the meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, which happened the same year.

Related pages
Praça Diogo de Vasconcelos

References 

Belo Horizonte
Neighborhoods
Pallastunturi

Pallastunturi is the southestern part of a 50 kilometre-long mountain chain in Lapland, Finland. It is a group of seven fells located in Muonio and Enontekiö municipalities.

Other websites

 Pictures 

Geography of Finland
Muonio

Muonio is a municipality in Lapland, Finland. As of January 2014, about 2,385 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Enontekiö, Kittilä and Kolari. On the western side of it is Sweden. Distance to Tornio is about 260 km and to Kilpisjärvi, 200 km. There are a lot of lakes in the area of Muonio.

Other websites

 Community website

Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
Keminmaa

Keminmaa is a municipality in Lapland, Finland. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of about 8,550. Neighbouring municipalities are Kemi, Simo, Tervola and Tornio.

Other websites

 Community website

Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
Tervola

Tervola is a municipality in Lapland, Finland. As of January 2014, the municipality had a population of about 3,320. Neighbouring municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Simo, Tornio and Ylitornio.

Other websites

 Community website

Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
Division of Phillip

The Division of Phillip was an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
The division was created in 1949. It was abolished in 1993. It was named after Captain Arthur Phillip, the captain of the Firth Fleet and the first Governor of New South Wales. It was located in the suburbs of Bondi, Coogee, Kensington, and Randwick.

Members

Phillip
1949 establishments in Australia
1993 disestablishments in Australia
Chemical synapse

Chemical synapses are synapses that use chemical messengers called neurotransmitters to transmit signals. They are found all over the body. Especially in the central nervous system and the brain.

Neurons use electrical signals to carry information. These signals are called action potentials. There are an estimated 86 billion neurons in the average human brain. Neurons don't act alone. They need to connect to other neurons and pass messages between each other. The electrical signal cannot pass the gap between neurons alone. This is why neurotransmitters are needed to pass signals from one neuron to the next. In this sense they differ from electrical synapses which pass electric signals directly to the next neuron. Chemical synapses can be further classified depending upon function and structure.

Structure 
The structure of a typical chemical synapse comes in three parts: 
 The pre-synaptic terminal is usually on the axon. This releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. The pre-synaptic terminal is the first part of synaptic transmission and so has a "pre-" prefix.
 The synaptic membrane of the post-synaptic cell is usually on the dendrite of the next neuron. This absorbs neurotransmitters into the post-synaptic neuron (the neuron that is receiving the signal). The post-synaptic cell is the last part of the transmission process and so has a "post-" suffix.
 The synaptic cleft is the bit in the middle of the two membranes. This space is filled with an extracellular (extra- = outside of. cellular = live cell.) matrix of proteins that mainly acts to hold the two neurons together.

Two types of chemical synapse 
 Type I synapses are the more common chemical synapse in the human brain. These synapses excite (trigger) the next neuron. The next neuron produces an action potential when this synaptic transmission happens. These synapses are usually found on dendrites of the post-synaptic cell. The pre-synaptic terminal is found on the axon of the neuron that sends the transmission (pre-synaptic cell). Type I synapses are symmetrical in shape.
 Type II synapses are less common in the human brain.  These synapses are asymmetrical in shape. They inhibit. Instead of causing an action potential in the next neuron, these synapses stop an action potential. They are less common than type I synapses.

References 

Anatomy of the nervous system
Division of Nepean

The Division of Nepean was an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
The division was created in 1949. It was abolished in 1993. It was named after British politician Evan Nepean. It was located in the suburbs of Granville, Lithgow, Penrith.

Members

Nepean
1906 establishments in Australia
1922 disestablishments
1920s disestablishments in Australia
Division of Martin

The Division of Martin was an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
The division was created in 1922. It was abolished in 1955. It was named after Sir James Martin, former Premier of New South Wales. It was located in inner western Sydney. It was also located in Concord and Mortlake. By the time it was abolished, the division of Martin had spread to Abbotsford, Balmain and Drummoyne.

Members

Martin
1922 establishments in Australia
1955 disestablishments
20th-century disestablishments in Australia
Division of Lawson

The Division of Lawson was an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
The division was created in 1949. It was abolished in 1969. It was named after Henry Lawson, an Australian author. It was located in the north-west of New South Wales. It was also located in the towns of Coonabarabran, Dubbo and Mudgee.

Members

Lawson
1949 establishments in Australia
1969 disestablishments in Australia
Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo, Ontario is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is very close to the city of Kitchener, Ontario. Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to together as "Kitchener-Waterloo", or "KW". They are sometimes called "the Tri-City" (to include the City of Cambridge). All three have separate city governments.

The University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University are in Waterloo. The headquarters of mobile phone maker BlackBerry is there.

Waterloo has a population of 97,475 (as of 2006). University of Waterloo is marked the 4th best university in Canada. (Wilfred Laurier is 30th)

References 

Cities in Ontario
Ronnie Claire Edwards

Ronnie Claire Edwards (February 9, 1933 – June 14, 2016) was an American actress. She was best known for playing Corabeth Walton Godsey on the TV show The Waltons.

Edwards was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 9, 1933.

She also appeared the in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Thine Own Self" and the 1999 remake of Inherit The Wind.

Edwards died in her sleep on June 14, 2016 at her home in Dallas, Texas, aged 83.

References

Other websites

 Ronnie Claire Edwards, The Knife Thrower's Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target, Hawk Publishing Group, (October 2000), 
 "Q&A with Ronnie Claire Edwards", by Thomas Korosec, D Magazine, July 22, 2009.
 "Swiss Ave. Church, Now Actor's Home and Artists Residence, Almost a City Landmark ", by Robert Wilonsky, Unfair Park blog, Dallas Observer, January 25, 2010.

1933 births
2016 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Oklahoma
Earl Hamner, Jr.

Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner). He was best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest.

Hamner died of cancer on March 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, aged 92.

References

Other websites
 Official Earl Hamner website
 
 
  The Hamner Theater The Hamner Theater in Nelson County, VA.
 Write TV Public Television Interview with Earl Hamner 

1923 births
2016 deaths
Cancer deaths in Los Angeles
American television writers
American television producers
Writers from Virginia
Ken Jones

Ken Jones (20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014) was an English actor.

Jones was born in Liverpool, England on 20 February 1930. He appeared in many movies and television programmes and played a lead character in the British sitcom The Squirrels (1974-77), but may be best-known for his role as 'Horrible' Ives in Porridge. 

Jones was married to actress Sheila Fay, also a native of Liverpool, from 30 October 1964 until her death on 31 August 2013. He died from bowel cancer on 14 February 2014, six days before his 84th birthday, in a nursing home in Prescot, Merseyside.

References

Other websites

1930 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Actors from Liverpool
Cancer deaths in England
English movie actors
English stage actors
English television actors
Mike Stepovich

Michael Anthony "Mike" Stepovich (March 12, 1919 – February 14, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician. Stepovich from 1957 to 1958, served as the last Governor of Alaska Territory. 

Stepovich was born to Michael and Olga (Barta) Stepovich in Fairbanks, Alaska on March 12, 1919. He studied at the University of Portland, at Gonzaga University, and at Notre Dame Law School. Stepovich was married to Matilda Baricevic until his death in 2014.

Following his education and military service during World War II, Stepovich created a law practice in his home town of Fairbanks, Alaska and began his political career by winning three terms in the Alaska Territorial legislature. 

During his term as governor, he was a leading advocate in the effort to gain statehood for Alaska. Following Alaska's admission to the union, he made an unsuccessful run for a U.S. Senate seat and two unsuccessful attempts to be elected Governor of Alaska.

He was hospitalized after suffering a head injury on February 8, 2014 as result of a fall while visiting his son in San Diego, California, aged 94.

References

Other websites
 Mike Stepovich at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

1919 births
2014 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls in the United States
Lawyers from Alaska
Governors of Alaska
US Republican Party politicians
People from Fairbanks, Alaska
Gillo Dorfles

Gillo Dorfles (12 April 1910 – 2 March 2018) was an Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher. Dorfles graduated in medicine, specializing in psychiatry. He was a professor in aesthetics at the University of Trieste, Milan and Cagliari. In 1948, he co-founded the Movimento per l'arte concreta (MAC) with artists Atanasio Soldati, Galliano Mazzon, Gianni Monnet, and Bruno Munari.

Dorfles was born on 12 April 1910 in Trieste. He died on 2 March 2018 at 107 years old in Milan.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

References

Other websites

 

1910 births
2018 deaths
20th-century philosophers
21st-century philosophers
Art critics
Centenarians
Italian academics
Italian painters
Italian philosophers
People from Trieste
Psychiatrists
Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Welter Wilson (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 2015) was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She appeared in movies such as Picnic (1955), The Goddess (1958), The Tunnel of Love (1958), A Child Is Waiting (1963), The Birds (1963), The Graduate (1967), Catch-22 (1970), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), 9 to 5 (1980), Grace Quigley (1985), Regarding Henry (1991), The Addams Family (1991), Quiz Show (1994), and Hyde Park on Hudson (2012).

Wilson was born on April 4, 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was of English and German ancestry. She was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007. Wilson died at her home in New Haven, Connecticut, aged 94.

References

Other websites

 

1921 births
2015 deaths
American movie actors
American stage actors
American television actors
Actors from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tony Award winning actors
Suomussalmi

Suomussalmi is a municipality in Kainuu, Finland. It had almost 8,700 living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Taivalkoski, Puolanka, Hyrynsalmi and the cities Kuusamo, Pudasjärvi and Kuhmo.

History
Suomussalmi was established in 1867.

Other websites 

 The official Suomussalmi page

Municipalities of Kainuu
1867 establishments in Finland
Sääksmäki

Sääksmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with Valkeakoski in 1973. Before that, the municipalities next to it were Kalvola, Lempäälä, Pälkäne, Toijala, Tyrväntö (afterwards Hattula), Valkeakoski and Viiala. Its population from 1970 was almost 4,500.

Famouse people
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finland's third president, was born in Sääksmäki 1861

Other websites

 Sääksmäki-seura ry, website

Former municipalities of Finland
MD

MD, Md, mD or md may refer to:

Places
 Moldova (ISO country code MD)
 Maryland (United States postal abbreviation MD)
 Magdeburg (vehicle plate prefix MD), a city in Germany
 Mödling District (vehicle plate prefix MD), in Lower Austria, Austria

People
 Major Douglas (1879–1952), British Engineer and pioneer of the Social Credit economic reform movement
 Muhammad (name) or Mohammed (Md)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music
  or  (MD or m.d.), used in piano scores to mark sequences of notes that are to be played with the right hand
 MiniDisc, an optical storage medium developed by Sony
 Music director; the term "MD" is used particularly in musical theatre

Other arts, entertainment, and media
 MDs (TV series), a 2002 made-for-television medical drama
 , ("Materials and discussions for the analysis of classical texts"), an Italian classics journal
 Mega Drive, a game console produced by Sega

Brands and enterprises
 Air Madagascar (IATA airline code MD)
 McDonnell Douglas (aircraft model prefix MD), a former aerospace manufacturer that later merged with Boeing

Science and technology

Biology and medicine
 Doctor of Medicine (MD), from the Latin 
 Medial dorsal nucleus, a large nucleus in the thalamus
 Muscular dystrophy, a genetic and hereditary muscle disease
 MD (Ayurveda), a degree in the Indian medical system of Ayurveda

Computing
 .md, Internet top-level domain for Moldova
 Markdown (file extension .md), a format
 mdadm (multiple device), a device driver used to support RAID in the Linux kernel
 Message-digest algorithm, a cryptographic hashing function
 Microdrive, a type of miniature hard drive
 mkdir or md, an operating system command to create a directory

Other uses in science and technology
 Mean absolute difference, a measure of statistical dispersion
 Mendelevium (Md), a chemical element
 Mesoscale discussion, a short-term technical meteorological forecast concerning convection; See Storm Prediction Center or Weather Prediction Center
 Methyldichloroarsine, a blister agent used in chemical warfare
 Millidarcy (mD), a unit of fluid permeability
 Molecular dynamics, a method of computer simulation of molecular interaction
 Membrane distillation, a process of membrane filtration
 Earthquake duration magnitude ()

Other uses
 MD, 1500 in Roman numerals
 Majority decision, a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports
 Man-day, amount of work performed by the average worker in one day
 Managing director, a chief executive
 Marque déposée (MD), an international trademarking symbol in countries where French is the dominant language; See Unicode subscripts and superscripts
 Match Director (MD), person who handles the overall match administration before, after and during an International Practical Shooting Confederation match
 Memorial Day

Related pages
 Medium (disambiguation)
Juupajoki

Juupajoki is a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It had almost 2,050 people living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi.

History
Juupajoki was established 1813.

Other websites 

 The official Juupajoki page

Municipalities of Finland
Keuruu

Keuruu is a town and municipality in Central Finland. It is 60 km to the west of Jyväskylä. There were more than 10,300 people living there in January 2014. More than 10% of the area is water. Keuruu is next to the municipalities of Jämsä, Multia, Mänttä-Vilppula, Petäjävesi, Virrat and Ähtäri.

Other websites

 Keuruu city page

Towns in Finland
Municipalities of Central Finland
Rene Ricard

Albert Napoleon "Rene" Ricard (July 23, 1946 – February 1, 2014) was an American poet, actor, art critic, and painter.

He was born on July 23, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in Acushnet. At age eighteen, he became a protégé of Andy Warhol. He appeared in the Warhol movies Kitchen (1965), Chelsea Girls (1966), and The Andy Warhol Story (1966). In the 1980s, he wrote a series of influential essays for Artforum magazine. Ricard was openly gay. At the time of his death, he was living at the Hotel Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City with his partner, Rita Barros, a Portuguese artist and photographer.

He died from cancer on February 1, 2014 at the Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City. He was 67.

References

Other websites
 

1946 births
2014 deaths
American movie actors
American painters
American poets
Art critics
Cancer deaths in New York City
Gay men
LGBT actors
LGBT people from Massachusetts
LGBT poets
Writers from Boston, Massachusetts
Seitseminen National Park

Seitseminen National Park is a national park in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was established in 1982. It covers an area of about 45.5 square kilometres. The park is managed by Metsähallitus, which manages all state forests in Finland.

There were 40,500 visitors in 2010.

Other websites

Geography of Finland
National parks in Finland
General Medical Council

The General Medical Council (GMC) is a fee-based registered charity with statutory obligation to maintain a register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Registration with the GMC confers a number of privileges and duties.

Purpose 
There is a legal requirement for a register, the list of  "registered medical practitioners" in Britain. That is the main job of the GMC. The GMC controls entry to the List of Registered Medical Practitioners ("the medical register"). "The main objective of the General Council in exercising their functions is to protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public".
 
Secondly, the GMC regulates and sets the standards for medical schools in the UK. It liaises with other nations' medical and university regulatory bodies over medical schools overseas, leading to some qualifications being mutually recognised. Since 2010, it also regulates postgraduate medical education.

Thirdly, the GMC is responsible for a licensing and revalidation system for all practising doctors in the UK, separate from the registration system. This was done by order of the Privy Council on 3 December 2012.

Right to free choice 
Citizens have a right to free choice in a democracy. Therefore, medical activities by an unregistered person is not absolutely banned:

However, most activities connected with being a doctor are effectively banned:

References 

Medical and health organizations in the United Kingdom
BA

Uses of BA

Bachelor of Arts
Beerenauslese, German late-harvest wine

Companies and organizations 
 Bangladesh Army
 British Airways, by IATA airline code
 British Science Association

Linguistics 
 Bashkir language's ISO 639 alpha-2 language code
 Ba (Javanese) (ꦧ), a letter in the Javanese script

People 
 Ba (pharaoh)
 Ba (surname), West African surname, invariably of Fula origin
Kittilä

Kittilä is a municipality in Lapland, Finland. As of January 2014, almost 6,500 people lived there. The municipalities next to it are Enontekiö, Inari, Kolari, Muonio, Rovaniemi and Sodankylä. Kittilä has an airport, and a ski resort named Levi.

A large coal mine is in Kittilä. It is owned by the Canadian mining company: Agnico-Eagle. They have leased the mine until 2044. There is also a copper mine in Kittilä.

History
Kittilä was established 1854 by Olavi Rauhala, Vieno Suvanto and Johan Lahti. However, the earliest settlement of the area was long before.

Other websites

 Kittilä page

Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)
Kilpisjärvi

Kilpisjärvi is a village in Enontekiö municipality in Lapland, Finland.

History
About 10 km west of Kilpisjärvi is Treriksröset. This is the point where the borders of Finland, Norway and Sweden meet. A monument was built at the exact point in 1926. It replaced an earlier marker built of stone in 1897.

Other websites

 Kilpisjärvi Village's website 

Municipalities of Finland
Varkaus

Varkaus is a town in Northern Savonia, Finland. As of January 2014 Varkaus had a population almost of 22,100 people. Neighbouring municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Leppävirta, Rantasalmi and Savonlinna.

The former municipality of Kangaslampi was merged with Varkaus on 1 January 2005.

In Joroinen is a small airport called Varkauden lenteasema.

Other websites 

 Website, finnish, english and in russian

Towns in Finland
Municipalities of Northern Savonia
Bunny Rugs

William Clarke (6 February 1948 – 2 February 2014), better known by his stage names Bunny Rugs and Bunny Scott, was a Jamaican reggae musician. He was best known as a member of the band reggae band Third World.

Early life and career 
He was born on 6 February 1948 in Mandeville. He was raised in the capital city, Kingston. He began his career in the mid-1960s. He was also at one time a member of the and Inner Circle and half of the duo Bunny & Ricky.

Death 
Clarke died from leukaemia on 2 February 2014 at an intensive care facility in Orlando, Florida in the United States. He was 65. He was outlived by his wife and eight children.

References

1948 births
2014 deaths
Jamaican singers
Reggae musicians
Deaths from leukemia
Cancer deaths in the United States
Academic art

Academic art was an artistic style that was popular from the 17th to the 19th century. Different art schools laid down rules on what a good painting or artwork shouls look like. Academic art was influenced by these rules, and was about applying them when creating a work of art. Academic art is a form of Realism in art. One of the main ideas that influenced academic art was that of Aristotle: A work of art should give a selective, but true copy of a part of reality. This idea was transformed into the concept of mimesis, or imitation. Together with thisidea, there were a number of subjects that were acceptable for painting or sculpture. Very often, the subjects came from mythology

The École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris had a lot of influence on the movement. At the time Neoclassicism and Romanticism were the main movements at the school. 

With later art styles, especially that of impressionism, academic art losts its importance.

Well known artists who painted in the academic art style include William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Alexandre Cabanel, Eugene de Blaas, Edward Poynter, Wilhelm Bendz and Alexander Ivanov.

Art
Ahmed Dogan

Ahmed Demir Dogan (; born 29 March 1954) is a Bulgarian politician. He was chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) from 4 January 1990 to 19 January 2013.

Dogan was born on 29 March 1954 in Pchelarovo, Dobrich Province. He is of Turkish ancestry.

On 19 January 2013, a man tried to assault Dogan with a gun during a political meeting. While Dogan was talking to a large group of people from a podium, a man ran onto the stage and pointed a pistol within a foot of Dogan's head. The man used a gas pistol filled with pepper spray, but the gun did not fire. According to Bulgaria's deputy chief prosecutor,  even if the gun had fired, pepper spray is not deadly.  The man was tackled and wrestled to the ground by security guards and delegates. He was severely beaten for several minutes before being arrested. The entire event was captured on video. The man was identified as Oktai Enimehmedov, a Bulgarian national of Turkish descent.

References

1954 births
Living people
Bulgarian politicians
Pertunmaa

Pertunmaa is a municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland. As of January 2014 almost 1,850 people lived there. The municipalities next to it are Hartola, Heinola, Hirvensalmi, Mäntyharju and Joutsa. 

A story says that the municipality got its name from a man named Perttu. He was the only ruler in Pertunmaa.

Other websites

 Official Pertunmaa page

Municipalities of Southern Savonia
Hämeenkoski

Hämeenkoski is a former municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. Almost 2,100 people lived there as of January 2014. Nearby municipalities include Asikkala, Hausjärvi, Hollola, Hämeenlinna and Kärkölä. On 1 January 2016, it was merged to the municipality of Hollola.

History
Until the 18th century, Hämeenkoski was called Etola. After that, its name was Koski HI. The name Hämeenkoski has been used since 1995.

Villages
Etola (Hämeenkoski), Hankala, Huhti, Huljala, Hyrkkälä, Hyväneula, Järvenpää (Hämeenkoski), Kaunkorpi, Koski (Hämeenkoski), Käikälä, Leiniälä, Miehola, Padonmaa (Palomaa), Porvola, Putula, Pätilä, Saapas, Tenhiälä, Toijala (Hämeenkoski) and Töykkylä.

Other websites

 Community website

Former municipalities of Finland
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg

Archduchess Sophie Chotek (1 March 1868 – 28 June 1914) was a Czech noble from the Bohemia. She was the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. She was killed by Gavrilo Princip when he tried to shoot Potiorek, the Austrian governor of Sarajevo. Princip also killed her husband, the Archduke. These killings are commonly said to have started World War I.

Titles and styles
 (1868) Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin
 (1900) Her Serene Highness The Princess of Hohenberg
 (1909) Her Highness The Duchess of Hohenberg

1868 births
1914 deaths
Archdukes and Archduchesses of Austria
Murders by firearm
People from Stuttgart
Hurricane Inez

Hurricane Inez was a very deadly late season hurricane. This storm happened late September to mid October 1966. Inez had winds of just over 150 miles an hour (almost Category 5 level). The storm went across Cuba, the Florida Keys, Hispaniola and Mexico. Inez killed over 1,000 people. It caused $226.5 million (1966 USD) in damage.

The name Inez was retired the next spring.

Hurricanes in Florida
1960s in Cuba
1966 in the United States
1960s in Florida
1960s in Mexico
Hurricanes in Mexico
Nivala

Nivala is a city in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. As of January 2014, almost 10,950 people lived there. Nearby municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Sievi and Ylivieska. The historical name of Nivala is Pidisjärvi.

Other websites

 Official website 
 Newspaper

Cities in Finland
Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia
Hurricane Cleo

Hurricane Cleo was an intense hurricane that happened in late August-early September 1964. The highest winds speeds were measured at 140 miles per hour on 23 August. The storm went across Guadeloupe and Hispaniola, killing 214. It later struck from southeastern Florida to Virginia. Overall damage was just over $198 million in 1964 USD.

Due to high death count and severe damage, the name Cleo was retired in the spring of 1965.

References 

1964
Guadeloupe
Hurricanes
Hurricanes in the United States
Majesty

Majesty is an English word from the , meaning greatness. It is a style of address. It is often used when directly addressing or referring to a monarch. The plural form is Their Majesties. The style ranks above Royal Highness.

Examples of modern usage
 His Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians. 
 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. 
 His Majesty His Majesty King Juan Carlos. (King of Spain.

Examples of past usage

His Majesty King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. Referred to in British literature as Sardinian Majesty. 
His Majesty King Frederick II of Prussia.

Related pages 
King
Queen

References 

Styles (manners of address)
Diplomacy
Washington Hilton

The Washington Hilton, which was officially known as the Hilton Washington for a period in the early 21st century and is sometimes referred to ironically as the Hinckley Hilton by locals, is a hotel in Washington, D.C. It is located at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., roughly at the boundaries of the Kalorama, Dupont Circle, and Adams Morgan neighborhoods.

The hotel was the site of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30, 1981.  The attempt occurred at the hotel's T Street NW exit.

References

Other websites

 Official site
 Ladies and Gentlement, From Los Angeles, California ... The Doors! - 1967 Doors concert at Washington Hilton
 Hendrix Plays the Washington Hilton (1968) - 1968 Jimi Hendrix concert at the Washington Hilton and review from the Washington Post

Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.
1965 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Washington, D.C.
Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill (2 August 1915 – 5 March 1990) was an American movie and television character actor. His credits included more than fifty feature movies, a half dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of televisions guest star appereances. Merrill starred in All about Eve and married his co-star, Bette Davis.

Other websites

New York Times biography

1915 births
1990 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Hartford, Connecticut
Herbert Blöcker

Herbert Blöcker (1 January 1943 – 15 February 2014) was a German equestrian and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in eventing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

He was born in Schleswig-Holstein. In 2008, both he and his Olympic horse, "Feine Dame", were inducted into the International Association of Eventing Hall of Fame. He died of cancer in 2014 at age 71 at Elmshorn.

References

1943 births
2014 deaths
Cancer deaths in Germany
Equestrians
German Olympic bronze medalists
German Olympic silver medalists
Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein
Larry Speakes

Larry Melvin Speakes (September 13, 1939 — January 10, 2014) was an American journalist and politician. He was the acting press spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan. He held the position from 1981 to 1987.

Speakes died in Cleveland, Mississippi on January 10, 2014 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, aged 74.

References

Other websites
Announcement on Speakes receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal 
The Presidency Project - Appointment of Larry M. Speakes as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary to the President, June 17, 1981

1939 births
2014 deaths
American journalists
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Disease-related deaths in Mississippi
Politicians from Mississippi
White House Press Secretaries
Writers from Mississippi