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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.

In 2015, the districts were abolished.

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.

History
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.

Geography
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.

Composition
The Diekirch district has 5 cantons and 36 communes.

Cantons and their communes

Clervaux
Clervaux
Parc Hosingen
Troisvierges
Weiswampach
Wincrange
Diekirch
Bettendorf
Bourscheid
Diekirch
Erpeldange
Ettelbruck
Feulen
Mertzig
Reisdorf
Schieren
Vallée de l'Ernz
Redange
Beckerich
Ell
Grosbous
Préizerdaul
Rambrouch
Redange
Saeul
Useldange
Vichten
Wahl
Vianden
Putscheid
Tandel
Vianden
Wiltz
Boulaide
Esch-sur-Sûre
Eschweiler
Goesdorf
Kiischpelt
Lac de la Haute-Sûre
Wiltz
Winseler

References

Districts of Luxembourg
Diekirch (canton)

Diekirch () is a canton in Luxembourg. Its capital is Diekirch.

History

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.

Geography
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.

Communes
The Diekirch canton consists of the following 10 communes (2017 population).
Bettendorf (2,753)
Bourscheid (1,820)
Diekirch (6,472)
Erpeldange-sur-Sûre (2,392)
Ettelbruck (8,833)
Feulen (2,062)
Mertzig (2,115)
Reisdorf (1,202)
Schieren (2,004)
Vallée de l'Ernz (2,591), formed in January 1, 2012 from:
Ermsdorf and 
Medernach

Related pages
 Cantons of Luxembourg
 Former Districts of Luxembourg
 List of cities in Luxembourg

Gallery

References

Cantons of Luxembourg
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.

Name
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".

Geography

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.

Population
There were 6,472 persons living in the commune in 2017, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Diekirch

Mascot
The town's mascot is the donkey. There is a donkey fountain in the centre of Diekirch.

Twin cities
The city of Diekirch has, as twin cities, the following cities:
  Bitburg, Germany, since 1962
  Arlon, Belgium, since 1962
  Hayange, France, since 1962
  Liberty, Missouri, United States, since 1986
  Monthey, Switzerland, since 1962

Gallery

Related pages
 Cantons of Luxembourg
 Communes of Luxembourg
 List of cities in Luxembourg

References

Communes in Luxembourg
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.

Geography
The Sauer river has a length of  and a drainage basin with an area of .

Course

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.

Main tributaries 
 Left tributary
 Wiltz - 42 km
 Blees - 14 km
 Our - 78 km
 Gaybach - 23.2 km
 Prüm - 95 km
 Right tributary
 Alzette - 73 km;
 White Ernz - 30 km;
 Black Ernz - 25 km;

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of Belgium
 List of rivers of Germany
 List of rivers of Luxembourg

References

Other websites

  The Obersauer Nature Park

Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of Germany
Rivers of Luxembourg
Wallonia
Luxembourg (Belgium)
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.

References

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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.

Cities in Montana
County seats in Montana
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.

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Union City, New Jersey

Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey.

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Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 British-American biographical comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Roger Mitchell. It is set in New York in 1939. It stars Bill Murray as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Laura Linney as Roosevelt's mistress Margaret Suckley. It was released to mixed reviews on 1 February 2013.

Other websites 

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Ian Ross

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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The Amity Affliction

The Amity Affliction is an Australian metalcore band from Gympie, Queensland, Australia. The band was formed in 2003.

Band members 
Current members
Ahren Stringer – vocals, keyboard (2003–present), bass (2007–present); guitar (2003–2007)
Joel Birch – unclean vocals (2004–present)
Ryan Burt – drums, percussion (2008–present)
Dan Brown – guitar (2013–present) 
Former members
Garth Buchanan – bass (2003–2007)
Lachlan Faulkner – drums, percussion (2003–2007)
Troels Thomasen – drums, percussion (2007–2008)
Chris Burt – guitar (2007–2009); bass (2007)
Clint Owen Ellis (Splattering) – guitar (2009–2011)
Trad Nathan – keyboard (2006–2011)
Imran Siddiqi – guitar (2011–2012)
 Troy Brady – guitar (2003-2014)

Discography 
Studio albums
Severed Ties (2008)
Youngbloods (2010)
Chasing Ghosts (2012)
Let the Ocean Take Me (2014)

Other websites 
Official website

2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
Metalcore bands
Musical groups from Queensland
Footprint

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.

References
 Definition at dictionary.reference.com
 Definition digital footprint

Forensics
Lichtentaler Allee

The Lichtentaler Allee is a 2.3 kilometers long street in Baden-Baden. But it is also the name of the park around that street. It became popular in the 19th century when a lot of noble and rich people met in Baden-Baden and walked at that street. For them it was a place to be. The Lichtentaler Allee follows the river Oos. A lot of seldom trees and plants can be seen there.

References
 Parkführer Baden-Baden by Klaus Fischer and Bernd Weigel

Other websites 
 The Lichtentaler Allee Association 
 Lichtentaler Allee in the City Wiki of Baden-Baden 

Baden-Baden
Parks in Europe
Çorum

Çorum is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Karadeniz Region. In 2013, 270,864 people lived there.

Cities in Turkey
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.

References

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1942 births
2014 deaths
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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 over 50 movies and television series episodes. He was born in Nahalal.

Dayan died on 1 May 2014 in Tel Aviv. He was 68.

References

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Papal supremacy

In the Roman Catholic Church, the pope is seen as the highest clergy and as the head of the church. In short, anything the pope says in his function of head of the church is valid for the whole church. The pope has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered: that, in brief, "the Pope enjoys, by divine institution, supreme, full, immediate, and universal power in the care of souls." This means that the situation of the pope is similar to that of an absolute monarch or the leader of a Fascist state.

Examples of papal supremacy
Urban II's launching in 1095 of the Crusades, which, in an attempt to recover the Holy Land and territories of the Byzantine Empire which had been conquered by Muslim Seljuk Turks, marshalled European nobility under papal leadership.
The Papacy determined whom they wished to be the king of various lands by the crowning by Pope Leo III of Charlemagne, first of the Carolingian emperors, rather than a man proclaiming himself king.

References

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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.

Cities in Missouri
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18th-century establishments in New Spain
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.

1941 establishments in the United States
Cities in Iowa
20th-century establishments in Iowa
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:
"The black Lava rocks on the beach are frequented by large (2–3 ft [60–90 cm]),  disgusting clumsy Lizards. They are as black as the porous rocks over which they crawl & seek their prey from the Sea. I call them 'imps of darkness'. They assuredly well become the land they inhabit".

References 

Lizards
Atemelia torquatella

Atemelia torquatella is a moth of the Praydidae family. Lienig and Zeller used the scientific name in 1846.

References

 Atemelia torquatella in ukflymines

Moths
Ateliotum petrinella

Ateliotum petrinella is a moth of the Tineidae family. Herrich-Schaffer used the scientific name in 1854.

References

 Ateliotum petrinella in lepidoptera

Moths
Equality Act 2010

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.

What laws were put together? 
All of these laws were put together to make the Equality Act:
 The Equal Pay Act 1970, which said that men and women doing the same kind of work should get the same pay.  It also said that men and women should be treated equally at work
 The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which protected against discrimination because of sex or whether or not a person was married
 The Race Relations Act 1976, which protected against discrimination because of race, skin colour, nationality, ethnicity, and national origin (home country)
 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, which protected against discrimination because of disability
 Three major laws that protected against discrimination at work because of a person's religion, sexual orientation, or age

What does the Equality Act say? 
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:
 Age
 Gender (with special protections for pregnant women)
 Disability
 Being transgender and having had gender reassignment surgery
 Being married or in a civil partnership
 Race
 Religion or belief
 Sexual orientation
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.

2010 in the United Kingdom
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.

1857 births
1933 deaths
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Marxism
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Dave Gettleman

David Alan Gettleman (born February 21, 1951) 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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American football coaches
No Frills

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.

Locations

Alberta
33 locations:

Airdrie
Beaumont
Brooks
Calgary (4)
Cochrane
Cold Lake
Edmonton (4)
Fort Saskatchewan
Grande Prairie
High River
Innisfail
Lacombe
Leduc
Lethbridge
Morinville
Okotoks
Olds
Peace River
Ponoka
Slave Lake
Stettler
Strathmore
Sylvan Lake
Vegreville
Wainwright
Wetaskiwin
Whitecourt

British Columbia
14 locations:

Castlegar
Coquitlam
Dawson Creek
Fort St. John
Langley
Port Alberni
Salmon Arm
Surrey
Trail
Vancouver (5)
Invermere

New Brunswick
2 locations:

Newfoundland and Labrador
3 locations:

Nova Scotia
5 locations:

Ontario
168 locations:

Ajax (2)
Amherstburg
Angus
Arnprior
Aurora
Aylmer
Bancroft
Barrie (2)
Beamsville
Belleville
Blenheim
Bradford
Brampton (6)
Brantford (2)
Brighton
Burlington (2)
Campbellford
Casselman
Chatham
Cobourg
Cornwall (2)
Corunna
Elliot Lake
Elmira
Essex
Fort Erie
Gananoque
Glencoe
Grand Bend
Guelph (2)
Hagersville
Hamilton (4)
Innisfil
Kenora
Kingston (2)
Kitchener
London (7)
Markham (4)
Milton
Mississauga (11)
Mount Forest
Napanee
New Hamburg
Newmarket
Niagara Falls
North Bay (2)
Oakville (2)
Orangeville
Orillia
Ottawa
Oshawa (3)
Owen Sound
Parry Sound
Paris
Peterborough (2)
Pickering
Picton
Port Colborne
Port Dover
Renfrew
Richmond Hill (3) 
Stratford 
Sarnia
Sault Ste. Marie
Shelburne
St. Catharines (2)
Stratford
Stouffville
Sturgeon Falls
Sutton
Thunder Bay (2)
Tilbury
Timmins
Toronto (41)
Vaughan (3)
Wallaceburg
Welland
Whitby (3)
Windsor
Woodbridge (2)
Woodstock

Prince Edward Island
1 location:
Stratford

Saskatchewan
2 locations:
Estevan
North Battleford

References

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1978 establishments in Canada
Companies of Canada
Legends of Chima

Legends of Chima is an Canadian computer-animated television 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. The show has 3 seasons, with a total of 41 episodes.

Cast
David Attar as Cragger, Lennox, Rogon, Ripnik, Reegull, Stealthor
Bethany Brown as Eris, Crooler, Spinlyn, Rinona, Wonald
Matt Cronander as Willhurt, Ewar, Elon
Bill Courage as Crominus, Lagravis, Longtooth, Lavertus, Mottrot
Chris Durchand as Dom De La Woosh, Sir Fangar, Strainor
Jesse Inocalla as Plovar, Grumlo, Runk, Sparracon, Fluminox
Meghan Kinsley as Crunket, G'Loona, Windra, Li'ella, Maula
John Nelson as Wakz, Crug, Balkar, Rukus, Flinx
Michael Patric as Gorzan, Scorm, Mungus, Voom Voom, Eglor
Scott Shantz as Laval, Worriz, Skinnet, Furtivo, Razcal, Sparratus, Scolder, Scutter, Lundor, Vardy, Firox
Jeff Evans Todd as Razar, Bladvic, Crawley, Winzar, Leonidas, Equila, Ewald
Adam White as Foltrax, Vornon
Dave Pettitt as Tormak

Cartoon Network series
2013 television series debuts
2014 television series endings
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.

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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.

References

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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.

References

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1934 births
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Russian singers
Edgars Vinters

Edgars Vinters (September 22, 1919 – April 29, 2014) was a Latvian painter.  He was born in Riga, Latvia. Vinters worked for magazine companies, but is mostly known for his landscape paintings. He began his career in 1935.

Vinters died in Riga from an illness, aged 94.

References

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1919 births
2014 deaths
Latvian artists
Painters
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.

References

Other websites
 Juan Formell at Discogs

1942 births
2014 deaths
Bassists
Composers
Cuban musicians
Grammy Award winners
People from Havana
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.

References

Other websites
 Juan de Dios Castillo Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo

1951 births
2014 deaths
Mexican footballers
Mexican football managers
Sportspeople from Mexico City
Cancer deaths in Mexico
Deaths from skin cancer
Blue Seduction

Blue Seduction is a 2009 Canadian thriller movie. It was directed by Timothy Bond and written by Jacqueline Giroux.

Plot 
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".

Cast 
 Billy Zane as Mikey Taylor
 Estella Warren as Matty
 Jane Wheeler as Joyce
 Bernard Robichaud as Stanley

References

Other websites
 

2009 thriller movies
Canadian thriller movies
Television movies
Finsbury Park, London

Finsbury Park is an inner-city area of north London. Its postcode is N4. It is on the borders of the London Boroughs of Hackney, Haringey and Islington.

Areas of London
London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Islington
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition. This repeated their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in the team's history for this event. Yugoslavia won the silver medal. The USA won the bronze medal. This was the last Olympic basketball tournament where NBA players were not allowed to participate. Professionals from other leagues were allowed to compete. But players from other leagues were still considered amateurs.  These were also the last Olympic basketball tournaments where the Soviets fielded a team. This was because the Soviet Union broke up prior to the 1992 Games. The United States was a major favorite to win.

References 

1988 Summer Olympics
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.

References 

Alphabets
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.

Plot 

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.

References 

Manga
37 BC

Year 37 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Monday or Tuesday of the Julian calendar.  At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Publicola and Nerva.

Events
 Agrippa created the harbour "Portus Julius" in what is now the town of Pozzuoli. The port is used to train warships for naval battles.
 Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian made the "Second Pact of Tarentum".  The Pact renewed the Triumvirate for another five years. 
 Mark Antony reorganized Asia Minor with men loyal to him.
 Romans conquer Jerusalem from the Parthians. 
 Herod the Great becomes king of Judea and Ananelus.
 The kingdom of Goguryeo in Korea is founded by the king Dongmyeong.

Deaths 

 Antigonus II Mattathias 
 Aristobulus II, king and high priest of Judea 
 Empress Shangguan (b. 89 BC)
 Jing Fang (b. 78 BC), Chinese mathematician and music theorist

30s BC
38 BC

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.

Events
 Octavian Caesar marries Livia.  She is still pregnant from a recent marriage.
 Octavian appoints Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa governor of Transalpine Gaul
 Parthia invades Syria

Births 

 Nero Claudius Drusus (d. 9 BC)

Deaths 

 Orodes II of Parthia
 Pacorus, crownprince of Parthia 

30s BC
39 BC

Year 39 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.  At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Sabinus.

Events
 Marcus Antonius sent Publius Ventidius Bassus with 11 legions to Asia Minor. Publius Ventidius reclaims Syria, Phoenicia and Judea. 
 Sextus Pompey controlled Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Peloponnesus. He is recognized by the Triumvirate in the Pact of Misenum.

Births 

 Antonia Major, daughter of Mark Antony
 Julia the Elder, daughter of Caesar Augustus

Deaths 

 Quintus Labienus

30s BC
40 BC

Year 40 BC was either a common year starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday or a leap year starting on Thursday or Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calvinus and Pollio.

Events
 Lucius Antonius surrenders to Octavian in the Siege of Perusia
 Octavian divorces Clodia Pulchra and marries Scribonia
 Sextus Pompey captures Sardinia
 Treaty of Brundisium: The Roman Republic is divided. Gaius Octavian takes control of the Western provinces. Mark Antony is given the Eastern provinces. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus controls  Hispania and  Africa. 
 Quintus Labienus occupies Cilicia and marches with an army into Anatolia.
 Parthians conquer Jerusalem. Hyrcanus II is removed from power.
 Herod the Great flees Jerusalem to Rome. There he is titled king of Judea by Mark Antony.

Births 

 Cleopatra Selene (d. AD 6) and Alexander Helios (d. between 29 and 25 BC), the twins of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony

Deaths 

 Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor dies, leaving Octavia Minor widowed. She will later marry Mark Antony by decree of the Roman Senate (b. 88 BC)
 Fulvia, wife of Publius Clodius Pulcher

40s BC
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.

Early years
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.

Political career
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.

Premier of New South Wales

After Barry O'Farrell's resignation, on 17 April 2014 Baird was elected parliamentary leader of the NSW Liberal Party, and then sworn in on 23 April as the 44th Premier of New South Wales.

References

Other websites
 The Hon. (Mike) Michael Bruce BAIRD, MP  – Parliament of New South Wales
 

1968 births
Living people
Politicians from Melbourne
Premiers of New South Wales
University of Sydney alumni
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

Mohammad-Rezā Lotfi () (January 7, 1947 – May 2, 2014) was a Persian classical musician. He was born in Gorgan, Golestan, Iran.

He served as the director of the Center for the Preservation and Propagation of Traditional Persian Music and the "Chavosh" Center.

In 1984 Lotfi was invited by Fondazione Cini to perform in a ceremony and perform concerts in Italy. He lived in the United States from 1986 until his death. He performed widely throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.

Lotfi died on May 2, 2014, due to complications from cancer in Tehran, Iran, aged 67.

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Other websites

1947 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from cancer
Iranian musicians
Nigel Stepney

Nigel Stepney (14 November 1958 – 2 May 2014) was a British Formula One mechanic. He was the team manager and chief mechanic of JRM Racing, in the FIA World Endurance Championship. 

He started in Formula One as a mechanic at Shadow in 1977, then followed Elio de Angelis to Team Lotus before moving to Benetton for the late 1980s and early 90s. He worked with Scuderia Ferrari with Michael Schumacher, Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn.

He was killed in a road traffic incident on the M20 motorway in Ashford, Kent on 2 May 2014, aged 55.

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1958 births
2014 deaths
British sportspeople
Road accident deaths in the United Kingdom
Roger Kolo

Kolo Christopher Laurent Roger, commonly known as Roger Kolo (born 3 September 1943) is a Malagasy politician and diplomat. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 2014 to 2015. He was elected in 2014.

References

Other websites

1943 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Madagascar
Jung Hong-won

Jung Hong-won (; born October 9, 1944 ) is a South Korean politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea from 26 February 2013 to 2015. He announced his resignation on 27 April 2014.

References

Other websites

1944 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of South Korea
Vernon Scannell

Vernon Scannell (23 January 1922 – 16 November 2007) was a British poet and author. He was at one time a professional boxer, and wrote novels about the sport. He published 53 poems during his career which began in 1961. He was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire.

Scannell died in Otley, West Yorkshire, England from a long-illness, aged 85.

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1922 births
2007 deaths
British poets
Disease-related deaths in England
Writers from Lincolnshire
Youcef Yousfi

Youcef Yousfi () (born 2 October 1941) is an Algerian politician. He has been Minister of Energy and Mines since 2010. He briefly served as Acting Prime Minister of Algeria in March–April 2014. Yousfi was Algeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 to 2008.

References

Other websites

1941 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Algeria
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
George J. Mitchell

George John Mitchell Jr.  (born August 20, 1933) is an American lawyer, businessman and politician. He is a Democrat. Mitchell served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.

Early life
Mitchell was born in Waterville, Maine. His father, George John Mitchell, Sr. (born Joseph Kilroy), was of ethnic Irish descent but was adopted by a Lebanese family when he was orphaned.

Political career
In 1980, he was elected to the United States Senate. He became Senate Majority Leader in 1989. He briefly was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine from 1979 to 1980.

Since retiring from the Senate in 1995, he had a key role in peace talks in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He appointed United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (1995–2001) by President Clinton and as United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009–2011) by President Barack Obama.

He was a primary architect of the 1996 Mitchell Principles and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and was the main investigator in two "Mitchell Reports", one on the Arab–Israeli conflict (2001) and one on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball (2007).

Post Senate career
Mitchell was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and later as chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper. He was the Chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1999 to 2009.

Mitchell also was a co-chair of the Housing Commission at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

In 2015, unsealed court documents showed Mitchell's possible involvement with the Jeffrey Epstein child trafficking ring.

Health
Mitchell was diagnosed with a "small, low grade, and localized" prostate cancer in 2007.

In August 2020, he was diagnosed with leukemia.

References

Other websites
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1933 births
Living people
Majority leaders of the United States Senate
Businesspeople from Maine
Lawyers from Maine
Maronites
United States senators from Maine
US Democratic Party politicians
20th-century American politicians
People with cancer
United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
John C. Stennis

John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901 – April 23, 1995) was an American politician. He was the United States senator of Mississippi. He served as senator from 1947 to 1989. He was a member of the Democratic Party. The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is named after him. He served in the senate for 47 years.

Cranston died in Jackson, Mississippi from natural causes, aged 93.

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1901 births
1995 deaths
Deaths from natural causes
United States senators from Mississippi
US Democratic Party politicians
Berenstain Bears

The Berenstain Bears are a group of fictional bears from movies and books. They were created by Stan and Jan Berenstain. The bears learn safety and morality lessons in every story. Issues in the stories include childhood obesity, bullying and online safety.

The Berenstain Bears have been popular for many years. The stories have been criticized for being too sentimental and too predictable.

Fictional bears
Fictional families
Carl Hayden

Carl Trumbull Hayden (October 2, 1877 – January 25, 1972) was an American politician. He the first United States Senator to serve seven terms. Hayden was also the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, serving from 1957 to 1969.

He represented Arizona. Hayden is a member of the Democratic Party. Hayden was born in Hayden's Ferry, Arizona.

Hayden died in Mesa, Arizona from an illness, aged 94.

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1877 births
1972 deaths
Disease-related deaths in Arizona
Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate
United States senators from Arizona
United States representatives from Arizona
US Democratic Party politicians
Devil's Due

Devil's Due is an American horror-thriller movie. It is about a young couple who go through many major issues, including a strange, unexpected pregnancy.

This movie was released on January 17, 2014. Its reception was very negative.

2014 horror movies
2014 mystery movies
American horror movies
American mystery movies
English-language movies
Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 1938) is an American movie, stage, voice, and television actress. She is known for her role as housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on the television sitcom series Diff'rent Strokes and for being the voice of Mrs. Puff in the sitcom SpongeBob SquarePants.

References

Other websites
 
 

1938 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Denver, Colorado
41 BC

Year 41 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday or Thursday or a leap year starting on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Vatia.

Events 
 In the Perusine War the city of Sentinum is captured and destroyed by Quintus Salvidienus Rufus.
 Mark Antony meets Cleopatra VII. They form an alliance.

Births 

 Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, consul under Caesar Augustus (d. AD 33)

Deaths 

 Arsinoe IV of Egypt

40s BC
42 BC

Year 42 BC was either a common year starting on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Plancus.

Events
 Marcus Junius Brutus plunders the cities of Asia Minor
 Gaius Cassius Longinus occupies Rhodes
 Mark Antony lands with an army in Illyria
 Mark Antony and Octavian Caesar fight against Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in the Battle of Philippi.

Births 

 Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. AD 37)
 Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Deaths 

 Gaius Cassius Longinus, assassin of Julius Caesar 
 Marcus Junius Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar 
 Marcus Livius Drusus, Roman nobleman
 Porcia Catonis, wife of Brutus 
 Gaius Antonius, brother of Mark Antony
Mel Clark

Melvin Earl "Mel" Clark (July 7, 1926 – May 1, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He went to Ohio University and was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1947. He played with the Phillies from 1951 to 1955 and with the Detroit Tigers in 1957. He was born in Letart, West Virginia.

Clark died on May 1, 2014 in West Columbia, West Virginia, aged 87.

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1926 births
2014 deaths
American baseball players
Detroit Lions players
Disease-related deaths in the United States
Philadelphia Phillies players
Sportspeople from West Virginia
Jane Gray

Jane "Jean" Gray (née Cant; 1 December 1901 – 7 June 2014) was a Scottish-Australian supercentenarian. She was, at , the oldest living person in Australia between August 2012 and June 2014.

She was born in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. She met her future husband Jock Gray on a blind date in 1922 and married him in 1927. Having arrived in Sydney, they ran a poultry farm. The couple were married for 60 years before Jock died. They had two children, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Her daughter began taking care of her at their home in Smithfield, New South Wales in 2004. Her secret to longevity was to "eat plenty and don't drink booze or smoke". As of December 2013, she lived in a nursing home.

Gray died from natural causes on 7 June 2014 at a Smithfield nursing home. She was 112.

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1901 births
2014 deaths

British supercentenarians
Deaths from natural causes
People from Sydney
Scottish people
Modesto, California

Modesto (Spanish for "modest") is the county seat and largest city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. As of 2010, 201,165 people lived in Modesto.

Modesto is in the Central Valley. It is on the Tuolumne River and near the Stanislaus River.

The nation's largest winery, E & J Gallo Winery, is in Modesto.

Modesto is the 18th largest city in California, and the 103rd largest city in the United States.

Environment 

Modesto has been honored as a Tree City USA many times. However, Modesto was named one of the most polluted cities in the U.S. in 2010.

Notable people 

 Jack Angel, voice actor.
 Sonny Barger, Oakland chapter founder of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
 Carol Channing, Tony Award-winning actress and singer.
 George Lucas, film director, producer, and screenwriter.
 James Marsters, actor.
 Timothy Olyphant, actor
 Jeremy Renner, actor.
 Royal Robbins, famous rock climber.
 Mark Spitz, Olympic gold medalist.

References 

Cities in California
County seats in California
Settlements in Stanislaus County, California
Extreme Rules (2014)

Extreme Rules (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It was held on May 4, 2014 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was the sixth Extreme Rules event held by the WWE.

Matches

References 

2014 in professional wrestling
Sports in New Jersey
WWE Extreme Rules
2010s in New Jersey
2014 in the United States
May 2014 events
Spilsby

Spilsby is a small market town in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England. About 3,000 people live in the town. Its postcode is PE23.

Towns in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey

East Lindsey is a borough in Lincolnshire. About 140,000 people live in the borough. Its headquarters are in Manby. The borough's largest settlement is Skegness.

English boroughs