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Paul Gust Vallas (born June 10, 1953) is an American civil servant and politician. He is a Democrat. He was the superintendent of many schools across the United States. Some of those schools are in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Bridgeport, and Cook County. He ran for governor and lietenant governor. He ran for Mayor of Chicago twice, once in 2019 and again in 2023 election. CEO of Chicago Public Schools. Vallas was CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 1995 to 2001. He was hired by Mayor Richard M. Daley. During his time at CPS, Vallas tried to fix the school system. President Bill Clinton said his work for raising test scores, balancing the budget, creating several new programs, including mandatory summer school and after-school programs was a model for the country. In June 2001, Vallas announced his resignation. His resignation came soon after several failing standardized testing scores. Vallas's was CEO for six years. Thaat was more than twice the average time for school superintendents in large U.S. cities in the 1990s. Political career. In 2002, Vallas ran for Governor, but lost the primary. Vallas ran for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2014 with incumbent Governor Pat Quinn, but lost the election to Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti. Vallas helped rebuild Haiti's school system after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Running for mayor. In March 2018, Vallas ran in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election against Rahm Emanuel. He lost the election in the first-round of voting. In June 2022, Vallas announced his candidacy for mayor again in the 2023 election. In February 2023, Vallas came in first place in the first round of voting and advanced to the April run-off election, facing Brandon Johnson. Johnson would go on to win the run-off election. Running for governor. Vallas ran for Governor of Illinois in 2002, but he lost the Democratic nomination. In 2014, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Democratic nominee. However, lost
Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. He became the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry two times; in 1957 and again in 1989. Wilbur was born in New York City, New York. He studied at Amherst College and at Harvard University. He was married to Mary Charlotte Hayes Ward until her death in 2007. They had four children. Wilbur died on October 14, 2017, at a nursing home in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was 96.
The Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is the organisation that holds the registers of drivers and vehicles for Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). The DVLA head office is in Swansea in Wales. They are an agency of the United Kingdom government.
The Driver &amp; Vehicle Agency (DVA), also known as Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (DVLNI) is the organisation that holds the registers of drivers and vehicles for Northern Ireland. The DVA head office is in Coleraine in Northern Ireland. They are an agency of the Northern Ireland government.
Benign neonatal seizures are somewhat rare syndromes (medical problems) which cause seizures in newborn infants. A seizure is caused by problems in the electrical activity in the brain. One syndrome is "Benign idiopathic neonatal seizures" (BINS) and the other is "Benign familial neonatal seizures" (BFNS). Both syndromes usually happen in infants in the neonatal period, which is the first 28 days after birth. In most cases, the first seizure happens within the first few days after birth. However, some infants may have their first seizure later in the neonatal period, or even months after the neonatal period. The last seizure usually happens while the infant is still in the neonatal period, but seizures may continue after this time. A third syndrome called "benign familial neonatal-infantile syndrome" (BFNIS). It may cause the first seizure between the second day upwards to 6 months after birth, and usually stops within the first 12 months. These syndromes are called ""benign" because they usually cause no long-term harm to the infant, but there is a greater chance of getting seizures later in life. In Benign idiopathic neonatal seizures the cause is not known (this is what the word "idiopathic"" means). In Benign familial neonatal seizures and Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures, there is a "genetic mutation," which means a change in the genes that an infant gets from their parents. These disorders are inherited (they "run in the family"). This is what the word "familial" means.
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay Jr. (March 22, 1933 – December 31, 2024) is an American politician and diplomat. He served as Governor of Florida, following the death of then-Governor Lawton Chiles. He served as Governor for less than a month. He is the last Democrat to serve as Governor of Florida. Early life. MacKay was born in Ocala, Florida. His family were citrus farmers. He studied at the University of Florida. MacKay served the United States Air Force. He married Anne Selph in 1960. Early career. MacKay was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1968, and to the Florida Senate in 1975. From 1983 to 1989 he served for three terms in the United States House of Representatives. Controlling the national budget one of his main concerns. In 1988 he received the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, but lost in a very close race for that office to Connie Mack III. Lieutenant Governor of Florida. MacKay won the 1990 Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket headed by former Senator Lawton Chiles. They won the election and were re-elected in 1994. MacKay succeeded Chiles as governor after his sudden death in 1998. Governor of Florida. In 1998 MacKay sought to succeed Chiles as Governor, easily winning the Democratic nomination with his full support (Chiles and MacKay were known for their friendly relationship). He was defeated by Republican nominee Jeb Bush. A few months later, he became governor after Chiles' death. MacKay served as governor for 23 days. During his term as governor, MacKay granted six pardons to female prisoners and tried to fix the Everglades. He appointed Peggy Quince for Florida Supreme Court. In 1999, he was succeeded by Bush. Personal life. MacKay lives in Tallahassee with his wife. MacKay has four children. MacKay died at his home in Ocklawaha, Florida, on the afternoon of December 31, 2024.
Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician. He was the 41st Governor of Florida from January 8, 1991 until his death in December 12, 1998. Before he was governor, Chiles was also a United States Senator from Florida serving from January 3, 1979 to January 1989. Chiles once walked 1,003 miles from Key West to Pensacola, so that he could win the election for the United States senate. This earned him the nickname "Walkin' Lawton". Chiles died on December 12, 1998 in Tallahassee, Florida from a heart attack, aged 68. He was survived by his three children and his wife Rhea.
Robert "Bob" Martinez (born December 25, 1934) is an American politician. He was the 40th Governor of Florida serving from 1987 to 1991. He was the first person of Spanish ancestry to be elected to the state's top office. Before that, he was the mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986. Martinez also served as the second Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy from 1991 to 1993.
Gary Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence; November 28, 1936) is an American politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He was the United States senator of Colorado serving from 1975 through 1987. He ran in the United States presidential elections in 1984 and again in 1988 for the Democratic Party. Hart was born Garry Warren Hartpence in Ottawa, Kansas.
Burns Night is the day (and night) that the life of Robert Burns is celebrated, particularly in Scotland. Each year it is on Burns' birthday, 25 January. People around the world have Burns Suppers. At Burns Suppers, Scottish people have many certain traditions as eating haggis and people say poems that have been written by Robert Burns. These consist of To a Mouse, Address to the Haggis and many others. There is always a part in the Burns Supper when boys jokingly make fun of the girls. This is called 'Toast to the Lassies' However, the girls have the last laugh as they do the same to the boys. This is called 'Reply From the Lassies'
Marissa Rachael Nadler (born April 5, 1981) is an American folk singer. She released her first album in 2004. Early life. Nadler was raised in Massachusetts. Career. Nadler's first album "Ballads of Living and Dying" was released on Eclipse Records in 2004. It was given a score of 8 out of 10 by "Pitchfork". In 2005 her second album "The Saga of Mayflower May" was released. In 2007 Peacefrog Records released Nadler's third album "Songs III: Bird on the Water". In 2009, Kemado Records released "Little Hells". In 2011 Box of Cedar Records released Nadler's fifth album "Marissa Nadler". In 2012 Nadler's sixth album "The Sister" was released. In 2014 Sacred Bones Records released "July".
The Amazing World of Gumball is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. It is the first series to be produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe. It is co-produced with Studio SOI and Great Marlborough Productions. The series is about the life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year-old light blue cat. Along with his adoptive goldfish brother and best friend Darwin, he almost always finds himself in trouble around Elmore. His sister Anais is a pink rabbit. His mother, Nicole, is a cat. His father is Richard, a rabbit.
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. In 2015, Anderson designed the Prada Cafè Bar Luce of Milano for the Italian luxury company Prada, as it was a 50s years film to recall the iconic design of Milan's design palaces of that era. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Royal Tenenbaums" in 2001 and "Moonrise Kingdom" in 2012, and for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for "Fantastic Mr. Fox" in 2009. Wes Anderson's filmmaking style is marked by symmetrical composition, distinct color palettes, quirky characters, detailed set design, unique narrative structure, exploration of themes, nostalgia, dry humor, distinct typography, and original scores.
Kahramanmaraş is a city in southern Turkey. The city is in the Mediterranean Region. In 2013, 1,075,706 people lived there. The city was badly damaged and many people died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
Mickey Duff (born Monek Prager; 7 June 1929 – 22 March 2014) was a Polish-born English boxer, manager and promoter. He promoted and managed many British boxers, including Frank Bruno, Joe Calzaghe, John Conteh, Terry Downes, Lloyd Honeyghan, Maurice Hope, Charlie Magri, Alan Minter, John H. Stracey, Jim Watt and Howard Winstone. After retiring in 1999, he was added into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was born in Kraków to a Jewish family. His rabbi father fled with his family to the United Kingdom, escaping the Nazis, in the late 1930s. Later in life, Duff had Alzheimer's disease. Duff died from natural causes on 22 March 2014 in Aldgate, London. He was 84.
Raymond Arthur "Ray" Gosling (5 May 1939 – 19 November 2013) was an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and LGBT rights activist. He was best known for writing and presenting several hundred television and radio documentaries and regional programmes for BBC Radio 4 and Granada Television Gosling was born on 5 May 1939 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. He went to Northampton Grammar School and the University of Leicester. In February 2010, he claimed during a local BBC television programme to have killed a lover in an act of euthanasia. He was arrested, but the claims were not real and he was given a suspended sentence for wasting police time. Gosling died on 19 November 2013 at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was 74 years old.
Wayne Maki (November 20, 1944 – May 12, 1974) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. Maki played 246 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks, St. Louis Blues, and Vancouver Canucks. Career. Before playing in the NHL, Maki played 56 games with the St. Catharines Black Hawks of the OHA and 2 seasons with the St. Louis Braves of the CPHL. He started his NHL career in 1967 with the Chicago Black Hawks where he played with his brother Chico Maki. He played 50 games with the Black Hawks and 62 games with their minor-league affiliate Dallas Black Hawks. Maki was picked up by the St. Louis Blues in 1969. On September 21, 1969, during a preseason game between the Blues and the Boston Bruins, Maki got into a bloody, violent stick-swinging fight with Bruins defenceman "Terrible" Ted Green. As a result of the fight, Green suffered a fractured skull and a brain injury. Maki was suspended for 30 days and fined. He was later sent down to the AHL to play 39 games with the Buffalo Bisons. During the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft, Maki was claimed by the Vancouver Canucks 24th overall. He became a star with team and was one of the Canucks leading scorers in his 2 full seasons with them. Maki's career was cut short when he found out that he was diagnosed with brain cancer in December 1972. He died from the cancer on May 12, 1974, he was only 29. His jersey number #11 was retired by the Canucks until Mark Messier who wore the number during his time with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers played for them.
Robert Andrew Burns (April 4, 1905 – August 12, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. Burns played 17 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Chicago Black Hawks. Burns spent most of his career in the American Hockey Association (AHA). In the AHA, Burns played with the Chicago Cardinals/Americans, Duluth Hornets, Minneapolis Millers, Chicago Shamrocks, St. Louis Flyers, Kansas City Pla-Mors, and the Oklahoma City/Minneapolis Warriors. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1930. Burns died on August 12, 1995.
Martin Alphonsos Burke (January 28, 1905 – March 7, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Burke played 504 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Ottawa Senators. Burke was able to win the Stanley Cup twice with the Montreal Canadiens in 1930 and in 1931. Burke retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1938. After he retired, Burke became the coach of the Calgary Stampeders of the ASHL/ABCSL/WCSHL. He was the head coach for 4 seasons and the associate coach for 1 season. Burke died on March 7, 1968.
Farley McGill Mowat (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian author and environmentalist. He wrote many famous Canadian novels such as "People of the Deer" (1952) and "Never Cry Wolf" (1963).  Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto. Farley Mowat died on May 6, 2014 in Port Hope, Ontario, less than one week before his 93rd birthday.
Sheldon Weber (born August 14, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He serves as their captain. Career. Before playing in the NHL, Weber played 3 seasons with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). During his time there, he was able to win the Memorial Cup with the Rockets and won the WHL airBC Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Playoffs. He was drafted with the 49th overall pick by the Nashville Predators in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. On July 8, 2010, he was named the fifth captain in Nashville Predators history, replacing Jason Arnott, who was traded to the New Jersey Devils. He became the youngest captain in Predators history and was the only captain of the Predators to have been drafted by the team. During the 2012 offseason, the Predators were unable to take Weber to arbitration again (a player can only be subjected to team-elected arbitration once in his career). Weber signed a front-loaded $110 million, 14-year offer sheet, $68 million of it as a signing bonus, with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 19. It was the richest contract in NHL history in terms of total money, money per season, and length, which surpassed the previous offer sheet record set by Thomas Vanek. The Predators, who had already lost Weber's defensive partner Ryan Suter to unrestricted free agency, were able to match the offer sheet five days later. On June 29th 2016, Shea Weber was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for P.K. Subban.
Daniel Díaz Torres (31 December 1948 – 16 September 2013) was a Cuban movie director and screenwriter. He directed sixteen movies between 1975 and 2013. His best known movie was "Alice in Wondertown" (1991), which gained him international notability. Díaz Torres died after a long illness on 16 September 2013 in his hometown of Havana. He was 65 years old.
Raphaël Xavier Varane (; born 25 April 1993) is a French former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back. "France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Varane goal" Honours. Real Madrid Manchester United France Individual Orders
Osmaniye is a city in southern Turkey. The city is in the Mediterranean Region. In 2013, 244,195 people lived there. The city was badly damaged and many people died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
Bernard Francis "Bernie" McGann (22 June 1937 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s. He stayed active as a performer, composer and recording artist until his death. He was born in Granville, New South Wales. McGann died from complications following heart surgery on the night of 17 September 2014 in Sydney. He was 76 years old.
Kåre Valebrokk (17 December 1940 – 9 February 2013) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and television executive. He was editor-in-chief and administrative director of TV 2 from October 1999 until June 2007, when he retired. He was the father of economist and editor Per Valebrokk (born 1972). He was born in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder. Valebrokk died from in his sleep from natural causes on 9 February 2013 in Oslo. He was 72 years old.
Adıyaman is a city in southern Turkey. The city is the centre of Adıyaman Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 279,037 people lived there. The city was badly damaged and many people died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.
Ağrı is a city in northern Turkey. The city is the centre of Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 145,357 people lived there.
Artvin is a city in northeastern Turkey. The city is in Artvin Province in the . In 2013, 33,415 people lived there.
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (3 August 1928 – 23 March 2014) was a leading Indian fiction writer. His work was mostly in Kannada language. He won four Sahitya Akademi Awards, one Dr. Masti Award, and one Adikavi Pampa Award. He was born in Bankikodla-Hanehalli, Uttara Kannada. Chittal died after a brief illness on 23 March 2014 at a private hospital in Mumbai. He was 85 years old. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.
Patrice "Pat" Wymore (December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014) was an American actress and singer. She was best known as a movie, television, and stage actress during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Miltonvale, Kansas. She was married to Australian actor, Errol Flynn, from 1950 until his death in 1959. Wymore died from lung disease on March 22, 2014 in Portland, Jamaica. She was 87 years old.
Mark Kozelek (born January 24, 1967) is an American singer.  Career. In 1989 he started the rock band Red House Painters. In 1992 the band were signed to 4AD. In 2000 Kozelek released his first solo EP "Rock 'n' Roll Singer". "Pitchfork" gave it a score of 6.1 out of 10. In 2001 Red House Painters broke up. In 2002 Kozelek started Sun Kil Moon.
Eleftherios Venizelos (full name "Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos", ; 23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was a Greek politician. He was the Prime Minister of Greece from 1910 to 1920 and again from 1928 to 1932.
Forbes Carlile MBE (3 June 1921 – 2 August 2016) was an Australian athlete. He was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach. He was later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.  He remains the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games.
James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 – March 21, 2014) was an American character actor. He acted in more than one hundred television shows, movies, and plays. He was in the movies "Scent of a Woman" (1992) and "Independence Day" (1996) and played Frank Mathison in the television show "Homeland". He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to Anderson, Indiana during his childhood. Rebhorn died of melanoma on March 21, 2014 in South Orange, New Jersey. He was 65 years old.
Jaroslav Šerých (; 27 February 1928 – 23 March 2014) was a Czech artist. He mainly worked as a painter, printmaker, and illustrator. He was born in Německý Brod, Czechoslovakia (now Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic). Šerých died on 23 March 2014 in Prague. He was 86 years old.
Aydın is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in Aydın Province in the Aegean Region. In 2013, 265,234 people lived there. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient Meander River) at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast. Its population was 207,554 in 2014.
Bartın is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in Bartın Province in the Black Sea Region . In 2013, 144,273 people lived there.
The Hill of Crosses () is a Lithuanian site of pilgrimage. It is about north of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. No one knows when or why people started leaving crosses on the hill. It is believed that the first crosses were put up after the 1831 Uprising. It was estimated that there were 55,000 crosses in 1990 and 100,000 in 2006. On September 7, 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the site and declared it a place for hope, peace, love and sacrifice.
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. the connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Canadians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being "Canadian". Most people who are considered "Canadian" are usually those who have Canadian Citizenship.  Canada is a bilingual and multicultural society home to people of many different ethnic, religious and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Background. Following the starting period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic and economic neighbour, the United States.
David Murray "Dave" Brockie (August 30, 1963 – March 23, 2014), better known by his stage name Oderus Urungus, was a Canadian and American musician. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and guitarist for the American multi-genre band Gwar. He performed under such genres as thrash metal, punk rock, shock rock, heavy metal and comedy rock. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Brockie was found dead by a bandmate on March 23, 2014 in Richmond, Virginia, aged 50. The cause was an accidental heroin overdose. He was given a traditional Viking funeral in a public memorial before the 5th annual GWAR-B-Q event.