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Sir James Young Simpson (born June 7, 1811 in Scotland) was a qualified doctor by the age of 21 but changed to work as a clerk, due to his traumatic reaction to witnessing mastectomies during his medical training. He sat in several lecture courses as a student, but the anatomical lecture by a Doctor Knox made him choose the career path of midwifery and obstetrics. He became a qualified professor of midwifery at the age of 29, in 1840. Due to his traumatizing observations of surgery as a student, he decided to experiment with anesthetics. He tried using ether and chloroform, but refused to use ether due to its bad odor. He discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform, using it in obstetrics, to make childbirth easier and safer. He also invented a new design for the forceps, to make them safer to use. They are now known as "Simpsons' forceps". He was one of the earliest doctors to use midwifes in hospitals.  Chloroform was a good idea, as it put people to sleep, making surgical procedures safer, pain-free, and better for the individuals. It was recognized as an achievement when Queen Victoria herself received chloroform to give birth to her eighth child.
The Libertarian National Committee (L.N.C. or LNC) is a group of people who coordinate the activities of the U.S. Libertarian party in all fifty states. The L.N.C. headquarters is in the nation's capital, Washington, DC. It also has state Libertarian party headquarters in state capitals. In 2018, Chairperson is Nicholas Sarwark of Arizona and the Vice Chair is Arvin Vohra. The Libertarian National Committee is a separate entity from the "Libertarian National Congressional Committee", a Federal Elections Commission registered entity, now doing business as the "Libertarian National Campaign Committee."
David Peter Bergland (June 4, 1935 – June 3, 2019) was an American politician. He was the United States Libertarian Party's nominee at the 1983 Libertarian National Convention for President of the United States in the 1984 presidential election. Bergland died of prostate cancer on June 3, 2019, one day before his 84th birthday.
Nicholas Sarwark (born August 27, 1979) is an American businessman and politician. Sarwark is the chairman of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), the executive body of the Libertarian Party (LP) of the United States. Prior to his election to that position in 2014, he served on several of the LP's national committees, as well as chair of the Libertarian Party of Maryland, and as vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado. Sarwark ran for Mayor of Phoenix in the 2018 mayoral election.
Yingluck Shinawatra (, , ; born 21 June 1967), nicknamed Pu (, , meaning "crab"), is a Thai businesswoman and politician who was the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014. Political career. Shinawatra is a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election. Yingluck was Thailand's first female Prime Minister and its youngest in over 60 years.  Shinawatra was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision that found her guilty on a charge of abuse of power. On 2 September 2017, media said that "A search team has been set up to locate her and bring her before the Supreme Court, which issued a warrant for her arrest, to hear its ruling on Sept 27. The ex-premier faces a possible 10-year jail term if convicted of criminal negligence related to her government’s rice-pledging scheme". Personal life. She has one son, with her common law husband, Anusorn Amornchat. Anusorn was an executive of the Charoen Pokphand Group and managing director of M Link Asia Corporation PCL. Her sister, Yaowapha, is married to former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat. Her niece is the 31st and current Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
The Leukbach is a river in Saarland, Germany. It is 15 m long. The drainage basin is 87.9 km².
Tigrinya (sometimes written as"Tigrigna"; ; ) is an Afroasiatic language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch. It is mostly spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. There are approximately 6,915,000 total speakers of this language. There are approximately 4,320,000 in Ethiopia and approximately 2,540,000 in Eritrea. Tigrinya is also spoken by emigrants from these regions, including some Ethiopian Jews. History and literature. The earliest written example of Tigrinya is a text of local laws found in Logosarda district, Southern Region, Eritrea. It is from the 13th century. Tigrinya is related to the Ethiopian Semitic language Ge'ez. However, Tigrinya has a different word order than Ge'ez, and there are some more differences in grammar. However, the two languages have similar phonology and morphology, which show they are related. Ge'ez has influenced Tigrinya literature, especially with words about Christian life. Until recent times, Ge'ez was used for writing more often than Tigrinya was. When the British ruled Eritrea, there was a newspaper written in Tigrinya. Tigrinya was one of Eritrea's official languages while it was part of Ethiopia; in 1958 it was replaced with the language Amharic. During the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie (1930-1974), publications in Tigrinya were banned. When Selassie lost power, Amharic remained the standard language. In 1991, Eritrea became independent from Ethiopia. Tigrinya was the "working language" in Eritrea. Speakers. There are 6,915,000 total Tigrinya speakers. Of these, approximately 4,320,000 live in Ethiopia. Most Tigrinya speakers in Ethiopia live in the Tigray region. There are approximately 2,540,000 Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea. Most of these live in the southern and central areas of the country. There are also over 10,000 Beta Israel speakers of Tigrinya. Tigrinya is the fourth most
"Look What You Made Me Do" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is the first single from her sixth studio album, "Reputation". The song was released on August 25, 2017, along with the pre-order of the album. The song uses the rhythm of the 1991 song "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred. Because of this, the songwriters of that song are credited. This song is the first single released by Swift in almost a year, since "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with British singer Zayn Malik in 2016. In the US, the song became Swift's fifth chart-topper when it jumped from number 77 to number one in its second week on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song entered at the top of the charts in Canada, Australia, and the UK, becoming Swift's first UK number-one hit. It was also number one in Spain and New Zealand. The RIAA certified the song triple-platinum for shipments of three million copies across the US. Music video. Swift worked again with director Joseph Kahn on the video for "Look What You Made Me Do". Throughout it, there are scenes of Swift throughout different eras of her career, such as the glasses-and-T-shirt look in the video for "You Belong with Me", holding a Moonman and microphone (referring to Kanye West interrupting her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards), and her popular silver glitter guitar. A scene of Swift in a bathtub full of diamonds was controversial because some critics thought it referred to the 2016 Paris robbery of West's wife, Kim Kardashian, in which diamonds were stolen.
Reputation is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It is her first studio album in nearly three years, after "1989" in 2014. The first single, "Look What You Made Me Do", was released on August 25, 2017, along with the pre-order of "Reputation". Target Corporation released the album along with two versions of a magazine: a Volume 1 bundle and a Volume 2 bundle. Taylor Swift sang songs from the album on the Reputation Stadium Tour. Sales. The album sold over 925,000 copies in the United States alone in the first weekend of its release. It is set to be the best-selling album released in 2017. It also sold 700,000 copies in its first day. In total, the album sold over 1,238,000 copies in its first week in the United States alone. It sold 81,000 copies in its first week in Canada. Charts. "Reputation" entered the "Billboard" 200 album chart at number one. It entered at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK.
Amsterdam is a city in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,219. The name is influenced from the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam is surrounded on the north, east, and west sides by the town of Amsterdam. The city developed on both sides of the Mohawk River, with the majority located on the north bank. The Port Jackson area on the south side is also part of the city.
Dan Rattiner (born August 15, 1939) is an American journalist and newspaper publisher. In 1965, Rattiner co-founded the Manhattan-based underground newspaper "The East Village Other" with Walter Bowart, Allan Katzman, and John Wilcock. He also founded "The Block Island Times" in 1970. Rattiner hosted a weekly radio show, "The Hamptons Report", on WQXR for six years during the 1990s. On April 24, 2015, Rattiner announced his plans to run for President of the United States as an Independent in the 2020 presidential elections.
Izak Parviz Nazarian (February 24, 1929 – August 23, 2017) was a Iranian-born American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist. He was a managing partner of Omninet Capital, an investment company. He was born in a Tehran ghetto. He was Jewish. In 2003, Nazarian founded the Citizens Empowerment Center in Israel (CECI), a non-partisan organization which promotes election reform in Israel. Education. He had no college degree. However, he later on received an honory degree from Tel Aviv University for his philantrophic efforts for the institution. Affiliations. Nazarian founded Magbit Foundation Los Angeles which helps students struggling to finish college. Death. Nazarian died on August 23, 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 88.
Willard Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American movie director, screenwriter, and producer. Hooper best known for his work in the horror movie genre; his most recognized movie include "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Poltergeist".  Stuart Heritage of "The Guardian" described "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" as "one of the most influential films ever made". Hooper’s first novel, "Midnight Movie", was published on Three Rivers Press in 2011. Hooper died in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles on August 26, 2017 at the age of 74, and is survived by one son.
John A. Allison IV (born August 14, 1948) is an American businessman and the former CEO and president of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.. Allison held a number of leadership positions in BB&amp;T Corp. from 1987 until 2010 when he retired. He now serves as a director at Moelis &amp; Company.
Park and ride facilities are parking lots with public transport connections. They allow people to leave their vehicles and travel on a bus, train or carpool for the rest of their journey. Park and ride are shown as "P+R" on road signs in the UK.
A taxicab stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, taxi stand, cab rank, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers. How stands work. Taxi stands can be at airports, hotels, railway stations, subway stations, bus depots, ferry terminals and shopping centres. Some stands are marked by painted signs.  Taxi stands work as a first-come, first-served queue, so that the first taxicab to arrive on the stand (the one at the front of the line) serves the first passenger to arrive, and as the first taxicab leaves, each taxicab behind it moves ahead one spot, with the last taxicab to arrive taking the last spot.
A request stop is a stop that buses or trains only stop on request; Buses and trains only stop if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off.
Eugene Burger (June 1, 1939 – August 8, 2017) was an American magician. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was known for his close-up skills and his work in mentalism and bizarre magic. He was also a philosopher and a historian of religion. Burger died of liver cancer in Chicago on August 8, 2017 at the age of 78.
Wilson das Neves (June 14, 1936 – August 26, 2017) was a Brazilian percussionist and singer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a key figure in the history of Brazilian music. Career. He played with many of Brazil's greatest musicians across many decades and featured on numerous important recordings. He was a very important artist specially for Brazilian Popular Music as a sambista (those who do samba), composer and instrumentist, with over 50 years dedicated to music. He can be heard in over 600 records from the greatest Brazilian artists. das Neves died of colorectal cancer on August 26, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 81.
Yitzhak Pundak, born Yitzhak Fundik (; 13 June 1913 – 27 August 2017), was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician. He turned 100 in June 2013. He was born in Kraków, Poland. He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1933. Pundak received his first senior diplomatic point in November 1965, when he was made the Israeli ambassador to Tanzania. He later served as the ambassador responsible for Guatemala and El Salvador, and as the head of the Jewish Agency's delegation to Argentina at the height of the Dirty War. He was also involved in local politics. Pundak died in Tel Aviv, Israel at the age of 104.
Ocean Master (Orm Marius) is a fictional character, a supervillain published by DC Comics, and the brother of Aquaman. He was created by Nick Cardy and Bob Haney.  Fictional character biography. Ocean Master was Aquaman's fully human half-brother, the son of Tom Curry (Aquaman's father) and a woman named Mary O'Sullivan. He becomes a villain because he grows jealous of Aquaman and how he becomes King of Atlantis. Ocean Master is full human. He later has amnesia and disappears. Several years later, the self-named Orm Marius reappeared as the Ocean Master, a high-tech pirate who initially attacked ships but quickly moved on to causing natural disasters in order to hold the world at ransom.  In other media. Ocean Master made his first movie appearance in the 2018 movie "Aquaman" and its sequel played by Patrick Wilson.
The Optare CityPacer was a step-entrance minibus, It was built by Optare from 1985 to 1992. it was built on the Volkswagen LT55 chassis.
Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (9 June 1945 – 19 May 1994) was a Spanish road bicycle racer. He won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España. He was born in Priego, Cuenca, Spain. Ocaña died in Nogaro, France at the age of 48.
The Ferqui Soroco is a body of a minicoach. It was built from 2008 to 2012 by Ferqui. It was built on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis. In the United Kingdom, it was made by Optare and it was called Optare Soroco.
Pedro Pedrossian (13 August 1928 – 22 August 2017) was a Brazilian politician. He was born in Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Pedrossian was a member of the Party of National Mobilization. He served two terms as the Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first term, from 1980 to 1983, was an appointed role, before being elected to office in 1991. His term ended in 1994.  Pedrossian also served as the Governor of Mato Grosso between 1966 and 1971.  Pedrossian died on 22 August 2017 in Campo Grande, Brazil of heart failure at the age of 89.
Josef Musil (3 July 1932 – 26 August 2017) was a Czech volleyball player. He won two Olympic medals, one bronze and a silver medal, in 1964 and 1968. He also won five world and three European championships medals in 1952–1967. He was born in Kostelní Lhota, Okres Nymburk, Czechoslovakia. Musil died on 26 August 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic of a heart attack at the age of 85.
Ebrahim Yazdi (26 September 1931 – 27 August 2017) was an Iranian politician and diplomat. He served as deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest at the Iran hostage crisis. From 1995 until 2017, he headed the Freedom Movement of Iran. Arrests. Yazdi was arrested in December 1997 for "desecrating religious sanctities" and freed on 26 December on bail. On 17 June 2009, during the 2009 Iranian election protests, it was reported that Yazdi was arrested while undergoing tests at the Tehran hospital according to the Freedom Movement of Iran website. On 22 June, he was released back to the hospital for a medical procedure. On 28 December 2009, Yazdi was arrested again in the wake of renewed protests. Yazdi and several others were arrested on 1 October 2010 in Isfahan for participating in an "illegal Friday prayer." All others were freed within days. He was released in April 2011. Death. Yazdi died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 85 in Izmir, Turkey on 27 August 2017.
Vance Harrison Trimble (July 6, 1913 – June 16, 2021) was an American journalist and writer. He was born in Harrison, Arkansas. He won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Trimble was known for his national reporting about nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. In his life, Trimble has worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years. Trimble was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974. He has published numerous books since his retirement. Trimble turned 100 in July 2013. He lived in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Trimble died on June 16, 2021 at the age of 107.
Elena Anaya Gutiérrez (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress. Her career dates back to 1995. She starred alongside Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In", for which she won the Goya award for Best Actress. She is also known for her roles in "Habitación en Roma" "(Room in Rome)" and "Wonder Woman" as Doctor Poison. Anaya is a lesbian. In November 2016, it was announced that Anaya was expecting her first child with her partner, Tina Afugu Cordero, a costume designer. In February 2017, Anaya gave birth to their son.
Doctor Poison is the name of two fictional characters, supervillains who appear in DC Comics publications and related media. Both villains were members of the super-villain team Villainy, Inc. and have appeared as major recurring enemies for Wonder Woman. Overview. Depicted as a sadistic bioterrorist with a ghoulish face, the character first appeared in "Sensation Comics" #2 (1942) and was created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. The second Doctor Poison first appeared in "Wonder Woman" Vol. 2 #151 and was created by Eric Luke and Matthew Clark. There have been at least four different incarnations of the character since her debut: (1) the Golden Age Doctor Poison Princess Maru; (2) the unnamed Post-Crisis Doctor Poison and Maru’s granddaughter, first appearing in 1999’s "Wonder Woman" (vol. 2) #151; (3) the short-lived New 52 Doctor Poison, a Russian scientist known only as Dr. Maru, first appearing in 2016’s "Wonder Woman" (vol. 4) #48; and (4) Colonel Marina Maru, a Post-Rebirth reformulation of the character who heads an elite team of mercenaries known as "Poison", first appearing in 2017’s "Wonder Woman" (vol. 5) #13. In other media. The original Princess Maru incarnation of the character made her first movie appearance in "Wonder Woman" (2017), played by Spanish actress Elena Anaya.
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang (born 18 June 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Marseille and captains the Gabon national team. On May 19, 2022, Patrick-Emerick Aubameyang officially announced his international retirement after 73 caps and 30 goals scored. Honours. Saint-Étienne Borussia Dortmund Arsenal Barcelona Individual Orders
Afridun Amu was the first Afghan athlete to internationally represent Afghanistan in surfing. He participated in the International Surfing Association World Surfing Games in Biarritz, France in May 2017. Amu also won the first official Afghan surfing championship for men in 2015 in Ericeira, Portugal. Amu was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 23, 1987. He spent his childhood in Moscow, Russia, where his father worked as a diplomat. His family moved to Germany as political refugees in 1992. He graduated in law, cultural science and design thinking. He works as an expert in Constitutional law at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law and is a lecturer on Design thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute.
The Kven language is a Finnic language spoken in northern Norway by the Kven people.  In 2005, the language was officially given minority status in Norway. This was for political and historical reasons. The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages has rules for the signs of a minority language. Linguistically, however, it is seen as a mutually intelligible dialect of the Finnish language. Because of this it is grouped together with the Peräpohjola dialects, such as Meänkieli, spoken in Torne Valley in Sweden.
Kvens (Kven language/Finnish: "kveeni", Norwegian: "kvener", Northern Sami: "kveanat") or Kven people are a Finnic ethnic minority in Norway.  History. In the 9th century, king Alfred-the-great was told by Ottar, that kvens were a different people [or ethnic group] than Sami people or Finns. Kvens were paying taxes in Skjervøy, Norway, "five hundred years ago". The usual story [or traditional story], is that kvens are descendants from Finnish peasants and fishermen who moved from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries.  In 1996, the government of Norway officially said that Kvens were a minority group. In 2005, Norway officially made Kven language a minority language. As of 2024, some leaders of organisations for Kven people, have made accusations that Sami people have stole [parts of] the history of Kven people; Historians disagree with those new ideas; Norwegian authorities held back (for a while) some financing to a organisation for Kven people, because authorities did not agree with controversial ideas about history. In 2024, a report said that there were Kven people in Troms and in Finnmark in the 16th century; The report was written by Sannhets- og forsoningskommisjonen.
James Dimon (; born March 13, 1956) is an American business executive. He is chairman, president and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, largest of the Big Four American banks. He served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dimon was named to "Time" magazine's 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 lists of the world's 100 most influential people. He was also named to "Institutional Investor"s Best CEOs list in the All-America Executive Team Survey from 2008 through 2011. Dimon was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. In March 2020, Dimon had “emergency heart surgery.”
Lenke Lorán (1 May 1927 – 27 August 2017) was a Hungarian actress. She was born in Győr, Hungary. Her career began in 1935. Lorán played mostly comedies, but he also had memorable shots in more serious characters. Her best known roles were in "Nyári játék", "Entanglement", and in "7-es csatorna". Between 1945 and 1966, she was a member of the Theater of the Hungarian People's Army and the Petőfi Theater. Between 1966 and 1998, she played on the Amusement Stage. Between 1998 and 2011, she was a member of the Microscope Stage. She retired in 2014. Lorán died of heart failure on 27 August 2017 in Budapest, Hungary at the age of 90.
Muzaffer Izgü (29 October 1933 – 26 August 2017) was a Turkish writer and teacher. He was known for his children's books and works of humour, and had authored 154 books, 98 of which were for children. He was born in Adana, Turkey. His first book, "Gecekondu", was published in 1970 by Remzi Kitabevi. This was followed by "İlyas Efendi" (1971) and "Halo Dayı" (1972).  "Radical Niyazi Bey" is a 2001 collection of his stories by Milet Books, in dual Turkish and English language translation by Damian Croft. Izgü died on 26 August 2017 in İzmir, Turkey of liver cancer at the age of 83.