Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio is a vector graphics computer program made by Microsoft. The product was firstly made by Shapeware Corporation until it was bought by Microsoft in 2000. The first large version of Visio was sold in 2003. Visio is a popular program for drawing, making charts and flowcharts. Microsoft Visio files use the "VSD" file extension. Microsoft has launched a VSDX extension for Microsoft Visio 2010 and higher.
Vaná
Vanailson Luciano de Souza Alves (Federal District, April 25 1991), commonly known as Vaná, is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Coritiba.
Game bird
A game bird is any of a number of species of wild birds which are hunted, killed and eaten by humans. Hunting game birds is a sport, and a way of getting food. Usually there are laws which govern the hunting. Usually, guns are used, and so there are gun laws. Also, regulations protect the birds' breeding season, so that another generation of birds will grow to replace the present generation.
Although the birds are wild, most of them are "managed" if they live on estates. Birds which migrate cannot be managed in the same way. Shooting game birds on Scottish estates is for them a major source of income. The managing consists of making sure there are enough birds for the next shooting season.
In the United Kingdom game is defined in law by the Game Act 1831. It is illegal to shoot game on Sundays or at night. Other (non-game birds) that are hunted for food in the UK are specified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Forestry Commission have a big say in how the hunting is regulated.
UK law defines game as including:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is an organisation registered in Great Britain as a charity. It was founded as the Plumage League in 1889 by Emily Williamson.
The RSPB works to promote conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment. It runs public awareness campaigns and petitions, and it operates nature reserves throughout the United Kingdom.
The RSPB has 2,000 employees, 17,600 volunteers and more than a million members (including 150,000 youth members). It is the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe. The RSPB has many local groups and maintains 200 nature reserves.
The group gained popularity and eventually amalgamated with the Fur and Feather League in Croydon to form the RSPB.
The original members of the RSPB were all women. They campaigned against the fashion of wearing exotic feathers in hats. To this end the Society had two simple rules:
At the time of founding, the trade in plumage for use in hats was very large: in the first quarter of 1884, almost 7,000 bird-of-paradise skins were being imported to Britain, along with 0.4 million birds from the West Indies and Brazil, and 0.36 million birds from British India.
The Society attracted support from some women of high social standing who belonged to the social classes that popularised the wearing of feathered hats, including the Duchess of Portland (who became the Society's first President) and the Ranee of Sarawak. The organisation began to attract the support of many other influential figures, both male and female, such as the ornithologist Professor Alfred Newton. The society received a Royal Charter in 1904 from Edward VII. It petitioned Parliament to introduce laws banning the use of plumage in clothing.
Eddie Boyd
Edward Riley Boyd (later Eddie Boyd; November 25, 1914 – July 13, 1994) was an American blues pianist. He wrote and recorded the songs "Five Long Years" (1952) "24 Hours" (1953) and "Third Degree" (also 1953).
He later moved to Europe because he was tired of the racial discrimination in the United States.
He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He died in Helsinki, Finland.
I Want It That Way
"I Want it That Way" is a dance-pop ballad from Backstreet Boys. It is about a relationship that is troubled by emotional or physical distance. In the United States, the song peaked at #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It hit #1 in many other countries.
The song was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
It was released in April 1999.
William S. Paley
William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, philanthropist, broadcaster and founder of CBS. A Chicago-born cigar salesman, in 1928 he purchased a small group of radio stations. From that start he built CBS into a dominant force in radio and television.
Paley died in New York City on October 26, 1990 from kidney failure, aged 89.
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" is a pop ballad from the Backstreet Boys. The song is about missing someone you love and asking the meaning of living a lonely life. On the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, the song hit #6. It hit #2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart.
The song was released on December 21, 1999.
Henri Coppens
Henri 'Rik' François Louis Coppens (29 April 1930 – 5 February 2015) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a striker. He played 389 games and scored 261 goals for Beerschot AC. Coppens won the first Belgian Golden Shoe in 1954.
For many he's unknown but for others he's the famous creator of the 'Johan Cruyff' penalty.
5 June, 1957, Belgium was facing Iceland in a World Cup Qualification match. The match started perfectly for Les Diables Rouges who soon were leading the game by a ludicrous 6-1 against a weak and pretty much unknown adversary who still had to face over forty-five minutes of pain.
44' minute of the game, near the end of the first-half, referee whistles for what would be one of the best penalties of the entire history. 'Rik' Coppens was the one chosen to be the executioner of it but instead of shooting directly to the net, he passed to his teammate André Piters who shot for the 7-1. The game didn't ended there, the second half was open for more goals, specially for Iceland, but were not enough to change a sure winner since it ended with a magnificent 8-3 and with a penalty that changed an entire nation of football lovers since then.
This particular way of scoring a penalty, the two-man penalty, was remade by many over the years, and even failed by many like Thierry Henry and Robert Pirès, but when someone talks about this particular style of scoring there is one name that immediately pops up – Johan Cruyff. A player who, with the help of his teammate Jasper Olsen, when both were players of Ajax, scored one of this amazing penalties against .
Cruyff passed the ball to Jasper who then passed it back to a magnificent and cruel finish that many will remember for years.
After his career as a player, he became a coach with Tubantia Borgerhout (1970-1971), Berchem (1971-1974 and 1977-1981), Beerschot (1974-1977 and 1981-1984) and Club Brugge (1981).
Mexico, Maine
Mexico is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,681 at the 2010 census.
Wes Cooley
Wester Shadric "Wes" Cooley (March 28, 1932 – February 4, 2015) was an American politician and rancher. Cooley was a member of the Republican. He was a U.S. Representative from for the 1995–1997 term. Cooley was born in Los Angeles, California.
Cooley died on February 4, 2015 in Bend, Oregon.
Fitzhugh L. Fulton
Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr. (June 6, 1925 – February 4, 2015) was an American civilian research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. He worked at NASA from August 1, 1966 until July 3, 1986. Before working at NASA, Fulton served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force for 23 years.
Mary Healy
Mary Healy (April 14, 1918 – February 3, 2015) was an American actress and singer. She was known for her roles in "Second Fiddle", "Star Dust", and in "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T". Healy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Healy died in Calabasas, California from natural causes, aged 96.
K. N. Choksy