The Quapaw people are a tribe of Native Americans. From the 17th century they resided on the west side of the Mississippi River in what is now the state of Arkansas. The territory and state was named for them, as Europeans first learned their name as the "Arkansea". This was the term used by the Algonquian-speaking Illini people. They are among the Siouan-speaking peoples west of the Mississippi.
The Quapaw are federally recognized as the "Quapaw Tribe of Indians". Since removal in 1834, their tribal base has been in present-day Oklahoma. The number of members enrolled in the tribe is 3,240.
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski (4 October 1934 – 19 May 2014) was a Polish boxer. He participated in three Olympic Games. He won a medal in every game. He fought 44 times, winning 42 times and losing twice. In his career, he fought 350 fights; he won 334, drew 2 and lost 14.
Kaiketsu Masateru
Kaiketsu Masateru (Japanese: 魁傑 將晃, born Teriyuki Nishimori; February 16, 1948 – May 18, 2014) was a Japanese sumo wrestler. He also won two top division tournament championships. After his retirement in 1979 he became a coach. He was also chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2010 to 2012.
He died on May 18, 2014 while practicing golf from heart disease in Tokyo. He was 66.
Gerald Edelman
Gerald Maurice Edelman (July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Rodney Robert Porter. They won the award for their work on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel Prize-winning research concerned discovery of the structure of antibody molecules.
Edelman died from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer in La Jolla, California, aged 84.
Hans-Peter Dürr
Hans-Peter Dürr (October 7, 1929 – May 18, 2014) was a German physicist. He worked on nuclear and quantum physics, elementary particles and gravitation, epistemology, and philosophy. He was born in Stuttgart and died in Munich.
Gordon Willis
Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr. (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He worked with Francis Ford Coppola. He is known for his works such as "The Godfather", "Manhattan", and "Annie Hall".
Willis died in North Falmouth, Massachusetts from metastatic cancer, aged 82.
DHX Media
DHX Media is a Canadian animation studio and production company. They are based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
DHX Media produces children's television programming. The company is best known for producing Johnny Test. It has acquired many companies such as Decode Entertainment, Nerd Corps Entertainment, DIC Entertainment, Cookie Jar Company and others.
"Note: Some products might now belong to DHX Media but were not produced by DHX Media.
Sexsmith, Alberta
Sexsmith is a small town in Alberta, Canada. It is near Grande Prairie, Alberta. As of 2010, the population was 2,418. The mayor of Sexsmith is Claude Lagace.
Ed Markey
Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician. He is the United States senator of Massachusetts serving since July 2013. Before serving as senator, Markey was member of the United States House of Representatives for Massachusetts. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Panguitch, Utah
Panguitch is a city in Garfield County, Utah. As of 2010, 1,623 people lived there. The mayor of Panguitch is Lori Talbott after Eric Houston was indicated for federal crimes. His term will end on December 31, 2018. The city has cold winters and warm summers.
UAAP Season 77
UAAP Season 77 will be the 2014–2015 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. It will start on May 22,2014 at the Mall of Asia Arena. It will be hosted by University of the East. Ms. Carmelita Mateo will be the league President for this season. Eight universities will be competing in fifteen sports to earn points for the general championship. Some of these sports are aired live or on a delayed telecast by ABS-CBN Sports+Action and ABS-CBN Channel 2. All the men's basketball games and the women's volleyball games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, legally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, in Canada. The population of the Halifax region was 359,111 in the year 2001.
On 6 December 1917, about 2,000 people were killed in the Halifax Explosion.
Harry Gordon Selfridge
Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) was an American-British business owner. He founded the London-based department store Selfridges. He was one of the most respected and wealthy retail businessmen in the United Kingdom.
Selfridge was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. Selfridge was raised in Jackson, Michigan. Selfridge's parents were Robert Oliver Selfridge and his wife Lois. They had three sons. His father fought in the American Civil War. He was a major in the Union Army. After he was discharged, he did not come back to the family.
Both of Selfridge's brothers died young. His mother taught school. From the age of 10, Harry began working. He sold newspapers to help his mother. Later he stocked shelves at a store.
When he was 21, Selfridge went to Chicago. He worked for Field, Leiter and Company. This later became Marshall Field's & Co. He worked there for 25 years. Selfridge started the idea of a bargain basement in a department store. Selfridge's ideas added to the success of Marshall Field & Company. When he asked Marshall Field to let him become a partner, Field was surprised, but he agreed. Field even lent him the money needed to become a partner.
After visiting England, Selfridge decided to open his own department store in London. In 1909, his store opened on Oxford Street. It brought about many changes in shopping. It is still a big store today. In fact, Selfridges & Co. was named the Best Department Store in the World in 2010 and 2012. and 2014.
In 1890, Selfridge married Rose Buckingham. Her family was wealthy and influential. Rose was a property developer when she married. She died of the Spanish flu in 1918. Harry never married again, even though he had several girlfriends.
Selfridge died of pneumonia in Putney, London, aged 89.
Selfridge wrote the book "The Romance of Commerce." He used a ghostwriter to help him write it. The book was published in 1918.
Warid Telecom
Warid Telecom International () is a mobile telecommunication company from Abu Dhabi. It provides telephony services in the Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, and Uganda.
In 2004, Warid Telecom International bought a license for starting a national mobile network and long distance international network for $291 million US dollars. It was the first project of Warid Telecom International.
The license was bid by a team headed by Bashir Tahir, the then CEO of the Abu Dhabi Group, which is the parent company of Warid Telecom International.
In December 2005, Warid Telecom International got a 15-year GSM license to operate as the sixth mobile network in Bangladesh at the cost of USD 50 million.
Warid Telecom International bought a GSM based mobile license on January 2008. It is a joint project with the government of the Congo.
Joan Castejón
Joan Ramón García Castejón, Elche, (December 17, 1945), known as Joan Castejón is a Spanish draftsman, painter and sculptor, considered one of the leading representatives of social realism in the Spanish postwar plastic renewal of the 70s and 80s. Member of the Grup d'Elx.
His work has been exhibited in some of the most important museums in Spain, among others, the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), the Museum of the University of Alicante, Guerricabeitia Martinez Collection at the University of Valencia, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, the Bancaja Foundation Center, Centre of the Carmen Valencia, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Elche.