Walter Nairn was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1940 to 1943. Tom Burke's son, Brian Burke, became Premier of Western Australia. Fred Chaney Snr. was Minister for the Navy in the Menzies and Holt governments. He was later appointed as Administrator of the Northern Territory. One of his sons, also named Fred Chaney, became a Member of Parliament. Joe Berinson served as Minister of the Environment in the Whitlam government. Ric Charlesworth was a hockey player, who played for Australia at five Olympic Games. Steven Smith served in the Rudd and Gillard governments as a minister, includuing Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defence.
Det Kvindelige Velgørende Selskab
Det Kvindelige Velgørende Selskab was an organization in Denmark. It was established in 1815 when king Frederick VI of Denmark had been inspired while visiting the Congress of Vienna in Austria The organization was finally disestablished on 28 October 2004 after a meeting inside the Garnison Church in Copenhagen. Queen Marie of Denmark was appointed protector of the organization. That position was then held by someone from the Danish royal family. Queen Marie's birthday was always celebrated as an observance by the organization. They gave awards to domestic workers who had been in long-time service. Most other domestic workers used to leave by the age of 25-30 to form their own family. The organization also ran a school for housemaid girls. In 1828 they also opened Denmark's first daycare center.
The organization was disestablished as their activity had been outdated. However the housemaid girls at some places had been replaced by modern nanny girls.
When the organization was disestablished, Niels Gustav Bardenfleth published the book "For lang och tro tjeneste. Det Kvindelige Velgørende Selskab 1815-2004".
Bikont
A bikont ("two flagellae") is any eukaryotic organism in the group Bikonta. Many single-celled members of the group, and the presumed ancestor, have two flagella.
Another shared trait of bikonts is the fusion of two genes into a single unit. The genes for thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) code for a single
protein with two functions.
The genes are separately translated in unikonts.
Stockholm Town Housemaid School
The Stockholm Town Housemaid School () was a vocational school. It was started in 1938 at Scheelegatan 8 on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school educated housemaids. It was established during a shortage of housemaids, and the idea was well received. The students were graded. The classes where phtographed wearing housemaid uniforms.
Harald Norbelie has depicted the school in a chapter of the 1993 book "".
Kungsholmen
Kungsholmen is an island in the Lake Mälaren in Sweden. It is north of Riddarfjärden. The island is often included in the historical Swedish province of Uppland.
Ullared
Ullared is a locality in Falkenberg Municipality in Halland County in Sweden. In 2010, 791 people lived there. The locality is wellknown for housing the department store of Gekås.
Pourya Fayazi
Pourya Fayazi Damnabi (, born 12 January 1993) is an Iranian volleyball player who plays for Shahrdari Urmia. He also plays for Iran men's national volleyball team. His debut game was against European champions Serbia at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup on November 22, 2011.
Anne-Marie Pålsson
Anne-Marie Pålsson (born 23 April 1951) is a Swedish politician and economist. She was a member of the Swedish parliament for the Moderate Party between 2002-2010. She is also known for starting the Housemaid debate in July 1993.
Saman Faezi
Saman Faezi (born August 23, 1991 in Tehran) is an Iranian volleyball player. He is currently a member of club Paykan. He was named a member of Iran's National volleyball team to play in the 2014 World Championship in Poland.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a 1999 American comedy spy movie. It was directed by Jay Roach and was produced by Jan Blenkin, John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, and Mike Myers. "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" was released on June 11, 1999. The title of the movie is a play on the 1977 James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me". It is the second movie in the "Austin Powers" series. It is the sequel to the 1997 movie "". A sequel was released in 2002 titled "Austin Powers in Goldmember".
The movie gained mixed reviews from critics and holds a 51% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie gained around US$310 million in worldwide ticket sales. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards but it lost to "Topsy-Turvy".
The setting is London, England. This is an action movie with comedy. Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is a British man trying to save the world from Dr. Evil (Verne Troyer). He is a spy for the government but he finds it difficult to save the world from Dr. Evil.
Many characters use British English.
Air Berlin
Air Berlin was the second biggest airline in Germany. It was started in 1978. The first flight was in 1979. It became a low-cost carrier in 2002. It joined Oneworld in 2012. On 15 August 2017 Air Berlin stated it was filing for insolvency and on 9 October 2017 announced the end of its own operations by 28 October 2017.
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd is a 1997 American crime thriller comedy-drama movie set in Detroit. It was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and was produced by Damian Jones, Paul Webster, and Erica Huggins. "Gridlock'd" was released on January 31, 1997. The movie paid tribute to star Tupac Shakur, who was murdered four months before the release of the movie.
The movie gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Editor Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" praised Shakur's performance, saying: "He played this part with an appealing mix of presence, confidence and humor".
Clan McDuck
The Clan McDuck is a family of ducks in the Disney fictional universe, based on the style of Scottish families. The most famous member is Scrooge McDuck.
According to the timeline of Don Rosa, the clan has been known since 122 AD when a member yet unnamed clan sold the stone for the construction crew of Hadrian's Wall. The Clan 'Scrooge was originally called Clan MacDuich, but left the Gaelic spelling of the name in 1071 and became the Clan McDuck.
Donald, his sister Della Duck and his sons Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the descendants of the clan through their maternal lineage.
County Waterford
County Waterford () is a county of Ireland. County Waterford is in the province of Munster. It is named after its county town, Waterford. The population of County Waterford was 113,795 in 2011.
Edgar Froese
Edgar Willmar Froese (6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German artist and electronic music pioneer. He was best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
Froese died suddenly in Vienna on 20 January 2015 from pulmonary embolism, aged 70.
Pedro Lemebel
Pedro Segundo Mardones Lemebel (21 November 1952 – 23 January 2015) was an openly gay Chilean essayist, chronicler, and novelist. He was known for writing books about Chilean culture based on the mind of a homosexual. He was nominated for Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014.
Lemebel died of cancer of the larynx on January 23, 2015, aged 62.
Family Channel
Family Channel is a Canadian English language television channel. It is Canada's most popular children's channel. Originally it was a joint venture between Allarcom Pay Television and the operators of First Choice (now The Movie Network). The network was most recently sold by Bell Media for $170 million.
Boyer Brothers
Boyer Brothers, Inc., is a candy company in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The factory is located in the downtown district.
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