Trailways Transportation System, or Trailways, is an American group of bus companies. Its headquarters are in Fairfax, Virginia.
The predecessor to Trailways was founded on February 5, 1936 by Burlington Transportation Company, Santa Fe Trails Transportation Company and other travel companies. Its closest competition is Greyhound Lines.
Trailways members are spread across North America. They provide bus tours, charter bus service and route scheduling services.
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981) was an American actress and dancer. She danced with Fred Astaire, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly and several others. She played Princess Maria in the movie "Call Me Madam". She also played Judy Haynes in the movie "White Christmas".
She was born in Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. She died from cancer at age sixty.
Moses Gunn
Moses Gunn (October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993) was an American actor. He co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s. He was known mostly for Broadway stage plays.
Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He died from asthma at sixty-four.
Gourdon, Lot
Gourdon () is a commune in southern France in the region of Occitanie. It is the "sous-prefecture" (capital) of the "arrondissement" and "canton" of the same name in the Lot department.
The town is on a hill, like an acropolis; from here, it is possible to see for about the landscape of the surrounding region.
Gourdon is the capital of the Bouriane (a sandy natural region of southwestern France) which is part of the Quercy and that goes up to the Dordogne river and that is next to the Périgord, which is a natural region and old province of France.
The town is in the middle of the "commune", above the right side of the Bléou, a stream tributary of the Céou river, which forms most of the commune's southern border.
The "commune" has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .
The "commune" is at of Cahors and is surrounded by the "communes" Payrignac, Anglars-Nozac, Le Vigan, Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet, Saint-Clair, Concorès, Dégagnac and Léobard.
The climate of Gourdon, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Gourdon is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of . There are an average of 168.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 17.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 10.0 days.
The average temperature for the year in Gourdon is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .
The inhabitants of Gourdon are known, in French, as "Gourdonnais" (women: "Gourdonnaises").
With a population of 4,297, Gourdon has a population density of inhabitants/km.
Evolution of the population in Gourdon
Gourdon is twinned with:
Jim Brosnan
James Patrick "Jim" Brosnan (October 24, 1929 – June 28, 2014) was an American baseball and writer. He played Major League Baseball from 1954 and 1956 through 1963. He was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox.
Brosnan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on Black Thursday, the beginning stage of the stock market crash.
Brosnan died on June 28, 2014 in Morton Grove, Illinois, aged 84.
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American novelist. He wrote children's books and young adult literature. He wrote over one hundred books including picture books and non-fiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His works inlcuded "Hoops" (1983), "Fallen Angels" (1988) and "Monster" (1999).
Myer was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He was raised in Harlem, New York City.
Myers died from a short illness on July 1, 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey, aged 76. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.
Emilio Álvarez Montalván
Emilio Álvarez Montalván (31 July 1919 – 2 July 2014) was a Nicaraguan diplomat and politician. Her served as a the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nicaragua from 1996 until 2001. He was a ophthalmologist, medical doctor and writer.
Álvarez was born in Managua. He was married to Carmen Guerra. They had six children.
Álvarez died from a heart attack on 2 July 2014, aged 94.
Elitettan
Elitettan is the second highest division of women's soccer in Sweden. It was created in 2013. The season runs from April to October.
Errie Ball
Samuel Henry "Errie" Ball (November 14, 1910 – July 2, 2014) was a Welsh-American professional golfer. He played at the first Augusta National golf tournament in 1934 (now known as the Masters Tournament). He was the last living person to play in the first Masters. He was an active golfer between the 1930s and the 1970s.
Ball was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, north west Wales. During his 20s, he moved to the United States, under the request from his uncle. He turned 100 in November 2010. He was married to Maxie for 78 years until his death. Maxie was 99 when Ball died. They had a daughter named Leslie.
Ball died from natural causes on July 2, 2014 in Stuart, Florida, aged 103. His wife and their daughter outlived him.
Compliance (medicine)
In medicine, compliance or adherence refers to the fact that a patient follows the advice of the doctor, and takes the prescribed drugs in the quantities prescribed. Compliance is important for the treatment of chronic diseases.
Worldwide, non-compliance is a major obstacle to the effective delivery of health care. In 2003, the World Health Organization estimated that only about half the patients with chronic diseases living in developed countries follow treatment recommendations. In particular, low rates of adherence to therapies for asthma, diabetes, and hypertension are thought to contribute substantially to the human and economic burden of those conditions. Compliance rates may be overestimated in the medical literature, as compliance is often high in the setting of a formal clinical trial but drops off in a "real-world" setting.
Some drugs are difficult to take, because they must be taken at a specific time or interval; sometimes, several drugs must be taken together. This is seen as a major obstacle to compliance. Other factors that may adversely influence compliance are that many patients do not understand the benefits of being treated, or they see side-effects that they were not told about, the drugs costing a lot of money, poor communication or lack of trust between the patient and their health-care provider. Efforts to improve compliance have been aimed at simplifying drug packaging, providing effective medication reminders, improving patient education, and limiting the number of medications prescribed at the same time.
Jean Garon
Jean Garon (May 6, 1938 – July 1, 2014) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, academic and economist. He was a member of the Parti Québécois. He was Minister of Agriculture and Education, Quebec MNA from 1976 until 1985. He was also Mayor of Lévis from 1998 until 2005.
Garon was born in Saint-Michel, Quebec. He graduated from Université Laval in 1960.
Garon died on July 1, 2014 in Quebec City, aged 76.
Furusjö
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Skelleftehamn
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Andy Schleck
Andy Raymond Schleck (born 10 June 1985) is a road cyclist who was the winner of the Tour de France in 2010.
Dagen
Dagen is a Christian daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue was published on 1 November 1945. Lewi Pethrus, leader of the pentecostal movement in Sweden was its founder and its chief editor until his death in 1974.