Critics have said that she does not set the right example as Health Minister due to her obesity and contracting type two diabetes, and she has answered that "I know I'm not a model but you have to see what's inside, not the packaging."
Lisbet Palme
Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme, née Beck-Friis (14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish psychologist and civil servant. She was a former chairperson of UNICEF. She studied to be a child psychologist. She is the widow of late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
She was the chairwoman of the Swedish UNICEF Committee from November 1986 until her death in 2018, in which role she has campaigned against the sexual exploitation of children and was a member of the Organisation of African Unity committee of investigation into the Rwandan genocide which reported its findings in 2000. She was worldwide chairwoman of UNICEF in 1990–91.
Olof Palme was shot and killed on 28 February 1986. Lisbet Palme was also injured in the shooting by a shot that grazed her back.
Palme died in Stockholm on 18 October 2018 at the age of 87.
Assassination of Olof Palme
On Friday, 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a single gunshot while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbet Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbet Palme was slightly wounded by a second shot. The couple did not have bodyguards at the time.
Christer Pettersson was convicted of the murder in 1988 after having been identified as the killer by Palme's wife. However, he was acquitted. Pettersson died in late-September 2004.
The case remains unsolved and has given rise to a number of conspiracy theories. On February 18 2020 the Swedish chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Krister Petersson, announced that a likely assassin had been identified. They will announce more information before summer 2020. He also announced that if they cannot prosecute the suspect then they will end the investigation.
Hours after the assassination, Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson was sworn-in as the new Swedish Prime Minister.
Xavier Trias
Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera () (Barcelona, 5 August 1946) is a Spanish politician. He is a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party and Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. He was Minister of Health and Director of the Presidency for the Governments of Jordi Pujol.
In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism said he was one of the many politicians mentioned in the "Paradise Papers" allegations.
Amaro Pargo
Amaro Rodríguez Felipe y Tejera Machado (3 May 1678, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife - 4 October 1747, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife), more popularly known as Amaro Pargo, was a famous Spanish corsair.
He was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious donations and aid to the poor. In his role as a privateer, he dominated the route between Cadiz and the Caribbean, on several occasions attacking ships belonging to enemies of the Spanish Crown (mainly England and Holland), earning recognition in his time as a hero and coming to be regarded as "the Spanish equivalent of Francis Drake". Because of his service to the Spanish Crown and country, he was declared a Caballero hijodalgo in 1725 and obtained certification of nobility and royal arms in 1727.
He felt a considerable devotion for Sister Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, even financing his funeral and his grave. He made several donations with the aim of improving the lives of the poorest of Tenerife, especially for the improvement of the living conditions of the inmates of the prison of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
His figure has been wrapped in a halo of romanticism that has related to piracy, hidden treasures and illicit romances. Different authors have taken advantage of this mysticism that surrounds his figure to elaborate his novels. In addition, the video game company Ubisoft sent a study on Amaro Pargo, emphasizing its physiognomy, facing its possible appearance in the video game .
List of large temple tanks
This is a list of Temple tanks in terms of area.
Haridra Nadhi
Haridra Nadhi is the largest temple tank in India, may be in the World. It is in Mannargudi, Thiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu. This temple tank belongs to Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi. The area of the temple tank is . The Rajagopalaswamy temple is a vaishnavite temple of the main god Rajagopalaswamy (Krishna).
Chandra Theertham (Karaikal)
Chandra Theertham is the temple tank of Karaikal Ammayar Temple, Nithyakalyana Perumal Temple and the Karaikal Kailasanathar Temple. The Karaikal float festival (Theppam) is celebrated in this temple tank.
The belief of the Karaikal people is if we bath once in this temple tank, all the bone related diseases and fractures will get cured. The Chandra Theertham is cleaned for long time. The work got completed in the year 2010.
Stefano Zappalà
Stefano Zappalà (6 February 1941 – 15 April 2018) was an Italian politician. He was born in Aci Bonaccorsi, Italy.
He was a Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
He is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.
Zappalà died from respiratory failure in Latina, aged 77.
Methoxyflurane
Methoxyflurane (brand name: Penthrox) is an Australian liquid analgesic (a painkiller) which turns into a gas when it is exposed to the air.
It is breathed in through a special inhaler which is known in some places as the "Big Green Whistle". It makes a slight whistling noise when the patient breathes through it.
The patient takes the medicine themselves in the presence of someone trained in its use. It can make them feel sick (nausea) or cause them to be sick (vomit). It also causes dizziness.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Paolo Taviani (; born November 8, 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; September 20, 1929 – April 15, 2018), both known as the Taviani brothers, are Italian movie directors and screenwriters. They are brothers who always work together, each directing alternate scenes. They were born in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy.
At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the "Palme d'Or" for "Padre padrone" in 1977 and "Grand Prix du Jury" for "La notte di San Lorenzo" ("The Night of the Shooting Stars", 1982).
In 2012 they reached again the top prize in a major festival, winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with "Caesar Must Die".
Vittorio Taviani died on April 15, 2018 in Rome of heart disease at the age of 88.
Jon Michelet
Jon Michelet (14 July 1944 – 14 April 2018) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Moss, Norway. He was well known for his action-thriller novel "Orion's Belt" (1977). He was the editor-in-chief of the Norwegian far-left daily "Klassekampen" from 1997 to 2002.
Michelet died of kidney cancer on 14 April 2018 in Oslo at the age of 73.
Mental capacity
Mental capacity in law is a term used to describe a person's ability to make decisions for themselves and to understand what those decisions will mean for them.