Rob Ford was born in Etobicoke, Ontario in 1969. He is the youngest son of Doug Ford, Sr. (1933-2006) and his wife Diane. Ford attended the public Scarlett Heights high school in Etobicoke. There he played center for the school's football team. Ford wanted to play professional football. His father treated him to summer football camps with the Washington Redskins and the University of Notre Dame. After graduating from high school, Ford went to Carleton University in Ottawa to study political science. Ford made the football squad, but did not play in any games. Ford started a sales job after Carleton at Deco Labels and Tags, the family business.
Ford served three terms as City Councillor from 2000 until October 2010. Ford was elected mayor in 2012 with 383,501 votes (47%). Among his accomplishments Ford arranged an agreement with the city's largest union to outsource garbage collection west of Yonge Street to a private . This was done with no work stoppage.
When he ran for mayor Ford proposed to make the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) an 'essential service'. Under Ontario law, an essential service prevents its workers from going on strike. The Toronto City Council approved of the decision in January 2011. The Government of Ontario introduced the "The Toronto Transit Commission Labour Disputes Resolution Act" in February 2011 and it became law in March 2011. Another campaign promise was to cancel the annual $60 personal vehicle registration tax. The council approved and it went into effect on January 1, 2011.
His first budget (2011) was balanced with no increase in taxes. A planned TTC hike was cancelled after Ford objected to it. In 2013, the city budget increased to $9.4 billion for and $2.27 billion for capital projects. The 2013 budget did not use surplus monies to balance the budget. Before the 2014 budget, Ford's office staff was shrunk and his responsibilities and committee controls were reduced.
In September 12, 2014, it was announced that Ford would not run for mayor because of health issues. He was succeeded by John Tory on December 1, 2014. Ford served as a Toronto City Councillor for Etobicoke North (Ward 2) from December 1, 2014 until his death.
In 2000, Ford married Renata Brejniak. Ford lived with Renata, their daughter Stephanie and son Doug in Etobicoke. After Doug Ford Sr.'s death in 2006, the Ford family retained ownership of the firm through the Doug Ford Holdings corporation. Ford, along with his brothers and his mother were directors of the company. Renata became the candidate for Etobicoke North for the 2019 federal election. She will represent the People's Party of Canada.
A week after being hospitalized for an abdominal tumor, Ford was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a type of cancer. In late 2015, the cancer spread to his bladder. In March 2016, staffers said that Ford's cancer was not responding to chemotherapy treatments.
On March 21, 2016, Ford's family said that he was put in palliative care. The day after, on March 22, 2016, Ford died from the disease at a hospital in Toronto. He was aged 46.
Click beetle
Click beetle is the common name for beetles in the family Elateridae. They are also called elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks.
These beetles can be found almost anywhere on Earth. They have the unusual ability to flick themselves into the air. When they do this, they make a "clicking" (or snapping) sound. The beetle does this by flexing the joint between sections of the thorax, where there is a spine on one side of the joint and a groove on the other. The peg is snapped into the groove. This makes a "click" that flicks the beetle into the air. If it lands on its back, then it repeats the click until it lands on its legs. Clicking is mainly used to escape from predators. The click can make it jump between 15 and 30 centimetres into the air.
The Elateridae family was defined in 1815. There are about 9,300 known species. This includes 965 species in North America.
Some species are large and colorful, but most are under two centimeters long and dull in colour. They usually look for food during the night, and are usually not active during the day.
The oldest known species come from the Triassic period. There are only about 9,000 species known.
Wireworms are the larvae of this beetle. They usually spend three or four years living under the soil. Here they feed on rotting plants and roots. They can cause damage to crops and gardens. When this happens, they can be very difficult to kill off.
Their famiily, the Elateridae, is known for its effects on agriculture, where they are notable pests.
PAX AM Days
PAX AM Days is an EP released by American rock band Fall Out Boy. They released it on October 15, 2013. Allmusic gave it 3 stars out of 5. It has been described by the band as being more of an "old school" punk style, as opposed to their normal style of more melodic and lyrical punk.
Norm Kelly
Norman "Norm" Kelly (born August 11, 1941) is a retired Canadian politician. Kelly was a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario representing one of two municipal wards that make up the jurisdiction of Scarborough—Agincourt.
He served as deputy mayor of Toronto under mayor Rob Ford. He succeeded Doug Holyday in 2013 after the latter resigned from council to contest a by-election for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was succeeded by Denzil Minnan-Wong on November 30, 2014. In 2018 Kelly lost his seat on Toronto City Council to Jim Karygiannis.
Ordinary Love (U2 song)
"Ordinary Love" is a song by rock band U2. It was written dedicated to Nelson Mandela. It was also created to be included in the biography movie "".
The song will be given a limited 10" vinyl release on Record Store Day. "Ordinary Love" is the first song by U2 since 2010. The song was released on 29 November 2013, less than a week before Mandela died.
"Ordinary Love" was at number one on the Top Digital Download chart in Italy. U2 won the 2014 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and in January 2014 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox and the Grapes is a fable by Aesop. It is about a fox who sees some grapes hanging high on a vine. He tries to reach the grapes, but he can't. Since he can't get them, he tells himself that the grapes are probably sour anyway.
This fable shows the idea of cognitive dissonance. The English expression "sour grapes" comes from this fable.
Reagan (disambiguation)
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States.
Reagan might also mean:
Mandela (disambiguation)
Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and democratically elected President of South Africa.
Mandela might also mean:
Free Nelson Mandela
"Nelson Mandela" (known in some versions as "Free Nelson Mandela") is a song written by British musician Jerry Dammers and performed by band The Special A.K.A. - with lead vocal by Stan Campbell. It was released on the single "Nelson Mandela / Break Down The Door" in 1984. It was created as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela by the apartheid South African government.
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Reagan Gomez-Preston (born April 24, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television, voice, and movie actress.
She is best known for playing Zaria Peterson, Robert and Jerri Peterson's oldest daughter on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, which was her first acting role. She also makes the voice of Roberta Tubbs on "The Cleveland Show".
Jason Sudeikis
Daniel Jason Sudeikis ( ; born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and comedian. Sudeikis was born on September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia.